Questions tagged [improvised-weaponry]
For questions about improvised weapons, referring to atypical non-weapon items wielded as if they were weapons of similar size.
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Using a hot chain as an improvised weapon
Given the mathematics discussed in this physics.stackexchange question , how would a DM handle a PC placing 5ft of a 10ft chain (the kind used by goblins to shackle a wolf) in a campfire, then ...
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Does Green-Flame Blade benefit from the Alchemist artificer's Alchemical Savant feature if they use alchemist's supplies as an improvised weapon?
The Alchemist artificer's 5th-level Alchemical Savant feature states (WGtE, p. 180; E:RftLW, p. 58):
Whenever you cast a spell using your alchemist’s supplies as the spellcasting focus, you gain a ...
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Can I use a spiked shield in my primary hand as a weapon? If so, does it count as a simple or martial weapon?
Can any humanoid PC use a Spiked Shield in their 'primary hand' as a Weapon?
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Is it a Simple or Martial Weapon?
The Lizardfolk entry in the MM (p. 204) has a statblock that includes the ...
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How do improvised weapons work?
I know what an improvised weapon is — a shard of glass or a tree branch used as a weapon — but what damage do they do? Is it up to the DM to decide what dice is thrown to determine the damage or is ...
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What happens when a player uses another PC as an improvised weapon?
One of my players in a beginner party in the Lost Mines of Phandelver asked about improvised weapons and how they work. After I explained it, they asked if they could use one of their fellow PCs as an ...
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If using a weapon as an improvised weapon, are any of its properties retained?
I'm unsure what happens to a weapon's properties when used to make an improvised attack. What happens if you were to use any of the following as improvised weapons to make either melee or ranged ...
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Can you use Tavern Brawler to wield a 2 handed sword with one hand as an improvised weapon?
So I'm wielding a two handed sword. Can I grapple with one hand and use the 2hd sword as a improvised weapon? Obviously the damage dice would be less.
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Can a UA Rune Knight inscribe a rune on an improvised weapon?
The Rune Knight fighter subclass from this UA has a class feature allowing them to inscribe runes on objects. However,
To be eligible, an object must be a weapon, a suit of armor, or a shield.
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Does attacking with an improvised weapon using a magic item count as a magical attack? [duplicate]
Inspired by the recent question: "Are there mechanics that will make improvised weapon attacks magical for a pure fighter?"
Answers there are basically debating whether improvised attacks with magic ...
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Are there mechanics that will make improvised weapon attacks magical for a pure fighter?
I'm looking at the Tavern Brawler Feat and realizing that it is likely going to drop in effectiveness as a character levels up and encounters more monsters resistant/immune to non-magical attacks.
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Does the Tavern Brawler feat grant proficiency when the character is not proficient otherwise?
This is a bit challenging to phrase, so I'll use an example.
A human wizard with the Tavern Brawler feat gets fed up with a unruly Gnome and snaps off a heavy gate post to stab him with. The DM ...
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Can you count an improvised weapon as a melee weapon and a ranged weapon? Can you add an enhancement to an improvised weapon?
I want to make a character that specializes in throwing cards. I took 2 levels in Brawler, which gives me proficiency in Improvised Weapons. It also lets me choose Improvised Weapons as my weapon ...
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Do the Gauntlets of Flaming Fury make Improvised Weapons magical?
The Gauntlets of Flaming Fury, a magic item from the WoTC adventure Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus, have the following property amongst others:
While you wear both of these steel gauntlets, ...
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How long does the additional fire damage of an oil flask last?
Here's the description of an oil flask:
Oil usually comes in a clay flask that holds 1 pint. As an action, you can splash the oil in this flask onto a creature within 5 feet of you or throw it up ...
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Are there any rules on using a grappling hook in combat?
I came up with the idea of a "grappling hook" (just a 30-foot length of rope, and a hook on the end - not sharp, just to hook onto things), and was wondering about its use in combat.
The tricky part ...
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How much damage does a coffin do?
I've been looking through various supplies to buy for my campaign as a Bloodrager/Fighter and I found that coffins are a thing. So I'm wondering how much damage would it do? would it be like a ...
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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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Is it unbalanced to allow a monk with the Tavern Brawler feat to use improvised weapons as monk weapons?
A friend of mine wants to play a variant human monk with the Tavern Brawler feat. He asked me if he could use improvised Weapons as monk weapons.
I personally haven't played a monk, or a character ...
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Can a Flame Blade be used as an improvised weapon?
Flame Blade creates a blade of fire in your free hand:
You evoke a fiery blade in your free hand. The blade is similar in size and shape to a scimitar...
Can that blade of fire be used for an ...
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Is this attack type chart correct?
I am wondering if this chart showing the types of attacks in 5e-dnd and what things they can count towards is correct:
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The chart works by listing on the y-axis different ways of making an ...
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Do the Improvised Weapon Mastery and Shikigami Style feats stack?
The Improvised Weapon Mastery feat says:
Increase the amount of damage dealt by the improvised weapon by one step (for example, 1d4 becomes 1d6) to a maximum of 1d8 (2d6 if the improvised weapon is ...
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Is the attack roll to splash holy water or oil on a target within 5 feet of you made with disadvantage?
The description of holy water (flask) states:
As an action, you can splash the contents of this flask onto a
creature within 5 feet of you or throw it up to 20 feet, shattering it
on impact. In ...
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Does a kensei monk gain the benefits of Martial Arts features for an improvised melee attack with a ranged kensei weapon?
Since the Kensei's Path of the Kensei weapon choices include ranged weapons, making them count as monk weapons for the purposes of applying Martial Arts features, do these features apply even when ...
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How can I model explosives with secondary effects?
