Take the wizard level first my bad. You need spell casting for the level 1 feat. Whoops. I dont know why I'm putting this here. It will stop no one. Ctrl F is a magical thing.
Gonna be rough losing that proficiency with con saves on this build. Disguise Self is only a first level spell on the Wizard list. Might just be better off grabbing the actor feat at level 1 and either picking up Eldritch Adept later in the build, or not at all.
Manhunter is an archaic word for Detective/Bounty Hunter. J'onn was (originally) a cop on Mars who was inadvertently teleported to Earth, where his secret Identity was that a detective.
So his superhero identity is a clue as to his human identity. That's like if Superman called himself "super reporter". Like, it's probably not gonna make anyone more likely to find out his secret identity, but still, what a flex.
@@Biochemitra but unlike Superman, J’onn / Martian Manhunter doesn’t have one appearance. He can look however he wants. Not really a “secret identity” if you can be anyone you really wanted whenever you’re not doing super hero things.
He's called Manhunter because way back when he was introduced, Manhunter was a term used for police officers or detectives, because his whole deal was originally "alien detective"!
Which sadly, seems to lead to a lot of people going "But AhKtUaLlY" at Tulok when these aren't even supposed to be exact builds, he SAYS you can do what you want! Some people just... Think being a douche, and acting like a person's opinion is their only brain path, is somehow a *good* thing. No, it's not a good thing, you're just kinda harassing a content creator.
@@joelsasmad In fairness, RWBY characters don’t translate super easily into 5e without homebrewing all of the weapons. Make Crescent Rose function as a heavy crossbow and a glaive with the finesse property, and the build becomes a lot easier to achieve.
@@joelsasmad Flavor things how you want, but Ruby definitely uses dust based ammo. She can be seen reloading throughout the series. She generally defaults to gravity dust rounds, because they produce they greatest amount of recoil for her to utilize.
13:21 Heads up: Action Surge allows you to cast two levelled spells per round instead of one. The levelled spell/cantrip limitation applies to casting a spell as a bonus action ONLY.
Saw one of my favorite Martian Manhunter lines on tv when I was a kid. Villain: "You'll never get the information out of me! I'll NEVER talk!" MM: "Listen to me very carefully. Try not to think about where the castle is." Villain: (looks confused) MM: "I've got it. Let's go."
I made him a Vedalken GOO-lock, he’s weaker for sure, and does not at all have every power… but I feel better about my Miss Martian build tbh. Your build definitely checks WAY more boxes than mine lol. Thank you for this gift.
GOD I cannot imagine how frustrating J'onn was to build. Love the character though, so much appreciated 💚❤️ got a lot of laughs out of this video. "They do call you Manhunter for a reason... wait, what IS that reason? Your name is SUPER sinister."
@@joelsasmad And usually "do better" gets interpreted differently. Not really wanting to open the can of worms, but for example there's a certain organization that believes that doing better is for the vast majority of people to "own nothing and be happy about it". And _of course_ it doesn't include the political and corporate elite in that.
@@maxxor-overworldhero6730 So it seems like they want some Cyberpunk / Star Trek esq. future? They are partnered with Amazon, Coca-Cola, and a bunch of other large worldwide businesses, some of which (I'm looking at you Amazon) who wanted to bring back factory housing.
I know you don't like to do anime too often but I think Rimuru Tempest from"That time I got Reincarnated as a Slime" would be a very interesting character with lots of multiclass potential
He made Gamora a Githyanki, which, close enough. I doubt she was the only one, either. But these days, I think we can expect custom lineage for basically any character that isn't an exact match for a fantasy race that exists in D&D.
Your build doesn't phase me, Tulok. J'Onn fears fire, Iroh does fire, and does not go on a bender when under the influence of value brand Oreos (I think)... also, who needs shapeshifting when you can talk your way out of things?
@@rararasputin8608 it’s really interesting, it’s very different from D&D, but the play style and mechanics really fit the setting imo. This is all from what I read on their website, however, so 🤷♂️
I gave this a shot a while ago. Can't wait to see how you do it! And if I can make a request, I'd love to see some old pulp heroes: Rocketeer, Doc Savage, the Shadow, Atomic Robo, Miss Fury, and the like. They'd pair nicely with your Captain America and Indiana Jones.
Fun fact (I guess): the reason his name is Martian Manhunter is because Manhunter was another term for detective. Not because he is a Human Killer (although that line at the end of the Snyder Cut is still dumb)
Never clicked on a video faster in my life. Gonna click the rewatch button now. Loved the way you spaced in various alternate identities throughout the video.
Weekly Build Request: So seeing this lovable super strong alien build makes me want to see a build for another loveable super strong alien, how about Ryoko from Tenchi Muyo?
While I could follow suit and rant about bladesinger, I liked this video- and I LOVED the idea of making a super tank by multiclassing with the biggest glass canon class of them all. I need to try this- a two level dip for a near permanent buff to saves or ac, on a turn by turn basis? I almost never aoo anyway, this is PERFECT!
