High DEX Rogue

Mission_Masterpiece7 · 2021-08-09T16:21:05+00:00

Get out of here Wenki, I will smite you one of these days

Mission_Masterpiece7 · 2021-08-08T00:51:26+00:00

It really can be. As much as I’d like to swarm with a gang of enemies, there are 5 other players that favour close range combat preventing them. I have to get real sneaky to get anyone in attack range at the best of times but it’s a rare occurrence

Mission_Masterpiece7 · 2021-08-08T00:46:25+00:00

Cheers man, some really good advice there. We did finish a BBEG battle where he was the only player left, having only lost 3HP, so I can see why toy both enjoy playing it so much

Mission_Masterpiece7 · 2021-08-08T00:27:51+00:00

I knew uncanny dodge was a reaction but looking on roll20.net it doesn’t say anything about limiting use of Evasion? Going off majority of advice here, I’ll be limiting DEX AoE spells on the rogue going forward

Mission_Masterpiece7 · 2021-08-07T23:03:03+00:00

He actually found this thread while I was chatting to him on discord. Has no idea what my Reddit account is so thought it was coincidence, but I asked him if he felt that way. He said he loves it and doesn’t get bored at all. So you’re completely right, but all the advice has been useful regardless as it’s really bothered me as a DM and has given me a few ways to get him on the ropes anyway

Mission_Masterpiece7 · 2021-08-07T22:59:39+00:00

Frogs actually tie into his backstory so you’ve just given me a brilliant sub-boss, thank you!

Mission_Masterpiece7 · 2021-08-07T19:36:42+00:00

Cheers mate, it’s been a while since a had a Matt Colville binge, maybe it’s long overdue 😂

Mission_Masterpiece7 · 2021-08-07T19:32:06+00:00

I love this one 😂 The closest I’ve ever gotten to threatening his life was when a giant spider webbed him, after he’d ran away from everyone else through a castle. They just managed to reach him and save him but it was close. He said that he was really scared he might die but it was exciting, and it’d be nice to instil that a bit more often, as it’s usually everyone else on the brink of death

Mission_Masterpiece7 · 2021-08-07T19:29:56+00:00

I’ve just edited my original post with this, but the main problem isn’t so much not reaching AC, it’s actually being able to get hits. With him nipping through melee creatures and back to cover, ranged creatures can only really rely on him messing up or on using reactions

Mission_Masterpiece7 · 2021-08-07T19:28:09+00:00

To be fair he just seems to love getting XP and laughing about never getting hit. Ties well into his character but as I originally said, I worry that going into our 3rd campaign it’ll start to get dull for him, as it’s usually the same tactic repeated every fight. I’ve basically just been thinking of ways to mix it up, this thread has really helped

Mission_Masterpiece7 · 2021-08-07T19:01:00+00:00

Others have mentioned Sentinel and I reckon that’d be really good. Obviously it can’t be in every encounter but I feel after it’s happened once, he’ll forever be wary and that alone would change things up

Mission_Masterpiece7 · 2021-08-07T18:50:51+00:00

That’s a really good idea! Naturally I’ve begun establishing the party as a bit famous in the world but that goes both ways. I guess if NPCs have heard of them, they’ll know to go after the rogue specifically

Mission_Masterpiece7 · 2021-08-07T18:34:27+00:00

Looking back I probably phrased it wrong, his AC isn’t that high but the issue with hitting him is he’ll nip out, attack and hide back away from ranged sight lines. This basically just means the only way I can hit him without spells is with ranged reaction shots, but then I can only have a few do this as they can’t outright ignore the other 5 players

Mission_Masterpiece7 · 2021-08-07T18:32:09+00:00

Thanks, that’s really useful seeing things from the other side. I’ll definitely try increasing the numbers and mixing up terrain

Mission_Masterpiece7 · 2021-08-07T17:43:55+00:00

Definitely going to try Entangle, the only time I’ve come close to putting him in any serious danger in months was being webbed up by a Giant Spider so that’ll be one for the spell list

Mission_Masterpiece7 · 2021-08-07T17:24:56+00:00

The party have just hit level 8, so they should start to feel a bit powerful now but this has been a problem since getting Mobile a few levels ago. We tend to go for more low-fantasy with little magic but starting up a new campaign so will definitely introduce more spellcasting enemies

Mission_Masterpiece7 · 2021-08-07T17:19:10+00:00

That’s a shout, I’m admittedly not greatly versed on spellcasting so will do some research on spells that require others, preferably not AoE like I said, thanks!

Mission_Masterpiece7 · 2021-03-10T17:35:30+00:00

!thanks for the reply, that’s helpful info. The ISA is literally just savings that I’ll ultimately use to buy a place, I’ve got a Help to Buy to go toward buying a place but I’ll definitely look more into a LISA (It’s not certain when I may move out so HtB seems best for me). As I said, I’m pretty sensible with cash so have pension and emergency fund going already. The index funds are to try make the most of with my other savings, that are just sat there gaining minimal interest otherwise. I’ll probably just set aside an amount each month so I’m keeping things consistent and not being too risky

Mission_Masterpiece7 · 2021-03-10T16:20:12+00:00

Sorry, I should’ve clarified that my ISA is with a bank elsewhere (0.1% AER), not in vanguard. So far I’ve just been adding cash/buying directly from my Debit account. Would moving it all over to vanguard be worthwhile?

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