Vicious Dart
D&D 5e · 2024·Weapons·Rare·No attunement
Base weapon damage before your ability modifier. Use the calculator to include hit chance and critical hits.
Damage calculator
Hit chance
55%
Expected damage / attack
7.35
Attack bonus
+5
Average normal hit: 12.5 · Average critical hit: 22 · Critical chance: 5%.
- Category
- Simple weapon
- Damage type
- Piercing
- Normal / long range
- 20 / 60 ft.
- Magic attack bonus
- +0
- Weight
- 0.25 lb
- Attunement
- Not required
- Rarity
- Rare
- Price
- Not specified
Magic: The extra 2d6 applies on each hit against a creature, and has the weapon’s normal damage type.
Calculator assumptions & rules
One attack against a creature. Natural 1 misses; natural 20 hits and doubles damage dice, not flat modifiers. Expected damage includes misses and critical hits. Advantage uses the higher of two d20s; Disadvantage uses the lower. Magic bonuses shown on the item are counted once.
Uses only the weapon’s ordinary hit and the listed on-hit extra dice, when enabled. Class features, Sneak Attack, fighting styles, mastery effects, damage on a miss, special critical-hit effects, ongoing damage, resistance and immunity are excluded. Check the full rules below for additional effects.
Changing calculator inputs does not change the item’s rules or create a new page URL.
What Vicious Dart does
- Strength or Dexterity can drive this simple weapon’s attack and damage rolls. Add your proficiency bonus to the attack roll only if you are proficient.
- The base 1d4 weapon damage averages 2.5 before your ability modifier and extra effects. Hit chance matters too: compare expected damage per attack rather than the die alone.
- The normal range is 20 feet and the maximum is 60 feet; attacks beyond normal range have Disadvantage. The calculator lets you model the attack mode separately.
This magic weapon deals an extra 2d6 damage to any creature it hits. This extra damage is of the same type as the weapon's normal damage. This is the Dart variant.
Full item details & properties
Magic properties
- Activation
- Hit a creature with this weapon.
- Consumable
- No
- Conditions & limits
- The extra 2d6 applies on each hit against a creature, and has the weapon’s normal damage type. The base damage applies against objects. The Vicious property adds no bonus to attack rolls.
Weapon details
- Damage vs. creatures
- 1d4 + 2d6 piercing
- Damage vs. objects
- 1d4 piercing
- Weapon class
- Simple Ranged
- Range
- 20 / 60 ft. (normal / long)
Properties
Finesse
When making an attack with a Finesse weapon, use your choice of your Strength or Dexterity modifier for the attack and damage rolls. You must use the same modifier for both rolls.
Thrown(Range 20/60)
If a weapon has the Thrown property, you can throw the weapon to make a ranged attack, and you can draw that weapon as part of the attack. If the weapon is a Melee weapon, use the same ability modifier for the attack and damage rolls that you use for a melee attack with that weapon.
Weapon mastery
Vex
If you hit a creature with this weapon and deal damage to the creature, you have Advantage on your next attack roll against that creature before the end of your next turn.
You need a feature, such as Weapon Mastery, that unlocks this property for you.
Tags & related references
Compare alternatives
Same edition, using your calculator inputs above. Special properties and character features can change the choice.
Same base weapon; compare its bonuses and rarity
Dart3.15 expected damage / attack55% hit chance1d4 piercing · +0 magic attack · 20 ft. range5 CP · 0.25 lbSame base weapon; compare its bonuses and rarity
Vicious Hand Crossbow7.95 expected damage / attack55% hit chance1d6 piercing + 2d6 piercing · +0 magic attack · 30 ft. rangeNot specified · 3 lbSame item type and rules edition
Vicious Heavy Crossbow9.15 expected damage / attack55% hit chance1d10 piercing + 2d6 piercing · +0 magic attack · 100 ft. rangeNot specified · 18 lbSame item type and rules edition
Ordinary attacks only. Matching extra-damage conditions follow your input; alternatives keep their default bonus allocation.
Vicious Dart FAQ
Does Vicious Dart require attunement?
No. This entry does not require attunement; follow its activation and use rules.
Is the listed price a guaranteed purchase price?
The source does not specify a price for this entry. Ask your GM about availability and cost.