I’m gonna be “that guy” and point out that Clark Kent is a reporter for the Daily *Planet,* not the Daily Bugle. That’s Peter Parker. Still, congrats on 100 episodes! I never would have known how to approach this in the first place. Rather you than me. (BTW I’m still on a DMC binge and now I wanna see V from DMC5 in D&D. I’m thinking Conjuration Wizard/Beast Conclave revised Ranger)
no one actually cares. it's actually a running joke in the community that people call them the wrong thing on purpose, because guess what, they are interchangable with no actual differences between them whatsoever.
@Orangey Not an in-depth build, but my sister is actually playing a character based on V in our current campaign. We're doing a combination of pact of the chain Warlock, and beastmaster conclave from the revised ranger. An Imp familiar can look like a Raven and still possess an imp's abilities (Griffon), take a Beast of the Earth companion from the new class features Unearthed Arcana and say it makes itself look like a strange panther (Shadow). Take enough levels into Warlock to obtain Summon Greater Demon and call forth a Barlgura, and reflavor it as a scary golem (Nightmare). For some spells, Eldritch Blast can constitute Griffon's blasts, Expeditious Retreat can facilitate V riding on Shadow, and Far Step can cover V teleporting from nearly dead enemy to nearly dead enemy. Take the Fury of the Chain Master invocation at 9th level from the class features UA, and you can have Griffon attack as a bonus action while you Eldritch Blast and have Shadow corner foes. We use a lot of Homebrew of r/UnearthedArcana in my games, but Fiend Patron works well enough and for race I'd say Scourge Aasimar, since every battle expends more and more of V's energy and wears him down.
RavingWriterRelks Interesting take on V. I decided to go Conjuration Wizard instead of Warlock because you get access to a lot more spells and abilities to help keep V out of danger (Benign Transportation is basically a free Misty Step). Also, 10th level Con Wizards can’t have their concentration broken by damage, which is kind of broken for a build like this. I’d go with Conjure Elemental for Nightmare, since I think an earth elemental is more accurate than a barlgura demon, and take Shocking Grasp and Dragon’s Breath to give Griffon his lightning attacks.
You know, that sunburst actually works well as a fill-in for Superman's nova-burst-thingy from the comics. Also, I liked the addition at the start where you covered some of the alternate strategies you covered. That was cool. Congratulations on 100 episodes!
Do not speak of that nova-ability!! It is among the things we don't speak about. The entire idea of giving Superman (who has 15 powers all ready) a superpower that makes him human for 24 hrs after he uses it is incredible stupid and shows the writers just don't know how to make Superman relatable. And surprise, surprise, he found himself in situations where he "needed" that nova-burst in order to succeed. Lazy and stupid. How is that different from the overuse of kryptonite?
Kinda late but I actually really dig the section where you elaborate on why you didn't pick certain builds people might expect. Really reduces my morbid curiosity.
The construction hits the spot, I mean, a man with the power given by his bloodline, who remains in a very remote place meditating about the world and all its inhabitants. that sounds like the superman that I know, staying in the fortress of solitude and all that mambo jambo
For a build that's pretty much impossible to make, this is actually really well done. I agree with the Sorcerer levels, but I'd swap out the Monk levels for Fighter levels with Unarmed Fighting and the Battle Master subclass. Less speed and AC, but better hit die and more ability score improvements, plus fewer multiclassing minimums. For starting ability scores, I'd go with 15, 10, 13, 8, 12, 14 This is just how I personally would make this build and it's a new comment on a year-old video, so I don't know if you'll actually read it, but I also know that comments help the algorithm so I figured there's no harm in leaving this here. I love these videos. Keep up the good work
(Yes, I am replying to my own comment despite knowing nobody will ever see it.) With the addition of Ascendant Dragon Monk, I actually think we can get pretty much everything Superman needs from Monk. I would bump DEX, CON, and WIS all the way to 15 while STR, INT, and CHA get dropped to 8 (Charisma will be bumped up with racial bonuses. Hopefully your dm gives you a Belt of Storm Giant Strength). I would invest most ASIs into DEX and WIS, with one being used to grab the Tough feat. I would invest 19 levels into Ascendant Dragon Monk. For the final level, I would go Fighter to get the Superior Technique fighting style and grab Pushing Attack for my maneuver. With this build, Supes would have a base 60ft of movement speed, d10 damage di which bypass resistance to nonmagical damage. For flight, he has a minute of flying with Radiant Soul as well as Wings Unfurled to fly every time he uses Step of the Wind. His Breath of the Dragon could either be his heat vision (30-foot line of fire) or frost breath (20-foot cone of cold). For his nigh invulnerability, he'll have high AC, proficiency with every saving throw, the ability to reduce the damage of ranged attacks, resistance to one type of elemental damage with Aspect of the Wyrm, and Empty Body (the main benefit would be resistance to everything but force damage, but the invisibility could just be reflavored to him moving faster than the eye can see).
10:10 Technically, you should use disguise self to take OFF the glasses and become Superman. You're mild mannered regular man most of the time, and only super in combat, so the one hour of hidden identity is better in reverse. And honestly who is going to be taking time to investigate to see through that disguise when they are in combat?
There's actually some version of Superman where when he's in Superman form he's vibrating his face so fast you can't actually see his face as anything more than a blue. This works quite well to represent disguise self for an hour.
@@CCartman69 I think you are thinking about the original Flash, Jay Garrick. It was well documented that before he gave up his secret identity he used to vibrate his face in public to prevent recognition and having his picture taken. Sounds exhausting. While Superman could do that, it defeats the purpose of a maskless super persona. With all that power, Superman wants the public to trust him and being able to see his face is a big part of that. Now that I think about it, the vibrate/superspeed trick is what they did on Smallville for longer than I cared for. (everything they did to delay his eventual becoming Superman made his growth as a character stunted)
@@ericpeterson8732 He never did the vibrating thing on smallville, his face was just always stood in shadows or on a rooftop so that he could talk without being seen. Not to um actually you bro, just wanna make sure your playing with a full deck of cards.
