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Thrown Arms Master and Returning Weapon Infusion
Thrown Arm Master is an interesting feat from the Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting Reborn, but I'm curious about its interaction with the Returning Weapon infusion. Namely the following part about Thrown ...
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If a net is 10×10, can it hit four medium creatures, by RAW?
This whole question assumes that the canonical Net weapon used for immobilizing a Large creature, is 10ft across; if your answer is based on a presumption that a net weapon isn't 10ft across, please ...
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Does a two-handed thrown weapon have to be thrown with two hands?
In the new Path of the Giant Barbarian subclass for 5e, a weapon you're holding while raging gains the thrown property with a 20/60 range. If I give that to my greatsword, do I have to throw the ...
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Can a Path of Wild Magic Barbarian/Rogue use a greataxe for sneak damage? [duplicate]
Sneak attack reads
The attack must use a finesse or a ranged weapon...
The ranged weapon property reads
A weapon that can be used to make a ranged Attack has a range in parentheses after the ...
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Do 'light hammers', as depicted in D&D, being throwable have any historical precedent? [closed]
I've been trying to find a 'realistic' or at least believable depiction of a light throwing hammer, that would be the equivalent to the 'Light Hammer' in D&D 5E (which has the thrown property).
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A way around Nets? [duplicate]
So as a party we were all given bizarre items are a reward:
A returning arrow, so it would come back to the ranger that fired it
A shield which as an action could be deployed as 3/4 cover for ...
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What is the minimum setup for this Troll adept Grenade-thrower character?
Back in the late-90 Shadowrun 3 days, someone made a character that he told about repeatedly in the local game store 1. It was a Troll adept that would throw grenades. Instead of using the grenades ...
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How can I increase the range of a thrown weapon?
I found the Ranger feat (level 4) Far Shot:
Your experience in the field has taught you how to focus your aim at a distance, increasing your accuracy. Double your weapons’ range increments.
Most ...
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If a character with the Thrown Weapon Fighting fighting style has no weapons drawn, can they use Two-Weapon Fighting to draw and throw 2 daggers?
Tasha's Cauldron of Everything (p. 42) adds the Thrown Weapon Fighting fighting style option for fighters, whose description states (in part):
You can draw a weapon that has the thrown property as ...
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Trying to throw a large harpoon by a medium character?
A harpoon is an exotic two handed weapon that deals 1d8 when the medium size. If a medium PC was to pick up an enemies large harpoon to throw and was proficient with harpoons,
would it be possible as ...
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How to make a handaxe return to my hand after being thrown?
I'm playing D&D 5e and my character is a dwarf fighter. He has two throwable handaxes, and I thought it would be really cool if they could come back to me just after throwing them on someone (like ...
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What happens to a thrown weapon after it hits or misses?
Patty the Chatty Monk throws her handaxe at a growling wolf. It hits! So... what happens?
This question is asked for the intent of further understanding the Object Interaction rule and also to add ...
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Does hurling a thrown weapon change the weapon's category for determining proficiency?
On Weapon Categories says, "A melee weapon with the heavy thrown or the light thrown property counts as a ranged weapon when thrown" (Player's Handbook 215). (Similar text is absent from the Rules ...
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At what distance can I throw daggers?
What are the penalties for each range section? Where are those rules?
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Does the damage bonus from the new UA "Thrown Weapon Fighting" fighting style stack with that of the "Dueling" fighting style?
The description of the Dueling fighting style (on PHB p. 72, and in other class descriptions) says:
When you are wielding a melee weapon in one hand and no other weapons,
you gain a +2 bonus to ...
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