Handbooker Helper: Feats
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- Опубликовано: 19 авг 2024
- The illustrious Dani Carr is here to provide all the deets on feats in D&D 5e with another informative installment of Handbooker Helper!
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I WAS GONNA MAKE A FEET JOKE BUT THEY DID IT IN THE FIRST 3 SECONDS OF THE VIDEO
Same
They need an ability to block your opponent's feats so you can de-feat it.
I think that's the most excited anyone in the history of D&D has gotten about the Weapon Master feat
omg seriously xD
if your feat is the same as 4x250 gold and days of off time training its meh (like who uses more than a few weapons anyway) :p
In this house, WE. PICK. TAVERN BRAWLER.
Gay Bowser I rather take tough over tavern brawler.
Great sword wizard
3:03, "I'm Dani Carr, and you're watching Handbooker Helper."
*Waves wand to draw a d20*
Can you imagine how long that would take?
Observant is wonderful. Nothing like a +5 to passive perception and passive investigation to boost your usefulness in a party.
It depends... I've been GMing regularly since 5e came out and only used passive perception once (and only to save a PC from a very anticlimactic death). I see how it could be very useful in some groups... but I would rather just straight up boost wisdom instead.
@Follow the howl The only occasions where I needed stealth from NPCs so far were ambushes, and I always asked for group perception rolls. Passive perception will also completely ruin traps the way I run them, so I don't use it (I always give my players clues before and opportunities to react after the trap is set off, though).
@Follow the howl Those are very good reasons indeed! I just don't like the idea of passive perception for players... it is basically the average perception roll, and it seems odd to me that you could get a worse result when actively trying to spot something than when you are just minding your own business. I may very well be wrong ;)
@@jacopogenovese4728 A way to balance things out, you can give passive dcs +5 (or another bonus). A player actively searching has to beat 10 with a roll, but passively would have to beat a 15. Still allows observant characters to be observant, and your perceptive characters will still see things but players will still have to actively check if they want to find those important things.
Me a barbarian with a -3 in perception *mhm yes*
I have a feeling Dani just wants a shitload of weaponry so she can become a human blender.
"It slices! It dices! It makes julienne fries!"
Can we get bloopers put back into the end credits of the episode pleasee
You say that as if she even made any bloopers.
I'm a big fan of racial feats, such as Elven Accuracy which give *3D20's* when you have advantage on an attack!
I'm currently using a tiefling who has both racial tiefling feats: Infernal Constitution - Gain resistance to Cold Damage and Advantage against being poisoned.
Flames of Phlegethos - When you inflict fire damage of any kind, you become wreathed in flame that deal 1d4 of fire damage when hit by a melee attack. (To give a bit of damage back when you get attacked.)
i'm playing a tiefling light cleric and flames of phlegethos makes it a monster. rerolling ones for fire damage, so that flame strike hurts so much more
I was wondering how feats worked in 5e.......in other editions you just choose as you level up,
but 5e basically builds it into your class and gives you feats that are good for your particular class.
You don't get feats in 5e, unless the optional feats rules is applied......and you replace what your
class has built into it. Unless i'm getting something wrong.
Interesting.
Thanks.....this series has helped my game alot.
Not new to D&D but am pretty new to (DM'ing) 5e.
Appreciate all of these videos.😀
i'm playing a game where we do Milestone leveling but we also gain experience and then we get to exchange that experience for feats! it's a fun way of spicing up the game and to give players even more costumisations for PCs
@@gatangela2008 that's an inventive way to do things. I like hearing about different people's homebrews, so cool.
Have fun!
Happy New Year!
I agree with the "read carefully!" part. I was running a campaign where one member was a Gunslinger. They were pit fighting, and they fought a boneclaw. The other party member was a rogue, so he got in a ton of damage early on. The Gunslinger was using Bad News and had the Savage Attacker feat. I didn't know you could only reroll damage once per turn, so the boneclaw died instantly.
I think we can all agree that the Alert feat is awesome: +5 to initiative and cannot be surprised while concious
I love how she makes weapon master seem really cool when in reality it is the most useless feat out there.
No it's not, keen mind is the most useless feat. This has been said since it came out
I find Heavily Armored to be quite a lackluster feat...
@@spacemanspiff9631 Keen mind is super useful. Time management in the underdark, especially when your dm is strict on the one long rest per day rule. Plus, you don't have to take notes (though I still suggest you do because it's supper annoying for the dm).
