D&D5E: SWARM KEEPER RANGER

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  • @crazy36069
    @crazy36069 Год назад +3

    I got a character that is a Thri-Kreen Swarmkeeper. They are a humanoid spider, and their swarm is a mass of tiny spiders, and they have two crossbows and a shield, then a free hand for somatic components.
    The tiny spiders would probably make huge web wings for flying abilities, and attach a web to the crossbow then ride on the crossbow bolt to deliver the swarm effects to creatures from range (such as extra damage by biting the enemy).
    Super exited to play this character!

    • @TheSinisterheroes
      @TheSinisterheroes  Год назад

      That’s something I never factored in, the extra arms being free to cast spells….. oh my god I am gonna follow your lead and make a hexblade!!!!! That’s a really dope idea!!

    • @crazy36069
      @crazy36069 Год назад +1

      @@TheSinisterheroes Great! Thri-Kreen basically removes the requirement for War Caster and Crossbow Expert for builds who normally need them.

    • @TheSinisterheroes
      @TheSinisterheroes  Год назад +2

      I have been thinking about thri Kreen gish concepts since I read that. I can’t stop.

  • @FlutesLoot
    @FlutesLoot 2 года назад +6

    Your idea to use Swarming Dispersal to bait an opportunity attack and free up an ally's escape is fantastic!

  • @ProjektTorso
    @ProjektTorso 10 месяцев назад +2

    Currently creating an Aarakocra Swarmkeeper, or Flockkeeper if you will. Basically a humanoid magpie, with a swarm of magpies under my control. When im not in battle, they will either circle above me, or more often they will disperse into the surroundings to retrieve shiny trinkets for my collection. Very much looking forward to role playing this as I enter a campaign late, around level 10.

    • @TheSinisterheroes
      @TheSinisterheroes  10 месяцев назад

      Ooooo your going in high level swarm keeper as well!!! That’s fun. I hope you game goes high enough so you can use swarming dispersal !!! I love that skill

  • @Theonemanoffire
    @Theonemanoffire Год назад +2

    I’ve played with an idea of a wisdom based ranger who takes 3 into profane soul bloodhunter, pick up eldritch blast eldritch adept feat for repelling blast, and you’ve got great control, the eldritch blast is wisdom based thanks to bloodhunter giving you the option of either wis or int, and I think I’d go firbolg, for more bonus action invisibility, and they get innate wisdom which is helpful

    • @TheSinisterheroes
      @TheSinisterheroes  Год назад

      I thought the new version of the blood hunter was int. Hey it seems alittle all over the place but if you can find away to make it seem less chaotic for you that works.

  • @oliverl6779
    @oliverl6779 Год назад +5

    I played a Ranger . A wasn’t the best at anything but.
    - I was the scout / stealth support to the rouge, so he didn’t have to go in alone. (Expertise in stealth / pass without trace )
    - I was the secondary healer that pick up our heal when he went down. ( cure wound / good berry )
    - I was front line support when our fighter needed help. ( summon best / medium armour and shield )
    - I was a consistent damage dealer (crossbow expert and sharpshooter. )
    - I was information support ( talking to animals )

    • @TheSinisterheroes
      @TheSinisterheroes  Год назад

      Sounds like you were the most important. Cus you kept the team together and stepped in in the right places.

    • @oliverl6779
      @oliverl6779 Год назад +2

      @@TheSinisterheroes the rest of the party was inexperienced players, so it was a good way to let them shine as the specialists / hero’s , but having my character to Back them up if something went wrong..,
      Personally I think that is the strength of the ranger class.

    • @TheSinisterheroes
      @TheSinisterheroes  Год назад +2

      I love the ranger. I never figured I would but I absolutely love them. They can do a lot. People say they are weak but I have never seen it to be true.

  • @TheGraviox
    @TheGraviox 2 года назад +6

    I played one of these for a one shot. He was a dhampir and his swarm was bats.

    • @TheSinisterheroes
      @TheSinisterheroes  2 года назад +3

      You were the darkness. Not the hero dnd wants but the hero dnd needs

  • @marcusblacknell-andrews1783
    @marcusblacknell-andrews1783 6 месяцев назад +1

    I recommend using the “Golgari Agent” background for this subclass.
    Imagine a Reborn Swarmkeeper in the Undercity of Ravnica, collecting spores and fungus.
    I’d also suggest using the “Poisoner” feat, so you can make poisons out of those spores and fungus.

