2:10 "His sword is big as hell but I'd still call it a rapier" It's actually an estoc very big and heavy for humans but in Alucard's hands I agree it's used with much finesse
Honestly I think it’s not exactly an estoc, ‘The French estoc is a type of sword, also called a tuck in English, in use from the 14th to the 17th century.[1] It is characterized by a cruciform hilt with a grip for two-handed use[citation needed] and a straight, edgeless, but sharply pointed blade around 36 to 52 in (91 to 132 cm) in length.’ And Alucard can slash with his sword… as is seen in the video
@@GuideoftheMagenta it's a reference to Symphony of the night, where dashing backwards, abd cancelling the animation with pulling your shield out is faster than walking normally
Just going to point out that "Unearthed Arcana: Gothic Heroes" has the Revenant option. Revenants get regeneration at low HP and the ability to come back from the dead until a specific task is completed - say, killing Dracula. It's not AL legal, but it _is_ published by WotC, so definitely not homebrew. However, come to that, the Plane Shift supplements are also first-party, and while Innistrad surprisingly does _not_ have a vampire race, Zendikar does! They don't have the near immortality of a Revenant, but they are immune to the effects of ageing and able to drink blood, which fits the bill better for Alucard. *[Edit]* I almost forgot, there's also the Vampire race in Plane Shift: Ixalan, which is nearly identical, but gets a bonus to Wisdom instead of Intelligence, gets extra bonuses from drinking blood instead of creatures killed coming back as something else, and has a racial feat that can do a good impression of Alucard's form of mist. *[/Edit]* (Technically, his sword is an estoc, but since 5e doesn't have one, it probably doesn't matter. Alucard wields it exclusively one-handed anyway, so it's serving the same role as a rapier. For a more proper Alucard Sword, you'd want to pick up a Sun Blade, though.)
An estoc is edgeless. But since estocs begun as variations of the longsword...it was common to see swords that looked as estocs but with sharp edges...technically those were longswrods however....despite the difference in aesthetic.
@@saintpoli6800 in the spanish version is in Pg.302. in the english version, i think is in pg. 295 (also, the creatures in the book are organized in alfabetical order)
@@durendal761 Yeah usually I only go a few levels in Eldritch Knight before going the remainder in Bladesinger for the defensive spell use. Rather burn slots for defensive reactions than anything else. And if you take Magic Initiate - under Artificer there is a spell called Arcane weapon which adds a d6 of either acid, cold, fire, lightning, or thunder damage to your melee attacks. Its concentration but goes well with the Eldritch Knight style combat.
@@knightghaleon Going mostly Bladesinger is probably better because Wizards are objectively better than most options, but for something like this I always thought a 2 level BS dip just for bladesong to compliment everything was always more fun.
@@hedgehatchet3578 Depends on if you want the defensive spell casting of the Bladesinger or not. Being able to reduce damage helps you be more tanky, but you are taking more wizard levels with wizard hit points. I've gone pure blade singer before and chosen to avoid upfront fighting because of the hp pool. If you're going more of a light armor character, being able to add your intelligence mod to attacks might work better. Depends on what you like for yourself. You can also skip blade singer and go abjurer with eldritch knight
I love this build. Dex Fighters fo' life! I didn't know Eldritch Knights could get Polymorph so that is perfect since it is a special ability of Alucard's.... Plus, weapon bond. So good!
Technically they can't get it till level 19... so basically they can't get it. But if you're gonna 1v1 Dracula, I'm pretty sure you're a high level character...
Castlevania 3 : 1476 Sotn : 1797 Dawn of sorrow : 2036 I dont know if its ever said how old alucard is in 3 but he is around for a long ass time Edit:I just did some poking and apparantly lisa died in the 1470s so considering she seems to be a young woman its likely Alucard was born around the 1450s ish So alucards probably about 580-590 in dawn of sorrow and he still looks like hes in his early 20s so id say its pretty safe to say hes immorta Dracula persisted for over 900 years but he kept getting ressurected and killed I am pretty sure the games outright state that hes immortal though
@Alex Lee in the wiki it says in aria of sorrow that he is around 500 years old I don't know if we will get a specific number but if you do some crazy math I'm sure you'll find it
@@NovelPilot01 Well there are 559 years between castlevania 3 and aria So hes 539+however old he is in 3 which is likely 20-something Since thats closer to 600 than 500 id say that he himself probably lost track at some point He was asleep for 321 years so i dont blame him (Or its just rounded off)
My group started playing CoS a few months ago, and I went in as a paladin/rogue with a whip, called Julia Helmont. If I'd seen this video sooner I might've gone with the Alucard build.
Great build! I'm about to start playing an dex-based Eldritch Knight/Monk inspired by Lloyd by Tales of Symphonia and this will give me some good ideas!
@@mellnasha2793 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search Estoc Look up estoc in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An estoc is a type of sword, also called a tuck in English, in use from the 14th to 17th centuries.[1] It is characterized by a cruciform hilt with a grip for two-handed use and a straight, edgeless, but sharply pointed blade of around 0.91 metres (36 in) to 1.32 metres (52 in) in length. it notes that its edgeless. at least according to wikipedia
@@yashkeshavpatnam1852 A lot of estocs are actually small sowrds or sideswords, even people who used them weren't consistent. am Estoc though is generally as you say, edgeless. Also no sword that long could be wielded one handed - even with super strength. Maybe with telekinesis
Very late to the game, but ADRIAN Fahrenheit Tepes. Alucard was just him insulting his dad by doing his name backwards. Decent build. I probably would have built it off Castlevania 3 or Symphony of the Night. Good stuff, man.
Tyler Most of the Planeshift stuff involves other WotC property Realms. Zendikar is one of the MTG settings. It’s officially made material though there’s not quite enough stuff to it to make a full publication out of. Still, the PDF is free to access via the WotC Website and comes up instantly when you search Planeshift Zendikar on Google
@@dragonmaster613 Technically speaking even all of these are just 'as close as we can get' since Alucard ISN'T a vampire, and Wizards hasn't worked up a Dhampir race for 5e yet. Yet. You know someone in development is working on it.
@@witchBoi_Connor The Plane Shift PDFs are a series of articles written by Wizards of the Coast employee James Wyatt. Each one contains a few key original rules, player races, some subclasses, and guidelines for adapting the rules of D&D 5e to play in one of the different planes/settings of magic the gathering. There are Plane Shift PDF articles for multiple Magic the Gathering worlds. Innistrad, a vampire filled, eastern European, nightmare land reminiscent of Ravenloft. Zendikar, a wilderness themed land full of dense jungles, towering mountains, and skies full of levitating megalithic stone hedrons that keep Cthulhu and his two brothers imprisoned on the plane. Amonkhet, Ancient Egypt meets The Hunger Games, but the twist is that everyone has to compete in the games and the "reward" is getting turned into a Lapis Lazuli coated super zombie and drafted into the army of an evil dragon wizard who wants to become god, again. Ixalan, Pirates of the Caribbean, but the pirates have to compete with armies of Vampire Conquistadors, Amazon River dwelling Merfolk, and dinosaur riding Aztec warriors. Also the goblins in this world are blue skinned, have prehensile monkey tails, and are covered in white fur. Kaladesh, steampunk India full of airships, Dwarves, and blue magical vapor people with the lifespan of a fruit fly who come into existence as a byproduct of the magic that powers all the steampunk gadgets. Dominaria, The main world MTG took place in for the first 15 years of the game's existence. Think Faerun or Greyhawk, but the world map is much bigger, the cultural lines are more or less split along the lines of the five colors of magic in MTG, and a lot of stuff is jacked up because of some shit an immortal artificer named Urza did over the course of the last five thousand years and the stuff a formerly immortal wizard named Teferi did eighty years ago to fix problems he caused two hundred years ago when he tried to spite Urza. They've released one of these PDFs each time a new MTG coffee table art book has come out, and the guy writing them is a long time Wizards employee. Some children discount the content of these because the writer is currently on the MTG team, but the fact is the guy wrote the Ravnica D&D book and his name is on the front or back covers of all of my third edition Eberron books.