@@skywardocarina1 wrong. All you need to do is buy a pocket watch which is cheap and take notes like a good player should. Keen mind is useless. Period. This is no even up for debate tbh
@@spacemanspiff9631 well that's very specific. You can't always buy a watch. They aren't in every campaign due to setting or location of your party, plus it be broken or stolen, or you could be captured, like at the start of Into the Abyss. Not to mention, depending on the DM, your 30 day memory can aid you where being the best note taker cannot. Accurately reciting an hour long ritual, seeing a map layout or puzzle with hundreds of parts and accurately recalling it or recreating it. Not to mention always being able to keep an accurate direction at all times when all other forms of keeping an accurate course fail...
Last time I was this early, Molly was a god!
Great Handbooker Helper as always! I didn’t realize magical effects can still impact feat prereqs... I’ll have to keep that in mind as a DM =3c
i miss molly.. he would have been fun in Darktow..
Well that joke aged well
Dani is the best. She's hilarious. And, man, that outfit makes her eyes pop!
2:01 Danny would like to RAGE!
Dorsilgas why would she get excited about one of the worst feat?
@@joshuacurrey4722 Says you.
Blessed be
You are looking amazing as always, Dani. Thanks for explaining something that I never remember the name for and usually call "talenty thing" in game.
Taking the Tough feat at Level 1 (Variant Human) gave my wizard 11 HP at the word go - only the second-lowest of the group. Level 2 put him at 21 HP (I rolled a five), which is absolutely nuts for a wizard, plus he's got an 8 HP (with four more from recharging) Arcane Ward to play with... that makes him technically the highest-HP character in the group. It works well, as my general character idea was "durable wizard", thus 16 CON (18 INT, naturally, as that's de rigeur for wizardry).
Love the addition of Satine when Dani refers to dungeon master!
My favorite is Tavern Brawler! You can fight using a severed Bugbear arm, which is so long it has a natural range of 10 feet!
In my very first ever campaign I played a pirate with that feat. So. Much. Fun.
1.Elven Accuracy.
2.GWM
3.Lucky.
4.Polearm master?
Polarm master. Also sharpshooter. These feats, including your list, are leagues better than the rest.
Shout out to magic initiate
@@hmcloud8487 It's definitely top 10.
@@hmcloud8487 I see absolutely no point in taking magic initiate, unless you want to cheese with owl familiar help action spam. If you are going for booming blade (effective only for rogues) take high elf.
Spell Sniper, please and thank you. Doubling the range of any spell that needs an attack roll (that's not touch) and ignoring 1/2 and 3/4 cover? Yes please. Get a Warlock with the Eldritch Spear invocation and Spell Sniper and you can hit targets 600 feet away with Eldritch Blast lol. On top of that, you also get a free attack cantrip of your choice, so non Warlocks can get their hands on Eldritch Blast if they want it. It won't have the 600 foot range, only 240, but that's still insanely far and it's an insanely powerful cantrip since it's designed to be the Warlock's go to attack spell at all level due to their extremely limited number of spell slots.
Tough is good and all but it didn't help my sweet Mollymauk.
Too soon? Naaaa
They Massacred my poor boy
: ' (
Mollymauk basically self-destructed.
Nah I just watched it, he killed himself
I really appreciate how concise these videos are. Thanks for this content.
Dani always looks amazing, but I love how she styled her look for this video!!
Right?!
weapon master should give a fighting style on top of the current lackluster benefit
Yea a 1 level Fighter dip is nearly always the better choice.
@ it's really only 'good' for rouges and monks who want to use a magic item they found or anyone who wants guns
That's a great idea.
@
A one-level dip into Fighter is widely recognised as the best bang for your buck in multiclassing.
Duelling DMs? Matt and Satine? INCREDIBLE!
Can I have a feat that lures in money to pay off my student debts??? XD
Oh gods I'll choose that feat.
@@Justanoldscroll We all need Treasurer Vex in our lives.
the feat you're looking for is called 'rich parents'
Robert F. Smith.
Political carrerist:
(Prerequisites: evil, intelligence of 8 or less)
You gain the ability to seem like you are gaining votes for a political party of your choice.
Warcaster, Crossbow expert, sharpshooter, GWM and polearm master are some of the best
Alex TheGreat resilient for con can be game changing for a paladin
And remember that some of those feats rock hardest in pairs. Crossbow Expert + Sharpshooter. Polearm Master + Sentinel.