Suggestion for future builds, a few Tenchi Muyo! builds, Tenchi Muyo! really hasn't gotten enough love stateside since the early 2000s, also that franchise (yes I said it's a franchise) has quite a few characters that might make for some interesting builds. For example, the MC of Tenchi Muyo! is Tenchi Masaki, and it might be fun to see Tulok translate his abilities into a character (I suggest you start with the OG version, the one from the Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Oki timeline, because that is the original Tenchi timeline); Ryoko (everyone's favorite Space Pirate Waifu) could make for an interesting build, especially because of her connection to the aforementioned Ryo-Oki; I think Washu (the character proclaimed to be the greatest scientific mind in the universe, by multiple characters) seems to be the most straightforward build at first glance but she's likely going to be really hard, because of Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Oki Season 3 spoiler stuff; Tenchi's grandfather might make for an amusing build; also Mihoshi might make for one of the most confusing builds, seeing as she appears to be a low mental build but is unreasonably good at most of the mental skill options (I wish I was making that up, she is canonically called a bubble brain but is somehow manages to gather information better than anyone has a right to do and it takes an entire council days to decipher and summarize her reports that have usually end up touching on classified information she probably most people aren't allowed near, and she's also a Detective First Class in the space police, but still manages to somehow be a ditz of the highest order who causes massive expense reports to be filled out by her superiors but still manages to be so unreasonably good at her job that her superiors worry about what will happen if she were to ever actually have her position changed). And on the villain side of things, the first real big bad of the Ryo-Oki continuity is this absolute showboat of a space pirate named Kagato, the guy has a massive spaceship that has a giant pipe organ taking a considerable portion of the bridge because he can, the guy can literally play his own villain music anytime he wants on the thing, and usually does, he's also a really good combatant, causing the first real issues for Tenchi as a combatant, he's also responsible for basically mind-controlling Ryoko to attack a world where his primary objective was prior to the events of the series, and just has the swagger of a villain that's been able to get away with what he has for ages, what I'm saying is that Kagato might make for one of the more interesting villain builds.
I will continuously push for a build based on District 9, but also you may want to consider a build based on Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. I know literary characters aren't your thing so maybe make it part of a League of Extraordinary Gentlemen series. Cheers ;P
Still pulling for Eglantine Price (Bednobs and Broomsticks), Winifred Sanderson (Hocus Pocus), Prince Voltran (Flash Gordon), Captain Kirk, Commander Spock, Councilor Troi, Mary Poppins, and the Reverend Doctor Syn (The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh).
I think Goofy would be a Cavalier Fighter. As for race... Custom Lineage seems likely but I also love the idea of a Khenra, a jackal headed creature with black fur, that shares a bond with their twin (or in this case, his son Max).
I guess Donald would probably be either a Evocation or a Graviturgy Wizard (since Tulok has said in previous videos that normal Wizards don't get gravity based spells from the Wildemount guide). As for race, probably either Custom Lineage or Kenku. I wanted to go with Aven but they have a flying speed and Donald only ever flies through magical means.
Ah, I see you went for the more comic, swiss-army knife, power set of Martian Manhunter, very interesting, though for his more Martian appearance, you could probably go with Githzerai, as the base for custom lineage. Also means if adapting a similar background/story, you can have Githyanki stand in for the White Martians, or use Illithids as a stand in for the Imperium. Not sure how you could get Elditch Adept without spell casting, or pact magic, within the current rules, unless the DM agrees you can take it, but you can't use it until you reach level 2, not quite homebrew, but definitely bending the rules a little bit.
So, just briefly because you did ask why he's called "Manhunter" Basically there was an organization on Krypton (I think krypton) of mercenary aliens hired from other planets called "Manhunters", this order contains such prestigious names as Lobo. Eventually though the organization disbanded along with Krypton's destruction. The guardians also made their own manhunters but I'm a little blurry on my memory of those guys. Basically Martian Manhunter was one of those guys until nearing Krypton's destruction Jor-El asked him to go to earth to look over his son. That origin though I think has been changed a million times since in some versions Martian Manhunter is stuck on earth after a teleportation accident, in some the martians were driven to extinction by the white martians, and in some it's a combination of both. Ultimately, the manhunter name probably just comes from the fact that most of what MM does is act as a detective hunting down criminals rather than a more traditional superhero battling great powers of evil.
Correct me if I am wrong but doesn't the Eldritch Adept have a prerequisite of pact magic or spell casting? So that means you couldn't be fighter level 1 with that feat if I am correct. Wont change the build too much but the starting class should be different.
Eldritch Adept allows you to select one Warlock invocation, but you cannot select an invocation that has *any* prerequisite, unless you *are a warlock who meets said prerequisite.* However, Mask of Many Faces *is* one of the few options that does not have any prerequisite, making it a valid choice, even for a character with no Warlock levels. Hope this helps.
