‘You’re going to love this trust me, this is my Divine Smite. THIS is a Channel Divinity, but you can call this my second main Paladin feature. And this, THIS is a Channel Divinity that had ascended past Channel Divinity AND THIS, IS, TO GO, EVEN FURTHER, BEYOND’
Same. I've gone through 10 characters in less than a year because I have to save the rest of my party. Oh well, at least my current character is half beholder at level 3.
All the talk about "you need weapon for Smite" reminds me of an issue of the comic "The Weekly Roll", where the party's Paladin had his sword broken so his enemy start gloating about how he was now defenseless and had no hope of defeating him. So the paladin rummaged through the rubble of a nearby broken wall, picked up a brick, and SMITED the ever loving shit out of the guy.
@@zEr-ne5ri If you take a shot of water every time Tulok say “ora” in the Jotaro video, you’ll end up taking 41 shots of water. This is, afaik, the largest shots of water count so far.
This would be cool for a protection mission, where you and your party have to defend an NPC against an onslaught of enemies while he charges up. Granted, 14 turns of combat is incredibly long, but some creativity could make it work.
If you pick up the Magic Initiate feat you could grab Sanctuary so your enemies have to just kinda stand there in stunned silence while you’re powering up.
@@thiagofrias2471 what I love about this is that, in theory, you could use this as a “SHIT, BACKUP NOW!” Button since your party WILL hear it (it CANNOT be muffled in ANY way, including, I assume, by silence spells), and they know “shit, he’s in combat!”
I love how the shouting is a mechanically-relevant way to encourage paladins to fight fairly. No "just don't do anything evil," it's explicitly giving you a benefit for not playing dirty.
Party Enters BBEG lair* BBEG: *starts monologuing "Welcome to your doom!" Paladin *interrupts with a fart: "can I go to the bathroom?" BBEG: *sigh "Yeah sure make it quick, now as I was saying" *hears yelling in bathroom BBEG: "are they ok? Sounds like they are in deep shit" Party: "Yeah just give'em a minute" BBEG: "And that was my elaborate plan and backstory" *hears the clank of falling metal Party: "oh, there are done" Paladin comes out sweating like they were fighting for their life and are now glowing "I have come here to take a shit and kick ass...and I'm all out of shit" BBEG *visibly sweating: "Oh I guess I am the one in deep shit now"
I've always felt the mark of a great class if how reluctant you are to multuclass. Paladin is easily one of the best example of this. Be devoted to the path and you get busted final forms at lvl 20.
Congratulations, Tulok. You built a proper Z-fighter class. I'm impressed. Seriously, you included the hallmarks such as shouting, removing weighted clothing, on-demand energy blasts without going caster, and even flying. "over 6,000 of them". You couldn't resist that joke, could you?
I don't care what Crawford says. Unarmed Strikes uses "a melee weapon attack roll" and in the original printing of the PHB (not the special cover reprint) was on the Simple Weapon Table. Therefore... you can smite with a punch.
I have fond memories of our group’s Conquest Paladin smiting with his fists when he had been disarmed. His knuckles were singed black & smoking after doing it…it’s such a neat concept. We DID caution him to maybe not try and headbutt with a smite.
also, PAX is in Seattle, so the convention center is in downtown. No Taco Bell parking lot outside. Freeway park is right outback though, but tough luck finding any room to fight while everyone is trying to take pictures all over. I would recommend Myrtle Edwards/olympic sculpture park. about a 15 minute walk, but then you fight on the coast of the Puget Sound.
You're right about move speed having diminishing returns, but there is something incredibly satisfying about not having to count spaces when you move anymore because your dash distance is 1/10th of a mile.
I'm currently playing a Warforged who is a level 4 warlock and a level 2 paladin. His eldritch blasts are reflavored as air pressure from his fists and he's a Hexblade with a pair of gauntlets that let him treat his fists as weapons for smiting purposes. I was thinking of taking another level of paladin next, but didn't know which oath to take. This is perfect. Now I just have to see if my DM will let me use it.
Now I’m imagining a party setup all about getting the paladin through their charge time. Wall spells, charm spells, sentinel feat marshals, globe of invulnerability, forcecage. So many options. And a fun kind of meta game the players can do.
YES! YES! YES! It’s finally here! The dedicated Z-fighter subclass, but also the All Might flavor! I love this so, so much. And the synch-up with Deku’s quote was just so wonderfully inspired, I absolutely adored that! Not to mention that you put in the ability to DBZ scream to power up, thats freaking hilarious. I love everything about this, and you’re right, making the fight into a strategic fight where the party is trying to hold out long enough for the Brilliance Paladin to unleash its power is just awesome. I also love the fact that while the Brilliance Paladin *can* go unarmed, they don’t *have* to. I like the idea of my Saiyan-esque character using a massive melee weapon in between firing energy blasts. You’ve made me a very, very happy man, Tulok. I’m currently playing an Oath of Heroism Paladin, so the whole “striving to become a legendary hero” thing is going on, but unfortunately the GM has made a world where we end up doing a lot of morally grey things. Still, becoming a man with an All Might-esque reputation would make a really great goal for my next character.