@solar_savior4118 In Smallville, they just did the Blur thing where he would go in at super-speed, so he was just a blur. Later, when he wore the Superman colours, he became the Red-Blue Blur.
Ah hell yeah, my favorite character! God DAMN I'm so pumped for this. Clark def has calligraphy! Love the new segment. Lets us have a bit more insight in your thought process! Congrats on making it to 100!
As a person that almost exclusively makes reference characters, I fucking love this channel. A few cool ideas I’d like to see are Undyne and Zim, Dib, and Gir
Two things: 1 I really enjoyed this build and appreciated that you gave us a rundown of the variations you considered for this build. 2 Will you be using the class feature variants that just came out for any build in future or do you prefer not to use UA material? Congrats on 100 episodes!
Real talk: I am super happy you included a "here's what I d8dnt use and why" section. I often watch these videos and think of alternate build paths, so I am glad to know your decision making process. Keep up the great work, and here is to another 100 characters.
just thought I'd say, since feedback is important, I really appreciate hearing your thought process. If I had to suggest one thing to change, I'd say you could probably have an overview of all the levels. tbh, had some trouble following all the levels on the multiclass characters, and showing them all listed at the end would be nice.
Congrats on 100 videos Tulok! I’ve been enjoying this series immensely. I’ve already requested quite a few characters; Guts, Doomslayer, Goblin Slayer, and Bob Ross. I know others have requested them and many more as well. I’m sure you will get around to them eventually. You’re only human, I can wait. Here’s to 100 more videos!
My favorite game to play when I see the notification, before I watch the video, is to try to guess race and class. I think I've gotten the exact combo twice. This was not one of them. I'm continually blown away by the level of consideration put into these builds, not only because of how different they usually are from what my first thought is, but because they are still almost always spot on. Great job, congrats on 100, here's to 100 more!
I enjoyed this build ALOT, and i did enjoy that middle section on why you did not go with other builds. But now, time to do Arnold Schwarzenegger 1984 Conan the Barbarian
So, i really like the part where you talk about the build ideas that get scrapped. It helps put into perspective what you considered and what didn't work.
I was only half joking when I requested a Superman build. I have to say, I am impressed with this. A protector aasimar makes the most sense. I also would never have guessed monk as a class but again people forget that Superman can throw hands even though everyone says he can't. Great work, congratulations on the 100th video and thank you.
I really liked the section talking about the builds you didn't pick. It was neat to hear about other ideas or potential builds for a given character and why you didn't pick them and or the cons. Like you said before in I think the Joker video "These builds are loosy goosey build them how you want" and I feel like it adds to that spirit. Love your stuff.
Nice puns. I also enjoy when you cover why you did not select certain classes for a build. It helps provide more context and more information helpful for those looking to modify these builds a bit.
I find it funny how you kept trying to make up justifications for some of these, but he does have all those powers Stillness of mind is because of his psychic martial arts Searing Sunburst is his Solar Flare move from the New 52 and Mending isn't heat vision, it's the wall repair vision he used in Quest For Peace
Hey Tulok, nice vid. I liked that you showed the tactics you didn't choose (and why). I have a tip, maybe it's an idea to show the total level on the screen. Instead of 'this is sorcerer lvl5' which doesn't really help if you don't know the total level. Keep it on!
@@KuronosaIt's monumentally stupid. In order to revoke citizenship, the government has to actually know who you are. Somehow I doubt Clark Kent actually went through all the tedious paperwork and paid an incredibly expensive fine.
I definitely approved of the section near the beginning where you talked about what aspects you considered using but threw out. I would love to see more of your thought process in future videos!
faster than a speeding bullet more powerful than a locomotive able to leap tall buildings in a single bound this amazing stranger from the planet krypton the man of steel superman
Who (disguised as Clark Kent, mild mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper) fights a never-ending battle for truth, justice, and the American way!
In addition to jumping on the "I like the part where you talk about other ideas you didn't go with" bandwagon, I'd also throw it out there that it would be cool if you occasionally threw out quick suggestions for alternative builds at the end, especially on the ones that use Unearthed Arcana content. Just a couple sentences along the lines of "if your DM won't you use UA you could try using this other subclass instead. You loose features X and Y but you get feature Z in it's place" could go a long way. Also, congrats on 100 videos and great job with this build in particular. Clark honestly came together a lot more easily than I thought he would. Not quite as overpowered as the man himself, but that's actually a good thing since it allows him to be a part of a larger party without overshadowing the other members. Now that I'm thinking about it, now that Superman is covered all you need is Green Lantern to have all of the most iconic Justice League members covered. Or Cyborg to get a full set of the movie team.
This was really fun to watch, even as someone who doesn't really play DnD and only is aware of the concepts through osmosis. Loved the puns and love the idea of a level 20 Superman-like monk running around saving people. I will say that in regards to the difficulties of making the build fully Superman, remember there have been countless incarnations of the Man of Steel throughout his 80+ years of history. Some verisons are brawlers, others are more intellect and science based, others are charismatic tricksters, and so on. So if you want to do a Superman build, I would say really specify and zero in on which Superman you want.
"Crypt tonight". ouch, that pun hurts. No, seriously, I like your jokes. I also like the new section where you explain possibilities that you dismissed. You did a great job here. You included all the major powers, built the lore into why he had them, created a justification for the easy check on Disguise Self, and even included a little story progression that ties into the Monastic Tradition. You proved yourself wrong on this build being impossible!
