Equipment Proficiencies

A character gains proficiency with various weapons and tools from their class and background. There are two categories of equipment proficiency:

Weapons. Anyone can wield a weapon, but proficiency makes you better at wielding it. If you have proficiency with a weapon, you add your Proficiency Bonus to attack rolls you make with it.

Tools. If you have proficiency with a tool, you can add your Proficiency Bonus to any ability check you make that uses the tool. If you have proficiency in the skill that's also used with that check, you have Advantage on the check too. This means you can benefit from both skill proficiency and tool proficiency on the same ability check.

Actions

When you do something other than moving or communicating, you typically take an action. The Action table lists the game's main actions, which are defined in more detail in "Rules Glossary."

Actions

Action, Summary

Attack, Attack with a weapon or an Unarmed Strike.

Dash, For the rest of the turn, give yourself extra movement equal to your Speed.

Disengage, Your movement doesn't provoke Opportunity Attacks for the rest of the turn.

Dodge, Until the start of your next turn, attack rolls against you have Disadvantage, and you make Dexterity saving throws with Advantage. You lose this benefit if you have the Incapacitated condition or if your Speed is 0.

Help, Help another creature's ability check or attack roll, or administer first aid.

Hide, Make a Dexterity (Stealth) check.

Influence, Make a Charisma (Deception, Intimidation, Performance, or Persuasion) or Wisdom (Animal Handling) check to alter a creature's attitude.

Magic, Cast a spell, use a magic item, or use a magical feature.

Ready, Prepare to take an action in response to a trigger you define.

Search, Make a Wisdom (Insight, Medicine, Perception, or Survival) check.

Study, Make an Intelligence (Arcana, History, Investigation, Nature, or Religion) check.

Utilize, Use a nonmagical object.

Player characters and monsters can also do things not covered by these actions. Many class features and other abilities provide additional action options, and you can improvise other actions. When you describe an action not detailed elsewhere in the rules, the Game Master tells you whether that action is possible and what kind of D20 Test you need to make, if any.