The party just comes in holding an extremely loud urn and when round 2-3 hits, the Brilliance Paladin bursts out and starts ripping through waves of enemies
When these videos are done, I'm goning to miss hearing Tulok say "for more from the gilded coast... of Moriae". The subclasses are all creative and distinct and I love it
You’re in luck, because he’s gonna be doing a second season of this. The amount of support for the patreon and these homebrew videos means we’re gonna be getting more content down the line
@@christopherfloody5555 Yup! I asked him on a stream he did a month or two ago, and he said that he’s got some more homebrew in store. I think a Kickstarter for a Moriae setting book would be something I’d contribute to
Not looking to spoil anything in the written Patreon-provided pdf, but it *is* listed in the class that shouting is a verbal component, so anyone looking to just cast Silence is going to have a bad time.
I remember when the Oath of Glory subclass used to be the Oath of Heroism…and it was a shame the early-level features got watered-down. This…this goes in the opposite direction.
On rewatching, I realized that my "warforged" (actually a living suit of armour) Twilight Domain cleric, the Knight of Night, would pair very well with a Brilliance paladin. Given his whole emphasis is on protecting others, he could: - stand next to the Paladin, with his Protection fighting style giving disadvantage on all attacks against him (my DM having dropped the reaction requirement, since that gimps it something awful) - ALSO giving him half cover against ranged attacks (no one ever uses cover!) - The Knight could then cast Sanctuary, as others have brought up, to force wisdom saves to even attempt to attack the Paladin - Finally, pop Twilight Sanctuary to give the Paladin 1d6+Cleric lvl Temporary Hitpoints every turn, so even the attacks that get through don't even do much, if any, damage Not to mention the great RP potential between the tag-team of a Cleric of the goddess of darkness and night, whose all about defending, and an obscenely radiant Paladin whose an offensive juggernaut. The night and day puns write themselves.
The more I come back to this video, the more I love this subclass. It's so extra, and I love it. Also, I'm definitely considering having an upcoming boss fight for my players be an Oath of Brilliance Paladin. Because this sounds like an awesome encounter. As you progress through the castle towards the central keep, you hear what sounds to be shouting, shouting so loud that it shakes the very walls around you. Heck yes. So extra.
Suggested class: Debris Fighter. A fighting type that specializes in gathering materials of a specific type around their body as a golem like outer shell to fight as. They'd specialize in a specific category, but could potentially get other materials as an outer layer of armor to also gain limited capabilities with skills tied into those materials while the outer armor lasts. Knack may have been the first one I thought of for this, but there's been others as well, though some are boss types, there's been others too. Like, I guess you could consider Overhaul as a flesh type debris fighter. The doll from Slaughterhouse uses furniture as its focus. There's a number of possibilities. Likely with sub-abilities to choose from: either compressing the materials for stronger armor, or leaving it loose for adaptability. Compact ones could be good at regenerating armor, like the golems from Trollhunters, or loose ones could shapechange their outer shell for attack and function, like Knack and to a limited amount Technus from Danny Phantom.
I’m playing this subclass rn but my DM let me swap out the shout of courage channel divinity for rush attack (making 4 unarmed strikes on a single turn). lemme say, breaking down a locked door like Star platinum to get to a bbeg was so hype last night
Once again Tulok you have out done yourself, all your sub classes have been so fun, and pairing this with your mirrored soul sorcerer would be devastatingly fun
Should make a "hero" subclass for every class lol be cool to run a campaign with this maybe a ranger based on batman or green arrow. Barbarian based on hulk or the thing something like that. Artificer...iron man obvs etc.
Could you make a ‘How to play Skulduggery Pleasant in d&d5e’? Also love this, totally the vibe of a paladin I am playing who’s oath of glory and the GM is letting me smite unarmed and take the unarmed fighting style as a paladin. He also shouts a lot before battle already as he is a gladiator and likes to hype up crowds.
@@DParkerNunya its a whole series, like 15 books at this point. Feels more like an anime than a novel seires, but its fun. I doubt tulok would build it though, no footage for b-roll. Same reason he hasnt done gilgamesh... yet.
Back when in ye olden days when spells went off at the end of round, it was the fighter's job to make sure the wizard got his charge time safe and uninterrupted. With the change of spells, the idea of a windup was left fallow, which is too bad cause you're right it's fun from both sides. I'm glad this class adds it back, albeit on probably the class you'd least expect.
The reason you made this whole subclass is basically the same reason I created my Oath of the Witchfinder Paladin, which can choose to swap their second level fighting style when they gain the subclass to a fighting style that lets them use their smite with ranged weapons.
I may have actually figured that out. Warlocks are supposed to have an "Otherworldly" Patron, and pretty much all of the current ones are just that, otherworldly or otherwise unnatural. Dragons, on the other hand, are very much "worldly". In fact, after having gone through Fizban's recently (I'm also very new to the grander lore of DnD), dragons are clearly the most "worldly" creatures on the entire Material Plane, having literally been created to be the world's first occupants. It seems like a dumb reason, but then again, if we were ever going to get an official Draconic Patron for Warlocks, it would have been in the dragon-themed book.
tbh, I think a dragon-themed warlock would be kind of redundant. Any special powers and abilities a draconic patron could feasibly grant are already covered by the draconic bloodline sorcerer as well as various spells, unless I'm missing something. Guess I'll have to wait and see what Tulok came up with.
