A flying race, ancestral guardian barb, ranged weapon user. The creature hit by their attack has disadvantage on anyone but them but cannot reach them because they’re flying.
So I like this build; however, the help action needs to be done within 5ft of the creature in order for it to work. If you went Mastermind Rouge, it gives you 30ft reach with the help action. Nice build though.
@techwizsmith7963 hobgoblin allows for the help action as a bonus action PBTPD. It doesn't give a range though. That means it has to still be within 5ft of the creature.
@@patrickslayter9946 Oh shit, you're right. I guess you don't have to always help with an attack, you can be within 5ft of a backline and help them with something else
Nice video; didn't understand the range of versatility the Fast Hands feature allows, so I'm definitely trying a thief character at the nearest available opportunity.
I like this build, especially if you go 11 Fighter and 9 Rogue. You get more SA damage so if you're only making 1 attack a turn because your other attacks are used to help the team, your damage output is still solid. If you miss a shot, you still have others to compensate. My favorite martial character to date was a War Cleric/Paladin. I was the meat shield in a party of 2 Rogues and a Wizard so I needed to get stuck in and tar pit the enemy with Spirit Guardians.
I find it really cool to build characters out of movies or series into d&d characters. I now have a Trevor Belmont from Castelvania build. And it is a really solid Dex build battle master. Focusing on acrobatics to hop and jump arround the battlefield. And use your whip's reach to trip and shove or grapple stuff. It feels really cool. Maybe you could give it a go on how you would build Trevor Belmont?
Fun build, always nice to see a martial with some tactical options. Really like the rapid delivery and interesting builds on this channel, keep up the good work 👍
Monks are stronger than people give then credit for. I think the problem is that their subclasses look relatively lackluster compared to other classes' subclasses. The issue with that type of comparison is that monks have most of their best stuff in the core class which makes their subclasses look meh. Also, because a lot of their best stuff is in their core class, the things that make them strong are common among all monks, they're kinda same-ish to eachother. I know the flavor is very varied but their performance is very same-y (which is fine with me btw).
I recently built a Psi-Warrior Fighter / Rogue Archer myself. being able to grant cover to allies and move them or throw objects is cool and when i get another level into rogue i will be getting the rogue Psi-Knife abilities on top of my Psi-Warrior abilities.
One interesting one I've used was a Fighter/Barbarian that used throwing Daggers stacking the Dueling and Thrown weapon fighting styles with Rage to get off a good amount of damage with all the attacks from fighter (including Quick Toss from Battlemaster for a bonus action attack)
Thought of a martial vengeance paladin/phantom rogue. Get the free advantage with vengeance feature. Phantom to round out some skills. And then progress either or for more sneak attack or more smite depending on your preference.
Bugbear rune knight with a polearm has fantastic battlefield control. If you have one enemy you can block them off an use all your attacks on them, or for mobs you can reach pretty much anyone, picking the goblins off one by one. Since melee ignores cover you can also get those pesky hiding creatures, or attack someone who has trouble attacking you back. Throw in the sentinel/polearm master combo and you can shield your party and stop enemies like nobody else.
I made a bug bear ancestral barbarian for a one-shot. His departed family members appeared during battle and would give him unsolicited life advice. Just imagine this voice and you've got it: "you never write! You never call! And whatever happened to that nice Rose girl?! *Struggles in mortal grapple* "Ma, this isn't the time for that. Could you just help me?!" "Oh sure, you call when you need something."
