Ambush (UA: Class Variants 2019) Bait and Switch (UA: Class Variants 2019) Brace (UA: Class Variants 2019) Commander's Strike. Pushing Attack is surprisingly good if you fight anywhere near ledges. Had one of those spiders gotten its mandibles around the wizard or the ranger, hell even the monk or cleric, they'd have been spider food in two attacks. I feel like I would have a hard time saying any of the battle maneuvers are bad. My polearm battlemaster ran Precision, Trip and Distracting Strike. As you walk into the alley, from the shadows appear three men who surround you. The OP might as well ask the question "Why should I attack things with a sword when I can just fireball the whole room whenever I want.". There is a lot more to combat than just putting out damage. A place to discuss the latest version of Dungeons and Dragons, the fifth edition, known during the playtest as D&D Next. With advantage I hit the majority of the time and get an extra d8 of damage. This sheet is a form-fillable PDF that follows the style and theme of other classic WOTC 5th edition products. I think the Riposte maneuver is one of the main highlights of being a Battle master! Out of curiosity, how effective do you believe that control style of play would be without that feat? Dressed in jet-black armor with a horned, skull-faced helm and wielding a gleaming steel sword, she looked like a demon made flesh. Your first example works. A Character Sheet a ddendum specifically for Battlemaster Fighters to keep track of class features and maneuvers.. Case in point: my party vs giant spiders. Large or smaller size restriction applies here as well though. You spend a limited resource to inconvenience an enemy for one turn. Other avatars that I've made: It should be pointed out that the most famous fight of that movie ends with a disarm. A rogue or Paladin ready to unleash their burst damage can profit from having advantage. You're not a proper swashbuckler if you don't have flourish. You kill my father, prepare to...be disarmed!". Yeah, well my imaginary friend taught me how to shoot fireballs. The trip one is incredibly potent because once you get Sentinel and their speed is reduced to 0, they can't spend movement to get back up from being prone. Dungeons & Dragons: 10 Best Battle Master Maneuvers, Ranked. And, how long do you foresee the campaign going? ), it has fantastic utility, and it goes far beyond “I walk up and Attack” that Fighters normally do. Is it just me, or are Battlemaster Maneuvers utter garbage?? Personally I hate effects that allow saves because it seems that monsters in 5E have better saves than PCs do. That being said, trip isn't as good when you're using a polearm, because you have disadvantage against prone enemies if you're more than 5' away. I've got Rogue 3 for Swashbuckler and Fighter 3 for Battlemaster on my DEX20 rogue, and it's time to pick maneuvers. When twf the OP can just use their offhand attack if their last attack roll was that bad. Something interesting I tried to do the other day. 0. A place to discuss the latest version of Dungeons and Dragons, the fifth edition, known during the playtest as D&D Next. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. On the other hand, maybe the problem was more with the teacher than the student. He also kept the targets distracted from the monk, who was flurry of blows-ing the spiders into mincemeat. And what's the ultimate flourish in a duel? I hereby bestow upon you a magic sword, the Sword of Corran, which will henceforth be the only thing that can permanently destroy my withered undead hand and nose. I'd rather just spend a Superiority Die to deal 2d8 damage to an enemy without a secondary effect instead of 1d8 with the trip/fear/whatever secondary effect. save hide report. Downside is that eventually when you're fighting creatures bigger than large, you can't use it on them, even if you magically increase in size. "I think this thing would be more powerful than the thing the rulebook allows. ), (Fair warning: Tripping the bad guy right before the warlock goes is poor form.). You can never go wrong with riposte, trip, and precision, but I can definitely see the appeal of goading attack for the control. Cookies help us deliver our Services. In 1 turn I would get 2 attacks and cause the enemy to resort to punching my half orc barbarian friend.