    • @TheSinisterheroes
      @TheSinisterheroes  6 месяцев назад

      I really love poison. I love everything about it. I am gonna have to make a poison based subclass one day.
      Rant over but I really like the swarm keeper a lot it’s probably my favorite ranger

  • @RunAzazelRun
    @RunAzazelRun 2 года назад +3

    The idea I've been working on for a level 3 swarmkeeper is he uses a great club with shillelagh to just focus wisdom and dumps strength. Then using spells that buff melee damage (searing smite potentially). So I get shillelagh, the spell (or favored foe), and the swarm damage. And all his other spells are based around smoke illusions (silent image) and visibility/area control (fog cloud, entangle)
    He has little ash elementals as a swarm and his great club is a 4 foot smoking pipe that they hang out in. Loosely based on Morel from Hunter x Hunter.
    20th level build is taking 16 levels in swarmkeeper ranger and 4 in rune knight fighter for action surge/runes. So 2-4 attacks per round, each with Shillelagh, melee spell (or favored foe), swarm damage, fire runes, and great weapon master bonus damage. Comes out to +9 to hit (with the -5 added, +14 normally) with 2d8 + 6d6 +15 damage per attack (a extra d6 on first hit with giants might). Max damage potential in one round of 274 with action surge. Average damage per attack is 41 and up to 4 attacks.

    • @TheSinisterheroes
      @TheSinisterheroes  2 года назад +1

      That’s awesome I love hunter x hunter. That’s a really cool build you made. It really hits morel really well. And with wisdom as your main stat it’s easy to not to be MAD. Which means you do have some real spell access.

    • @RunAzazelRun
      @RunAzazelRun 2 года назад +1

      @@TheSinisterheroes yeah the first couple versions I tried splitting focus on wisdom for spells and either str or dex for combat. But when I scaled it up to level 20 it always felt kind of lack luster. This was the best way I could find to really focus in on one thing and still keep the spirit of the character.

    • @TheSinisterheroes
      @TheSinisterheroes  2 года назад +1

      It truly works well and I love that you cared about the character first and built everything around it and not the other way around

    • @RunAzazelRun
      @RunAzazelRun 2 года назад +1

      @@TheSinisterheroes Thanks! I like focusing on a concept when I build rather than pure min maxing, it usually ends up in a more fun character to play even tho it's weaker on paper 😅

    • @TheSinisterheroes
      @TheSinisterheroes  2 года назад +1

      @@RunAzazelRun i find it is never weaker because i always roll better with a well made roleplaying built character

  • @Hadex79
    @Hadex79 2 года назад +4

    When I first read this subclass my first thought was to draw inspiration from the webnovel Worm, I have not been disappointed.

  • @BourneFighting
    @BourneFighting 2 года назад +2

    I used to be a rangers fan back in the 90s

  • @erickzoolander6577
    @erickzoolander6577 2 года назад +2

    I've been loving this class!! Im A newbe and easy to manage. I definitely recommend this to new players who wants to do cool things without being overwhelmed

    • @TheSinisterheroes
      @TheSinisterheroes  2 года назад +1

      Welcome to the greatest rpg of all time!!!. I am so happy your enjoying this class. Enjoy every second you can. And when it comes time to branch out into a more difficult class remember we all want you to have fun and we are all more than happy to teach you anything we can to make that happen. And if I am totally lieing and no one wants to help you, you come to me I’ll get you what you need and very happy to do so

  • @stevenflaugher9318
    @stevenflaugher9318 8 месяцев назад +1

    My friend suggested it, and if i can get into a game I am going Shifter (Monsters of the Multivers) with a Noble background.
    The build? Disney Princess. So all the little creatures (ravens, cardinals, bats, rats, squirrels, etc) will take action to tear Our Enemies Down.
    Think Beast from Beauty & the Beast, or a lupine Little Red Riding Hood for the Shifter's looks, beautifully dresses as she mauls her way through those who try to stop her!

  • @guyver6622
    @guyver6622 Год назад +2

    I like combining Swarmkeeper Ranger, and Circle of Spores. So I can kill my enemies from afar with Necrotic daming as a reaction and turn them into Zombies.
    I like the theme of Infecting my fire ants swarm wth Ophiocordyceps Unilateralis.
    So I'll put a bunch of arrows in their body, and with their last bit strength as they crawl toards me to reach form my foot, my Ants will bite them and infect them Lanect Liver Flukes and turning them into Zombies.
    and then I use the Zombies as meet shields.