I tend to prefer the idea of "Leading from the front". So mine is more of a melee fighter with either a Sword&Board, Sword and Hand Crossbow/pistol, or just a sword. The last using his free hand to grapple, throw dagger/axes or to toss vials, bombs and/or traps. That said, should be noted that with Fast Hands allowing Object Interactions a Bonus Action, Drawing or stowing a weapon or even equiping and unequiping a shield are considered Object nteractions. Thus adding more versatility to this build. Draw a second weapon for more DPS, a shield to be more defensive, a dagger to be thrown, or to toss a vial or bomb. What ever the situation calls for on your turn. Also, to sort of maximize the amount of Feats/ASIs you can get, I'd say take more levels of Rogue than Fighter. As the Fighter gets their extra feat at 6 and Rogues get's theirs at 10. Youd be losing the Extra Extra Attack, but you'd have more Feats/ASI's to compensate. Not to mention the Supreme Sneak and Reliable Talent features... if you're wanting to be that extremely stealthy, or never roll less than a 10 on any of your proficent skills. Also, good feat for this is the Martial Adept for two more Maneuvers and Dice and taking the Superior Technique for one more of both.
Something I've been labbing out for quite a while that actually really closely follows the vein of the 'Battlefield Commander' archetype is a Rogue/Fighter/Wizard multiclass, I call it a "Battlefield Tactician" rather than a commander. Mastermind rogue, Battlemaster Fighter, Divination wizard. In games where DM's don't play with the optional flanking rule, you shell out Advantage like no ones business, distracting strike with your whip empowered by booming blade, Bonus action help action, and an owl all granting three separate instances of advantage. With Divination wizard, you can literally control the tide of a battle in some circumstances, and with plenty of utility ritual spells like Tensers Floating disk, Identify, Detect magic, you're limited number of spell slots can be saved for the tide turning spells like Silvery Barbs or Shield. My usual stance is to take Variant human, getting that early extra Feat to take Martial adept, while also taking the Superior technique fighting style to make yourself a miniature battlemaster at level one, and then immediately pivot into Rogue 3, Wizard 2, and after pumping to fighter five, (Picking up Mobile or An ASI along the way) take all of your remaining levels into rogue. You end up with 6 Superiority Dice, all the maneuvers you could want and with so many methods of gaining advantage you'll practically always be slamming someone with an incredibly potent maneuver/booming blade empowered sneak attack from outside of their range, and then scurry away using your additional movement speed from Mobile, making you an incredibly versatile battlefield support striker with excellent out of combat utility.
I really like this build, good job!. Thinking on a variant, i would go with throwing weapons, mainly for flavour, but going full strenght with heavy armor can make the character less MAD. Other fun possibility is going arcane archer with fighter (i know, arcane archer kinda sucks, but i find the concept fun), taking the core maneuvers with the fighting style and/or martial adept. Damn, if i find a DM that allows arcane archer with throwing weapons i'll do both!
I built a Mastermind Rogue/Battlemaster Fighter with a similar idea. Taking the rogue that doesn't trust anybody and channeling that into using people instead of being a loner.
With a good wisdom built in would a level or two in order domain cleric be worth picking up over fighter levels beyond 7 or 8? Only issue with commanders strike is it eats up an attack as well as bonus action, while voice of authority is whenever you cast a spell, which could be say bonus action healing word or sanctuary. Also bless can be flavoured as a rousing encouraging speech, why waste that con sabe prof from fighter?
Almost forgot, fun martial rogue build is a strength rogue with expertise in athletics and the Tavern Brawler feat. Shove, grapple and tripping your way around the battlefield. A fun little trick here is, since a shove or trip is considered an attack action, you can prone an enemy, then grapple them. Ground and pound 😎
battlemaster/thief. fast hands nets. use a whip for maneuvers. trip, maneuvering, and commanding. add in the slasher feat for half stat plus a slow. give orders and crack that whip.
I have done a similar concept, but used arcane trickster. Disarming strike especially on a weak caster to drop casting focus and bonus action mage hand to grab it so they can't cast.
i would prob add a cleric level, so now you even bless your allies (encourage), in case no one does that (Could be order cleric, but well, i think war cleric is fine too, to get an extra extra extra attack, but that will cause us ability score hungry)
I've been working on a bladesinger battle master. Dex and Int build. Warcaster feet might help if you can get opportunity attacks. I think six bladesinger and 3 fighter to get it online.
