Questions tagged [fighting-style]
For questions about mechanics called 'fighting style[s]', or the actual thing in the context of a LARP
73
questions
3
votes
1answer
335 views
Does the Blood Hunter's Order of the Lycan work well with the Fighting Styles included in the class?
I've been trying to wrap my head around the Order of the Lycan for Matt Mercer's Blood Hunter class. It looks to me like its designed around fighting unarmed in hybrid form, with a large number of its ...
4
votes
2answers
764 views
Does a multiclassed Kensei monk/fighter benefit from both the Martial Arts die and the Dueling fighting style using a longsword one-handed?
To be specific, I'm planning on taking the XGtE Kensei monk to level 17, then dipping Battle Master fighter level 3 for the Dueling fighting style and maneuvers. At monk level 17, my Martial Arts die ...
6
votes
1answer
502 views
With the Great Weapon Fighting fighting style, how does the double-bladed scimitar's damage evolve?
Traditionally, the Greatsword, Maul and Greataxe are considered the strongest two-handed weapons (unless you take the Polearm Master feat, where Glaives and Halberds rock out). Barbarians and Half-...
21
votes
4answers
4k views
Can the Protection fighting style be used in this way?
One of the players in a party I DM is an Eldritch Knight and he uses "Protection " in every single battle. Here's what Protection is:
Protection
When a creature you can see attacks a target ...
12
votes
2answers
841 views
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 ...
-1
votes
2answers
420 views
Does the Dueling fighting style work with versatile weapons while wielding them with two hands?
The Dueling fighting style states that:
When you are wielding a melee weapon in one hand and no other weapons, you gain a +2 bonus to damage rolls with that weapon.
I know that the versatile ...
12
votes
1answer
2k views
Can a fighter with the Great Weapon Fighting fighting style reroll his damage many times?
A situation arose yesterday wherein a player with a fighter that had the Great Weapon Fighting fighting style rolled a '1' on his damage. He re-rolled and got a '2'. He re-rolled AGAIN and got a '4'.
...
4
votes
1answer
286 views
Two-Weapon Fighting Mechanic Balance
A while ago I put up a question for a balance pass on a homebrew fix for the Two-Weapon Fighting Style found here: Is this change to the Two-Weapon Fighting fighting style balanced?
A lot of people ...
7
votes
2answers
2k views
How many attacks exactly do I get if I combine the Dual Wielder feat with the Two-Weapon Fighting fighting style?
It says in the Two-Weapon Fighting attack option (PHB, 165):
When you take the Attack action and attack with a light melee weapon that you're holding in one hand, you can use a bonus action to ...
5
votes
1answer
351 views
How do you calculate Power Attack with Dragon Ferocity with unchained monk?
So I have a human unchained monk at level 8 doing Flurry of blows with 18(+4) in STR.
Just so there is no confusion:
Unarmed strike
A monk’s unarmed strike is treated as both a manufactured ...
1
vote
3answers
165 views
How can Combat Expertise gained from the Passive Way fighting style be replaced?
I took 2 levels of monk for mainly to get at level 2 the alternative class feature invisible fist and the feat Improved Trip as a bonus feat from the monk fighting style Passive Way. However, at level ...
10
votes
2answers
751 views
How do natural weapons interact with the Dueling fighting style?
Many creatures in D&D have natural weapons. Player characters can often get natural weapons themselves - whether simply by picking a race that has a natural weapon as part of a racial trait (so ...
4
votes
1answer
1k views
Do Gunslinger firearms count as ranged weapons?
Do Firearms (specifically, the firearms from Critical Role's Gunslinger Martial Archetype for Fighters) count as ranged weapons?
Can they be used with the Archery or Close Quarters Shooter (UA) ...
3
votes
3answers
543 views
Is this change to the Two-Weapon Fighting fighting style balanced?
Here is my modified version of the Two-Weapon Fighting fighting style.
Two-Weapon Fighting
Once per attack, when you engage in two-weapon fighting and before rolling, you can take a -5 to ...
18
votes
3answers
3k views
How would it unbalance gameplay to rule that Weapon Master allows for picking a fighting style?
Context
For a new campaign I'm building a protector aasimar kensei. We're using the Point Buy system, so being an unarmored monk I managed to raise my default AC to 15 (17 with Agile Parry), at level ...
7
votes
1answer
16k views
Does the Weapon Master feat grant you a fighting style?
Does the Weapon Master feat grant you a fighting style?
I've heard this, and even seen this somewhere, but I cannot find the right source/book for this. Maybe my PHB is just outdated?
My confusion ...
3
votes
2answers
2k views
Does the ranger's Archery Fighting Style apply to the monk's Deflect Missiles feature, for a multiclassed monk/ranger?
I'm considering a multi-class of Monk and Ranger, and have been trying to decide which Fighting Style I'd like to pick.
