Having played a 1st edition Druid, the flame blade was always useful both as a backup weapon (with it you are never really unarmed) and a weapon against creatures that took extra damage from fire.
Shadow blades better, and green flame blade adds the fire effect if you're into that sort of thing. I'd definitely use flame blade on an npc foe or something though, if I don't have a reason to power game against my players, and I want them to have a cool boss to fight.
I would use a tempest cleric build and take the meta magic adept feat so I can transmute spell. I know not original or optimal , but it always is good to have something just in case
Yeah, before Tasha's and the floating ASIs, fire was the wizard friendly genasi. They can still be great for roleplaying purposes, but mechanically, they are WEAK. If I used one, I'd probably go rogue with it and become a non-spellcasting arsonist. Fire is in your nature, but you are unable to call it, except for some racial spells. So you find other ways to unleash the flames. (Alchemist fire, flasks of oil, and if you're lucky, grenades) produce flame is great at lighting fuses. :)
I agree it's not super powerful but I am currently playing a fire genasi light cleric and I'm loving flameblade yes its not as good as spirit guardians but against a single opponent I think it's pretty good.
Gonna shoot you an other idea for a future build, a minotaur barbarian path of the juggernaut can push an opponent upwards 15ft so they trigger fall damage and fall prone. At level 10 you get an additional 5ft and you can also stack it with Crusher feet for more movement. I will call him Lactose the intolerant!!! A professional athlete and gold metal winner, looking for glory outside the arena wanting to make his mother proud! (Mrs. Utterly Intolerant ). Have fun with it :)
My dm alowed me to use dragon's breath at lvl 5 instead of flame blade, using only fire not other damage types but i liked that haha its way way better
I gotta be that guy. I'm a 3.5/Pathfinder DM, been DMing since 2nd edition. Imo 5th edition did DnD dirty. 4th absolutely destroyed DnD during its time, that's no question, but 5th feels so watered down I just can't do it.
@@DnD_Daily I'm just being a curmudgeon lol. I'll say loud and clear that 5th is more welcoming to new players and is easier to "get" than 3.5/Pathfinder. I felt bad posting my reactive comment lol. I'm just used to my mountain of books and the rules I know/prefer. My main complaint in 5E came from its version of Phantasmal Killer, in that it wasn't a "save or die" spell anymore and instead dealt psychic damage. I kinda based my opinion on that first impression if I'm being honest about my view. I feel like I did dnd kinda dirty in my original comment now, tbh. I'll keep it up in the hopes anyone who reads it reads the whole thread and can see I admitted I was wrong. The last thing I'd want is for someone to not try it because I got on a soapbox lol
On the surface, yea I agree. You would as a player would have to put on your "Helm of 40 Watt Brilliance" (yes it was a magic item we homebrewed for laughs) to make this race shine. Can it he done? Ofcourse! But you really have to put in the effort. But they all can't be zingers yaknow. The formintioned helm was simple one. It's the trope of some of the most brilliant things spoken has come from some of the mentally challenged people. Example: Forrest Gump, Karl Childers, etc etc It looking like a helmet with a clear glass orb on top. (Lightbulb) It has no effect until the wearer really starts to think 🤔 about the puzzle or pending doom predicaments they are in. The answer is "RIGHT THERE!!" but due to bigger 🧠ed players not getting it. Over thinking, missing it by "that much" etc etc. They miss the clue or the most simple solution. The helm does a "zeeeeeeeep DING!" sound and the orb flashes for a second and the wearer has a answer to the problem at hand. Right or wrong. It's more than what the big 🧠ed people came up with. Game terms. It's a way for a dm to help the players get unstuck in a sticky place against a traps and puzzles. Things of that nature. But some obscure lore or whatnot. It's ment to show a different perspective in people. A different insight on problem solving. Example: Rain Man, A Beautiful Mind,. Have fun with it. It's a fun way of giving a "DM nudge" to the group. In a crazy funny "Doc Brown" flux capacitor way.
Always homebrew the rules mostly because wotc loves to screw over the cool classes, races, feats, abilities and spells. Just make sure you can balance your modifications
To fix the flame blade problem, it might be a good idea to simply ask the dm if you can multi attack with flame blade.
Having played a 1st edition Druid, the flame blade was always useful both as a backup weapon (with it you are never really unarmed) and a weapon against creatures that took extra damage from fire.
Shadow blades better, and green flame blade adds the fire effect if you're into that sort of thing. I'd definitely use flame blade on an npc foe or something though, if I don't have a reason to power game against my players, and I want them to have a cool boss to fight.
