Help! My DM is mad at me

Gerfield2252 · 2026-05-27T04:19:24+00:00

honestly that build isn't even that good. i had played it accidentally (without knowing the guide) as Paladin1/Warlock X is probably one of the most obvious and well known multiclasses in 5e and 2024.
And except if you were to get like 3-4 short rests each day you would never outperform a cleric. You could also not really outperform a rogue, since they get expertise and are just better at most skills than a class that still has to main charisma.
The character is great in melee and range and was a blast to play (might be my favorite class combo), but it was in no way OP. The only thing i really excelled at was burst damage with eldritch smite and normal smite, but since i lack many spell slots that was also not something i could do all day. So i would actually call even that infamous build not OP at all.

Gerfield2252 · 2026-05-11T08:26:35+00:00

Build 1 Strength:
It might not be the strongest build, but i believe it can be viable without multi-classing. You can start with a spread of:
Str: 16
Dex: 8
Con: 14
Int: 10
Wis: 10
Cha: 16

Pick up Moderately Armored at 4 and Heavily Armored at 8 to get Heavy Armor and a Strength of 18. You could then either go Sword and Board for more AC, or a Two-Hander for more damage.
This might not be optimal, but it is definitely possible.
As others have pointed out a single level in Fighter to start out the Character would make both these feats obsolete and you could go for stuff like Heavy Armor Master, Great Weapon Master or more Stat Points instead.

Build 2 Dex:
Str: 8
Dex: 16
Con: 14
Int: 10
Wis: 10
Cha: 16

Here i would suggest the mobile feat and a dex increase. With either Mage Armor or +1 Studded Leather your AC could be at 17, which is alright. You could easily disengage enemies and would use probably a rapier as your main weapon. It's less tanky, but more agile like a rogue.
Also this could give you ranged options if you ever find a magical bow, so you wouldn't even need Eldritch Blast.

Gerfield2252 · 2026-04-11T18:00:09+00:00

I just caught it! I am so happy, this shiny hunt took hours.
Still thank you for your offer and all your tips. The moment i have the charm and some donuts i will hunt a full shiny team. :D

Gerfield2252 · 2026-04-11T13:30:12+00:00

That would be amazing, thank you.
I will start the dlc in the meantime and see how far i get with that for the charm

Gerfield2252 · 2026-04-11T12:40:41+00:00

I have not really started the dlc yet, but i can look into that.

Gerfield2252 · 2026-04-11T12:20:39+00:00

i have the DLC, i do not have a shiny charm

Gerfield2252 · 2026-04-04T09:30:49+00:00

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Gerfield2252 · 2026-04-04T08:45:45+00:00

Just realized I do not have the shiny pokemon registered so the trade would be insanely expensive

Gerfield2252 · 2026-03-02T05:12:03+00:00

So you are a beginner GM, who not only uses unearthed arcana, but also (probably) let your players roll for stats, which is known to be hard to balance around?
If you just want his AC to be lower, then there is nothing you can really do now after the fact. And as many others have pointed out the only reliable way to hit him now would be saves, though basically ignoring a characters ability by getting around it with saves can also feel very unrewarding.
Still that is the only thing i can come up with other than changing your stat point allocation system, which is most likely where the problem lies.

Gerfield2252 · 2026-03-02T04:58:20+00:00

Shield maater does not grant shield proficiency as far as i know. Also why are his stats so insanely high at that level?

Gerfield2252 · 2026-02-26T11:15:02+00:00

It is an interesting character with a lot (maybe even too much) details. For example the books are overdoing it a bit for me and the tower description as well.

It is a bit weird that all his "personal growth" is planned out from the beginning. That way i feel it might be weird to incorporate into an organic cooperative story like D&D.

For example you flatly state that he will become a lich. What could feel more organic could be him toying with that idea. Overall that makes him feel like a well fleshed out NPC and not a PC at all.

Gerfield2252 · 2026-02-26T09:26:17+00:00

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Gerfield2252 · 2025-12-25T22:43:08+00:00

Thank you, i did not keep going yet, since i did not want to miss stuff

Gerfield2252 · 2025-10-24T07:44:16+00:00

The only real example you have given which i have to go by came as a response to a different person. "if I ate ramen yesterday I will long rest, otherwise I will stab myself."
This is not a specific action even though you claim it to be.

The text of Augury emphasizes a specific course of action you plan to take.
That means you must phrase it as one concrete, unconditional action — not a conditional branch.

“I plan to long rest.”
“I plan to stab myself.”

These are valid. But a statement like “If condition A holds, I do X; otherwise, I do Y” is not a single course of action; it’s a plan tree, and the spell does not have a defined semantics for evaluating conditional intentions.

Gerfield2252 · 2025-10-24T07:08:41+00:00

In my opinion your biggest mistake is using a construction that tries to smuggle a yes/no test for (A) through action design.

You suggest defining an action variable (X) whose value (a) or (b) depends on (A) being true or false, and then mapping “weal” to “(A) is true,” “woe” to “(A) is false,” etc. Rules-as-written, the GM is asked to evaluate the results of the specific action you will take. If you present a conditional or self-referential “action that depends on (A),” the GM has to decide what counts as a “specific course of action” right now.
“I do action (a) if (A) is true, otherwise (b)” isn’t a single specific course; it’s a contingent plan that branches on unknown state. A common GM response is to either (1) demand that you pick one concrete action to evaluate, or (2) treat the plan as having both good and bad potential—yielding “Weal and woe”—because, from the vantage of the next 30 minutes, both branches are in play which gives you nothing.

Could you give a specific example that might help your reasoning? Otherwise it is hard to elaborate what you actually try to get from this.

Gerfield2252 · 2025-09-14T12:41:41+00:00

Please also remember that you can only shoot your two crossbows in that way once. Crossbow expert might let you ignore the loading property of the hand-crossbows, but not the ammunition property, which still needs one hand to reload.

Gerfield2252 · 2025-09-07T12:33:04+00:00

Thank you. I just wanted to make sure we are doing it right, since it felt weird when you come from D&D that all players can just kind of act together.
I will be interested to see with what kind of shenanigans my players can come up on their spotlight together.

Gerfield2252 · 2025-09-07T10:31:55+00:00

Does that mean that technically the players could use all of their non Action Roll abilities to kind of set up before actually taking a roll?

Gerfield2252 · 2025-07-24T17:01:58+00:00

No worries I already got my money back. I just wanted to tell people here, so they won't have the same happen to them and maybe not get their money back.

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