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Improvised Weaponry. You have proficiency with improvised weapons.
Push. When you hit a creature with an Unarmed Strike as part of the Attack action on your turn, you can deal damage to the target and also push it 5 feet away from you. You can use this benefit only once per turn.
Origin Feat
You gain the following benefits.
Enhanced Unarmed Strike. When you hit with your Unarmed Strike and deal damage, you can deal Bludgeoning damage equal to 1d4 plus your Strength modifier
Monsters
Thieves’ Gallery
Greataxe", "rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage.
Improvised Weapon. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Improvised Weapon"} to hit, reach
5 ft., or range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d6 + 4);{"diceNotation":"1d6+4", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Improvised Weapon", "rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage.Holga
Alchemist's Fire (flask)
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alchemist's fire as an improvised weapon. On a hit, the target takes 1d4 fire damage at the start of each of its turns. A creature can end this damage by using its action to make a DC 10 Dexterity check to extinguish the flames.
Tavern Brawler
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Player’s Handbook (2014)
are proficient with improvised weapons.
Your unarmed strike uses a d4 for damage.
When you hit a creature with an unarmed strike or an improvised weapon on your turn, you can use a bonus action to attempt to grapple the target.
Acid (vial)
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As an action, you can splash the contents of this vial onto a creature within 5 feet of you or throw the vial up to 20 feet, shattering it on impact. In either case, make a ranged attack against a creature or object, treating the acid as an improvised weapon. On a hit, the target takes 2d6 acid damage.
Equipment
flask up to 20 feet, shattering it on impact. Make a ranged attack against a creature or object, treating the alchemist's doom as an improvised weapon. On a hit, the target takes 7 (2d6) fire damage
Stored in a flask, this concoction is Alchemist's Fire (flask);alchemist's fire, except it deals 7 (2d6) fire damage at the start of the target’s turns.
As an action, you can throw this
Holy Water (flask)
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creature, treating the holy water as an improvised weapon. If the target is a fiend or undead, it takes 2d6 radiant damage.
A cleric or paladin may create holy water by performing a special ritual
Oil (flask)
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ranged attack against a target creature or object, treating the oil as an improvised weapon. On a hit, the target is covered in oil. If the target takes any fire damage before the oil dries (after 1
minute), the target takes an additional 5 fire damage from the burning oil. You can also pour a flask of oil on the ground to cover a 5-foot-square area, provided that the surface is level. If lit
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
":"1d20+4","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Dagger"} to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 4 (1d4 + 2);{"diceNotation":"1d4+2","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Dagger
","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.
Sling. Ranged Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Sling"} to hit, range 30/120 ft., one target. Hit: 4 (1d4 + 2
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
improvised weapon follows the rules below. Proficiency. Don’t add your Proficiency Bonus to attack rolls with an improvised weapon. Damage. On a hit, the weapon deals 1d4 damage of a type the DM
Improvised Weapons An improvised weapon is an object wielded as a makeshift weapon, such as broken glass, a table leg, or a frying pan. A Simple or Martial weapon also counts as an improvised weapon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
improvised weapon follows the rules below. Proficiency. Don’t add your Proficiency Bonus to attack rolls with an improvised weapon. Damage. On a hit, the weapon deals 1d4 damage of a type the DM
Improvised Weapons An improvised weapon is an object wielded as a makeshift weapon, such as broken glass, a table leg, or a frying pan. A Simple or Martial weapon also counts as an improvised weapon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
also deals 1d4 damage. An improvised thrown weapon has a normal range of 20 feet and a long range of 60 feet.
Improvised Weapons Sometimes characters don't have their weapons and have to attack with whatever is at hand. An improvised weapon includes any object you can wield in one or two hands, such as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
20. You are proficient with improvised weapons. Your unarmed strike uses a d4 for damage. When you hit a creature with an unarmed strike or an improvised weapon on your turn, you can use a bonus action to attempt to grapple the target.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
new roll. Improvised Weaponry. You have proficiency with improvised weapons. Push. When you hit a creature with an Unarmed Strike as part of the Attack action on your turn, you can deal damage to the target and also push it 5 feet away from you. You can use this benefit only once per turn.