Okay, everyone arguing about the sword that Alucard uses. It's closest real world comparison is the Colichemarde. Similar to a rapier or estoc, it was slightly heavier and also possessed a cutting edge while still mainly used as a thrusting weapon. As far as DnD is concerned, it's still a rapier. Don't get too technical about it.
Woooooooooooooow Tulac, *BIG* miss on this one, you didn't even see into the future to use the Dhampir race for this CANONICAL Dhampir. Wow. God, really, I can't believe this. How am I supposed to use this build, that CAN'T be changed in ANYWAY or fashion, at all, *EVER* now?
How do you guys feel about the Dhampir race, Hexblade Warlock class for Alucard? That one has a nice, built in swordsman/caster build without having to multiclass, and you can cap out charisma which goes will with Alucard's angelic looks. The only downfall is you might be missing some of the spells from his kit but I haven't delved too deep into the Warlock spell list yet.
I would say half-elf dhampir is more accurate with at least a 2 level dip in Druid for wild shaping a dire wolf and you could go as high as 6/7 levels in Druid for better wild shape and polymorph also wolf form will have magical damage to overcome resistance and immunity. Also you get more spell slots at higher levels due to multi classing rules, and access to the blink spell which is pretty much what he does when he’s zipping around
Cool build! I was considering how to make Netflix Castlevania version of Alucard myself for a future game and I ended up settling on Kensei Monk (for superhuman agility and swordplay skills) and 2 levels of Moon Druid for the transformation (extra hp from dire wolf forms is noticable in early/mid game). Bonus points if you can snag a Dancing Sword (Very Rare magic item).
i think hed be better as a hexblade warlock. that way he can get access to far step at level 9 allowing him to teleport 60 feet every round as a bonus action, plus the hexblade warlock can also teleport to enemies affected by hexbladez curse, then give him pact of the tome and go with the invocations ascendant step and sculptor of flesh for polymorph.
Alucard was born in 1431 and in Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow he's still physically 18 years old even though Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow takes place in 2036 which would make Alucard 605 years old so I'm pretty sure he just lives forever.
His sword is actually an Estock. Most estocks, from what i have read, didnt even have an edge and were 100% for thrusting. They were still rather light for their size
If you've played Eldritch Knight and still want the Alucard Flavor,be a Dhampir, go 12 Levels of Battlemaster Fighter (with Lunging Attack for the Red Dash Attack) and 8 Levels of Circle of the Land Underdark Druid (for Bat Wolf and Mist forms.) Then all that is left is to get a Dancing Sword.
"We don't do homebrew here." Ah yes homebrew. "And then at level 20 this character gains the powers of everything they ever killed or will kill." Almost a word for word quote from the D and D wiki's homebrew Dhampir. Remember kids, if something was made by a fan or a player, it's probably garbage. It might be FUN garbage (see; Pathfinder) but it's still toxic nonetheless.
Shadar- Kai seems like a more natural choice for an undead or dark flavored build. And either they or the Eladrian get a misty step once a day, thus saving you a feat.
Now let's see Sypha Belnades to round out the Golden Trio of Castlevania. Alucard needed a hunter and a SCHOLAR in his crusade against Dracula, so I'm gonna take a hint and say she's a wizard, despite the lack of paper resources within the Speaker tribe she travelled with most of her life, including tomes and grimoires.
Dude I did make him for my curse of STRAHD game his name was Lucien Von Zarovich and by far he was one of the best characters I ever played I found that shadow monk and paladin multi class was what worked for me because he is fast but also can do rudimentary magic with smites he also had a dancing longsword which is a great weapon. The damphir race worked for me because you could change into a wolf. My question is WHERE WAS THIS VID WHEN I WAS MAKING HIM :D
Unfortunately, you can just flavour Alucard properly when in high level with fighter. What I would suggest is dip 1-2 levels in fighter and go all the way to Wizard. Trentmonk has a pretty powerful build like this one. Using this Multiclass, you'll be able to polymorph, mist (misty step for example), vampiric touch, charm and a lot of dhampiric stuff pretty earlier in the game. Bladesinger in another great option as well.
The Plane Shift PDF articles for both Zendikar and Ixalan contain a vampire player race. Some kids like to claim this is homebrew or unofficial material, but they're wrong. The Planeshift series is written by a Wizards of the Coast employee. He may have moved back and forth between the D&D and MTG teams, but he was the lead writer on the Ravnica book and his name is the second of third name listed on the front and back covers of all my 3rd edition Eberron books. I don't know about your third editions Eberron books, but the guy is listed right next to the guy credited with creating Eberron on all of mine.
you forgot about using the dhampir that i think would be much better as a race for Alucard since the bite is pretty important because in the series there was a really cool scene where he was fighting the twins and he talked about how he has a vampiric half while trying to bite them
Alucard has actually met his father's a reincarnation in the modern times Soma Cruz. And out of your card is still pretty young the only difference is he's just dyed his hair black so he's not so Stand Out amongst the modern people. I mean Soma has white hair but really I think it's because Soma is Dracula second chance at a better life to be a hero.
@@tulokthebarbrarian2033 just so you know Soma is from the DS games for Castlevania. So you got to look for it just make sure the main character wears a lot of white and has white hair.
Tulok: "To prove vampires live any longer than that, we'll need to see Alucard live until the year 2250. If you have anything like that, please let me see it" Me: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire_Hunter_D_(1985_film) (also, ruclips.net/video/b8Q2gLqYWIc/видео.html)
This is a fantastic video! I agree with pretty much every single choice you make. Though I wonder, since Van Richten's guide has been released and Dhampir is now an option if you would do this build any differently today?
Why would he? The only thing that would change is the racial traits, but dhampirs get a+1 in any stat and a +2 in any other stat, so the build would be identical in every way
@@Dile0303 Oh definitely, I wouldn't imagine he'd do it for the simple stat readjustment. We get to see more of Alucard's abilities in the other seasons of the show, as well as his fighting style change in the final season, so I'm curious if he would change anything in how he created this version of the character is all.
if you follow the lore of castlevania alucard feels more like a bladesinging wizard as he is explicitly stated as being a well educated magic user of next to no equal with only dracula and the main cast being his real equals
alexander mackenzie that could be interesting to explore. That and vampire racial bonus of having all physical attributes set to 18 would make him much tougher then a standard wizard, according to the monster manual. That being said, most magic I have seen in this series is more akin to 3/4th level magic with a few exceptions, so I could believe an Eldritch knight might be one of the best casters in a universe where dedicated casters is rare, D&D isn’t that kind of game fundamentally though.
