The Catapult: D&D

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Today's D&D 5e build is an attempt to answer one question: how far into the air could we blast an enemy in a single round of combat if we built for it?
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@Codarius Жыл бұрын

My brain turned this into a fighter who wants to be the strongest there is so he goes on a journey to find a genie to wish for it and the genie takes on the role of their boxing coach and their eldritch blasts are fist projections. You sprint up to someone, Shoryuken them, and then just unleash your fist blasts on them.

@ronnygeis895 Жыл бұрын

Rare instance of D&D optimization actually being rocket science.

@Wouldyoukindly4545 Жыл бұрын

Rocket science is vector calculus where mass is a function of time, and there are multiple sources of gravity... and you have to hit an area the comparible size of a pin head in the next city over. With very limited fuel. But, this is impressive enough.

@EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE737 2 ай бұрын

Bro thinks he's a rocket scientist 💀@@Wouldyoukindly4545

@AgentForest Жыл бұрын

Reason to go sorcerer? "Hey, Genie patron, I wish I was innately magical." "GRANTED." Sorcerer 1 acquired.

@BhopOwnz Жыл бұрын

Once again Colby is elevating our D&D roleplay to new heights 😏

@georgeskinner3217 Жыл бұрын

Catapulting* them to new heights.

@JustaRookontheboard Жыл бұрын

I see what you did there.

@alarin612 Жыл бұрын

This joke went over my head.

@123owly Жыл бұрын

He is setting the bar really high indeed.

@luizfelipe1911 Жыл бұрын

bxndjdksjjskckdksksfkkd nice joke

@barrysmith9648 Жыл бұрын

These 'weird' builds are my favorites. Another tactic for this build: If you picked up Misty Step, teleport behind the enemy's back line and knock the enemy squishies to land prone in front of the barbarian.

@thegreatvalamir Жыл бұрын

Correction, Colby: When simultaneous effects trigger from eldritch blast, the caster chooses the order per RAW (their turn, see XGE p. 77). You can choose to knock someone 15ft up with the first hit.

@attackins1470 Жыл бұрын

Whoops, posted my comment saying the same thing and then saw yours. Beat me to it!

@majordakka5743 Жыл бұрын

So what you're saying is you get to choose chainlink order?

@saltypork101 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I was thinking the same. I hope we get to see where this change would place the character in the nova damage tier rankings, but doing all that math again would be a bit of a pain.

@remyb6854 Жыл бұрын

Xgte contains optional rules. Bear in mind not all DMs will use them, and not using them is RAW.

@thegreatvalamir Жыл бұрын

Feats are also optional rules, if we really want to get technical, but Jeremy Crawford did weigh in on the subject using the rule in XGE to clarify right around its release date. "Short form: you decide the order of simultaneous effects on the turn of a character/monster you play."

@charleshaines9715 Жыл бұрын

An image comes to mind. Our genie artifact could be an other worldly weapon. A sawed off Shotgun. It allows us to channel our magic into a forceful slug shot with a hell of a kick. Flavoring our eldrich blasts as the Shotgun firing, and the blast sending our enemies backwards. At higher levels we are able to fire in quick sessions and channel more eldrich power

@vinspad3 Жыл бұрын

I'm just going to have the Wilhelm Scream on repeat throughout this entire vid. Or Goofy's 'Yahoo-hoo-hoo-ey!'

@vinspad3 Жыл бұрын

Pew pew!

@vinspad3 Жыл бұрын

You made it 23 minutes before losing cards. A new personal record?

@vinspad3 Жыл бұрын

Did you look at possibly making this a sustained damage build? Like you said, it's really just the Action Surge giving a tad bit more damage which - do you need 2 levels of Fighter if you're going sustained? Hrmmmm. TO THE SPREADSHEETS!

@vinspad3 Жыл бұрын

SILVERY BARBS MOB!

@Venjax420 Жыл бұрын

Best thing about Tuesdays.

@Pacific-NW-Native Жыл бұрын

I look forward to it every week! Soothing music, a calm voice, positive demeanor and the occasionally, well timed "dad" joke. 👍

@jonathanmorphew6786 Жыл бұрын

Tacos?

