Illithidbix
Explorer
So the Sage Advice, which confirmed something many of us already knew: that you can only Sneak Attack once per turn… but you can get more than one sneak attack out per round if you can get an attack outside of your turn.
The obvious one is of course the Opportunity Attack
The big limiter is in every case I know it requires you to use your Reaction.
So… here I have tried to find all the methods of granting yourself or an ally an attack outside of turn order. Triggers in bold.
Commander’s Strike and Inspiring surge are the only methods I can find for granting an ally an attack on your turn.
Barbarian - Level 14 Path of the Berserker
Fighter
Battlemaster
Commander's Strike
Riposte
Purple Dragon Knight Level 10 and 17
Monk – Level 17 Way of the Shadow
Paladin - Level 15 Oath of Vengeance
Ranger - Level 3 Hunter
Feats
Mage Slayer
Polearm Master
Sentinel
Martial Adept
See Fighter - Battlemaster above for Commander's Strike and Riposte
Any that I've missed?
And any that don't require you/your ally to use a Reaction to act outside of their turn?
The obvious one is of course the Opportunity Attack
OPPORTUNITY ATTACKS said:You can make an opportunity attack when a hostile creature that you can see moves out of your reach. To make the opportunity attack, you use your reaction to make one melee attack against the provoking creature. The attack occurs right before the creature leaves your reach.
You can avoid provoking an opportunity attack by taking the Disengage action. You also don’t provoke an opportunity attack when you teleport or when someone or something moves you without using your movement, action, or reaction. For example, you don’t provoke an opportunity attack if an explosion hurls you out of a foe’s reach or if gravity causes you to fall past an enemy.
The big limiter is in every case I know it requires you to use your Reaction.
So is inherently limited, and one I believe has been very deeply embedded into 5E.Certain special abilities, spells, and situations allow you to take a special action called a reaction. A reaction is an instant response to a trigger of some kind, which can occur on your turn or on someone else’s. The opportunity attack, described later in this chapter, is the most common type of reaction.
When you take a reaction, you can’t take another one until the start of your next turn. If the reaction interrupts another creature’s turn, that creature can continue its turn right after the reaction.
So… here I have tried to find all the methods of granting yourself or an ally an attack outside of turn order. Triggers in bold.
Commander’s Strike and Inspiring surge are the only methods I can find for granting an ally an attack on your turn.
Barbarian - Level 14 Path of the Berserker
Retaliation said:Starting at 14th level, when you take damage from a creature that is within 5 feet of you, you can use your reaction to make a melee weapon attack against that creature.
Fighter
Battlemaster
Commander's Strike
When you take the Attack action on your turn, you can forgo one of your attacks and use a bonus action to direct one of your companions to strike. When you do so, choose a friendly creature who can see or hear you and expend one superiority dice. That creature can immediately use its reaction to make one weapon attack, adding the superiority dice to the attack's damage roll.
Riposte
When a creature misses you with a melee attack, you can use your reaction and expend one superiority die to make a melee weapon attack against the creature. If you hit, add the superiority dice to the attack's damage roll.
Purple Dragon Knight Level 10 and 17
Inspiring Surge said:Starting at level 10, when you use your Action Surge feature, you can choose one creature within 60 feet of you that is allied with you. That creature can make one melee or ranged weapon attack with its reaction, provided that it can see or hear you.
Starting at 17th level you can choose two allies within 60 feet of you, rather than one.
Monk – Level 17 Way of the Shadow
Opportunist said:Whenever a creature within 5 feet of you is hit by an attack made by a creature other than you, you can use your reaction to make a melee attack against that creature.
Paladin - Level 15 Oath of Vengeance
Soul of Vengeance said:When a creature under the effect of your Vow of Enmity makes an attack, you can use your reaction to make a melee attack against that creature if it is within range.
Ranger - Level 3 Hunter
Giant Killer said:When a Large or larger creature within 5 feet of you hits or misses you with an attack, you can use your reaction to attack that creature immediately after its attack, providing you can see the creature.
Feats
Mage Slayer
When a creature within 5 feet of you casts a spell, you can use your reaction to make a melee weapon attack against the creature
Polearm Master
Whilst you are wielding a glaive, halberd, pike or quarter staff, other creatures provoke an opportunity attack when they enter your reach.
Sentinel
When a creature within 5 feet of you makes an attack against a target other than you (and that target doesn't have this feat), you can use your reaction to make a melee weapon attack against the target.
Martial Adept
See Fighter - Battlemaster above for Commander's Strike and Riposte
Any that I've missed?
And any that don't require you/your ally to use a Reaction to act outside of their turn?
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