Great Weapon Master require a melee attack with a heavy weapon you’re proficient with. Polearm Master lets you make an attack with the opposite end of a glaive, halberd or quarterstaff; the former two have the heavy property. Thus, they can use both feats with a glaive or halberd.
Can you reckless attack and great weapon master?
Great Weapon Master is different, you declare whether you are using it on each attack. This means you can make one reckless attack with the -5 penalty and one without, but only the one with the penalty will deal the +10 damage from Great Weapon Master.
What damage type is great weapon master?
Basically, you calculate damage for Great Weapon Master as: Weapon Damage Die/Dice + Damage Modifier + 10. Let’s look at an example. Say we have a 4th level Fighter with a 16 Strength for a +3 Ability Score Modifier. Our Fighter is using a Greataxe which as the Heavy weapon property.
Is 2d6 same as 1d12?
1d12 will give you results between 1 and 12 with an even distribution. So, getting a 6 is just as likely as getting a 12 or a 1 or any other number. When you roll a d12 there are exactly 12 different outcomes, one for each number. 2d6 on the other hand, will give you a set of numbers between 2 and twelve.
What are the conditions for Great Weapon Master?
Specifically, the Great Weapon Master feat allows you to use a bonus action to make a melee attack if either of the following conditions are true: 1 You make a critical hit with a melee weapon 2 You reduce an enemy to 0 hit points with a melee weapon More
When to use the Great Weapon Master feat?
Part of the Great Weapon Master feat (PHB, p. 167) says: On your turn, when you score a critical hit with a melee weapon or reduce a creature to 0 hit points with one, you can make one melee weapon attack as a bonus action. I quiet don’t understand what is meant by one, the critical hit or the melee weapon ?
How does max HP reduction affect wild-shaped PC?
Certain creatures have abilities which can reduce a character’s maximum HP, and usually if it gets reduced to 0 the character dies outright. Suppose a HP30 PC is wild-shaped/polymorphed to a creature with 50HP, they get into a fight with a Wraith and take a few hits dealing a total of 30HP.
Can you use frenzy and Great Weapon Master at the same time?
You can’t use the bonus action attack from Great Weapon Master and Frenzy in the same turn, for example. You have to pick which you wish to use (perhaps a bad example given they both do the same thing: allow you to make an attack; but point is you can’t make two bonus action attacks, only one).