Only thing I would have done differently is gone "way of the open hand" over "sun soul". Reason being is that open hand either let's you hit enemies 15ft back or knock them prone on hits, which for flavour you could say is your super strength on punches. This means you'd have to wait a few levels before you get "heat vision". But fire bolt in sorcerer is a way stronger version of heat vision anyway and you aren't doubling up. You could also just make it part of your story as you discover your powers.
Absolutely love the intro part where you mentioned why you didn't pick other options, it's something I often see in the comment sections and hearing you explain that you _did_ think of the stuff is real nice. Also, here's a request for you: Talion, from the Shadow of Mordor. I feel like his kit could just be a Fighter/Monk multiclass with excessive flavouring, but I'm interested in seeing how you might reproduce it
Liked the breakdown of what options had crossed your mind and why you didn't go with them! Also real cool job with superman; its not a perfect emulation as its not all but invincible, but it gets all the necessities really well and furthers my group's gag that a superhero isn't 'super' unless they're a sorcerer.
Maybe a pure eldritch knight with unarmed fighting? Firebolt and Aganazzar’s Scorcher for laser vision. Fly for, well fight. Hold Person and Dragon’s Breath for freezing people with it.
Better then a lot superman builds I've seen. As you said, Clark is an all a rounder, and has teammates to cover the more specialized roles (Diana and Arthur to tank, Vic and Bruce for skills, Barry for speed, and Hal for ranged AOE) and so he covers in when needed where needed.
I feel like you'd have been better off using Juggernaut Warforged as the race. I know its a robot, but reflavoring, it gives the following: - Nat AC. While you do want armor proficiency, isnt itself armor. So you can still use monk features. - The Nat AC allows you to lose a measure of Dex/Wis to improve other stats. - Boosted STR, plus doubled carrying capacity. Pick up Brawny feat to lift mountains - No need for sleep.
2 Levels of Barbarian may be a good idea as well. Resistance to physical damage from rage is good (and a lot faster than stoneskin), as is Reckless Attack and Danger Sense if we must use spells
I did enjoy the mini section behind ho. Reasoning. I’ve tried making a few of these type of chi archers myself. There’s a lot more thinking needed than people realise.
That's not how I did it, but I respect it. My build: Goliath is good for strength and constitution, natural athlete fits well and saves a skill, stone's endurance fits, powerful build fits, and mountain born can allow you to fly higher than most. Folk Hero; literally describes his background and demeanor perfectly, and logically the animal handling skill makes sense not only as a farm boy, but he also has an alien zoo. The rustic hospitality fits well too. Champion for athleticism and extra fighting style, namely defense and protection. Divination Wizard for using portents as super senses. Same spells as you listed, but I added in some divination spells to enhance the super senses. Feats: Tavern Brawler, Tough, Mobile, Alert, and Spell Sniper in that order. Has a sword, but often doesn't use it to hold back and do non-lethal damage, because Superman had a sword and came to the same conclusion. I also agree that he'd be good at calligraphy, because he's a journalist, therefore he writes a lot, therefore he has good handwriting. I dumped charisma mainly because if he was any good at it, he'd easily be in a relationship with Lois Lane, and he's a dork at heart. Intelligence is his main stat with the physical stats being secondary, mostly because the passive buff from the race and feats evens things out. Wisdom is lacking, but choosing proficiency in wisdom skills at the start as a fighter (perception/survival) makes up for it. Edit: I briefly considered the intimidation skill, but that's not what Superman is trying to do. Plus if you want a laugh, look up JSA Good Cop Bad Cop for an example of Superman utterly failing an intimidation check. Edit: Replace Protection with Unarmed Fighting and Tavern Brawler with Brawny.
I'm sure everyone's already said it, but for the Daily's, "Bugle" is Spider-man/Marvel, Planet is Superman/DC. Still a great video and I love it! Keep up the great work!
I love the addition where you talk about alternate ways you thought about building it. Keep it in. I see why you didn’t wanna make him until now though, he seems difficult to cover all the bases.
Congrats on 100 amazing episodes my man!! Great job on Superman. I admit, I doubted you. Supes is just so... varied... I had no idea how you'd get all of his abilities (even just the more standard ones -- forget the crazy OP Superman Prime shenanigans). I have to admit though, his abilities are well represented. You did it. On a side note, I do like the part where you touch on build ideas you didn't use and why. Have you considered also mentioning feats you might consider as in-character for a build if ASIs aren't needed (due to rolling for stats)? Just an idea. Kudos on 100! Let's go for 100 more!!
First, I'd like to say good job. The effort was made an you got closer than I expected. It's easier to make superman in 3.5, but I digress. Second, you said he worked at the Daily Bugle instead of the Daily Planet. Just a slip I'm sure but I had to mention it. I love your videos! Can't wait for more!
Thank you for this build. Ive always thought Id use your Thor or Wonder Woman build to make Superman in D&D 5e. But this is more specific, accurate, and effective in campaigns!
I just want to say I honestly love your channel Tulok, and I'm so glad I stumbled upon it (found it after you did the Jotaro vid). I'm actually the shitty member in my group who just plays and tries to build pop culture characters in my group but nowhere near to the extent and detail your videos show, most notable I ran Iron Fist just as an open palm monk in one of our long form campaigns and just let RPing do the rest. So your videos felt very "just what I was looking for" when I first found them. You're awesome and please keep up the good work.