@arf101088 Жыл бұрын

its nice cuz my group plays on tuesdays, i can watch my weekly d4, then play PF with the lads

@junglejim9739 Жыл бұрын

Enemy: "you have no idea how high I can fly" Colby: "let's find out"

@ianwl0 Жыл бұрын

Oh man this is perfect. I was just working on ways to yeet my opposition into the heavens to the dismay of my DM.

@abcrasshadow9341 Жыл бұрын

Ahh yes, totally normal max-minning behaviour!

@remyb6854 Жыл бұрын

What is unfortunate is that this build requires your DM to buy off on it. Because as presented, it doesn't actually work. The effects of the Repelling Blasts would be done first. They trigger when you hit. Genie's Wrath triggers simultaneously to that, when you hit. This adds the bludgeoning damage. Then Crusher activates, because it required the hit to deal bludgeoning damage first, so it goes last.

@JessicaMorgani Жыл бұрын

@@remyb6854 Remy this is not a computer game. That's not how this works.

@remyb6854 Жыл бұрын

@@JessicaMorgani It is if you follow the rules.

@georgeskinner3217 Жыл бұрын

You have catapulted your channel; into my heart!

@DnDDeepDive Жыл бұрын

lol! Awwww.

@alexrobinet7576 Жыл бұрын

Loved ALL the weird builds, especially the dive bomber.

@jagondal8378 Жыл бұрын

For enclosed spaces, as a DM, I might retain the extra d6 per hit from fall damage as situation damage, such as smearing them down the ceiling of a corridor. Maybe throw in some environmental effects such as blasting them through a not-particularly-sturdy roof or wall. I feel like there are plausible options for retaining the build's functionality.

@jacobyullman5005 Жыл бұрын

I made a somewhat similar concept build that I call "The Lift and Launch". It's a Battlemaster fighter flavored as a monk/pugilist type brawler with the Unarmed Fighting style. The concept has them take Crusher, knocking the enemy into the air with a bare-handed uppercut from the first attack, then launching them 15 feet with the Pushing Attack maneuver on the second attack. Multiclass with Barbarian for Rage damage and resistances, and extra benefits depending on subclass. My go-to would be Ancestral Guardian. That combo would drop the enemy 20 feet away from you for 2d6 falling damage and knocking them prone. They would have disadvantage on attack rolls against anyone but you, and given they have to take half their movement to stand up, they might not even be able to get back to you without dashing if you moved back after launching them.

@MultipleOcelots Жыл бұрын

Hey D4. You got me.... you're the first channel I've ever given money to on KZfaq or otherwise. Your builds are just too amazing not to steal so i can impress all my friends. Please keep up the builds in OneD&D and beyond!!

@brendancarter5431 Жыл бұрын

I love that you went rune knight + enlarge/reduce, my barbarian 5, rune knight 3, eloquence bard 3 is pulling the same synergy for grapples on all sized creatures!

@eepopgames2741 Жыл бұрын

Some party optimization for pairing with this build: Add a Wizard/Sorcerer buddy casting Telekinesis. They lift one creature up, then you launch them away. Rinse and Repeat. Add a Druid buddy to summon a Wall of Thorns for the two of you to drop people in. Finally add a Cleric buddy to summon a Blade Barrier hovering over top of the Wall of Thorns (it does not have the solid surface requirement most wall spells do) so they have to fall through the Blade Barrier before falling into the Wall of Thorns. It would be a pretty high level scenario to have all that, but each of the others is a fairly minimal commitment of one spell each, all of which are useful even outside of this particular set up, and all still work together well enough in suboptimal settings like dungeons to just go cheese grater mode. This build also had a fair amount of PYF slots, which could likely be used in a similar way to help supplement a different trick that your party members are trying to pull off.

@KevinVideo Жыл бұрын

Less "don't say that" outtakes is perfectly acceptable. It shows that you're evolving as a content creator. This build is that juggling fighting game where you don't let the enemy land on the ground until you're done your combo. Another scary feature about this build is it makes falling from greater heights even more damaging. That plateau was 10 feet up, but now you've been shot up into the air by 50 feet, and falling 60 feet. Or, there's terrain behind the creature so you can't push it back, but you can push it up and over that half wall terrain, and now it's even further away from you. Great for mountain escapes.

