D&D Elf 5e - What Character Class Should You Play
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- D&D Elf 5e - What Character Class Should You Play
Nerdarchy explores the Elf in 5e D&D. We look at the different elf subclasses for 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons and decided what are the best character classes for them to play.
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Sea elf with Totem Barbarian (Wolf, Eagle, Tiger). Sharkboy!
Hey guys! I'm the artist that does most of the artwork for Brian Colin's Revilo. I just wanted to pop in and say thank you for the nice words you had about my art. I don't know that I agree about it being the best (or even among the best) art on a 5e book, but my cap feels a little tighter after hearing that! Thank you very much!
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I played an Eladrin Wizard. I loved changing seasons. I was once in the spring when my party came upon a pair of shambling mounds. I spent a round cross-legged on the forest floor convinced I was speaking plant (Wisdom of 7). I determined they just wanted more sunlight and cast Sunbeam. I burned one to a crisp and severely damaged the other. Spent the next three days in the Winter mourning the loss of my plant friends. So many RP memories from that character.
In my current campaign I switched the racial bonuses of High Elves and Drow, so High Elves made better Sorcerers, Bards, Paladins and Warlocks, while Drow made better Wizards. My rationale was that High Elves were "closer" to the Feywild and thus favored more "innate" magic, while Drow were almost totally divorced from their origins and needed to approach magic as a science.
Not a bad idea. Not only that wizardry is a strong tradition among drow males.
Nerdarchist Dave
Pretty good idea.
Indeed
Im stealing this ^
I'm making sun elves more like summer eladrin, having a more forceful personality, while moon elves are more like spring eladrin, jolly and all
I love Elves. High Elf Arcane Trickster Rogue for sure and Wood Elf Monk or Cleric.
Love me a high elf tempest cleric. Take booming blade
My favorite sub race is the Shadar-Kai. I love their history and the Raven Queen in general.
Also their blessing can be used to intimidate if needed.
Eladrins are my faves. I made mine a divine soul sorcerer and at level 14 she'll basically be a fairy.
What class should an elf play? Whatever class is better than the rest of the party. Elves, racism and classism all at the same time!
Been playing a Dark Elf Paladin of Elistraee the past year or so, and loving the contrast between NPC reaction and what the character is actually like. They expect him to be all evil and sneaky, where he clanks in wearing full plate and is actually Lawful Good alignment.
I got a Half Elf Paladin of Eilistraee, nice :D
We got your hippie Wood Elves, your snooty High Elves, your emo Drow Elves, your even more emo Shadow Elves, your Aquatic Elves, your Eladrin Elves for when you want more Elf in your Elf.
Elves by the bushel. Elves by the pound. Elves for every occasion.
I love the Gloomstalker ranger for Drow. 150' Darkvision, and invisibility to others using darkvision to see them. Combined with Sharpshooter and Skulker feats, and you are a crazy assassin.
Nerdarchy: How would you build this? Assassin Rogue/Gloomstalker Ranger multiclass?
Geir PG I would love this
We did! We didn't use drow, but different race. That is an easy swap.
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Nerdarchist Dave
Take elven accuracy and maybe a little hexblades curse. 10% chance for a crit and double advantage
Haha just mentioned that great combo. Do 5 Ranger for 2 attacks well 3 with dread ambusher 1st round
Thanks guys! I, a beginner, am starting a one off with friends who know how to play and this was helpful is creating my character. Thanks for the tips!
Hmm...favourite race/class combo for elf...eladrin whisper bard+hexblade
Favourite combos of all time? Aasimar hexadin - believe it was my invention was harping on it before it took flight even on this channel. Also the dark caster - thank you Cody from @Taking20 for that!
High elves are good for any rogue. Getting that Booming Blade or Green Flame Blade cantrip for free is awesome.
Both include a weapon attack and thus trigger sneak attack.
I had fun playing a Drow Oath of the Ancients paladin. She left the underdark at a very young age, and worshipped Mielikki.