@@dylandugan76 I get that. I meant that Eldritch Adept feat has the prerequisite of Spellcasting or Pact Magic to even take the feat in the first place. Page 79 in Tasha's
@@nickolasmorin5600 Ah, my mistake, I get what you're saying now. But that's not a big deal. You could just start with Actor and take Eldritch Adept at any point after the first Wizard level.
@@dylandugan76 like I said it wont change the build too much but it's important to point out for anyone using this as a template for a lower level character. All good
I thought you couldn't take Eldritch Adept on Custom Lineage because it specifically says that you either have to have Spellcasting or Pact Magic. You don't have either of those at character creation, and can't get them until you take your first level of a class.
Build request: Gizmo from Teen Titans (2003). A halfling or gnome on a steel defender in the shape of a 4-legged spider thing would be my recommendation, but spells would be where the fun comes in...
The nifty thing about the Martian Manhunter's many powers is that unlike Superman, whose spread of powers is pretty consistent across different medias, most adaptations of J'onn 1) tend to drop any powers that don't fall under "shapeshifting" or "mind stuff" except for the flying brick package (I don't think I've ever seen a version of the character that has heat vision, for instance), and 2) tend to narrow the applications of one or both of those core powers: DCAU!J'onn does more with the shapeshifting but (iirc) keeps the psychic stuff pretty simple, while CWverse!J'onn gets creative with the psychic side but restricts the shapeshifting to just "looks like other humanoids" and phasing. So as long as you do at least *some* of both of those things, can fly, and can punch good, there's more freedom to customize and focus on particular aspects while still *feeling* like the Martian Manhunter than there is for other "buckets of powers" characters.
Huh. My prediction was kalishtar, for the alien-esque look, the telepathy, the resistance to mental attacks (wisdom throw proficiency) and then druid for the shape shifting. Paired with like... a wizard or something to get thingsike fly and etherealness. Cool build regardless.
Kinda want to see a raizo from ninja assassin build I see it as rogue(assassin)5/monk(kensei)9/fighter(samurai)4/ranger 2, but I'm interested to see your interpretation Will be back tues day to request again
Episode 312 of the Fire Emblem stats: J'onn J'onnz. Martian Manhunter has a lot of powers but not a lot in the way of actual weapons. He's good at brawling, flight, and both types of magic. He's bad at authority due to not being a people person and heavy armor due to his intangibility. His best stats are in magic and luck, but his resistance is not so great due to his well-documented phobia of fire.
Because they haven't given us the mystery cop show focused on Jon as a police detective. I love Jon in the JLU, but I went and found his original comic stories online and he is such a blast as a character when he's being this guy that ended up on Earth off his homeland and wants to do right by it, so he becomes this police detective and solves cases through his powers while being careful to not have people realize he's a Martian. So while he can easily find out some clues, he still has to be clever about it so that no one gets the wrong idea about him. Main thing I would have different would be that part of Jon's shapeshifting has to be used to compensate for the increased gravity of Earth on his body, meaning that his slow gain of powers other than telepathy and empathy is partially because he's having to figure out how to use them within the new gravity (things are heavier for him to lift telepathically for instance and he has to work at it like a muscle before he could lift much heavier than a bullet). Also, the fire weakness would be both an intense phobia and something that is because of how fire reacts to his physiology somehow.
I may not be the biggest DC nerd, but I'm pretty sure MM doesn't have heat vision. Hmmm. Checked Wikipedia, and apparently he can shoot "Martian beams" out of his eyes, and sometimes that sets things on fire. Close enough I guess. Golden age heros are just whacky sometimes.
It’s one of the powers they kind of can’t decide if they want him to have or not, he has heat vision, but BARELY EVER uses it. I think it’s a way to differentiate him further from Superman tbh. J’onn may be OP As fuck, but I see no real reason to take any of his powers away, he’s perfect.
As useful as heat vision is against earth criminals, I can only imagine how much more useful it was when the Manhunter from Mars was actually catching Martian badguys.
I thought for sure Aberrant Mind Sorcerer for all the psychic stuff and their 14th level ability to fly/see Invis/go squishy or less dense. Fighter (Rune Knight) 6/Aberrant Mind Sorcerer 14 is a good approximation to me too.
I liked J'onn in the 90s Justice League cartoon he was always calm and collected. Edit: Did Superman really have MM as a teacher at one point or is that a bit?
Martian Manhunter, eh? Hmmm... I'd go with a sort of Ikea paladin. Changeling Sorcerer/Fighter with Unarmed Fighting. Maybe even Aberrant Mind sorcerer to get the mental abilities J'onn possesses, paired with Battlemaster for his tactics.
