Does defensive duelist work? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by uid0gid0@lemmy.world to c/baldurs_gate_3@lemmy.world

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On tabletop I play a Way of the Astral Self Monk with defensive duelist. I thought I'd try that in the game and switched Astarion to open hand Monk. I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong but it never seems to activate.

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[-] uid0gid0@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Why do you think open hand monks can't use weapons?

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Poor phrasing in my part. It's not that they can't, it just wouldn't be useful since the main abilities do require you to be unarmed in at least 1 hand.

[-] uid0gid0@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don't want to be a contrarian, but I can't find anything in the PHB that says you can't wield a weapon. Unarmed strikes don't even need to be made with your hands. Is it a sage advice that I'm unaware of or something?

[-] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 1 points 1 year ago

They are talking about BG3. There you cannot make a regular unarmed strike while holding a weapon.

There are many significant differences in the rules between BG3 and 5e.

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