![]() It seems clear to me that the intent is for each weapon to be its own special snowflake, and not be classed as a "group" of weapons beyond the codified mechanical groups. ![]() They could easily say "you have proficiency with axes and hammers", but instead they enumerate which axes and hammers with which the dwarf gains proficiency. This is perhaps most evident in the weapon proficiency descriptions for Dwarf. You can see a marked difference between 4e's weapon listings and 5e's. That being the keywords (finesse, heavy, light etc), the types (simple or martial), and the damage types (bludgeoning, slashing, piercing). If she had the War Caster feat, she could ignore this restriction.This precedent exists for prior editions of D&D however at this time there is no mechanical relation of weapons of similar kind or name beyond the ones that are codified (with the exception of crossbows which are a bit different). SHILLELAGH SPELL 5E FREEShe’s going to need a free hand to make the spell’s gestures. ![]() If the same cleric casts cure wounds, she needs to put the mace or the shield away, because that spell doesn’t have a material component but does have a somatic component. If the spell, such as aid, also has a somatic component, she can perform that component with the shield hand and keep holding the mace in the other. She uses the holy symbol as her spellcasting focus, so she needs to have the shield in hand when she casts a cleric spell that has a material component. ![]() She likes to wade into melee combat with a mace in one hand and a shield in the other. For example, a wizard who uses an orb as a spellcasting focus could hold a quarterstaff in one hand and the orb in the other, and he could cast lightning bolt by using the orb as the spell’s material component and the orb hand to perform the spell’s somatic component.Īnother example: a cleric’s holy symbol is emblazoned on her shield. If a spell has a somatic component, you can use the hand that performs the somatic component to also handle the material component. The same rule applies if you’re using a spellcasting focus as the material component. Q: What’s the amount of interaction needed to use a spell-casting focus? Does it have to be included in the somatic component?Ī: If a spell has a material component, you need to handle that component when you cast the spell (PH,203). The issue about components and free hands was also officially answered through a Sage Advice at some point. That attack is a function of the feat, not the weapon being used. Q: If I cast shillelagh on my quarterstaff and have the Polearm Master feat, does the bonus attack use a d4 or a d8 for damage?Ī: The bonus attack uses a d4. ![]() It was the ultimate "Don't know, don't care, you pick one" signal that there's no coherent guidance behind the rules, and that is a huge problem for us.Īnd you're also breaking the rules because Shillelagh doesn't affect the d4 attack, as per the most recent Sage Advice. I don't know, I don't want to insult the authors cause I'm sure they did the best they could, but if I have to identify the single incident that damaged 5E's reputation in my group the most, it's probably this individual Sage answer. But don't build further rules on a particular interpretation I may or may have not taken. If you expect me to adjudicate things, FINE. I mean, in one swift stroke you tell me to solve the problem myself, then tell me that if I solved it a certain way I will break some other rules you put elsewhere in the book, then when asked about it you answer "it could work like this, or it could work like that, or whatever. SHILLELAGH SPELL 5E FULLThis is gonna sound like a rant, but boy the idea that I paid money for a rulebook that has the nerve of not giving you a clear answer on how casting with your hands full work AND YET gives you codified resources your players can invest in that build on one particular interpretation of how those nebulous rules work makes me rage. ![]()
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