@@OrangeyChocolate I disagree, look at celestail warlock vs divine soul, great old one vs abberent mind, undying vs shadow. All three are similar theme, but mechanically very different.
If you get tavern brawler on your way to Lvl 20 with this subclass, you could do the "High" build from 6 months ago, although with all the damage you can deal with your spells and smites, it kinda of makes the fall damage redundant. Best if you grab your enemy before they hit the ground, great interrogation tactic. Also, as someone who can't donate to the patreon, hoping that festival cleric wins, solely for the fact I KNOW Tulok well use Dionysus from Hades for footage.
Oooh, sword beams. I loved everything about this sub, but sword beams always makes me happy. I love being able to use Unarmed Strike if you want to, but I'm happy you van still use a blade if you want to
Good morning sir. You've earned another Patron. I've gone too long without subscribing to it, and I love every subclass you've made so far. Gonna run an Oath of Brilliance paladin in my next campaign ;D
Consider: Oath of Brilliance Paladin with the great weapon fighting feat. With everything maxed, you can get 5 attacks per turn, all with guaranteed +20 to damage and +5 to hit, plus 5d8 Divine smite damage, 1d8 from improved divine smite and 2d6+5 weapon damage with a greatsword. So, in a single turn, assuming all attacks hit which they more than likely will with +5 to hit, and with median rolls that’s 319 damage in a turn. Oh, and that becomes doubled with Action Surge if you take a level in Fighter, for 638 damage in a turn. Yeah, I love this subclass
I feel like someone who leans into the role play a lot would make "Brilliant!" their character's catchprhase. They spam it so often that everyone in and out of character gets sick of the word.
This is amazing!! Great abilities, flavor and options!!! I hope I can play this some day!!! Going champion fighter with the unarmed fighting style would make you a true loud fist! Lol
Actually the necessary build-up makes sense from an anime point of view, usually the protagonist only uses his full power against the BBEG when all his friends fought before and are knocking on the Heavens's door, just take Goku for example in the Sayans Arc and Freeza Arc, he only saves everyone when everyone else fought and were killed or badly beaten. (ᗒᗨᗕ)
Hey Tulok. I have Ligma… Lig ma This is really great content and I really appreciate all the amazing work you do and this is my favourite channel on RUclips.
Other great multiclass options for Brilliance Paladins would be Battle Master or Rune Knight fighter, Masked Champion or Beast Barbarian, Swords or Valor Bards, or even Swashbuckler Rogue. Hopefully I can see these subclasses all put together in a book someday soon😁
Oh fuck yeah, building a Dex Paladin for this! Might dip into Monk for unarmored bonuses & extra attacks. I’m a sucker for Dex based alt builds, and with all that speed, all those spells a few feats, and a little bit of multiclassing… Can’t touch this~!
I love how this sounds, I just don’t think it’d be fun to basically skip 3-5 turns to get the most of my abilities, considering combat usually lasts around 4-7 turns normally
Agreed, but 3 turns would still confer the benefit of essentially a +3 magic weapon *to your unarmed attacks,* which is pretty nice. The hard part, in my opinion, is managing to maintain concentration when you're _clearly_ a shouting paladin who is getting stronger, which the enemies are _definitely_ going to focus fire on if they're smart.
Essentially have a friend sanctuary you while you're shouting, get the +10 and be invincible. Or if you know a boss is coming up start shouting outside the boss room, go super with the ultimate ability and then hand out serious assbeatings
My beef with a Crawford ruling is that the custom linage from Tasha's cauldron, only allows us to be a generic custom race; Which nothing in 5e is built around or for, and continues to reinforce the bioessentialism of the game. Even though it was implied for months as something we could use to play an orc raised by elves, and there for could take things like the Eleven Archery feat but in fact we can't do that.
If I were to critique/suggest a change. I'd recommend Shout Of Courage to be reworked in some significant way. Considering the Saiyan Inspiration, I'd say a Channel Divinity option replacement that you activate as a bonus action and gives you a +1 to attack and damage for each time the paladin takes damage with a maximum of either 10, your Proficiency, or your Charisma. It would synergize better with the All Out Offense ability better & help make the Oath of Brilliance a bit less likely to ruffle feathers among parties that might not be cool with the oath's wind-up shenanigans while still following the source material. Edit: to his more on the thematic core, I think the Brilliance Paladin should in all ways benefit charging directly into the center of combat, rather than the "Hiding in the back while you power up" style this gives.
@@fredrickdogbe7297 You have to Concentrate on it like a spell, meaning every hit you take risks dropping concentration early. Also the fact that it'll STILL turn into "Everyone Protect the Tank" rather than the tank protecting everyone else.