Fighter/Rogue has always been my favorite martial multiclass; even in editions when it wasn't good. There are so many level splits and subclass combinations you can go with in 5e it's hard to go wrong. It's very easy to get reaction attacks for multiple sneaks in a round, especially with a Duelist build (Battle Master/Swashbuckler). Very often you can drop an enemy and then when his ally rushes you to avenge him you can Brace attack and kill him too. In a one on one fight it's especially brutal.
The best Tactical Battle Master would not be this one. It would be: Race: Hobgoblin (3 levels mastermind rogue gives you help action as a bonus action, which is the whole reason why you want hobgoblin, but you won't be getting 3 levels Mastermind Rogue right away) Classes: (not in any particular order) 1 Level Order Domain Cleric, 3 Levels Mastermind Rogue, and 16 Levels Glamour Bard. So what does all of this do exactly? Well, dipping in the 1 level Order Domain Cleric will allow our Bard Spell to have our allies attack using their reactions. I've talked to people about this and they don't like that I'm using their reaction because what if they can get an opportunity attack in at some point? Well. . . odds are players won't be using their reactions and only Booming Blade and Sentinel builds truly care about their opportunity attacks and there aren't many of those. Next is the mastermind rogue. Which, if you can fit 3 levels during character creation then you don't need hobgoblin as your race. This is for giving your help action a range of 30 feet. This isn't really optimal, but it fits thematically. You could go without this multiclass and just take 3 extra levels in Bard instead. Glamour Bard. This in my eyes is a subclass about fashion, but I like the roleplay it as a subclass about ordering your comrades around the battlefield. You spend a bardic inspiration die and a number of creatures you choose up to your charisma modifier can move half their movement speed as a reaction without provoking opportunity attacks. This is really good because you often have allies in spots where they don't want to be and refuse to move because they fear the opportunity attack. I played this build a few times and it is mostly just support. You don't do that much damage. Some people will think you are useless, but you increase your party's efficiency so I tend to disagree.
Martial characters are only relegated to "single target damage across the board", because people dont bother reading the alternate rules! 1) follow through damage. You CAN, in fact, as long as you have another enemy within 5 feet of you, carry over any damage dealt from one other target, to it. Say you deal 50 damage to target 1, but it only has 37 HP congrats, you can cleave it, and take the remaining 13 damage to target 2! Yippie! Or 2) MARKING. You can, as a FREE ACTION, mark a target that you hit with an attack on your turn, and can then make a FREE REACTION, against that target as an opportunity attack. The kicker? This doesnt eat up your standard reaction, so can make an AoO against it on its turn, AND still have your reaction free to AoO another target on ITS turn.. This is why you read optional rules, people!
@@DnD_Daily Both in the DMG. Marking - page 271 Cleaving - page 272 Just looked again, my mistake with Marking, still only get the one opportunity attack through the mark, but you could on another enemies turn use your reaction to make a second AoO, or save it for something else.
I'm currently playing a small race that rides a giant wasp. I took 3 points in scout rogue for expertise in survival and nature to harvest my wasps venom. Then grabbing 5 points in battle master. Plan is to throw javelins at people so quick toss is a nice pick. After that I was thinking of going ranger for another expertise skill for some utility spellcasting and extra fighting style. I took the Selesnya Initiate background to cast warding bond on my mount + the mounted combatant feat. Feels pretty fun so far.
I like this but I'm honestly not convinced by the suggestion that you can use the Healer's Kit asa Bonus Action. You seem to be treating it as a Use Object, but I'd probably consider it an Action.
@@DnD_Daily Ah, I see. I'd brushed that action off as 'do the free item interaction a second time' - and I knew you couldn't use a Healer's Kit as a freebie. Handy to know!