@JudeCranberry Жыл бұрын

Love the intros you been doing just before the title card, great way to hook new viewers immediately after clicking 👍🏼

@chrisvossler8795 Жыл бұрын

2 comments: 1. If I understand correctly, you can apply Repelling Blast and Crusher on the same hit, and you can decide which one applies first (Crusher). So you'd be able to push enemies and extra 10 feet up and away. 2. I don't know if I'm the first one to think of this, but if you have a melee friend who can't get close to the BBEG but can hit a different enemy and manages a crit for huge damage, you could (theoretically) use Cloud Rune to transfer all that damage to the BBEG.

@lloydlineske2642 Жыл бұрын

2 does work that way. My play group had to check it just the other day. We went against a Lich. He sent a hoard of skeletons after us. My Bardalin (Bard Paladin) friend ended up Crit'in one of the minions. I told the group to wait and started looking up the wording. Then told him to use the max level Smite possible. We use brutal critical rules. (Max plus die rolls) Basically the Lich exploded on the first round of combat.

@Akibroto Жыл бұрын

Entertaining, thank you! Also, Singing Tesla, White Lion, and others at the video closure….thanks for the nostalgia.

@kylesavage6319 Жыл бұрын

In theory, couldn’t you move and cast eldritch blast at the same time? Genie gives you the flight speed, blast them upwards and fly up as you do so? Keeping the enemy inside of spirit shroud while still launching. 😁 Probably wouldn’t take that much buy in.

@midwesternpickle Жыл бұрын

What a fun build. Genie Warlock and Rune Knight Fighter are two of my favorite subclasses, easily top 10 subclasses overall for me. Also love keeping up the Little Game Masters love! Stretch goals here we come!

@Onorel Жыл бұрын

The Silvery Barbs mob will find you, this isn't over... Don't let your guard down.

@relaxedfantasyreview Жыл бұрын

I love the new space... The Commander Shepard poster tickles me so much. Can you make a character based on them? Maybe do a special episode with the futuristic weapons using the optional DMs guide rules on firearms? 🤩

@nessesaryschoolthing Жыл бұрын

I imagine it's hard to make a build for a character that can themselves be built multiple different ways. He'd have do a different one for Soldier, Vanguard, Adept, Sentinel, Engineer, and Infiltrator Shepard respectively, lol

@relaxedfantasyreview Жыл бұрын

@@nessesaryschoolthing that is a very excellent point, but if Colby has shown us anything, it's that he's very good at designing multiclass builds. Also, if he wanted, he could simply show us "his" version of Commander Shepard. Colby, which style of Shepard did you prefer?

@guardiantree8879 7 ай бұрын

@@nessesaryschoolthingRanged fighter/ barbarian dip works well for soldier. Engineer could be an artilerist artificer. Maybe some wizard levels too. Infiltrator, Ranger or artificer & Rogue. As for biotics I’m not sure which class represents them best.

@riccardogreggio3242 Жыл бұрын

Love the change of scenary! Can't wait to see what you have in store

@waitthatsillegal.7552 Жыл бұрын

Saw a lot of comments that said in order to activate crusher, Eldritch blast needed to hit first, effectively repelling the enemy out of trajectory angles that are required. Please keep in mind that repelling blast states: "you CAN push the creature UP TO 10 feet away", so either because you >can< choose or because you are only choosing an inch [up to 10 feet], the first beam doesn't need to move the target. Cuts height and thus 1d6 damage though, so maybe you houserule that genie's wrath applies first.

@waitthatsillegal.7552 Жыл бұрын

Assuming an airborne creature without a flying speed or hover falls immediately, you also couldn't follow up with another Eldritch Blast spell. The casting time of EB is one action and resolves "instantaneous", meaning the target doesn't fall until the first EB spell (with up to 4 beams) is completed, but immediately afterwards, it falls. However, there is nothing, RAW, that states something like an immediate fall. Turn-based combat is designed so that complexity is reduced by "freezing time" for everyone else short of reactions. That being said, even if your action surge quickend spell lines up 3 eldritch blasts that all happen instantaneously, you'd still have to provide verbal and somatic components between those spellcastings. Also, you could move between action 1, action 2 and bonusaction, which indicates that there is time passing in between these spells. I, as a DM, would allow it, though. It is fun, it is creative and it sure as heck eats a lot of resources, so from a balance perspective, I'm good with that.

