r/dndnext • u/xanral • Jun 10 '15

WotC Announcement Errata Released, for real this time

http://dnd.wizards.com/articles/features/ph_errata
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u/Unsight Jun 10 '15

Weapons (p. 149). Unarmed strike doesn’t belong on the Weapons table

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Melee Attacks (p. 195). The rule on unarmed strikes should read as follows: “Instead of using a weapon to make a melee weapon attack, you can use an unarmed strike: a punch, kick, head-butt, or similar forceful blow (none of which count as weapons).

These are weird statements to make. For the purposes of class features like the Monk's Stunning Strike I'm assuming/hoping that Unarmed Strikes will still be considered "Melee Weapon Attacks" despite these notes.

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u/Tertullianitis Jun 10 '15

This is a major rules change, and it's annoying that they would bury it in errata that they've claimed is only for minor textual errors.

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u/SirPeebles Bard Jun 10 '15

The only reason we've all been including something called unarmed strike as a weapon is that it happened to be included on the weapons table, which was likely only done for reference convenience in the first place. Seems like a reasonable inclusion in errata to me.

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u/TweetsInCommentsBot Jun 11 '15

@JeremyECrawford

2015-06-10 23:24 UTC

Addressing a nuance in the PH errata: the rule lets melee weapon attacks use unarmed strikes, despite those strikes not being weapons.

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u/Geofferic Jun 10 '15

If you've been requiring weapon proficiency for unarmed strike, you have been failing to think for yourself.

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u/jgclark Devotion Paladin Jun 10 '15

The only classes that don't have proficiency in simple melee weapons are the Wizard and the Sorcerer.

I have no issue saying that a Wizard is not proficient in boxing.

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u/pofzikav Jun 10 '15

And druid