D&D 5E Do Maneuvers (Battle Master) apply to ranged weapons?
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Most maneuvers work with any weapon including (but not limited to) swords, bows, nets, daggers, and dead goblins. The exceptions are:
Evasive Footwork is triggered when you move.
Feinting Attack requires you to designate a target within 5 feet of you.
Lunging Attack requires you to make a melee weapon attack.
Parry requires another creature to damage you with a melee attack.
Rally requires you to designate a friendly target who can see or hear you.
Riposte requires an enemy to miss you with a melee attack.
Sweeping Attack requires you to hit a creature with a melee weapon attack.
Other than those, every maneuver works with every type of weapon. Yes, that means you can disarm or trip or push or goad a creature with an arrow at 600 feet.
Evasive Footwork is triggered when you move.
Feinting Attack requires you to designate a target within 5 feet of you.
Lunging Attack requires you to make a melee weapon attack.
Parry requires another creature to damage you with a melee attack.
Rally requires you to designate a friendly target who can see or hear you.
Riposte requires an enemy to miss you with a melee attack.
Sweeping Attack requires you to hit a creature with a melee weapon attack.
Other than those, every maneuver works with every type of weapon. Yes, that means you can disarm or trip or push or goad a creature with an arrow at 600 feet.
Most of them yes, they tell you in the description if it is melee attack only.
It looks like the only 3 that are limited to melee only are lunging attack, riposte, and sweeping attack.
Now some are only usable in melee range like feint and parry, they do not require you to be armed with a melee weapon.
Edit: wanted to add this does mean you can knock a flying creature of large size or smaller out of the sky with a blowgun dart if you wanted, I think this is cool and fun, I think some people have issues with stuff like that but I don't have any issues with using my imagination when it comes to stuff like that, it probably has something to do with all the Hercules and Xena I watched growing up.
It looks like the only 3 that are limited to melee only are lunging attack, riposte, and sweeping attack.
Now some are only usable in melee range like feint and parry, they do not require you to be armed with a melee weapon.
Edit: wanted to add this does mean you can knock a flying creature of large size or smaller out of the sky with a blowgun dart if you wanted, I think this is cool and fun, I think some people have issues with stuff like that but I don't have any issues with using my imagination when it comes to stuff like that, it probably has something to do with all the Hercules and Xena I watched growing up.
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transtemporal
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Yep, except for ones that specify "melee attack" like Riposte.
Nothing more to add than check out the individual description on maneuvers. They are specified what can be applied to what.
The best ones are the ones that can be triggered on hit, as they are then never wasted. Others that are triggered on attack risk on being wasted if you miss.
The best ones are the ones that can be triggered on hit, as they are then never wasted. Others that are triggered on attack risk on being wasted if you miss.
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