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{{WeaponActionPage
{{See also|Brace (Ranged)}}
| action type = movement
{{Weapon action page
| name = Brace
| image = Brace Melee.webp
| controller icon = Brace Melee Icon.webp
| icon = Brace Melee Unfaded Icon.webp
| cost = movement m:6
| movement ft = 20
| movement ft = 20
| movement m = 6
| movement m = 6
| weapon types = glaives, pikes
| weapon types = Glaives, Pikes
| description = Spend {{distance|ft=20}} of your [[Movement Speed|movement]]. For the rest of your turn, roll melee damage twice and use the highest result.
| description = Spend {{distance|m=6}} of your [[Movement Speed|movement]]. For the rest of your turn, roll melee damage twice and use the highest result.
| duration = 1
| duration = 1
| recharge = Short Rest
| recharge = Short Rest
| condition = Braced
| condition duration = 1
| notes =
* The average bonus damage dealt per die is equivalent to taking the [[Savage Attacker]] feat.
| bugs =
* When used with Savage Attacker, it will roll each dice 3 times and use the highest result.
** The tooltip is showing 4 rolls but it appears to be a bug as of patch 6.
* When used with Savage Attacker and [[Great Weapon Fighting]], it will do a first roll and reroll if it's a 1 or 2, and then roll 2 more times and use the highest result.
** The tooltip is showing 4 to 6 rolls but it appears to be a bug as of patch 6.
}}
}}
==Math==
=== Average bonus damage of Brace ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Average bonus damage per die rolled
|-
! Damage die !! Average bonus damage !! Average damage roll
|-
|1d4|| 0.63|| 3.13
|-
|1d6|| 0.97|| 4.47
|-
|1d8|| 1.31|| 5.81
|-
|1d10|| 1.65|| 7.15
|-
|1d12|| 1.99|| 8.49
|-
|2d6|| 1.94|| 8.94
|}
=== Average bonus damage of Brace and [[Savage Attacker]] ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Average bonus damage per die rolled
|-
! Damage die !! Average bonus damage !! Average damage roll !! Avg bonus damage added by Savage Attacker (or Brace)
|-
|1d4||0.94||3.44||0.32
|-
|1d6||1.46||4.96||0.49
|-
|1d8||1.97||6.47||0.66
|-
|1d10||2.47||7.97||0.82
|-
|1d12||2.98||9.48||0.99
|-
|2d6||2.92||9.92||0.98
|}
=== Average bonus damage of Brace and [[Savage Attacker]] and [[Great Weapon Fighting]] ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Average bonus damage per die rolled
|-
! Damage die !! Average bonus damage !! Average damage roll !! Avg bonus damage added by Great Weapon Fighting !! Avg bonus damage added by Savage Attacker
|-
|1d4||1.08||3.58||0.14||0.21
|-
|1d6||1.62||5.12||0.16||0.35
|-
|1d8||2.13||6.63||0.16||0.51
|-
|1d10||2.64||8.14||0.17||0.67
|-
|1d12||3.14||9.64||0.16||0.83
|-
|2d6||3.24||10.24||0.32||0.70
|}
== External Links ==
* [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ebI3SACmQFpC82tSN5UOQEI4HwizHDOPZDofTJqh9Hs/edit#gid=781019269 Savage Attacker and Great Weapon Fighting calculations] by Kalaeman

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