One of my ideas for a long time was a Shadar kai Barbarian Zealot for the Raven Queen
For both the Drow and the Eladrin (especially the drow) a swashbuckler rogue is especially good. Multiclassing it with a charisma-based spellcasting class also makes a lot of sense. My personal preference would be a multiclassed Rgoue (swashbuckler)/Warlock (Hexblade).
so i have an eladrin, who serves as a love interest for a character in a story i was writing and she was super fun to write being able to show her emotions by means of changes in her foliage like hair. if she got sad it started to 'wilt' in color, etc. really fun way to show expression in detail.
A high elf shadow monk with the light cantrip will be able to make shadows where he wants them. 👍
Getting ready to play a wood elf with Monk 1 and Druid 3 (Moon). Looking forward to it.
I'm rocking a High Elf Light Domain Cleric. Going through Tomb of Annihilation at the moment. Loving those fire spells. I took Firebolt as my Wizard Cantrip too.
My first character ever in D&D (I’m a fairly new player) was actually a Drow Arcane Trickster Rogue. I really enjoyed playing as him. Another Elf character I did build but haven’t gotten to play as yet is actually an Oath of Vengeance Valenar Elf
I like breaking stereotypes so a drow devotion paladin, high elf fighter, and wood elf bard all sound appealing to me, lol.
The game I'm currently in I built a Wood Elf Fighter with Matt Mercer's Gun Slinger Archetype. My feats are Sharpshooter, Elven Accuracy and Crossbow expert. It's a killer set up that is a wrecking ball for ranged attacks.
Eladrin seems a thematic fit for four elements monk to me!
I have a lot of elf characters. My sky elf is a boxer and wrestler (fighter class). My wild elf is a crazy ultimate battle knowledge assistant and hobbyist contortionist (expert class from the sidekick classes). I also use a wood elf template for my insomniac dryad, who I'm still figuring out the classes of.
I just made a Moon elf Blood Hunter that will multiclass into Inquisitive Rogue. I made him as an undead Hunter. Really excited to play him
I put together a Drow 3rd lvl Gloomstalker Ranger / 3rd lvl Divine Warlock. 150 ft. Darkvision all the time, and warlock devils sight invocation with drow/warlock darkness spell when needed. Healing ability from divine. I’m effectively invisible whenever I want to be in combat, and can off heal/self heal a bit too. So far it’s been awesome. Thematically, I play it as “I am the hunter of the dark. I am the shadow behind the candle. Bound in service to the light. “
It is always worth to consider what racial feats an elf could take when considering classes. Xanathar's Elven Accuracy is good for both mages and rogues if you focus on advantage attacks.
Drow Paladin of Lolth.
I’ve been playing a shadar kai ranger, horizon walker archetype. It all meshes extremely well, and is actually extremely strong in the lower levels.
I had a really cool level 9 wood elf monster slayer who is basically the fellowship sniper because he hade a +3 bow a ring of invisibility aswell as the amazing stats the monster slayer has. So I got really confident with him UNTIL A THIS SOME STUPID OGER KILLED HIM because I wandered of alone and the oger assassin ambushed me and rolled so many crits and I kept missing... it was one of those times
Best way I found to sunlight sensitivity is ask your GM for an umbrella and use it on top of a mask to defend the face.
My favorite personally is a half elf warlock (great old one, pact of the time). If my character's parents are brought up in the story and I'm running one, there's also a 70% chance one of them will be a Star Elf or Moon Elf (basically fluff).
We'll be skipping half-elf and human for this series. They both are good at everything. Making our break down pointless.
Nerdarchist Dave
Last character I played was in fact a Half-Elf GOO Tomelock. Can confirm awesomeness.
I think it can still be argued that Half Elves have classes they're best at, even if they're good at everything. That +2 to charisma and custom secondary +1s screams charisma caster or charismatic rogue to me. Tack on the extra skills and you've got a very talented Rogue, especially when you grab Reliable Talent.
Like yeah you could do a good Barbarian or Druid, or Wizard but if you're pushing for their BEST? Nah. If you wanna make good use of all those stats personally I'd say Paladin or Rogue. The more things a paladin can resist the tankier they are, really, and a Rogue that can't be sleep spelled or charmed away from the group is a big plus.
