An attack roll represents your attempt to strike your opponent on your turn in a round. When you make an attack roll, you roll a d20 and add your attack bonus. (Other modifiers may also apply to this roll.) If your result equals or beats the target’s Armor Class, you hit and deal damage.
Does unarmed count as a weapon attack?
Unarmed strikes have always been weapon attacks. Here’s where the confusion comes in: your unarmed strike (fist, elbow, knee, butt, etc.) is not considered by the rules to be a weapon the way a longsword is a weapon. But the rules let you make unarmed weapon attacks anyway.
Can a touch attack be an unarmed strike?
You can attack with both an unarmed strike (for damage) and a touch-attack effect, but you must hit full AC, not touch AC, to do so. You can just touch the target normally, against touch AC, but this does not count as an unarmed strike attack and does not do unarmed strike damage.
What happens if you miss a touch attack?
If you miss their AC, you fail to do damage and the spell does not fire (even if you miss their AC, but hit their touch AC). If you hit, you do all the normal damage of your attack, and then the spell goes off.
Can you shoot an unarmed attacker with an empty hand?
Just because you are attacked with a weapon and disparity of force is against you doesn’t mean a gun is your best defense. In close quarters attacks, there is little time to reach your weapon, and you will most likely need to defend yourself first with your empty hands. Before we get too far, let’s define predominate terms in this discussion.
Can a dagger be used as a touch attack?
This also applies to classes like the Daggerspell Mage using a dagger, though their text explicitly gives them the option to deliver a normal attack or a touch attack to deliver the spell (the normal attack also doing attack damage).
