Strictly speaking, you don't need to use two hands to hold a staff; you might need to use two hands if you attempt to make a melee attack with one*, but because you're only required to hold the staff in one hand, you satisfy the somatic components. * The only staff in the PHB ...
Flame arrows would deal 1d6 fire damage, lightning arrow 4d8 lighting damage, or absorb elements dealing 1d6 of the absorbed elemental damage on the turn after absorb elements has been used as a reaction, from a melee attack. When the attack charged with the spell hits, does this count as...
She likes to wade into melee combat with a mace in one hand and a shield in the other. She uses the holy symbol as her spellcasting focus, so she needs to have the shield in hand when she casts a cleric spell that has a material component. If the spell, s...
As part of the action used to cast this spell, you must make a melee attack with a weapon against one creature within the spell's range, otherwise the spell fails. [...] —Booming Blade and Green Flame Blade, Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide, pg. 142 & 143 This also affects sp...
In many ways, it reminds me of the 3.5 version of Power Attack: On your action, before making attack rolls for a round, you may choose to subtract a number from all melee attack rolls and add the same number to all melee damage rolls. This number may not exceed y...
There are exceptions; if you've gotten cornered and don't have any useful melee attacks, or you've been blinded, or something like that, defending is probably better than making an attack at disadvantage. If you've just cast a big concentration spell, you may want to defend to...
Other melee casters with no reference to Spellcasting Focus Fighter - Eldritch Knight, Rogue - Arcane Trickster Sorcerer Spellcasting Focus You can use an arcane focus as a spellcasting focus for your sorcerer spells. Sorcerous Origins with no reference to Spellcasting Focus...
36 Are Improvised Weapons used in melee actually melee weapons? 14 Does the Sharpshooter feat work on ranged spells that require an attack roll? 5 Can I make a melee attack with a ranged weapon? 7 RAW, can you use the Sharpshooter and Great Weapon Master feats to...
You can build a warlock around being a strong melee combatant, but taking away eldritch blast removes their best ranged option, and they lack the additional utility their Pact Magic feature brings to the table. To be clear, there is nothing wrong with wanting a low-magic game with martial-...
As part of the action used to cast this spell, you must make a melee attack with a weapon against one creature within the spell's range, otherwise the spell fails. [...] —Booming Blade and Green Flame Blade, Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide, pg. 142 & 143 This also affects...