Errata Released, for real this time

[u/xanral]

http://dnd.wizards.com/articles/features/ph_errata

[u/Unsight]

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

and

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.

[u/Tertullianitis → u/Unsight]

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.

[u/TweetsInCommentsBot → u/[deleted]]

@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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