I would use a tempest cleric build and take the meta magic adept feat so I can transmute spell. I know not original or optimal , but it always is good to have something just in case
Yeah, before Tasha's and the floating ASIs, fire was the wizard friendly genasi. They can still be great for roleplaying purposes, but mechanically, they are WEAK. If I used one, I'd probably go rogue with it and become a non-spellcasting arsonist. Fire is in your nature, but you are unable to call it, except for some racial spells. So you find other ways to unleash the flames. (Alchemist fire, flasks of oil, and if you're lucky, grenades) produce flame is great at lighting fuses. :)
I agree it's not super powerful but I am currently playing a fire genasi light cleric and I'm loving flameblade yes its not as good as spirit guardians but against a single opponent I think it's pretty good.
I would build a Fire Genasi as a Forge Cleric of Purphoros, with the “Anvilwrought” gift.
Gonna shoot you an other idea for a future build, a minotaur barbarian path of the juggernaut can push an opponent upwards 15ft so they trigger fall damage and fall prone. At level 10 you get an additional 5ft and you can also stack it with Crusher feet for more movement. I will call him Lactose the intolerant!!! A professional athlete and gold metal winner, looking for glory outside the arena wanting to make his mother proud! (Mrs. Utterly Intolerant ). Have fun with it :)
Haha nice!
the Hot Wet and Dirty group, a fire, water and earth genasi respectively. They'll want to stay clear of the fourth member, Windy.
My dm alowed me to use dragon's breath at lvl 5 instead of flame blade, using only fire not other damage types but i liked that haha its way way better
What about as a paladin, get fire res get flame blade and smite?
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I gotta be that guy. I'm a 3.5/Pathfinder DM, been DMing since 2nd edition. Imo 5th edition did DnD dirty. 4th absolutely destroyed DnD during its time, that's no question, but 5th feels so watered down I just can't do it.
I’ve never played the other editions to compare. Bummer though, that it went a direction that wasn’t the best for you.
@@DnD_Daily I'm just being a curmudgeon lol. I'll say loud and clear that 5th is more welcoming to new players and is easier to "get" than 3.5/Pathfinder. I felt bad posting my reactive comment lol. I'm just used to my mountain of books and the rules I know/prefer. My main complaint in 5E came from its version of Phantasmal Killer, in that it wasn't a "save or die" spell anymore and instead dealt psychic damage. I kinda based my opinion on that first impression if I'm being honest about my view. I feel like I did dnd kinda dirty in my original comment now, tbh. I'll keep it up in the hopes anyone who reads it reads the whole thread and can see I admitted I was wrong. The last thing I'd want is for someone to not try it because I got on a soapbox lol
On the surface, yea I agree. You would as a player would have to put on your "Helm of 40 Watt Brilliance" (yes it was a magic item we homebrewed for laughs) to make this race shine.
Can it he done? Ofcourse! But you really have to put in the effort.
But they all can't be zingers yaknow.
The formintioned helm was simple one.
It's the trope of some of the most brilliant things spoken has come from some of the mentally challenged people.
Example: Forrest Gump, Karl Childers, etc etc
It looking like a helmet with a clear glass orb on top. (Lightbulb)
It has no effect until the wearer really starts to think 🤔 about the puzzle or pending doom predicaments they are in.
The answer is "RIGHT THERE!!" but due to bigger 🧠ed players not getting it. Over thinking, missing it by "that much" etc etc. They miss the clue or the most simple solution.
The helm does a "zeeeeeeeep DING!" sound and the orb flashes for a second and the wearer has a answer to the problem at hand.
Right or wrong. It's more than what the big 🧠ed people came up with.
Game terms. It's a way for a dm to help the players get unstuck in a sticky place against a traps and puzzles. Things of that nature.
But some obscure lore or whatnot.
It's ment to show a different perspective in people. A different insight on problem solving. Example: Rain Man, A Beautiful Mind,.
Have fun with it. It's a fun way of giving a "DM nudge" to the group. In a crazy funny "Doc Brown" flux capacitor way.
Do bladesinger's not want flame blade?
Bladesinger would love Green Flame Blade (cantrip) but the second level spell flame blade is inferior in almost every way to the spell shadow blade
@@DnD_Daily fair enough
for a second i thought i missed something. isn't this out since may?
It did yes! We’re just going through all the new race updates and analyzing them
Always homebrew the rules mostly because wotc loves to screw over the cool classes, races, feats, abilities and spells. Just make sure you can balance your modifications