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@@ovoss89 Devil Death Knight! I like it! I was say gonna if you start level 1 in warlock then you wouldn’t need the Magic Initiate Wizard origin Feat. But then you miss out on heavy armor from Paladin, so that might not be worth it. Actually after some thinking, you could do without Tough at level one, and then at level 7, warlock level 2, take the Lessons of the Old One’s invocation to get an extra Origin Feat, and take tough then.

@alexandredeberdt4066 Yeah the damage is nuts here! Next time I get to play in a high level campaign I’m gonna bring this build for sure. Paladin/Warlock is famous for a reason it seems!

@@brynwtsn thanks for pointing that out! I didn’t mention the scaling of the spell because I’m trying to keep the run times down. But it’s an important clarification. The damage increases with spell slot levels 5,7, and 9. At 18:50 I was referring not to the to hit, but to the damage modifier. It was at a +13 because using Aura of Hate, and Great weapon master, we are adding our charisma (+4)twice and our proficiency (+5)once. So +13 total. Our to hit modifier would be a +9 at this point. Thank you for the comment!

@@pwog my new video, Arthas Menethil actually does that pretty well! It’s got chill touch, and Spirit Shroud, both of which shut down healing for a turn! The Super Saiyan Conqueror video also uses Spirit Shroud.

Bro chill 🤣 You are telling him to learn to draw or pay an artist, which he may not know or cannot do, just enjoy the video, don't be rude

@@Irokutarabelmont I understand where you are coming from. I reached out to some artists whose work I admire when I was planning to start the channel. However commissioning four art pieces a month for my weekly uploads would be hundreds of dollars. I work full time to support my family, so I definitely can’t afford that. And the channel is too small for any artist to be interested in a sort of exposure compensation for their art. As for learning to make the art myself, I’m already stretching my time a bit alongside my real world responsibilities to make the channel, so I can’t attempt to learn a new skill and make these videos. But thank you for the feedback! In a perfect world I would love to partner with an artist, but realistically it’s not feasible at this point in time.

Are you an “artist” or are you taking offense on behalf of a theoretical one?

@Xenochrome If you don't see the harm ai is causing in visual media, your scope is much too small. You're the kind of person that would ask to pay for art in exposure, aren't you?

@@Macchiavelie My bad, I’ll have the next one balanced better. I was rushing to get this one out so I didn’t check it properly. Thanks for your support!

I have head phones and had no issues hearing him, the violin isn't really that loud

@@RulesAsWrittenCharacterBuilds NO worries, it sounds fine to me, not sure what the issue is

@@obrien1121 Those sound really fun! I’m trying to get better at Full Casters, so that might be just the thing!

@@InsightCheck Thank you so much for the support! I’m gonna be doing another lightning themed character down the line, something martial, so keep an eye for it!

@@WilliamPeters-f3s tempest cleric makes such a good Lightning caster!

@RulesAsWrittenCharacterBuilds Yep Lv.16 & not dead yet

@@WilliamPeters-f3s That's real good! I've only gotten up to that level twice, once with a battle master fighter in Princes of the Apocalypse, and again with an Eldritch Knight/War Wizard in Storm King's Thunder.

@@bjarnesommerlundhansen9633 Thank you!

One of my favorite spell changes for 2024!

@@ExploringtheBuild I’m Right there with you! I’d love to figure out a build using Witch Bolt, Booming Blade, and some sort of knock back. Maybe a tempest cleric!

@@71co0k I’ve had a lot of people recommend the warlock for Witcher!

Thank you for the comment! Yeah you're right, full cantrip damage isn't significant at all. But I still feel like you need a cantrip that matches your character's theme just to have a free attack option. I definitely agree that the fighter dip felt awkward. I mainly went with it over Cleric or Druid so I wouldn't need a 13 Wisdom. That and the Defense Fighting Style makes the medium armor even better, I just can't stand having a low AC on my characters. I would have gone fighter first, but then the character would have no lightning spells at 1st level, and also proficiency in Strength saves instead of Charisma, which didn't feel right. But if you're starting at 3rd level than I'd say definitely start in fighter for the extra 4 Hitpoints! I did think about Elementalism, I wouldn't say that it replaced Gust, so much as its just a new spell. Gust can force movement, whereas Elementalism only creates the aesthetic effects. I think you're right about the Elemental Adept thing, especially once Transmuted spell becomes an option. I assumed it was kind of necessary for full casters, but looking back you make a good point about just swapping to a different element depending on who you are fighting. Thanks for the feedback, like I said I don't play alot of Full Casters, I usually go martial and Unga Bunga my way around, so I need all the advice I can get!

Thank you! Y'all were right, it definitely makes a big difference.

That is so awesome to hear! I'm glad it was level 5, already having extra attack, celestial revelation, and some slots to smite! Let me know how the secondary campaign goes!

Thanks for the support! Warlock video coming out on Monday!

@@stefanoquarta1445 Thank you so much! I’ll keep the videos coming every Monday!

@@chriscain8515 Unfortunately Magic initiate doesn’t let you choose Half-Casters like Artificer, Paladin, or Ranger. It’s even more stringent in 2024, only allowing Wizard, Cleric, and Druid.

