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Polearm Master: Bonus Attack
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1d4 (1~4) + Strength or Dexterity modifier 
Polearm Master: Bonus Attack is a passive feature provided by the Polearm Master Feat. When attacking with a polearm, you can make an additional weaker attack with the butt of the polearm using a 
Bonus Action.
Description
When attacking with a 
, 
, 
, 
, or 
, you can use a Bonus Action to attack with the butt of your weapon.
1d4 (1~4) + Strength or Dexterity modifier Grants:
How to learn
Granted by the feats: Polearm Master
Notes
- The damage modifier of this attack uses Strength or Dexterity, whichever is higher, even if the weapon does not have the finesse property, or Charisma in the case of
/
. It does not change to spellcasting modifier in the case of 
. - It is not stated in-game but Polearm Mastery works with Pikes too. Polearm Master is coded to work with any weapon that is tagged as a SPEAR or STAVE (quarterstaffs), and weapons with Extra Reach (Glaives, Halberds and Pikes)
- This attack can only be triggered once per turn. Therefore, a
who gains Extra Attack through multiclassing cannot twice benefit from Polearm Master: Bonus Attack, even though they have two bonus actions. This behaviour is different from that of 
, which can be used twice (e.g., by attacking with an action, making a bonus action attack, then making the attack granted by Extra Attack, then making a second bonus action attack.)