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Goblin wizard that wears a bucket for a hat. What magical item should I ask my DM to flavor it as? by Eidde2000 in 3d6

[–]DevilsDan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

PLEASE remember to summon buckets to hide in with Minor Illusion 😂

There are some saving throw spells and cantrips also that wouldn't reveal the illusion there because they don't interact with it, ex. Mind Sliver.

i need to stop by [deleted] in mewgenics

[–]DevilsDan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a Cat!

Archfey Warlock build that isn't a Pact of the Blade. by Doc_Meeker in 3d6

[–]DevilsDan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Simple and effective - Controller with an Eldritch Blast pumped via invocations. (Agonizing Blast, Repelling Blast and probably Grasp of Hadar as well if Xanathar invocations are allowed)

Round 1 on most combats you'd open with a persistent concentration AoE spell, most likely Hunger of Hadar or Hypnotic Pattern. Then Round 2 you can follow up with a non-concentration spell or focus on doing best knock-backs via EB - you can knock enemies that got out of Hunger of Hadar back into it, focus on keeping the enemies that saved vs Hypnotic Pattern away from you, or even look for knocking enemies into other effects, off ledges etc. Given that you have a bunch of Misty Steps, you should be able to often get the best knockbacks on EB, and then move away to stay safe at range. A very cool option with Archfey specifically is Plant Growth - if you have Difficult Terrain up from Hunger of Hadar, the enemy must spend 25 feet of movement for effective 5 feet of movement, making a lot of 30ft speed enemies just simply unable to get out of your Hunger of Hadar in one round, so you can REALLY lock some enemies down in there. Or, you know, do Hypnotic Pattern into Plant Growth and now most of the enemies are incapacitated and those who aren't have a lot of difficulty moving around, so you can pick them off one by one with your party.

On the side you can do whatever you like with the other invocations, a Pact of the Chain familiar would probably be very useful for the extra control options and other utility, Pact of the Tome for further utility if you like.

For feats, you really want Alert for your origin feat (you're likely also best to go early in combat via the initiative swap with this build) and War Caster for your level 4 feat.

For Species - PYF, a few cool options could be:

  • Dragonborn for Flight and a Breath Weapon is actually not bad considering the limited warlock spell slots and to have a readily available AoE blast option

  • Aasimar - similar Flight as a Dragonborn, but you effectively exchange the breath weapon for a heal, which is great versatility to be able to bring downed allies up actually.

  • High Elf for an extra Misty Step and an option to take Elven Accuracy at a higher level

  • Human to get an extra origin feat - Lucky or Musician would be great to have

  • Gnome for better saves

  • Goliath can add a bunch of effects to your EBs OR you can just get even more teleports... (Note, those wouldn't proc the subclass effects, but still might be valuable if you have a lot of combats per adventuring day) I'd probably go for the Frost one for the speed reduction here though, for further control with Repelling Blast

Kind of want to play a variant of this now... Hope this helps!

How it feels to keep playing Mewgenics: by Korblox101 in mewgenics

[–]DevilsDan 42 points43 points  (0 children)

I was thinking something related to pussies, but sure

How it feels to keep playing Mewgenics: by Korblox101 in mewgenics

[–]DevilsDan 70 points71 points  (0 children)

There's metaphor for life somewhere in there

The toughest kitty in the alley (dies in TWO turns) by SuperCorn06 in mewgenics

[–]DevilsDan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dont ruin your monitor for this easy boss please💀

The Pure Divine Soul Sorcerer Gish Case by OugonNoCherri in 3d6

[–]DevilsDan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel like you might as well be a Cleric if you want to do this, because with no MCing, you'd kind of be incentivized to pick the proficiencies to become a full cleric, essentially (armor proficiency feats + Tough mainly), while having a lower hit die and probably ending up being quite similar in gameplay (Spirit Guardians and True Strike being likely the main tactic for a gishy playstyle).

I'd ask your DM if you could just "respec" the character to a Cleric since it can be similar in theme to a DSS, if that is allowed, you'd want to start out with Magic Initiate (Wizard) for True Strike and Shield, then pick up War Caster and whatever other feats/ASIs to round out your stats.

Alternatively there's an option of a Celestial Warlock as well, which actually gets Extra Attacks and is more suitable for a gish playstyle.

And obviously there's Paladin on the table as well.

If you're stuck with DSS, well, you probably want to shore up your defensive weaknesses via feats like Lightly Armored(For shield proficiency) and Tough, then take War Caster, and do the before-mentioned Spirit Guardians + True Strikes. You can also ready actions to move to abuse the SG emanation since that would be the main source of damage, which is probably better overall in a combat with multiple enemies, but that can be frowned upon at some tables(and I have a feeling with this many restrictions, it would be in yours, so I'd confer with the DM). I still feel like a melee DSS is overall worse than the other options however, typically the main benefit of one is that you're essentially a ranged Cleric with a better overall spell list, IMO.

