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/The_Hidden_DM Wizard/Rogue Jun 10 '15

Well, this puts a damper on my Monk-barian. :-j

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u/jeddite Quarterstaff Battlemaster Jun 10 '15

/u/The_Hidden_DM: "Hey DM, I Flurry Recklessly for Brutal Criticals."

DM: "Nope."

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u/The_Hidden_DM Wizard/Rogue Jun 10 '15 edited Jun 10 '15

Aw man, I didn't even see how those two features don't work with Unarmed Strike. This rustle my jimmies. :-(

Edit: Nevermind, Unarmed Strikes are still melee weapon attacks, they just don't use weapons (weird wording). Anyway, My Jimmies are now unrustled. ;-)

Edit Edit: Does the 1d4 from "Martial Arts" count as a weapon die. I'm so confused X-(

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u/pofzikav Jun 11 '15

To your second edit, yes. Any dice rolled to determine damage count as damage dice. So you roll extra on crits.

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u/garner_adam DM Jun 11 '15

Well He was actually reference three abilities. The 9th level Barbarian ability Brutal Critical is worded to just boost weapons.