@@zachmarlow2117 It does now, as of the Mordenkainen book. I’m Volo’s guide to monsters it was only once per combat. But you know how Volo is always getting stuff wrong.

@@robertmiller6817 Thank you! Im excited to keep putting out videos. Sounds like a fun campaign, I like how 5th edition works in so many different genres.

@@JonDewey-cf1wz Definitely a good option to have in your back pocket!

@@Kingdoms_and_Kobolds Thank you! I have a tortle wizard coming out in 3 weeks! So keep an eye for that!

@@JustaScribble yeah this definitely isn’t a utility build, more of a stab till the fights over haha.

@@hackthedungeon That would probably be more balanced, but as it’s written it doesn’t have that restriction.

@@RulesAsWrittenCharacterBuilds Sorry, it does say that in Volo's guide, but it doesn't say that in Mordenkainens. I don't have Mordenkainens, so I was going off of Volo's.

@ Oh gotcha! See I don’t have Volo’s so that makes sense haha. I wonder why they buffed it?

@@RulesAsWrittenCharacterBuilds good question. The old version also said "when you surprise a creature". So it only worked if your party had a surprise round. It may be a case of overcompensation.

@hackthedungeon Yeah they are definitely moving away from features that rely on surprise. It’s a shame because I always liked that mechanic. The new version, with disadvantage on initiative, doesn’t seem all that impactful.

@@wmdavidhamilton I’ll start brewing one! I still have to get through Sorcerer, Warlock, and Wizard. But once I finish them I’ll start doing other classes again!

@@bponcho414 Same here, I’m loving the new book!

@@invictuscenturion8468 Haha, yeah times are changing!

I could see a shadow monk being pretty well capable of benefitting from a bonus action. As for what rogue subclass would be best here. My bet would go to arcane trickster since that gives more spells and spell slot options. I know the spell slot progression is terrible and we still don't get a fighting style, if this were a gestalt campaign. Would you still think that this is a bad combination? (PLease access it purely on whether rogue/monk could be decent, because I know there are more powerful options out there. Fighter, ranger, barbarian, or smoke any combat starting at lvl 7 with druid CME. 😮😂😅😊)

@@ericpeterson8732 I was mainly looking for maximum attacks to benefit from the Bugbear Racial, then to maximize the sneak attack secondarily. But I totally agree there is overlap on Monk’s Focus/Cunning action.

@@sohkaswifteagle2604 yeah I missed the reliable talent thing, I was using the 2014 rules, thanks for the correction! With the epic boon I meant we didn’t qualify because we only went 5 levels in monk, so our last ability score improvement was rogue level 12, character level 17. I could have definitely gone deeper in monk for it, but I wanted that level 13 and 14 rogue feature. Thanks for the comment!

I agree with all of this though I think I woul stick to monk 12/rogue 8. 😉😁 boon of spell recall is probably best for non multiclassed arcane trickster, eldritch knight (get back your highest slot perhaps, sign me up!!!), paladin, ranger or warlock since their highest spell slots are often very close to a 4rth lvl anyway. Boon of interdimensional travel is pretty good too.

@ I’m gonna be doing a Warlock/Paladin in 2 weeks! I’m thinking I’ll go for 12/8 to maximize the Epic Boons, I haven’t really featured them in a build yet.

Man... almost sounds like a bunch of crap Wizards of the Coast came out with... like... do you think maybe a fun DM could overrule that? Man, I dunno.

@@RussellPearce-cu6vw That’s an awesome combo! I love spirit shroud on a monk, all those extra D8’s for damage.

I love the arcane hand monk from the Dungeon Dudes, since it's a ⅓ caster with some similar cast features to eldritch knight but for monk. All we really miss then is a fighting style. A 3-way gestalt campaign of arcane hand monk/thief (yes arcane trickster could work too) rogue/fighter probably battle master😅, would be sooo cooool!

Very sweet build, I have a similar one. Twilight cleric and shadow monk. I use spirit guardians and just sprint around the field with my disengagement.

@ that’s sick, I love the power of spirit guardians!

@@generalmayhem8318 thank you!

@@alinkinthechain Thank you! Ranger gets a bad wrap online, but I have always enjoyed them in practice.

@RulesAsWrittenCharacterBuilds same! I think it's easily the most understood class, from it's purpose down to combat choices

I can’t believe I missed that, you’re right! I was using the 2014 version of Reliable Talent accidentally. Thank you for the correction!

@@Icarus-I37 Yeah we do wait awhile for the longsword, starting in Monk is a cool idea since he does train at Kaer Morhen before going out into the wild, good point! I agree that I’m definitely missing the potions portion of the Witcher’s toolkit. Alchemy and Poison proficiency would have covered it perfectly!

@RulesAsWrittenCharacterBuilds Great work, just the same.

@@GreyfauxxGaming You’re the second one to mention the Warlock multiclass for a Witcher! I think there’s definitely merit to it, would you go with Kensei/Hexblade, or different subclasses?