Ive done this build, same race, but with two changes. Added a one level dip into Order Cleric for the Spell target reaction attack and Did Mastermind Thief for its Aid Other ability at 30ft. Mixed with Hobgoblin, it allowed for ranged Bonus Action Aid Other + Cast spell / Reaction Attack allowed for a lot of versatility. I spent a feat on Magic Initiate to gain Find Familiar to use as a different Aid Other variation If I had access to Strixhaven for that game, I would have taken Find Familiar with a Background and used Magic Intitiate for Shield or a Control Spell instead
@Jason Lyon hard to do with point buy and needing charisma, but I was tempted to go bard and not fighter for a different spec entirely. Would focus more on the casting and spells
Matters on how proactive or support you wanna go. Really just need dex char and Wis enough to multiclass. Not attacking much and your spells are just used to trigger reaction. Not using spells vs saves. Not attacking unless fighter 5. Char highest if splash the Bard. This build needs a special party make up to shine in though. Need those hard hitters or straight class rouges to see big pay offs. Get the martial adept fighting style for more commanding strikes. This character can be more of the Face persuasion type in group.
@@jasonlyon5675 Still need the Charisma 13 to multiclass into bard. that makes it difficult to do a 4 class character unless you're trying to drop Constitution and running Dex, Wis, and Cha. Im not saying it isnt possible, just M.A.D (Multiple Attribute Dependent) to the point of being quite diffucult
Standard array is easy. 15,14,13 already there. 12 can get a +1 or +2. So you have 4 stats ready to multiclass. This character doesn't need to be in combat just 30' away. Con is not needed since you shouldn't be in melee. Concentration should be rare as well. Bless up and avoid combat and give help advantage of commander strike attacks or a healing word to mainly trigger reaction attack. Hobgoblin buffs. This build you can literally never attack or do offense on your own and have rest of party do all the heavy lifting. You'd be good out of combat skill checks as well.
Oh it's an option heavy support build that arm chair quarterbacks. It's not a build for everyone. I think most players would rather do fighter 5 rest swashbuckler rouge and riposte every round to trigger more sneak attacks with an option to commander strike only on clutch times.
Colby from D4: Deep Dive made a Battlefield Commander a while back. He also went with the Hobgoblin, but went Mastermind Rogue at first, so you could use the Help action from 30 feet away instead of 5. And he multiclassed into Battlemaster Fighter, Order Cleric & Glamour Bard.
Direct quote from Jeremy Crawford when asked “can a thief use a magic item as a bonus action: “A thief can't, since using a magic item isn't a function of the Use an Object action.” Source: www.sageadvice.eu/use-an-object-action/ I think it’s weird you’re fast enough to set a bear trap but not fast enough to chug a health potion but here we are.
@@DnD_Daily And that is then where I opt to allow it in my games because because it’s cool. Also rules regarding magic items are very difficult to find, and can be quite vague like so many things hidden throughout all the rule books. Even just normal Spellcasting rules can be so vague that you just gotta go with your own interpretation.
Something I had to rethink recently was maneuvering attack. I thought it granted movement from enemies without provoking opportunity attacks, but that only applies to the person you hit.
“When you hit a creature with a weapon attack, you can expend one superiority die to maneuver one of your comrades into a more advantageous position. You add the superiority die to the attack's damage roll, and you choose a friendly creature who can see or hear you. That creature can use its reaction to move up to half its speed without provoking opportunity attacks from the target of your attack.”
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A flying race, ancestral guardian barb, ranged weapon user. The creature hit by their attack has disadvantage on anyone but them but cannot reach them because they’re flying.
Can alternatively use Echo Knight.
So I like this build; however, the help action needs to be done within 5ft of the creature in order for it to work. If you went Mastermind Rouge, it gives you 30ft reach with the help action. Nice build though.
--Bugbear-- Wait wrong one, it's the hobgoblin
@techwizsmith7963 hobgoblin allows for the help action as a bonus action PBTPD. It doesn't give a range though. That means it has to still be within 5ft of the creature.
@@patrickslayter9946 Oh shit, you're right. I guess you don't have to always help with an attack, you can be within 5ft of a backline and help them with something else
@techwizsmith7963 ture but that could the 30 ft does make it more viable as well even for allies.
Nice video; didn't understand the range of versatility the Fast Hands feature allows, so I'm definitely trying a thief character at the nearest available opportunity.
