Hello DndBeyond. I am a little bit stuck. Am I correct? If you use a melee weapon and you attack with it you can also Attack with your hand using no action/bonus action ect.? And if yes is it possible with heavy weapons?
Attacking with a hand or foot or your body in general is called an Unarmed Strike and does require an attack to use. If you have the Extra Attack feature and take the Attack action - which allows you to make more than 1 attack (up to a limit - usually 2 but fighters can get more) then you can use one of those attacks for a weapon and one for an Unarmed Strike - though that would usually result in much less damage than using your weapon twice.
Most characters can only use Unarmed Strikes in their Attack action - but Monks get other specific stuff - because Monks - and their class features will explain how they work specifically.
I would give Chapter 9 of the Basic Rules a read-through if I were you. It should clear things up - specifically the Actions in Combat section.
You certainly can use an Unarmed Strike as one or more of the attacks in your Attack action, Unarmed Strike is always available to every character and creature, regardless of what you're carrying in your hand(s). But if you are asking whether you can use an Unarmed Strike with a Bonus Action under Two Weapon Fighting... no.
When you take the Attack action and attack with a light melee weapon that you're holding in one hand, you can use a bonus action to attack with a different light melee weapon that you're holding in the other hand. You don't add your ability modifier to the damage of the bonus attack, unless that modifier is negative.
If either weapon has the thrown property, you can throw the weapon, instead of making a melee attack with it.
An empty hand (or a foot, or any other part of your body) is not a "light melee weapon."
The Dual Wielder feat opens up what sorts of weapons will work with TWF, but Unarmed Strikes are not a weapon.
You master fighting with two weapons, gaining the following benefits:
You gain a +1 bonus to AC while you are wielding a separate melee weapon in each hand.
You can use two-weapon fighting even when the one-handed melee weapons you are wielding aren't light.
You can draw or stow two one-handed weapons when you would normally be able to draw or stow only one.
Instead of using a weapon to make a melee weapon attack, you can use an unarmed strike: a punch, kick, head-butt, or similar forceful blow (none of which count as weapons).
In summary, Unarmed Strikes may never be used for that Two Weapon Fighting Bonus Action.
like chicken says - not RAW, but we play that the two weapon fighting rule also applies to unarmed strikes - since its just ridiculously silly to say you could make an attack with a dagger but not a punch.
A d4 club reskinned as brass knuckles is fine, but at that point, it’s not an Unarmed Strike. A toe/tail spike could be an interesting home brew item (a dagger that doesn’t require a free hand to wield but can’t be thrown?), but at that point, it’s also not a weapon being held “in the other hand,” so still no TWF without more house rules.
A d4 club reskinned as brass knuckles is fine, but at that point, it’s not an Unarmed Strike. A toe/tail spike could be an interesting home brew item (a dagger that doesn’t require a free hand to wield but can’t be thrown?), but at that point, it’s also not a weapon being held “in the other hand,” so still no TWF without more house rules.
It's using the rules to let the player do what he wants. It's mostly a punch or kick as bonus action even though it isn't really unarmed.
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like chicken says - not RAW, but we play that the two weapon fighting rule also applies to unarmed strikes - since its just ridiculously silly to say you could make an attack with a dagger but not a punch.
You can make it as a custom action directly on the character sheet.
I see. So just an item that lets somebody do a 1 damage+nothing bonus action punch after attacking with a light weapon? Do you still let them hold other items/weapons in that brass knuckles hand? Innocent enough probably.
I see. So just an item that lets somebody do a 1 damage+nothing bonus action punch after attacking with a light weapon? Do you still let them hold other items/weapons in that brass knuckles hand? Innocent enough probably.
You can make it as a custom action for an unarmed strike directly on the character sheet too. Or you could do it as a feat and add it directly to the character sheet. There’s no way to make an weapon that only does 1 damage without basing it on a blowgun and that’s a ranged weapon. If you do it as a feat you could even set it to scale with unarmed strikes.
Hello DndBeyond. I am a little bit stuck. Am I correct? If you use a melee weapon and you attack with it you can also Attack with your hand using no action/bonus action ect.? And if yes is it possible with heavy weapons?
Attacking with a hand or foot or your body in general is called an Unarmed Strike and does require an attack to use. If you have the Extra Attack feature and take the Attack action - which allows you to make more than 1 attack (up to a limit - usually 2 but fighters can get more) then you can use one of those attacks for a weapon and one for an Unarmed Strike - though that would usually result in much less damage than using your weapon twice.
Most characters can only use Unarmed Strikes in their Attack action - but Monks get other specific stuff - because Monks - and their class features will explain how they work specifically.
I would give Chapter 9 of the Basic Rules a read-through if I were you. It should clear things up - specifically the Actions in Combat section.
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You certainly can use an Unarmed Strike as one or more of the attacks in your Attack action, Unarmed Strike is always available to every character and creature, regardless of what you're carrying in your hand(s). But if you are asking whether you can use an Unarmed Strike with a Bonus Action under Two Weapon Fighting... no.
Two Weapon Fighting:
An empty hand (or a foot, or any other part of your body) is not a "light melee weapon."
The Dual Wielder feat opens up what sorts of weapons will work with TWF, but Unarmed Strikes are not a weapon.
In summary, Unarmed Strikes may never be used for that Two Weapon Fighting Bonus Action.
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like chicken says - not RAW, but we play that the two weapon fighting rule also applies to unarmed strikes - since its just ridiculously silly to say you could make an attack with a dagger but not a punch.
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So what you have to do is arm yourself with light brass knuckles or light toe spike.
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A d4 club reskinned as brass knuckles is fine, but at that point, it’s not an Unarmed Strike. A toe/tail spike could be an interesting home brew item (a dagger that doesn’t require a free hand to wield but can’t be thrown?), but at that point, it’s also not a weapon being held “in the other hand,” so still no TWF without more house rules.
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It's using the rules to let the player do what he wants. It's mostly a punch or kick as bonus action even though it isn't really unarmed.
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You can make it as a custom action directly on the character sheet.
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I see. So just an item that lets somebody do a 1 damage+nothing bonus action punch after attacking with a light weapon? Do you still let them hold other items/weapons in that brass knuckles hand? Innocent enough probably.
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You can make it as a custom action for an unarmed strike directly on the character sheet too. Or you could do it as a feat and add it directly to the character sheet. There’s no way to make an weapon that only does 1 damage without basing it on a blowgun and that’s a ranged weapon. If you do it as a feat you could even set it to scale with unarmed strikes.
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