Tavern Brawler Origin Feat You gain the following benefits. Enhanced Unarmed Strike. When you hit with your Unarmed Strike and deal damage, you can deal Bludgeoning damage equal to 1d4 plus your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
weapon that has the ammunition property to make a melee attack, you treat the weapon as an improvised weapon (see "Improvised Weapons" later in the section). A sling must be loaded to deal any damage when
parentheses appears with the property — the damage when the weapon is used with two hands to make a melee attack. Improvised Weapons Sometimes characters don’t have their weapons and have to attack with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Constitution saving throw, taking 10 (3d6) necrotic damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. A creature that fails this saving throw must then succeed on a DC 10 Dexterity
onto the chain, provided the falling creature is light enough for the character to carry. Creatures that fall from Elturel or one of the chains take damage from the fall and land in the Styx (see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Thieves’ Gallery
or Improvised Weapon attacks, in any combination.
Darksteel Greataxe. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 10 (1d12 + 4) slashing damage.
Improvised Weapon. Melee or Ranged
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WIS
16 (+3)
CHA
13 (+1)
Saving Throws Str +7, Con +6
Skills Athletics +7, Intimidation +4, Nature +3, Survival +6
Damage Resistances lightning (granted by darksteel greataxe)
Senses
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
that has the ammunition property to make a melee attack, you treat the weapon as an improvised weapon (see "Improvised Weapons" later in the section). A sling must be loaded to deal any damage when
used in this way. Finesse. When making an attack with a finesse weapon, you use your choice of your Strength or Dexterity modifier for the attack and damage rolls. You must use the same modifier for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
with a Finesse weapon, use your choice of your Strength or Dexterity modifier for the attack and damage rolls. You must use the same modifier for both rolls. Heavy You have Disadvantage on attack rolls
with a Heavy weapon if it’s a Melee weapon and your Strength score isn’t at least 13 or if it’s a Ranged weapon and your Dexterity score isn’t at least 13. Improvised Weapons
If you use an object
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
with a Finesse weapon, use your choice of your Strength or Dexterity modifier for the attack and damage rolls. You must use the same modifier for both rolls. Heavy You have Disadvantage on attack rolls
with a Heavy weapon if it’s a Melee weapon and your Strength score isn’t at least 13 or if it’s a Ranged weapon and your Dexterity score isn’t at least 13. Improvised Weapons
If you use an object
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
, make a ranged attack against a creature or object, treating the acid as an improvised weapon. On a hit, the target takes 2d6 acid damage. Alchemist's Fire. This sticky, adhesive fluid ignites when
ranged attack against a target creature or object, treating the oil as an improvised weapon. On a hit, the target is covered in oil. If the target takes any fire damage before the oil dries (after 1
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
requires a successful ranged attack, and the bucket is treated as an improvised weapon. A bucket of water deals 1d6 damage to a coal. An animated coal that is submerged in water takes the damage at the start
; a speed of 30 feet; and immunity to fire, poison, and psychic damage. A coal’s Dexterity is 20, its Constitution is 10, and its other ability scores are 1. Throwing a bucket of water on a coal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
area must succeed on a DC 13 Dexterity saving throw or fall down the cliff and onto the floor of the valley 100 feet below, taking 35 (10d6) bludgeoning damage. G2: Sword Bridge The colossal, iron
longsword of some legendary being was cast unceremoniously onto the ground here, creating an improvised crossing over the valley.
Three eye mongers (see appendix A) swallowed by Arekanz lurk below the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
servants and the young that are found among the giants might not be outfitted with the gear described in the statistics used for them. Servants could use improvised weapons, such as giant-sized tools and
utensils they have available. If you decide to change any giant’s melee weapon to some other giant-sized weapon, adjust its damage accordingly: Huge giants deal three times normal weapon damage, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Kobold Inventor A kobold inventor builds improvised weapons to gain an advantage in combat. These weapons last for only one or two attacks before they break and typically work only for the inventor
., one target. Hit: 4 (1d4 + 2) piercing damage.
