D&D 5E POLEARM MASTER (Feat) !!!

[maritimo80]

The second attack generated by the feat Polearm Master can use strength bonus on attack and damage?

POLEARM MASTER (Feat)
You can keep your enemies at bay with reach weapons.
You gain the following benefits:
• When you take the Attack action and attack with only
a glaive, halberd, or quarterstaff, you can use a bonus
action to make a melee attack with the opposite end of
the weapon. The weapon’s damage die for this attack
is a d4, and the attack deals bludgeoning damage.
• While you are w ielding a glaive, halberd, pike, or quarterstaff,
other creatures provoke an opportunity attack
from you when they enter your reach.

 

[brehobit]

Yes, yes you can.

 

[Joe Liker]

Yes. Unless the rule that grants you an attack states otherwise, all attacks gain attack and damage bonuses from an ability modifier.

In other words, the only reason you don't get the bonus when two weapon fighting is because the rule for two weapon fighting says you don't.

Attacking twice with a polearm does not count as two weapon fighting.

 

[Plane Sailing]

If I was DM, I would disagree. It would just be 1d4 because that is all it says (and it is in line with normal TWF).

 

[MrMyth]

If I was DM, I would disagree. It would just be 1d4 because that is all it says (and it is in line with normal TWF).

In that case, I'd request you let me also do it without spending a feat, which would also be in line with TWF.

Or, having spent this feat and clearly specialized in this style, I'd point out that adding your ability modifier is in line with how TWF works for someone who spent a feat specialized in TWF.

 

[Plane Sailing]

The feat already gives a major benefit in 'provoke opportunity attack when they enter your reach'. That is huge and the main point of the feat IMO. The butt strike is a nice little extra.

Dual Wielder feat doesn't let you add ability to damage on the secondary attack. It gives +1 to AC, non-light 1H weapons and draw or stow them both at the same time.

Now, if a Fighter or Ranger has the Two Weapon Fighting style that lets them add ability damage to the off hand attack, then I'd be fine with them adding ability damage to the polearm butt strike. But only then.

 

[77IM]

It says "the weapon's damage die for this attack is d4." Normally, when dealing damage with a weapon, you roll the damage die + add your ability modifier. Nothing in the feat says not to add the ability modifier as usual. If the feat said, "the weapon deals 1d4 damage for this attack" then I might agree that the ability modifier had been left unmentioned because you are not meant to add it.

 

[Lidgar]

Mike M. tweeted on this a while back - strength modifier applies.

 

[Plane Sailing]

That's the beauty of 5e. You'all have permission to do what seems right to you.

I think that my position is rational and reasonable and shall continue with it. Everyone gets to make their own decision