I like this build, especially if you go 11 Fighter and 9 Rogue. You get more SA damage so if you're only making 1 attack a turn because your other attacks are used to help the team, your damage output is still solid. If you miss a shot, you still have others to compensate.
My favorite martial character to date was a War Cleric/Paladin. I was the meat shield in a party of 2 Rogues and a Wizard so I needed to get stuck in and tar pit the enemy with Spirit Guardians.
I find it really cool to build characters out of movies or series into d&d characters.
I now have a Trevor Belmont from Castelvania build. And it is a really solid Dex build battle master. Focusing on acrobatics to hop and jump arround the battlefield. And use your whip's reach to trip and shove or grapple stuff. It feels really cool.
Maybe you could give it a go on how you would build Trevor Belmont?
Fun build, always nice to see a martial with some tactical options. Really like the rapid delivery and interesting builds on this channel, keep up the good work 👍
Kind of reminds me of the Veteran Sharpshooter from Warhammer 40,000: Darktide. Ranged dps whilst also helping out their team mates from the backline.
Yes! Finally, a build covering hobgoblins!
Is this just a good purple dragon knight lol
Monks are stronger than people give then credit for. I think the problem is that their subclasses look relatively lackluster compared to other classes' subclasses. The issue with that type of comparison is that monks have most of their best stuff in the core class which makes their subclasses look meh. Also, because a lot of their best stuff is in their core class, the things that make them strong are common among all monks, they're kinda same-ish to eachother. I know the flavor is very varied but their performance is very same-y (which is fine with me btw).
I just want the 4e warlord as a class again.
same
I recently built a Psi-Warrior Fighter / Rogue Archer myself. being able to grant cover to allies and move them or throw objects is cool and when i get another level into rogue i will be getting the rogue Psi-Knife abilities on top of my Psi-Warrior abilities.
One interesting one I've used was a Fighter/Barbarian that used throwing Daggers stacking the Dueling and Thrown weapon fighting styles with Rage to get off a good amount of damage with all the attacks from fighter (including Quick Toss from Battlemaster for a bonus action attack)
Cool build idea! I might have to make my own version :)
i used to play a character with the Healer+Fast Hands combo and it was fun af. It really felt like I was a field medic.
Thought of a martial vengeance paladin/phantom rogue. Get the free advantage with vengeance feature. Phantom to round out some skills. And then progress either or for more sneak attack or more smite depending on your preference.
Bugbear rune knight with a polearm has fantastic battlefield control. If you have one enemy you can block them off an use all your attacks on them, or for mobs you can reach pretty much anyone, picking the goblins off one by one. Since melee ignores cover you can also get those pesky hiding creatures, or attack someone who has trouble attacking you back. Throw in the sentinel/polearm master combo and you can shield your party and stop enemies like nobody else.
I made a bug bear ancestral barbarian for a one-shot. His departed family members appeared during battle and would give him unsolicited life advice. Just imagine this voice and you've got it: "you never write! You never call! And whatever happened to that nice Rose girl?! *Struggles in mortal grapple* "Ma, this isn't the time for that. Could you just help me?!" "Oh sure, you call when you need something."
I tend to prefer the idea of "Leading from the front". So mine is more of a melee fighter with either a Sword&Board, Sword and Hand Crossbow/pistol, or just a sword. The last using his free hand to grapple, throw dagger/axes or to toss vials, bombs and/or traps. That said, should be noted that with Fast Hands allowing Object Interactions a Bonus Action, Drawing or stowing a weapon or even equiping and unequiping a shield are considered Object nteractions. Thus adding more versatility to this build. Draw a second weapon for more DPS, a shield to be more defensive, a dagger to be thrown, or to toss a vial or bomb. What ever the situation calls for on your turn.
Also, to sort of maximize the amount of Feats/ASIs you can get, I'd say take more levels of Rogue than Fighter. As the Fighter gets their extra feat at 6 and Rogues get's theirs at 10. Youd be losing the Extra Extra Attack, but you'd have more Feats/ASI's to compensate. Not to mention the Supreme Sneak and Reliable Talent features... if you're wanting to be that extremely stealthy, or never roll less than a 10 on any of your proficent skills. Also, good feat for this is the Martial Adept for two more Maneuvers and Dice and taking the Superior Technique for one more of both.
