Do ranged attacks with improvised weapons get the bonus from the Archery fighting style?
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Do flasks like oil and alchemist's fire benefit from the Archery fighting style?
Archery:
You gain a +2 bonus to attack rolls you make with ranged weapons.
Oil (flask): Make a ranged attack against a target creature or object, treating the oil as an improvised Weapon. [The wording for alchemist's fire is similar.]
I suppose my question could be interpreted as: Are improvised weapons that could only be thrown considered melee or ranged improvised weapons?
Thanks in advance!
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Do flasks like oil and alchemist's fire benefit from the Archery fighting style?
Archery:
You gain a +2 bonus to attack rolls you make with ranged weapons.
Oil (flask): Make a ranged attack against a target creature or object, treating the oil as an improvised Weapon. [The wording for alchemist's fire is similar.]
I suppose my question could be interpreted as: Are improvised weapons that could only be thrown considered melee or ranged improvised weapons?
Thanks in advance!
dnd-5e ranged-attack improvised-weaponry fighting-style
edited 2 days ago
V2Blast
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asked 2 days ago
Johnny RumJohnny Rum
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Related and possible duplicate: Are Improvised Weapons used in melee actually melee weapons?. The title of the question is about melee weapons, but the answers directly address your issue, and I think that any answer to this question would replicate answers on the other question. Can you let us know if the answers to the other question do/don't solve your problem?
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– Bloodcinder
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Do flasks like oil and alchemist's fire benefit from the Archery fighting style?
Archery:
You gain a +2 bonus to attack rolls you make with ranged weapons.
Oil (flask): Make a ranged attack against a target creature or object, treating the oil as an improvised Weapon. [The wording for alchemist's fire is similar.]
I suppose my question could be interpreted as: Are improvised weapons that could only be thrown considered melee or ranged improvised weapons?
Thanks in advance!
dnd-5e ranged-attack improvised-weaponry fighting-style
edited 2 days ago
V2Blast
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asked 2 days ago
Johnny RumJohnny Rum
1718
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Do flasks like oil and alchemist's fire benefit from the Archery fighting style?
Archery:
You gain a +2 bonus to attack rolls you make with ranged weapons.
Oil (flask): Make a ranged attack against a target creature or object, treating the oil as an improvised Weapon. [The wording for alchemist's fire is similar.]
I suppose my question could be interpreted as: Are improvised weapons that could only be thrown considered melee or ranged improvised weapons?
Thanks in advance!
dnd-5e ranged-attack improvised-weaponry fighting-style
dnd-5e ranged-attack improvised-weaponry fighting-style
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Related and possible duplicate: Are Improvised Weapons used in melee actually melee weapons?. The title of the question is about melee weapons, but the answers directly address your issue, and I think that any answer to this question would replicate answers on the other question. Can you let us know if the answers to the other question do/don't solve your problem?
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Related and possible duplicate: Are Improvised Weapons used in melee actually melee weapons?. The title of the question is about melee weapons, but the answers directly address your issue, and I think that any answer to this question would replicate answers on the other question. Can you let us know if the answers to the other question do/don't solve your problem?
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Related and possible duplicate: Are Improvised Weapons used in melee actually melee weapons?. The title of the question is about melee weapons, but the answers directly address your issue, and I think that any answer to this question would replicate answers on the other question. Can you let us know if the answers to the other question do/don't solve your problem?
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– Bloodcinder
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Related and possible duplicate: Are Improvised Weapons used in melee actually melee weapons?. The title of the question is about melee weapons, but the answers directly address your issue, and I think that any answer to this question would replicate answers on the other question. Can you let us know if the answers to the other question do/don't solve your problem?
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You do not get the bonus
Archery applies to
attack rolls you make with ranged weapons.
Ranged weapons those weapons that are listed as Ranged Simple/Martial Weapon in the weapons table, PHB p. 149. Having the Range property is not sufficient to make a weapon a ranged weapon. Note that not even thrown javelins and daggers are included in this section.
The section about improvised weapons does not describe the object changing it's weapon category except for objects resembling weapons. Therefore in general the bonus does not apply.
There may be exceptions when an object you attack with is close enough to a ranged weapon for the DM to treat the object as such (e.g. dart-like or net-like objects).
answered 2 days ago
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what if you shoot the Alchemist's Fire with a sling? Though I suspect allowing that would be homebrew already.
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– PixelMaster
yesterday
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@PixelMaster in that case the DM needs to decide, if (s)he wants to allow this. If yes, the bonus should apply, otherwise not. I wouldn't allow it, since Alchemist's fire differs in size quite significantly from sling projectiles...
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– fabian
yesterday
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You do not get the bonus
Archery applies to
attack rolls you make with ranged weapons.
Ranged weapons those weapons that are listed as Ranged Simple/Martial Weapon in the weapons table, PHB p. 149. Having the Range property is not sufficient to make a weapon a ranged weapon. Note that not even thrown javelins and daggers are included in this section.
