I've made a character who has chosen Polearm Master feat for level 4. On the character sheet it says that a) my bonus attack action from Polearm Master only has a range of 5ft, and b) it says my opportunity attacks from Polearm Master have a range of 5ft.
Everything I've read online suggests that both the bonus attack and the opportunity attack with a polearm should be 10ft.
I've been seeing a lot of people mentioning PAM's action lately (I think this is the third one in the last week). The action is granted by the feat. The tools dont have a way to check bonuses applied to the weapon or even a way to know which weapon it needs to check.
You can customize to apply those bonuses yourself.
No it is a problem with the way the character sheet actions are set up. The BA attack is created by the feat and does not get modified by anything that modifies the weapon.
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Needless to say, the reaction created by the feat has the same issues as the bonus action.
Not every weapon Polearm Master applies to is a reach weapon. Quarterstaffs and spears only have 5ft reach.
The Polearm Master feat doesn't know what weapon you are using for the attacks, so it can't adjust the reach.
It's possible to create a homebrew copy of the Polearm Master feat and adjust the Opportunity Attack and Bonus Action Attack actions to give them 10ft reach. Then your character sheet will have the correct information for your character, if their weapon has 10ft reach.
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Hi,
I've made a character who has chosen Polearm Master feat for level 4. On the character sheet it says that a) my bonus attack action from Polearm Master only has a range of 5ft, and b) it says my opportunity attacks from Polearm Master have a range of 5ft.
Everything I've read online suggests that both the bonus attack and the opportunity attack with a polearm should be 10ft.
Is this a glitch? Is my research incorrect?
Thanks in advance for any help.
There have been a number of reports about PAM that all stem from the same source. Here is my answer to the last one from earlier this week:
Needless to say, the reaction created by the feat has the same issues as the bonus action.
9 months later...still not fixed...disappointing.
I came here to report the same issue.
It's now been 15 months, on one of the most popular feats for martial characters.
Old school knowledge / without all the baggage
Not every weapon Polearm Master applies to is a reach weapon. Quarterstaffs and spears only have 5ft reach.
The Polearm Master feat doesn't know what weapon you are using for the attacks, so it can't adjust the reach.
It's possible to create a homebrew copy of the Polearm Master feat and adjust the Opportunity Attack and Bonus Action Attack actions to give them 10ft reach. Then your character sheet will have the correct information for your character, if their weapon has 10ft reach.
Helpful rewriter of Japanese->English translation and delver into software codebases (she/e/they)