So! Here’s my unasked for assessment: 1; I like the idea of a “This is why I didn’t go with certain options” section, it works well, ESPECIALLY in builds like this where there’s too many source material abilities in play to effectively get all of everything translated into standard DnD terms. 2; Though I am not a Superman fan (the ability to automatically win most fights is a tiresome character base in my opinion), I respect the effort that was put into making this build work, and it honestly does work. Well done, here. 3; Love the show, look forward to seeing what’s next. PS; Have you considered taking some of these builds past 20th level? It’s totally fair to design the builds so that they are playable at any table, but I know I would not be offended if you had a “bonus section” on certain builds (especially ones like Superman) where you go up to something like 30 levels, depending on the relative power of the source material. Personally, I am of the opinion that Superman could easily be described as a Level 50 character, but there have to be SOME kind of limits. Just a thought, you know?
Personally, it'd be fun to make a version of this build with all stats starting at 18 and then bumping them up to 20 with the appropriate ability score improvements and feats. Just to see what we get
Thank you for not using the Brute subclass. 😊 But yeah, I figured Clark would be difficult to build but you did a good job. I'm not sure about the sun soul. True, you get heat vision earlier but most of the subclass abilities don't really work. Maybe a open hand for pushing (superpunch that sends you flying) or tripping (to slam them to the ground) we need a non-concentration fly. Perhaps a magic item? Wings of flying reflavored as a bright red cape? I did like the disguise self joke. That was classic. And yeah, maxing strength and constitution would be ideal but not conducive with the monk abilities. Maybe not so many monk levels? Just enough to get magical fists. Then fighter for action surge, fighting style and second wind. Idk. I'll keep at it. But great video. Your videos always inspire me to try new character builds.
Reminded me of my first 5e character Lelak... by the time the campaign finished, he was a known to be "Faster than a speeding arrow, able to leap small buildings in a single bound"
“Superman is pretty smart, he’s just surrounded by geniuses”
*EXACTLY*
The “I thought of this but felt it didn’t fit” is a good addition, and one I’d like to see for other builds in the future
I enjoyed a lot the mini section where you say why you didn’t went with some builds
I also thought that was a fun process to go through! It was interesting to think about the other options.
What IS a mystic?
Me too
I'm glad! People seem to be into it, I'll put it in more builds in the future
@@samuelevans738 Psionics
I like the "what could of been done" part of the video. I find it very interesting.
*what could have
he actually did it. the absolute mad man
Can't stop won't stop
Was about to say that.
-- climbing that mountain till you reach top, he said he can't stop, won't stop...
I said the same thing to myself at the introduction. Tulok, you mad lad...
@@tulokthebarbrarian2033 "♪...dancing deep into the night, it's a mansion party... Yo that tiger's super tight!♫"
"Pumping good guy juice into you" is what results from falling in love with a Paladin
2d6 blunt damage plus his strength modifier, not counting Smite.
Holy Weapon
Duration: Concentration, up to one hour
@@Deathinabox5 Funny, the Paladin I know can only keep that up for 3 minutes
What have I done?
Pumping good guy juice, I'm stealing this one.
You should keep the "failed build strategies" section. It's interesting to see what didn't make the cut.
I’m gonna be “that guy” and point out that Clark Kent is a reporter for the Daily *Planet,* not the Daily Bugle. That’s Peter Parker.
Still, congrats on 100 episodes! I never would have known how to approach this in the first place. Rather you than me.
(BTW I’m still on a DMC binge and now I wanna see V from DMC5 in D&D. I’m thinking Conjuration Wizard/Beast Conclave revised Ranger)
no one actually cares. it's actually a running joke in the community that people call them the wrong thing on purpose, because guess what, they are interchangable with no actual differences between them whatsoever.
@@Kugrox Ah, okay.
@Orangey Not an in-depth build, but my sister is actually playing a character based on V in our current campaign. We're doing a combination of pact of the chain Warlock, and beastmaster conclave from the revised ranger. An Imp familiar can look like a Raven and still possess an imp's abilities (Griffon), take a Beast of the Earth companion from the new class features Unearthed Arcana and say it makes itself look like a strange panther (Shadow). Take enough levels into Warlock to obtain Summon Greater Demon and call forth a Barlgura, and reflavor it as a scary golem (Nightmare). For some spells, Eldritch Blast can constitute Griffon's blasts, Expeditious Retreat can facilitate V riding on Shadow, and Far Step can cover V teleporting from nearly dead enemy to nearly dead enemy. Take the Fury of the Chain Master invocation at 9th level from the class features UA, and you can have Griffon attack as a bonus action while you Eldritch Blast and have Shadow corner foes.
We use a lot of Homebrew of r/UnearthedArcana in my games, but Fiend Patron works well enough and for race I'd say Scourge Aasimar, since every battle expends more and more of V's energy and wears him down.
RavingWriterRelks
Interesting take on V. I decided to go Conjuration Wizard instead of Warlock because you get access to a lot more spells and abilities to help keep V out of danger (Benign Transportation is basically a free Misty Step). Also, 10th level Con Wizards can’t have their concentration broken by damage, which is kind of broken for a build like this. I’d go with Conjure Elemental for Nightmare, since I think an earth elemental is more accurate than a barlgura demon, and take Shocking Grasp and Dragon’s Breath to give Griffon his lightning attacks.
Kugrox so what you’re saying is there’s no difference between the Daily Bugle and the Daily Planet so you’re lying
I know I shouldn't applaud the "Crypt Tonight" pun, but...
Well done, sir. Well done.
I enjoy listening to the speculation of things you considered
seeing the thought process is a lot of the fun for seeing builds
Perfect, lots of positive feedback for that, I'll work it into some new vids
You know, that sunburst actually works well as a fill-in for Superman's nova-burst-thingy from the comics.
Also, I liked the addition at the start where you covered some of the alternate strategies you covered. That was cool. Congratulations on 100 episodes!
Thanks, glad everyone is liking it!