I feel like the only thing I would've done different in this build is go Changeling, and take optional features to get a bump to intelligence and another stat
Wait a minute, doesn't "eldritch adept" have a prerequisite of must have spell casting? Which because you didn't start with wizard you couldn't have at first level. Even if it is a racial feat
Take the wizard level first my bad. You need spell casting for the level 1 feat. Whoops.
I dont know why I'm putting this here. It will stop no one. Ctrl F is a magical thing.
Ty Mr. the Barbrarian
what race you didn't say a race?
Gonna be rough losing that proficiency with con saves on this build. Disguise Self is only a first level spell on the Wizard list. Might just be better off grabbing the actor feat at level 1 and either picking up Eldritch Adept later in the build, or not at all.
@@Jermbot15 I agree
@@MegaDarkpichu He said to use Custom Lineage from Tasha's
Manhunter is an archaic word for Detective/Bounty Hunter. J'onn was (originally) a cop on Mars who was inadvertently teleported to Earth, where his secret Identity was that a detective.
Thanks for the lore!
So his superhero identity is a clue as to his human identity.
That's like if Superman called himself "super reporter". Like, it's probably not gonna make anyone more likely to find out his secret identity, but still, what a flex.
@@Biochemitra but unlike Superman, J’onn / Martian Manhunter doesn’t have one appearance. He can look however he wants. Not really a “secret identity” if you can be anyone you really wanted whenever you’re not doing super hero things.
@@tylerp5259 Flex.
An alien shapeshifter with the powers of a god: one step closer to Kirby.
He's called Manhunter because way back when he was introduced, Manhunter was a term used for police officers or detectives, because his whole deal was originally "alien detective"!
And he's fun as an alien detective. We should have it explored more.
This is a prime example of what I love most about this channel. Wacky builds with creative flavor interpretations.
This
You cant win them all
Which sadly, seems to lead to a lot of people going "But AhKtUaLlY" at Tulok when these aren't even supposed to be exact builds, he SAYS you can do what you want! Some people just... Think being a douche, and acting like a person's opinion is their only brain path, is somehow a *good* thing. No, it's not a good thing, you're just kinda harassing a content creator.
@@joelsasmad In fairness, RWBY characters don’t translate super easily into 5e without homebrewing all of the weapons. Make Crescent Rose function as a heavy crossbow and a glaive with the finesse property, and the build becomes a lot easier to achieve.
@@joelsasmad Flavor things how you want, but Ruby definitely uses dust based ammo. She can be seen reloading throughout the series. She generally defaults to gravity dust rounds, because they produce they greatest amount of recoil for her to utilize.
13:21 Heads up: Action Surge allows you to cast two levelled spells per round instead of one. The levelled spell/cantrip limitation applies to casting a spell as a bonus action ONLY.
So when Martian Manhunter decides to team up with Bugs and Lebron-
Oh, wrong Martian?
Marvin the martian is definitely a battlesmith artificer
The reason why he was a referee in the first one is because he was the only character that was both a Looney tune and an alien.
Saw one of my favorite Martian Manhunter lines on tv when I was a kid.
Villain: "You'll never get the information out of me! I'll NEVER talk!"
MM: "Listen to me very carefully. Try not to think about where the castle is."
Villain: (looks confused)
MM: "I've got it. Let's go."
Who else thinks Tulok should organize a d&d Avengers Vs Justice League fight once all of their builds are done?
He’s done a Avengers vs Thanos vid actually
I made him a Vedalken GOO-lock, he’s weaker for sure, and does not at all have every power… but I feel better about my Miss Martian build tbh.
Your build definitely checks WAY more boxes than mine lol. Thank you for this gift.
Martian Manhunter is one of my favorite heroes of all time. And you managed to build a very manageable one in D&D. Thank you.
GOD I cannot imagine how frustrating J'onn was to build. Love the character though, so much appreciated 💚❤️ got a lot of laughs out of this video. "They do call you Manhunter for a reason... wait, what IS that reason? Your name is SUPER sinister."
Technically, you can also become ethereal through the Horizon Walker Ranger. *runs away in fear*
I love the unarmed fighting style. It just let's you punch people without needing any monk.
Neuoscientist here. The brain is indeed a muscle. I have a degree, you have to believe me
I get that this is a joke but i can honestly see someone on the inernet posting this unironically 🤣
My god he's right I do have to believe him because of his degree he told me he has.
Not only the degree he told us he has but also the fact that he 100% spelled neuroscientist correctly. 🤡
Seems legit.
@@jace6221 see I can't spell that word so I wasn't sure about that
"Can we just move on together as a society?" Man, I feel that. Why can't we just do better altogether?
@@joelsasmad And usually "do better" gets interpreted differently. Not really wanting to open the can of worms, but for example there's a certain organization that believes that doing better is for the vast majority of people to "own nothing and be happy about it". And _of course_ it doesn't include the political and corporate elite in that.
We can, but the only way to do that is to eradicate anyone who disagrees with my personal beliefs.
