Disarming Strike

Not to be confused with Disarming Attack

Disarming Strike is a weapon action available to characters proficient in and wielding a trident in their main hand.

Description

Focus your attack on your foe's hands and possibly force them to drop the weapons they are holding.

Properties

Cost

 Action

Damage: 1~4 + modifiers

1d4 + Strength or Dexterity modifier⁠Piercing

Details

 Melee Weapon Attack Roll

 STR Save (Weapon action DC)

 Range: Normal weapon range

 Targets: Creature wielding a weapon

 Recharge: Short rest

Must be proficient with weapon

Technical details

UID

Target_DisarmingStrike

Spell flags

IsDefaultWeaponAction, IsHarmful, IsMelee

Condition: Weapon Dropped!

 Weapon Dropped!

 STR Save (Weapon action DC + 2)

• An enemy has made you drop your weapon to the ground, similar to  Disarmed.

How to learn

Granted by wielding the following weapon types with proficiency:

•  Tridents

Notes

• Target must have an actual weapon equipped; claws and the like do not count and cannot be dropped.
• A successful  Strength Saving Throw prevents the weapon from being dropped, but the damage still applies.
• This action is essentially a weaker variant of the  Disarming Attack (Melee) action available to Battle Master fighters.

Bugs

• The tooltip of this action says "On Miss: Does not spend Superiority Dice." This is a simple display bug; the action does not require  Superiority Dice, nor does it expend any on a successful hit.