For the first attack, roll damage as a two handed weapon, the second and subsequent damage rolls, roll as a unarmed monk weapon. This gives you 1d8+DEX, 1d4+Dex, 1d4+Dex at low levels. phb pg 79 extra attack Begining at 5th level, you can attack twice, instead of once whenever you take the attack action on your turn.
What do monk weapons do?
Although Unarmed Strikes are not in Monk Weapons in 5e d&d, they can be used to attack Melee Weapons mechanically. However, monks can create defenses that require magic weapons to defeat. Monk weapons are short swords and simple weapons that don’t have heavy or two-handed properties.
How much damage does a monk weapon do?
A 1st level Monk may only make 1 attack as part of their Attack action. Their unarmed strike will do 1d4 damage (as per Martial Arts) and they can choose to use either their Strength or Dexterity modifier as a bonus to the attack and damage rolls.
Do monks benefit from weapon damage?
At low levels, Yes. At higher levels, once the monk’s martial arts die exceeds the base damage of monk weapons, a primary decision factor in which weapon to use will be governed by any supplemental attack and/or damage bonuses a specific magical weapon grants.
How do monks deal with damage?
Do monks need weapons 5e?
Monk weapons are short swords and simple weapons that don’t have heavy or two handed properties.
Can a longbow be a Monk weapon?
If the longbow is just swung about I suspect it resembles no particular weapon, thus it’s an “improvised weapon” (not a simple weapon) that deals 1d4 damage and has no properties. Since it doesn’t fit the classification for monk weapons (or Kensei weapons), it can’t be used with Martial Arts.
What race is best for Monk DND 5e?
Shadar-KaiMToF: Dexterity and Constitution is a good combination for the Monk, and teleportation is great, but the Wood Elf is still a better choice. Wood ElfPHB: Wisdom, access to bows, bonus speed, and Mask of the Wild is very helpful for Shadow Monks during the day.
How many martial arts die does a monk have?
At lower levels, the monk’s Martial Arts die is lower than most weapons’ damage die. As the Monk Table shows, it starts at 1d4, goes up to 1d6 at level 5, 1d8 at level 11, and 1d10 at level 17. By comparison, the monk weapon options for non-Kensei monks are shortswords and simple melee weapons that don’t have the two-handed or heavy property.
Does it matter what Monk weapon a monk wields?
Whether it’s a Kensei or some other flavor of monk, it looks like as the martial arts die exceeds the die of various weapons, it becomes relatively unimportant what melee monk weapon a monk is wielding, they all do the same damage.
Can you use a staff to kill a monk?
The monk weapon’s die CAN be replaced by their Martial Arts die, but doesn’t have to be. You can totally use a staff to deal d6 (or d8 if you wield it two-handed) and then unarmed strike for d4. Late game, though, their Martial Arts die becomes a d10, so you can now hit someone with a staff/shortsword/fist/dagger for d10 damage.
Is the bonus action unarmed strike a monk weapon?
Lets you use dex, but doesn’t let you use your martial arts die or your bonus action unarmed strike (though your can still do flurry if you want) since they aren’t monk weapons. Lena, this feat does not ever make a martial weapon a monk weapon. Proficiency is not what makes a weapon count as a monk weapon.
