Howdy... maybe it's me, but I've noticed that the bonus action attack granted by the feat Polearm Master doesn't take into account the magical bonus of the weapon I'm using, nor does it add in the 5 feet of additional reach a bugbear gets.
The main attack for the +2 glaive looks right, 15ft reach, +2 included in attack and damage.
The bonus action for the feat only shows a 10 ft reach, and to hit and damage are as if with a mundane glaive, only calculating proficiency and stat bonus. I can fix the hit and damage by customization, but I haven't figured out how to correct the reach.
Am I wrong in thinking I should be allowed those bonuses to the bonus action attack or is this a miscalculation bug on the sheet?
Yeah, you just need to customize the bonus action attack when it's with a magic weapon. The reach is accounting for the bugbear +5 reach but not the weapon itself, since not all polearms have reach (spear & quarterstaff specifically.)
Yeah, you just need to customize the bonus action attack when it's with a magic weapon. The reach is accounting for the bugbear +5 reach but not the weapon itself, since not all polearms have reach (spear & quarterstaff specifically.)
Not quite, no. That action is being wholly generated by the feat itself and presumes whichever Polearm in use has reach.
Actions generated by feats (such as Plearme Master, etc.) do not interact with anything else in any way. It is just a limitation of the software.
Yeah, you just need to customize the bonus action attack when it's with a magic weapon. The reach is accounting for the bugbear +5 reach but not the weapon itself, since not all polearms have reach (spear & quarterstaff specifically.)
Not quite, no. That action is being wholly generated by the feat itself and presumes whichever Polearm in use has reach.
Actions generated by feats (such as Plearme Master, etc.) do not interact with anything else in any way. It is just a limitation of the software.
Our elf druid with Polearm Master only shows reach 5 on the bonus attack. I made a bugbear barbarian with Polearm Master, it shows reach 10. I changed the race to dwarf, reach is now 5. So it's definitely making use of the racial feature.
In any case, we can't adjust the reach via customization, but you customize to add a Note like "Actual Reach: 15ft" (I do that for magic weapons with altered thrown ranges.)
Thanks for the feedback. D&D beyond has made me "rules lazy" and I thought that somewhere there may have been a rule in a book that bugbears can't get reach on a bonus action on Thursdays when the moon is waning. I'm becoming dependent on a tool to play D&D that isn't even remotely needed to play D&D.
Yeah, you just need to customize the bonus action attack when it's with a magic weapon. The reach is accounting for the bugbear +5 reach but not the weapon itself, since not all polearms have reach (spear & quarterstaff specifically.)
Not quite, no. That action is being wholly generated by the feat itself and presumes whichever Polearm in use has reach.
Actions generated by feats (such as Plearme Master, etc.) do not interact with anything else in any way. It is just a limitation of the software.
Our elf druid with Polearm Master only shows reach 5 on the bonus attack. I made a bugbear barbarian with Polearm Master, it shows reach 10. I changed the race to dwarf, reach is now 5. So it's definitely making use of the racial feature.
In any case, we can't adjust the reach via customization, but you customize to add a Note like "Actual Reach: 15ft" (I do that for magic weapons with altered thrown ranges.)
Then I stand corrected. Either I misremembered or they added functionality.
Howdy... maybe it's me, but I've noticed that the bonus action attack granted by the feat Polearm Master doesn't take into account the magical bonus of the weapon I'm using, nor does it add in the 5 feet of additional reach a bugbear gets.
The main attack for the +2 glaive looks right, 15ft reach, +2 included in attack and damage.
The bonus action for the feat only shows a 10 ft reach, and to hit and damage are as if with a mundane glaive, only calculating proficiency and stat bonus. I can fix the hit and damage by customization, but I haven't figured out how to correct the reach.
Am I wrong in thinking I should be allowed those bonuses to the bonus action attack or is this a miscalculation bug on the sheet?
Yeah, you just need to customize the bonus action attack when it's with a magic weapon. The reach is accounting for the bugbear +5 reach but not the weapon itself, since not all polearms have reach (spear & quarterstaff specifically.)
Helpful rewriter of Japanese->English translation and delver into software codebases (she/e/they)
Not quite, no. That action is being wholly generated by the feat itself and presumes whichever Polearm in use has reach.
Actions generated by feats (such as Plearme Master, etc.) do not interact with anything else in any way. It is just a limitation of the software.
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Our elf druid with Polearm Master only shows reach 5 on the bonus attack. I made a bugbear barbarian with Polearm Master, it shows reach 10. I changed the race to dwarf, reach is now 5. So it's definitely making use of the racial feature.
In any case, we can't adjust the reach via customization, but you customize to add a Note like "Actual Reach: 15ft" (I do that for magic weapons with altered thrown ranges.)
Helpful rewriter of Japanese->English translation and delver into software codebases (she/e/they)
Thanks for the feedback. D&D beyond has made me "rules lazy" and I thought that somewhere there may have been a rule in a book that bugbears can't get reach on a bonus action on Thursdays when the moon is waning. I'm becoming dependent on a tool to play D&D that isn't even remotely needed to play D&D.
Then I stand corrected. Either I misremembered or they added functionality.
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