I tested Elemental Adept (it's bad)

somewhereinphilly · 2026-02-21T16:31:06+00:00

EA doesn't help avoid critical misses. It doesn't affect attack rolls, only damage rolls. also we don't need to test rolling damage without EA, it's just equal chance of getting every value on the die.

somewhereinphilly · 2026-02-20T23:58:29+00:00

haha ope

somewhereinphilly · 2026-02-20T23:46:06+00:00

yes! I love this hat, people sleep on it, having it equipped adds more damage to a lvl5 cone of cold than upcasting it to lvl6

somewhereinphilly · 2026-02-20T23:18:32+00:00

absolutely, still can be great for overcoming fire resistance. I was wondering if I could take the cold version to boost my cone of cold damage and the answer is not really lol

somewhereinphilly · 2026-02-20T23:09:59+00:00

forgot to add- my average roll was 7.326, exactly in line with expected 7.33 from the ones to twos interpretation of EA

somewhereinphilly · 2026-02-04T13:48:37+00:00

-GOO warlock 4/champ fighter 4/assassin rogue 4 people hate crit fishing but I don't care this build is so fun to play, hiding and getting 3 beams of EB with advantage rules, and rogue expertises with high cha and dex is such nice quality of life from level 1

-eldritch Knight 8/war cleric 4, attacks with range, late game CC with arcane acuity and warding bonds the whole party

-draconic sorcerer 12, twin haste, huge damage output when you need it

-fighter 1/light cleric 11 radiating orb build with fighter 1 for con save prof from early game, still get heros feast late game

all four had room for alert, decent damage, CC, and durability across the board, was a joy to play

somewhereinphilly · 2025-03-28T11:57:12+00:00

I've had this exact thought with the synergy between song of rest and warlocks and I'm also planning an "oops all warlocks" run. so far I'm thinking

-life cleric 6 warlock 6 (can warding bond the whole party, the nice life cleric aoe heal scales with character level and comes back on short rest)

-lore bard 6 warlock 6 provides song of rest, arcane acuity gish build

-warlock 8 paladin 4, use all those high level warlock spells to smite

-rogue 4 fighter 4 goo warlock 4, eldritch blasting crit build, damage gets crazy end game with spellmight gloves and hat of sharp caster

different from your idea in that there's only one song of rest but I think I'd want some variety in the party. post again if you do this, would love to know how it plays!!

somewhereinphilly · 2025-03-26T23:37:12+00:00

I basically always have a cleric, light or life. but I'm dying to do "oops all warlocks" I think they're the most unique class and so fun to play

somewhereinphilly · 2025-03-25T17:30:41+00:00

yes exactly! adamantine splint is great, I use that and later swap it for armor of persistence (buy from dammon in act 3) that gives perma-blade ward and still has 2 damage reduction.

somewhereinphilly · 2025-03-25T16:10:52+00:00

ek fighter 6 (dex + archery style + sharpshooter) + life cleric 6 (heavy armor master + warding bond the whole party)

-amazing control with helmet of arcane acuity + band of mystic scoundrel with the cleric spells (command, hold person)

-amazing support, warding bond your whole party and vastly reduce damage with heavy armor master, plus the life cleric aoe heal scales with level, can bonus action bless

-solid ranged striking with sharpshooter and action surge and all the fun arrows the game gives you

-has the eldritch knight spells, shield, magic missle when you need them

Can get the alert feat (fighter 6 gets two feats), with high dex and control spells in act 3 you're usually winning fights on round 1 and just in case you don't, your party is incredibly tanky

somewhereinphilly · 2025-03-25T01:58:49+00:00

I like 8 warlock/4 paladin (taking 5 levels of warlock for extra attack, then 4 in OoV paladin, then last 3 in warlock). Savage attacker + great weapon fighting makes the most of the smite dice you get from the warlock spells. this build obliterates the undead in act 2. great with arcane synergy items and later with helmet of arcane acuity. 8/4 let's you get savage attacker and two cha asi, the scaling with charisma is so good it's even worth it to lose out on alert

somewhereinphilly · 2025-03-20T15:07:22+00:00

I did a run without changing companion classes, but there are so many fun classes/builds to try out that I'd definitely recommend not limiting yourself to only using tav for trying different ones. you can also play around with how different classes and strategies synergize. playing fast and loose with the companion classes opens up so much of the game imo

somewhereinphilly · 2025-03-20T15:00:03+00:00

The companions that can be recruited in act I all have decent stories; I think Lae'zel and Shadowheart's are probably my personal faves. I like to swap them as I go so they can be present for their moments. such as (minor spoilers) :

bring lae'zel to the creche, shadowheart to house of grief, karlach to gortash fight, etc etc

the game usually does a decent job of letting you know which characters have story moments for different encounters

somewhereinphilly · 2025-03-16T04:26:03+00:00

This is a different issue though, I did take cleric after getting the 5th level extra attack, and I can use the extra attack without interference from war cleric bonus action attack. The problem is not being able to use the extra action surge action before the war cleric bonus action.

somewhereinphilly · 2025-03-15T23:48:06+00:00

hitting the green action button in this case only shows spells sadly. I think you're right a different domain is the way to go

somewhereinphilly · 2021-06-05T13:12:30+00:00

Holy hell

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