@@maxxor-overworldhero6730 7 months late, but who actually thinks a vast majority should “own nothing and be happy about it”.
@@tylerp5259 The World Economic Forum, who literally use(d) that as a catchphrase for what they openly call The Great Reset.
@@maxxor-overworldhero6730 So it seems like they want some Cyberpunk / Star Trek esq. future? They are partnered with Amazon, Coca-Cola, and a bunch of other large worldwide businesses, some of which (I'm looking at you Amazon) who wanted to bring back factory housing.
I know you don't like to do anime too often but I think Rimuru Tempest from"That time I got Reincarnated as a Slime" would be a very interesting character with lots of multiclass potential
Hot take: this build also kinda works as a very avant-garde Piccolo build
Congratulations on being the first human to say "avant-garde Piccolo" referring to DragonBall
Not gonna lie I read that as "avant-garde Pinocchio" at first and I was very confused
Lmao I thought this was finally the build where we can see Gith, but custom lineage is very flexible
He made Gamora a Githyanki, which, close enough. I doubt she was the only one, either. But these days, I think we can expect custom lineage for basically any character that isn't an exact match for a fantasy race that exists in D&D.
See the piccolo build it's the 16th build on the channel so way in the beginning
Your build doesn't phase me, Tulok. J'Onn fears fire, Iroh does fire, and does not go on a bender when under the influence of value brand Oreos (I think)... also, who needs shapeshifting when you can talk your way out of things?
On the topic of AtLA, have you seen the new AtLA RPG released on Kickstarter?
@@rustythebard Sounds tasty, maybe I'll check it out.
@@rararasputin8608 it’s really interesting, it’s very different from D&D, but the play style and mechanics really fit the setting imo. This is all from what I read on their website, however, so 🤷♂️
J’onn also talks his way out of things
On the topic of value brand Oreos.... you are correct.
I gave this a shot a while ago. Can't wait to see how you do it!
And if I can make a request, I'd love to see some old pulp heroes: Rocketeer, Doc Savage, the Shadow, Atomic Robo, Miss Fury, and the like. They'd pair nicely with your Captain America and Indiana Jones.
The Shadow knows this is a good comment
@@aetherspiralknight Man, this just made my day. Thanks for the love.
This build must've been insanely hard to make with all the boxes you'd have to check but damn it works out
Fun fact (I guess): the reason his name is Martian Manhunter is because Manhunter was another term for detective. Not because he is a Human Killer (although that line at the end of the Snyder Cut is still dumb)
At first I didn't understand why Polymorph wasn't there, then Tulok added it, reminding me why Polymorph builds are my favorite.
Never clicked on a video faster in my life. Gonna click the rewatch button now.
Loved the way you spaced in various alternate identities throughout the video.
I absolutely love this series, and this one is just perfect!
These builds keep getting more and more creative. Awesome job.
Weekly Build Request: So seeing this lovable super strong alien build makes me want to see a build for another loveable super strong alien, how about Ryoko from Tenchi Muyo?
While I could follow suit and rant about bladesinger, I liked this video- and I LOVED the idea of making a super tank by multiclassing with the biggest glass canon class of them all. I need to try this- a two level dip for a near permanent buff to saves or ac, on a turn by turn basis? I almost never aoo anyway, this is PERFECT!
Suggestion for future builds, a few Tenchi Muyo! builds, Tenchi Muyo! really hasn't gotten enough love stateside since the early 2000s, also that franchise (yes I said it's a franchise) has quite a few characters that might make for some interesting builds. For example, the MC of Tenchi Muyo! is Tenchi Masaki, and it might be fun to see Tulok translate his abilities into a character (I suggest you start with the OG version, the one from the Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Oki timeline, because that is the original Tenchi timeline); Ryoko (everyone's favorite Space Pirate Waifu) could make for an interesting build, especially because of her connection to the aforementioned Ryo-Oki; I think Washu (the character proclaimed to be the greatest scientific mind in the universe, by multiple characters) seems to be the most straightforward build at first glance but she's likely going to be really hard, because of Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Oki Season 3 spoiler stuff; Tenchi's grandfather might make for an amusing build; also Mihoshi might make for one of the most confusing builds, seeing as she appears to be a low mental build but is unreasonably good at most of the mental skill options (I wish I was making that up, she is canonically called a bubble brain but is somehow manages to gather information better than anyone has a right to do and it takes an entire council days to decipher and summarize her reports that have usually end up touching on classified information she probably most people aren't allowed near, and she's also a Detective First Class in the space police, but still manages to somehow be a ditz of the highest order who causes massive expense reports to be filled out by her superiors but still manages to be so unreasonably good at her job that her superiors worry about what will happen if she were to ever actually have her position changed). And on the villain side of things, the first real big bad of the Ryo-Oki continuity is this absolute showboat of a space pirate named Kagato, the guy has a massive spaceship that has a giant pipe organ taking a considerable portion of the bridge because he can, the guy can literally play his own villain music anytime he wants on the thing, and usually does, he's also a really good combatant, causing the first real issues for Tenchi as a combatant, he's also responsible for basically mind-controlling Ryoko to attack a world where his primary objective was prior to the events of the series, and just has the swagger of a villain that's been able to get away with what he has for ages, what I'm saying is that Kagato might make for one of the more interesting villain builds.