Do not speak of that nova-ability!! It is among the things we don't speak about. The entire idea of giving Superman (who has 15 powers all ready) a superpower that makes him human for 24 hrs after he uses it is incredible stupid and shows the writers just don't know how to make Superman relatable. And surprise, surprise, he found himself in situations where he "needed" that nova-burst in order to succeed. Lazy and stupid. How is that different from the overuse of kryptonite?
@@ericpeterson8732 Making Superman more human is a sign that writers don't know how to make him relatable?
Kinda late but I actually really dig the section where you elaborate on why you didn't pick certain builds people might expect. Really reduces my morbid curiosity.
"Reduce fall damage for 5 friendly creatures" Is this why the Justice League movie cut Green Lantern?
#releasethelanterncut
I dig the “I Didn’t Choose Your Specific Build, Sorry” section. It shows your thought process. I like it.
The construction hits the spot, I mean, a man with the power given by his bloodline, who remains in a very remote place meditating about the world and all its inhabitants. that sounds like the superman that I know, staying in the fortress of solitude and all that mambo jambo
Also, growing up on a farm in Kansas. Seems Kal was born for big, lonely places.
i would personally like a character build on Tulok the Barbarian
He's a Barbrarian...a barbarian librarian.
Lore bardbarian
Has the calligraphy skill obviously.
@@jessegoonerage3999 Mark of making human. You get calligraphy AS A RACE TRAIT!
Stoneskin: cuz he has Rock Hard Abs
Rock hard everything. Dude is cut from marble.
Tulok the Barbrarian also steel is mostly from the ground in rocks
I LOVE the new section. Logically defending your idea is a great idea.
I thought people might like it!
Throwing this out there. Superman needs epic levels to be comicbook superman, but this appealed to toned down, more down to earth superman
For a build that's pretty much impossible to make, this is actually really well done. I agree with the Sorcerer levels, but I'd swap out the Monk levels for Fighter levels with Unarmed Fighting and the Battle Master subclass. Less speed and AC, but better hit die and more ability score improvements, plus fewer multiclassing minimums.
For starting ability scores, I'd go with 15, 10, 13, 8, 12, 14
This is just how I personally would make this build and it's a new comment on a year-old video, so I don't know if you'll actually read it, but I also know that comments help the algorithm so I figured there's no harm in leaving this here. I love these videos. Keep up the good work
(Yes, I am replying to my own comment despite knowing nobody will ever see it.)
With the addition of Ascendant Dragon Monk, I actually think we can get pretty much everything Superman needs from Monk. I would bump DEX, CON, and WIS all the way to 15 while STR, INT, and CHA get dropped to 8 (Charisma will be bumped up with racial bonuses. Hopefully your dm gives you a Belt of Storm Giant Strength). I would invest most ASIs into DEX and WIS, with one being used to grab the Tough feat. I would invest 19 levels into Ascendant Dragon Monk. For the final level, I would go Fighter to get the Superior Technique fighting style and grab Pushing Attack for my maneuver.
With this build, Supes would have a base 60ft of movement speed, d10 damage di which bypass resistance to nonmagical damage. For flight, he has a minute of flying with Radiant Soul as well as Wings Unfurled to fly every time he uses Step of the Wind. His Breath of the Dragon could either be his heat vision (30-foot line of fire) or frost breath (20-foot cone of cold). For his nigh invulnerability, he'll have high AC, proficiency with every saving throw, the ability to reduce the damage of ranged attacks, resistance to one type of elemental damage with Aspect of the Wyrm, and Empty Body (the main benefit would be resistance to everything but force damage, but the invisibility could just be reflavored to him moving faster than the eye can see).
I love that the most powerful character built by you, couldn't have gone without calligrapher's tools proficiency. That's were true power lies!
It's a bird! it's a plane! No, it's the 100th video. Well done dude.
Thanks! I'm so excited to hit this milestone, its nuts to think I've actually done this many
As soon as I saw the notification of what the build was I was like no way! I couldn't believe it and this looks fun i saw that race coming
Flight at level 3 is awesome, and extra radiant damage never hurts
10:10 Technically, you should use disguise self to take OFF the glasses and become Superman. You're mild mannered regular man most of the time, and only super in combat, so the one hour of hidden identity is better in reverse. And honestly who is going to be taking time to investigate to see through that disguise when they are in combat?
There's actually some version of Superman where when he's in Superman form he's vibrating his face so fast you can't actually see his face as anything more than a blue. This works quite well to represent disguise self for an hour.
@@CCartman69 I think you are thinking about the original Flash, Jay Garrick. It was well documented that before he gave up his secret identity he used to vibrate his face in public to prevent recognition and having his picture taken. Sounds exhausting. While Superman could do that, it defeats the purpose of a maskless super persona. With all that power, Superman wants the public to trust him and being able to see his face is a big part of that. Now that I think about it, the vibrate/superspeed trick is what they did on Smallville for longer than I cared for. (everything they did to delay his eventual becoming Superman made his growth as a character stunted)
@@ericpeterson8732 He never did the vibrating thing on smallville, his face was just always stood in shadows or on a rooftop so that he could talk without being seen. Not to um actually you bro, just wanna make sure your playing with a full deck of cards.
@ericpeterson8732 The CW's Flash did that for the first couple of seasons. It also allowed him to modulate his voice, so nobody would recognize it.
@solar_savior4118 In Smallville, they just did the Blur thing where he would go in at super-speed, so he was just a blur. Later, when he wore the Superman colours, he became the Red-Blue Blur.
Ah hell yeah, my favorite character! God DAMN I'm so pumped for this.
Clark def has calligraphy!
Love the new segment. Lets us have a bit more insight in your thought process!