Two-Weapon Fighting and Defense are useless for a Monk, as they won't be ...
10
votes
1answer
494 views
Do ranged attacks with improvised weapons get the bonus from the Archery fighting style?
Do flasks like oil and alchemist's fire benefit from the Archery fighting style?
Archery:
You gain a +2 bonus to attack rolls you make with ranged weapons.
Oil (flask): Make a ranged attack ...
6
votes
1answer
541 views
Does a lance qualify for the Great Weapon Fighting fighting style when wielded unmounted?
I'm devising a character that uses a jousting lance, but without a horse. Given that the rules for lances state you need to wield them with two hands while unmounted, does that meet the requirement ...
11
votes
3answers
3k views
Does the Bracer of Flying Daggers benefit from the Dueling fighting style?
The Dueling Fighting style description says:
When you are wielding a melee weapon in one hand and no other weapons, you gain a +2 bonus to damage rolls with that weapon.
The Bracer of Flying ...
12
votes
1answer
1k views
Does the bonus damage from the Dueling fighting style apply when attacking with a shield as an improvised weapon, using the Tavern Brawler feat?
Does the bonus damage from the Dueling fighting style apply when attacking with a shield as an improvised weapon, using the Tavern Brawler feat?
The scenario I am trying to work out is as follows... ...
6
votes
2answers
969 views
Can you train your ranger to master different fighting styles?
I realize this is similar to How can I take multiple fighting styles? but it's been still a nagging question that I'd like to find a solution to without multiclassing.
I like playing a Ranger who ...
15
votes
2answers
4k views
Does two-weapon fighting give any penalties to the offhand attack?
I understand that you have to use the two weapon fighting style to add your ability modifier to damage, but I was wondering if there were any penalties to the offhand attack modifier?
10
votes
1answer
1k views
How does the UA Tunnel Fighter fighting style's reaction attack interact with the Sentinel feat's speed-reduction effect?
So lets say I'm a Fighter (F), and a Creature (C) is standing to my side, within my reach (*), like this:
o o o o o
o * * * o
o * F * o
o * C * o
o o o o o
If ...
7
votes
2answers
402 views
Is Count Dracula's fighting style too powerful?
Found in the future White Wolf PDF for Count F****** Dracula is the following fighting style:
Legacy Fighting Style: Dirty Fighting (• to ••••• )
Prerequisites: Strength (•••), Brawl (•••)
...
1
vote
1answer
3k views
Can I learn multiple fighting styles? [duplicate]
I just got a level in Fighter and I want to pick the archery fighting style.
I'm already a level 4 Ranger with the dueling fighting style.
Can I have two different fighting styles at once even ...
3
votes
1answer
2k views
Do the Dueling fighting style, Divine Smite, and Oath of Devotion paladin's Sacred Weapon Channel Divinity option stack?
I was in DM'ing a game the other day when the party's Level 3 Paladin one-hit KO'd a minor boss.
Here's how he did it:
Total damage = two-handed longsword (1d10) + Str modifier (+2) + Dueling ...
15
votes
1answer
3k views
Does the Dueling fighting style add 2 to every damage die you roll?
One of my players is trying to say that if she smites as a paladin with the Dueling fighting style, she gets +2 to every damage die roll. This seems like a lot, as she could potentially be adding 40 ...
6
votes
2answers
385 views
Is there a combat style that works with disarming opponents?
I am currently playing a brawler that just reached 3rd level. I am playing him as an unarmed strike, disarm combat maneuver specialist. I know that is somewhat limiting, especially in regards to ...
5
votes
2answers
661 views
What are the mechanical consequences of adding the Two-Weapon Fighting fighting style to the benefits of the Dual Wielder feat?
I've been reviewing the Two-Weapon Fighting information, and I don't understand why Dual Wielder doesn't grant a benefit like the Two-Weapon Fighting fighting style does.
The description of the feat ...
10
votes
3answers
626 views
What imbalance might arise from this alteration to the two-weapon fighting style?
It's generally accepted that the two-weapon fighting style is considered a subpar option. It's disappointing when going by the numbers, the mechanics (just add a small bonus to your one extra attack), ...
20
votes
2answers
14k views
Can the Polearm Master 1d4 bonus attack be used with Great Weapon Fighter/Master?
Until recently, I've been thinking of the extra love tap from Polearm Master as basically no better than dual wielding a dagger, but now I found out that not only does it benefit from ability bonus to ...
24
votes
3answers
4k views
Can you benefit from the Defense fighting style while not using armor AC calculation?
Let's assume a Lizardfolk fighter, with the Defense fighting style, wearing leather armor. Lizardfolk, per Volo's p. 113, get Natural Armor:
You have tough, scaly skin. When you aren't wearing ...