Currently working on a High Elf Forge Cleric, for thematics though I'd ask the dm to switch out Thaumaturgy for Prestidigitation, mostly cause I want that Green Flame Blade as the inherent wizard cantrip
Great video but I have a question. Why were half elves not included? Do you have a video about best classes for half elves? They never seem to get enough love.
We would do them as there own. But half elf and human are so versatile they can literally play anything. So not a whole lot of reason to pick best class, because it is all of them.
Nerdarchist Dave
@@Nerdarchy Not a problem. Thanks for all of your wisdom. Because of you guys I bought a fifth edition handbook and two starter kits for Christmas for myself. I also went to hero Forge and made three pieces for me, my wife, and my daughter.
I prefer high elf or wood elf with arcane archer for pure elfy goodness. A 3-4 level dip into scout rogue can be taken for high mobility as well! You can also dip into the xanathar's racial feats and throw on the fey teleportation or wood elf magic feats for even more elfiness.
Lately, I've had a hankering to play a Drow with the UA circle of stars druid subclass
Roll stats and play whatever class you want. Maybe get a nice boost to whatever stat wouldn’t normally be a primary
Eladrin and Drow are my favorite choices. Currently have a Drow circle of spore druid/necromancer that I am playing and working on a Eladrin Fey pact warlock as either a back up or something for a different campaign.
I like the Eladrin as well. I have an idea for an Eladrin paladin would be super cool. also would be cool for two brother eladrins who are never on the same season but maybe when they ARE on the same season they get a special bonus. like maybe they each get one luck reroll or something
Everyone keeps confusing my High Elf Ranger for a Wood Elf or Half-Elf because you wouldn't expect the lofty city towers brand of elf to be bumming around the woods for decades at a time.
My character is an elf, no subraces, speaks goblin, human, and of course elvish. His name is Mago Kitsin
rangers that can teleport are very useful just saying
Horizon walkers would agree
Revised Ranger Gloomstalker 5 Assassin Rogue 5 I have rn Wood Elf. Its pretty fun combo.
I play a wood elf wizard and it's fantastic!
I never play elves, but you have inspired me to play an elf warlock. I just have to choose which one!
I recommend half elf with drow heritage, darkness+devil's sight, is a very powerful combination against bosses, solo situations, and or if you're ranged you can use it without blinding your party(as long as you're not in a cave/tight space etc).
The reasoning behind drow is because of warlocks limited spell slots as the racial is a 1/L rest free cast. Oh and faerie fire is in my opinion one of the best debuffs in the game too.
Arcane hierophant... except it's not in 5e. But you could probably hack one together making an Arcane Tradition for wizards that allows druid spells to be added to one's spellbook and a couple other features that fit the flavor you desire to round it out (whether it be Race's of the Wild's animal companion/familiar hybrid, or something more basic like some of the druid wild shape feature, or whatever fits your campaign vision). The druid/mage - for when you want (just about) all the spells.
I'll be honest I play Pathfinder not 5th edition, but I was wondering if current D&D have Auriels? (Winged elves)?
I think the best Rogue archetype for the Wood Elf is Scout, they're already purpose-built for it; you can also focus on building your character those "core" Rogue skills since you get proficiency in Nature and Survival added on when you decided to go with the Scout.
That said, and I'm going off the mentioning of "Ninjas" in the video, the Scout is actually very close to operating mechanically similar to historical Shinobi (a male Shinobi is called a Ninja while the female shinobi is called the Kunoichi). Way of the Shadow Monks operate mechanically closer to the rumors, myths, and legends shinobi spread and allowed to be spread about them so they could better go about missions. In my honest opinion, the Wood Elf and Kenku are the best built for Shinobi type characters, mainly because of the Wood Elf's Mask of the Wild ability and Kenku's Expert Forgery and Mimicry abilities, all of these abilities are of great use to a Shinobi. That said, if you do want to make a "Ninja" character it might be a good idea to get proficiency in Animal Handling, it's actually surprising just how many ways Shinobi make use of animals or do things to take advantage of the animals of others.
