Trip Attack (Ranged)

This article is about the ranged version of the combat manoeuvre. For the melee version, see Trip Attack (Melee).

Trip Attack (Ranged) is a Battle Master fighter weapon action. This combat manoeuvre allows the Battle Master to deal damage to enemies with ranged weapons and possibly knock them prone.

Description

A powerful shot that possibly knocks the target  Prone.

The target can't be Huge in size.

Properties

Cost

 Action

Cost on hit

 Superiority Die

Damage:

Normal weapon damage

+ Superiority Die

Details

 Ranged Weapon Attack Roll (On Miss: Does not spend  Superiority Dice.)

 STR Save (DC weapon)

 Range: Normal weapon range

Technical details

UID

Projectile_TripAttack

Spell flags

HasHighGroundRangeExtension, IsHarmful, RangeIgnoreVerticalThreshold

Condition: Prone

 Prone

Duration: Until Long rest

 STR Save (Weapon action DC)

• 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: Battle Master

Granted by features:

•  Martial Adept

Notes

• The "Until long rest" duration of the prone inflicted by this weapon action does not mean that the target is permanently disabled. The affected target can still spend half of its movement to stand up at the start of its turn. However, if it is prevented from spending movement (e.g. by  Restrained or  Frightened), then the creature remains prone indefinitely.

Bugs

• The in-game tooltip inaccurately states that the prone afflicted by this attack lasts for one turn.