Pounce

This article is about the panther attack. For other uses, see Pounce (disambiguation).

Pounce is an action available in  Wild Shape: Panther form. It can be used to knock a target  Prone, making it susceptible to  Jugular Strike.

Description

Leap at a target to bite it and potentially knock it  Prone.

Properties

Cost

 Action +  Movement Speed

Damage: 2~16 + modifiers

2d8 + Dexterity modifier⁠Piercing

Details

 STR Save (Spell save DC)

 Range:  Jump range

Recharge: Per turn

At higher levels

• At level 4, this attack deals an additional 1d6⁠⁠Bludgeoning damage.
• At level 8, this additional damage becomes 1d8⁠⁠Bludgeoning.
• At level 12, this additional damage becomes 1d10⁠⁠Bludgeoning.

Condition: Prone

 Prone

Duration: 2 turns

Spell save DC  Strength saving throw

• 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

Used by creatures: Wild Shape: Panther

Notes

• The range is equal to the normal  Jump range which with the panther's Strength of 14 is 6.5 m / 22 ft. Any modifiers that affect jump range also apply to Pounce.
• Unlike a normal jump, the movement cost of Pounce is equal to the distance travelled. With jump range bonuses like  Enhance Leap, the range of Pounce will be limited by your movement speed.
• Also, unlike similar wild shape pounce abilities such as  Pounce (Dilophosaurus) or  Crushing Flight, the panther's pounce requires a full  Action.
• Pounce does not count as an attack for the purposes of  Wild Strike and  Improved Wild Strike so you cannot pounce and attack with the same  Action.

Bugs

• The in-game tooltip says the damage dealt is ⁠Piercing, but it actually is ⁠Bludgeoning.