I also have a beef with one of his rulings: that Magic Missile is, RAW, a single 1d4 roll used for every missile. Problems with this include that the rule he cites would only apply if you are targeting multiple enemies, the wording of the spell implies that each missile is 1d4+1 not that you only roll once and apply it times, and that it goes against literally decades of precedent of every single D&D edition always rolling each missile separately.
A friend of mine made me realize The Power of Friendship CD can be insanely busted if you have a summoner in your party. Cast Flock of Familiars and you can rapidly increase the number of allies you have then have your Paladin of Brilliance CD and now everyone in the party has a +20 to your saving throws, have fun with that 😀
@@tulokthebarbrarian2033 I got the multiclass idea from a comment I can no longer find. The joke is the only original part. *"Ten combat rounds...* will give you such a crick in the neck!"
Thank you, Divine Smite with Unarmed Strikes isn't overpowered, it just seemed strange at the time when it was written, when Monk was the only way to attack with a character's body rather than a weapon.
@tulok What happens if a caster drops Silence on a Pal using the Saiyan-esque Shout? It's not a spell, right, but it's dependent on other creatures being able to hear it, right? Does that just negate the power-up or does it still go through?
I feel like there should be like a damage threshold ability(probably comes at like lvl 10) and when you hit it, party members with X ft get a d6 inspiration
Cast time stop as a sorcerer and make it so the paladin has time to power up. Then just release them as a human missle, maybe using your haste to end it so they can still use other spells.
I home brewed a own Artifier Subclass inspiered by this series. The Class is based on the Ligth Bariier from the Web Toon or anime Tower of good. Maybe when you finished this series you can make a serie wher you introuduce class from your audience. And talk about what you think would be problematik and what would you change when some one brougth this subclasses to your table.
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‘You’re going to love this trust me, this is my Divine Smite. THIS is a Channel Divinity, but you can call this my second main Paladin feature. And this, THIS is a Channel Divinity that had ascended past Channel Divinity
AND THIS, IS, TO GO, EVEN FURTHER, BEYOND’
PLUS ULTRA!
Stereo-Paladin 3D
To go... even further... D&D Beyond...!
Vince Offer, the 3.5th All For One user.
"A star burns brightest before it dies" My hope with any character i create
Same. I've gone through 10 characters in less than a year because I have to save the rest of my party. Oh well, at least my current character is half beholder at level 3.
How long you shout determines your damage output. This is OFFICIALLY the best homebrew I've ever laid eyes on.
All the talk about "you need weapon for Smite" reminds me of an issue of the comic "The Weekly Roll", where the party's Paladin had his sword broken so his enemy start gloating about how he was now defenseless and had no hope of defeating him. So the paladin rummaged through the rubble of a nearby broken wall, picked up a brick, and SMITED the ever loving shit out of the guy.
don't forget when he killed an assassin with a quill, Sir Beckett is a master of improvised weapons.
workaround - enchanted gauntlets/cestus
as long as he isnt doing it with his fist, an improvised weapon is still a weapon attack, so he can use smite.
@@GrokNZ Bar Brawler Devotion Paladin of Dionysus hitting people with a wine bottle or tankard and drunkenly casting Smite
That Jotaro callback, though. Still the most hydrating video you’ve ever done.
i’m sorry what do you mean by hydrating?
never mine
@@zEr-ne5ri If you take a shot of water every time Tulok say “ora” in the Jotaro video, you’ll end up taking 41 shots of water. This is, afaik, the largest shots of water count so far.
This would be cool for a protection mission, where you and your party have to defend an NPC against an onslaught of enemies while he charges up. Granted, 14 turns of combat is incredibly long, but some creativity could make it work.
Wave defense?
It would be a very long combat, but maaaaaan, the payoff would be fuggin incredible if the DM can pull it off.
If you pick up the Magic Initiate feat you could grab Sanctuary so your enemies have to just kinda stand there in stunned silence while you’re powering up.
My first thought. "Your buddy just casts Sanctuary on you." And here we go...
Your buddy cast silence! That doesnt mean that you are not shouting XD
@@thiagofrias2471 what I love about this is that, in theory, you could use this as a “SHIT, BACKUP NOW!” Button since your party WILL hear it (it CANNOT be muffled in ANY way, including, I assume, by silence spells), and they know “shit, he’s in combat!”
I love how the shouting is a mechanically-relevant way to encourage paladins to fight fairly. No "just don't do anything evil," it's explicitly giving you a benefit for not playing dirty.
Party Enters BBEG lair*
BBEG: *starts monologuing "Welcome to your doom!"
Paladin *interrupts with a fart: "can I go to the bathroom?"
BBEG: *sigh "Yeah sure make it quick, now as I was saying"
*hears yelling in bathroom
BBEG: "are they ok? Sounds like they are in deep shit"
Party: "Yeah just give'em a minute"
BBEG: "And that was my elaborate plan and backstory"
*hears the clank of falling metal Party: "oh, there are done"
Paladin comes out sweating like they were fighting for their life and are now glowing
"I have come here to take a shit and kick ass...and I'm all out of shit"
BBEG *visibly sweating: "Oh I guess I am the one in deep shit now"
The Tenets would prevent this.
