Brace (Melee)

See also: Brace (Ranged)

Brace is a weapon action available to characters proficient in and wielding a glaive, or pike in their main hand.

Description

Spend 6 m / 20 ft of your movement. For the rest of your turn, roll melee damage twice and use the highest result.

Properties

Cost

6 m / 20 ftMovement

Details

Duration: 1 turn

Recharge: Short rest

Condition: Braced

 Braced

Duration: 1 turn

• On Damage Rolls, roll twice and use the higher result.

How to learn

Granted by wielding the following weapon types with proficiency:

•  Glaives
•  Pikes

Notes

• The average bonus damage dealt per die is equivalent to taking the Savage Attacker feat.

Bugs

• When used with Savage Attacker, it will roll each dice 3 times and use the highest result.
  • The tooltip is showing 4 rolls but it appears to be a bug as of patch 6.
• When used with Savage Attacker and Great Weapon Fighting, it will do a first roll and reroll if it's a 1 or 2, and then roll 2 more times and use the highest result.
  • The tooltip is showing 4 to 6 rolls but it appears to be a bug as of patch 6.

Math

Average bonus damage of Brace

Average bonus damage per die rolled

Damage die	Average bonus damage	Average damage roll
1d4	0.63	3.13
1d6	0.97	4.47
1d8	1.31	5.81
1d10	1.65	7.15
1d12	1.99	8.49
2d6	1.94	8.94

Average bonus damage of Brace and Savage Attacker

Average bonus damage per die rolled

Damage die	Average bonus damage	Average damage roll	Avg bonus damage added by Savage Attacker (or Brace)
1d4	0.94	3.44	0.32
1d6	1.46	4.96	0.49
1d8	1.97	6.47	0.66
1d10	2.47	7.97	0.82
1d12	2.98	9.48	0.99
2d6	2.92	9.92	0.98

Average bonus damage of Brace and Savage Attacker and Great Weapon Fighting

Average bonus damage per die rolled

Damage die	Average bonus damage	Average damage roll	Avg bonus damage added by Great Weapon Fighting	Avg bonus damage added by Savage Attacker
1d4	1.08	3.58	0.14	0.21
1d6	1.62	5.12	0.16	0.35
1d8	2.13	6.63	0.16	0.51
1d10	2.64	8.14	0.17	0.67
1d12	3.14	9.64	0.16	0.83
2d6	3.24	10.24	0.32	0.70

External Links

• Savage Attacker and Great Weapon Fighting calculations by Kalaeman