@@RulesAsWrittenCharacterBuilds I would tweak Kensai to be 2024 based, giving them weapon mastery with their kensei weapons. And I think I would go with Pact of Fiend comes with Burning hands, command, suggestion, which can all be used to mimic runes. The added Temp HP is like the defense rune, 6 levels warlock, the rest monk. Bonus points, if your blade of choice is a Scimitar, you can use the nick property to get one free offhand attack, and still use your bonus action for a free off hand attack fo 4 attacks a turn, no cost, or spend a point to flurry and do 6. You def want to take Hex just for the amount of times your gonna proc it.

Long Sword would cause sapping, which would cause creatures to have disadvantage on their next attack, if you split up the longswords attack, you could effectively nerf 3-4 people a turn.

@@GreyfauxxGaming I love Sap, it’s right up there with Nick and Cleave for my favorite masteries.

@@GreyfauxxGaming Nice, a dual wielding Witcher with some extra casting capabilities, very dangerous. Sounds almost like Letho from The Witcher 2.

@@davidc9005 I’m dying to play some Soul Knife, I think I’m gonna do a Jedi series with all the psionic subclasses at some point.

It's a flavorful subclass, I like it myself. However, It's main weakness is the inability to properly synergize with magical weapons which are the main source of scaling for martials.

@@RulesAsWrittenCharacterBuilds jedi wouldn't a psi knight be better as a jedi ?

@@davidc9005 I want to try multiple versions and make both subclasses work. But you’re right, Psi Warrior feels more like the classic Jedi Knight.

@@davidc9005 I think you’re right, I had a similiar comment on my last video. I’ll have to look into getting a separate mic than the one on the camera. Thank you for the feedback!

Shop around. You can also find places to rent studio grade mics for short periods, until you find something you like, and produces good results. (I'm not an audio person, I just know a lot of filmmakers.)

@ Good idea! My wife is a singer, so I think I’ll steal her recording mic from here on out!

@@DrMinecraftMeme Let me know what expertise options you go for. I don’t usually include skill proficiencies in the videos, but I’m curious what you’d choose.

@@Lucious_0 Thank you so much! I post on Monday’s. I got a rogue coming out tomorrow!

@@hawkname1234 I’ll work on it, I’m just using the mic from the camera right now.

Yeah man. New microphones are super cheap. Truly a dime a dozen. They basically fall from the sky for free, so it's crazy that his small-scale operation doesn't have the perfect mic and environment for it. 😂

He's only going up.

@@RulesAsWrittenCharacterBuildsexactly

@@Lorebrary_EG thank you, let me know how it goes!

@@JamesRichardson-u3i That’d be a fun one! It’d be tough having two different spellcasting stats, but as long as you have the ability scores for it, yours would have stronger spellcasting for sure.

@@joshuaward5498 not yet, but I’ve had people asking for that also. So I’ll start working on including character sheets with the videos! I’ll make sure to include them for past video as well!

@@joikaboela8849 Thank you so much!

@@DrMinecraftMeme Next week’s bugbear build is going to be dual wielding! It’s going to short sword and scimitar though. A whip would be really cool for that crazy reach. Maybe a battle master fighter for a lunging attack too?

​@@RulesAsWrittenCharacterBuildsI would give the battle master sweeping strike for the reaction attacks. Whips are really nice for monks, but the new rules are way to restrictive in what can be a monk weapon. Can't we have a nice d12 whip? I mean come on!

@ Yeah I agree, I’m doing a lot of Kensei monks for that very reason!

Deflect is for a single attack where as shield last until the start of your next turn. Vast difference......vast.

Yeah, Burning Hands feels like a way more proper Igni, Firebolt won't even get used much since we have our hand crossbow. But I really wanted to pair Agile Parry with Shield for a huge AC increases. But I wouldn't blame anyone for taking Burning Hands instead. I was definitely tempted to go with Hunter, Hunter's Mark telling the resistances and vulnerabilities was nice. But I think Slayer's Prey from Monster Slayer has a bad wrap, so I wanted to give it some love. Plus, since they took Whirlwind Attack and Volley out of the 2024 Hunter, I didn't love the subclass as much as I did. Especially since I just came off a Baldur's Gate 3 playthrough with the Hunter, and I was whirl-winding like a madman. But yeah, it really comes down to I wanted Magic User's Nemesis, and Supernatural Defenses. However I see how Hunter has more versatility, and consistent damage. That's a good point about the Epic-Boons, honestly I haven't done much reading into those, I'll have to check them out for later videos!

Hunters ability to look for immunities, vulnerabilities and resistances are best on an elemental warrior monk aasimar. If need be a soul knife rogue dip is right around the corner.

​@@RulesAsWrittenCharacterBuildsWouldn't runeknight with their runes have made a lot of sense too, for the runes? Doing a lot of the same things in a way to the witcher runes.

@ That’s a clever build, sounds like fun to cycle damage types depending on your target.

Thank you! I have a lot of love for the Ranger, so it was fun to build with it. I think next time I'll see what I can do with a Halberd and Cleave Hunter, using Horde Breaker for some extra attacks.

I played a Sun Soul/War Cleric Super Saiyan character last year. It was pretty fun, but 2024 took Divine Favor off the War Cleric spell list, so the build doesn't work as well at low levels anymore.