    • @TheSinisterheroes
      @TheSinisterheroes  Год назад +1

      I like that you can use them in tandem, like maybe your ants crawl into the mind and reanimate the body you know. It’s a cool esthetic and it makes my skin crawl I love it.

    • @guyver6622
      @guyver6622 Год назад +2

      @@TheSinisterheroes yes!!!!🤮Gross

    • @TheSinisterheroes
      @TheSinisterheroes  Год назад +1

      The grosser the better LOL have them be a hexblood so there all ugly and hag ish

  • @little-wytch
    @little-wytch 9 месяцев назад +1

    Don't forget that it doesn't need to be bugs to be thematically creepy lol. If you want to go full edge-lord with this, be a wereraven and have your swarm be an unkindness of Ravens while you're flying in your hybrid form, sniping the enemy. Imagine the enemy's POV... they just took an arrow to the shoulder, stumbling, yanking the arrow out, only to look up and see a massive flock of ravens descending upon them in the wake of the arrow lol. same could be done with werebat and a swarm of bats.

    • @TheSinisterheroes
      @TheSinisterheroes  9 месяцев назад +1

      One of the things I love about this ranger is the way it becomes visceral with how it looks. Just swapping your swarm’s appearance almost gives your character a new personality. How a raven swarmkeeper would act in my mind would be so different than a swarmkeeper with a murder of tiny lizards, you know what I mean? It feels like a new character when I see that different image.

  • @mjnior
    @mjnior 2 года назад +2

    I love this subclass. I took a Dhampir at level 1 and diped into a level of fighter for unarmed combat fighting style. Then from level 2 forward i did ranger and took swarm keeper as subclass at level 4. I asked the DM for bats for the swarm. Eventually i got the cloak of the bat.....yah i was Batman...

    • @TheSinisterheroes
      @TheSinisterheroes  2 года назад +1

      That’s so dope. With the Dhampir walk walking you can drop from the ceiling and be right into the Frey. It’s so much fun to play this class and being elusive helps your character feel so unique. I am so happy to hear you love the class

    • @mjnior
      @mjnior 2 года назад +3

      @@TheSinisterheroes Also Took blind fighting for fighting style for ranger level 2 and took Fog Cloud By level 4 i was dropping in and taking taking down groups of minions. There was only one other player who was a warlock/hex blade who used devilsight/darkness..... needless to say advantage was our middle name :P Can i say i love your passion for the darker character options for D&D and subscribed :)

    • @TheSinisterheroes
      @TheSinisterheroes  2 года назад +1

      Thank you so much for taking a chance on this channel it means the world to me that there are people out there who love the darker parts of dnd!!!!

  • @ThornDevl
    @ThornDevl 8 месяцев назад +1

    As a swarm keeper, I was reenacting the final battle of Morbius as I rag-dolled my enemy with a bunch of bats

    • @TheSinisterheroes
      @TheSinisterheroes  8 месяцев назад

      I actually liked that movie. I gotta say it Caught a bunch of flack but in all honesty it wasn’t a bad movie in my opinion I enjoyed it.

    • @ThornDevl
      @ThornDevl 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@TheSinisterheroes ya it was judged to harshly but it’s not like the movie insulted the viewers people act like it’s as bad as something like current Marvel probably because the name made it easier to joke about

    • @TheSinisterheroes
      @TheSinisterheroes  8 месяцев назад

      I think it was mostly the first superhero movie where the people were really starting to feel superhero burn out

  • @Cevetan
    @Cevetan 2 года назад +2

    Thank you for your thoughts on the Swarmkeeper.
    I still need to talk with out GM but my idea for the Swarmkeeper is kind of a gothic Puppetmaker/Puppeteer with the swarm being ghostly puppets/marionettes.
    Guess that would fall under the category of playful pixies but with a twist. ^^

    • @TheSinisterheroes
      @TheSinisterheroes  2 года назад +1

      I guess it comes down to the size of your puppets. At least that would be my concern.

    • @Cevetan
      @Cevetan 2 года назад +1

      @@TheSinisterheroes Good point! Gonna have to figure that out with the GM and the group. :)

    • @TheSinisterheroes
      @TheSinisterheroes  2 года назад +1

      Personally I’d be cool with lots of Creepy dolls about a foot tall

  • @qewfdwefc
    @qewfdwefc 2 года назад +3

    Not the bees! NOT THE BEES!

