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At 1st Level, your practice of Martial Arts gives you mastery of Combat styles that use unarmed strikes and monk Weapons, which are shortswords and any simple melee Weapons that don’t have the Two-Handed or heavy property.
Can monks use martial weapons 5e?
No, they cannot, for a lot of reasons. First, Glaives are a martial weapon; that invalidates it immediately. Glaives also have the Heavy weapon property which makes them ineligible to be a Monk weapon.
Can monks use martial weapons?
They have handaxe proficiency, so yes. However, it’s worth noting that monks shouldn’t use martial weapons, even if they had proficency in all of them. Bottom line – you don’t need martial proficiencies on a monk, unless it’s just a monk splash. You can also add Longsword and Bows with some Feats.
What weapons can monks use in 5e?
From D&D Wiki Base Simple Weapon Monk Weapon Light hammer Jutte Mace Bian Quarterstaff Three-section staff Bō Eku Dragon pole Sickle Kuwa Kama.
Do monk weapons scale with martial arts?
This die changes as you gain monk levels, as shown in the Martial Arts column of the Monk table. You have it backwards: monk weapons use a d4 (that scales) because they are monk weapons.
What weapons can a monk use?
Monks can use the following weapons: fist weapons, one-handed axes, one-handed maces, one-handed swords, polearms, and staves.
Can monks use greatsword?
Monk Greatsword is a class that focuses on having better defense against players attempting to exploit Greatsword´s slow speed to get combos off. A decent blend of offense and defense, this class has the damage of a greatsword with the defense of a monk.
Can a monk use a longsword?
You only have one, and if you spent it to attack with the off hand shortsword, you cannot use your marital arts in that same turn. So for a Way of the Kensei Monk who chose Longsword as one of their kensei weapons, and taking the Dual Wielder feat, the monk can carry both a Longsword and a shortsword.
Can a monk use a Warhammer?
A warhammer allows the monk to make one attack for a base d10 damage (using it 2H for one of the attacks) and still retain the +2AC of Agile Parry. This is higher than the monk’s martial arts die until level 17.
Can a monk use a scimitar?
Weapons of the chosen types are monk weapons for you. Unfortunately, the double-bladed scimitar (WGtE, p. 73-74) doesn’t qualify as a kensei weapon, because it has the “special” property (in addition to the “two-handed” property), and describes it below: Special.
Is a hand AXE a monk weapon?
A Handaxe/Javelin/Light Hammer/Spear are all monk weapons (simple melee weapons), they’re just being thrown.
Can monks use versatile weapons?
Yes, monks can use Versatile weapons for bonus damage. Since quarterstaves and spears don’t have that property, you can use them as versatile weapons all you want.
What’s the best weapon for Monk?
Best monk weapon is called fists. Hah. Jokes aside, there’s probably a couple weapons that monks can decently use on the compendium, such as the Quarterstaff, but it would definitely be interesting to see more versatile stuff such as knuckle dusters, claws and fighting gauntlets.
Are daggers monk weapons?
The dagger is a monk weapon, so it uses the martial art’s die.
Is a sling a monk weapon?
Being a simple weapon, all monks are proficient with a sling. But a sling is a ranged weapon not a melee weapon. I went and checked, and apparently monks can only use simple melee weapons, while the sling is simple martial.
Can monks use darts?
Monks can use the dart as it is a simple ranged weapon. However, they cannot use them with the Monk’s martial arts class feature since they are not melee weapons. Simple Melee Weapons and shortswords are monk weapons, not proficiencies.
Can monks use rapier?
For most monks, no. Default monk weapons are “shortswords and any simple melee weapons that don’t have the two-handed or heavy property.” Player’s Handbook, p. 78.
Can monks use two-handed weapons 5e?
The Monk can use the quarterstaff with two hands and then, with a bonus action, use unarmed strike. In fact, the restriction is for weapons with the properties two-handed and heavy.
Can monks use crossbows?
Monk allows proficiency in simple weapons and shortswords, so that means only light crossbow will benefit from crossbow expert. Once reaching level three, Kensei allows 1 ranged weapon to become a monk weapon with proficiency, and that for a bonus action I can add 1d4 onto my ranged attacks.
Can flurry of blows use a weapon?
Yes, it can However, if the attack you use to allow the Flurry of Blows is neither unarmed or a monk weapon and you are still holding it when you make your unarmed attack, their damage is 1 + STR bonus rather than monk die + STR/DEX bonus as you do not qualify for the monks unarmed benefits.
Can a monk use a sword?
Monks could equip weapons, including sword, axe and so on. But when they are equipped, the game character never actually use the weapon.
What races make good monks?
Best Monk Races Every new D&D character needs a solid base, and that’s the choice of which race they’ll be. Of the standard 5th edition races, hill dwarves, stout halflings, wood elves, and variant humans are the clear winners for races suited to a strong monk build, based on their bonuses and racial features.
What are Longswords made of?
This Medieval Longsword has a blade forged from high carbon steel; the crossguard and pommel are steel and the wooden grip is tightly bound in leather and finished with twisted steel wire inlay.
Can monks use bows?
Simple weapons and shortswords (ranged and melee simple) – the monk has proficiency. Monk weapons, shortswords and any simple melee weapons that don’t have the two-handed or heavy property. These enable you to use your Martial Arts. So, yes, a monk CAN use a short bow, AND get their proficiency bonus.
Is the whip a monk weapon?
Monk weapons are short swords and simple melee weapons that aren’t two-handed or heavy (pg 78, PHB), so no. Interestingly, as the whip is Finesse, a Rogue could apply Sneak Attack with it.
Do monk weapons count as unarmed strikes?
Per Martial Arts, if you attack with a Monk weapon then you are allowed to make an unarmed strike as a bonus action.
Is a longsword a monk weapon?
no, monk weapons are given a specific criteria in the class description, under Martial Arts I believe.
