Polearm Master feat not working

[Varinathras]

Hi,

I'm playing a Deep Gnome Monk,
At level 3 I took the Open Palm subclass
At level 4 I choose the Polearm Master feat
Aside from the Opportunity Attack passive that every character has, this should grant me a passive that gives me an attack on anyone *entering* my area (as opposed to leaving the circle as well)

The passive doesn't appear in my character sheet list
The bonus action to attack with the butt of my equipped quarterstaff *is* activating during combat though.

I'm not getting my attack of opportunity on *approaching* enemies.

[x_equals_speed]

Odd, I have this feat on Laziel and it generally works fine. I get a popup letting me take my attack when someone approaches.

Could it just be your reaction is getting used up on something else? You only get to react once a turn so if you've used the monks ability to deflect missiles then you cannot use it to have an attack later in the round.

I do have a weird bug with it that when Laziel moves towards an enemy with a polearm it gives me the option to use her reaction to allow them a free attack on her, but that's easily ignored, just say no :P

[RACHMANOVSKI]

Is it a heavy weapon? (check the weapon tag). May have been conflicted because your tiny weeny character unable to use it effectively.

[Varinathras]

Originally posted by x_equals_speed:

Odd, I have this feat on Laziel and it generally works fine. I get a popup letting me take my attack when someone approaches.

Could it just be your reaction is getting used up on something else? You only get to react once a turn so if you've used the monks ability to deflect missiles then you cannot use it to have an attack later in the round.

I do have a weird bug with it that when Laziel moves towards an enemy with a polearm it gives me the option to use her reaction to allow them a free attack on her, but that's easily ignored, just say no :P

Tried it for 5 fights+
No I'm not daft enough to miss Reaction popups on 10+ enemies in several fights x) The secondary Opportunity Attack passive isn't listed on my character sheet at all and nothing happens when I approach an enemy nor when they approach me.

[Varinathras]

Originally posted by RACHMANOVSKI:

Is it a heavy weapon? (check the weapon tag). May have been conflicted because your tiny weeny character unable to use it effectively.

Quarterstaff.
It's one of the 4 weapons types explicitly listed in the feat description
The other half of the Feat *is* activating (bonus attack with the butt of the weapon)

[Gongons Gonads]

Happening for me too, if your spear has the versatile trait, it's bugged. only works with polearms that have the extended reach trait. super annoying.

[zpc]

My CleDruid uses a Quarterstaff + Shield and the reaction on-enter-melee-range triggers. Same as for Shadowheart - she is equipped with spear + shield and has polearm master trait like my main character.

Maybe it is somehow connected to a particular build combination?

[Locklave]

Spear and Quarterstaff don't have the Reach trait. Unless I'm misunderstanding core 5e mechanics they don't get the benefit of the entering reach range because you literally don't have reach on that weapon.

https://www.aidedd.org/dnd/dons.php?vo=polearm-master

You can make an extra attack with a polearm weapon, and make an opportunity attack if a creature enter your reach.

The keywords have importance. Reach being the keyword.

I've read posts long ago about this feat mentioning that spears don't apply for the second element because they don't have reach. Reach literally being a weapon trait.

[Szorrin]

Originally posted by Locklave:

Spear and Quarterstaff don't have the Reach trait. Unless I'm misunderstanding core 5e mechanics they don't get the benefit of the entering reach range because you literally don't have reach on that weapon.

https://www.aidedd.org/dnd/dons.php?vo=polearm-master

You can make an extra attack with a polearm weapon, and make an opportunity attack if a creature enter your reach.

The keywords have importance. Reach being the keyword.

I've read posts long ago about this feat mentioning that spears don't apply for the second element because they don't have reach.

That is not what it means when something 'enters your reach'. This is also not 5e's version of Polearm Master.

Polearm Master:
" 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. This attack uses the same ability modifier as the primary attack. The weapon's damage die for this attack is a d4, and it deals bludgeoning damage.

While you are wielding a glaive, halberd, pike, quarterstaff, or spear, other creatures provoke an opportunity attack from you when they enter the reach you have with that weapon."

The BG3 version of the feat has basically the same description, if it's not working with any of the weapons listed here, it's a bug.

[Locklave]

Originally posted by Szorrin:

That is not what it means when something 'enters your reach'. This is also not 5e's version of Polearm Master.

It's effectively the same with a shortened description, not specifying the d4 for the extra attack or listing the weapons. Other then that it's the same thing.

Not sure why you are splitting hairs on that.

[Mr.Hmm]

1) Do you have it enabled in reactions?
2) Did you make sure to have it ASK w/e a reaction happens?

If the answer is Yes to both then yeah its a bug, if the answer is No to both then you should enable them and test to see if it works, if it doesnt work even if they are enabled then yes its a bug.

[Szorrin]

Originally posted by Locklave:

Originally posted by Szorrin:

That is not what it means when something 'enters your reach'. This is also not 5e's version of Polearm Master.

It's effectively the same with a shortened description, not specifying the d4 for the extra attack or listing the weapons. Other then that it's the same thing.

Not sure why you are splitting hairs on that.

I'm not splitting hairs. You surmised Polearm Master didn't work with the spear and quarterstaff because they don't have Reach, which is why I referenced the correct description of the feat which specifically mentions those weapons.

I'm not attacking you, I'm simply trying to ensure people get the correct information.
Apologies if that wasn't clear.

[x_equals_speed]

I've definitely had the feat work in game for someone using a spear in one hand and shield in the other.

Another possibility is the game gave short characters a smaller reach so when a medium character approaches your gnome they get close enough to hit you before entering your reach so you never get to use the ability. I don't know if this is true, but I could imagine reach might be slightly adjusted to be appropriate to the character model rather than strictly following the RAW.

[infinity]

I came here to see if anyone else had a similar problem. I have the feat with Lae'zel, but...

1. No extra attack option. I've swapped out different polearms, checked my ability bar, checked the weapon actions list... but no option. Hotfix to blame?

2. I also noticed the PAM feat doesn't show up in the "Notable Features" list, though it does appear in the Reactions list.

[Wolkensieger]

I can do you one better. My bonus action works fine (i think) at least i can always use it. I dont know if there may be some missing damage from great weapon master, the fire damage from my gloves etc. but thats not my problem.

If an enemy approaches Laezel i dont get a reaction attack, but if i move towards an enemy that has a polearm weapon i can use my reaction to damage myself good stuff xD

There is a window that plops up if i wanna use my reaction attack and if I press yes I take damage

[Kitsone]

This is also happening with my Half Wood Elf Monk wielding a Quarterstaff. It seems to give the enemy's the feat and use your reaction for them to attack you when you approach them.