Something I've been labbing out for quite a while that actually really closely follows the vein of the 'Battlefield Commander' archetype is a Rogue/Fighter/Wizard multiclass, I call it a "Battlefield Tactician" rather than a commander. Mastermind rogue, Battlemaster Fighter, Divination wizard. In games where DM's don't play with the optional flanking rule, you shell out Advantage like no ones business, distracting strike with your whip empowered by booming blade, Bonus action help action, and an owl all granting three separate instances of advantage. With Divination wizard, you can literally control the tide of a battle in some circumstances, and with plenty of utility ritual spells like Tensers Floating disk, Identify, Detect magic, you're limited number of spell slots can be saved for the tide turning spells like Silvery Barbs or Shield.
My usual stance is to take Variant human, getting that early extra Feat to take Martial adept, while also taking the Superior technique fighting style to make yourself a miniature battlemaster at level one, and then immediately pivot into Rogue 3, Wizard 2, and after pumping to fighter five, (Picking up Mobile or An ASI along the way) take all of your remaining levels into rogue. You end up with 6 Superiority Dice, all the maneuvers you could want and with so many methods of gaining advantage you'll practically always be slamming someone with an incredibly potent maneuver/booming blade empowered sneak attack from outside of their range, and then scurry away using your additional movement speed from Mobile, making you an incredibly versatile battlefield support striker with excellent out of combat utility.
I really like this build, good job!. Thinking on a variant, i would go with throwing weapons, mainly for flavour, but going full strenght with heavy armor can make the character less MAD. Other fun possibility is going arcane archer with fighter (i know, arcane archer kinda sucks, but i find the concept fun), taking the core maneuvers with the fighting style and/or martial adept. Damn, if i find a DM that allows arcane archer with throwing weapons i'll do both!
I built a Mastermind Rogue/Battlemaster Fighter with a similar idea. Taking the rogue that doesn't trust anybody and channeling that into using people instead of being a loner.
With a good wisdom built in would a level or two in order domain cleric be worth picking up over fighter levels beyond 7 or 8?
Only issue with commanders strike is it eats up an attack as well as bonus action, while voice of authority is whenever you cast a spell, which could be say bonus action healing word or sanctuary. Also bless can be flavoured as a rousing encouraging speech, why waste that con sabe prof from fighter?
Almost forgot, fun martial rogue build is a strength rogue with expertise in athletics and the Tavern Brawler feat. Shove, grapple and tripping your way around the battlefield.
A fun little trick here is, since a shove or trip is considered an attack action, you can prone an enemy, then grapple them. Ground and pound 😎
battlemaster/thief. fast hands nets. use a whip for maneuvers. trip, maneuvering, and commanding. add in the slasher feat for half stat plus a slow. give orders and crack that whip.
I have done a similar concept, but used arcane trickster. Disarming strike especially on a weak caster to drop casting focus and bonus action mage hand to grab it so they can't cast.
i would prob add a cleric level, so now you even bless your allies (encourage), in case no one does that
(Could be order cleric, but well, i think war cleric is fine too, to get an extra extra extra attack, but that will cause us ability score hungry)
He'll yeah fam, love this build
i made a half elf(high elf heritage) using thief rogue, oil+green flame blade can get pretty nasty at times.
Lots of rangers do multi target, hunter ranger or horizon walker have it in their subclass even, along with spells
Yeah, you’re right :)
Well we’ll well I new you would not use purple dragon knight it is just to bad
My issue with the pdk isn’t its power level but it’s blandness
@@DnD_Daily sure
I've been working on a bladesinger battle master. Dex and Int build. Warcaster feet might help if you can get opportunity attacks.
I think six bladesinger and 3 fighter to get it online.
Shadar-Kai race for teleport and the invulnerability after.
