Hello battle masters of all shapes and sizes! Welcome to my spellbook and thank you so much for checking out the 3rd battle master maneuvers article today we’re gonna be taking a look at the most dazzling strike you could ever imagine, today we’re gonna be taking a look at dnd 5e distracting strike honestly i really like of this placed thematically and you know from a mechanicals points of view it’s actually pretty good as well. With that hyped up intro out of the way let’s take a look at the description here.
Description
When you hit a creature with a weapon attack, you can expend one superiority die to distract the creature, giving your allies an opening. You add the superiority die to the attack’s damage roll. The next attack roll against the target by an attacker other than you has advantage if the attack is made before the start of your next turn.
Very interesting i do have a comment about this one wording wise and it’s a little bit tricky on how you want to rule it. That being said, let’s take a look at the overview. You may also like to read this dnd 5e distracting strike spells.
Overview
Essentially when you hit, you can expend a superiority die. So after you know its a hit then you can activate this. Really ood feature. You add the total to your damage which is super sweet. And give you allies advantage on attack rolls until your next turn. However you may also like to read fighter 5e. And also check out this can you sneak attack with unarmed strike 5e and also read this dnd do unarmed strikes count as weapon attacks
Now that’s my interpretation of it. I have seen this interpreted where only the next attack gets advantage. I assume that every attack disadvantage until your next turn because technically speaking that initiative that turn all happens at the same point in time. Also read this what is the difference between brace and riposte 5e? and also what is the difference between a trip attack and a distracting strike?.
So that’s my ruling i’ve seen DM’s argue it another way, i’ve seen other players argued the other way. So run it past your dungeon master, see what he thinks or she thinks who they think and go from there. Have you checked our latest article on superiority dice 5e.
Wrap Up
Honestly i find it to be much fare and much better my way but ultimately it’ll be their call. That being said, thank you so much for checking out, if this is one you’re going to be taking or if you have any comments, questions, concerns or cool stories involving distracting strike i’d really like to hear them down in the comments below. Thank you so much guys and as always happy adventuring. Also check out these posts precision attack 5e | what is the trip attack maneuver in 5e? | how does stunning strike work 5e | what is an unarmed strike 5e | can you make an unarmed strike as a bonus action | are unarmed strikes finesse 5e |