@johngleeman8347 Жыл бұрын

This should have been an unprecendented triple-team build. The others warlocks take eldritch spear and spell sniper so they can launch the BBEG higher and higher until they are hundreds of feet in the air. xD

@vvsandgaming4648 Жыл бұрын

a "small" race + EB with Repelling Blast + Illusionist's Bracers (most broken item for casters) + Haste... stand underneath a giant and launch it up and away from you

@sorayasafavi Жыл бұрын

9:32 "who wants to play a human all the time" me. I do. I have never understood the desire to play anything else 😂

@mattdahm4289 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Colby! Love your D&D videos!

@tjrooger1092 Жыл бұрын

I wonder how different this build would be with a Hexbladesinger. Start with a Warhammer w/ Crusher. Then blast with the Bladesinger Cantrip attack @ L6. I'm thinking of a Dwarf blasting monsters off the top of a mountain, for some reason.

@ellac1399 Жыл бұрын

Literally love this channel so much :)

@zacharyeisenman1086 Жыл бұрын

One weird build I had played recently that quickly became my favorite character of all time is a Thri-Kreen swarm keeper who kept the queen of his hive within him. He was a dual wielder and because of his extra arms he could carry a shield in one hand a scimitar in the other and another scimitar in his other set of arms. This is because the secondary arms trait allows you to use a weapon with the light property. We are currently level 5 and I have a 20 AC and can attack 3 times with all my bonus’. On an average round I can do about 28 damage. I can heal with good berry and I can support with pass without a trace. Loving everything about the character. Also telepathy which is just so cool.

@andrewhazlewood4569 Жыл бұрын

You are right that Moving through an enemy space does not allow attacks while in an enemy space. Through not into. This was confirmed by Sage Advice (JC) who said you can’t end your move - or any part of it - in an occupied space.

@jakeryker3751 Жыл бұрын

Your short on this made me think of a character I’ve so creatively called, the ultimate pusher. Just wanting to see how far we could push someone in one turn. This is what I came up with. 2 levels of Hexblade Warlock 6 levels of Bladesinger wizard 3 levels of Battle master fighter 3 levels of Sword bard. For feats take Telekinetic and crusher For race take custom lineage and for stats use point buy for Str: 8 Dex:14 Con: 13 Wis: 8 Int: 13 Cha: 17 Boost Cha with Telekinetic and con with crusher. Start hexblade. Take a war hammer for your hex weapon. Once assembled your turn would look something like this. Hit your foe use pushing maneuver and mobile flourish. Combine with crusher then use a bonus action to shove with telekinetic. Make a second attack with eldritch blast with the second attack from blade singer. Action surge and hit with another eldritch blast. That’s 15ft from pushing maneuver 5+d6 from Mobile flourish 5 from crusher 5 from telekinetic 60 ft from eldritch blast. That’s a max of 91 ft. There are holes of course. Your pushing attack isn’t the most reliable as you only have a dex of 14. You’re not guaranteed to hit all eldritch blast. But it was still fun to come up with. Give D4s cap at 17 I’d probably grab some free floating asi at fighter and bard 4. To boost my dex higher for the battle maneuver dc and then bard 5 for inspiration to replenish on short rests. You may also grab metamagic adept for 1 quickening of eldritch blast instead of telekinetic.

@drewforchic9083 Жыл бұрын

Ooh, I love that Stormlight Archive art on your wall! Also, this is a really fun build. I'd tried for something similar once years ago for a pugilist build but only managed one that would launch 50 ft.

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@rpgwanderer Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it friend. Colby's platform felt like a great fit to launch our project forward 😉

@lloydlineske2642 Жыл бұрын

@@rpgwanderer I'm glad you did. I'm excited about your project and his channel is one of the few channels that I actually watch the ads on. Any other D&D channel and I would have surely missed it.

@zikkthegreat Жыл бұрын

the fungal gnats from that plant lay their eggs in its soil. you can put this stuff called mosquito bits on the soil and when you water it, it’ll seep poison onto the eggs and larvae. should help. also, the yellow sticker traps help a lot

@rolancritz1853 Жыл бұрын

Super fun build! I'll have to take this into a one shot and cause chaos!

