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How good is shield Master feat?
I absolutely love the Shield Master feat… it offers a great boost to both offense and defense, with plenty of cool flavour and some nice tactical flexibility. If you take the Attack action on your turn, you can use a bonus action to try to shove a creature within 5 feet of you with your shield.
Does shield Master give proficiency?
@JeremyECrawford @mikemearls Shield Master feat has no shield proficiency requirement.
Can you bonus action between attacks?
No general rule allows you to insert a bonus action between attacks in a single action. You can interrupt a multiple-attack action with a bonus action/reaction only if the trigger of the bonus action/reaction is an attack, rather than the action.
Do prone creatures get opportunity attacks?
Yes, prone creatures can make opportunity attacks. To make the opportunity attack, you use your reaction to make one melee attack against the provoking creature. The attack occurs right before the creature leaves your reach. You can avoid provoking an opportunity attack by taking the Disengage action.
Can you grapple as a bonus action?
Tavern Brawler does quite a few things. But, the main one for grappling is that it lets you use your bonus action to attempt a grapple when you hit with an unarmed strike or improvised weapon attack.
Can you grapple as an AoO?
Making a grapple requires you to take the attack ACTION. You only get the option to take an attack action on your own turn. Making a melee weapon attack, as an attack of opportunity is not an attack action. You can’t grapple or shove with an attack of opportunity.
Does shield master work against fireball?
For a spell like fireball, the target is the point in space where the ball of fire erupts. As a side note, I had a similar reaction, and built a list of the spells that Shield Master actually does work for.
How does the shield Master feat work with attack action?
So when you take the Attack action you have to use ALL the attack action BEFORE you get the bonus action feature. So, the 20th level Fighter with the Shield Master feat has to use all 4 attacks in the Attack Action BEFORE the Shield Master bonus action becomes available to knock an opponent back or prone.
Can you attack with a shield in 5e DND?
It’s also worth noting that there is nothing in the 5e rules that says that you lose the shield’s AC bonus if you attack with it. If you have a shield, you can attack with it as an improvised weapon (with disadvantage and without including your proficiency), doing 1d4+ Strength modifier damage on a hit.
Is shield shove a follow through of attack action?
Shield Master feat says you can use a bonus action to shove a creature within 5 feet. It says if you take the Attack action on your turn but it doesn’t say it has to be a creature that you attacked with the attack action. This indicates to me that the shield shove isn’t a follow through of your attack.
What does a shield bash do in D&D 5e?
In D&D 5e with its level of abstraction, the main use of a shield bash would be to knock the target prone thus granting advantage to the attack on a follow up attack. This doesn’t work really well for a low level character as generally they only have the ability to execute one attack action in a round.