Fighting style feats: PHB 2024
Added 2024-08-01 13:00:08 +0000 UTCPublic release date: Aug 17th
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Do you think interception can be used to reduce damage on an attack against yourself?
Tyler Huff
2024-09-25 02:39:51 +0000 UTCMy 14 year old daughter wants to dip fighter 1 level then into monk. Asking me all kinds of optimisation questions. #prouddad
Matthew Beswick
2024-08-05 13:52:04 +0000 UTCThank you Chris. I did mean Flexible! It’s a synonym and I’m tired :). Thanks again!
Matthew Beswick
2024-08-05 13:50:57 +0000 UTCI posted a full screenshot of the weapon table in my rules changes video (the video that went public on my channel Aug 1st) but to save you some time, the versatile property is still there. What you might have been hearing about was the flex mastery property which was on versatile weapons in the early playtests was abandonded.
Treantmonk's Temple
2024-08-05 13:49:49 +0000 UTCFull weapon table with Weapon Masteries listed. Is it available to be viewed somewhere? I recall hearing that versatile was removed. So I’m keen to know how things ended up for all weapons in the final PHB.
Matthew Beswick
2024-08-05 13:29:49 +0000 UTCI could still see taking GWF with someone who was planning on taking GWM with a greatsword. Thats +1 damage, +2 from proficiency with great weapon master another point from higher base damage with greatsword, not bad overall.
Crunkers
2024-08-03 01:47:11 +0000 UTCGreat Weapon Fighting style is very nice on a Double-bladed Scimitar. It is on average +1,5 dmg per hit.
Bartosz Czaplewski
2024-08-02 21:32:36 +0000 UTCDualist gives +2 damage, which is supposedly comparable to Archery's +2 to hit if you're gaining multiple attacks for scaling. 2d6 is average damage 7. Rerolling 1s and 2s boosts that to 8.33. Allowing "advantage" on 2d6 (roll 4d6 and keep the highest 2) would have an average of 9.34, advantage on 1d12 would be 8.49. +2 is 44% of 4.5 (1d8). +2.34 is 33% of 7 (1d12), so it's not even as big of a buff. Or, great weapon fighting could just be +1d4 to damage with two-handed and versatile weapons.
Xeviat
2024-08-02 19:02:41 +0000 UTCI'm absolutely sure Two Weapon Fighting applies its ability modifier damage to both offhand attacks when you have both Nick and Dual Wielder! You may underestimate it, because it may for example allow Rogues to get 3 full fledged attacks at level 4 (one main hand, two off-hand) "as a result of using a weapon that has the light property" is probably just a more clunky name for what's commonly called an offhand attack. They can't say "when attacking with a weapon that has the light property" because this would include the "normal" extra attack you get from Fighter/Barb/Ranger level 5. They also can't say "offhand attack" because then they'd need a paragraph defining "offhand attack" somewhere. Also note: they say "extra attack as a result of using a weapon that has the light property", not "extra attack as a result of applying the light property" or anything like that.
Tomislav Tomic
2024-08-02 18:52:49 +0000 UTCIt’s towards the end of the thrown weapon style. There’s no timestamp for it.
TundraBoy
2024-08-02 12:06:38 +0000 UTCI didn't see a Two Weapon Fighting Style in the video. Where ar you getting that info?
Tony Glass
2024-08-02 11:57:23 +0000 UTCGiven that great weapon master applies a damage bonus to longbows, Archery seems like a solid pick for strength-based two-handed fighters and barbarians needing a reliable ranged option. Especially given the lack of other solid options.
Daniel Runyon
2024-08-02 01:57:21 +0000 UTCThe "as a result" wording of the two-weapon fighting style might be open to interpretation to allow it to work with Dual Wielder. The extra attack granted by Dual Wielder requires you to make an attack with a light weapon, so you are making that extra attack "as a result of using a weapon that has the Light property." Seeing as it doesn't say "when you use the light property to make an extra attack," there's some wiggle room there.
Ben Gabinet
2024-08-02 00:42:44 +0000 UTCI'm not sure if you mentioned this in the video or not, but can you take a fighting style feat if you are class that doesn't get one. Barbarian, Rogue, Spellcaster, etc?
Craig Stuart
2024-08-02 00:25:33 +0000 UTCIn some ways it’s like the best parts of Shield and Silvery Barbs had a (melee) baby
4RoryVT
2024-08-01 21:33:37 +0000 UTCTwo people using protection on eachother round after round sounds so good
Nicholas Arosemena
2024-08-01 21:17:44 +0000 UTCit adds 1.5 to double blade scimitar main attacks
Nicholas Arosemena
2024-08-01 21:15:20 +0000 UTCNo, just the weapon damage
Treantmonk's Temple
2024-08-01 19:56:25 +0000 UTCIt will increase d6 by 0.5 in average, I know it seems like a suboptimal option but, I am not sure about wording, please enlighten me. What if you use true strike with greatsword attack and at the same time you use smite as bonus action, does it increase damage of true strike and/or smite either?
Okan ŞANLI
2024-08-01 15:37:33 +0000 UTCThe new version of great weapon fighting seems like it would be more fun (and less disruptive) now on a character with a double bladed scimitar since its damage dice is 2d4 with a 1d4 bonus action attack.
Chaz Hodge
2024-08-01 13:31:07 +0000 UTC