@logandouglas7342 Жыл бұрын

So I recently Created a multi-class that is terrifying. So Start as a fariy 5 lvls of runeknight, 2 lvls of rouge for bonus action dash, and the rest in any full caster if you start with free feat pick up tavernbrawler. How it works turn 1 use RuneKnight ba to become large then cast enlarge on yourself to huge, turn 2 grapple with expertise and either fly up 30 feet and yeet the creature 60 feet up as an improvised weapon dealing 9D6 fall DMG and then ba dash back down or use that creature as an improvised weapon vs the other creatures dealing minimum 2D4+1D6+STR.

@logandouglas7342 Жыл бұрын

I did some stuff and hahaha it's crazy okay so here we go. 1-3 fighter runeknight, 3-6 warlock sub of choice, 7-8 wizard blade singer, 9-10 rouge, 11-20 monk any subclass. Feats mobile and tavernbrawler. Pre battle cast long strider, you now have 80 foot fly speed, get a friend to cast haste now it's 160, at the start of turn 3 assuming you maintained your grappled you can action dash, action surge dash, ba dash, move and be at 640 feet in the air, then hasted action throw 60 ft in the air 70D6 fall DMG 245 average DMG

@saltypork101 Жыл бұрын

This is a sick build. I would definitely play something like this. Giving the target disadvantage on Dex checks with Hex can even come in handy here, as a great many tables have house rules about using acrobatics checks to control your fall, a la Tumble from previous editions. I would have taken Superior Technique instead of Defense, because the Trip Attack manoeuvre would give you a way to make flying enemies take your fall damage. Otherwise anything with a flying speed is kind of immune to your whole gimmick. You'll still have to deal with flyers with hover, or good Str saves, but at least you can still push them around. After that, it could also be cool to pick up some extra mobility, like through Expeditious Retreat early on or Lonstrider and Haste later, just so that you can potentially have more control over where your target lands. Maybe you can even make him land on one of his buddies! ;)

@cybermage99 Жыл бұрын

I remember doing a level 20 oneshot with UA (excluding mystic). I made a build like this using Sea Sorcerer and warlock and fighter. Curse of the sea gave you the ability to curse an enemy when you hit with a cantrip, which caused spells that hit the target to get benefits including increase any forced movement caused by the spell by 15ft. I was set to be able to launch an enemy 25ft per hit on the first cast, then 10ft per hit on subsequent casts either with quickened spell or action surge for a maximum of 180ft of pushing. The enemy turned out to have tarasque style reflective carapace unfortunately. Glad to know there is a Raw way to achieve this sort of shenanigans in core rules now

@Psynister_PBP Жыл бұрын

At least for the early levels, you could Move under the target after lift-off, then make your other actions/bonus to pump them straight up instead of diagonal, then use your remaining movement to get out of the way.

@danielbeshers1689 Жыл бұрын

If there was Silvery Barbs mob merch I would purch that merch.

@thebrothersslim6056 Жыл бұрын

Love it as always - I'm getting big time Dragon Ball Z fighter vibes from this character. Speaking of catapult, how about a Lunar sorcerer who uses the catapult spell on dear old Shadowblade? Throw in mind sliver, bonus action spell metamagic, and silvery barbs (ahhhh!!).

@lazarus_089 Жыл бұрын

Love this series, love the math, love the mood, love the jokes, love the passion, love the video.

@lampmann24 Жыл бұрын

Always a good day when Colby uploads🎉

@Groucho14E 3 ай бұрын

I feel like there's room for an archer variant here: launch the enemy into the air as described, use Telekinesis if needed to reach a multiple of 10ft... and then Action Surge and Eldritch Smite them with a bow shot. Call it the Skeet Shooter :P Great teamwork potential, too: one party member launches targets (out of a cloud of darkness?) and the others shoot them down.

@VetinariClone Жыл бұрын

This seems like the perfect one-shot build. Super fun, reasonably powerful, and you can talk it over with the DM to insure you’re able to blast team rocket away.