Sling. Ranged Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, range 30/120 ft., one target. Hit: 4 (1d4 + 2) bludgeoning damage.
Weapon Invention. The kobold uses one of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Damage Resistances see Dragon’s Resistance below
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 11
Languages Common, Draconic
Challenge 1 (200 XP)
Dragon’s Resistance. The kobold has
resistance to a type of damage based on the color of dragon that invested it with power (choose or roll a d10): 1–2, acid (black); 3–4, cold (white); 5–6, fire (red); 7–8, lightning (blue); 9–10, poison (green
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
creature or object, treating the acid as an improvised weapon. On a hit, the target takes 2d6 acid damage. Alchemist’s Fire. This sticky, adhesive fluid ignites when exposed to air. As an action, you
creature, treating the holy water as an improvised weapon. If the target is a fiend or undead, it takes 2d6 radiant damage. A cleric or paladin may create holy water by performing a special ritual
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
success. Now they’ve deployed an improvised battering ram. It’s only a matter of time, possibly minutes, before the temple’s main doors crumple under the assault, leaving the people inside helpless
ram deal 1d6 bludgeoning damage. When the doors reach 20 hit points, they have cracks large enough to see through. At 10 hit points, the doors sag in their hinges. At 5, they could collapse at the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
success. Now they’ve deployed an improvised battering ram. It’s only a matter of time, possibly minutes, before the temple’s main doors crumple under the assault, leaving the people inside helpless
battering ram deal 1d6 bludgeoning damage. When the doors reach 20 hit points, they have cracks large enough to see through. At 10 hit points, the doors sag in their hinges. At 5, they could collapse at the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
, he tosses the bucket at one of them as a distraction and flees to area 20g. (Treat the bucket as an improvised weapon that deals no damage but douses the target in stinky filth on a hit.) 20j
Dexterity check made using thieves’ tools opens each lock. If released from captivity, the goblinoids arm themselves with improvised weapons and flee to area 17a by way of the south tunnel. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
throws against poison and resistance against poison damage. They speak Common and Dwarvish. You should familiarize yourself with the key NPCs detailed below. Any of the information that isn’t secret
wedding, but he’s resourceful enough to turn anything he grabs into a weapon. Such improvised weapons use the normal berserker attack statistics. Gorat’s secret involves his goal to deliver a toast during
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
considered an improvised weapon that deals 3d4 piercing damage on a hit. The iron dagger is nonmagical and can be pried loose with a successful DC 11 Strength (Athletics) check. 31. Kitchen Standing
saving throw, taking 45 (10d8) fire damage on a failed saving throw, or half as much damage on a successful one. The trap can’t be disabled from outside the chest and is triggered only once. Inside the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes’ Feast: Saving the Children’s Menu
immunity to poison and psychic damage.
Warm Surfaces. Most of the outer walls of the house feel unnaturally warm. (Ignis keeps the hearth stoked very hot.)
Windows. The windows are boarded up from
). Above the library is a loft with an improvised railing made from wood and wire that reaches partway to the ceiling. This is Ignis’s nursery (area 5).
Sean Macdonald Map: Holrow Homestead View
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
case, the creature makes a ranged attack against the target, treating the defoliant as an improvised weapon. On a hit, the target takes 3 (1d6) acid damage, and if the target is a Plant, it also
takes 9 (2d8) necrotic damage. Lift. The lift from the cargo hold above (area S33b) is connected to this room. Aphelion or a character who has a violet key card can call the lift down to this area or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
damage to whatever triggered the trap, and if the target of the trap is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 14 Constitution saving throw or take 14 (4d6) poison damage. The trap resets after 1 minute
secret door that is easily spotted and opened from inside the tunnel. It leads to area C2. C10: Improvised Workshop Luca Bancone The marid Shanzezim is bound to the crypts and spends time tinkering