Tenets are more of a suggestion in my book
@@aquamarinerose5405 Okay, but it's funny. The gods might let it slide the first time if they like poop humor-
Where wisdom and valor fail, all that remains is hope. And it can overcome all.
Thanks Tulok. Now I know where the "God and Anime" quote came from.
I've always felt the mark of a great class if how reluctant you are to multuclass. Paladin is easily one of the best example of this. Be devoted to the path and you get busted final forms at lvl 20.
Congratulations, Tulok. You built a proper Z-fighter class. I'm impressed. Seriously, you included the hallmarks such as shouting, removing weighted clothing, on-demand energy blasts without going caster, and even flying.
"over 6,000 of them". You couldn't resist that joke, could you?
I... somehow take offense at your name? I'm sure it's unrelated though.
I don't care what Crawford says.
Unarmed Strikes uses "a melee weapon attack roll" and in the original printing of the PHB (not the special cover reprint) was on the Simple Weapon Table. Therefore... you can smite with a punch.
Yeah this is one of those times where Sage advice doesn't just feel unneeded, but actually doesn't make sense
I have fond memories of our group’s Conquest Paladin smiting with his fists when he had been disarmed.
His knuckles were singed black & smoking after doing it…it’s such a neat concept.
We DID caution him to maybe not try and headbutt with a smite.
The shout would be lead up to by making eye contact and stating calmly "You have 1 minute and 24 seconds to kill me."
Based on the oath's tenants, multiclassing with bard would make sense.
Yup. Considering talking to my DM and asking if I can use this instead of Oath of Glory
also, PAX is in Seattle, so the convention center is in downtown. No Taco Bell parking lot outside. Freeway park is right outback though, but tough luck finding any room to fight while everyone is trying to take pictures all over. I would recommend Myrtle Edwards/olympic sculpture park. about a 15 minute walk, but then you fight on the coast of the Puget Sound.
You're right about move speed having diminishing returns, but there is something incredibly satisfying about not having to count spaces when you move anymore because your dash distance is 1/10th of a mile.
I'm currently playing a Warforged who is a level 4 warlock and a level 2 paladin. His eldritch blasts are reflavored as air pressure from his fists and he's a Hexblade with a pair of gauntlets that let him treat his fists as weapons for smiting purposes. I was thinking of taking another level of paladin next, but didn't know which oath to take. This is perfect. Now I just have to see if my DM will let me use it.
Now I’m imagining a party setup all about getting the paladin through their charge time. Wall spells, charm spells, sentinel feat marshals, globe of invulnerability, forcecage. So many options. And a fun kind of meta game the players can do.
YES! YES! YES! It’s finally here! The dedicated Z-fighter subclass, but also the All Might flavor! I love this so, so much. And the synch-up with Deku’s quote was just so wonderfully inspired, I absolutely adored that!
Not to mention that you put in the ability to DBZ scream to power up, thats freaking hilarious. I love everything about this, and you’re right, making the fight into a strategic fight where the party is trying to hold out long enough for the Brilliance Paladin to unleash its power is just awesome.
I also love the fact that while the Brilliance Paladin *can* go unarmed, they don’t *have* to. I like the idea of my Saiyan-esque character using a massive melee weapon in between firing energy blasts.
You’ve made me a very, very happy man, Tulok. I’m currently playing an Oath of Heroism Paladin, so the whole “striving to become a legendary hero” thing is going on, but unfortunately the GM has made a world where we end up doing a lot of morally grey things. Still, becoming a man with an All Might-esque reputation would make a really great goal for my next character.
Dip Genielock. Hide in your vessel for ten turns shouting. Pop out before the fight starts with +10 to hit. You’re like a damn legendary Pokémon.
This is an amazing idea
Isn't there a gollem Pokemon that works like that?
The party just comes in holding an extremely loud urn and when round 2-3 hits, the Brilliance Paladin bursts out and starts ripping through waves of enemies
@@puppetmaster1420 That is Regigigas's gimmick, yes.
When these videos are done, I'm goning to miss hearing Tulok say "for more from the gilded coast... of Moriae".
The subclasses are all creative and distinct and I love it
You’re in luck, because he’s gonna be doing a second season of this. The amount of support for the patreon and these homebrew videos means we’re gonna be getting more content down the line
@@bumble2442 really? That's awesome!
@@christopherfloody5555 Yup! I asked him on a stream he did a month or two ago, and he said that he’s got some more homebrew in store. I think a Kickstarter for a Moriae setting book would be something I’d contribute to
That Shouting Channel Divinity is just hilarious! And it takes several actions to complete! YES!
Not looking to spoil anything in the written Patreon-provided pdf, but it *is* listed in the class that shouting is a verbal component, so anyone looking to just cast Silence is going to have a bad time.
I remember when the Oath of Glory subclass used to be the Oath of Heroism…and it was a shame the early-level features got watered-down.
This…this goes in the opposite direction.
On rewatching, I realized that my "warforged" (actually a living suit of armour) Twilight Domain cleric, the Knight of Night, would pair very well with a Brilliance paladin.