@crownlexicon5225 Жыл бұрын

You don't even need the diagonal movement cheese past the first attack (though it is recommended). If you move them diagonally 5 feet towards you (to an unoccupied square directly above you) you could then shoot them straight up. Just remember to move at the end of your turn or they'll fall directly on you... (which is why your idea of blasting them away diagonally is better)

@Salad_Propaganda Жыл бұрын

i did some research, and while sub-optimal, a vhuman with a the martial adept feat (pushing attack), then goes fighter 2 and monk 3, 4 elements (picking up the superior technique fighting style + pushing attack, which stacks with our feat since we dont have the subclass feature limiting it), then using both our pushing attacks and fist of unbroken air, we can throw someone 50ft across the room. at level 5.

@shanelilly9673 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for making this, Colby!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@studynot757 Жыл бұрын

Could you for the first hit combo Crusher with Grasp of Hadar? Start 5ft away from them, hit use crusher to move them 5 ft up, then pull them 10ft toward you in a straight line so their right over your head, then unload with next EB, Action surge, etc straight up, then step away as they fall?

@willbender9035 Жыл бұрын

Yay! Another awesome build!

@straightupjudo Жыл бұрын

a scroll of reverse gravity would be a good first action too. or an initial action by another party member to match your readied action to fire off some blasts

@michabentoby Жыл бұрын

Woo! You tube actually sent the notification at the right time! Love you Colby! Xxx

@michabentoby Жыл бұрын

Sorry if I spelled that wrong >.

@gamewrit0058 Жыл бұрын

EPIC! Shared with friends who play D&D 5e with me. I'd totally want to do this with a Dragon Age dwarf, even though they supposedly can't do magic. Yay, new teleprompter! Asari not sorry. :) Less stress for you. And this is the first of your character build vids I've watched, having discovered your channel today and watched the Pathfinder 2e intro videos. In your background, I recognize Shepard and the Balrog. What are the other art pieces? Currently playing Court of Blades weekly (glad I'm not GM'ing that complicated ruleset!), a 5e Dragon Age campaign when the GM is available 1-2 x/month, and a 5e homebrew 1-2x/month, plus I get to play my first Index Card RPG session as a player this week in a playtest of new monster builds. ICRPG is more about what your (limited) loot and inventory do for you, than the innate power of your class, and movement is near, far, or out of range, instead of calculated in feet - and most player characters have only 10HP! The numbers are smaller, and the stakes higher, depending on how you play. Great vid and build!

@itspabbs Жыл бұрын

"Definitely don't Google it." Hilarious!!!

@jacobyspurnger8488 Жыл бұрын

Chain pact with genie patron means that you can hand it your vessel and just disappear for infiltration

@notHailey Жыл бұрын

The thing not mentioned here is that the enemy is also prone when they land, so that's 15ft of movement just to get up BUT all your allies also get advantage on their attacks until the enemy gets up. 1 Catapult = dead big bad

@KristensEpicAdventures Жыл бұрын

Great video! You have me itching to come up with an idea for a build to toss at you 🤓

@Nikotheos Жыл бұрын

White Lion did a solid Radar Love cover. 😅🎉

@rantdmc Жыл бұрын

this is an insane build - i love it so much!

@ik1149 Жыл бұрын

Painting the walls blue was a good choice, it looks good

@scottcombs3882 Жыл бұрын

Possible team synergy with Bones Of The Earth? Elevate them on a pillar before the Eldritch Blastin' starts for a possible extra 30 feet of fall damage.

@SpiderWaffle Жыл бұрын

25:42 You can actually push them up 15 feet on the first beam. There's a simultaneous effect rule for which these two effects, Crusher and Repelling Blast, are. Simultaneous Effects XGE p77 Most effects in the game happen in succession, following an order set by the rules or the DM. In rare cases, effects can happen at the same time, especially at the start or end of a creature's turn. If two or more things happen at the same time on a character or monster's turn, the person at the game table-whether player or DM-who controls that creature decides the order in which those things happen. For example, if two effects occur at the end of a player character's turn, the player decides which of the two effects happens first. Source: XGE, page 77

@thiagocoutinho3995 Жыл бұрын

Because EB does not hit simultaneously, I believe the target would fall at each time it was pushed up. Falling happens instantaneously. If EB had the same wording as Magic Missiles [just the 'hit simultaneously' part], it would work. What I believe it would happen is: you hit, raise 5f and apply the other push effects [since you choose the order of the effects], target falls and takes fall damage, and the next beam of EB hits and pushes... rinse repeat. If it would hit simultaneously, you would add the push effects together, going higher.

