Questions tagged [weapons]
For questions primarily about weapons, equipment usable by characters to cause damage to other characters or creatures.
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Does the Leshy Ancestry Feat Grasping Reach reduce Deadly/Fatal damage dice?
The Leshy ancestry feat Grasping Reach allows the Leshy to use most two handed weapons as Reach weapons, in exchange for reducing the weapons damage die by one step.
Does this reduction apply to the ...
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Are there any additional weapons in official sources, other than the PHB?
I was wondering how many (simple and martial) weapons in official D&D 5e source books (adventures, campaign settings, etc.) other than the Player's Handbook (and excluding magical variants of ...
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Thrown Arms Master and Returning Weapon Infusion
Thrown Arm Master is an interesting feat from the Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting Reborn, but I'm curious about its interaction with the Returning Weapon infusion. Namely the following part about Thrown ...
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Is it possible to reload a gast principle machine gun in Flying Circus while flying?
I've been playing the RPG Flying Circus for a few weeks, and I really enjoy it. One problem, however, is the gun on my plane, which with the plane I chose is a fixed gast principle machine gun. It has ...
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Can a tiny mimic turn into a magic sword?
In a manga I read recently, a nobleman had ruled his town diligently with the aid of a "Holy Sword" that was written so beautifully as a Blackrazer, having installed a bloodlust in their ...
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Through various editions of D&D, why would you use a shortbow rather than a longbow?
Since my beginnings with Advanced Dungeons & Dragons until now (playing Wrath of the Righteous, having played 2e and Pathfinder in between), I'm still asking myself:
Is there, in term of D&D ...
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Can Homunculi Wield Weapons?
Say I want to equip my homunculus with a halberd. A homunculus' STR stat is 4, which means it can carry 30 pounds of weight. Since 4 x 15 is 60 lb. for base carrying capacity, divided by 2 for its ...
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In Fallout: The Roleplaying Game (2d20 system by Modiphius), is it intended that gun bashing with a missile launcher would have the blast quality?
I have noticed that gun bash simply states a one-handed gun or a two-handed gun, so there seems no reason you could not gun bash with a big gun (which are all two-handed guns). The part where it gets ...
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Can you take hand crossbows as beginning weapons as a fighter or paladin?
When you take the fighter or paladin as your starting class, you get the equipment options of "(a) a martial weapon and a shield or (b) two martial weapons"
hand and heavy crossbows are ...
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Is it reasonable to rule that a Net (weapon) measures 10ft×10ft & what are the implications? [closed]
This all started because I was telling a friend how bad a reputation the standard Net weapon has, in 5e... They said "How big is the net?"
I double-checked the item listing but it didn't say ...
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If a net is 10×10, can it hit four medium creatures, by RAW?
This whole question assumes that the canonical Net weapon used for immobilizing a Large creature, is 10ft across; if your answer is based on a presumption that a net weapon isn't 10ft across, please ...
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Can you wield weapons in the extra arms from Girallon's Blessing?
Girallon's Blessing states the following:
You give the subject an additional pair of arms. Each of its arms—new and old—ends in a clawed hand with fingers and an opposable thumb. The creature's ...
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Can a Dragonborn bard use a two handed greataxe as a weapon?
If so the greataxe is a axe and a electric guitar if you was wondering
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What are the Rules for Entangling Weapons in Oriental Adventures 1st Edition?
In AD&D 1st edition, Oriental Adventures, some weapons are flagged as "entangling", with a footnote marker "g" and the vague footnote, "These weapons make entangling ...
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Is the vibroblade from Gamma World equivalent to the longsword (or a different sword) from the AD&D weapons table, for weapon proficiency?
We have a crossover campaign between Gamma World and AD&D. We use weapon proficiencies, and quickly concluded the Vibrodagger was a "dagger" for purposes of proficiency - it has "...
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How does the Seeming spell disguise weapons?
The Seeming spell "disguises physical appearances as well as clothing, armor, weapons, and equipment".
Does this mean you can make weapons disappear as part of the disguise, or that you can ...
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Does a two-handed thrown weapon have to be thrown with two hands?
