Questions tagged [attack]
For questions about attacks. An attack is generally defined as an action to cause damage or some other debilitation, though specific RPGs may define the term more specifically.
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Is the Hunter ranger's Volley feature considered a single attack or multiple attacks?
The Hunter ranger's 11th-level Multiattack feature has two options. One of them is Volley:
You can use your action to make a ranged attack against any number of creatures within 10 feet of a point ...
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Will using a weapon not as intended (improvised) still generate "on-hit" effects?
I found this question asking whether a net as a melee weapon would still trigger the restrained condition: Can you make a Melee Weapon Attack with a Net?. The highest voted response suggested that ...
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Flurry of Blows has to be done after the action. Why?
Monk's Ki feature Flurry of Blows is defined like this (PHB, page 78):
Immediately after you take the Attack action on your turn, you can spend 1 ki point to make two unarmed strikes as a bonus ...
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Must a monk's Flurry of Blows attacks occur after the initial (and extra) attack from the Attack action?
Looking at the wording of Flurry of Blows, I may be overthinking it, but the description of the feature (PHB, p. 78) says:
Immediately after you take the Attack action on your turn, you can spend 1 ...
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Recursive combined probability for triggering a bonus attack?
I'm trying to determine the average damage per round for a homebrew fighting style, so that I can compare it to other types of combat choices, and see if thing will remain balanced, when we introduce ...
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Clarification on semantics around melee attacks
The game uses various ways of describing a physical melee attack:
Melee Weapon Attack
melee attack with/using a weapon
attack with/using a melee weapon, or attack with/using a weapon (without the ...
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Can a Gnoll Pack Lord target itself for Incite Rampage?
Incite Rampage (Recharge 5–6).
One creature the gnoll can see within 30 feet of it can use its reaction to make a melee attack if it can hear the gnoll and has the Rampage trait.
A Gnoll pack lord ...
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Striking nothing
The core of this question is: Does pathfinder 2e include a mechanism to trigger "on strike" effects without a target in RAW? By hitting the ground, angrily shaking your fist at a cloud while ...
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Can a creature chose different targets for each attack on a turn using information about the outcome of previous attacks? [duplicate]
A 4th-level ranger with a light melee weapon each hand and the Two Weapon Fighting fighting style can make 2 attacks in a turn (1 with the Attack action for the first hand, 1 as a bonus action for the ...
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Can a player split up attacks like they can movement?
I didn't think so, but I've read a couple postings elsewhere that make me think otherwise.
Ex. A fighter with 'Extra Attack' from the PHB:
Beginning at 5th level, you can attack twice, instead of
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Does Assurance bypass the MAP?
I was watching a YouTube channel that does P2E builds this morning. This one was for a grappler-type character, and it mentioned taking Assurance to avoid the Multiple Attack Penalty.
That seems like ...
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Does the damage from the Absorb Elements spell apply to your next attack, or to your first attack on your next turn?
The description of the Absorb Elements spell says:
The spell captures some of the incoming energy, lessening its effect
on you and storing it for your next melee attack. [...] Also,
the first time ...
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Can a Devil variant of the Fiendish Spirit summoned by the Summon Fiend spell grapple a creature and also use its Hurl Flame action with multiattack?
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Can a Devil variant of the Fiendish Spirit summoned by the Summon Fiend spell perform a Grapple as one of its attacks on its turn, and also use its Hurl Fire ranged spell attack?
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Can I shove a creature away from me in a particular direction?
This is related to this question, where it was a second question of mine.
Let's say my party wants to walk across a narrow, straight, 5 ft wide bridge, but a pesky foe blocks the way
RAW, I can use ...
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How does Form of the Beast work with the Two-Weapon Fighting?
When my Beast Barbarian reaches level 5, with one hand empty and the other holding a dagger, after making two claw attacks plus an extra attack, can I then use a bonus action to attack with the dagger ...
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Does a fighter's Action Surge trigger Extra Attack?
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A player in my game will play a fighter with a greatsword. At 5th level he has Extra Attack and the option to use Action Surge. PHB p.72 states:
Action Surge. Starting at 2nd level, you ...
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Are a Beholder's Legendary Action Eye Rays Also Bound to the "Reroll Duplicates" Rule?