Given his whole emphasis is on protecting others, he could:
- stand next to the Paladin, with his Protection fighting style giving disadvantage on all attacks against him (my DM having dropped the reaction requirement, since that gimps it something awful)
- ALSO giving him half cover against ranged attacks (no one ever uses cover!)
- The Knight could then cast Sanctuary, as others have brought up, to force wisdom saves to even attempt to attack the Paladin
- Finally, pop Twilight Sanctuary to give the Paladin 1d6+Cleric lvl Temporary Hitpoints every turn, so even the attacks that get through don't even do much, if any, damage
Not to mention the great RP potential between the tag-team of a Cleric of the goddess of darkness and night, whose all about defending, and an obscenely radiant Paladin whose an offensive juggernaut. The night and day puns write themselves.
Jesus,i would love to play D&D just to play with ya and try this out lol
Can't wait to hear more about Anabelle Margret in future subclass videos
She needs to be episode 400 of Building Character
The more I come back to this video, the more I love this subclass. It's so extra, and I love it. Also, I'm definitely considering having an upcoming boss fight for my players be an Oath of Brilliance Paladin. Because this sounds like an awesome encounter. As you progress through the castle towards the central keep, you hear what sounds to be shouting, shouting so loud that it shakes the very walls around you. Heck yes. So extra.
Suggested class: Debris Fighter. A fighting type that specializes in gathering materials of a specific type around their body as a golem like outer shell to fight as. They'd specialize in a specific category, but could potentially get other materials as an outer layer of armor to also gain limited capabilities with skills tied into those materials while the outer armor lasts. Knack may have been the first one I thought of for this, but there's been others as well, though some are boss types, there's been others too. Like, I guess you could consider Overhaul as a flesh type debris fighter. The doll from Slaughterhouse uses furniture as its focus. There's a number of possibilities.
Likely with sub-abilities to choose from: either compressing the materials for stronger armor, or leaving it loose for adaptability.
Compact ones could be good at regenerating armor, like the golems from Trollhunters, or loose ones could shapechange their outer shell for attack and function, like Knack and to a limited amount Technus from Danny Phantom.
...KNACK 2 BAYBEEE
What would the features be like?
Or you could make this a monk subclass to have whacky hilarious Jackie Chan fights
@@argella1300 That’s pretty much Drunken Master
@@argella1300 you mean an improvised weapon monk right? I'd say that'd be an interesting concept
I'm a huge pally simp. I've played hundreds of them by now and this one is by and far the coolest one I've seen. Excellent work!
I’m playing this subclass rn but my DM let me swap out the shout of courage channel divinity for rush attack (making 4 unarmed strikes on a single turn). lemme say, breaking down a locked door like Star platinum to get to a bbeg was so hype last night
Once again Tulok you have out done yourself, all your sub classes have been so fun, and pairing this with your mirrored soul sorcerer would be devastatingly fun
If I multiclass this with your wrestler barbarian, can I flavour the DBZ shout as a WWE promo?
Or - best of both worlds - a Vegeta monologue?
So long as you shout the monologue your DM can't stop you. It's in the book.
"The name is Recoome, it rhymes with doom, and you're gonna be hurtin'... all... too... soon!"
Pushups, sit ups, and a whole lot of juice....
Alternately.
Mindlessly shout the antagonist's name.
@@nibilissilibin9141 "...Wrestling's fake..."
5:26 He finally learned how to pronounce Zephyr Strike! I'm so proud of him, it's so nice to see barbarians become litterate in this day and age.
You masterclass madman, I love this subclass so much.
Please, PLEASE good sir. I only ask you to bless us with more of that LORE.
Literally my favorite part of these awesome videos.
Should make a "hero" subclass for every class lol be cool to run a campaign with this maybe a ranger based on batman or green arrow.
Barbarian based on hulk or the thing something like that.
Artificer...iron man obvs etc.
His Wire Weaver was essentially Spider-Man, it was really good!
Batman Ranger: Literally gloom stalker
Hulk barbarian: Is this not just berserker?
Ironman Artificer: Armorer Artificer would like a word.
@@The_Crimson_Witch fair i suppose
You realize that translating fictional characters into D&D builds is the whole point of this channel, right?
This class is hilarious. Good build man!
Some of these abilities are high risk high reward, I love it
Yay! You finally talk about the Goku and his God power. Love it! Love your channel bud!
Could you make a ‘How to play Skulduggery Pleasant in d&d5e’?
Also love this, totally the vibe of a paladin I am playing who’s oath of glory and the GM is letting me smite unarmed and take the unarmed fighting style as a paladin. He also shouts a lot before battle already as he is a gladiator and likes to hype up crowds.
YOOOOOOOOO I THOUGHT I IMAGINED THAT BOOK
@@DParkerNunya its a whole series, like 15 books at this point. Feels more like an anime than a novel seires, but its fun. I doubt tulok would build it though, no footage for b-roll. Same reason he hasnt done gilgamesh... yet.
@@DParkerNunya well ya didn’t 😅 it’s a great series that recently got some new additions! Might be time for a re-read and a binge?
Back when in ye olden days when spells went off at the end of round, it was the fighter's job to make sure the wizard got his charge time safe and uninterrupted.