In the new Path of the Giant Barbarian subclass for 5e, a weapon you're holding while raging gains the thrown property with a 20/60 range. If I give that to my greatsword, do I have to throw the ...
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What weapons are eligible for two-weapon fighting?
Page 146 of the PHB lists some of the most common weapon properties. Page 195 of the PHB goes over the rules for two-weapon fighting, stating that you must be holding a weapon in both hands – both of ...
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Using a long spear one-handed
Page 219 of Runequest: Roleplaying in Glorantha (2018) says:
[A lance] can also be used as a one-handed spear if the adventurer has the necessary STR and DEX to use a long spear one-handed.
Where ...
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Are Dragonslayer Claws a valid target for weapon enchantments?
Would the Dragonslayer Claws (Dragon Magic page 93) be a valid target for weapon enchantments?
DRAGONSLAYER CLAWS
Perhaps the most dangerous foe a dragon can face is another dragon.
With that in mind,...
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What type of damage is a Vicious weapon dealing?
Vicious: When a vicious weapon strikes an opponent, it creates a flash of disruptive energy that resonates between the opponent and the wielder. This energy deals an extra 2d6 points of damage to the ...
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Do the Quarterstaff of Alacrity and the Speed enchantment stack?
Quarterstaff of Alacrity
Both ends of this +5 quarterstaff of speed have equal enhancement and special powers, meaning that it allows an additional attack with each end every round.
Does that mean ...
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What is the origin of the Vorpal Sword?
This question reminded me of the peculiar "vorpal" swords. Vorpal blades are great flavor, but in many editions of the game, they also have been quite overpowered -- in 1e, it really was not ...
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Can you make an attack with a crossbow and then prepare a reaction attack using action surge without the crossbow expert feat?
As far as I can tell no one has asked this question before, so forgive me if they have.
This also assumes the character here does not have an extra attack, so they are probably level 2 or 3 in ...
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Is there a way to keep the versatile bonus while mounted, like a feat or anything?
I have a player who wants to wield a Warhammer in one hand while mounted, and is trying to keep the d10 for dice? Is there a feat or bonus that does it? If not would it be a problem balance wise if I ...
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When Mounted On A Ship, Do Siege Weapons Take The Ship's Dexterity Into Account?
Been running a campaign using the ship rules as provided by Ghosts of Saltmarsh, but some confusion recently came up about the ship mounted weapons. While a siege weapon is an object and thus does not ...
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Why do 6 ft. weapons not have the Reach property? [closed]
There are several weapons in D&D 5e that are at least six feet:
Quarterstaff
Spear
Battleaxe
Greataxe
Greatsword
Trident
Warhammer
Yet these weapons(although there may be some incorrect ones in ...
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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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Do weapons that are both melee and ranged have separate enhancement bonuses?
This question seems to need a few followups. If a shield is enchanted as a shield and as a weapon separately, are types of weapons that can be used in different ways e.g. stabbing vs. throwing dagger ...
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How many Character Points for a Psionicist to buy proficiency with Restricted Weapons like Swords?
In skills & powers for AD&D 2nd edition there's a rule that says
"Character Class Restrictions Non-warrior characters are normally
restricted by the rules dictating the types of weapons ...
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Is there a weapon that has the heavy property and the finesse property (or could this be obtained)?
I was looking at a character I was finishing, and I realized there are no weapons that seem to have the Finesse property and Heavy property at the same time. I got thinking, Could a weapon have the ...
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Is there a way to increase weapon damage for unarmed strikes, blowguns, and nets without magic? [closed]
I was wondering if there was a way to increase damage for the following weapons could obtain increased damage because they either do 1 or 0 damage.
unarmed strikes
blowguns
nets
I also want these ...
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How does Polearm Master's extra attack work with magical properties? [duplicate]
The feat Polearm Master states that:
When you take the Attack action and attack with only a glaive, halberd, quarterstaff, or spear, you can use a bonus action to make a melee attack with the ...
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Deadly Simplicity with Unconventional Weaponry for Warpriest Doctrine
I'm trying to figure out if Unconventional Weaponry makes Katanas work with Warpriest features but its looking like it doesn't.