This is a balancing question as I am currently in the middle of homebrewing a Beholder-esque monster and I'm trying to use the Beholder's stat block as a template for how my new monster's challenge ...
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How do I figure the dice and bonuses for attack rolls and damage rolls?
I'm building my character, a Half-Elf Ranger, and I'm a little confused about how to work out the attack bonus and the damage bonus.
So, please tell me if I've got this right:
I'm proficient with a ...
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Can a Dhampir echo knight's echo use vampiric bite to restore hit points to the echo knight?
The Vampiric Bite ability of the Dhampir race can be used as an attack, so RAW the Dhampir Echo Knight's Echo can bite. But would this be able to Empower the Echo Knight?
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Does a natural 20 on an attack cause a critical hit (even if the attack would have missed)?
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I was going over the degrees of success rules in relation to the above question and it's answers and came across a bit of rules that seem contradictory.
Step 4: Determine degree of ...
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What are some use cases for attack rolls that target a location? [closed]
In D&D 5e, a location is effectively a space in a place or a point on a map, as opposed to constituting a discrete object (a location can be a point in midair, for instance). They are defined ...
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Why do the Starter Set characters have unexpected attack bonuses?
I am somewhat new to D&D 5e and had a question about attack bonuses of the pre-gen characters in the Starter Set. I was under the impression that attack bonus for a sword is strength bonus plus ...
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Does a Swords Bard's extra damage count as damage that the original attack inflicts for Vampiric Bite's HP gain and roll bonus?
I know that Slashing Flourish, and the rest of the options, deal extra damage to the original target, but I'm asking if the damage it deals to creatures of your choice within 5 feet of you counts as ...
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What attack table do we use to resolve a thrown weapons attack?
I cannot find in the rules what table should be used to resolve attacks when done with a thrown weapon. For example, if a character throws an axe at an enemy, should AT-1 (1-handed slashing) or AT-4 (...
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What are the ways one can avoid using STR or DEX as an attack modifier?
For context, I am aiming to create a melee fighter, but would like to avoid using Strength and Dexterity as my attack modifier. I know that there are a few ways each with their limitations, but when I ...
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Is an attack a check, or only similar to a check?
The Barbarian's Rage ability gives advantage on Strength checks and saving throws.
Does this mean that the Barbarian gets advantage to attack rolls as well? Is an attack a check, or since saving ...
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Are an Onyx Dog’s attacks magical? [duplicate]
The figurine of wondrous power is a magic item, and therefore by the definition in the SAC, magical in a game-mechanical sense, i.e. activating it would not work in an antimagic field, detect magic ...
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Can you break up your Attack action for a bonus action?
You can do it to move:
If you take an action that includes more than one weapon attack, you can break up your movement even further by moving between those attacks. For example, a fighter who can ...
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Clarification Needed: Mechanics of 'Girallon's Blessing' Claw Attacks and Damage Calculation
Regarding the spell "Girallon's Blessing" from the Spell Compendium, I'm seeking clarification on how the attacks and damage are resolved.
Suppose my character has a Strength modifier of +3, ...
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Ready Action and Bonus Action [closed]
In our weekly game we had a pretty typical question about a ready action, reaction and bonus action.
I was DM and here is how it starte.
The players decided to explore some ruins. As they explored, ...
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Do I understand the mechanics of how Echo Knight works?
I would like to sketch out a combat encounter and ask if I understand mechanically how an Echo Knight works, particularly in conjunction with Polearm Master. Note I’m mentioning d10 in this encounter ...
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I pick up a rock and throw it at a fast-moving target. Do I roll a DEX save, or an unarmed strike?
For context, the rabbit happens to be host to the alien jackalope fungus that has just been vomited from a possessed NPC.
Cairn, page 11:
Saves:
A save is a roll to avoid bad outcomes from risky ...
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If an otyugh's bite attack misses, does the target have to make a saving throw?
Let's consider the following example of an action that an enemy (Guardian Naga) can perform during its turn (emphasis mine):
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 10 ft., one creature. Hit: 8 (...
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Am I correctly understanding how the modern firearms from the DMG work?
I am having a bit of trouble in understanding how firearms work.
