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For questions about attacks. An attack is generally defined as an action to cause damage or some other debilitation, though specific RPGs may define the term more specifically.

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If a monk reduces damage to 0 using Deflect Missiles, does the attack still hit?

If a monk catches an arrow, does the attack still hit? … In the latter case, is the attack still considered a hit? This is pertinent for effects such as a Battle Master's Combat Superiority maneuvers. …
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Using a ranged weapon with the Ammunition property for a melee attack

Under the section on Improvised Weapons, this rule shows up: If a character uses a ranged weapon to make a melee attack, or throws a melee weapon that does not have the thrown property, it also deals … If I attack with a ranged weapon that has the Ammunition property, can I use it as a ranged weapon (and keep its properties) or must it be an improvised weapon? …
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Can I make a melee attack with a ranged weapon?

I know weapons with the Ammunition property are treated as improvised weapons per this line and this question: If you use a weapon that has the ammunition property to make a melee attack, you treat … Am I forced to use them as an improvised weapon to make this melee attack or can I simply make an attack with the ranged weapon (including any properties therein)? …
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Is the Hunter ranger's Volley feature considered a single attack or multiple attacks?

Whirlwind Attack is unusual, in that it’s a single attack with multiple attack rolls. In most other instances, an attack has one attack roll. … Since Whirlwind Attack is worded almost identically to Volley, is Volley considered a single attack? …
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Does Kensei's Shot affect Spell attacks?

When you do so, any target you hit with a ranged attack using a kensei weapon takes an extra 1d4 damage of the weapon’s type. You retain this benefit until the end of the current turn. … If my kensei weapon is my spellcasting focus, does a spell that includes a ranged spell attack count as "a ranged attack using a kensei weapon"? …
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