The Warpriest Doctrine says:
If your deity’s weapon is a simple weapon ...
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Updated version: is this Handaxe of the storm suitable for a 2nd tier Barbarian?
This is the second iteration for the magic weapon that I designed for the Barbarian of the group for which I am DMing: the first version can be found here. For reference, I report the motivation ...
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PF2: Can alchemist poison his bombs?
So poisons can be applied to weapons. This is typically done with poisons that have the Injury trait. Which requires the weapon to deal either piercing or slashing damage. I found 4 such bombs:
Junk ...
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Dealing damage with a net and the Quick Toss maneuver [duplicate]
The net is a ranged thrown weapon that restrains an enemy that's struck by it, but deals no damage. To avoid the limitation that you don't get extra attacks when throwing a net with an attack action, ...
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Expert proficiency with Advanced weapons
I can become trained with any Advanced weapon through the Weapon Proficiency feat, if I take it enough times. How can I become an expert with it?
Taking the various Weapon Familiarity feats (like ...
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Can a Dragonborn from Fizban use a Breath Weapon and a net attack as one Attack action?
Because the Breath Weapon is not an "attack", maybe I can attack with a net on the same turn?
When you use an action, bonus action, or reaction to attack with a net, you can make only one ...
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Is there an official (or optional) rule for weapon damage vs. creatures in different size categories?
I thought I saw this rule in an official D&D 5e rulebook, but now that I'm looking for it, I can't find anywhere. I'm pretty sure it was an optional/alternative rule, like in a little sidebar in ...
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At what character levels should this homebrew maul be upgraded?
One of my player (playing a level 3 warforged barbarian) came to me with a request to be given a multi-staged legendary maul. I came up with the following item, but I'm still wondering at which ...
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Can a Githyanki silver sword be used as a means to kill a lich or other similar "immortal" being?
I've been thinking of an idea for a campaign where the adventuring party must find pieces of a weapon: a sword that would be used to slay a lich, as it has the power to destroy a persons soul.
When it ...
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In D&D Beyond, how can I make a homebrew melee weapon that uses a spellcasting stat's bonus instead of STR/DEX?
I have a new druid player who is using a normal staff with the Shillelagh spell on it. While the spell is active,
[...] you can use your spellcasting ability instead of Strength for the attack and ...
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What is the best ranged weapon for a bard? [closed]
I am making a Aasimar College of Creation Bard and don't really like the Vicious Mockery cantrip very well. It doesn't fit well with the idea I have for it. I need ideas for a ranged weapon that isn't ...
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Effects of Beyond Morality Mythic Universal Path Ability?
If an Erinyes (Devil) Wizard 12 (Banisher) / Archmage 4 (Mythic) with the 3rd Tier Universal Path Ability of "Beyond Morality" uses the spell "Magic Weapon, Greater (Mythic)" (...
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What are the rules, if any, regarding equipping a dragon with weapons in 5e?
The question has been asked as to whether or not a dragon can wield weapons in 5e, and for the first time in a long time, I am stumped about how to answer.
I first searched the stack exchange, finding ...
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Is proficiency needed to Trip with a weapon?
Can a Wizard use a Guisarme to Trip an enemy in a non-adjacent square?
Weapons only list the proficiency for attacks (CRB p278):
Melee attack modifier = Strength modifier (or optionally Dexterity for ...
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Can a Path of Wild Magic Barbarian/Rogue use a greataxe for sneak damage? [duplicate]
Sneak attack reads
The attack must use a finesse or a ranged weapon...
The ranged weapon property reads
A weapon that can be used to make a ranged Attack has a range in parentheses after the ...
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Why would a Monk use a Knuckle Duster?
A Knuckle Duster seems to be strictly worse1 than Powerful Fist, still it is a Monk weapon.
Why would a Monk use it?
I am insterested only in mechanical answers, as you can explain any mechanically ...
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Unbreakable thrown ammunition by RAW?
Is there anything to make or get a thrown ammunition unbreakable? Or does something like this already exist?
I'm talking about weapons like Shurikens, Skiprock etc...
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