@irian42 Жыл бұрын

Wouldn't the enemy fall before the second Eldritch Blast hits them? Multiple Eldritch Blasts hit the enemy in sequence and as you drop immediately once you fall I don't quite get how this is supposed to work?

@michalberanek2783 Жыл бұрын

Ooh, a cold open! And on a trebuchet build, no less!

@kajetanmazurkiewicz5459 Жыл бұрын

I would love to see your takes on the One D&D builds. I think that you would have very interesting and valuable insight in how much those new classes could be abused. It might be hillarious to build and watch and would show potential weaknesses in the game design.

@alarin612 Жыл бұрын

If only all angry Internet mobs were as adorable as Colby's silvery barbs mob.

@piotrhawrylewicz558 Жыл бұрын

awesome buid as always :D I just imagined this build in campaign with a lot of sailing and ship battles, and shooting enemies off their ships :P

@denebedwards1830 Жыл бұрын

So another fun option is using spike growth as a lawn darts target. Hasten cast spike growth out where your target will land. Then move through the swarm of bad guys launching them into spike growth.

@backlash660 Жыл бұрын

I would love to have a party with two of these characters and sit back and watch them play volley ball with the enemy .

@julianrhodes7096 Жыл бұрын

That find with the crusher feat is superb. Going to steal that for a Tempest Cleric/ Ascendant Dragon Monk Aarakocra for a Marvel vs. Capcom air juggling combo.

@georgewilson2575 Жыл бұрын

What a cool concept

@JDonaldBin Жыл бұрын

loving the new set!

@dustinlivingston4089 Жыл бұрын

Through half the video was thinking of the fun that echo night could add to this build!! The juggling back and forth would be awesome and even when you had to cheese grader and enemy it would be great. But alas attack action only not attacks from spells. Trickery cleric might work not sure on switching blast from a single spell?

@peterlynch9929 Жыл бұрын

Love the new cold open into the title card. Feels a lot more organic than just the title card

@chrissugg968 Жыл бұрын

Our Warlock/Sorcerer once knocked a Fire Giant Lord down a 500ft mineshaft with Repelling Blast and immediately beat the 'most damage in one turn' record for our group, with a cantrip.

@matthewlenard8346 Жыл бұрын

Hello Colby, I hope your days are treating you well. Love the new wall, it is very you. I'm getting Elvin Vampiric Superhero Vibes, that's AVSV. It truly is a shame you put all that hard work into representing your mind at work for it to be outshined by that amazingly clean and crisp t-shirt. It literally is unnaturally White. I'm trying to watch this video and take it seriously but, I can't help to think, who does your laundry and how did they make cotton whiter? I feel you are using bardic Magic's and have casted hypnotic pattern.😃

@voxvesper4617 Жыл бұрын

RPGWanderer looks cool. Definitely gonna check it out.

@wandrilleturle36 Жыл бұрын

Loved it ! Now I am faced with a dilemna because if I show this to my friend who plays a halfling monk, he will learn about the rule on sharing an enemy square 😅😅 We love to watch him do just that and throw enemies into the air ! And I don't want to spoil this fun 😄😄

@wandrilleturle36 Жыл бұрын

Luckily our DM will surely agree that he can keep it going 😄

@logan9189 Жыл бұрын

Honest, smiling cause you reminded me about MUDs. I’d forgotten. Thanks

@theblindbuildergrandminuti5648 Жыл бұрын

I have to say, that sponsors idea actually sounds pretty cool.

@ericmerrill9808 Жыл бұрын

Oddly enough, despite the character having an earth genie patron, this would be great for a sea campaign. Got a problem? Just launch them 50 ft away and well off the boat. Do that each turn until the enemy crew has been vacated and boom! New ship to sell on the market.