Let's take for example the rifle (DMG, page 268). It has the Reload property, and it has 5 shots. Now suppose a creature has the ...
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Can a Gloom Stalker Ranger (potentially) make an attack roll five times in one turn via the Attack action?
As the DM, a player at my table is playing a Gloom Stalker Ranger, at level 11. This player was able to make an attack on their first turn of combat while utilising two-weapon fighting, per the PHB ...
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Since Thri-Kreen Claws lack the weapon/implement keyword, do no feats or proficiency bonuses apply?
I just realized that Thri-Kreen Claws does not specify whether it is a weapon or implement attack. It simply lacks the keyword. Does it mean it is none of them and therefore no feats and proficiency ...
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Can a siege weapon "see" its target?
In another question, I was considering the mechanics of siege weaponry (and Spelljammer's ship-to-ship weapons, more to the point). I considered use of the faerie fire spell as a way to gain advantage ...
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How many iterative attacks does an epic creature with class levels get?
A naztharune rakshasa (MM3 136-7) has from its Hit Dice a Base Attack Bonus of +11, 8 levels of rogue granting a Base Attack Bonus of +6, and 6 levels of scout (CW 10-13) granting a Base Attack Bonus ...
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If you're mounted and forced to make a melee attack, do you attack your mount?
I'm a new DM running a 5e combat encounter in which the NPC attacker is mounted on a Riding Horse.
One of the players' characters has just cast Confusion, which indicates that
Each creature in a 10-...
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Multiclassing - Extra Attacks and Sneak Attacks
So, I'm playing a level 5 Fighter Battle Master. I'm thinking about multiclassing with Rogue, for the Sneak Attack. I'll use a rapier, since it has 1d8 damage and acuity. At level 5/1 (Fighter/Rogue)
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At what point is a character considered to have "taken the Attack Action"? [duplicate]
Per the rules of Bonus Action:
You choose when to take a bonus action during your turn, unless the bonus action's timing is specified, and anything that deprives you of your ability to take actions ...
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Do magical enhancements that are not of the 'correct' melee/ranged weapon/damage type still apply to attacks made of some other sort?
Following on this question, what happens if you deliver an attack with a weapon that has a special property that can only be applied to weapons of type X - but, despite the fact that your weapon is ...
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Would the Disarm optional rule let you use Stunning Strike with it?
Exactly what the title says.
I'm playing a monk in a Tomb of Annihilation campaign. My game plan has been to keep our party alive as much as possible through debuffs, body blocking opponents, and the ...
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Can a readied action that changes character's location be used for dodging attacks?
There's a PC claims, "Since I haven't moved in this turn, I ready my 5-foot-step after my full-round attack to move to the left (which is still within the enemy's reach) when the enemy attack or ...
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What is the attacker for Spiritual Weapon? The caster or the weapon?
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This question was prompted by this question about the relation to the rogue's uncanny dodge feature and being able to see the attacker when spiritual weapon is used.
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When a ...
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Does Fire Bolt require that you can see the creature in order to target it? [duplicate]
Fire Bolt makes no mention of seeing the creature in order to target it in the spell text . Fire Bolt says "creature or object within range". Ray of Frost has very similar language - no ...
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Can a pet (or friendly wild animal) throw a pebble with the Magic Stone cantrip cast on it?
Example scenario: A Forest Gnome Druid with the Urchin background equips their pet mouse with Magic Stones and asks it to throw them at enemies.
The description of the Magic Stone spell says (EEPC, p. ...
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Do siege weapons have a maximum rate of fire?
Siege weapons typically take a series of multiple actions to make an attack. Ballistae, for example, require the input of a load action, aim action, and fire action to make a single attack roll - ...
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How does the Haste spell's extra action interact with the Bladesinger's Extra Attack feature and with cantrips that do "one weapon attack only"?
The description of the Haste spell says, in part (emphasis mine):
Until the spell ends, [the target] gains an additional action on each of its turns. That action can be used only to take the Attack (...
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How does Arcane Cascade interact with Weakness/Resistance?
One of the basic effects of Arcane Cascade is
While you're in the stance, your melee Strikes deal 1 extra damage.[...]
The damage type is determined by the spell used before entering the Stance.
If ...
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