Forums: Rules Discussion: Strength to Attack with thrown weapons (2024)

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Can you use strength for Thrown weapons? ›

Is Throw based on Strength or Dex? Well, if it's a ranged weapon like a bow then dex. If it's a finesse weapon like a dagger then also dex. Anything else is strength.

To throw a specific weapon, players simply need to select it from the list and then choose their target. This will make an Attack Roll against that target, using either the character's Strength or the highest of their Strength and Dexterity if the Thrown weapon has the Finesse property.

For most ranged weapons you add your Dexterity modifier. There are a few exceptions though: Thrown weapons like daggers use Dex for the attack roll but add Str to damage. Finesse weapons used in melee like rapiers and shortswords have the option of using Dex for both the attack and damage.

A thrown weapon adds your Strength modifier to damage just like a melee weapon does.

For example, if you throw a handaxe, you use your Strength, but if you throw a dagger, you can use either your Strength or your Dexterity, since the dagger has the finesse property.

Thrown. If a weapon has the thrown property, you can throw the weapon to make a ranged attack. If the weapon is a melee weapon, you use the same ability modifier for that attack roll and damage roll that you would use for a melee attack with the weapon.

While Thrown Weapons will not count as a ranged attack in the title as you would with Archery, it will still gain the +2 bonus from being on high ground along with the -2 penalty if your enemy has a high-ground advantage on you.

12, throwing weapons are all 50/50 Str/Dex, so for every point in Str or Dex you can add . 5% of the weapon damage. This means you did more damage than in Diablo 2 classic if your Dex is higher than your Str.

Improvised weapons don't have the *thrown* property, so they use Dexterity even if it's something large and unwieldy like a greataxe.

Divine Smite cannot be triggered by ranged attacks. Does not consume the spell slot on a miss. Divine Smite (reaction). This allows you to use Divine Smite on any melee weapon attack and multiple times per turn, even while dual-wielding.

Is handaxe dex or str? ›

It is also a heavy thrown weapon, so a character can throw it to make ranged attacks, using Strength instead of Dexterity for ranged basic attacks.

Returning Pike - When thrown, will return to the owner. Comeback Handaxe - When thrown, returns to the thrower and damage them. Bloodthirst - When thrown, will return to the owner due to its permanent Bound Weapon condition.

Ranged weapons are thrown weapons or projectile weapons that are not effective in melee.

Of course, there had to be a greatsword here. They have the highest damage out of all Pathfinder and Dungeons & Dragons weapon types. Blood Red Cleaver ups the brutality. The +5 greatsword not only deals 2d6 Slashing damage, but also more if the enemy is close to death.

Finesse. When making an attack with a finesse weapon, you use your choice of your Strength or Dexterity modifier for the attack and damage rolls.

A javelin is a simple one-handed melee weapon in the spear weapon group. A javelin is a heavy thrown weapon, so a character can throw it to make ranged attacks, using Strength instead of Dexterity for ranged basic attacks.

Ranged weapons use dexterity only, for both attack and damage, unless the weapon is a special one with an explicit exception (e.g. there's a bow that uses dexterity as usual, but also lets you add yoru strength modifier for damage).

Ranged damage is calculated with DEX, including crossbows. A good alternative for melee characters is using Throw on weapons with the Thrown attribute, such as spears or tridents. That is calculated with STR. Some of the later game magic items even return to your hand when you throw them.