In my campaign, there is a crazy old shopkeeper NPC who has some arcane knowledge. In preparation to defend the town against an incoming zombie horde, the party paid him to make twenty one-pound small ...
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How does allowing Sneak Attack with improvised weapons imbalance gameplay at the table?
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Following up on Can Sneak Attack be used when hitting with an improvised weapon?
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Not unless you have an ability that allows Sneak Attack with an improvised weapon
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Can Sneak Attack be used when hitting with an improvised weapon?
The Mastermind rogue in my game was well hidden when he threw a flask of holy water at a shadow demon that attacked his ally. In the moment, it made the most sense to me to allow him to use Sneak ...
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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 ...
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Can the damage from a Talisman of Pure Good (or Ultimate Evil) be non-lethal?
This is a direct follow-up to this other question of mine and assumes that, indeed, one may wield a Talisman of Pure Good (or a Talisman of Ultimate Evil) as an improvised weapon and apply both the ...
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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... ...
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As a Hexblade Pact of the Blade warlock, if I use my pact weapon bow as an improvised melee weapon, which benefits carry over?
As a Hexblade Pact of the Blade warlock with the Improved Pact Weapon eldritch invocation, what effects carry over using a bow from Pact of the Blade for melee attacks (e.g. if an enemy is too close ...
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Can the Shield Master feat's bonus-action shove be used to make an improvised weapon attack?
Do the rules allow the bonus action shove (special melee attack) from Shield Master to be "converted" to a regular attack for use as an improvised weapon attack?
Since a shove is a special melee ...
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RAW, can you use the Sharpshooter and Great Weapon Master feats to make an improvised weapon attack with a longbow?
Occasionally when looking through posts I see people talk about taking Sharpshooter and Great Weapon Master so that they can make an improvised weapon attack with a longbow at -10 to hit +20 damage. ...
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At what point is the Tavern Brawler feat better than a stat bump to Str or Dex?
At what point is it statistically better to take Tavern Brawler over an increase to Str or Dex if 1/3 of all your attacks are made with an improvised weapon?
Example: A Thief rogue 4/Champion fighter ...
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What are the mechanics of attacking with a Talisman of (Pure Good / Ultimate Evil)?
Both the Talisman of Pure Good and the Talisman of Ultimate Evil deal damage to creatures of the wrong alignment who touch them (6d6 to neutrals and 8d6 to the exact opposite alignment). Here is the ...
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Can warblades use strike maneuvers with improvised weapons?
Can warblades use strike maneuvers with improvised weapons? Would they be able to take the standard penalty for improvised weapons, or not be able to do so at all?
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Can you use a silver coin as an improvised melee weapon?
Super cool warblade fighting a vampire. Alas, he has no silver weapons. Can I hold a silver coin in my fingers and rake at him or in between my knuckles and punch at him?
I saw a similar 5e answer ...
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When throwing a melee weapon without the thrown property is the proficiency bonus still added to the attack?
The rules for improvised weapons state that you can throw a melee weapon even if it does not have the thrown property for 1d4 damage:
If a character uses a ranged weapon to make a melee attack, or ...
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Can I threaten adjacent squares with a rifle by using it as an improvised weapon?
Can someone with a rifle treat it as an improvised weapon via rifle butt to threaten squares around him and provide flanking?
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Are pies considered to be improvised weapons when thrown?
I have recently seen a character in a comic who used pies as an improvised weapon in order to deal damage. Is this actually possible to do?
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Can you make a Melee Weapon Attack with a Net?
A thrown melee weapon is considered a ranged attack.
However, the Net has a throwing range, is listed as a Martial Ranged Weapon, but doesn't inherently state that it requires you to throw the net in ...
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Does wielding an improvised weapon allow for attacks of opportunity?
Would a fighter wielding a torch in his primary hand and holding a large shield in the other hand be allowed to perform an Attack of Opportunity with the torch from an opponent who provoked one in the ...
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Should it be possible to improvise a reach weapon to attack adjacent foes?
I am aware of the Shorten Grip feat, but I was wondering if it should be possible to improvise the other end of a reach weapon to use it as one end of a quarterstaff?
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Can a Level 6 Kensei Monk make an improvised weapon magical?
I've been scratching my head for a while in order to somehow manage to make an improvised weapon magical (to overcome resistance/immunity to nonmagical attacks). I believe I've found a way, but I want ...
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Is an improvised weapon treated as similar enough to a weapon to use its properties still considered “improvised”?
In PHB, the 2nd paragraph of the description of Improvised Weapons (p. 147) states:
In many cases, an improvised weapon is similar to an actual weapon and
can be treated as such. For example, a ...
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Can you use darts as improvised “light melee weapons” to trigger Two-Weapon Fighting?
Can you take the Attack action and use darts as improvised "light melee weapons" to trigger Two-Weapon Fighting for the purpose of making two thrown attacks?
My financially challenged first level ...
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How much damage for throwing rocks?
This question applies to either OSRIC or to AD&D 1st Ed.
The scenario:
A human fighter with strength of 17 has selected "grenade-like weapons" as one of his weapon proficiencies. He carries a ...
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Casting Booming Blade with an improvised weapon [duplicate]
In Adventurer's League, can the spell Booming Blade be casted using an improvised weapon (a shield)?
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What is the largest size of creature that can be used as a weapon for Spellstrike?
If a magus can wield a one-handed weapon, then they can use it with their Spellstrike ability.
And the larger a creature is, the larger their weapons can be.
Could a sufficiently large magus wield ...
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Can shape water be used to make weapons?
Out of curiosity I was looking at the Shape Water cantrip and I was wondering if this spell would be usable to create weapons. For instance if I used the cantrip first to move the water into the shape ...