I'm Playing a bladesinger based on Alucard right now. I feel like, even though Castlevania magic seems simple, their magical prowess shouldn't be disregarded. They're constantly using magic to boost their abilities, the way i de it, Alucard should be at least a level 5 bladesinger.
I know this is an older video - I’m currently binging your stuff - but if you’re looking for a good series to get into - try Shin Megami Tensei stuff. The mainline stuff is super DnD inspired and the Persona stuff is, well, more anime inspired but still. Also, seeing Trevor and Sypha would be awesome.
I've actually used this video for making an alucard build in a multiplayer session of baldurs gate 3 with my friends and I've pretty much been able to use the exact build here wih only s couple changes here and there, the results I'm the most overpowered out of me and my 3 friends
While Polymorph TECHNICALLY allows you to turn into a beast of CR equal to level, there aren't any Beast types above CR 8 (If I'm correct). I feel like you should have mentioned this when you put it in the build.
Plus you can also get a flying sword familiar if DM allows, I might try this build but with Warlock because I’m poor and can’t afford Erdrich Knight lol
i forgot all about familiars until i read your post. Thank you. Also check out 5e.tools it has everything no need to buy anything dude. Buy things to support them when you can, but dont let that stop you from enjoying the game. I created a homebrewed Piety system, so that anyone can be "Of Vlad Dracula" and receive the polymorph abilities of alucard, except more in character. This is the rough draft, if you dont know what Piety is you can check out Mythic Odyseys of Theros. Also, I know I gave abilities at level 1 Piety, thats just a personal thing i like to do. Piety systems are my favorite systems in DnD and ive been using them for years, but now they have a published version, so heres my take on a homebrewed Vlad inspired Piety System Piety: Vlad Dracula 1: You gain the ability to morph a number of times equal to your modifier per day. You can shift into a white wolf, a mist, a vampire bat. You use the stat block for Wolf and Giant Bat. Lasts for 1 round. You can take this transformation as a reaction to being hit, or as a bonus action during your turn. If its a reaction it lasts until the end of your next turn or until you end it as a free action. 3: Your shapeshift is improved, you can now maintain these transformations for 1 minute instead of 1 round. Your stat block improves to Dire Wolf or Young Winter Wolf, Giant Bat but the size of a normal Bat. 10: You can now shapeshift for up to 1 hour. You can become a Swarm of Bats and you can now force a dc 10 con save vs Vampiric Curse when you bite in humanoid or bat form. You now can take the form of a Winter Wolf and your Winter Breathe is replaced by Wolf Charge of the same effect, does the same thing, just a flavor change. 25: Your transformations are reset on a short rest, last 1 hour, you can transform a number of times equal to your modifier. You transform into a Winter Wolf, a Vampiric Mist, or a giant bat or swarm of bats, using the appearance of your choice. 50: Power of Vlad: When you raise a creature with your blood drain, you raise them into a CR 5 Vampiric Spawn. You can have up to 6 Vampire Spawn, this number increases with your spell casting ability modifier should it ever surpass 6. Additionally, creatures you raise that you do not dominate, are raised as CR 1 creatures. Finally, Undead will not attack you unless instructed to, even if you have not dominated them.
I like hellsings alucard but man thats a post epic encounter, not a pc. Unless he stays at least somewhat sealed. Alucard Special effects: "Nigh Unkillable" You must reduce his hit points to 0, 3 million times for it to stick. "Insurmountable Force" When he unleashes his final restriction the need to kill him 3 million times is erased, but he has summoned 3 million minions between you and him. Said minions being of all levels, races, and classes, and capable of using all of such abilities they had in life, but counting as undead.
@@crowsenpai5625 Which means... I WIN!!!!!! :p The other option being the lower level restrictions where he can call out a small number of powerful minions to fight alongside him. Every time you beat one he summons another. So you can either keep killing his minions and getting them replaced (good to waste several rounds if the party doesnt know this) Or ignore them and hammer alucard. OR you can kill them till he summons a minion you feel you CAN safely ignore. As an example, you probably dont want to ignore his 9th spell level casting wizard minion. But if you can pin his barbarian down in a spot he cant reach you....
I would have said Dhampir. Echo Knight with your Echo flavored as a floating weapon. Then just take either Hexblade or Bladesinger after getting fighter extra attack.
Could work well with high wisdom to cleric for spiritual weapon for that sword, but there is a magic item for that. But wisdom also lets you go druid for the wolf and bat
Episode 23 of the Fire Emblem stats: Alucard of Castlevania. Alucard is best with swords and both types of magic, since he's a magic swordsman, as well as flight since he can turn into a swarm of bats at will. He's only not good at brawling because he's more of a mental guy. His defensive stats and magic are his best stats and he doesn't have any notable weaknesses besides strength.
There are two different Vampire races in the Planeshift supplements. You use UA and the Planeshift is on the same level as it is wizards of the coast material that is not official.
The Count Saint Germain, human variant (Skilled), lore bard 3 levels transmutation wizard 17 levels, alchemist background, a combination of the real life alchemist of history and the castlevania version.
Instead of homebrew why not use the planeshift vampire race (Ethier subrace could work)? As the Planeshift stuff while not al legal is published by wotc?
I'd say go with the Zendikar subrace as it gives a +1 INT boost instead of a +1 WIS boost. The Planeshift material isn't AL legal, but neither is the Unearthed Arcana material he brought up in the video so...whatever. XP
I can't wait to use this build on the new Dhampir race from Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft so I won't be restricted to Unearthed Arcana. I know you used Half-Elf here, I just think it'd be cooler to use an actual Vampire race in an official setting.
I would maybe want to add a few levels of bladesinging wizard for extra AC and more spells but honestly straight eldritch knight is probably more accurate
@@FelineElaj I meant to say Plane Shift not Scape. Plane Shift is basically MTG in D&D and it was made by Wizards so its official, here is one that has a Vamp race (there is another I just dont remember what one) media.wizards.com/2018/downloads/magic/plane-shift_ixalan.pdf
FelineElaj the other guy shared the file already so I don’t have much to add but I will say this. While it is official and made by wizard keep in mind it’s not adventurers league legal.
The Plane Shift articles may not be "Adventurers League legal", but neither is the UA material that gets used in most of the videos on this channel. Honestly, the fact is the guy who wrote the Plane Shift stuff also wrote the Ravnica book and his name is listed on the front and back covers of all my 3rd edition Eberron books.
Would you ever consider coming back to this build in the future? Grim Hollow is apparently a thing where you can become a vampire/has a starting stat block for one. It sounds cool, also, great attention to detail in a lot of parts. My friend recently introduced me to the channel and I'm not disappointed. Wish you the best!
@@that0nequ1etk1d4 Yeah, he states he won't use outside homebrew. Although, what about the Plane Shift PDFs that are attached to the MtG settings? They're not official books but they are official WOTC products. There's a vampire in two of them.
