Weapons

Ammunition

You can use a weapon that has the ammunition property to make a ranged attack only if you have ammunition to fire from the weapon. Each time you attack with the weapon, you expend one piece of ammunition. Drawing the ammunition from a quiver, case, or other container is part of the attack (you need a free hand to load a one-handed weapon). At the end of the battle, you can recover half your expended ammunition by taking a minute to search the battlefield.

If you use a weapon that has the ammunition property to make a melee attack, you treat the weapon as an improvised weapon. A sling must be loaded to deal any damage when used this way.

Finesse

When making an attack with a finesse weapon, you use your choice of your Strength or Dexterity modifier for the attack and damage rolls. You must use the same modifier for both rolls.

Double-Sided

If you attack with a double-sided weapon with two hands as part of the Attack action on your turn, you can use a Bonus Action immediately after to make a melee attack with it. This attack deals the one-handed damage of the weapon.

Heavy

A heavy weapon is unwieldy compared to other weapons. You have Disadvantage on your attack rolls with a Heavy weapon if it's a melee weapon and your Strength score isn't at least 13 OR if it's a ranged weapon and your Dexterity score isn't at least 13.

Light

A light weapon is small and easy to handle, making it ideal for use when fighting with two weapons.

Loading

Because of the time required to load this weapon, you can fire only one piece of ammunition from it when you use an Action, Bonus Action, or Reaction to fire it, regardless of the number of attacks you can normally make.

Range

A weapon that can be used to make a ranged attack has a range in parentheses after the ammunition or thrown property. The range lists two numbers. The first is the weapon's normal range in feet, and the second indicates the weapon's long range. When attacking a target beyond normal range, you have Disadvantage on the attack roll. You can't attack a target beyond the weapon's long range, and if you have disadvantage on your attack roll, you cannot make an attack in a weapon's long range.

Reach

This weapon adds 5 feet to your reach when you attack with it, as well as when determining your reach for opportunity attacks with it.

Special

A weapon with the special property has unusual rules governing its use, explained in the weapon's description.

Thrown

If a weapon has the thrown property, you can throw the weapon to make a ranged attack. if the weapon is a melee weapon, you use the same ability modifier for that attack roll and damage roll that you would use for a melee attack with the weapon. For example, if you throw a handaxe, you use your Strength, but if you throw a dagger, you can use either your Strength or your Dexterity, since the dagger has the finesse property.

Two-Handed

This weapon requires two hands when you attack with it.

Versatile

This weapon can be used with one or two hands. A damage value in parentheses appears with the property—the damage when the weapon is used with two hands to make a melee attack.

Blowgun

You can poison 10 darts with a single dose of poison, instead of 3.

Flail

A flail is considered to have the Heavy property unless it is wielded with two hands.

Lance

You have Disadvantage when you use a lance to attack a target within 5 feet of you. Also, a lance requires two hands to wield when you aren't mounted.

Net

When you take the Attack action on your turn, you can replace one of your attacks with a throw of the net at a creature within range. The target must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw against a DC equal to 8 + your Proficiency Bonus + Your Dexterity or Strength modifier (your choice). The target succeeds automatically if it's Huge or larger, and it has advantage on the saving throw if it is within the long range of the weapon.

On a failed save, the target is Restrained until it escapes the net. To escape, the target must use its action to make a DC 10 Strength (Athletics) check, escaping on a success. A creature within 5 feet of the target can use its action to attempt the same thing. Destroying the net (AC: 10; 5 HP; Immunity to bludgeoning, poison, and psychic damage) also frees the target, ending the effect.