    • @TheSinisterheroes
      @TheSinisterheroes  2 года назад

      Have you scene the new nic cage movie trailer??

    • @qewfdwefc
      @qewfdwefc 2 года назад +1

      Yes, but I wish I hadn't.

  • @michaelmravetz6276
    @michaelmravetz6276 2 года назад +1

    Id love to see your thoughts/breakdown with a swarmkeeper ranger (3) then wildfire druid build after...

    • @TheSinisterheroes
      @TheSinisterheroes  2 года назад +1

      It would be really dependent on what the theory is for the character. There are the benefits of being a ranger first for your armor and your abilities. The real question is what about the wildfire Druid draws you to it.
      If it’s the pet then make sure to pick a fighting style like dueling fighting style and pick up shillelagh so your not so multi ability score dependent, also it frees your bonus action up for your Druid stuff.
      A lot of the time I don’t multiclass as I find it hard to ROLEPLAY a reason why. So just the only tip o can give you is try and make your character have a reason for it. There’s plenty of reasons for multiclassing to work and range and Druid work well.

    • @michaelmravetz6276
      @michaelmravetz6276 2 года назад +1

      @@TheSinisterheroes the idea is to have the swarmkeeper ability to move people into the traps of the druid abilities. The swarmkeeper "bugs" will be fully manifested with the elemental at level 5 when it comes on board... and since the elemental can teleport you and others 15 feet away it keeps with the theme in my opinion perfectly.
      I should say level 5 its the weakest, but by level 6 with level 2 spells i think it could work well.

  • @sweetmeat
    @sweetmeat 2 года назад +2

    Good stuff

  • @douglaspope-gz1eq
    @douglaspope-gz1eq 6 месяцев назад +1

    I personally really love this subclass my favorite idea for this subclass is a Tabaxi with a cat swarm kinda like a deadly parody of the crazy cat lady trop which i absolutely love the cats can scratch the enemy when applying the extra damage and the cats can left you up when using the flying ability kinda like surfing on a wave of cats really go Feywild crazy with the flavor also when you get the time sin i need your opinion on my genie vessel on the genie warlock video i Left it in a simplified version reply in the reply section of that comments video

    • @TheSinisterheroes
      @TheSinisterheroes  6 месяцев назад +1

      I instantly see a cat climbing onto a drawn arrow and just nodding at you to let lose as it screams bloody murder and scratches the target. 🤣😂🤣

    • @douglaspope-gz1eq
      @douglaspope-gz1eq 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@TheSinisterheroes yeah that sounds absolutely hilarious 🤣🤣🤣

  • @user-mu8ok5xf8d
    @user-mu8ok5xf8d 2 года назад +2

    I kind of want to do a swarm of tailismans or those paper sinigami you see in some anime

    • @TheSinisterheroes
      @TheSinisterheroes  2 года назад

      That’s awesome. Are you particularly talented with stuff like that? If you do let me know, if it’s good and you want I could show it on an upcoming video

    • @user-mu8ok5xf8d
      @user-mu8ok5xf8d 2 года назад +1

      @@TheSinisterheroes what do you meant “talented with that stuff” do you mean making tailisman or paper sinigami. This is just an idea for a swarm keeper I unfortunately don’t know how to make those stuff

    • @TheSinisterheroes
      @TheSinisterheroes  2 года назад

      By talented with that stuff I mean being able to make it. Hey if you can draw it same thing as far as I am concerned. What ever makes you happy.

  • @wikiwing348
    @wikiwing348 2 года назад +2

    If i play this class, my swarm will be murder hornets

  • @ArseAllowance
    @ArseAllowance Год назад +1

    Im really considering playing a ranged based rat swarkeeper, i think it can be incredibly gruesome
    Rats not being able to fly may need a bit a creativity to make it work, but i love the idea of taking my cloak off, revealing tens of rats all over my body to interogate a captured ennemy. Maybe intimidate him into thinking i can get my rats to go inside his mouth and swarm him from the inside, pretty creepy i you ask me
    There is so much more creepy crap i can think of, i love this idea

    • @TheSinisterheroes
      @TheSinisterheroes  Год назад

      There’s an item called the vermin shroud I believe? I maybe wrong with the spelling it’s one from critical role, but you need it

    • @ArseAllowance
      @ArseAllowance Год назад +1

      @@TheSinisterheroes just looked it up, it seems way overpowered for low levels, but ill definitely talk to my dm on how to incorporate it
      Its just perfect, even only on an aethetics and motif standpoint, thanks !

