This is not a question about the bonus attack gained through the martial arts feature.
Hypothetical situation.
You are a level 5 monk. If you take the attack action on your turn you have two attacks. You are holding a monk weapon. Are you required to make both attacks with the monk weapon? Or can it be 1 Monk Weapon, 1 Unarmed Strike?
This is not a question about the bonus attack gained through the martial arts feature.
Hypothetical situation.
You are a level 5 monk. If you take the attack action on your turn you have two attacks. You are holding a monk weapon. Are you required to make both attacks with the monk weapon? Or can it be 1 Monk Weapon, 1 Unarmed Strike?
There are no restrictions like that on the attacks you can make with Extra Attack. It can be two weapon attacks, two unarmed attacks, or one of each; if you're holding two weapons, you can mix the two weapons as well. This is true for all classes that have Extra Attack, including Monks.
This is not a question about the bonus attack gained through the martial arts feature.
Hypothetical situation.
You are a level 5 monk. If you take the attack action on your turn you have two attacks. You are holding a monk weapon. Are you required to make both attacks with the monk weapon? Or can it be 1 Monk Weapon, 1 Unarmed Strike?
There are no restrictions like that on the attacks you can make with Extra Attack. It can be two weapon attacks, two unarmed attacks, or one of each; if you're holding two weapons, you can mix the two weapons as well. This is true for all classes that have Extra Attack, including Monks.
This is not a question about the bonus attack gained through the martial arts feature.
Hypothetical situation.
You are a level 5 monk. If you take the attack action on your turn you have two attacks. You are holding a monk weapon. Are you required to make both attacks with the monk weapon? Or can it be 1 Monk Weapon, 1 Unarmed Strike?
Monk can make any type of attack during their attack action.
A. 2 attacks with monk weapon. B. 2 unarmed attacks. C. 1 attack with Monk weapon and 1 unarmed attack.
Depending on what game play or the situation during the session plays out, you can always interchange. Not sure if you playing with ‘14 or ‘24 5e versions, big difference with bonus action and using Attack action to keep in mind. But that’s the break down at 5th level with having 2 attacks option.
The attacks from the Attack action and Extra Attack don't even need to be with a Monk Weapon, they can be with about anything on hands including improvised weapons.
I would argue that you could do all of those options, except attack with a weapon in the off-hand.
If you have Extra Attack, you can attack twice with your primary weapon, you can attack once with the primary then once with unarmed strike, you can attack with primary weapon and shove/grapple (both 2014 and 2024 though 2024 now rolls those into unarmed strikes). You could even attack with primary weapon, drop it, then pull out another weapon and attack with it (in 2014 you'd use your Free Interact to pull out that second weapon, assuming the primary weapon started already in your hand; in 2024 you can either use your free interact to do so or you might not even need to use the Free Interact depending on your interpretation of the rules (I hate bizarre weapon juggling)).
The only thing you cannot do, is attack with a weapon in the off-hand as a part of the Extra Attack feature. That's covered by the off-hand weapon rules. That's the way I would rule it, you are of course free to rule otherwise at your table.
One quick edit - my definition of "primary weapon" is the one you attack with first as a part of the attack action (doesn't matter what hand it is in).
I would argue that you could do all of those options, except attack with a weapon in the off-hand.
If you have Extra Attack, you can attack twice with your primary weapon, you can attack once with the primary then once with unarmed strike, you can attack with primary weapon and shove/grapple (both 2014 and 2024 though 2024 now rolls those into unarmed strikes). You could even attack with primary weapon, drop it, then pull out another weapon and attack with it (in 2014 you'd use your Free Interact to pull out that second weapon, assuming the primary weapon started already in your hand; in 2024 you can either use your free interact to do so or you might not even need to use the Free Interact depending on your interpretation of the rules (I hate bizarre weapon juggling)).
The only thing you cannot do, is attack with a weapon in the off-hand as a part of the Extra Attack feature. That's covered by the off-hand weapon rules. That's the way I would rule it, you are of course free to rule otherwise at your table.
One quick edit - my definition of "primary weapon" is the one you attack with first as a part of the attack action (doesn't matter what hand it is in).
There's no such thing as an "off hand" in D&D. If you have two weapons, the two attacks can be with different weapons.
What the two-weapon fighting mechanics do is give you an additional attack or two for fighting with two weapons.
(Obviously, you can rule it otherwise at your table, but that's the rules by default.)
I would argue that you could do all of those options, except attack with a weapon in the off-hand.
If you have Extra Attack, you can attack twice with your primary weapon, you can attack once with the primary then once with unarmed strike, you can attack with primary weapon and shove/grapple (both 2014 and 2024 though 2024 now rolls those into unarmed strikes). You could even attack with primary weapon, drop it, then pull out another weapon and attack with it (in 2014 you'd use your Free Interact to pull out that second weapon, assuming the primary weapon started already in your hand; in 2024 you can either use your free interact to do so or you might not even need to use the Free Interact depending on your interpretation of the rules (I hate bizarre weapon juggling)).
