Whenever you hit a creature with an opportunity attack, its speed drops to 0 for the rest of the turn. The weapon's damage die for this attack is a d4, and it deals bludgeoning damage. A great spear that does 1d8 can only be used two handed and no shield. Description Of quarterstaff. ... That said, a good poke with a blunt stick could still seriously injure or even kill. While wielding a glaive, halberd, pike, or quarterstaff, other creatures provoke an opportunity attack from you when they enter your reach. Quarterstaffs are simple weapons. It can depend upon the skill of the opposing fencers. A quarterstaff is a poor thrusting weapon IMHO. A quarterstaff 5e is typically 6 to 9 feet long. Set up: Two handed pole, topped with axe blade, spear spike and reverse hook or thorn; haft usually 1.5 to 1.8 metres (5 to 6 feet) Good for: Hook for grappling (and dismounting) mounted combatants, spear for pushing back horsemen, axe for chopping; inexpensive to make; good for pikemen vs. pikemen action Negatives: Better for attack than defence There is a reason it is called a quarterstaff. When using either the quarterstaff or spear as a Monk weapon, do you still gain the unarmed bonus action from Martial Arts if using 2 hands(1d8)? All but one of those is a boring choice. One of the benefits of the Sentinel feat (PHB, p. 169-170) is: When you hit a creature with an opportunity attack, the creature’s speed becomes 0 … Glaive, halberd, quarterstaff, spear, and if you’re only interested in opportunity attacks, Pike as well, I guess. I know that the popular answer to this question is “it depends.” And it does depend, in the sense that you can always engineer a scenario in which weapon X is better than weapon Y. While you are wielding a glaive, halberd, pike, or quarterstaff, other creatures provoke an opportunity attack from you when they enter your reach. For melee I would sub-divide into two weapons. Sentinel. It is smaller than its larger cousins, and wielded in a totally different manner, usually in the middle, spinning or striking with both ends. A spear is maybe the best thrusting weapon there is. Hmm it seems to me like the first 44 seconds of that video makes for a fun demonstration of what you can do with a spear one handed. When you take the Attack action and attack with only a glaive, halberd, quarterstaff, or spear, you can use a bonus action to make a melee attack with the opposite end of the weapon. 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