This article is about the panther attack. For other uses, see Pounce (disambiguation).
form. It can be used to knock a target 
, making it susceptible to 
.
Description
Leap at a target to bite it and potentially knock it
.Properties
- Cost
Action + 
Movement Speed
- Damage: 2~16 + modifiers
- Details
STR Save (Spell save DC)
Range: 
range
Recharge: Per turn
2d8 + Dexterity modifier
At higher levels
- At level 4, this attack deals an additional 1d6
damage. - At level 8, this additional damage becomes 1d8.
- At level 12, this additional damage becomes 1d10.
Condition: Prone
Duration: 2 turns
Spell save DC Strength saving throw
- 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.
- A character with the Athlete feat spends only
How to learn
Used by creatures: Wild Shape: Panther
Notes
- The range is equal to the normal
range which with the panther's Strength of 14 is 6.5 m / 22 ft. Any modifiers that affect jump range also apply to Pounce. - Unlike a normal jump, the movement cost of Pounce is equal to the distance travelled. With jump range bonuses like
, the range of Pounce will be limited by your movement speed. - Also, unlike similar wild shape pounce abilities such as
or , the panther's pounce requires a full Action. - Pounce does not count as an attack for the purposes of
and so you cannot pounce and attack with the same Action.
Bugs
- The in-game tooltip says the damage dealt is , but it actually is .