The only thing you cannot do, is attack with a weapon in the off-hand as a part of the Extra Attack feature. That's covered by the off-hand weapon rules. That's the way I would rule it, you are of course free to rule otherwise at your table.
One quick edit - my definition of "primary weapon" is the one you attack with first as a part of the attack action (doesn't matter what hand it is in).
And as jl8e pointed out, the concepts of "primary weapon" and "off-hand weapon" do not exist in 5e D&D. If you hate weapon juggling, then adding restrictions like this is probably counter-productive.
I would argue that you could do all of those options, except attack with a weapon in the off-hand.
If you have Extra Attack, you can attack twice with your primary weapon, you can attack once with the primary then once with unarmed strike, you can attack with primary weapon and shove/grapple (both 2014 and 2024 though 2024 now rolls those into unarmed strikes). You could even attack with primary weapon, drop it, then pull out another weapon and attack with it (in 2014 you'd use your Free Interact to pull out that second weapon, assuming the primary weapon started already in your hand; in 2024 you can either use your free interact to do so or you might not even need to use the Free Interact depending on your interpretation of the rules (I hate bizarre weapon juggling)).
The only thing you cannot do, is attack with a weapon in the off-hand as a part of the Extra Attack feature. That's covered by the off-hand weapon rules. That's the way I would rule it, you are of course free to rule otherwise at your table.
One quick edit - my definition of "primary weapon" is the one you attack with first as a part of the attack action (doesn't matter what hand it is in).
And as jl8e pointed out, the concepts of "primary weapon" and "off-hand weapon" do not exist in 5e D&D. If you hate weapon juggling, then adding restrictions like this is probably counter-productive.
You’re going off tangent, there are many posts about twf, weapon juggling. It’s a simple question, what action can be done with Attack Action phase at level 5. What the mechanics are of the 2 attacks with choices etc are not being asked.
This is not a question about the bonus attack gained through the martial arts feature.
Hypothetical situation.
You are a level 5 monk. If you take the attack action on your turn you have two attacks. You are holding a monk weapon. Are you required to make both attacks with the monk weapon? Or can it be 1 Monk Weapon, 1 Unarmed Strike?
There are no restrictions like that on the attacks you can make with Extra Attack. It can be two weapon attacks, two unarmed attacks, or one of each; if you're holding two weapons, you can mix the two weapons as well. This is true for all classes that have Extra Attack, including Monks.
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Monk can make any type of attack during their attack action.
A. 2 attacks with monk weapon. B. 2 unarmed attacks. C. 1 attack with Monk weapon and 1 unarmed attack.
Depending on what game play or the situation during the session plays out, you can always interchange. Not sure if you playing with ‘14 or ‘24 5e versions, big difference with bonus action and using Attack action to keep in mind. But that’s the break down at 5th level with having 2 attacks option.
The attacks from the Attack action and Extra Attack don't even need to be with a Monk Weapon, they can be with about anything on hands including improvised weapons.
I would argue that you could do all of those options, except attack with a weapon in the off-hand.
If you have Extra Attack, you can attack twice with your primary weapon, you can attack once with the primary then once with unarmed strike, you can attack with primary weapon and shove/grapple (both 2014 and 2024 though 2024 now rolls those into unarmed strikes). You could even attack with primary weapon, drop it, then pull out another weapon and attack with it (in 2014 you'd use your Free Interact to pull out that second weapon, assuming the primary weapon started already in your hand; in 2024 you can either use your free interact to do so or you might not even need to use the Free Interact depending on your interpretation of the rules (I hate bizarre weapon juggling)).
The only thing you cannot do, is attack with a weapon in the off-hand as a part of the Extra Attack feature. That's covered by the off-hand weapon rules. That's the way I would rule it, you are of course free to rule otherwise at your table.
One quick edit - my definition of "primary weapon" is the one you attack with first as a part of the attack action (doesn't matter what hand it is in).
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There's no such thing as an "off hand" in D&D. If you have two weapons, the two attacks can be with different weapons.
What the two-weapon fighting mechanics do is give you an additional attack or two for fighting with two weapons.
(Obviously, you can rule it otherwise at your table, but that's the rules by default.)
There is nothing in the actual rules to support that restriction, and the Sage Advice Compendium makes it very clear that it's not intended to work that way: https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/sac/sage-advice-compendium#SA006
And as jl8e pointed out, the concepts of "primary weapon" and "off-hand weapon" do not exist in 5e D&D. If you hate weapon juggling, then adding restrictions like this is probably counter-productive.
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You’re going off tangent, there are many posts about twf, weapon juggling. It’s a simple question, what action can be done with Attack Action phase at level 5. What the mechanics are of the 2 attacks with choices etc are not being asked.
That question has been answered in this thread already.
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