I wonder what build his dad would be. So far I can only figured that Dracula is a mix between Paladin Monk with some levels in Fighter. On top that, he is ether a Hugh Elf or is infected with Lycanthrope. If I spelt that correctly.
So it explains in D&D in the DMG to play a vampire in D&D your Strength Dexterity and Constitution all go to 18 I am not sure what page it’s on however I know it’s there because I play a Vampire Dark Elf in my D&D group and bring it to my DM all the time with it
whoa hold on...HIGH ELF?! HIGH ELF!? not even going to look at drow or shadar-kai elf witch fits edge lord vampire more? and just a flat 20 levels in fighter?....*slaps video out of your hands* LETS DO THIS AGAIN THE RIGHT WAY! so first off, shadar-kai elf because it relates to death (also you can re skin blessing of the raven queen to be bats in place of ravens) and gives you 2 dex and 1 con, OR drow, you get some neat spells and stuff also sunlight sensitivity plays into the fact YOU DON"T LIKE THE SUN BUT IT CAN'T KILL YOU! I recommend Drow, Ignore what this guy says and go 15 cha in place of int and maybe dump wisdom (you get proficiency in perception anyways) you want at least 14-16 con and AT LEAST 14 dex, str doesn't really matter fr the right way to do this. CLASS: now you can take one or two levels in fighter if you want, hell you can even go for a 3rd to get that battle master subclass (we won't be using eldritch knight) but I would recommend 2 levels in mood druid so you can shape shift now the rest of your levels is going to be in warlock hexblade (duh) this will let you use any weapon you want as AL is known for more than just his long sword, warlock will give you tons of magic and little ways to shapeshift (in a limited way) and a bunch of other tasty invocations, eldrich blast (tetra spirit) and stuff like vampire touch (get this one its a no brainier for a vampire) then hexblade will let you use any weapon you want weather its a longsword or a glaive (don't forget the alcuard spear is a thing and a weapon he used!) it will also give you life drinker later on for a extra chunk of damage and if your going for the alcuard spear set up you can try to pick up polearm master and great weapon master (yes! glaives are heavy weapons! so GWM with a 10 foot reach and a free bonus attack you can use GWM with!) all in all this will give you all the magic and melee powers of everyones favorite vampire...piff eldrich knight.
Could you do the Helsing/ Helsing ultimate alucard/Dracula as well Ps there is a way to be an actual vampire, it in the note under the vampire monster, which you probably already know Love the dnd character build content
Dueling does not have to be finnese, It only requires to be melee and wielded in one hand, so If your DM says that It is a long sword, you are good to Go
Yeah, I'll be honest Hexblade warlock is the class that tends to spring to mind when I think of Alucard. I guess its sort of the same theme, just approaching it from opposite ends. Eldritch knight is a fighter that can cast spells, while a Hexblade warlock is a spell caster that can fight. It would need a different stat block but would work just as well I think. Also if I had to use an elf subrace as a stand in for being half vampire I'd use the stats from Drow elf which comes with the thematic 'sunlight sensitivity'.
Spell picks for lv3 EK and feat for lv4 signals this is a high theme low potential build. I slcan see this isn't the newest of videos but it's still lacking.
2:10 "His sword is big as hell but I'd still call it a rapier"
It's actually an estoc very big and heavy for humans but in Alucard's hands I agree it's used with much finesse
Real rapiers are enormous anyway
Honestly I think it’s not exactly an estoc, ‘The French estoc is a type of sword, also called a tuck in English, in use from the 14th to the 17th century.[1] It is characterized by a cruciform hilt with a grip for two-handed use[citation needed] and a straight, edgeless, but sharply pointed blade around 36 to 52 in (91 to 132 cm) in length.’ And Alucard can slash with his sword… as is seen in the video
Flaw: can only move at full speed in walking backwards, otherwise speed is halved.
SotN I see... let's not forget getting some extra frame speed by jump-cancelling that backdash, so otherwise, speed is 33%
Why's that?
@@tigerwarrior1787 actually cancel with shield.
@@GuideoftheMagenta it's a reference to Symphony of the night, where dashing backwards, abd cancelling the animation with pulling your shield out is faster than walking normally
There is now an official half-vampire lineage, in case you'd like to rebuild Alucard at some point.
What sourcebook?
@@asherthemad3704 Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft, came out two days ago.
Also with the last season i'm curios if that means he would change the builds of the Castlevania Charakters
I showed up hoping he'd made a striga build
He won't make any character rebuilds, but just using this with Dhampir would be good.
Cons: limited spell slots and relatively low spell levels
That's the life of an Eldritch knight
Whichever character wins, you're in for a good time. All fantastic games.
Hey, that's why I'm doing it, I've heard fantastic things about all of them but never played them.
"we dont do homebrew here"
*use the planeshift material before i literally come into your house and make confetti out of your books*
What's the planeshift material?
@@CCartman69 a bunch of books that wotc made as material for mtg planes on dnd
they literally have 2 vampire race variants
@@lukelblitz3627 how am i just know hearing about this?
@@jodah_eternal Don't use INT as a dump stat.
Loli Raviolli I had no idea Planeshift existed. I downloaded all the books and I’m reading through them now they’re so cool
Just going to point out that "Unearthed Arcana: Gothic Heroes" has the Revenant option. Revenants get regeneration at low HP and the ability to come back from the dead until a specific task is completed - say, killing Dracula. It's not AL legal, but it _is_ published by WotC, so definitely not homebrew.
However, come to that, the Plane Shift supplements are also first-party, and while Innistrad surprisingly does _not_ have a vampire race, Zendikar does! They don't have the near immortality of a Revenant, but they are immune to the effects of ageing and able to drink blood, which fits the bill better for Alucard. *[Edit]* I almost forgot, there's also the Vampire race in Plane Shift: Ixalan, which is nearly identical, but gets a bonus to Wisdom instead of Intelligence, gets extra bonuses from drinking blood instead of creatures killed coming back as something else, and has a racial feat that can do a good impression of Alucard's form of mist. *[/Edit]*
(Technically, his sword is an estoc, but since 5e doesn't have one, it probably doesn't matter. Alucard wields it exclusively one-handed anyway, so it's serving the same role as a rapier. For a more proper Alucard Sword, you'd want to pick up a Sun Blade, though.)
An estoc is edgeless. But since estocs begun as variations of the longsword...it was common to see swords that looked as estocs but with sharp edges...technically those were longswrods however....despite the difference in aesthetic.
@@azraeldusk2154 in the monster manual there is an option to let you play as a vampire. it even lets you transform into mist and a bat.
@@magistermagus1211 really? I must’ve missed that
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@@saintpoli6800 in the spanish version is in Pg.302. in the english version, i think is in pg. 295 (also, the creatures in the book are organized in alfabetical order)
I thought you’d be dipping into. Bladesinger for the ac boost from your int
Yeah, I was waiting for it all video. High Elf even allows it without DM fiat.
@@durendal761 Yeah usually I only go a few levels in Eldritch Knight before going the remainder in Bladesinger for the defensive spell use. Rather burn slots for defensive reactions than anything else. And if you take Magic Initiate - under Artificer there is a spell called Arcane weapon which adds a d6 of either acid, cold, fire, lightning, or thunder damage to your melee attacks. Its concentration but goes well with the Eldritch Knight style combat.
