Diving Strike

Diving Strike is a Wildheart Barbarian class action only available while using  Rage: Eagle Heart, allowing you to leap down on a target dealing damage and knocking them prone.

Description

Leap down unto a foe below you, dealing normal weapon damage and knocking them  Prone.

You do not take falling damage. You must be at least 1.5 m / 5 ft above your target.

Available only when  Raging.

Properties

Cost

 Action

Damage

Normal weapon damage

Details

 Attack roll

 Range:  Jump range

Condition: Prone

 Prone

Duration: 2 turns

• The affected creature cannot move or take  Actions,  Bonus Actions, or  Reactions, and has Disadvantage on Strength and Dexterity saving throws.
• Attacks against a Prone creature have Advantage if made within 3 m / 10 ft of the creature.
• A Prone creature must spend half its Movement Speed to stand up.
  • A character with the Athlete feat spends only 1.5 m / 5 ft of Movement Speed to stand up.

 Prone, Unconscious

How to learn

Classes:

• Class level 3: Wildheart

Notes

• Any effects that boost jump range like the Athlete feat or  Enhance Leap will apply to Diving Strike as well.
• This attack benefits from high ground bonus to attack rolls. Note that this ability requires a 1.5 m / 5 ft elevation over the target, but the high ground bonus requires a slightly higher 2.5 m / 8 ft elevation.
• A stack of two crates is sufficient to get the required 1.5 m / 5 ft height advantage against a target on level ground. It is also sufficient to unlock the +2 high ground bonus to the attack roll.

Bugs

• If this attack misses and  Reckless Attack is triggered in response, the attack roll will not actually get rerolled, so it will always still miss. However, if Reckless Attack is already active, the attack roll will be made with  Advantage as expected.