I will continuously push for a build based on District 9, but also you may want to consider a build based on Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. I know literary characters aren't your thing so maybe make it part of a League of Extraordinary Gentlemen series. Cheers ;P
Ooh and Goliath from the Disney Gargoyle series.
Still pulling for Eglantine Price (Bednobs and Broomsticks), Winifred Sanderson (Hocus Pocus), Prince Voltran (Flash Gordon), Captain Kirk, Commander Spock, Councilor Troi, Mary Poppins, and the Reverend Doctor Syn (The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh).
MM is easily one of my top three league members thanks for the build looks so fun
Thanks for these videos - love the characters picked and you do a great job in working the game to make them happen!!
Hmm... I've got a suggestion or request to add to the polls, Boogiepop, the body possessing grim reaper meant to keep the world in order.
6:35 Manhunter is a pretty old nickname for a detective, and he was called a Manhunter when he was a detective in the 40s I think
"Fire is not your friend" calling it, upcoming Frankenstein's monster build but specifically the one from Young Frankenstein.
Now, this is a character I know. Might actually try it out too.
Fingers crossed for a Godzilla build soon
This is a sweet build. I wanted to try Sorcerer for the innate abilities
Str 18
Dex 14
Con 10
Int 14
Wis 10
Cha 20
AC: 12
Race: Custom Lineage
Darkvision
Speed 30 ft
Background: House Agent
Saving throw Proficiencies: Str and Con
Skill Proficiencies: Investigation, Persuasion, Athletics, Insight
Proficiencies: Weapons, armor, shields, alchemist supplies, tinker tools
Classes: 4 levels Battle Master Fighter, 16 levels aberrant Mind Sorcerer
Feats: Telekinetic
Fighter/ Battle Master Features;
Fighting style: Unarmed Fighting
Second Wind
Action Surge
Superiority Dice: 4d8
Manuevers: 3
Grappling Strike
Lunging Attack
Bait and Switch
Aberrant Mind/ Sorcerer Features;
Telepathic Speech
Sorcerery Points 16
Metamagic: Quickened, Heightened, Distant
Magical Guidance
Psionic Sorcerery
Psychic Defenses
Revelation in Flesh
Spells Known:
Cantrips; Mage Hand*, Minor Illusion, Message, Mind Sliver*, Prestigiditation, Thunderclap, Blade ward, True strike
1st level; Comprehend Languages, Dissonant Whispers, Shield, Disguise Self, Mage Armor
2nd level; Hold Person, Alter Self, Blur, Enlarge Reduce, Suggestion, Mind Spike, Phantasmal Force
3rd Level: Haste, Fly, Blink
4th Level: Charm Monster, Dominate Beast, Polymorph
5th Level: Rary's Telepathic Bond, Telekinesis, Synaptic Static
6th Level: True Seeing, Tashas Other Worldly Guise
7th Level; Etheralness
8th Level; none
What’s funny is most of the footage included is him getting his ass beat.
He’s called “Manhunter” because he was a cop in the 40’s
He’s called “Martian”, because he’s from Mars
I needed this last week when I made my character! Rock on
Geez, you covered... ALL his names. Even Rei Hino, the literal Sailor Moon reference
Totally off topic but just finished KH3 for the first time and I need me a goofy build. We all know he was the best character in that series.😆👍
I think Goofy would be a Cavalier Fighter. As for race... Custom Lineage seems likely but I also love the idea of a Khenra, a jackal headed creature with black fur, that shares a bond with their twin (or in this case, his son Max).
I guess Donald would probably be either a Evocation or a Graviturgy Wizard (since Tulok has said in previous videos that normal Wizards don't get gravity based spells from the Wildemount guide). As for race, probably either Custom Lineage or Kenku. I wanted to go with Aven but they have a flying speed and Donald only ever flies through magical means.
Ah, I see you went for the more comic, swiss-army knife, power set of Martian Manhunter, very interesting, though for his more Martian appearance, you could probably go with Githzerai, as the base for custom lineage. Also means if adapting a similar background/story, you can have Githyanki stand in for the White Martians, or use Illithids as a stand in for the Imperium. Not sure how you could get Elditch Adept without spell casting, or pact magic, within the current rules, unless the DM agrees you can take it, but you can't use it until you reach level 2, not quite homebrew, but definitely bending the rules a little bit.
You do you and I appreciate what you do. I had no qualms when you explained what you didn’t choose, but s’all good if you wanna cutdown runtime.
