Improvised Melee Weapon (Bonus Action)

See also: Improvised Melee Weapon

Improvised Melee Weapon is a Berserker Barbarian class action that allows the user to improvise an attack by picking up an item or creature off the ground using a bonus action. Can only be used while  Raging.

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

 Bonus Action

Damage:

Object⁠Bludgeoning

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 target's weight the target is knocked back ⁠2 m / 7 ft.
• If the thrown object or creature is heavier than the target's weight the target becomes  Prone (no saving throw).
• Throwing a creature will apply  Prone to that thrown creature (no saving throw).

Condition: Prone

 Prone

Duration: 1 turn

• 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.

 Prone, Unconscious

How to learn

Classes:

• Class level 3: Berserker

Notes

• A creature can pick up items and other creatures weighing up to $0.2\cdot {\text{Strength}}^2$ kg (derived from the definition of CanImprovisedWeaponWeight() in Scripts/thoth/helpers/CommonConditions.khn). 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).
• Improvised Melee Weapon counts as a melee unarmed attack.
  • The  Tavern Brawler feat improves Improvised Melee Weapon.
• The target's weight is not influenced by a creatures equipped items or items inside a creatures inventory or a container. The weight is not how much it weighs to pick up or have in your inventory, but the weight of only the object/creature itself. The target's weight can be seen by clicking "Examine -> Detailed Info" and looking under "Weight: ".