What you may lack in weight class or strength, you make up for in prowess and heart. You gain the following benefits:
-Increase your lowest score between Strength or Dexterity Score by 1 (if they are equal, your GM gets to choose) to a maximum of 20
-While wielding a melee weapon that lacks the Heavy and Special property, that weapon is considered to have the Finesse property for you. This means they qualify for the Rogue's Sneak Attack feature.
-You are proficient in unarmed strikes and use a d4 for their damage, your unarmed strikes are considered Finesse.
-While making an opposed check that calls either for a Strength(Athletics) or Dexterity(Acrobatics), you may substitute Strength and Dexterity interchangeably.
This feat is excellent for playing a warrior (rogue) who lacks strength and must resort to underhanded tactics (sneak attack) while going toe to toe with stronger warriors, or for an aspiring boxer character(Dex Based Fighter) who starts as one class and later goes into monk, since Tavern Brawler is more of a 'tough guy wrestler' rather than a 'scrappy underweight brawler'.
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