    • @TheSinisterheroes
      @TheSinisterheroes  Год назад

      I hope you get it I really like that item alot

  • @Maliya2313
    @Maliya2313 11 месяцев назад

    I like making a drow swarm keeper with spiders

    • @TheSinisterheroes
      @TheSinisterheroes  11 месяцев назад

      That tracks very very well, just be sure to not let anyone hurt them spiders that is a grievous sin.

  • @stijnvanleemput4347
    @stijnvanleemput4347 2 года назад +2

    First off you know how to hype these subclasses.
    This video inspired me to play a reborn swarm keeper/circle of spores.
    Can I ask where you got the drawing from the tumbnail from?
    Keep up the good work!

    • @TheSinisterheroes
      @TheSinisterheroes  2 года назад +1

      I gotta be honest I search for a long time for the art and I can’t remember where it came from.

    • @seanheath711
      @seanheath711 2 года назад +1

      How did you build this multiclass?

    • @TheSinisterheroes
      @TheSinisterheroes  2 года назад +2

      I didn’t multiclass at all I just advocate for taking the eldritch adept feat for cloak of flies. This is just a pure swarmkeeper ranger.

    • @seanheath711
      @seanheath711 2 года назад +1

      @@TheSinisterheroes dude that is a great idea. I was asking him how he multiclassed the spore/swarm tho. Thx

  • @Nercrontyr
    @Nercrontyr 2 года назад +1

    Swarm of chickens can be intimidating no?

  • @timkramar9729
    @timkramar9729 2 года назад +2

    I wanted a swarm of snakes

    • @TheSinisterheroes
      @TheSinisterheroes  2 года назад

      I see no reason as to why that wouldn’t work oh and be a yuan ti!!!

    • @n.a.nameless5435
      @n.a.nameless5435 Год назад

      Colony Sarff from Doctor Who fits the vein.

    • @unlondonsoldier5530
      @unlondonsoldier5530 9 месяцев назад

      ​@TheSinisterheroes can I be like a 24/7 plague locust soldier(warforged insect plague spell but not a spell) existing as one humanoid entity in a trench coat and thick pants and black boots, it would be like the murderous but also kind, it could at as a physical 24/7 insect plague spell but not a spell and could provide the party cover from enemies and because they all share the same mind they can tell what is enemy and ally so party members could stand in the swarm and not get attacked. Could that work?

  • @rodrigotorres7592
    @rodrigotorres7592 10 месяцев назад +1

    Thumbnail art please???

  • @wildmike5707
    @wildmike5707 2 года назад +3

    I just imagined a scenario where the ranger is interrogating a lead and has hornets crawling all over themselves, the informant isn’t working with them so they send the swarm in and get the info they need.

    • @TheSinisterheroes
      @TheSinisterheroes  2 года назад +1

      Here’s something I know you will enjoy. Eldritch invocation cloak of flies added to the sweet nectar that is the swarm keeper ranger.

    • @wildmike5707
      @wildmike5707 2 года назад +1

      @@TheSinisterheroes oh hell yeah release the beees

    • @timkramar9729
      @timkramar9729 2 года назад

      @@wildmike5707 ' no, not the BEEES! (NICHOLAS CAGE)

    • @boogaethje
      @boogaethje 2 года назад

      Was planning on going jack on lantern swarm keeper for a Halloween themed short campaign but unfortunately due to illness our games was called off. Redoing the theme and still running the campaign and changing the character to the scorned woman crazy cat lady swarm keeper. Just surrounded by cats slinking around all over the place and attacking would be enemies .

  • @andreww2208
    @andreww2208 2 года назад +1

    Do you ever play characters that don't cause your party to avoid civilization? Haha.

    • @TheSinisterheroes
      @TheSinisterheroes  2 года назад +1

      I really shouldn’t be allowed in public irl so I guess yes LOL

  • @Yojimbro71
    @Yojimbro71 2 года назад +1

    Druid/ranger

    • @TheSinisterheroes
      @TheSinisterheroes  2 года назад

      It works but have you considered warlock for cloak of flies?

    • @Yojimbro71
      @Yojimbro71 2 года назад +1

      @@TheSinisterheroes I’m not a huge fan of bugs.😂

    • @TheSinisterheroes
      @TheSinisterheroes  2 года назад

      😂 😂 🤣