Congrats on making it to 100!
Hey, longer videos please the algorithm gods, so I'm down
Another character re-flavoring ki as sun energy, Dio better watch where he's walkin'.
@apachewarrior7 Yare yare, I can't kiss you from all the way over here.
As a person that almost exclusively makes reference characters, I fucking love this channel. A few cool ideas I’d like to see are Undyne and Zim, Dib, and Gir
Two things:
1 I really enjoyed this build and appreciated that you gave us a rundown of the variations you considered for this build.
2 Will you be using the class feature variants that just came out for any build in future or do you prefer not to use UA material?
Congrats on 100 episodes!
UA has been used before
1. Thanks!
2. Yes! They're awesome, and I've included them in some scheduled videos, but it might take a minute, I work ahead of the release date
@@tulokthebarbrarian2033 excellent, looking forward to it then
That beginning bit explaining why you didn't use some builds was welcomed and appriciated. Can't wait for the next!
Yes! Perfect, I'll do it more!
Real talk: I am super happy you included a "here's what I d8dnt use and why" section. I often watch these videos and think of alternate build paths, so I am glad to know your decision making process. Keep up the great work, and here is to another 100 characters.
just thought I'd say, since feedback is important, I really appreciate hearing your thought process.
If I had to suggest one thing to change, I'd say you could probably have an overview of all the levels. tbh, had some trouble following all the levels on the multiclass characters, and showing them all listed at the end would be nice.
Congrats on 100 videos Tulok! I’ve been enjoying this series immensely. I’ve already requested quite a few characters; Guts, Doomslayer, Goblin Slayer, and Bob Ross. I know others have requested them and many more as well. I’m sure you will get around to them eventually. You’re only human, I can wait. Here’s to 100 more videos!
Null Void BOB ROSS
Thanks for your patience, Doom Slayer will be out with the game in March, Guts is on Tuesday and Goblin slayer is in an upcoming poll!
@@tulokthebarbrarian2033 Woot Woot! Thanks Tulok. I look forward to seeing Bob Ross in D&D eventually.
I like the "what I didn't do" bit, and as someone living in Sioux Falls I freaked a bit at this episode
My favorite game to play when I see the notification, before I watch the video, is to try to guess race and class. I think I've gotten the exact combo twice. This was not one of them. I'm continually blown away by the level of consideration put into these builds, not only because of how different they usually are from what my first thought is, but because they are still almost always spot on. Great job, congrats on 100, here's to 100 more!
I honestly love learning how to play superheros and other video game characters in Dungeons and Dragons, it's one of the coolest things out there
I enjoyed this build ALOT, and i did enjoy that middle section on why you did not go with other builds. But now, time to do Arnold Schwarzenegger 1984 Conan the Barbarian
So, i really like the part where you talk about the build ideas that get scrapped. It helps put into perspective what you considered and what didn't work.
So happy for you! Been here since the beginning and love how the channel has grown!! Let's do 100 more
I was only half joking when I requested a Superman build. I have to say, I am impressed with this. A protector aasimar makes the most sense. I also would never have guessed monk as a class but again people forget that Superman can throw hands even though everyone says he can't. Great work, congratulations on the 100th video and thank you.
Congrats on your 100th episode!!!! Awesome choice with the world’s most overpowered Boy Scout as said 100th build and I look forward to the next 100!
I thought it was fitting. :)
I’ve never even played d&d but love watching these, well done as always.
Love it, this is obviously a hard character to make in D&D, fantastic video, congrats on hitting 100 videos in the series
I really liked the section talking about the builds you didn't pick. It was neat to hear about other ideas or potential builds for a given character and why you didn't pick them and or the cons. Like you said before in I think the Joker video "These builds are loosy goosey build them how you want" and I feel like it adds to that spirit. Love your stuff.
Nice puns. I also enjoy when you cover why you did not select certain classes for a build. It helps provide more context and more information helpful for those looking to modify these builds a bit.
I find it funny how you kept trying to make up justifications for some of these, but he does have all those powers
Stillness of mind is because of his psychic martial arts
Searing Sunburst is his Solar Flare move from the New 52
and Mending isn't heat vision, it's the wall repair vision he used in Quest For Peace
Not the wall repair anything but the wall repair
Hey Tulok, nice vid. I liked that you showed the tactics you didn't choose (and why). I have a tip, maybe it's an idea to show the total level on the screen. Instead of 'this is sorcerer lvl5' which doesn't really help if you don't know the total level. Keep it on!
I'll consider it, I did some experimentation on the early builds to make everything visually pleasing, but nothing stays the same forever!
The what if section was great. It answers why you went the direction you did with the build. I hope for 100 more videos
That pun at the end was absolutely superb. 10/10 would roll my eyes and shake my head again lol.
I like the section where you went over the ideas you almost went with. It gives some alternate ideas to players.
I enjoyed how you logically defended your decisions. Nice build!
Thank you! I'm glad everyone seems into it!
The speculation section was interesting and the build suprisingly got most of his powers. Well done.
Been awhile since I heard the line “truth justice and American way”
Until he revoked his American citizenship because he didn't like what the government was doing. It's canon, actually.
@@KuronosaIt's monumentally stupid. In order to revoke citizenship, the government has to actually know who you are. Somehow I doubt Clark Kent actually went through all the tedious paperwork and paid an incredibly expensive fine.
I really like the thought experiment section where you discuss what you could've done or considered doing.
I definitely approved of the section near the beginning where you talked about what aspects you considered using but threw out. I would love to see more of your thought process in future videos!
I liked the bit where you went over the builds you considered but didn't use. It was very enlightening! Please include it in future videos!
Yeah!!!!
100 awesome Episodes ,that's a Super BIG achievement. Congratulations Man.
