Hello battle masters of all shapes and sizes! Welcome to my spellbook and thank you so much for checking out the eighth maneuver we are looking at today. Today we’re going to be taking a look at dnd 5e maneuvering attack i really like this one, i like what it implies and i really like how it can get people out of a tough bind.
It kind of does the work of a couple of these other maneuvers but doesn’t in a very interesting way that i can kind of get behind. In any case let’s take a look at the description here as you were working with. It reads as followed. Also read our other 5e battlemaster maneuvers.
Description
When you hit a creature with a weapon attack, you can expend one superiority die to maneuver one of your comrades into a more advantageous position. You add the superiority die to the attack’s damage roll, and you choose a friendly creature who can see or hear you. That creature can use its reaction to move up to half its speed without provoking opportunity attacks from the target of your attack.
Oh it’s a wordy one there, there’s a lot to unpack but you can already kind of see why i like it. Let’s take a look at the overview and break it down a little bit further. Do you know what is the bait and switch maneuver in d&D?
Overview
Essentially when you hit a creature, expend a superiority die. Add the superiority die roll to the attack damage. And then select a friendly creature that can see and hear you. The friendly creature can use their reaction to move up to half their movement speed, without provoking opportunity attacks from the creature/target of your attack. Also read this can aarakocra fly with heavy armor.
So really interesting stuff there and allows you to both add your superiority die to your attack as well as move a friendly target away from the creature consequence free or towards a creature consequence free. Do you know 5e what counts as an attack.
Now this is another one where i’d like to point out a couple benefits. Firstly it’s when you hit a creature which means you can only use this with a hit so you don’t have to worry about wasting any superiority dies. Secondly the fact that adds a superiority die to your roll makes it pretty great too. Do you know how many maneuvers can you use 5e?
When regards to the movement i would like to point out that this can be used in a variety of ways. The way it’s intended to be used at least the way it looks like is intended to be used is through helping a person escape. But what if it’s something like this, let’s say you are a ranged battle master 5e, it doesn’t specify that has to be a melee attack so you can use a bow with it.
Let’s say there’s a creature charging towards you and your paladin or fighter 5e or what have you just doesn’t have enough time to intercept. Now then you could use maneuvering attack to do extra damage to the creature as well as get your ally closer to you to protect you. I think this is really great. It also helped him get into a position for the rogue to use their sneak attack.
You know honestly i really liked the utility behind a movement, i really do so for that reason alone this is one of my personal favorites. It might also be worth noting that there’s an argument to be made that you can affect yourself as well. I understand that says choose a friendly creature could see or hear you but as a DM i would also rule that, that includes yourself. So you could potentially get yourself out of a bind as well if your DM rules the same as me. Also check out this dnd 5e maneuvering attack spells
Conclusion
In any case if you have any ideas on how to use maneuvering attack, any thoughts, feelings, opinions, questions, cool stories or whether or not you’d like to take it and why please put it down in the comments beneath i really appreciate reading them and i know everyone else does checking this article as well.
So thank you so much in advance and as always have a great day and happy adventuring. precision attack 5e | what is the trip attack maneuver in 5e? | how does maneuvering attack work? | can you move between attacks 5e | can you attack while restrained 5e | goading attack vs menacing attack | can you attack while prone 5e .