@@knightghaleon Going mostly Bladesinger is probably better because Wizards are objectively better than most options, but for something like this I always thought a 2 level BS dip just for bladesong to compliment everything was always more fun.
Would 18 Eldritch Knight/2 Bladesinger or 14 Bladesinger/6 Eldritch Knight be better?
@@hedgehatchet3578 Depends on if you want the defensive spell casting of the Bladesinger or not. Being able to reduce damage helps you be more tanky, but you are taking more wizard levels with wizard hit points. I've gone pure blade singer before and chosen to avoid upfront fighting because of the hp pool.
If you're going more of a light armor character, being able to add your intelligence mod to attacks might work better. Depends on what you like for yourself. You can also skip blade singer and go abjurer with eldritch knight
I love this build. Dex Fighters fo' life! I didn't know Eldritch Knights could get Polymorph so that is perfect since it is a special ability of Alucard's.... Plus, weapon bond. So good!
Technically they can't get it till level 19... so basically they can't get it. But if you're gonna 1v1 Dracula, I'm pretty sure you're a high level character...
I just really like Dexterity, it's one of my three favourite stats
@@unwithering5313 are your other ones wisdom and charisma
@@numberbndl3763 Well, I'm partial to Dexterity, Wisdom and Constitution, myself~!
Castlevania 3 : 1476
Sotn : 1797
Dawn of sorrow : 2036
I dont know if its ever said how old alucard is in 3 but he is around for a long ass time
Edit:I just did some poking and apparantly lisa died in the 1470s so considering she seems to be a young woman its likely Alucard was born around the 1450s ish
So alucards probably about 580-590 in dawn of sorrow and he still looks like hes in his early 20s so id say its pretty safe to say hes immorta
Dracula persisted for over 900 years but he kept getting ressurected and killed
I am pretty sure the games outright state that hes immortal though
@Alex Lee in the wiki it says in aria of sorrow that he is around 500 years old I don't know if we will get a specific number but if you do some crazy math I'm sure you'll find it
@@NovelPilot01
Well there are 559 years between castlevania 3 and aria
So hes 539+however old he is in 3 which is likely 20-something
Since thats closer to 600 than 500 id say that he himself probably lost track at some point
He was asleep for 321 years so i dont blame him
(Or its just rounded off)
@@alexlee4154 yeah he planned to sleep himself to death after 3 so I don't blame him if he forgot some things about himself
In the anime he was in his early 20s, I think 21. I don't know if its the same in the game it was based on.
@@PhyreI3ird in the anime weirdly enough they say he grew up fast having the mind of a teenager which confuses me
danm I want to play this now. Cause im gonna be playing curse fo strad soon
How would that work RP wise?
My group started playing CoS a few months ago, and I went in as a paladin/rogue with a whip, called Julia Helmont. If I'd seen this video sooner I might've gone with the Alucard build.
I know im watching this later but I just started rewatching Castlevania and I found an official vampire race in the plane shift ixalan MTG supplement.
Great build! I'm about to start playing an dex-based Eldritch Knight/Monk inspired by Lloyd by Tales of Symphonia and this will give me some good ideas!
Oh that combo sounds sickkkkkk
Damn thats awesome
The sword he uses is an estoc, technically
@@YaBoyPerun I see a DS3 player
I mean, he does cut with it, and that makes it more a longsword over an estoc
@@yashkeshavpatnam1852 The estoc can both cut and pierce... Thats the most recognizable feature of an estoc...
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An estoc is a type of sword, also called a tuck in English, in use from the 14th to 17th centuries.[1] It is characterized by a cruciform hilt with a grip for two-handed use and a straight, edgeless, but sharply pointed blade of around 0.91 metres (36 in) to 1.32 metres (52 in) in length.
it notes that its edgeless. at least according to wikipedia
@@yashkeshavpatnam1852 A lot of estocs are actually small sowrds or sideswords, even people who used them weren't consistent. am Estoc though is generally as you say, edgeless.
Also no sword that long could be wielded one handed - even with super strength. Maybe with telekinesis
Very late to the game, but ADRIAN Fahrenheit Tepes. Alucard was just him insulting his dad by doing his name backwards.
Decent build. I probably would have built it off Castlevania 3 or Symphony of the Night. Good stuff, man.
Worth noting there is an official Vampire race in Planeshift Zendikar
What is planeshift and how come it seems like it’s secondary to other official information?
Tyler Most of the Planeshift stuff involves other WotC property Realms. Zendikar is one of the MTG settings. It’s officially made material though there’s not quite enough stuff to it to make a full publication out of. Still, the PDF is free to access via the WotC Website and comes up instantly when you search Planeshift Zendikar on Google
The Ixalan Vampire is more fitting (especially with the corresponding feat) and put him in the Innestrad setting.
@@dragonmaster613 Technically speaking even all of these are just 'as close as we can get' since Alucard ISN'T a vampire, and Wizards hasn't worked up a Dhampir race for 5e yet.
Yet. You know someone in development is working on it.
@@witchBoi_Connor The Plane Shift PDFs are a series of articles written by Wizards of the Coast employee James Wyatt. Each one contains a few key original rules, player races, some subclasses, and guidelines for adapting the rules of D&D 5e to play in one of the different planes/settings of magic the gathering. There are Plane Shift PDF articles for multiple Magic the Gathering worlds.
Innistrad, a vampire filled, eastern European, nightmare land reminiscent of Ravenloft.
Zendikar, a wilderness themed land full of dense jungles, towering mountains, and skies full of levitating megalithic stone hedrons that keep Cthulhu and his two brothers imprisoned on the plane.
Amonkhet, Ancient Egypt meets The Hunger Games, but the twist is that everyone has to compete in the games and the "reward" is getting turned into a Lapis Lazuli coated super zombie and drafted into the army of an evil dragon wizard who wants to become god, again.
Ixalan, Pirates of the Caribbean, but the pirates have to compete with armies of Vampire Conquistadors, Amazon River dwelling Merfolk, and dinosaur riding Aztec warriors. Also the goblins in this world are blue skinned, have prehensile monkey tails, and are covered in white fur.
Kaladesh, steampunk India full of airships, Dwarves, and blue magical vapor people with the lifespan of a fruit fly who come into existence as a byproduct of the magic that powers all the steampunk gadgets.
Dominaria, The main world MTG took place in for the first 15 years of the game's existence. Think Faerun or Greyhawk, but the world map is much bigger, the cultural lines are more or less split along the lines of the five colors of magic in MTG, and a lot of stuff is jacked up because of some shit an immortal artificer named Urza did over the course of the last five thousand years and the stuff a formerly immortal wizard named Teferi did eighty years ago to fix problems he caused two hundred years ago when he tried to spite Urza.
They've released one of these PDFs each time a new MTG coffee table art book has come out, and the guy writing them is a long time Wizards employee. Some children discount the content of these because the writer is currently on the MTG team, but the fact is the guy wrote the Ravnica D&D book and his name is on the front or back covers of all of my third edition Eberron books.
Okay, everyone arguing about the sword that Alucard uses. It's closest real world comparison is the Colichemarde. Similar to a rapier or estoc, it was slightly heavier and also possessed a cutting edge while still mainly used as a thrusting weapon.
