Do unarmed strikes have disadvantage if you don't have a swim speed. Now considering it specifically highlights weapons of which a unarmed stike is not. Also are natural weapons considered unarmed strikes and there for possibly not affected by the underwater rule aswell. Thank you to anyone who can help me with this.
In the 2024 rules, the underwater combat restrictions specifically refer to attacks "with weapons" and thus definitely do not apply to Unarmed Strikes.
As for natural weapons, that term is not really a thing in the 2024 rules. Features that previously used that phrase now generally refer to making Unarmed Strikes, and as such they also are not impeded in underwater combat.
The 2014 rules are a little less clear on this point. They use the phrase "melee weapon attack", which in other contexts does include unarmed strikes and natural weapons. But that seems ridiculous and probably unintended, which may be why they changed it in the 2024 rules in the first place.
Just considering the 2024 rules, "natural weapon" is not a term and doesn't have mechanical importance in the game. So far, I've only found "natural weapon" in the Alter Self spell, but again, it's related to Unarmed Strike. It would have been nice if even in that spell they hadn't used those cursed words.
It would have been nice if even in that spell they hadn't used those cursed words.
I could go on a whole rant about how the D&D designers have a massive problem with pathologically holding onto old names and phrases out of nostalgia without retaining their substance...
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Do unarmed strikes have disadvantage if you don't have a swim speed. Now considering it specifically highlights weapons of which a unarmed stike is not. Also are natural weapons considered unarmed strikes and there for possibly not affected by the underwater rule aswell. Thank you to anyone who can help me with this.
In the 2024 rules, the underwater combat restrictions specifically refer to attacks "with weapons" and thus definitely do not apply to Unarmed Strikes.
As for natural weapons, that term is not really a thing in the 2024 rules. Features that previously used that phrase now generally refer to making Unarmed Strikes, and as such they also are not impeded in underwater combat.
The 2014 rules are a little less clear on this point. They use the phrase "melee weapon attack", which in other contexts does include unarmed strikes and natural weapons. But that seems ridiculous and probably unintended, which may be why they changed it in the 2024 rules in the first place.
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I agree with wagnarokkr.
Just considering the 2024 rules, "natural weapon" is not a term and doesn't have mechanical importance in the game. So far, I've only found "natural weapon" in the Alter Self spell, but again, it's related to Unarmed Strike. It would have been nice if even in that spell they hadn't used those cursed words.
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I could go on a whole rant about how the D&D designers have a massive problem with pathologically holding onto old names and phrases out of nostalgia without retaining their substance...
pronouns: he/she/they