My favorite is Alert. Especially when paired with a weapon of warning!
I waaaaarned yoouuu!
I *love* the Observant feat! I've got a Rogue Inquisitive with a passive investigation of 22 thanks to that feat.
How does passive investigation even work?
@@bookworm3696 You sherlock Holmes the clues as you glance around. If a windows been smashed in a break in, you may passively realize the window was actually smashed from the inside with how the glass has scattered and the break in could be fake.
I love Dani's outfit here :O
Multi class rogue with the scout archetype and fighter with the arcane archer archetype combined with the sharp shooter feat. Sneak attack from 600 feat away using magically exploding arrows combined with the sharpshooter 10 point damage boost ;)
Dani should DM a musical one-shot of Critical Role.
Leandro Fernandes any type of one shot would be fun to see
Dani is genuinely lovely.
I don't know why a DM would choose not to use feats (no one I've played with has disallowed them), they seem core to certain classes. Like spellcasters get thrice-punished for daring to enter melee combat with first their hit die, then concentration checks and weapon-only opportunity attacks (not to mention the uneven ready action rules for spells). You need warcaster to get anywhere near the benefits martial classes have by default. Same with crossbows: why would anyone use them without the feat?
THAT END MUSIC IS FROM GOOSEWORX
I KNEW IT SOUNDED FAMILIAR
Dani Carr is a sweet cinnamon roll that must be protected at all costs.
I am a simple critter, if i see Dani, the video is already rolling.
So that means, that we are on the internet?
Dani looks particularly stunning in this video!
I think Dani's getting better and better at hosting. Well done!
The only feats this woman has accomplished were at the all you can eat buffet.
What if you have like an artifact, but it grants you an extra feat... Is it a feat fetish?
WE Are numBOO one you should feel bad for that
Oh my God Dani looks so good in this video!👍👍👍
1:21 cool, that they also added Satine there
I love Dani!!!
Yay it's more Dani!
i speak for all dms when i say, "no lucky"
Feet
Dani can sing! My true Ariel now
Immediately distracted by Dani singing. SHE'S SO WONDERFUL!
"Channel your Knights of the Round Table and..." dance whenever able.
My ears heard "Hand Hooker Helper"....Proving I am a real D&D player...
Observant is great, it's the reason my paladin has passive perception if 21
Her battle cry for Weapon Master is so cute I cannot 😂
Dude, a scourge aasimar paladin with the dueling fighting style and charger feat can theoretically deal 37 damage in one attack at level 4.
Danni looking Fine.
Dani should play one night
I haven't played since 4e came out and spent most my time in 3.5 so this is all different to me
I maintain that Heavy Armour Master is a very undervalued feat. The -3 reduction to nonmagical weapon damage you take while wearing heavy armour might not seem like much, but those numbers add up. It has absorbed enough damage to kill my fighter 2 or 3 times over by now.
Two things
1) most feats come with an ability score Improvement or a choice of improvements so you're really only foregoing one point in exchange for a feet most of the time
2 this one's a little more for DM's if a character is playing Dragonborn let them take the dragon hide feet as just a regular ability it's the exact same thing the lizard-folk and get a natural AC of 13 + decks it's just a little odd that Dragonborn would have to take it as a feat we're lizard-folk just get it off the bat so just give it to him off the bat because it makes no sense that they wouldn't have it by default
Lucky, Tough, Elemental Adept and Crossbow expert are the most solid choices
Can’t go wrong with spell sniper or sharpshooter either
Much love for Dani!
Who are you and why haven't we seen you before? You are awesome!
I hope you do more posts . Thank you. Great post , great energy, love you Dani.
Best feat is Magic Initiate because you can pick one 1st level spell (with one spell slot) and 2 cantrips. With this you rouge can learn prestitigitation, your paladin can cast eldritch blast, and your barbarian can cast elemental weapon and burn people alive with there flaming axe.
Sorry bud, but elemental weapon is a 3rd level spell
Handbooker Helper!
ding
TIL the knight at the end of the last crusade was a knight of the round table
I didn't think Dani could host hand booker helper, well I'm not complaining ! I guess it includes most people on the critical role cast.
Funny Penguin why not, they’ve had various adjacent people hosting
that warhorse drawing really dungeons my dragons
ahem
Alert looks like a nice one.
So I can give fests based on their backstory, before campaign experiences and if they were born with it?
