Improvised Melee Weapon

See also: Improvised Melee Weapon (Bonus Action)

Improvised Melee Weapon is a common Action that allows the user to improvise an attack by picking up an item or creature off the ground or from their inventory.

Description

Pick up an item or creature and use it to make a melee attack.

Your Strength affects how much weight you can lift. Heavier items deal more damage.

Properties

Cost:

Action

Damage:

Object Bludgeoning

Details:

Attack roll

 Melee: 1.5 m / 5  ft

Range for picking up objects from the ground is AoE: 1 m / 3 ft (Radius)

• Damage:
  • For weapons with the  Thrown property, the damage roll and damage type is the same as the weapon's melee damage
  • For other objects and creatures, damage is determined by the targets weight of the object being thrown:
    • Light objects: under  Weight: 10 kg / 20 lb:
      1d4Bludgeoning damage.
    • Medium objects:  Weight: 10 kg / 20 lb - 50 kg / 100 lb:
      2d4Bludgeoning damage.
    • Heavy objects: over  Weight: 50 kg / 100 lb:
      2d4Bludgeoning damage.
• If the thrown object or creature is heavier than half the targets weight the target will be knocked back 2 m / 7 ft.
• If the thrown object or creature is heavier the targets weight the target will become  Prone (no saving throw).
• Throwing a creature will apply  Prone to that thrown creature (no saving throw).

Condition: Prone

 Prone

Duration: 1 turn

• Can't 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 they're 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

Notes

• A creature can pick up items and other creatures weighing up to $0.2\cdot {\text{Strength}}^{2}$ kg. For example, with a Strength score of 18, the weight limit for Improvised Weapon is  Weight: 64.8 kg / 129.6 lb.
  • It requires a Strength of at least 20 to pick up a normal humanoid ( Weight: 75 kg / 150 lb).
• Triggers  Extra Attack.
• Can be done as a free attack after triggering Extra Attack.
• Berserker can do this as a bonus action via  Improvised Melee Weapon (Bonus Action).
• Improvised Melee Weapon counts as a melee unarmed attack.
  • The  Tavern Brawler feat improves Improvised Melee Weapon.