Questions tagged [unarmed-combat]
Questions about fighting without weapons, whether that be through the use of kicks, punches, and the like, or through the use of fangs, claws, and similar.
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Should my fighter really punch that werewolf?
A werewolf from the MM has the following in its stat block:
Damage Immunities: Bludgeoning, Piercing, And Slashing Damage From Nonmagical Weapons That Aren't Silvered
And as established in the ...
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After an unarmed creature disarms a foe, can the creature keep the weapon?
I'm playing a brawler who uses unarmed strikes and who specializes in disarming foes. Can an unarmed brawler retain a weapon after he disarms an opponent since his hands are free when he makes the ...
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Can you attack while you have two targets grappled?
The scenario:
Fighter McFighterson has found himself between two opponents. He decides that he is best-off by grappling both of them so that his team can fire away. Maybe he'll pin them later with ...
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Unarmed Strikes for Monks as a Bonus Action Following an Attack? [closed]
My DM is arguing that I need to roll a hit as my bonus action to take an unarmed strike following an attack action (as per Martial Arts or Flurry of Blows). Is this true? I was under the impression ...
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Is a Monk attack considered a finesse weapon attack? [duplicate]
Since the Monk Martial Arts feature grants the ability to choose either Str or Dex as the modifier would the unarmed and flurry of blows be considered as finesse? the mechanics are essentially the ...
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Can brass knuckles be combined with Brawler/Martial Artist edge? Would it be unbalanced to allow it anyway?
I was wondering whether brass knuckle can be combined with the brawler and martial artist edges from the Savage Worlds Deluxe Edition.
Both edges imply in their description, that they are meant to be ...
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Gauntlets In Regards to Negating Damage Resistance on Unarmed Strikes
Currently playing a Brawler in a campaign where demons are a common enemy and I'd like to use cold iron gauntlets to overcome damage resistance using my brawler's unarmed strikes. However, I've read ...
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Buffing Unarmed Attacks [duplicate]
In D&D 5e after the errata it was clarified that monks unarmed attacks are not weapons.
But in saying that, they are melee weapon attacks which is a form of a weapon attack.
My question is for ...
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Can unarmed strikes benefit from the Blood Hunter's Crimson Rite feature even if they do not choose the Order of the Lycan subclass?
The Order of the Lycan's Hybrid Transformation feature (for the homebrew Blood Hunter class by Matt Mercer) says:
Predatory Strikes. Your unarmed strikes are considered a single weapon in regards ...
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For a basic unarmed strike, is only the proficiency bonus included in the attack roll, or is the Strength modifier also added?
The Player's Handbook, Chapter 9, states about attack rolls:
The ability modifier used for a melee weapon attack is Strength
A bit later on it also states about melee attacks:
Instead of using ...
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If I punch someone and have a -2 Strength modifier, will I technically heal the target by 1 HP? [duplicate]
Unarmed strikes normally do damage equal to (1 + Str mod).
If I punch someone and have a -2 Strength modifier, will I technically heal the target by 1 HP?
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Is there such a thing as a ranged unarmed attack?
So I haven't had much time to create a character for playing D&D and thought I'd try my luck using a character generator for 4e, so I had something to tinker with before game. Mind you I am a ...
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Can a human fighter use an action to attack with a greataxe and then a bonus action to do an unarmed attack?
I'm a fairly new DM and we are playing through the Starter Set campaign (Lost Mine of Phandelver).
One of my players, who chose the pregen human fighter, wanted to punch a goblin with his bonus ...
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Do Natural Attacks count as Unarmed?
Several spells and powers, e.g. Dinosaur Form, give you:
natural melee attacks, which are the only types of attacks you can use.
Items such as the Handwraps of Mighty Fists:
give your unarmed ...
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Is Rolemaster Classic Martial Arts as weak as it seems?
So I rebooted my pen&paper career after almost 20 years with Rolemaster Classic 5.0 (RMC). (20 years ago I think I played 2.0, not sure what exactly that German translation was ...)
Martial Arts ...
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Do my Aarakocra's Talons really have a 150ft reach?
So, I just made an Aarakocra character in D&D Beyond, and the Unarmed Strike has a reach of 5 ft, but the Talons racial trait attack has a reach of 150 ft for some reason.