The section about improvised weapons does not describe the object changing it's weapon category except for objects resembling weapons. Therefore in general the bonus does not apply.
There may be exceptions when an object you attack with is close enough to a ranged weapon for the DM to treat the object as such (e.g. dart-like or net-like objects).
answered 2 days ago
fabianfabian
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what if you shoot the Alchemist's Fire with a sling? Though I suspect allowing that would be homebrew already.
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– PixelMaster
yesterday
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@PixelMaster in that case the DM needs to decide, if (s)he wants to allow this. If yes, the bonus should apply, otherwise not. I wouldn't allow it, since Alchemist's fire differs in size quite significantly from sling projectiles...
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– fabian
yesterday
add a comment |
$begingroup$
You do not get the bonus
Archery applies to
attack rolls you make with ranged weapons.
Ranged weapons those weapons that are listed as Ranged Simple/Martial Weapon in the weapons table, PHB p. 149. Having the Range property is not sufficient to make a weapon a ranged weapon. Note that not even thrown javelins and daggers are included in this section.
The section about improvised weapons does not describe the object changing it's weapon category except for objects resembling weapons. Therefore in general the bonus does not apply.
There may be exceptions when an object you attack with is close enough to a ranged weapon for the DM to treat the object as such (e.g. dart-like or net-like objects).
answered 2 days ago
fabianfabian
2,9471727
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what if you shoot the Alchemist's Fire with a sling? Though I suspect allowing that would be homebrew already.
$endgroup$
– PixelMaster
yesterday
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@PixelMaster in that case the DM needs to decide, if (s)he wants to allow this. If yes, the bonus should apply, otherwise not. I wouldn't allow it, since Alchemist's fire differs in size quite significantly from sling projectiles...
$endgroup$
– fabian
yesterday
add a comment |
$begingroup$
You do not get the bonus
Archery applies to
attack rolls you make with ranged weapons.
Ranged weapons those weapons that are listed as Ranged Simple/Martial Weapon in the weapons table, PHB p. 149. Having the Range property is not sufficient to make a weapon a ranged weapon. Note that not even thrown javelins and daggers are included in this section.
The section about improvised weapons does not describe the object changing it's weapon category except for objects resembling weapons. Therefore in general the bonus does not apply.
There may be exceptions when an object you attack with is close enough to a ranged weapon for the DM to treat the object as such (e.g. dart-like or net-like objects).
answered 2 days ago
fabianfabian
2,9471727
$endgroup$
You do not get the bonus
Archery applies to
attack rolls you make with ranged weapons.
Ranged weapons those weapons that are listed as Ranged Simple/Martial Weapon in the weapons table, PHB p. 149. Having the Range property is not sufficient to make a weapon a ranged weapon. Note that not even thrown javelins and daggers are included in this section.
The section about improvised weapons does not describe the object changing it's weapon category except for objects resembling weapons. Therefore in general the bonus does not apply.
There may be exceptions when an object you attack with is close enough to a ranged weapon for the DM to treat the object as such (e.g. dart-like or net-like objects).
answered 2 days ago
fabianfabian
2,9471727
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what if you shoot the Alchemist's Fire with a sling? Though I suspect allowing that would be homebrew already.
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– PixelMaster
yesterday
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@PixelMaster in that case the DM needs to decide, if (s)he wants to allow this. If yes, the bonus should apply, otherwise not. I wouldn't allow it, since Alchemist's fire differs in size quite significantly from sling projectiles...
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– fabian
yesterday
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what if you shoot the Alchemist's Fire with a sling? Though I suspect allowing that would be homebrew already.
$endgroup$
– PixelMaster
yesterday
$begingroup$
@PixelMaster in that case the DM needs to decide, if (s)he wants to allow this. If yes, the bonus should apply, otherwise not. I wouldn't allow it, since Alchemist's fire differs in size quite significantly from sling projectiles...
$endgroup$
– fabian
yesterday
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what if you shoot the Alchemist's Fire with a sling? Though I suspect allowing that would be homebrew already.
$endgroup$
– PixelMaster
yesterday
$begingroup$
what if you shoot the Alchemist's Fire with a sling? Though I suspect allowing that would be homebrew already.
$endgroup$
– PixelMaster
yesterday
$begingroup$
@PixelMaster in that case the DM needs to decide, if (s)he wants to allow this. If yes, the bonus should apply, otherwise not. I wouldn't allow it, since Alchemist's fire differs in size quite significantly from sling projectiles...
$endgroup$
– fabian
yesterday
$begingroup$
@PixelMaster in that case the DM needs to decide, if (s)he wants to allow this. If yes, the bonus should apply, otherwise not. I wouldn't allow it, since Alchemist's fire differs in size quite significantly from sling projectiles...
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– fabian
yesterday
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Related and possible duplicate: Are Improvised Weapons used in melee actually melee weapons?. The title of the question is about melee weapons, but the answers directly address your issue, and I think that any answer to this question would replicate answers on the other question. Can you let us know if the answers to the other question do/don't solve your problem?
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– Bloodcinder
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