Colossus Slayer: Your tenacity can wear down the most potent foes. When you hit a creature with a weapon Attack, the creature takes an extra 1d8 damage if it’s below its hit point maximum. You can deal this extra damage only once per turn.
Does colossus Slayer stack with Hunter’s Mark?
It doesn’t stack with Hunter’s Mark (at least in the fight where I noticed it, Hunter’s Mark would add damage and Colossus Slayer would be omitted from the combat log). It’s possible this doesn’t always happen, I’d have to go do some tests, but I checked it over the length of a medium fight and it did this every time.
Does colossus Slayer work with ranged weapons?
Yes. The colossus slayer description uses the general term “weapon”, and from the Weapons section in the PHB (page 146), melee and ranged weapons are considered weapons: Every weapon is classified as either melee or ranged.
Does colossus Slayer double on a crit?
Does the extra 1d8 get rolled again for a critical hit? Since you will often be scoring a critical hit with surprise, the question about whether you roll extra damage, like the damage from Colossus Slayer, again may come up. The answer is yes.
Is the Hunter Ranger’s Colossus Slayer feature limited?
So the problem is that Colossus Slayer is limited per turn. So if you attack and hit once in your turn you can’t any more activation in that turn (short of wish shenanigans).
How often does Colossus Slayer deal extra damage?
Colossus Slayer *: Your tenacity can wear down the most potent foes. When you hit a creature with a weapon* Attack, the creature takes an extra 1d8 damage if it’s below its hit point maximum. You can deal this extra damage only once per turn.
Why is Slayer’s prey not a bonus action?
Slayer’s Prey does stack because it’s a bonus action. Colossus slayer is not a bonus action and would break your concentration. Me: But then what would be the use of these abilities if I can’t use them?
Can you use Colossus Slayer on tunnel fighter?
But there is an Unearthed Arcana fighting style called Tunnel Fighter (from UA: Light, Dark, Underdark! ), which can trigger the extra damage from Colossus Slayer many, many more times in a single round without incurring divine intervention (emphasis mine): You excel at defending narrow passages, doorways, and other tight spaces.
