Do thrown weapons use Dex?

You can throw any weapon to make a "ranged weapon attack" which uses your Dexterity modifier (PHB p. 194)¹ , unless it is a weapon with the "thrown" property - this type of weapon uses your Strength, unless it also has the finesse property - then you choose to use either your strength or Dexterity (PHB p. 147).

Is throwing a javelin Dex or strength?

A javelin is a heavy thrown weapon, so a character can throw it to make ranged attacks, using Strength instead of Dexterity for ranged basic attacks.

How does throwing a weapon work 5e?

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.

Do all ranged weapons use Dex 5e?

Yes, a ranged attack with a ranged weapon would include your Dex bonus to both attack and damage rolls. The Player's Handbook mentions this twice. You add your Dexterity modifier to your attack roll and your damage roll when attacking with a ranged weapon, such as a sling or a longbow.

Do martial weapons use STR or DEX?

Yes, you can use Dex and the weapon's normal damage

The relevant rules here are two of the benefits from the Monk's martial arts feature (emphasis added): You can use Dexterity instead of Strength for the attack and damage rolls of your unarmed strikes and monk weapons.

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What weapons use DEX in DND?

Attacks with ranged weapons usually use your DEX modifier. Attacks with melee weapons usually use your STR modifier. Weapons with the finesse property use either your STR or your DEX modifier -- your choice.

Can hand axes use Dex?

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.

Do crossbows use Dex or Str?

All users of the Light Crossbow and Hand Crossbow in the MM apply Dex bonus to the damage roll. Most other users of the Heavy Crossbow have +0 Dex mod and so have no damage bonus, but the Half-Red Dragon Veteran (p. 180) has a +1 Dex mod that applies to the damage roll of the Heavy Crossbow.

Is Stealth a Dex check?

Stealth is a skill. Thus, to calculate the corresponding modifier for Stealth checks, you will apply the related ability modifier (for Stealth, the corresponding ability is Dexterity; your Dex mod is +4, as you stated) and your proficiency bonus (if you are proficient; at level 1, this is +2).

Do Firearms add Dex 5e?

Yes, you add your Dex mod to the damage die

They are listed as Martial Ranged Weapons, and no special rules are given regarding damage calculations. Therefore the dexterity modifier is added to the damage just as with any other ranged weapon.

Can you use Dex for spear?

Spears do not have the Finesse property and so Dex is not a valid ability score to use with them, they are Strength weapons.

Can a longsword be used with Dex?

Firstly, you would need longswords to have light and finesse to dual wield them using dex, not just finesse. Secondly, longswords are already 1d8/1d10 versatile weapons, giving them light and finesse is just too much.

Does a quarterstaff use Dex or Str?

The benefits of making the Quarterstaff a Finesse weapon are that it can use Dex instead of Str for Stat bonuses which makes perfect sense to me. It would allow a character with the Defensive Duelist Feat to gain their Proficiency Bonus to their AC.

Can you smite with a thrown weapon?

when you hit a creature with a melee attack with a weapon...", which means that you can't use Divine Smite with a thrown weapon, as it isn't a melee attack.

When should you roll Dexterity?

You add your Dexterity modifier to your Attack roll and your damage roll when Attacking with a ranged weapon, such as a sling or a Longbow. You can also add your Dexterity modifier to your Attack roll and your damage roll when Attacking with a melee weapon that has the Finesse property, such as a Dagger or a Rapier.

Do you add Dexterity to damage rolls?

The spell conjures, explicitly, a weapon, but makes no specific exception to the general rule, so the normal logic for attack and damage rolls is used. Since the weapon has the Finesse property, you can and must use either Strength or Dexterity modifier to make the attack and damage roll.

Do you add Dex to damage rolls 5e?

A Damage Roll is XdX + Ability Modifier. Do not add the Proficiency Bonus to Damage Rolls. The same Ability Modifier applies to both rolls. Use STR for melee weapons (when holding them and when throwing them), DEX for ranged weapons, and either STR or DEX (your choice) for weapons with the Finesse tag.

Are bows Dex?

It's still dex for crossbows sadly. “… every point in Dex adds 1% of your weapon's total physical damage…” To understand why dexterity is the damage stat for bows (other than being because that's how it's done in DnD) is that your archer is using precision to deal more damage.

Is Light crossbow one handed?

Normally, operating a light crossbow requires two hands. However, you can shoot, but not load, a light crossbow with one hand at a -2 penalty on attack rolls. You can shoot a light crossbow with each hand, but you take a penalty on attack rolls as if attacking with two light weapons.

Is a crossbow a finesse weapon?

Daggers. Bows. Crossbows. Finesse weapons are your "dexterity/agility" weapons if you were to use them in other RPG's.

What weapons are finesse?

Are scimitars finesse?

No, Scimitar is not a Finesse Weapon by the Core Rules.

What weapons can you use Dex?

Are Thrown weapons ranged weapons?

No. A weapon with the thrown property is still a melee weapon. Just one you can make a ranged attack with. RAW sharp shooter still doesn't apply to it, since it specifies a ranged weapon, not a ranged attack.