Is this correct, or is ...
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Can monks move between their Attack action and bonus-action unarmed strike?
Every question I have seen includes flurry of blows, or readied actions, or whatever. But I am talking about level 1 monk, using just an attack action, and just the martial arts feature. You can ...
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Does a Monk's bonus-action unarmed strike qualify for the Kensei's Agile Parry feature?
For reference, part of the monk's Martial Arts feature states:
When you use the Attack action with an unarmed strike or a monk weapon on your turn, you can make one unarmed strike as a bonus action....
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Goblin PC Natural Attack
If a Goblin PC has the "Hard Head, Big Teeth" racial trait, do they modify their bite attack modifier to deal x1.5 damage or leave it at x1.
Example: STR Mod=2
Bite +5. Deals 1d4 + 2
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Bite +5 ...
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How much damage does a level 1 monk's unarmed strike do?
If a Monk fights only with their fists at level 1 and has only one attack during their Attack action, do they do 2d4 damage because they're using both hands? Or is it only one hand per attack? Meaning ...
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What does losing a hand or arm to a crit mean if it was just a punch?
In the DMG on page 272, there are rules of injuries if you take a critical hit, drop to 0 hp, or fail a death saving throw by 5 or more. The table that is used gives different things that could happen ...
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Maximum effective enhancement bonus to Unarmed Attack
Supposing, as a monk, I come into vast amounts of money and, heh, lack the wisdom to spend it otherwise...
If I have both a Body-Wrap of Mighty Fists and an Amulet of Mighty Fists, both enchanted to ...
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What is a Hill Giant's reach for unarmed attacks and grapples?
The Hill Giant is Huge (occupies a 15'x15' space). It has a Greatclub weapon attack with reach 10'.
What is the Giant's unarmed reach? What is his reach for grappling?
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Can a Warlock/Monk Hexblade use their Hex Warrior class ability on their Martial Arts unarmed strike?
Can a Warlock/Monk Hexblade use their Hex Warrior class ability on their Martial Arts unarmed strike? How about the Pact of the Blade feature to make their unarmed strikes magical?
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Where can I find a bigger unarmed attack scaling table?
I'm playing an Unchained Monk, and I eventually plan on acquiring Monk's Robes, Stonefist Gloves/Strong Jaw item of some kind, and Enlarge Person perma-cast on myself.
So with all of those stacked ...
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What rules allow you to crush a sufficiently small target?
We all know that a human can crush an insect in less than six seconds.
How does one crush in pathfinder, given the size difference is substantial enough?
Would it be considered a bull rush for a ...
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Can a dragonborn bite enemies?
One of my players is a dragonborn and wants to know if he can bite enemies. I didn't see anything in the rules about this, does anyone know how it works?
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Is there a magic weapon that a monk could use for unarmed strikes?
I am co-DM'ing a campaign, and in our party we have a monk. Everybody has magical weapons that work with their class, but I feel the monk is a bit left out since he doesn't get any magic weapons since ...
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How can a pugilist deal with flying enemies?
I started playing D&D a couple of months ago and I'm getting used to my pugilist character in my GM's homebrew campaign.
But I always have a problem when we face flying opponents, and I know for ...
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Interactions between unarmed strikes, negative strength and an unconscious target
Consider this improbable yet possible scenario (which nonetheless came up at our table last night):
A PC is unconscious and currently making Death Saving Throws. A weak (8 Strength) and hostile NPC ...
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How much damage does a weaponless skeleton do?
The Monster Manual lists skeleton damage for swords and short bows.
If a skeleton is disarmed, how much damage does it do?
Unarmed Strike is listed as a melee weapon on p.190 of the Player’s ...
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Can a caster use an unarmed strike to deliver a melee spell attack?
So could I cast Vampiric Touch (this last 1 minute) and using my unarmed attack bonus do Vampiric Touch damage + unarmed strike damage? I know I would only gain health from the Vampiric portion of the ...
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How can unarmed strike be made to work with a rogue's sneak attack?
The question Can unarmed strike work with a rogue's sneak attack? explores whether a multi-classed monk/rogue's sneak attack and unarmed strike can be used together.