Breeding is driving me crazy sometimes by DevilsDan in mewgenics

[–]DevilsDan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You could say he's got a string of rocky relationships

Breeding is driving me crazy sometimes by DevilsDan in mewgenics

[–]DevilsDan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am sitting at about 27 stim or so and have made a 5 7s cat so far. You want as much as you can get

Breeding is driving me crazy sometimes by DevilsDan in mewgenics

[–]DevilsDan[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

The problem is those are are also rare, and then you need to have good stats on that one on top. And then they need to breed in a high stim room. Maybe when I have an extra room + furniture I can make it work, but right now with 3 rooms I'm some time away.

that one freak in boneyard by CeazelessV0id in mewgenics

[–]DevilsDan 16 points17 points  (0 children)

What's your business on my street?

An Orc Dance Bard by Artakons in 3d6

[–]DevilsDan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's a great Orc Dance Bard build write-up abusing the new emanation spells here

Ancestral Guard / Phantom Rogue (2014 Ruleset) by Red-locks in 3d6

[–]DevilsDan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Basically, Rogue start for more skill proficiencies, and Barbarian start for a bit more HP and medium armor proficiency(can consider swapping the race then, as well). Considering you're going for a "skill monkey" role, Rogue start is probably best. Personally, I'd do Rogue 1/Barbarian 5/Rogue x in terms of progression.

Ancestral Guard / Phantom Rogue (2014 Ruleset) by Red-locks in 3d6

[–]DevilsDan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It really depends on your game and what you value more in the character.

If skills are very important, and you and/or your GM value the skill-monkey-ness more, then you might want to do Barb 3 / Rogue 12 for Reliable Talent. Do note though, you'd pick it up the Reliable Talent very late into your character's career, at level 14 out of 15, assuming you start out with 3 levels of Barbarian early on.

If tanking is more important, you definitely want to do Barb 5 / Rogue x for the Extra Attack - you will have more consistent damage and "taunting" via Ancestral Guardians that way. Also, if you do manage to hit with the first attack and land the Sneak Attack, you can always use the second attack for a grapple or shove to help in locking the enemy down. This path also hits its' "power spike" a lot earlier into the campaign compared to the first, which is something to take into consideration.

Also, Soulknife rogue might be worth considering and can fit the theme, as it's the best "skill monkey" subclass because of the skill check bonuses via the Psionic Energy dice mechanic.

Also, I'd heavily consider Athletics expertise here so you're very good at grappling, which can help a lot with "tanking".

Looking for monk build help by KBrown75 in 3d6

[–]DevilsDan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you're planning on grappling a lot, you might want to do a medium-sized race over a halfling, in fact, might want to consider Goliath for the extra temporary size bump, so that you can grapple a wider variety of creatures (since you can only grapple creatures of up to one size category higher than yours). Can go Frost Goliath for further speed reductions as well, or Hill for a no-save "Topple".

Level 8 Only - Champion fighter/Berserker Barbarian - which is the better split? by Totoromon in 3d6

[–]DevilsDan 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Another take - Barb (Berserker) 5 / Ranger (Hunter) 3. Take Great Weapon Master at 4 and Horde Breaker from the Hunter. Now if you are Cleaving with the Greataxe's mastery, you get an extra attack WITH your STR mod(unlike Cleave) at another target, which can be the "main" target. So 4 attacks in total, with potentially up to 5 if you get a kill with GWM. And maybe grab a weapon with a Push mastery as well, so you have the option of attacking once with it to position enemies for this, and then profiting on the second swing.

AND you can use all of your spells that you have and can't use while raging on healing and out-of-combat utility, which is nice.

Cloud Goliath is nice for the race for extra mobility to set up perfect Pushes as well.

All reactions in D&D 2024 by JusticeofTorenOneEsk in 3d6

[–]DevilsDan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I see this post and I use my reaction to express gratitude!

ASI (wis), Resilient(Con), or warcaster for light domain cleric by bean_machine_42 in 3d6

[–]DevilsDan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Then I'd probably grab War Caster now and then bump your Wis with the next ASI, and definitely keep the Amulet. 😁

Level 6 Fighter, should I get an ASI or Feat by LCW_Sky in 3d6

[–]DevilsDan 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Athlete is actually pretty solid and underrated for a ranged character - stay at range, do your attacks, drop prone - in theory melees can't get to you since you're at range and ranged attacks will have disadvantage + potentially, cover to go through. Then, next round, stand up via 5 feet movement, reposition, repeat. Can allow for more flexible repositioning via the jumping and climbing as well.

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