#ZOMBIE HUNTER SWORD AND SHIELD DND FREE#

If you are using a bow, try and keep a good distance so melee is never an issue. Mage Slayer if they are within 5 feet of you and decide to cast a spell. Polearm Master if using a lance or spear or quarterstaff to hit the target when they are within your reach. Assuming the enemy is close and is about to melee attack you so you manage to switch to your sword and shield to take them on (next turn) if you went with battle master or even just chose Martial Adept feat which gives you access to two of the maneuvers, you take Riposte and when the enemy makes an attack if they miss you can use your reaction to hit them back.

#ZOMBIE HUNTER SWORD AND SHIELD DND FREE#

Let's say the DM does have it be a free interaction to switch bow with sword and shield and even with action surge used you still don't get an attack which feels like it wastes a turn, it's not over quite yet if you are able to use reactions. If you hit, you add the superiority die to the attack's damage roll.' 'When a creature misses you with a melee attack, you can use your reaction and expend one superiority die to make a melee weapon attack against the creature. So far we assume the free action is to put a bow away and either this interaction switches to the sword or you need to use action surge to pull out the sword if you use it to pull out the shield or you can just pull out the sword instead for the action and action surge with the attack.

Unfortunately the fighter doesn't have bonus attack to interact with another object, they do have action surge however they can use once per short rest which will give them an additional action. IMO since the shield adds 2 to AC then I would say it would be an action to equip or unequip, with swords I can assume the character can sheathe or unsheathe a sword to use other melee weapons like axes, or a mace. Because bows require two hands you would need to put away to use shield again. Monstrous Compendium Volume One: Spelljammer CreaturesĮvery time you attack you use 1 free action to interact with a weapon (example: a short sword) then take an action to attack with that weapon.

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