As far as DnD is concerned, it's still a rapier. Don't get too technical about it.
Woooooooooooooow Tulac, *BIG* miss on this one, you didn't even see into the future to use the Dhampir race for this CANONICAL Dhampir. Wow. God, really, I can't believe this. How am I supposed to use this build, that CAN'T be changed in ANYWAY or fashion, at all, *EVER* now?
If you're using unearthed arcana for the feat there's a vampire race in both the Zendikar and Ixalan UA books.
How do you guys feel about the Dhampir race, Hexblade Warlock class for Alucard? That one has a nice, built in swordsman/caster build without having to multiclass, and you can cap out charisma which goes will with Alucard's angelic looks. The only downfall is you might be missing some of the spells from his kit but I haven't delved too deep into the Warlock spell list yet.
"chill touch"
I don't remember Alucard summoning zombie hands that choke his opponents.
Should have taken true strike
@@Dile0303 the world trembles in fear of alucard with true strike
I would say half-elf dhampir is more accurate with at least a 2 level dip in Druid for wild shaping a dire wolf and you could go as high as 6/7 levels in Druid for better wild shape and polymorph also wolf form will have magical damage to overcome resistance and immunity. Also you get more spell slots at higher levels due to multi classing rules, and access to the blink spell which is pretty much what he does when he’s zipping around
Cool build!
I was considering how to make Netflix Castlevania version of Alucard myself for a future game and I ended up settling on Kensei Monk (for superhuman agility and swordplay skills) and 2 levels of Moon Druid for the transformation (extra hp from dire wolf forms is noticable in early/mid game). Bonus points if you can snag a Dancing Sword (Very Rare magic item).
i think hed be better as a hexblade warlock. that way he can get access to far step at level 9 allowing him to teleport 60 feet every round as a bonus action, plus the hexblade warlock can also teleport to enemies affected by hexbladez curse, then give him pact of the tome and go with the invocations ascendant step and sculptor of flesh for polymorph.
Alucard was born in 1431 and in Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow he's still physically 18 years old even though Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow takes place in 2036 which would make Alucard 605 years old so I'm pretty sure he just lives forever.
His sword is actually an Estock. Most estocks, from what i have read, didnt even have an edge and were 100% for thrusting. They were still rather light for their size
In all honesty your version of alucard is more thought out than mine I was thinking a fighter scorcerer
If you've played Eldritch Knight and still want the Alucard Flavor,be a Dhampir, go 12 Levels of Battlemaster Fighter (with Lunging Attack for the Red Dash Attack) and 8 Levels of Circle of the Land Underdark Druid (for Bat Wolf and Mist forms.) Then all that is left is to get a Dancing Sword.
"We don't do homebrew here."
Ah yes homebrew. "And then at level 20 this character gains the powers of everything they ever killed or will kill."
Almost a word for word quote from the D and D wiki's homebrew Dhampir.
Remember kids, if something was made by a fan or a player, it's probably garbage. It might be FUN garbage (see; Pathfinder) but it's still toxic nonetheless.
Theres some really solid homebrew out there, like really good. Theres just alot of shit to dig through for said gold, usually not worth it.
[Knock knock]
-Who's there?
[Gunshots]
[Alucards walks in]
*-A real fucking vampire*
Shadar- Kai seems like a more natural choice for an undead or dark flavored build. And either they or the Eladrian get a misty step once a day, thus saving you a feat.
This is amazing work! By anychance, what would I do if I were to make Richter Belmont as a DND Character?
Now let's see Sypha Belnades to round out the Golden Trio of Castlevania. Alucard needed a hunter and a SCHOLAR in his crusade against Dracula, so I'm gonna take a hint and say she's a wizard, despite the lack of paper resources within the Speaker tribe she travelled with most of her life, including tomes and grimoires.
Symphony is the Night is my favorite castlevania game. Awesome stuff.
Dude I did make him for my curse of STRAHD game his name was Lucien Von Zarovich and by far he was one of the best characters I ever played I found that shadow monk and paladin multi class was what worked for me because he is fast but also can do rudimentary magic with smites he also had a dancing longsword which is a great weapon. The damphir race worked for me because you could change into a wolf. My question is WHERE WAS THIS VID WHEN I WAS MAKING HIM :D
Where'd you find a dhampir race? I found a homebrew one but sadly it has no transformative abilities.
@@teknogothyk I looked on dnd beyond and found one it is under moon damphir if you are looking
Watching season 3 right now. Could you do a Forge Master build. Either Isaac or Hector? That would be a fun play.
Unfortunately, you can just flavour Alucard properly when in high level with fighter. What I would suggest is dip 1-2 levels in fighter and go all the way to Wizard. Trentmonk has a pretty powerful build like this one. Using this Multiclass, you'll be able to polymorph, mist (misty step for example), vampiric touch, charm and a lot of dhampiric stuff pretty earlier in the game. Bladesinger in another great option as well.
The Plane Shift PDF articles for both Zendikar and Ixalan contain a vampire player race.
Some kids like to claim this is homebrew or unofficial material, but they're wrong. The Planeshift series is written by a Wizards of the Coast employee. He may have moved back and forth between the D&D and MTG teams, but he was the lead writer on the Ravnica book and his name is the second of third name listed on the front and back covers of all my 3rd edition Eberron books. I don't know about your third editions Eberron books, but the guy is listed right next to the guy credited with creating Eberron on all of mine.
I feel bladesinger from sword coast adventure's guide might work too. Not as tanky, but more spells and you get vampire touch earlier.
I was tempted to go blade slinger for a Alucard build
you forgot about using the dhampir that i think would be much better as a race for Alucard since the bite is pretty important because in the series there was a really cool scene where he was fighting the twins and he talked about how he has a vampiric half while trying to bite them
Alucard has actually met his father's a reincarnation in the modern times Soma Cruz. And out of your card is still pretty young the only difference is he's just dyed his hair black so he's not so Stand Out amongst the modern people. I mean Soma has white hair but really I think it's because Soma is Dracula second chance at a better life to be a hero.
As someone obsessed with Kingdom Hearts, can I just say this lore sounds right up my alley, and I definitely need to dive into it head first?
@@tulokthebarbrarian2033 just so you know Soma is from the DS games for Castlevania. So you got to look for it just make sure the main character wears a lot of white and has white hair.
And for those of you who havent played aria of sorrow, this is about the most major spoiler for it that exists
Tulok: "To prove vampires live any longer than that, we'll need to see Alucard live until the year 2250. If you have anything like that, please let me see it"
Me: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire_Hunter_D_(1985_film)
(also, ruclips.net/video/b8Q2gLqYWIc/видео.html)
Awesome, a build for Alucard! Can’t wait to see his gunsli- wait I’m on the wrong franchise aren’t I?
How about Shanoa, from Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia?
Dominus sounds like a Hexblade thing.
This is a fantastic video! I agree with pretty much every single choice you make. Though I wonder, since Van Richten's guide has been released and Dhampir is now an option if you would do this build any differently today?
