Fighting style

A fighting style is a class feature available to multiple classes and subclasses, which increases their combat efficacy with certain weapons and armour.

• Once learned, fighting styles are permanently active and cannot be disabled.
  • Respeccing with  Withers can remove or change a chosen fighting style.
  • Protection is the only Fighting Style which allows the character to choose whether or not it is applied, as a  Reaction.
• Each fighting style can only be chosen once.
  • The Champion Fighter is the only class/subclass in the game that is able to learn two fighting styles without multiclassing.
  • If multiple fighting styles are learned, they all apply as normal. A character dual wielding Hand Crossbows with both Archery and Two-Weapon Fighting gains +2 to attack rolls with both weapons, and adds their Dexterity modifier to the off-hand weapon's damage.

List of Fighting Styles

Fighting Style	Available To					Description
	Level 1	Level 2		Level 3	Level 10
	Fighter	Paladin	Ranger	College of Swords Bard	Champion Fighter
Archery	✓		✓		✓	You gain a +2 bonus to  Attack Rolls you make with ranged Weapons.
Defence	✓	✓	✓		✓	You gain a +1 bonus to  Armour Class while wearing Armour.
Duelling	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	When you are wielding a melee weapon that is not Two-Handed in one hand, and no weapon in the other, you deal an additional 2 damage with that weapon.
Great Weapon Fighting	✓	✓			✓	When you roll a 1 or 2 on a damage die for an attack with a Two-Handed melee weapon, that die is rerolled once.
Protection	✓	✓			✓	When you have a Shield, impose  Disadvantage on an enemy who attacks one of your allies when you are within 1.5 m (5 ft). You must be able to see the enemy.
Two-Weapon Fighting	✓		✓	✓	✓	When you make an offhand attack, you can add your Ability Score Modifier to the damage of the attack.