That was the only part that wast fully clear
You're the DM. You can do whatever tf you want lol but yes I've been through multiple campaigns or one shots where the DMs reward background decisions with feats.
I felt like a bloody genius when I made my Son Soul monk and hit level 4 and thought for a second and I went "OH MY GOD! RADIANT SUN BOLT IS A SPELL!" So guess what I did? I took Spell Sniper. Because it's a spell that requires an attack roll! My whole group was like "Wait, what?" And I showed them this:
Xanithar's Guide to Everything, Page 35: "This special attack is a ranged spell attack with a range of 30 feet"
So I took spell sniper and now have a 60 feet option for using my martial arts die.
If anyone's curious about the character, it's and Aaracokra Sun Soul Monk. So yeah, that's fun.
It doesn't quite work that way. Radiant Sun Bolt isn't technically a spell, but it is a magical attack. Its range isn't doubled, but it does ignore 1/2 and 3/4 cover. And that's assuming you met the prerequisite.
www.sageadvice.eu/2015/11/18/how-does-the-monks-radiant-sun-bolt-interact-with-spell-sniper/
I’ve brought this info up to my DM and he nodded and asked “Which one do you think would be more fun?” So I have a new found level of respect for him.
And on the point of not wanting to be a player in a game with that, why? It’s the weakest damage spell in the game. Yeah at higher levels it’ll become stronger, but even at level 17 it’ll be comparable to a warlock’s Eldritch Blast. Both will do 1d10 per hit, with a maximum potential of 4 hits, and all hits require it’s own attack roll. The only differences are;
1: The Monk has to use a ki point to get the 4th attack
2: Radiant Sun Bolt has 1/4 (or with our home brew allowing spell sniper’s extended range 1/2) the range
I LOVE YOU DANI CARR ! TY
I said this about Matt Mercer but it also applies to this human too. Dani is bae.
Absolutely Adorable.
I've been having a ball with my polearm wielding mobile fighter. Yeah, yeah, polearm master generally gets paired with sentinal (and for good reason) but I can be anywhere I want and hit anyone I want on a crowded battlefield with the auto disengage from all targets you attacked this round. And if I use it in a fighting retreat, the foe that was autodisenaged from now provokes again on their turn when they come back into reach.
Sounds like oberyn martell
Legend feat combo is
Sentinel + Great Weapon Master + Savage Attacker + Defensive Duelist
Best combo i could come up with that doesn't have race Prerequisite
Tough...Toweph...Tough.
Thank you Dani, very cool
I'm new to DnD, so it's a lot..
You can take feats rather than ability scores.. on lvl 4, 8, 12, 16, 19..
Question 🤚
What about when the campaign first start at lvl 1? Can u take feats?
I've seen some who already have dualwielder since the start of the campaign.. or perhaps it is just cuz of their class (rogue) ??
Cuz I'm thinking of doing an Aasimar going either rogue, paladin, or bard..
And wanted to make him use 2 weapons, sword & whip (for longer out of reach attack i guess? And cool concept) from the start..
And any suggestions on which feats to take or not..
You can so long as you're playing a variant human who gets a feat right off the bat. Alternatively talk to your DM and see if they're willing to grant you a feat based off of your backstory. You'd be surprised how many DMs allow it.
Just a question but why oh why hasn't Dani been a guest player on CR itself? Or did I miss an episode?
No idea.
Might just be that she doesn't want to.
That song though. It was way too perfect.
Why puny human tell Gorlok he not wizard? Everyone tell Gordon he smashes, so he is barbarian. Gorlock put shiny rock on stick make staff of smash. Gorlok cash smash and swing his staff. Then head disappear and turn pink mist. Gorlok like pink mist, pink mist give gotlock his power. Why else head disappear and pink mist get everywhere if gorlok not wizard?
I always wanted to play a Samurai Character again with Alert Feat. To pull off that film and anime fantasy of Grabbing his sword just in time to defect or intercept the intruder or his/her attack. To feel that badassery as a hardens bushido Swordmaster with a Katana and Odochi two-handed katana for fight Monsterious size demons and monsters to protect his lord and family from all enemies! (~˘▾˘)~ No. Sekiro, Shadows Die Twice did not inspire to play as samurai. He was a ninja, not a samurai though shared the same responsibilities. My original inspiration came from Seven Samurai 1954, Red Sun, and Lady Snowblood. Then Afro Samurai, Samurai X, and Samurai Champloo. XD
Take a look at the Sentinel feat then! Beau +Yasha have it. As a retainer/bodyguard, it's very fitting thematically :)
Dani is so adorbs and I want her choker necklaceeeeeeeeee
Just love Dani! She is so cute.