@HaloFTW2408 Жыл бұрын

This is my alternate idea of this build (I call it the off brand Graviturgist) 27 Custom Lineage Warlock Genie 10/Rune Knight Fighter 6/Divine Soul Sorcerer 4 27 Str 8 -1/-1 20 Dex 14 +2/+2 13 Con 14 ->15->16 +3/+9 11 Int 10 0/0 9 Wis 10 0/+6 0 Char 15->17 ->18->20 +5/+11 Feats (Not in order): Crossbow Expert, Crusher, Res (Con), Telekinetic, Sharpshooter AC: 21 (Half-Plate, Shield) HP: 167 Initiative: +2 Speed: 30ft Eldritch Blast, +11 to hit, (1d10+5)fo, 120ft. He. Crossbow, +11 to hit, (1d10+3)p, 400ft. Invocations: Agonizing Blast, Repelling Blast, Improved Pact Weapon, Eldritch Smite, Grasp of Hadar Fighting Style: Archery Tactics: In enclosed spaces: Use Spike Growth, Grasp of Hadar & Repelling blast. In open spaces against ground enemies: The same as your build Against Huge or smaller flying enemies: Hit them with a Heavy Crossbow attack & use eldritch smite to knock them prone (which makes them fall unless they are flying through magic or have a hover speed). You could even follow it with action surge & Eldritch Blast to push them up & let them fall again.

@pixelniceness5711 Жыл бұрын

honestly, I can see this working well with that star druid build you had. eh. about 40? builds ago. you can spike growth grate people, push em in and out of moonbeam, or catapult! all depending on what you want to do. You probs have to sacrifice a decent amount of druid levels, but i think the fun, is well worth it

@pixelniceness5711 Жыл бұрын

and when you think of combining this with, the moon beam being 40 ft high. Lauching someone into the air AND through a high level moonbeam. Hilarious

@pixelniceness5711 Жыл бұрын

if you wanna make the moonbeam work, pick up swarmkeeper, suddenly you can move them 15ft with a bonus attack (starry form archer) and suddenly you can thrown em around and then into and landing ON the moonbeam. Probs going to be building this. (My dm lets us roll stats and mine are quite good, so I csn kinda go crazy.)

@ArticleNoun Жыл бұрын

I’m playing a wildfire Druid (basically your Druid fish build) and love casting thorn whip from my spirit buddy. Pulling enemies up into the air or across spike growth.

@menarg1549 Жыл бұрын

that RPG wanderer looks neat, i'll try it out!

@Wouldyoukindly4545 Жыл бұрын

I did something similar, without the fighter levels. But it was much more effective because the DM ruled that creatures that were falling gave advantage. So I used my familiar to get advantage on the first attack, and then would have advantage on all subsequent attacks while they were in the air. Except against flying enemies, those were a much harder fight. The sustainable damage and control was incredible.

@Mr_Maiq_The_Liar Жыл бұрын

The fire rune is a good way to restrain a target so that this works on flying enemies. But phantom lance is probably more reliable.

@baconator_x4098 Жыл бұрын

I'm think of running this (starting warlock) on a half earth-genasi who is the son of a famous boxer/wrestler named "The Mountain" who uses the family connection to their patron (probably grandfather) and hides a gold ring under their gloves. They earned a reputation of a mean right hand (cause they are sneaking an e.blast in there) and a bit of a dirty fighter. The launch is their father's signature "Skyward Uppercut". I imagine the Bottled Respite has a medieval locker room and my familiar as my Doc Louis (coach/corner man).

@heatran1919 Жыл бұрын

Would love to hear your take on a Suplex Build (grabbing a target, leaping into the air, and falling on top of the target). My best attempts so far have been a Tortle Dragon Monk (Wings Unfurled feature giving you a temporary flying speed that you can use while grappling) or a Harengon Beast Barb/Ranger (Harengon Hop, plus Beast Barb enhanced jump, plus Jump not being concentration)

@jonathanrich9281 Жыл бұрын

The best part is that my DM actually rules that if a creature is pushed into a wall or whatever hard enough, they take “fall” damage from being bludgeoned into a wall. So even if I can’t knock someone airborne, even if I’m in a tight room, I could still essentially *drill an opponent into the wall.* Sure, they don’t go flying, and they don’t have to trudge all the way back to us in order to fight, but it’s still pretty awesome.