I'm so happy! Thank you!
faster than a speeding bullet
more powerful than a locomotive
able to leap tall buildings in a single bound
this amazing stranger from the planet krypton
the man of steel superman
Preach
Who (disguised as Clark Kent, mild mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper) fights a never-ending battle for truth, justice, and the American way!
A few months ago, I thought about how to build Superman in D&D and I came up with pretty much this same build! :D
Congrats on 100 episodes! :D youve definately earned the milestone :)
Also im totally into the added segment with the "coulda woulda"
In addition to jumping on the "I like the part where you talk about other ideas you didn't go with" bandwagon, I'd also throw it out there that it would be cool if you occasionally threw out quick suggestions for alternative builds at the end, especially on the ones that use Unearthed Arcana content. Just a couple sentences along the lines of "if your DM won't you use UA you could try using this other subclass instead. You loose features X and Y but you get feature Z in it's place" could go a long way. Also, congrats on 100 videos and great job with this build in particular. Clark honestly came together a lot more easily than I thought he would. Not quite as overpowered as the man himself, but that's actually a good thing since it allows him to be a part of a larger party without overshadowing the other members. Now that I'm thinking about it, now that Superman is covered all you need is Green Lantern to have all of the most iconic Justice League members covered. Or Cyborg to get a full set of the movie team.
This was really fun to watch, even as someone who doesn't really play DnD and only is aware of the concepts through osmosis. Loved the puns and love the idea of a level 20 Superman-like monk running around saving people.
I will say that in regards to the difficulties of making the build fully Superman, remember there have been countless incarnations of the Man of Steel throughout his 80+ years of history.
Some verisons are brawlers, others are more intellect and science based, others are charismatic tricksters, and so on.
So if you want to do a Superman build, I would say really specify and zero in on which Superman you want.
"Crypt tonight". ouch, that pun hurts. No, seriously, I like your jokes. I also like the new section where you explain possibilities that you dismissed. You did a great job here. You included all the major powers, built the lore into why he had them, created a justification for the easy check on Disguise Self, and even included a little story progression that ties into the Monastic Tradition. You proved yourself wrong on this build being impossible!
Only thing I would have done differently is gone "way of the open hand" over "sun soul".
Reason being is that open hand either let's you hit enemies 15ft back or knock them prone on hits, which for flavour you could say is your super strength on punches.
This means you'd have to wait a few levels before you get "heat vision". But fire bolt in sorcerer is a way stronger version of heat vision anyway and you aren't doubling up.
You could also just make it part of your story as you discover your powers.
Absolutely love the intro part where you mentioned why you didn't pick other options, it's something I often see in the comment sections and hearing you explain that you _did_ think of the stuff is real nice. Also, here's a request for you: Talion, from the Shadow of Mordor. I feel like his kit could just be a Fighter/Monk multiclass with excessive flavouring, but I'm interested in seeing how you might reproduce it
Congrats on hitting 100 episodes! I love watching all of your builds and am glad I found the channel!
add me to the "why i didn't do this" section liking.
me too
Love finding out what you considered before the final build please keep that in for future episodes!
Congrats on 100 vids. Can't wait for vid 200
Same! I'm gonna bust my butt to get there
Liked the breakdown of what options had crossed your mind and why you didn't go with them! Also real cool job with superman; its not a perfect emulation as its not all but invincible, but it gets all the necessities really well and furthers my group's gag that a superhero isn't 'super' unless they're a sorcerer.
I'm glad you can make a living doing this. I disagree with most of your builds, but it's an awesome idea and it's entertaining.
Maybe a pure eldritch knight with unarmed fighting? Firebolt and Aganazzar’s Scorcher for laser vision. Fly for, well fight. Hold Person and Dragon’s Breath for freezing people with it.
Thank you for all 100 episodes. I look forward to the next 100.
Theres gonna be some bangers!
@@tulokthebarbrarian2033 Morbius? His first issue is my day of birth.
Hurray!!! Congratulations on 100!
Better then a lot superman builds I've seen. As you said, Clark is an all a rounder, and has teammates to cover the more specialized roles (Diana and Arthur to tank, Vic and Bruce for skills, Barry for speed, and Hal for ranged AOE) and so he covers in when needed where needed.
FIRST! Finally got it.
Good job making to 100 episodes.
And on episode 100. Legend
Yup. Thanks, tulok!
The part at the start was interesting, but really feels like something for the end of the video.
Congrats on your 100th.
Thank you!
I liked hearing your thought process and also your comments on the Mystic class. XD
I feel like you'd have been better off using Juggernaut Warforged as the race. I know its a robot, but reflavoring, it gives the following:
- Nat AC. While you do want armor proficiency, isnt itself armor. So you can still use monk features.
- The Nat AC allows you to lose a measure of Dex/Wis to improve other stats.
- Boosted STR, plus doubled carrying capacity. Pick up Brawny feat to lift mountains
- No need for sleep.
2 Levels of Barbarian may be a good idea as well.
Resistance to physical damage from rage is good (and a lot faster than stoneskin), as is Reckless Attack and Danger Sense if we must use spells
what I did not go with was a good addition. please continue to add this.
Congrats!! Love the content! Keep up the hard work. You have my support
Thank you! I'll keep them coming
I did enjoy the mini section behind ho. Reasoning. I’ve tried making a few of these type of chi archers myself. There’s a lot more thinking needed than people realise.
That's not how I did it, but I respect it.
My build:
Goliath is good for strength and constitution, natural athlete fits well and saves a skill, stone's endurance fits, powerful build fits, and mountain born can allow you to fly higher than most.
Folk Hero; literally describes his background and demeanor perfectly, and logically the animal handling skill makes sense not only as a farm boy, but he also has an alien zoo. The rustic hospitality fits well too.
