Questions tagged [weapons]
For questions primarily about weapons, equipment usable by characters to cause damage to other characters or creatures.
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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:
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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?
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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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Statting a wall-defense military fork
The party is making their way through my 5e conversion of the classic D-series. They are about to come upon a high, battlemented wall being defended by drow troopers armed with military forks.
The ...
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Does Weapon Focus feat chain really suck?
I see people are continuing to complain about the strength of this feat chain: Weapon Focus => Weapon Specialization => Greater Weapon Focus => Greater Weapon Specialization, and most builds ...
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What kind of attack is a Tailblade?
Slightly related: Do you cause Sneak Attack damage on all Natural Attacks?, which assumes it as a secondary natural attack; explaining why would be off-topic for that question, but it's basically what ...
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Do one-handed weapons become two-handed when wielded in two hands?
While exploring the possibility of combining the Two-Hand or Fatal Aim traits with the Thaumaturge's Implement's Empowerment feature, I came across several assertions that one-handed weapons become ...
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Specialized explosives stats in WoD games
Like the title, I'm looking for stats of specialized explosives weaponry in oWoD games (any splat, since weapon stats are consistent across splats, and if there are no sources for that in oWoD sources,...
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Allowing Magic Arrow and Bow to stack?
Is there any downside to allowing the Magic Arrows bonus to stack with a Magic Bow bonus, other than it is not rules-as-written?
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What is the die progression for a Champion wielding a Great Sword?
At 1st level, Champions gain the Deific Weapon feature, which states:
You zealously bear your deity’s favored weapon. If it’s uncommon, you gain access to it. If it’s an unarmed attack with a d4 ...
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Can a Pact of the Blade warlock summon any weapon?
With the Blade boon, can a warlock summon any weapon, or does it have to be from the Weapons table?
If it has to be a weapon from the Weapons table, can you do things like change the weight?
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Is there a way to use a shield with a glaive?
I'm making a character for a Halloween one-shot, and want to use a glaive and a shield.
Glaives have the two-handed property, which requires the use of two hands to attack ... but your attack is only ...
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Can a mind smith's materialized weapon be of large size?
Would materializing a large-sized axe - for a giant instinct barbarian to use - be legal? For reference the mind smith dedication says that:
The overall shape and design of your mind weapon can be of ...
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How do I know which damage dice to roll with magic items?
I’m new at D&D and just trying to DM my first game with some friends. I don’t know which dice should I roll if, for example, I use the magic sword dragon slayer.
All it says is it adds a bonus to ...
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Can a siege weapon "see" its target?
In another question, I was considering the mechanics of siege weaponry (and Spelljammer's ship-to-ship weapons, more to the point). I considered use of the faerie fire spell as a way to gain advantage ...
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Are there any ways to improve a siege weapon's attack bonus?
I've just gotten started reading the new Spelljammer book for 5th Edition D&D. I see that shipboard weapons work the same way siege weapons work in the DMG: It takes multiple actions to load, aim, ...
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How powerful are these homebrew firearms? [closed]
I am basing the structure off of this post about homebrew.
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One of the players in my game is very interested in playing a character with guns. We talked about which aspect of such a character ...
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Does a silvered weapon overcome resistance to non-magical attacks?
My friends and I had a question about silvered weapons. Will it overcome the resistance to non-magical weapons?
For example, Rakshasa is resistant to non-magical attacks. Will an attack with a ...
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On D&D Beyond, as a DM, how can I make custom weapons available to all of my players in a specific Campaign?
From what I've found online, it looks like it may not be possible to add homebrew nonmagical weapons. I could not, however, find information that was more recent that 2020, nor do I know the homebrew ...
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Is it possible to utilize the "light" property of hand crossbows without crossbow feats? [duplicate]
I am making a bard and noticed they have proficiency in hand crossbows. Upon looking at hand crossbows, they have the light property, which apparently means they can be used in the off-hand without ...
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Stowing and drawing weapons?