One thing to remember with feats is that they come at the expense of an ASI. Given 5e's relatively flat math, maxing out your PC's primary Ability Score before taking any Feats is probably a good idea. There are, of course, exceptions. If you want your PC to fight with two weapons, for example, you probably want Dual Wielder as soon as possible (particularly if your STR is higher than your DEX).
But, as a general rule, get your Ability scores sorted first.
Yes, because I play D&D to max out my stats and be as powerful as possible, It's certainly not a game where many people just want to have fun telling a story with their friends.
@@FuckoffletmedowhatIw
It's adorable that you think making your character more likely to succeed at the things they want to do and having fun playing the game are somehow in opposition. The story in an RPG is an emergent property of the interaction of the DMs plot/setting and the players roleplaying their characters. Players who claim to care more about "telling a story" than playing the game tend to suck at both.
@@nickwilliams8302 I don't think they're in opposition, I think people should play the game how they want, but I generally don't enjoy playing with min/maxing powergaming bellwhackers.
Now I'm not saying you specifically are the sort of min/maxing powergaming bellwhacker to which I refer, but your comment is the sort of thing I see from such people. People who generally believe the only way to play the game is THEIR way.
I don't like those people.
@@FuckoffletmedowhatIw
What a coincidence. I don't enjoy playing with pretentious elitists who pride themselves in prioritising "story" over gameplay. In my experience, they're not only using such a pose to cover the fact that they're just too damn lazy to learn the system, they have no idea what roleplay even is, let alone how to do it.
Now I'm not saying you specifically are the sort of pretentious, elitist poseur to which I refer, but your comment is the sort of thing I see from such people.
Now, if we're through trading insults via apophasis, perhaps I should remind you that this is literally a video about mechanical character options. As such, a person making a comment about what option is they believe to be most mechanically most effective should hardly come as a surprise to you. Scroll down and you'll find this comment section is almost entirely populated with people sharing their opinions on this subject (and people who feel the need to tell the world how cute they think Dani is or make some other content-free contribution).
Tavern Brawler feat is my favorite for non monk melees. So much fun going apeshit with improvised weapons as well as punching and kicking. Throwing/hitting people with mugs, shoes, horseshit, angry goblins...
Note that this feat will only be as fun as your DM allows. If this kind of feat is not their thing then you may end up in a situation where you are only allowed to do the most mundane damage after several successful D20 rolls. Example: Roll to see if you can grab your opponent, now roll to see if you can pick them up, now roll to see if you can slide them across the bar. If all these rolls succeed, you may roll a D4 for damage. Oh no, one of your rolls was a 6, you spent your entire turn doing nothing. While Gm who is super into it will allow your raging barbarian to throw a wooden table, as a one time use weapon, that does damage in a 5 ft area and will knock your opponents prone if they fail their roll.
Serving up D&D easy
I love Dani
Please make a video on this topic using the metric system.
I want her to be my halo AI
my absolute favorite is magic anitiate
So I need to be level four to have a feat
Rogue pirate Kenku that took crossbow expert so i duel wield crossbows its awesome.
When I get to play dnd, I want to play a high elf wizard that’s very intelligent and wise (but very weak and uncharismatic), so I REALLY want to take Keen Mind and Observant so I can hone in on intelligence and wisdom
Ms. Dani! We do not deserve thy grace and luminous presence! Great episode!
oh shit! Its beautiful Dani!!!
Fun fact: according to rules as written for crossbow expert, you don't get disadvantage when attacking with a spell within 5ft of a target
yup, that's probably intentional. They like feats to give you one or two perks that are useful to all types of characters, not just a specific type like "ranged weapon user".
@@buck7271 *cough* charger *cough* to be fair charger is awful
@@carlosgutierrez3918 Charger could be good on a ranger with a giant owl pet if your dm lets you roll like that
@@dittmar104 yeah but you gotta use your action to dash and bonus to hit for 5 damage or a shove. Its just SOOO exspensive action economy wise
Love you Dani, you're amazing!
backoff buster, mine crush is not shared
If a barbarian were to take the arcane initiate feat, would they be able to get spell sniper next time they get a feat?
Yes
ITS ALMOST THURSDAY!!!!!!!
I like feats....