Questions tagged [throwing-things]
For questions about throwing weapons (and other things), especially the system mechanics thereof. Best used when throwing is foundational, rather than incidental, to a question.
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Can you hit an unlocated and unseen target by throwing a weapon at it after casting True Strike and Guided Shot?
I've recently been discussing a combo found in this chapter of Harry Potter and the Natural 20. If needed, ctrl+f for "I am not walking in that" for the start of the encounter. The relevant part is ...
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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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Shrink Item and the Oversized Starknife
Related to this question.
Shrink Item is a very interesting spell. It enables you to reduce an item to a tiny fraction of its original size, making it easy to transport. It also enables you to bring ...
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Does a kineticist's telekinetic blast literally involve manually throwing a physical object?
Does a kineticist's telekinetic blast literally involve manually throwing a physical object?
Telekinetic Blast (Occult Adventures, p. 15) says:
You throw a nearby unattended object at a single foe as ...
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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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What happens to a net with the Returning Weapon artificer infusion after it hits?
The 2019 UA artificer can infuse any simple or martial weapon that has the thrown weapon property with the Returning Weapon infusion. The net is a martial ranged weapon with the thrown property.
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Can the Mage Hand cantrip block or catch a thrown object?
Specifically, if someone lobs a bead from a necklace of fireballs, can mage hand block or catch the bead before it reaches the target?
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Does throwing a non-weapon item take an action?
Say that I know the spell pyrotechnics and am carrying a lit torch. There's a cluster of enemies a short distance from me that I want to blind, so my goal is to throw the torch onto a square within 10 ...
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How far can a half-orc monk with 18 STR throw a pig?
In 3/3.5e D&D, how far can a half-orc monk with 18 strength throw a pig?
We shall assume the pig is a domestic pig weighing 200 pounds who looks like Wilbur from Charlotte's Web. The pig will ...
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Can you use a Shalantha's delicate disk as a thrown weapon?
Given that Shalantha's delicate disk is a horribly awful spell which I try to avoid as much as possible, me and my group were wondering wheter or not one can use a disk as a thrown weapon.
In the ...
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What ability modifier do I use to chuck a dead goblin?
I know I can use a dead goblin as an improvised weapon (and I'm just using the goblin as example of such) and that if I use it in melee I use my Strength for the attack.
I also know that when ...
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Do thrown breakable items (like oil flasks) do damage when they hit?
Some items, specifically acid vials, alchemist's fire, holy water, and oil flasks, allow you to throw them at enemies for various effects. To do this, you make a ranged attack, treating the object as ...
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Pros and cons of eldritch knight or arcane trickster for throwing-weapon battle smith multiclass
So I am interested in playing a character who uses thrown weapons with the returning infusion offered by the latest artificer, but I want to focus more on throwing than artificery. Towards that end, I ...
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Does the special thrown attack of a Hammer of Thunderbolts deal damage?
The Hammer of Thunderbolts has a special thrown property:
The hammer also has 5 charges. While attuned to it, you can expend 1 charge and make a ranged weapon attack with the hammer, hurling it as ...
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How do I make a Magical Dart Thrower more economical in Adventurers League?
I made a dart throwing rogue for Adventurers League only to later realise that my damage against BPS-resistant enemies will fall off at later levels compared to magical bow/crossbow users.
Given that ...
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