Brace (Melee)

Brace (Melee) is a weapon action available to characters proficient in and wielding a glaive, or pike in their main hand.

Description

Spend 6 m / 20 ft (ERROR: Distance not in metric!) of your movement. For the rest of your turn, roll melee damage twice and use the highest result.

Properties

Cost

(ERROR: Use movement m or movement ft.)Movement

Details

Duration: 1 turn

Recharge: Short rest

Condition: Braced

 Braced

Duration: 1 turn

• On Damage Rolls, roll twice and use the higher result.

How to learn

Granted by wielding the following weapon types with proficiency:

•  Glaives
•  Pikes

Notes

• The average bonus damage dealt per die is equivalent to taking the Savage Attacker feat.
• When used with Savage Attacker, it will roll each dice 4 times and use the highest result

Math

Average bonus damage of Brace

Average bonus damage per die rolled

Damage die	Average bonus damage	Average damage roll
1d4	0.63	3.13
1d6	0.97	4.47
1d8	1.31	5.81
1d10	1.65	7.15
1d12	1.99	8.49
2d6	1.94	8.94

Average bonus damage of Brace and Savage Attacker

Average bonus damage per die rolled

Damage die	Average bonus damage	Average damage roll	Avg bonus damage difference from Savage Attacker alone
1d4	1.12	3.62	0.50
1d6	1.74	5.24	0.77
1d8	2.36	6.86	1.05
1d10	2.97	8.47	1.32
1d12	3.57	10.07	1.58
2d6	3.48	10.48	1.54