This build is out of this world!
So, just briefly because you did ask why he's called "Manhunter"
Basically there was an organization on Krypton (I think krypton) of mercenary aliens hired from other planets called "Manhunters", this order contains such prestigious names as Lobo. Eventually though the organization disbanded along with Krypton's destruction. The guardians also made their own manhunters but I'm a little blurry on my memory of those guys.
Basically Martian Manhunter was one of those guys until nearing Krypton's destruction Jor-El asked him to go to earth to look over his son.
That origin though I think has been changed a million times since in some versions Martian Manhunter is stuck on earth after a teleportation accident, in some the martians were driven to extinction by the white martians, and in some it's a combination of both.
Ultimately, the manhunter name probably just comes from the fact that most of what MM does is act as a detective hunting down criminals rather than a more traditional superhero battling great powers of evil.
Great build. We haven't seen a War Mage in a while. But you know what we haven't seen yet? An SCP build. Where is that charming necromancer?
yeah I think the last one was Al, but I could be wrong
@@JaelynMcgee you mean 079?
@@imaginationave3687 Oh, I was talking about Alphonse Elric (Video 122). Which one was 079?
@@JaelynMcgee Scp-079 is an AI in a computer with 32 Ram of memory. Something tells me you thought of episodes, rather than SCP categorizing.
@@JaelynMcgee Also, Al is not a necromancer. Nor an SCP. Nor charming
Correct me if I am wrong but doesn't the Eldritch Adept have a prerequisite of pact magic or spell casting? So that means you couldn't be fighter level 1 with that feat if I am correct. Wont change the build too much but the starting class should be different.
Eldritch Adept allows you to select one Warlock invocation, but you cannot select an invocation that has *any* prerequisite, unless you *are a warlock who meets said prerequisite.* However, Mask of Many Faces *is* one of the few options that does not have any prerequisite, making it a valid choice, even for a character with no Warlock levels. Hope this helps.
@@dylandugan76 I get that. I meant that Eldritch Adept feat has the prerequisite of Spellcasting or Pact Magic to even take the feat in the first place. Page 79 in Tasha's
@@nickolasmorin5600 Ah, my mistake, I get what you're saying now. But that's not a big deal. You could just start with Actor and take Eldritch Adept at any point after the first Wizard level.
@@dylandugan76 like I said it wont change the build too much but it's important to point out for anyone using this as a template for a lower level character. All good
I thought you couldn't take Eldritch Adept on Custom Lineage because it specifically says that you either have to have Spellcasting or Pact Magic. You don't have either of those at character creation, and can't get them until you take your first level of a class.
Fuck yes I’ve been asking for this for weeks thank you! Now I just need a Batman Beyond build. Or a video about how you go about making these videos
Woah, Martian man hunter is a pretty cool shape shifter! you know who else is a cool shape shifter?
Alex Mercer from [PROTOTYPE].
How to build the crow in dungeons and dragons. We need this, Tulok!
Saw the title card and liked right away.
Build request: Gizmo from Teen Titans (2003). A halfling or gnome on a steel defender in the shape of a 4-legged spider thing would be my recommendation, but spells would be where the fun comes in...
Requests:
Shantae
Filia
Travis Touchdown
Hat Kid
I would have gone Githzerai Great Old One Warlock, but this works.
The nifty thing about the Martian Manhunter's many powers is that unlike Superman, whose spread of powers is pretty consistent across different medias, most adaptations of J'onn 1) tend to drop any powers that don't fall under "shapeshifting" or "mind stuff" except for the flying brick package (I don't think I've ever seen a version of the character that has heat vision, for instance), and 2) tend to narrow the applications of one or both of those core powers: DCAU!J'onn does more with the shapeshifting but (iirc) keeps the psychic stuff pretty simple, while CWverse!J'onn gets creative with the psychic side but restricts the shapeshifting to just "looks like other humanoids" and phasing. So as long as you do at least *some* of both of those things, can fly, and can punch good, there's more freedom to customize and focus on particular aspects while still *feeling* like the Martian Manhunter than there is for other "buckets of powers" characters.
Then they have him go all out sometimes in the comics and it’s fking awesome,like when he fought the entire justice league by himself
Does this build also apply to Marvin from the looney tunes?
The Chocos' reference... *chef kiss*
Huh. My prediction was kalishtar, for the alien-esque look, the telepathy, the resistance to mental attacks (wisdom throw proficiency) and then druid for the shape shifting. Paired with like... a wizard or something to get thingsike fly and etherealness. Cool build regardless.
One small thing. A "Manhunter" is another word for "Bounty Hunter".
In DC, a "Martian Manhunter" is more like a US Marshall...but, martial.
I am building him now, he is my favorite super hero!
I feel like the Telepathy feat would be a good fit here.
Amazing! Can you do Bloodsport from The Suicide Squad?!