Fighter/Rogue has always been my favorite martial multiclass; even in editions when it wasn't good. There are so many level splits and subclass combinations you can go with in 5e it's hard to go wrong. It's very easy to get reaction attacks for multiple sneaks in a round, especially with a Duelist build (Battle Master/Swashbuckler). Very often you can drop an enemy and then when his ally rushes you to avenge him you can Brace attack and kill him too. In a one on one fight it's especially brutal.
Big fan of that build too!
The best Tactical Battle Master would not be this one. It would be:
Race: Hobgoblin (3 levels mastermind rogue gives you help action as a bonus action, which is the whole reason why you want hobgoblin, but you won't be getting 3 levels Mastermind Rogue right away)
Classes: (not in any particular order) 1 Level Order Domain Cleric, 3 Levels Mastermind Rogue, and 16 Levels Glamour Bard.
So what does all of this do exactly? Well, dipping in the 1 level Order Domain Cleric will allow our Bard Spell to have our allies attack using their reactions. I've talked to people about this and they don't like that I'm using their reaction because what if they can get an opportunity attack in at some point? Well. . . odds are players won't be using their reactions and only Booming Blade and Sentinel builds truly care about their opportunity attacks and there aren't many of those.
Next is the mastermind rogue. Which, if you can fit 3 levels during character creation then you don't need hobgoblin as your race. This is for giving your help action a range of 30 feet. This isn't really optimal, but it fits thematically. You could go without this multiclass and just take 3 extra levels in Bard instead.
Glamour Bard. This in my eyes is a subclass about fashion, but I like the roleplay it as a subclass about ordering your comrades around the battlefield. You spend a bardic inspiration die and a number of creatures you choose up to your charisma modifier can move half their movement speed as a reaction without provoking opportunity attacks. This is really good because you often have allies in spots where they don't want to be and refuse to move because they fear the opportunity attack.
I played this build a few times and it is mostly just support. You don't do that much damage. Some people will think you are useless, but you increase your party's efficiency so I tend to disagree.
That’s a cool build but if my character concept is an old vet then I want him to know how to hurt people 😈
@@DnD_Daily LMAO fair enough
Martial characters are only relegated to "single target damage across the board", because people dont bother reading the alternate rules!
1) follow through damage. You CAN, in fact, as long as you have another enemy within 5 feet of you, carry over any damage dealt from one other target, to it. Say you deal 50 damage to target 1, but it only has 37 HP congrats, you can cleave it, and take the remaining 13 damage to target 2! Yippie!
Or 2) MARKING. You can, as a FREE ACTION, mark a target that you hit with an attack on your turn, and can then make a FREE REACTION, against that target as an opportunity attack. The kicker? This doesnt eat up your standard reaction, so can make an AoO against it on its turn, AND still have your reaction free to AoO another target on ITS turn..
This is why you read optional rules, people!
Book and page?
@@DnD_Daily Both in the DMG.
Marking - page 271
Cleaving - page 272
Just looked again, my mistake with Marking, still only get the one opportunity attack through the mark, but you could on another enemies turn use your reaction to make a second AoO, or save it for something else.
Thanks mate 👍
I like the new intro man, it’s pretty sweet
I'm currently playing a small race that rides a giant wasp. I took 3 points in scout rogue for expertise in survival and nature to harvest my wasps venom. Then grabbing 5 points in battle master. Plan is to throw javelins at people so quick toss is a nice pick. After that I was thinking of going ranger for another expertise skill for some utility spellcasting and extra fighting style. I took the Selesnya Initiate background to cast warding bond on my mount + the mounted combatant feat. Feels pretty fun so far.
I like this but I'm honestly not convinced by the suggestion that you can use the Healer's Kit asa Bonus Action. You seem to be treating it as a Use Object, but I'd probably consider it an Action.
Fortunately this one is clear cut. It’s a “use an object”
rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/122850/would-allowing-a-thief-with-fast-hands-to-use-the-healer-feats-tending-action
@@DnD_Daily Ah, I see. I'd brushed that action off as 'do the free item interaction a second time' - and I knew you couldn't use a Healer's Kit as a freebie. Handy to know!
