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I recently figured to go Barb with my Satyr Pally. But I've been wondering a way to include Monk dips to use Ki for Patient Defense. This is a defensive tank idea instead of your nova. Nice vid!!!

First time watching you, and I super appreciate your clarity. As a longtime optimizer I especially love your comparisons to other builds in this heavily populated gish archetype! 🪄🗡️

Load EverQuest 2, select Priest, subclass Inquisitor! Tossed you a sub. Keep making content!

This is great! I wanted a bearfolk Paladin so yeah

In fairness to your build, if Warlock level 2 was meant to represent the second ideal, then it couldn't be pact of the blade anyway. The third ideal is when you get your blade. People forget that Kaladin swore two ideals back to back in the first book.

Assamar Divine Soul/Paladin oath of glory is a beast.

Most people ignore that finesse does not require you to use dex it give you the option to use dex. "When making an attack with a finesse weapon, you use your choice of your Strength or Dexterity modifier for the attack and damage rolls. You must use the same modifier for both rolls." Sneak attack merely requires a weapon to have the finess property. Not to use dex

What did you use to make the character in the video?

Divine soul sorcerer after lvl 9. Giving u access to spirit gaurdians eventually.

I'm trying it in my session next week, Can't wait many thanks!

I get that a sorcadin is very powerful, as is a baradin. But this was supposed to be a paladin/barbarian build. Must every paladin multiclass into a primary spellcaster class? And polearm master? I agree with GWM, but PAM, too? Forgive me, I grow tired of the same old, same old builds. By taking sorcerer (or bard) levels, you are diluting the premise of the build. Even if you only use your spell slots to fuel your divine smites, you still get more spells than you can use while raging. This is a melee build. Why cloud it up with more spellcasting? That's the problem with optimizing. Boring, well worn paths that do too much. This is a group game. Why spoil it for everyone else by dominating most of the game? I'd lean into either paladin or barbarian instead. Foster your divine rage. Punish the wicked.

Divine Fury? Zealot Barbarian/Vengeance Paladin. The God of Justice has called you to cleanse the evil in this world. Mostly Paladin. Enough Barbarian to get enough rages.

I love a good Barbadin

Porter? >:(

Looking at this had got me thinking about a Watchers Pally/Zealot Barb/Hexblade Warlock build. Mostly because my campaign uses the Gritty Realism rest variant, so we have tons of Short Rests.

Try beast barbarian because you can smite with claws rules as written.

honestly I'd like to try out something similar with the offense path and oath of ancients 7 zealot 3

Can this build work if you replace Paladin with Cleric?

Even a rogue build named "Inquisitor" doesnt take the "Inquisitive" subclass. 😬

Thanks for the info. Please note that the background music was on repeat, and it detracted from the enjoyment of the video.

I actually made an inquisitor that's more generic by following the vibes and using the background from the Innistrad background. He's a Inquisitive Rogue / Monster Hunter Ranger and I hope to use him for a Curse of Strahd play through

Did this build with a dark elf and got an unexpected fun bonus. The fairy fires spell gives advantage on all attacks against the affected creature for up to 1 minute which set off my sneak attack, even if no allies were no near by. It is a concentration spell so war caster may be a good feat and you could pick the spell up other ways but I like the free option from Dark Elf which does not take away from my spell slots I use to smite with. I was also able to use my heritage, the darkness spell with intimidation for some fun RP sessions. Great overall build. I really enjoyed playing this char.

I think someone could play a character based on St. Peter very well with this build.

How would switching Arcane Trickster out for Swashbuckler change this build? would that possibly help give more damage through more consistent sneak attack?

Cool concept! Never thought about trying to make a Destiny character in base DnD. The idea of taking certain perks from different subclasses within the same class is pretty dope. Something I wanna point out to those interested, there is a system called DnDestiny that is just Destiny in DnD. The first iteration of it was super cool and theyre testing v2 at the moment. They dont have any prismatic stuff yet, but its possible that they will at some point in a future version.

You are familiar with the D&D 3rd Edition class, "Factotum"?

I'd love to see an actual subclass designed based on this, though one for each class is a lot of work. Something like a set of rules and lore behind the existence of a "prismatic" D&D subclass that allows characters to harness typically quite specialized powers from a variety of subclasses, similar to the story of Prismatic in Destiny 2 and the rules/limitations it has.

Never have I felt more personally addressed with the combo of DnD and Destiny x

This is such a creative homebrew rule, and now interested in trying it out in a one shoot or heck even a campaing.

My friend sent me this. It's a great idea! Keep up the amazing work

"man it sucks that the Paladin cant sneak around" "Well what were you expecting? The Spanish Inquisition?"

Anyone that plays D&D 5e probably wears tampons.

I thought this was 40k

I would have gone vengeance paladin assassin rouge. Auto crit smites on a surprised target. Vow of enmity means sneak attack is always on during combat.

Bro, what happened to Ryan Reynold's voice?

May I submit sorcerer to follow the paladin/rogue levels if you're playing this at high tiers? Draconic ancestry gives you effectively free Mage Armor that can't be dispelled, and 3 levels into sorc allows you to cast Mirror Image as a bonus action which makes you incredibly tanky (or only 2 levels if you took it as one of your Arcane Trickster spells). Another benefit is that as a full caster you'll start to rack up those spell slots for smites. You'll also eventually get Fly (which you can also quicken).

The rapier is not the best weapon for a rogue. It actually is the second best. The best is the double bladed scimitar...

Never had a chance to play d&d but have read about classes, and it reminds me a bit of the Avenger from 4E player handbook 2.