I want to explore a variation ...
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Do “natural weapons” count as being unarmed?
One of the Uratha in our pack has the first dot of the Unarmed Defense merit:
From God Machine Chronicles, p65:
Like a Book (*): ... When facing an unarmed opponent and not Dodging, increase your ...
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How does a Tabaxi or Tortle Monk's claws affect monk unarmed attack damage?
Do the claws of Tabaxi and Tortles change the unarmed attacks of monk to slashing damage, or is the damage separate? Does the unarmed slashing damage increase with the monk's level, as described on ...
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Should I use a d4 for unarmed strikes? [closed]
In the PH, it says that unarmed strikes deal "1 + your strength modifier". However, that still seems kinda weak to me - what do you use in terms of unarmed strikes? At least one of my players swears ...
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How much damage does a punch deal?
A person in my party punched a bartender and I didn't know how to calculate how much damage it would deal. Does anyone know what die I use to calculate this and if any modifiers increase the damage?
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Unarmed strike clarifications [closed]
I was wondering what D&D 5e feat, class and race abilities would affect unarmed strike from this list.
Mage Slayer, Savage Attacker, Sentinel, Rage, Reckless Attack, Brutal Critical, Frenzy, ...
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Is an unarmed human with STR 7 incapable of killing someone? [duplicate]
A human has no natural attacks, so I'll use him, but any humanoid character without damage features works too. No magic. Let's exclude any character class that can earn a damage bonus. Monk, ...
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Kensai Monks and Unarmed Strike questions
So, I'm currently building a Monk for a 3.5e campaign. While researching development options, I came across the Kensai prestige class from the Complete Warrior book. However, it led me to some ...
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Do unarmed attacks with silver gauntlets harm werewolves?
Exactly like the title says, do silver gauntlets count as a weapon and do damage for the purpose of lycanthrope immunity to non-silver, non-magical attacks?
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How can a goat companion get secondary natural attacks using feats?
Our group goat mascot / animal companion could use some additional natural attack forms for additional damage types right now (and definitely by 9th level when it gets Multiattack). He only has a ...
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Do Animal Companions need Improved Unarmed Strike?
Would a Goat with a Gore attack be considered armed for the purposes of the rules outlined by this feat? If it was somehow unable to attack with a Gore and tried to Bite would it need Improved Unarmed ...
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Do monks have an off hand and disadvantage attacking with it?
My DM told me when I hit a guy with 2 unarmed strikes (punches) that I have disadvantage on one of my hands. Is this true? Does a monk have a weaker off hand in D&D 5e?
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What are all the ways to increase the chance of a critical hit with kicks?
This assumes that the user is a Brawler, Monk or has the Improved Unarmed Strike Feat.
Cestus are gauntlets which deals 1d4 damage and has Critical Treat Range of 19-20×2.
Improved Unarmed ...
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Do “unarmed” weapons like spiked gauntlets require Improved Unarmed Strike?
Do you need the Improved Unarmed Strike feat to avoid provoking attacks of opportunities when using cestus, brass knuckles, spiked bauntlets, or any weapon that considers its actions as an unarmed ...
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If I make an Unarmed Attack while using Rage of the Remorhaz, do I deal extra damage?
So, for a gestalt campaign, using all books for D&D 3.5, I made a Psychic Warrior/Monk character. I just turned level 16, and I saw the power Rage of the Remorhaz. If I make an unarmed attack ...
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Does Broken Blade's Pugilist stance and Monk's Unarmed Strike Stack?
I've taken a fascination with Pathfinder and its Path of War supplement.
I've also grown quite attached to the Bladebound magus, the Sacred Fist warpriest and the Sandman bard but that's beside the ...
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Swapping Dex for STR in Feats
I have a player in my game who is playing a DEX based monk. He is using an Amulet of Mighty Fists with Agile Magic Weapon ability to aid with damage and weapon finese to hit.
He is planning on going ...
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Does being “considered armed” from the Deadlands version of Martial Arts Edge grant a +d4 too?
I am thinking about playing a melee fighter in a Deadlands game.
I noticed the Martial arts edge in the core is slightly different than the Deadlands version.
Core reads:
This character is highly ...