I don’t know if this is a good suggestion or not but Strife from darksiders would be cool
Do Vash The Stampede from Trigun plz 💥
Kinda want to see a raizo from ninja assassin build
I see it as rogue(assassin)5/monk(kensei)9/fighter(samurai)4/ranger 2, but I'm interested to see your interpretation
Will be back tues day to request again
Marvin the Martian next. The best Martian
Ghost t-rex? Now that's impressive
Episode 312 of the Fire Emblem stats: J'onn J'onnz.
Martian Manhunter has a lot of powers but not a lot in the way of actual weapons. He's good at brawling, flight, and both types of magic. He's bad at authority due to not being a people person and heavy armor due to his intangibility.
His best stats are in magic and luck, but his resistance is not so great due to his well-documented phobia of fire.
I can’t wait for the Dom Toretto build
I just finished bingeing the justice league shows, too.
How about Ratcatcher II? A Swarmkeeper Ranger seems like a good start.
Whoo! Johnny Jones is finally here!
I actually just built Martian Manhunter in D&D last week, ironically
Honestly for the more “metamorph-y” feel, I would pick Plasmoid as my race. Just because of the shape changing ability.
Manhunter is such an OP hero. I don't know how he doesn't have a bigger fanbase
Because they haven't given us the mystery cop show focused on Jon as a police detective.
I love Jon in the JLU, but I went and found his original comic stories online and he is such a blast as a character when he's being this guy that ended up on Earth off his homeland and wants to do right by it, so he becomes this police detective and solves cases through his powers while being careful to not have people realize he's a Martian. So while he can easily find out some clues, he still has to be clever about it so that no one gets the wrong idea about him.
Main thing I would have different would be that part of Jon's shapeshifting has to be used to compensate for the increased gravity of Earth on his body, meaning that his slow gain of powers other than telepathy and empathy is partially because he's having to figure out how to use them within the new gravity (things are heavier for him to lift telepathically for instance and he has to work at it like a muscle before he could lift much heavier than a bullet). Also, the fire weakness would be both an intense phobia and something that is because of how fire reacts to his physiology somehow.
I may not be the biggest DC nerd, but I'm pretty sure MM doesn't have heat vision. Hmmm. Checked Wikipedia, and apparently he can shoot "Martian beams" out of his eyes, and sometimes that sets things on fire.
Close enough I guess. Golden age heros are just whacky sometimes.
It’s one of the powers they kind of can’t decide if they want him to have or not, he has heat vision, but BARELY EVER uses it. I think it’s a way to differentiate him further from Superman tbh. J’onn may be OP As fuck, but I see no real reason to take any of his powers away, he’s perfect.
@@bloodhexesillustration1977 it's kind of like Wonder Woman and the ability to fly
@@dragonheart1236 exactly, and how sometimes she’s bulletproof, and sometimes the brackets are VITAL to her survival in a gunfight
As useful as heat vision is against earth criminals, I can only imagine how much more useful it was when the Manhunter from Mars was actually catching Martian badguys.
Could you please make either a Guts build from Berserk, or a Heathcliff Build from Sword Art online
I thought for sure Aberrant Mind Sorcerer for all the psychic stuff and their 14th level ability to fly/see Invis/go squishy or less dense.
Fighter (Rune Knight) 6/Aberrant Mind Sorcerer 14 is a good approximation to me too.
I liked J'onn in the 90s Justice League cartoon he was always calm and collected.
Edit: Did Superman really have MM as a teacher at one point or is that a bit?
Martian Manhunter, eh? Hmmm... I'd go with a sort of Ikea paladin. Changeling Sorcerer/Fighter with Unarmed Fighting. Maybe even Aberrant Mind sorcerer to get the mental abilities J'onn possesses, paired with Battlemaster for his tactics.
random character idea, but how about Faust from Guilty Gear? he's a very weird character I'm unsure how to even start
I feel like the only thing I would've done different in this build is go Changeling, and take optional features to get a bump to intelligence and another stat
How many names does MM have? I think I heard 8 in this video.
You should do an agent 47 build
How about Aberrant Mind Sorcerer that was my first instinct though it is a charisma class so I understand why you ignored it.
Thank you for the video.
i feel like these videos are awesome and enjoy them alot but not enough to give them a like
Nia Nal/Dreamer build when? ;)
I want to play Lobo
I second this. We need Lobo
So, what would you do for Jesse Faden? I'm assuming high Dex and Cha, but which one would be the main focus?
Do Dale Gribble next
it's finally happened. Happy Days!!!
Artemis from the Drizzt series versus Isaac from the Castlevania series.
Wait a minute, doesn't "eldritch adept" have a prerequisite of must have spell casting? Which because you didn't start with wizard you couldn't have at first level. Even if it is a racial feat
Also, Ratcatcher 2 build when?
I need to know how to build a killer frost