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2017-07-12, 07:03 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Sep 2011
Martial Adept, Battle Master and Superiority Dice
Spun off from a discussion in the RAW thread about how many superiority dice of what sizes a variant human fighter has if they take the Martial Adept feat at level 1 and then become a Battle Master at level 3.
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1) That's not what "specific over general" means. Feats, classes, subclasses and races aren't more specific or more general than each other. What that phrase means is that rules that apply to a specific subset of characters or situations take priority over those that apply to a broader group of characters or situations. For example, generally, a character who takes the attack action is able to make one weapon attack. The Extra Attack feature allows some specific characters to make two attacks (or more) instead. The specific rule beats the general rule so those characters are allowed two attacks instead of one.
2) That's not how leveling up or gaining features works. You can "have" multiple things without them overwriting each other. If you have one d6 superiority die and you then also have four d8 superiority dice, you don't lose the d6, you just have one dice and four dice for a total of five.
Look at it this way, if a fighter took Magic Initiate as a variant human feat at level 1, they "learn two cantrips". If they then take a level in wizard, that class says that they "know three cantrips". You wouldn't argue that the three cantrips they "know" at second level overwrite the two they "learned" at first, would you? Or a Knowledge domain cleric uses their Knowledge of the Ages Channel Divinity feature which says "for 10 minutes, you have proficiency with the chosen skill or tool". You wouldn't argue that they no longer have any proficiencies they had before the Channeled Divinity, would you?
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2017-07-12, 07:11 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Jul 2015
Re: Martial Adept, Battle Master and Superiority Dice
From the Errata:
"Martial Adept (p. 168). The superiority
die is added to any others you have, no
matter when you gain them"