Cool channel dude. Really liked this one and the Inquisitor. I appreciate that you go into a little more depth than other channels that cover builds like this. And you seem to have a knack for flavor, which I also appreciate.

He’s also forgetting a huge part of the Arcane Trickster archetype, you only get to pick very few non-illusion/enchantment school spells maybe abseils choice OR find familiar but certainly not both.

I've got an interesting build for you. I think it's a pretty unique one that focuses on being really good at multiple things, but not necessarily the greatest at anything in particular. High versatility with a fun and interesting flavor. I call it "The Wiccan Knight". Inspired by the concepts of a "Witch Knight" and a "Green Knight", it combines the occult/witchcraft with primal/nature magics, to create that Wiccan flavor in a "knightly" package. The Wiccan Knight is a multiclass consisting of at least 8 levels in Ancients Paladin + 8 levels in Genie (Dao) Warlock. I think my version is pretty well built, but I'd be interested to see what you could do with the concept. *The Wiccan Knight:* Start with Custom Lineage and take the Crusher feat (Constitution). For point buy stats (racial ASI's included) go 13 Str, 10 Dex, 16 Con, 8 Int, 10 Wis, and 17 Cha. Go Paladin for your 1st level, to get that Heavy Armor proficiency and higher starting HP. Grab some Chain Mail and a Shield for armor, and a staff for your weapon. At 2nd level, multiclass into Genie Warlock and pick the Dao patron. Take the Genie Warlock to level 4, grabbing Pact of the Tome as your Pact Boon, and the Agonizing Blast and Book of Ancient Secrets invocations, as well as the Telekinetic feat (Charisma) for your level 4 ASI. Focus on Eldritch Blasting at range for now, since it’s going to be a while until you get Extra Attack. With your Pact of the Tome pick up the Shillelagh and Guidance cantrips, and Find Familiar as one of your ritual spells from Book of Ancient Secrets. Using Booming Blade on your Shillelagh in conjunction with the Crusher feat is a good tactic if you want/have to be in melee. From there, switch back over to Paladin all the way until Paladin lvl.8 to get the Dueling fighting style, Divine Smite, Extra Attack, Aura of Protection, Aura of Warding, and 2 more ASI's. Then swap back to Warlock and take Warlock to level 8 as well, getting Elemental Gift for permanent resistance to all Bludgeoning damage, and another ASI. The extra Bludgeoning damage from your Genie’s Wrath also pairs well with Crusher and Telekinetic for use in both “Cheese Grater” and “Juggler” build tactics. Finally you can either swap back to Paladin for the final stretch to Paladin lvl.12 for Improved Divine Smite and your final ASI, or you can continue with Warlock for a number of other benefits (Sanctuary Vessel, 5th level Warlock spell slots, a 3rd Warlock spell slot, 2 more Invocations, a 6th level Mystic Arcanum, and an ASI). Just depends whether you wanna focus in more on the "Wiccan" aspect or the "Knight" aspect. What you really wanna see if you can get to truly complete this build is the Scaled Toughness draconic gift from Fizban's, which gives you permanent resistance to all Piercing and Slashing damage. This would make you resistant to all Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing damage, as well as all spell damage thanks to Aura of Warding. With this combo you would be nearly as tanky as a raging Totem Warrior Barbarian, but able to cast spells, smite, heal, and provide utility through rituals all quite effectively, while also being an effective "party face" thanks to your Charisma skills. Focus on maxing out Charisma and grabbing the Tough feat first, then focus on maxing out your Constitution. If you can manage to get a Belt of Dwarvenkind to max your Constitution without using your last ASI, then I recommend grabbing the Alert feat. Best staff to grab for this build would be a Staff of Power for the +2 to AC, +2 to melee attacks with the staff, +2 to spell attack rolls, and +2 to saving throws (which are already great thanks to Aura of Protection). The extra spells from the staff are a nice bonus, and spending 1 charge to add a Power Strike to a Divine Smite attack could also be a great move, especially on a crit. If you’re playing in a campaign where the DM has given everyone a free feat at 1st level, then I would recommend either Satyr or Yuan-Ti for your race, since having advantage on saving throws against spells makes you just that much more of a nightmare for enemy spellcasters.

So, I made a hexblade warlock picked up the heavily armed feat for heavy armor proficiency and made myself a pseudo paladin.

Huh. I did paladin rogue but not as an inquisitor. I played him more like Javert from Les Miserable. He was born in a jail and rose through the ranks with the law as his guide and God but would put himself by danger going undercover for example.

This is a cool character idea, unfortunately I can guarantee no-one is going to play it like an Assassin's creed type, and also guarantee that you will go insane form all the "No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!"s you hear all game.

Ryan Reynolds?! When did you become a DnD youtuber?!

A Rogue/Paladin build I had thought of doing is an Inquisitive Rogue and Vengeance Paladin as a sort of Vengeful Hunter type with a personal Oath to punish those in power who misuse their power such as using it to increase their own wealth at the detriment of those less fortunate in their city/town/etc., while using the abilities of the Inquisitive Rogue to spot the weaknesses in their target to take full advantage of. Never really thought of a Level spread between them though, but Rogue would be the starting Class I had in mind.

running rogue 3/oathbreaker pally rest on bg3

lawful evil

How would you do this with a Ranged idea of this? Like using Hand Crossbow/Gun. Since you can't use Divine Smite on Ranged attacks?

If you do take another level in Paladin, I'd suggest Oath of Vengeance, because the Hunters Mark spell allows you to track your target for HOURS!