I've been doing a bit Shinobi research, because "ninjas are awesome" and have been using the Which Ninja series by Gaijin Goomba as a foundation for that research, he goes into a lot of depth for the cultural and historical information and contexts of ninjas. First and foremost, he is not shy of repeating himself on throughout the series, mostly because there are certain things that bare repeating. In the series, he doesn't just breakdown the history and culture, which are very important, but he also goes through tactics, mindsets, and gear that Shinobi were known to have. Heck, there's even a list of items, six in total, that every shinobi is to never be without, you find the list online and most of the items there either come in the Criminal/Spy background (you want to lean on the Spy side of that) or rough substitutes in gear for purchase.
I believe in doing research on archetypes you plan on using in some way, especially if you plan on playing them in a game, so that you can get a proper understanding of how that archetype is supposed to function or ideas on how to implement it without coming off as something everyone else has basically seen poorly executed in popular media. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with copy a character from Naruto or the Ninja Turtles but you need to be aware some things before moving forward, especially in the case of the Naruto franchise and its portrayal of Shinobi and some of the older iterations of the Ninja Turtles (especially the 1980s cartoon series). My point is almost anything can act as a good inspiration for a character but if you just do your best to make them completely one-to-one with their source material you will just be playing around with a potentially massive set of missed opportunities.
I am currently playing a wood elf monk of the sun soul (5th lvl) with one level of rogue. He is able to throw sun bolts, with sneak att bonus.
By raw you can't sneak with them because they are spell attacks. I might allow it as dm.
Nerdarchist Dave
Does dnd beyond have their stats wrong for the eladrin?
I was thinking the wood elves would have a knightly order of kensai, using their longswords two handed.
It feels like dex is the most powerful stat in the game, and since there are no minuses anymore theres no downside.
Dex fighter? Want a higher armor class as a caster? Dex.
For an Arsonist of a High Elf, take Fire Bolt, Green Flame Blade, or Create Bonfire with your cantrip and then go Thief. Buy a 24 pack of oil casks for 2.4 GP
Bonus action "Use on Object" to toss oil on your enemy. Standard Action Fire a FIRE Cantrip.
Green Flame Blade works great here because it is so up close and personal. It can also add in the Sneak Attack...
I mean if you're that up close and personal with oil being ignited I'd also be including YOU in some of that damage.
Drow Rouge-Assasin my favorite
Because of the sunlight sensitivity in most situations where you'd use a Drow you're probably better off using a Half-Elf.
We play Adventure League so we can't use Unearthed Arcana.
I was thinking doing Arcane Archer, and 2 levels of Bladesinger, as these are marginal classes and I think could work with a high elf.
What? No elf costume?! Blasphemy! 😂
Drow Ranger (female, tomboyish)and Drow Druid(male, effeminate). They're Siblings. Full props if you get the reference.
Overlord?
Good old Drow Bard of Whispers... "How are you not dead?" "I have dirt on everyone".
I'm new to D&D I started with a shadow elf or mark of shadow I didn't hear you talk about them, also I can't find to much info on them are they new or a homebrew race?
Sounds homebrew to me.
@@EliteSnowPirate made it with the dnd beyond app it's on one of the books wayfinders guide to Eberron
Is there a video about different Totem combos for Totem Barbarians??
Like Bear, Bear, Tiger to make a Bull or Rhino Spirit?
Not currently by us.
Nerdarchist Dave
@@Nerdarchy I thought I was the only player who tries this technique.
It's a very good video idea, really, I think. Making your own totem animal out of existing features, or at least discussing neat combos with those totems.
... I want seeing a mile away to be good for SOMETHING cool damn it.
Im working on a wood elf rogue inquisitor/fighter samurai
@@bellaciaolinvasorsocialist4732 were in a homebrew setting where the wood elves are the Japanese pretty much
Yes
What about the Unearthed Arcana elf subraces though? lol
Terry really are the wizards of races.
I want to play elf paladin are rough. Also I wouldn't mind playing a woodland elf as a fighter.
Elves have a lot of desirable aspects for almost any class, depending on your subrace. It's really hard to call a 'best' class for 'em.
