What does great weapon fighting apply to?

The Great Weapon Fighting feature—which is shared by fighters and paladins—is meant to benefit only the damage roll of the weapon used with the feature. For example, if you use a greatsword with the feature, you can reroll any 1 or 2 you roll on the weapon’s 2d6.

Does Dueling work with two-handed weapons?

4 Answers. Being possessed of the Dueling fighting style doesn’t preclude the use of a two-handed weapon. You can still use a two-handed weapon as you normally would. However, when you do so you do not gain the bonus provided by Dueling as you no longer meet the prerequisite.

Is GWM damage doubled on crit?

Your critical hits are not affected at all! This is called a critical hit, […] The GWM damage bonus is also not affected, because only the damage dice are doubled.

Do you get extra damage with great weapon fighting?

I suspect that if you take the RAW, the Great Weapon Fighting Class Feature only applies to the weapon’s damage dice, and not any dice that would be added. That means you don’t re-roll Superiority Dice, Sneak Attack Dice, or extra dice from a Spell or Magical Weapon.

How does the great weapon fighting style work?

The Great Weapon Fighting style is as follows: “When you roll a 1 or 2 on a damage die for an attack you make with a melee weapon that you are wielding with two hands, you can reroll the die and must use the new roll, even if the new roll is a 1 or a 2. The weapon must have the two-handed or versatile property for you to gain this benefit.”

Can You reroll spells in the great weapon fighting style?

Even the extra damage coming from those weapons can be rerolled as per the Great Weapon Fighting fighting style. The spells that also allow for this effect are elemental weapon and holy weapon. Specifically because they turn the weapon into a magical weapon that does additional weapon damage.

Why are two weapon fighting considered subpar for fighters?

The bonus is determined by the weapon’s rarity. This means it’s actually harder to get magic items as a TWF, because if you want to apply the +3 in every attack, you need TWO +3 magic weapons, while GWF only needs one. 1 Note: the actual damage would be p ⋅ d T and p ⋅ d G, where p is the probability of actually hitting.