With the change of spells, the idea of a windup was left fallow, which is too bad cause you're right it's fun from both sides.
I'm glad this class adds it back, albeit on probably the class you'd least expect.
This is dope! Finally my dreams of becoming the legendary Super Saiyan can be real!
These subclasses are fucking awesome. Next time I'm playing in a campaign I'll have to support you on Patreon to get these subclasses for a character.
The reason you made this whole subclass is basically the same reason I created my Oath of the Witchfinder Paladin, which can choose to swap their second level fighting style when they gain the subclass to a fighting style that lets them use their smite with ranged weapons.
Cool Homebrew on my birthday (Nov 14th, I'm late seeing this video). Thanks Tulok! Aweosome video as always!
I was just thinking today “why is there not a dragon themed Warlock subclass?”
I may have actually figured that out. Warlocks are supposed to have an "Otherworldly" Patron, and pretty much all of the current ones are just that, otherworldly or otherwise unnatural. Dragons, on the other hand, are very much "worldly". In fact, after having gone through Fizban's recently (I'm also very new to the grander lore of DnD), dragons are clearly the most "worldly" creatures on the entire Material Plane, having literally been created to be the world's first occupants. It seems like a dumb reason, but then again, if we were ever going to get an official Draconic Patron for Warlocks, it would have been in the dragon-themed book.
@@alphaxtitania5597 I can see your point there. I say dragons from another universe count as otherworldly, but idk. It's up to Wizards I guess.
tbh, I think a dragon-themed warlock would be kind of redundant. Any special powers and abilities a draconic patron could feasibly grant are already covered by the draconic bloodline sorcerer as well as various spells, unless I'm missing something.
Guess I'll have to wait and see what Tulok came up with.
@@OrangeyChocolate I disagree, look at celestail warlock vs divine soul, great old one vs abberent mind, undying vs shadow. All three are similar theme, but mechanically very different.
If you get tavern brawler on your way to Lvl 20 with this subclass, you could do the "High" build from 6 months ago, although with all the damage you can deal with your spells and smites, it kinda of makes the fall damage redundant. Best if you grab your enemy before they hit the ground, great interrogation tactic.
Also, as someone who can't donate to the patreon, hoping that festival cleric wins, solely for the fact I KNOW Tulok well use Dionysus from Hades for footage.
Oooh, sword beams. I loved everything about this sub, but sword beams always makes me happy.
I love being able to use Unarmed Strike if you want to, but I'm happy you van still use a blade if you want to
Good morning sir. You've earned another Patron. I've gone too long without subscribing to it, and I love every subclass you've made so far. Gonna run an Oath of Brilliance paladin in my next campaign ;D
Consider: Oath of Brilliance Paladin with the great weapon fighting feat. With everything maxed, you can get 5 attacks per turn, all with guaranteed +20 to damage and +5 to hit, plus 5d8 Divine smite damage, 1d8 from improved divine smite and 2d6+5 weapon damage with a greatsword. So, in a single turn, assuming all attacks hit which they more than likely will with +5 to hit, and with median rolls that’s 319 damage in a turn. Oh, and that becomes doubled with Action Surge if you take a level in Fighter, for 638 damage in a turn.
Yeah, I love this subclass
I feel like someone who leans into the role play a lot would make "Brilliant!" their character's catchprhase. They spam it so often that everyone in and out of character gets sick of the word.
Hype! I love the balance of this subclass, at least on paper.
So this subclass is what if someone combine Z Fighters, superheroes, Jojos, a little bit of Sonic, and a lot of vanity.
This is amazing!! Great abilities, flavor and options!!! I hope I can play this some day!!! Going champion fighter with the unarmed fighting style would make you a true loud fist! Lol
This has to be my favourite Tulok subclass so far in terms of flavour. This and Wire Weaver artificer are the ones I'd be most interested in playing.
Actually the necessary build-up makes sense from an anime point of view, usually the protagonist only uses his full power against the BBEG when all his friends fought before and are knocking on the Heavens's door, just take Goku for example in the Sayans Arc and Freeza Arc, he only saves everyone when everyone else fought and were killed or badly beaten. (ᗒᗨᗕ)
Hey Tulok. I have Ligma…
Lig ma This is really great content and I really appreciate all the amazing work you do and this is my favourite channel on RUclips.
Other great multiclass options for Brilliance Paladins would be Battle Master or Rune Knight fighter, Masked Champion or Beast Barbarian, Swords or Valor Bards, or even Swashbuckler Rogue.
Hopefully I can see these subclasses all put together in a book someday soon😁
Oh fuck yeah, building a Dex Paladin for this! Might dip into Monk for unarmored bonuses & extra attacks. I’m a sucker for Dex based alt builds, and with all that speed, all those spells a few feats, and a little bit of multiclassing… Can’t touch this~!
