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With the optional Disarm rule, what happens if the target wins the contest?
The optional Disarm rule in the DMG says:
A creature can use a weapon attack to knock a weapon or another item from a target's grasp. The attacker makes an attack roll contested by the target's ...
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Can a creature with Multiattack use Disarm with one of its attacks?
Noteably a creature with multiattack cannot Grapple or Shove instead of one of its attacks, because these are other types of attacks than those the creature can use multiattack for. However Disarm (...
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Can the bonus action attack from Polearm Master be used to Disarm?
Polearm Master (PHB p. 168) gives you the ability to situationally make a bonus action attack:
When you take the Attack action and attack with only a glaive, halberd, or quarterstaff, you can use a ...
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Is the DMG's Disarm option an entire action, or a replacement for a single weapon attack?
My confusion comes from the somewhat ambiguous wording of the Disarm action as described in the Dungeon Master's Guide (p. 271):
A creature can use a weapon attack to knock a weapon or another item ...
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Does the Disarm action optional rule (DMG) make the Disarming Attack maneuver (Battle Master fighter) useless?
I would like an analysis of this with feedback.
Does the Disarm combat option (DMG, p. 271) make the Disarming Attack maneuver (PHB, p. 74) useless by being the better option?
Here are the pros &...
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Does the DMG's "Disarm" bypass AC?
In the Dungeon Master's Guide, at pg. 271 (Chapter 9, Dungeon Master's Workshop), the Disarm optional action described appears to bypass the defenders AC: it is a contest of attack roll vs. skill. ...
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Does "Disarm" basically allow you to steal?
DMG 271 describes the disarm action and states that if the attack roll is successful, the defender "drops the item."
SRD 92 lists things you can do on your turn in tandem with your move and action. ...
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