Ok, as the title says, I am wondering if the new True Strike affect your proficiency with a weapon?
First off, Weapon Proficiency: Anyone can wield a weapon, but you must have proficiency with it to add your Proficiency Bonus to an attack roll you make with it. A player character’s features can provide weapon proficiencies. A monster is proficient with any weapon in its stat block.
Which means that even if I am not proficient with the Whip as a wizard, I am still able to use it (probably without the weapon mastery included, so no Slow effect?).
Second, the new True Strike, the attack uses your spellcasting ability for the attack and damage rolls instead of using Strength or Dexterity.
This basically changes out the attack rolls and everything for the weapon so does that mean that I do not need a proficiency with the weapon that I am using the True Strike on since it switches out the attack and damage proficiencies anyway?
So, in conclusion, you can use any weapon effectively despite any proficiency as long as you have True Strike?
Thanks for answering! All the best!
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A Sun Half Elf (and Half Human - Shuo Descent) that is just ✨Lost in the Sauce✨
Ok, as the title says, I am wondering if the new True Strike affect your proficiency with a weapon?
First off, Weapon Proficiency: Anyone can wield a weapon, but you must have proficiency with it to add your Proficiency Bonus to an attack roll you make with it. A player character’s features can provide weapon proficiencies. A monster is proficient with any weapon in its stat block.
Which means that even if I am not proficient with the Whip as a wizard, I am still able to use it (probably without the weapon mastery included, so no Slow effect?).
Second, the new True Strike, the attack uses your spellcasting ability for the attack and damage rolls instead of using Strength or Dexterity.
This basically changes out the attack rolls and everything for the weapon so does that mean that I do not need a proficiency with the weapon that I am using the True Strike on since it switches out the attack and damage proficiencies anyway?
So, in conclusion, you can use any weapon effectively despite any proficiency as long as you have True Strike?
Thanks for answering! All the best!
Unfortunately, no. The material component for the new True Strike explicitly says it has to be used with "a weapon with which you have proficiency and that is worth 1+ CP". The spell does not make you proficient with the weapon; you have to already be proficient with it.
Proficiency does not have anything to do with which ability score is used for attack and damage rolls anyway.
Ahhh, that makes sense! Thanks for answering, I was just looking into the thing because I saw that my weapon in the sheet has the true strike damage and proficiency despite not being proficient. This clears things up a bit, thank you.
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A Sun Half Elf (and Half Human - Shuo Descent) that is just ✨Lost in the Sauce✨
Weapon mastery is completely separate and would not apply. Also, note that you would taking the magic action so anything that relies on the attack action wouldn't apply (such as the extra attack from a light weapon).
Weapon mastery is completely separate and would not apply. Also, note that you would taking the magic action so anything that relies on the attack action wouldn't apply (such as the extra attack from a light weapon).
The spell's material component is a weapon that you're already proficient with.
Weapon mastery is completely separate and would not apply. Also, note that you would taking the magic action so anything that relies on the attack action wouldn't apply (such as the extra attack from a light weapon).
The spell's material component is a weapon that you're already proficient with.
Perfect. That's what I was looking for and missed.
The question has been answered correctly and I won't try to argue against that. However, I'd like to point out something about the question that could come up in the future, depending on how various spells and abilities are worded.
Second, the new True Strike, the attack uses your spellcasting ability for the attack and damage rolls instead of using Strength or Dexterity.
This basically changes out the attack rolls and everything for the weapon so does that mean that I do not need a proficiency with the weapon that I am using the True Strike on since it switches out the attack and damage proficiencies anyway?
So, in conclusion, you can use any weapon effectively despite any proficiency as long as you have True Strike?
The attack uses your spellcasting ability. That isn't the same as your spell attack modifier. So even if you could use a weapon you aren't proficient with, you wouldn't make the attack as if you were proficient.
That said, the only abilities I can think of off the top of my head which already do this (Tenser's Transformation, Battle Smith Artificer's Battle Ready) also grant proficiency with all weapons the user wouldn't be proficient with.
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Ok, as the title says, I am wondering if the new True Strike affect your proficiency with a weapon?
First off, Weapon Proficiency: Anyone can wield a weapon, but you must have proficiency with it to add your Proficiency Bonus to an attack roll you make with it. A player character’s features can provide weapon proficiencies. A monster is proficient with any weapon in its stat block.
Which means that even if I am not proficient with the Whip as a wizard, I am still able to use it (probably without the weapon mastery included, so no Slow effect?).
Second, the new True Strike, the attack uses your spellcasting ability for the attack and damage rolls instead of using Strength or Dexterity.
This basically changes out the attack rolls and everything for the weapon so does that mean that I do not need a proficiency with the weapon that I am using the True Strike on since it switches out the attack and damage proficiencies anyway?
So, in conclusion, you can use any weapon effectively despite any proficiency as long as you have True Strike?
Thanks for answering! All the best!
A Sun Half Elf (and Half Human - Shuo Descent) that is just ✨Lost in the Sauce✨
Unfortunately, no. The material component for the new True Strike explicitly says it has to be used with "a weapon with which you have proficiency and that is worth 1+ CP". The spell does not make you proficient with the weapon; you have to already be proficient with it.
Proficiency does not have anything to do with which ability score is used for attack and damage rolls anyway.
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Ahhh, that makes sense! Thanks for answering, I was just looking into the thing because I saw that my weapon in the sheet has the true strike damage and proficiency despite not being proficient. This clears things up a bit, thank you.
A Sun Half Elf (and Half Human - Shuo Descent) that is just ✨Lost in the Sauce✨
I don't see anything requiring proficiency.
Weapon mastery is completely separate and would not apply. Also, note that you would taking the magic action so anything that relies on the attack action wouldn't apply (such as the extra attack from a light weapon).
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The spell's material component is a weapon that you're already proficient with.
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Perfect. That's what I was looking for and missed.
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My houserulings.
The question has been answered correctly and I won't try to argue against that. However, I'd like to point out something about the question that could come up in the future, depending on how various spells and abilities are worded.
The attack uses your spellcasting ability. That isn't the same as your spell attack modifier. So even if you could use a weapon you aren't proficient with, you wouldn't make the attack as if you were proficient.
That said, the only abilities I can think of off the top of my head which already do this (Tenser's Transformation, Battle Smith Artificer's Battle Ready) also grant proficiency with all weapons the user wouldn't be proficient with.