"I'd probably say they can throw one axe, while holding their polearm in their other hand, and be ready to use it again next turn. I don't think it's reasonable to allow a character to stow their ...
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Damage of an High Explosive/Incendiary Armor Piercing Anti-Materiel Rifle (HEIAP AMR)
Let's face it, mankind is evil. We invented means to destroy one another under the guidance of mages since the dawn of time. We shed off the yoke of the werebeasts during the Impergium and made them ...
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Do different disciplines actually require different weapons? [duplicate]
Under each different discipline in Tome of Battle there is a list of associated weapons. Are these weapons flavour-based, or do you actually need a weapon on the list to use stances and maneuvers of ...
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Can I stab through two enemies using a spear?
In RPG video game (Final Fantasy Tactic, for instance), a spear user can attack two enemies in a line at once. I want to transfer this to my character using 5e mechanic with as little homebrew as ...
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Can PCs cause thunder damage or a related condition with simple purpose-built non-magic items?
I would like one of my player characters (I am the player, and I will collaborate with my DM on this) in D&D 5e to craft (or possibly buy) a device that is intended to cause damage or a harmful ...
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Does the Flame Blade spell count as a melee weapon that can be used with the paladin's Divine Smite feature?
With the release of the new Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse, the revamped Fire Genasi trait "Reach to the Blaze" now allows the race access to the flame blade spell:
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Can monks use a Sun Blade as monk weapon?
Rules as written, can monks use a Sun Blade as a monk weapon?
Sun Blade
Weapon (longsword), rare (requires attunement)
Properties: Versatile, Finesse
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What rarity is the Shadowsong bow in AL play, after the Content Catalog v9 update?
The published Dungeons &Dragons 5th Edition adventure DDEX3-07 Herald of the Moon awards a magic item called Shadowsong.
In the original adventure, Shadowsong is a very rare modified Oathbow (bold ...
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Can you make a giant sized weapon using 'Creation'?
I want to create a weapon out of thin air to be used temporarily.
My idea would be, As a 14th-level bard, to cast tenser's transformation into a glyph. Then polymorph into a Giant Ape (a Huge creature)...
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Which magic weapon deals the most damage?
Which magic weapon deals most damage at each rarity tier? (I am not asking about Artifacts, just normal rarity scale magic items).
For the sake of defining weapon damage:
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How does the Shadowsong bow deviate from the attunement standards?
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There is an adventure from the 3rd season of Dungeons and Dragons Expeditions called DDEX03-07 Herald of the Moon. It awards a very rare longbow as the main quest reward, called ...
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Does attacking with a Dragon Wing Hand Crossbow require one hand or two?
A hand crossbow is a one-handed weapon that ordinarily takes two hands to fire, due to the loading portion of the Ammunition property.
Ammunition:
Drawing the ammunition from a quiver, case, or other ...
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How do damage resistances work with regards to magical weapons?
When a monster has resistance to a physical damage type (or physical damage in general), how does this interact with magical weapons?
For example, a Skeletal Soldier has resistance 5 against piercing ...
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Is it possible for a warforged to make a magical weapon into their integrated weapon?
Is it possible for a warforged to make a magical weapon into their integrated weapon?
I wanted to make a ruidium weapon (Critical Role: Call of the Netherdeep, p. 216) my integrated weapon, but I don'...
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If an Echo Knight fighter has a bow equipped, can they make an opportunity attack from the echo's space with a dagger, then use the bow on their turn?
One of my players is playing a level 5 Echo Knight fighter with the Thrown Weapon Fighting fighting style. Their primary source of damage is their bow. However, they utilize the ability to draw a ...
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Do monsters need to switch weapons?
Do monsters, like bandits, have to switch their weapon before they can attack with it, like PCs do or is it included in the action?
I am asking as a new DM and I am not entirely sure how to run ...
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What deals more damage on a weapon, +1 to hit or +1 to damage?
Background: I'm introducing masterwork items for 5e as a homebrew rule, both to help players spend surplus gold on something useful when they cannot buy magic items, and to make shopping a bit more ...
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