Why would he? The only thing that would change is the racial traits, but dhampirs get a+1 in any stat and a +2 in any other stat, so the build would be identical in every way
@@Dile0303 Oh definitely, I wouldn't imagine he'd do it for the simple stat readjustment. We get to see more of Alucard's abilities in the other seasons of the show, as well as his fighting style change in the final season, so I'm curious if he would change anything in how he created this version of the character is all.
if you follow the lore of castlevania alucard feels more like a bladesinging wizard as he is explicitly stated as being a well educated magic user of next to no equal with only dracula and the main cast being his real equals
alexander mackenzie that could be interesting to explore. That and vampire racial bonus of having all physical attributes set to 18 would make him much tougher then a standard wizard, according to the monster manual.
That being said, most magic I have seen in this series is more akin to 3/4th level magic with a few exceptions, so I could believe an Eldritch knight might be one of the best casters in a universe where dedicated casters is rare, D&D isn’t that kind of game fundamentally though.
I'm Playing a bladesinger based on Alucard right now. I feel like, even though Castlevania magic seems simple, their magical prowess shouldn't be disregarded. They're constantly using magic to boost their abilities, the way i de it, Alucard should be at least a level 5 bladesinger.
I know this is an older video - I’m currently binging your stuff - but if you’re looking for a good series to get into - try Shin Megami Tensei stuff. The mainline stuff is super DnD inspired and the Persona stuff is, well, more anime inspired but still.
Also, seeing Trevor and Sypha would be awesome.
In PF, Alucard's sword is closer to an Estoc. That or a large size Rapier. Or an Agile Longsword.
I've actually used this video for making an alucard build in a multiplayer session of baldurs gate 3 with my friends and I've pretty much been able to use the exact build here wih only s couple changes here and
there, the results I'm the most overpowered out of me and my 3 friends
While Polymorph TECHNICALLY allows you to turn into a beast of CR equal to level, there aren't any Beast types above CR 8 (If I'm correct). I feel like you should have mentioned this when you put it in the build.
I'd love to see write ups for Simon Belmont and then Sypha from the netflix series =D
Simon is on the schedule, I might as well add Sypha. :)
@@tulokthebarbrarian2033 Sweet! I just finished S2 of it and I want to play as her lol
@@tulokthebarbrarian2033 Looking forward to these!
Plus you can also get a flying sword familiar if DM allows, I might try this build but with Warlock because I’m poor and can’t afford Erdrich Knight lol
i forgot all about familiars until i read your post. Thank you.
Also check out 5e.tools it has everything no need to buy anything dude. Buy things to support them when you can, but dont let that stop you from enjoying the game.
I created a homebrewed Piety system, so that anyone can be "Of Vlad Dracula" and receive the polymorph abilities of alucard, except more in character. This is the rough draft, if you dont know what Piety is you can check out Mythic Odyseys of Theros. Also, I know I gave abilities at level 1 Piety, thats just a personal thing i like to do. Piety systems are my favorite systems in DnD and ive been using them for years, but now they have a published version, so heres my take on a homebrewed Vlad inspired Piety System
Piety: Vlad Dracula
1: You gain the ability to morph a number of times equal to your modifier per day. You can shift into a white wolf, a mist, a vampire bat. You use the stat block for Wolf and Giant Bat. Lasts for 1 round. You can take this transformation as a reaction to being hit, or as a bonus action during your turn. If its a reaction it lasts until the end of your next turn or until you end it as a free action.
3: Your shapeshift is improved, you can now maintain these transformations for 1 minute instead of 1 round. Your stat block improves to Dire Wolf or Young Winter Wolf, Giant Bat but the size of a normal Bat.
10: You can now shapeshift for up to 1 hour. You can become a Swarm of Bats and you can now force a dc 10 con save vs Vampiric Curse when you bite in humanoid or bat form. You now can take the form of a Winter Wolf and your Winter Breathe is replaced by Wolf Charge of the same effect, does the same thing, just a flavor change.
25: Your transformations are reset on a short rest, last 1 hour, you can transform a number of times equal to your modifier. You transform into a Winter Wolf, a Vampiric Mist, or a giant bat or swarm of bats, using the appearance of your choice.
50: Power of Vlad: When you raise a creature with your blood drain, you raise them into a CR 5 Vampiric Spawn. You can have up to 6 Vampire Spawn, this number increases with your spell casting ability modifier should it ever surpass 6. Additionally, creatures you raise that you do not dominate, are raised as CR 1 creatures. Finally, Undead will not attack you unless instructed to, even if you have not dominated them.
@@KugroxIt has been two years since you posted this and just wanted to say holy crap THANK YOU. What a resource.
Now that you’ve made Alucard, you should make Alucard
Castlevainia vs Hellsing
I like hellsings alucard but man thats a post epic encounter, not a pc. Unless he stays at least somewhat sealed.
Alucard Special effects: "Nigh Unkillable" You must reduce his hit points to 0, 3 million times for it to stick.
"Insurmountable Force" When he unleashes his final restriction the need to kill him 3 million times is erased, but he has summoned 3 million minions between you and him. Said minions being of all levels, races, and classes, and capable of using all of such abilities they had in life, but counting as undead.
@@chrishubbard64 any DM would quit forever if you force him to do a combat encounter with a combat with over 3 million npcs.
@@crowsenpai5625 Which means... I WIN!!!!!! :p The other option being the lower level restrictions where he can call out a small number of powerful minions to fight alongside him. Every time you beat one he summons another. So you can either keep killing his minions and getting them replaced (good to waste several rounds if the party doesnt know this)
Or ignore them and hammer alucard. OR you can kill them till he summons a minion you feel you CAN safely ignore. As an example, you probably dont want to ignore his 9th spell level casting wizard minion. But if you can pin his barbarian down in a spot he cant reach you....
I would have said Dhampir. Echo Knight with your Echo flavored as a floating weapon. Then just take either Hexblade or Bladesinger after getting fighter extra attack.
"We don't do Homebrew here" proceeds to use UA
Nice stuff... Now make a "how to play Adlet Mayer" the strongest man in the world... Good luck figuring that out.......
I'm currently playing this build and I just reached lvl 7 and I'm thinking of mabye trying out 3 lvls in bladesinger wizard... I'm not sure tho
Where you able to pick the arcanist feat?
@@zachlamphier1098 my characters leg got amputated so I went for the mobile feat instead
@@zachlamphier1098 i can not even find it on dndbeyond
@@eDDyL666 have your GM write it in for you
I was thinking you’d use the Hellsing version. But this is a close second.
Same
Fate/Eldritch Knight: we also sleep in Churches to restore mana. Trevor: Oh no. Sypha: Oh yes. Alucard: ...
Btw the highest CR Beast is 12 it’s name is Traxigor, but realistically Tyrannosaurus is the best option
This is just an optional Eldridge knight fighter, we don't see that very often on the channel
Get the magic item the dancing sword so that you can do that cool flying magic sword thing
Could work well with high wisdom to cleric for spiritual weapon for that sword, but there is a magic item for that. But wisdom also lets you go druid for the wolf and bat
The new UA stuff made it so that you can play Daredevil because of the blind fighting FightStyle.
Episode 23 of the Fire Emblem stats: Alucard of Castlevania.