I am very hydrated, thank you, Tulok
Yo, imagine the Dexadin build you could make with Mage Armor
I love how this sounds, I just don’t think it’d be fun to basically skip 3-5 turns to get the most of my abilities, considering combat usually lasts around 4-7 turns normally
Agreed, but 3 turns would still confer the benefit of essentially a +3 magic weapon *to your unarmed attacks,* which is pretty nice. The hard part, in my opinion, is managing to maintain concentration when you're _clearly_ a shouting paladin who is getting stronger, which the enemies are _definitely_ going to focus fire on if they're smart.
Man this subclass is...[puts on sunglasses] Brilliant! YAAAAAAHHHH!!!!
Great job on making this subclass, it sounds interesting to play this subclass.
Holy shit you actually turned the DBZ shout into a D&D mechanic. I am beyond impressed.
Essentially have a friend sanctuary you while you're shouting, get the +10 and be invincible. Or if you know a boss is coming up start shouting outside the boss room, go super with the ultimate ability and then hand out serious assbeatings
I think barbarian rage plus the short would just be great combo thematically. Just getting punched, getting madder, and getting stronger.
My beef with a Crawford ruling is that the custom linage from Tasha's cauldron, only allows us to be a generic custom race; Which nothing in 5e is built around or for, and continues to reinforce the bioessentialism of the game.
Even though it was implied for months as something we could use to play an orc raised by elves, and there for could take things like the Eleven Archery feat but in fact we can't do that.
If I were to critique/suggest a change. I'd recommend Shout Of Courage to be reworked in some significant way.
Considering the Saiyan Inspiration, I'd say a Channel Divinity option replacement that you activate as a bonus action and gives you a +1 to attack and damage for each time the paladin takes damage with a maximum of either 10, your Proficiency, or your Charisma. It would synergize better with the All Out Offense ability better & help make the Oath of Brilliance a bit less likely to ruffle feathers among parties that might not be cool with the oath's wind-up shenanigans while still following the source material.
Edit: to his more on the thematic core, I think the Brilliance Paladin should in all ways benefit charging directly into the center of combat, rather than the "Hiding in the back while you power up" style this gives.
What if you stand in the front and take hits while you're powering up
@@fredrickdogbe7297 You have to Concentrate on it like a spell, meaning every hit you take risks dropping concentration early. Also the fact that it'll STILL turn into "Everyone Protect the Tank" rather than the tank protecting everyone else.
I think I personally would've called it the Oath of Pride, but Brilliance works too.
This is such a damn good class
Bro that shout is soo cool!
I have to use this on a team with my hombrew oath of silence paladin that's all about rejecting glory and trying to be forgotten
This might be my favorite subclass EVER
Think about it, the enemy dimension door’s away but you still able to catch up to them
Thanks 4 the hard work
I also have a beef with one of his rulings: that Magic Missile is, RAW, a single 1d4 roll used for every missile.
Problems with this include that the rule he cites would only apply if you are targeting multiple enemies, the wording of the spell implies that each missile is 1d4+1 not that you only roll once and apply it times, and that it goes against literally decades of precedent of every single D&D edition always rolling each missile separately.
tulok is such a delight
I love all of these subclasses but this is definitely my favorite.
A friend of mine made me realize The Power of Friendship CD can be insanely busted if you have a summoner in your party. Cast Flock of Familiars and you can rapidly increase the number of allies you have then have your Paladin of Brilliance CD and now everyone in the party has a +20 to your saving throws, have fun with that 😀
Multiclassing a level in Genie Warlock and charging up in your bottled respite be like:
*"OooooooOOOIII!"*
This is a rad idea
@@tulokthebarbrarian2033 I got the multiclass idea from a comment I can no longer find. The joke is the only original part.
*"Ten combat rounds...* will give you such a crick in the neck!"
Really want to see the subclass before buying it but I'm totally invested!
Thank you, Divine Smite with Unarmed Strikes isn't overpowered, it just seemed strange at the time when it was written, when Monk was the only way to attack with a character's body rather than a weapon.
Fantastic video my good sir!
@tulok
What happens if a caster drops Silence on a Pal using the Saiyan-esque Shout? It's not a spell, right, but it's dependent on other creatures being able to hear it, right? Does that just negate the power-up or does it still go through?
Tulok: combing Paladin with Barbarian is good since you would get a -
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I feel like there should be like a damage threshold ability(probably comes at like lvl 10) and when you hit it, party members with X ft get a d6 inspiration
This sounds like my new favorite class!
Cast time stop as a sorcerer and make it so the paladin has time to power up. Then just release them as a human missle, maybe using your haste to end it so they can still use other spells.
You do need two people
I could see sora just yelling light the entire time this is amazing
If only I could be so grossly incandescent
This needs to be a official thing.
I home brewed a own Artifier Subclass inspiered by this series. The Class is based on the Ligth Bariier from the Web Toon or anime Tower of good. Maybe when you finished this series you can make a serie wher you introuduce class from your audience. And talk about what you think would be problematik and what would you change when some one brougth this subclasses to your table.
You could also build a Dexadin, and only use the heavy armor to trigger AOO. That would also synergize well with Monk
this is my fav subclass so far
Have this, a wizard, 2-3 clerics (or possibly your home brew medic rogue), and this will definitely steamroll.
I would love to see him release some of this on the Dungeon Masters Guild. I would buy it.