Ive done this build, same race, but with two changes. Added a one level dip into Order Cleric for the Spell target reaction attack and Did Mastermind Thief for its Aid Other ability at 30ft. Mixed with Hobgoblin, it allowed for ranged Bonus Action Aid Other + Cast spell / Reaction Attack allowed for a lot of versatility. I spent a feat on Magic Initiate to gain Find Familiar to use as a different Aid Other variation
If I had access to Strixhaven for that game, I would have taken Find Familiar with a Background and used Magic Intitiate for Shield or a Control Spell instead
@Jason Lyon hard to do with point buy and needing charisma, but I was tempted to go bard and not fighter for a different spec entirely. Would focus more on the casting and spells
Matters on how proactive or support you wanna go. Really just need dex char and Wis enough to multiclass. Not attacking much and your spells are just used to trigger reaction. Not using spells vs saves. Not attacking unless fighter 5. Char highest if splash the Bard.
This build needs a special party make up to shine in though. Need those hard hitters or straight class rouges to see big pay offs. Get the martial adept fighting style for more commanding strikes. This character can be more of the Face persuasion type in group.
@@jasonlyon5675 Still need the Charisma 13 to multiclass into bard. that makes it difficult to do a 4 class character unless you're trying to drop Constitution and running Dex, Wis, and Cha. Im not saying it isnt possible, just M.A.D (Multiple Attribute Dependent) to the point of being quite diffucult
Standard array is easy. 15,14,13 already there. 12 can get a +1 or +2. So you have 4 stats ready to multiclass. This character doesn't need to be in combat just 30' away. Con is not needed since you shouldn't be in melee. Concentration should be rare as well. Bless up and avoid combat and give help advantage of commander strike attacks or a healing word to mainly trigger reaction attack. Hobgoblin buffs. This build you can literally never attack or do offense on your own and have rest of party do all the heavy lifting. You'd be good out of combat skill checks as well.
Oh it's an option heavy support build that arm chair quarterbacks. It's not a build for everyone. I think most players would rather do fighter 5 rest swashbuckler rouge and riposte every round to trigger more sneak attacks with an option to commander strike only on clutch times.
Colby from D4: Deep Dive made a Battlefield Commander a while back. He also went with the Hobgoblin, but went Mastermind Rogue at first, so you could use the Help action from 30 feet away instead of 5. And he multiclassed into Battlemaster Fighter, Order Cleric & Glamour Bard.
4 multiclasses is against my religion
@@DnD_Daily Haha, fair enough. He did suggest treating it like its own class rather than a series of multiclasses.
With the Thief's Fast Hands feature you could even use a magic item as a Bonus Action. Even one that would cast a spell like a Wand of Magic Missiles.
Direct quote from Jeremy Crawford when asked “can a thief use a magic item as a bonus action: “A thief can't, since using a magic item isn't a function of the Use an Object action.”
Source: www.sageadvice.eu/use-an-object-action/
I think it’s weird you’re fast enough to set a bear trap but not fast enough to chug a health potion but here we are.
@@DnD_Daily And that is then where I opt to allow it in my games because because it’s cool. Also rules regarding magic items are very difficult to find, and can be quite vague like so many things hidden throughout all the rule books. Even just normal Spellcasting rules can be so vague that you just gotta go with your own interpretation.
Something I had to rethink recently was maneuvering attack. I thought it granted movement from enemies without provoking opportunity attacks, but that only applies to the person you hit.
“When you hit a creature with a weapon attack, you can expend one superiority die to maneuver one of your comrades into a more advantageous position. You add the superiority die to the attack's damage roll, and you choose a friendly creature who can see or hear you. That creature can use its reaction to move up to half its speed without provoking opportunity attacks from the target of your attack.”
@@DnD_Daily yeah, that’s what I meant. I use to think it was with any creature for you comrade but it’s only for the creature or enemy you hit….right?