Alucard is best with swords and both types of magic, since he's a magic swordsman, as well as flight since he can turn into a swarm of bats at will. He's only not good at brawling because he's more of a mental guy.
His defensive stats and magic are his best stats and he doesn't have any notable weaknesses besides strength.
There are two different Vampire races in the Planeshift supplements. You use UA and the Planeshift is on the same level as it is wizards of the coast material that is not official.
The Count Saint Germain, human variant (Skilled), lore bard 3 levels transmutation wizard 17 levels, alchemist background, a combination of the real life alchemist of history and the castlevania version.
Instead of homebrew why not use the planeshift vampire race (Ethier subrace could work)? As the Planeshift stuff while not al legal is published by wotc?
I'd say go with the Zendikar subrace as it gives a +1 INT boost instead of a +1 WIS boost. The Planeshift material isn't AL legal, but neither is the Unearthed Arcana material he brought up in the video so...whatever. XP
I can't wait to use this build on the new Dhampir race from Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft so I won't be restricted to Unearthed Arcana. I know you used Half-Elf here, I just think it'd be cooler to use an actual Vampire race in an official setting.
I would maybe want to add a few levels of bladesinging wizard for extra AC and more spells but honestly straight eldritch knight is probably more accurate
drac vs alu fight still hits hard. wish the fam can reunite eventually
there is a official Vamp race... 2 actually, its in Plane Scape (edit I mean Plane SHIFT not Plane Scape)
Are those races official for 5e? There are no official Panescape materials for 5e, as far as I am aware.
@@FelineElaj I meant to say Plane Shift not Scape. Plane Shift is basically MTG in D&D and it was made by Wizards so its official, here is one that has a Vamp race (there is another I just dont remember what one) media.wizards.com/2018/downloads/magic/plane-shift_ixalan.pdf
FelineElaj the other guy shared the file already so I don’t have much to add but I will say this. While it is official and made by wizard keep in mind it’s not adventurers league legal.
@@naruhina1997 that's good to know, thanks.
The Plane Shift articles may not be "Adventurers League legal", but neither is the UA material that gets used in most of the videos on this channel. Honestly, the fact is the guy who wrote the Plane Shift stuff also wrote the Ravnica book and his name is listed on the front and back covers of all my 3rd edition Eberron books.
Alucard can also make a good bladesinger
Would you ever consider coming back to this build in the future? Grim Hollow is apparently a thing where you can become a vampire/has a starting stat block for one. It sounds cool, also, great attention to detail in a lot of parts. My friend recently introduced me to the channel and I'm not disappointed. Wish you the best!
Thing is grimhollow isn't WoTC content so I don't if he would use it. It's a good suggestion tho
@@that0nequ1etk1d4 Yeah, he states he won't use outside homebrew. Although, what about the Plane Shift PDFs that are attached to the MtG settings? They're not official books but they are official WOTC products. There's a vampire in two of them.
I wonder what build his dad would be.
So far I can only figured that Dracula is a mix between Paladin Monk with some levels in Fighter. On top that, he is ether a Hugh Elf or is infected with Lycanthrope. If I spelt that correctly.
his sword is an estak witch is more similar to a long sword than a rapier
So it explains in D&D in the DMG to play a vampire in D&D your Strength Dexterity and Constitution all go to 18
I am not sure what page it’s on however I know it’s there because I play a Vampire Dark Elf in my D&D group and bring it to my DM all the time with it
Can you do how to create a Dracula character building?
Alucard is still alive in 2035 in the canon of the games, Aria of Sorrow specifically.
Can you make a build based on Trevor Belmont?
Gonna slap this on Astarion. It's perfect.
Banishment is a funny spell. bad and naughty monsters get sent to the astral plane to atone for their crimes
whoa hold on...HIGH ELF?! HIGH ELF!? not even going to look at drow or shadar-kai elf witch fits edge lord vampire more? and just a flat 20 levels in fighter?....*slaps video out of your hands* LETS DO THIS AGAIN THE RIGHT WAY! so first off, shadar-kai elf because it relates to death (also you can re skin blessing of the raven queen to be bats in place of ravens) and gives you 2 dex and 1 con, OR drow, you get some neat spells and stuff also sunlight sensitivity plays into the fact YOU DON"T LIKE THE SUN BUT IT CAN'T KILL YOU! I recommend Drow, Ignore what this guy says and go 15 cha in place of int and maybe dump wisdom (you get proficiency in perception anyways) you want at least 14-16 con and AT LEAST 14 dex, str doesn't really matter fr the right way to do this. CLASS: now you can take one or two levels in fighter if you want, hell you can even go for a 3rd to get that battle master subclass (we won't be using eldritch knight) but I would recommend 2 levels in mood druid so you can shape shift now the rest of your levels is going to be in warlock hexblade (duh) this will let you use any weapon you want as AL is known for more than just his long sword, warlock will give you tons of magic and little ways to shapeshift (in a limited way) and a bunch of other tasty invocations, eldrich blast (tetra spirit) and stuff like vampire touch (get this one its a no brainier for a vampire) then hexblade will let you use any weapon you want weather its a longsword or a glaive (don't forget the alcuard spear is a thing and a weapon he used!) it will also give you life drinker later on for a extra chunk of damage and if your going for the alcuard spear set up you can try to pick up polearm master and great weapon master (yes! glaives are heavy weapons! so GWM with a 10 foot reach and a free bonus attack you can use GWM with!) all in all this will give you all the magic and melee powers of everyones favorite vampire...piff eldrich knight.
Damn, this comment need more likes. Better and quicker than this vid
I have a question for you. How would you make the 9 party members from Final Fantasy VII into D&D 5E characters?
I’m gonna use this for a half-orc character with the criminal background I wanna do
Please do a Sypha Belnades Build
What would be the likelihood that you could do the whole Belmont Clan?
Try another vampire build using the Dhampir* race!
still one of my favorite builds
what about planeshift ixalan and planeshift zendikar? they give vampire races
There is a planehsift version of vampire race,is nto homebrew so i think it could be used
With that intelligence score I'd dip wizard for some bladesinger goodness
Could you do the Helsing/ Helsing ultimate alucard/Dracula as well
Ps there is a way to be an actual vampire, it in the note under the vampire monster, which you probably already know
Love the dnd character build content
I would love to see a Jace Beleren character build.
Dueling does not have to be finnese, It only requires to be melee and wielded in one hand, so If your DM says that It is a long sword, you are good to Go
I would say long sword instead of rapier, and take a dancing sword if you get a magic item.
Unearthed arcana isn´t official, what else can i use for this build if i only want to use official content?
Pact Of The HexBlade anybody? I'm fairly certain that Dracula might count as a Shadowfell entity.
Yeah, I'll be honest Hexblade warlock is the class that tends to spring to mind when I think of Alucard. I guess its sort of the same theme, just approaching it from opposite ends. Eldritch knight is a fighter that can cast spells, while a Hexblade warlock is a spell caster that can fight. It would need a different stat block but would work just as well I think. Also if I had to use an elf subrace as a stand in for being half vampire I'd use the stats from Drow elf which comes with the thematic 'sunlight sensitivity'.
Spell picks for lv3 EK and feat for lv4 signals this is a high theme low potential build. I slcan see this isn't the newest of videos but it's still lacking.