For Drow I'd say... very solid Rogue, really. Strongest in the shadows, high dex and charisma. The extra skills and questionable nature fit really well. I would even say just about any rogue subclass fits them thematically. You could argue against Swashbuckler but all it'd take is a bit of imagination. Alternately, a caster. Their combat disadvantage in sunlight applies to attack rolls, not saves, so, you could definitely do a lot with magic. Obviously they're most disposed to charisma, and thematically probably Warlocks or Sorcerers, having old magic in their blood or making deals with questionable beings they plan to betray or whatever.
Eladrin to me just kinda screams Ranger or Druid thematically... or bard. Very dramatic, visual, characters. Sorcerer would make sense too, their magic manifesting in their race and then going even further.
Strong agree with you guys on the High Elf. Arcane Trickster might be a bit weird theme wise, but it does give the trickster a bit more magic and it might make for a decent outcast character- like a high elf that just wasn't as nose turn up-y as they typically are made to be in most things.
Sea Elf could probably get away with anything, Dex and Con are always good. They just might not be as mega potent as other things. Barbarian is pretty thematic though and will make excellent use of both.
Shadar-kai seem too good to be a player race to me? Damage resist and a teleport with a powerful boost on it? But anyway, Barbarian seems a weird fit theme wise, but stat wise it lines up well, damage resists and teleporting and con boost. Kinda works with Paladin though also, no necro, pop in to help someone in a dire situation and resist the punishment you have to suffer, con and dex on a dex paladin is fine.
Wood Elf definitely says Ranger or Scout subclass Rogue to me. Rangers get benefits from dex and wisdom for sure and a woodelf is about as on point race wise as you'll get for that class. A scout rogue would get a lot out of the hiding feature, theme up some perception, get those nature skills, get some weapon proficiencies. Moving faster is very good for a rogue in the right / wrong circumstance too.
The elf in the shelf.... long time no see
One of my favorites characters that I haven't had the chance to play yet is a Shadar-kai Sun Soul monk. He is training to find the light in his soul to balance his darkness.
Where are the stats for sea elves? Some of my buddies are creating a DnD group and that is the subrace I want to be but it's not in the player's handbook.
Mordenkainens Tome of Foes
okay so, I have a LOT of characters, and weirdly enough, not so many Elves.
I have a Drow Divine Soul Sorcerer. his name is Galruh, and he is tied to Eilistraee. when his family found out, he was taken to the cells to hide the fact from the other houses and avoid shame. he was used by his eldest sister to practice her interrogation and torture skills. since he could heal himself in the cells afterward every day. one day, he shared a cell with a captured adventurer and soon to be slave. he saw their build and their stance. and knew them to be strong, and for the first time, healed someone else. the Paladin of Avandra he had just healed, helped him escape. he now seeks to found a city, on or near the surface, where those Drow who have turned away from their cruel gods can live in safety.
next is a Wood Elf Kensei Monk. (who has/will have the blow gun, the long sword, the greatclub, the whip, and the trident as their Kensei weapons.) they made a grave mistake while hunting, and accidentally led an Orc band back to their village, in penance. despite few dying. they went to a monastery they knew of nearby. and in their studies and learnings under their master. learned how to craft the alloy Orichalcum. which when a weapon, is a 1/2 cost to enchant due to the ease of it, and can always act as a magic focus. when armor it grants magic resistance. they have to be cautious, as if the wrong group learns of this secret. the balance of power would be up-heaved.
and lastly, a Shadar-kai Gloom-Stalker Ranger. she is a noble, who in her efforts to impress her father, led herself and her twin on a hunt of some cultists who had taken up shelter in the woods on their land. her brother died, and the cultists almost succeed in making her into a Shade. her father and eldest brother, as well as a few bannermen came in and saved her. and until she could prove she was not a waste as a person for her arrogance and foolishness, she was cast out. now, she seeks to bring fortune and glory to the name Glimhollow in the hopes that she will be allowed to return home.
What about half elves?
Drow ranger(gloomstalker),rogue(assassin)
1st character ever is a wood elf arcane trickster and I'm enjoying the crap out of him.