11
votes
2answers
716 views
How do flat modifiers (like those from magic weapons) affect DPR comparison in GWF vs TWF?
This question has some answers with fantastic calculations comparing the Great Weapon Master feat to the Dual Wielding feat.
I'm interested in comparing Great Weapon Fighting and Two Weapon Fighting ...
14
votes
3answers
39k views
What are the benefits of using a lance in 5e?
Can the benefits from dueling/great weapon fighting styles apply when using a lance while mounted/unmounted respectively?
Are Lances a DEX or STR weapon in 5e?
What other perks are provided by ...
11
votes
1answer
2k views
Is the Tunnel Fighter stance once per enemy, or how often does it trigger?
Does the Tunnel Fighter fighting style (from UA: Light, Dark, Underdark!) trigger multiple times on an enemy who is, for example, running in circles around the character?
If yes, does it trigger ...
18
votes
4answers
9k views
Is an equipped shield considered “wearing armor” for gaining benefit from the Defence fighting style?
The Defence fighting style reads:
While you are wearing armor, you gain a +1 bonus to AC
Is a shield considered armor for this purpose?
27
votes
7answers
32k views
What are the advantages to fighting with a 1-handed weapon and a free hand?
So, in a melee combat situation in D&D 5E, I am to understand that there are 4 options as to the variants of weapon-wielding a person can use.
Two-handed. A character wields a single, usually ...
6
votes
1answer
2k views
Can a Tunnel Fighter Polearm Master hit the same incoming enemy twice?
You have a Fighter with the "Tunnel Fighter" fighting style (bonus action to get attacks of opportunity without using reaction & reaction to hit enemy moving more than 5ft while inside reach) and ...
4
votes
1answer
981 views
Does the Bladesinger's Song of Victory grant the Int bonus without TWF Style?
Do bladesingers apply the song of victory Int modifier to the two-weapon fighting bonus attack, or do they still need the two-weapon fighting style?
I know that you don't add the ability modifier ...
24
votes
3answers
16k views
How does Savage Attacker interact with Great Weapon Fighting style?
The Savage Attacker feat states (PHB p169):
Once per turn when you roll damage for a melee weapon attack, you can reroll the weapon's damage dice and use either total.
The Great Weapon Fighting ...
5
votes
2answers
24k views
Does Dual-Wielder require to have Two-Weapon Fighting as a prerequisite?
Reading from PHB 5e, I like to know if I choose a Fighter class and pick Two-Weapon Fighting as my fighting style and later in the game if I choose the feat Dual-Wielder. Is picking Two-Weapon ...
15
votes
3answers
2k views
Could a Duelist Fighter wield Alchemist's Fire in their offhand and retain the Benefits of the Dueling fighting style?
So, under the Fighter's fighting styles, Dueling says
"When you are wielding a melee weapon in one hand and no other
weapons, you gain a +2 bonus to damage rolls with that weapon."
I was ...
15
votes
5answers
2k views
How do I model the fighter's Great Weapon Fighting fighting style in Anydice?
I was trying to create an AnyDice function to model the Great Weapon Fighting fighting style (which lets you reroll 1s and 2s), but I couldn't get it to work on any arbitrary dice.
I've found this ...
8
votes
1answer
2k views
Combining Dueling and Two Weapon Fighting styles
When a champion fighter, with "Two Weapon Fighting" fighting style and the "Dual Wielder" feat, picks up "Dueling" for his 2nd fighting style... Is he able to make use of the +2 to damage rolls with a ...
6
votes
1answer
2k views
Multiple Styles During a Full Round Attack
I have a 16th Level Unchained Monk designed and ready to play. However, I'm getting a little caught up with the Style Feats. I have three different styles (Mantis, Wolf, and Pummeling) along with ...
11
votes
4answers
1k views
Can a dual-wielder have something like the “protection” fighting style?
I'm new to D&D and am playing a 5e campaign as a Paladin with a focus on Dex rather than Str; I am considering multi-classing into Fighter to get the two-weapon fighting style, per some of the ...
7
votes
1answer
5k views
Does using the Paladin Protection Fighting Style move the characters involved?
The Protection fighting style is described (SRD, p. 24) as:
When a creature you can see attacks a target other than you that is within 5 feet of you, you can use your reaction to impose ...
21
votes
4answers
30k views
What exactly does Great Weapon Fighting allow you to reroll?
This has been a point of some controversy within our local AL community, with different DMs giving different rulings. From what I could see, this site has only touched on the Maneuver/Smite issue, ...
7
votes
3answers
15k views
What are the pros and cons of the Two-Weapon Fighting option for fighters?
I've been seeing discussions about how great weapon fighting and even dueling, when reaching a certain point, are stronger than Two-Weapon Fighting. What are the advantages & disadvantages of the ...