Champion for athleticism and extra fighting style, namely defense and protection.
Divination Wizard for using portents as super senses.
Same spells as you listed, but I added in some divination spells to enhance the super senses.
Feats: Tavern Brawler, Tough, Mobile, Alert, and Spell Sniper in that order.
Has a sword, but often doesn't use it to hold back and do non-lethal damage, because Superman had a sword and came to the same conclusion.
I also agree that he'd be good at calligraphy, because he's a journalist, therefore he writes a lot, therefore he has good handwriting.
I dumped charisma mainly because if he was any good at it, he'd easily be in a relationship with Lois Lane, and he's a dork at heart.
Intelligence is his main stat with the physical stats being secondary, mostly because the passive buff from the race and feats evens things out.
Wisdom is lacking, but choosing proficiency in wisdom skills at the start as a fighter (perception/survival) makes up for it.
Edit: I briefly considered the intimidation skill, but that's not what Superman is trying to do. Plus if you want a laugh, look up JSA Good Cop Bad Cop for an example of Superman utterly failing an intimidation check.
Edit: Replace Protection with Unarmed Fighting and Tavern Brawler with Brawny.
Yes! Keep the new section about possible builds! Great build!
Hey your from south dakota?? Same here! I'm glad you made it out haha
I'm sure everyone's already said it, but for the Daily's, "Bugle" is Spider-man/Marvel, Planet is Superman/DC. Still a great video and I love it! Keep up the great work!
I literally hit the like button when you said CRYPT-TONIGHT lmao
I love the addition where you talk about alternate ways you thought about building it. Keep it in.
I see why you didn’t wanna make him until now though, he seems difficult to cover all the bases.
His difficulty and iconic status made him an ideal build for number 100
CONGRATS ON 100
Thank you@
Congrats on 100 amazing episodes my man!!
Great job on Superman. I admit, I doubted you. Supes is just so... varied... I had no idea how you'd get all of his abilities (even just the more standard ones -- forget the crazy OP Superman Prime shenanigans). I have to admit though, his abilities are well represented. You did it.
On a side note, I do like the part where you touch on build ideas you didn't use and why. Have you considered also mentioning feats you might consider as in-character for a build if ASIs aren't needed (due to rolling for stats)? Just an idea.
Kudos on 100! Let's go for 100 more!!
... My nerd just went "oh YEAH!" Awesome build as always.
Thank you!
@@tulokthebarbrarian2033 No Thank You!
Congrats on 100 videos! ^^
And also I definitely really liked that first segment about what you decided not to go with
First, I'd like to say good job. The effort was made an you got closer than I expected. It's easier to make superman in 3.5, but I digress.
Second, you said he worked at the Daily Bugle instead of the Daily Planet. Just a slip I'm sure but I had to mention it.
I love your videos! Can't wait for more!
Thank you for this build. Ive always thought Id use your Thor or Wonder Woman build to make Superman in D&D 5e. But this is more specific, accurate, and effective in campaigns!
Holy shit my boy Superman! It sure surprised me but I’m super hyped to see one of my favorite heroes in the episode 100 spot!
Hes such an iconic character, and not a straightforward build. Perfect for 100 :)
I just want to say I honestly love your channel Tulok, and I'm so glad I stumbled upon it (found it after you did the Jotaro vid). I'm actually the shitty member in my group who just plays and tries to build pop culture characters in my group but nowhere near to the extent and detail your videos show, most notable I ran Iron Fist just as an open palm monk in one of our long form campaigns and just let RPing do the rest. So your videos felt very "just what I was looking for" when I first found them. You're awesome and please keep up the good work.
So! Here’s my unasked for assessment:
1; I like the idea of a “This is why I didn’t go with certain options” section, it works well, ESPECIALLY in builds like this where there’s too many source material abilities in play to effectively get all of everything translated into standard DnD terms.
2; Though I am not a Superman fan (the ability to automatically win most fights is a tiresome character base in my opinion), I respect the effort that was put into making this build work, and it honestly does work. Well done, here.
3; Love the show, look forward to seeing what’s next.
PS; Have you considered taking some of these builds past 20th level? It’s totally fair to design the builds so that they are playable at any table, but I know I would not be offended if you had a “bonus section” on certain builds (especially ones like Superman) where you go up to something like 30 levels, depending on the relative power of the source material. Personally, I am of the opinion that Superman could easily be described as a Level 50 character, but there have to be SOME kind of limits. Just a thought, you know?
Personally, it'd be fun to make a version of this build with all stats starting at 18 and then bumping them up to 20 with the appropriate ability score improvements and feats. Just to see what we get
I'm all for the section where you justified why you didn't use certain builds for him, it made sense.
Everyone is so supportive of it, definitely something I'll do more of!
Thank you for not using the Brute subclass. 😊 But yeah, I figured Clark would be difficult to build but you did a good job. I'm not sure about the sun soul. True, you get heat vision earlier but most of the subclass abilities don't really work. Maybe a open hand for pushing (superpunch that sends you flying) or tripping (to slam them to the ground) we need a non-concentration fly. Perhaps a magic item? Wings of flying reflavored as a bright red cape? I did like the disguise self joke. That was classic. And yeah, maxing strength and constitution would be ideal but not conducive with the monk abilities. Maybe not so many monk levels? Just enough to get magical fists. Then fighter for action surge, fighting style and second wind. Idk. I'll keep at it. But great video. Your videos always inspire me to try new character builds.
Reminded me of my first 5e character Lelak... by the time the campaign finished, he was a known to be "Faster than a speeding arrow, able to leap small buildings in a single bound"
I love the justification section! Thanks for finally doing Supes!!