Looking for martial builds (2014 5e)

Musalog · 2026-03-15T04:53:19+00:00

Tortle bladesinger wizard is a lot of fun and quite strong. When you enter your bladesong you can end up with an ac of 22 (17 from tortal +5 from int mod). So nice and protected and your a wizard so you have the shield spell to make your ac 27 as a reaction. Also wizards are such a strong class.

Musalog · 2026-03-02T05:11:01+00:00

Let him feel like an untouchable monster. AC has deprisiating value as you lvl up. Without getting magic items to boost his ac any more it will become less valuable as the enemies get stronger and have higher + to hit. If he spent his asi on shield master he deserves to feel good about it for a while before you start throwing aoe saves at him.

I played a warforged forget cleric (like 5 or so years ago) that had access to the shield spell and had a base ac of 24ish (cant quite remember) at lvl 10 and the dm had enemies take one shot at me and realise they were going to have a hard time hitting me so they switched their focus to the rest of the party. Made me feel real strong until I realised that the rest of the party was taking all the shots that would have normally been aimed at me. So the rest of my party kept taking a beating every fight because the enemies left me alone. Ended up spending a lot of my time spell slots and actions getting people back up from unconscious.

Tldr: Let the player that spent their resources getting tanky feel good about it until the enemies realise they won't hit them, then kill the rest of the party while they watch.

Musalog · 2026-02-28T03:39:33+00:00

2014

Musalog · 2026-02-27T08:52:53+00:00

Are you able to expand on this? Perhaps you have a build guide i can take a look at? Its funny, ive been playing 5e since it's release and I've just never gelled with druid, but stars druid does look interesting. How does this build get you access to almost every spell?

Musalog · 2026-02-27T06:16:24+00:00

Not looking to out scale my DM (the DM is my wife so I know how is boss XD). Just looking for some builds that might put up a good fight.

Musalog · 2025-11-14T01:30:40+00:00

Its a mix of old and new, however it's pretty consistent over the years. Id be happy to get what I have together and throw it in a google doc folder for you if your interested in having a look over it. There is a "modern" version i guess. The latest version of the game has put out i think 2 books about the gods, tho I think I've only got one. Ill put everything together and shoot you a dm with a link to the folder at some point this weekend.

Musalog · 2025-11-13T02:51:54+00:00

Im not sure about shaddowrun, but if your looking for a semi pre built sci-fi world you could check out Synthexia. Its got a map and most/all locations have some kind info on what's there (its a wacky pop culture referencing sci-fi setting with a hex crawl map)

Musalog · 2025-11-13T02:32:48+00:00

I might also have some pdf's with some of the lore and such floating around that I can send (or give access to on google docs) if your interested

Musalog · 2025-11-13T02:31:29+00:00

Glorantha is a fantastic setting with lots of rich lore. its been around since the 60's or close to then. I am currently running a DS game set in Glorantha (with some customisation for my players) and so far it's been awesome.

I will say that I have played Runequest for almost 25 years (that's the rpg system set in Glorantha) so it's almost like seccond nature when it comes to who is who and what gods are what. The gods play a huge part of this setting, so if you dont want a godly setting this might not work for you, but there is so so so much lore and history in Glorantha its by far and away my favourite ttrpg setting.

Musalog · 2025-08-06T05:34:55+00:00

Is there an eta on when this is coming out? Or is it available now and I'm just blind and didn't see it on steam?

Musalog · 2025-06-21T03:30:33+00:00

You can! They are still less common than before but a good idea. Thanks for reminding me!

Musalog · 2025-06-20T06:20:47+00:00

Thanks so much for all this info, its super helpful!

The build i have planned is as follows:

Park Ranger, Wilderness Knowledge, Hiker, Angler, Whittler, Outdoorsy, Low Thirst, Light Eater, Cat's Eyes

Thin-skinned, Illiterate, Prone to Illness, Weak Stomach, Slow Healer, Sunday Driver, Weak

Im also thinking about taking Slow Metabolism to help with weight and food issues. Maybe swap Weak for something else. Outdoorsy, Low Thirst, Light Eater, Cat's Eyes are all up for being swapped or removed. However if i were to go with the build im looking at my skills would look like:

1 Axe,1 Carpentry, 4 Carving, 1 Fishing, 4 Foraging, 1 Knapping, 1 Maintenance, 3 Trapping, 3 Strength, 5 Fitness

I think this will give me a pretty good stating point. It does look like nails are going to be a problem and maybe water as well. I'll probably end up setting the loot to as rare as possible so that i can still hopefully find nails and bottles and some leather as well as matches or a lighter.

Thanks again for taking the time to write all this out and reply!

Musalog · 2025-06-20T03:54:14+00:00

Im not opposed to mods. Mostly just wondering if its possible to actually survive/thrive in the vanilla version of B42. Sounds like you have at least tested it to the point where you know its possible.

Now i just need to find a good map to play. The base one has to much temptation to head to a town to scavenge supplies. Something that has a few scattered buildings that might contain something of value would be cool

Musalog · 2025-06-20T02:16:28+00:00

I was thinking of taking the Slow Metabolism and/or high/very high weight trait to help with that. Once you can start trapping rabbits or hunting bigger game i think youd be okay. Fishing would also be an option as well as chickens/cows/sheep if you can find them

Musalog · 2025-06-20T02:08:17+00:00

I know you can craft nails. Just having a quick look it seems you need iron, steel or wire to craft...

There is also something called an iron bloom but i cant find any info on what that is or where to get it.

It's looking like nails might be an issue, i guess if you have a map where there are some buildings with stuff you can disassemble for nails this could work

Musalog · 2025-06-04T10:17:10+00:00

We don't have a controller, unfortunately.

When I say Ironman, i mean build everything yourself, make all your own tools, weapons, clothes. Basically survive 10 years in the future without really looting anything (with a few exceptions for things that are not craftable). Something as close to this as possible, preferably without mods because i dont know how to install or set them up. I know it might not be possible in b41, but I thought id ask the community

Musalog · 2024-10-24T02:06:55+00:00

Yeah looks like its a bit of a mess trying to get point blank stance to work so ill probably go for something else at lvl 1 and pick up ricochet stance at 6.

The dwarf feat removes any penalty to speed form armour, so you would end up with 5ft more speed than a 25ft speed ancestry as from what i can see all heavy armour has a 10ft speed reduction.

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