Drawing up my big bad today, and am having a crisis between an evil wizard Githyanki and an evil wizard High Elf, someone help an indecisive DM out please!
I suppose it depends on the party's level primarily. Generally speaking, Githyanki give me a very alien otherworldly vibe, his minions could include things from the astral sea, or aberrations from the Far Realm. But on the other hand the vibes I get from an Elf Wizard is a little more close to home and potentially less of a distant threat and more of an impending threat. Fey eladrin have the ability to teleport via plane shift, so if your PC's are very good at combat, an evil elf Eladrin could be a more slippery opponent, allowing him to come back and continue his riegn of terror. His minions could include creatures from the feywild, such as a troop of Redcaps, or a coven of hags. I would recommend an Elven Wizard for a lower leveled party, and a Githyanki wizard for a higher level party.
Also, take into consideration how this big bad evil wizard got his origins, and why he's evil. That might help steer you in the right direction.
(Also, alot of this stuff is just my opinion so dont feel like you gotta take my word as fact, we qre all different people after all. )
Hope this helps!
I like elf Paladins
The correct answer is washer woman.
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Sea elves ftw
Ah, almost forgot. The true top elf class? Wizard. 100%.
So few races can really get done what Wizards need to on the go. Depending on your DM it can be quite hard. Elves can. No matter what there's a very good chance your party will need 8 hours of long resting and your Wizardy ass can actually work on copying down those scrolls or books into your spell book for four of those hours a day.
So yeah you can be a great elf of whatever class, but all elves truly have a one up on wizardry over most races.
The elf with a beard for the thumbnail makes me uncomftorable elces do not have facial hair
You know I played a racist dwarf cleric who especially disliked elves. He thinks elves are a bunch of pretty boys who play the dex based classes because they can’t take a hit and being there’s hardly a strength based elf subclass he says elves hit like girls.
And then, the party's female druid hits him upside the head with a Shillelagh-infused quarterstaff, a Str-based weapon.
Isaac Gleeth Schlitz Leinenkugel would say to her, “you still hit like a girl pretty boy!”
Plus he starts singing that song from the Killers, “Somebody told me you had a boyfriend who looked like a girlfriend”
@@jhansen4661
She remarks that learning wasn't his strong suit, as his phrase is no longer disparaging if the directed person IS female.
Also, she'd say that she's heard better music from a dying animal.
eh, if you pick the right subrace elves can play everything well.
Given that elves are over a hundred years old when they start adventuring, I think they should have more starting abilities. More languages, more tools, skills, instruments, games etc. If humans who start adventuring at like 16 to 20 get an a bonus skill, elves should have quite a few bonus skills.
Thata not balanced that's just give it more for lore reasons.
That’s a highly misleading thumbnail. Elves can’t grow facial hair that majestic.
A School of Beardomancy wizard could!
Neither could goliaths, but with the help of a Belt of Dwarvenkind, a legendary warrior named Grog grew one and left us his words of wisdom: "I have a 6 Intelligence. I know what I'm doing."
ya not impressed with Revilo
Never trust an Elf !
Spoken like an oafish sot of a dwarf.
*spits at ground near feet*
Sorry, just saying your brutish race leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
Shame on you for not mentioning Elistraee in the Forgotten Realms setting. Clerics, Bards (Lore, Valor and Swords), and Rangers would make ideal classes for Drow who venerate Ellistraee.
Honestly Ted, your taste seems pretty classically 80s, and generally pretty cheesy, I don’t know if your suggestion for game world, lore, and monsters is something I’d at all be interested in.
Any class can work for any race these videos are pointless. (Other than orcs and kobolds which are the only races with negatives in their stats
It's important to remember that sometimes cliche is very helpful when actually playing a character. Easy to understand cliches aren't just simpler for the player to act out, but they're easy for the party to catch on to and play off of. It can lead to a more relaxed playing experience, which in and of itself is fun.
So what is the best class for an elf? You never answered your own title for the video just like every other video in this series. Why do you keep lying to your viewers? Just stop lying and either stop making these videos or actually say the answer to your title rather than just state the obvious with these races.