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<blockquote data-quote="Blue" data-source="post: 6865495" data-attributes="member: 20564"><p>I don't think there are any hard-and-fast rules about this, leaving it up to DM interpretation.</p><p></p><p>Here's a couple potential ways to look at it and I'm sure there are more.</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">It's magical, it would overcome resistance. But the magic on it is to give you a bonus to AC, it doesn't affect your to hit rolls.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">It's magic but has no enhancement around doing damage, so it doesn't count as magical for overcoming resistance or add to hit/damage.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Looking at the rules for improvised weapons (PHB 148), it talks about some improvised items being close enough to a weapon to use weapon damage and even gain proficiency. If that's the case, it can act as magic, so a magical staff would count as a magic quarterstaff (with no bonuses) for overcoming damage resistance. A shield doesn't fall into that weapon category, so it wouldn't.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Same as above, plus since you have the Tavern Brawler feat you get proficiency with it, so I guess it's a magic weapon.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Heck, sounds good to me. Clever thinking! I like when PCs go outside the box.</li> </ul><p>If I personally was DMing my first thought was that's not the type of magic so it wouldn't add or overcome resistance, but then I remembered that I like to empower my players and heck, they even have a feat to use improvised weapons well. Go for it!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blue, post: 6865495, member: 20564"] I don't think there are any hard-and-fast rules about this, leaving it up to DM interpretation. Here's a couple potential ways to look at it and I'm sure there are more. [LIST] [*]It's magical, it would overcome resistance. But the magic on it is to give you a bonus to AC, it doesn't affect your to hit rolls. [*]It's magic but has no enhancement around doing damage, so it doesn't count as magical for overcoming resistance or add to hit/damage. [*]Looking at the rules for improvised weapons (PHB 148), it talks about some improvised items being close enough to a weapon to use weapon damage and even gain proficiency. If that's the case, it can act as magic, so a magical staff would count as a magic quarterstaff (with no bonuses) for overcoming damage resistance. A shield doesn't fall into that weapon category, so it wouldn't. [*]Same as above, plus since you have the Tavern Brawler feat you get proficiency with it, so I guess it's a magic weapon. [*]Heck, sounds good to me. Clever thinking! I like when PCs go outside the box. [/LIST] If I personally was DMing my first thought was that's not the type of magic so it wouldn't add or overcome resistance, but then I remembered that I like to empower my players and heck, they even have a feat to use improvised weapons well. Go for it! [/QUOTE]
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