Although to fit you might have to change Captain America into Captain Neverwinter, I think this is a great way to pull off another marvel build in Dungeons & Dragons. Also if you put him in the right party, you can pretty easily pull off over 176 damage just on your turn, even without any sort of critical hit or Max dice rolled.

The Book of many things has the Boomerang Shield as a magic item. This build is now officially complete.

Okay... Hear me out because this is weird... Give Cap a few cleric levels and make his *spiritual weapon* a shield that flies out and hits people.

i think it would be a good idea to give him the feat inspiring leader, it gives your allies temporary hit points after you make a 10 minute speech

I would never thought of banneret, It fits perfectly

OMG Purple Dragon Knight! Such an underrated class.

I have done a Captain America build that I THINK generally gets the feeling of Captain America, but admittedly it requires some reflavoring (not homebrewing, just reflavoring) and some creativity to avoid being a MAD build. So, like you, I had him be a Variant Human with the Soldier for his Background and Shield Master for my free Feat. But as far as classes go, I went with 8 Battle Master Fighter/4 Hexblade Warlock/8 Oath of Glory Paladin. Starting Stats (with those free +1s) were 13 STR 13 DEX 14 CON 8 INT 10 WIS 16 CHA. By the end, final stats were 14 STR 14 DEX 14 CON 8 INT 10 WIS 20 CHA. I used Athlete and Resilient (DEX) to round up the STR and DEX. I went for Hexblade so I could use CHA for attacking and spellcasting, seeing it as the super soldier serum, and reflavored Eldritch Blast as the shield throw given its force damage. Then I had the Tough Feat to bump up his HP along with Inspiring Leader to give that whole “AVENGERS, ASSEMBLE!” feel. Plus, with a Light Hammer as my Hex Weapon, figure that works when he has Mjolnir and I can get some lightning spells like Lightning Lure and Witch Bolt from Warlock plus Divine Smite to simulate strikes with Mjolnir. And then finally the Paladin Auras for Cap’s morale boosting abilities. Then I figure you can take some of the more supportive Combat Manuevers and ones that can be added to skill checks to make up for Cap’s lower INT and WIS. Like I said, it’s a bit all over the place, and requires some creative thinking, but in the end gives you almost everything Cap gets

Amazing! Your builds somehow bring together an accurate, viable, and fun version of the character. Very well done sir!

I didn’t even know that was a Subclass! I chose Samurai so that he can get advantage on weapon attacks and gain temporary HP. But another great build! It could be cool if you did Hawkeye or Black Widow next.

I was thinking on Eldritch Knight for the returning weapon, but again you suprised me with Banneret

Thank you for the build.

If it weren't for the fact that you technically can't apply an artificer's weapon infusions on improvised weapons, I'd be down for that Returning Weapon idea. I also can't imagine that Captain America would have at least some maneuvers. With how he fights, he seems to trip people up all the time, among other things. It doesn't help that there's like two Martial Archetypes that let you naturally gain two fighting styles without investing in a feat? Otherwise, I would have found a way to get Superior Technique and Martial Adept.

This is an excellent view point. Big Rogers fan. Tjank you for this video

Just watch this, awesome build. I loved it. In my head I thought Monk Kensei, they can pick a range weapon as a Monk Weapon choose a boomerang and make it look like shield. It won’t add to your AC but you can always role play that you can block with it. At least you are able to attack with it.

There is a common magic item in Zanathars guide the let you doth Armor as a bonus action.

Intelligence being a dump stat sure but I think caps got an old school wisdom that can grow

I think you should make one for Gorr the God Butcher since the new movie comes out in a week and 4 days or maybe even Mighty Thor but if you did both of them I'd like to see Gorr first considering he's one of the most powerful villains imo in the Marvel Comics, he's also just really cool

With two new magic items now available: Boomerang Shield (Source: The Book of Many Things) giving you the ability to throw a shield as a ranged attack and Insignia of Claws (Source: Tyranny of Dragons) giving your unarmed strikes and natural weapons to be considered as magical, would you consider a revision of your Captain America build? The Fighter: Banneret is the perfect class for this build.

You need a shield that acts like a Dwarven Thrower when thrown. DT is very rare. Just make it Legendary. When you're holding it it's a +3 Shield, when you throw it it has the DT thrown properties. Alternatively you could have it be a Defender, gaining it's full +3 to AC when held, acts as a DT when thrown. It would actually be a cool item on its own, but something like this is ideal for Cap.

You can really do this all day!

This is surprisingly good. With a +3 shield, your defenses are good. If your DM allows the same bonus to hit and for damage, you're doing 1D8 (not bad) + 8 (really good). So, your top-end damage isn't the best but your average is nice and you don't have to worry about the occasional 1. It's a shame that the basic Monk class is so restricted because Flurry of Blows seems like it would fit a melee Cap very well.

Skip Tavern Brawler and work with your DM and an artificer friend to have a thrown 1d6 damage shield that returns to your shieldarm :X. Just keep his other hand free and as a DM I'd have no issues with it.

I think this nails the skills and abilities really well. Banneret is the perfect choice. And you convinced me that Fighter makes more sense than Paladin (though I wouldn't mind seeing an alternate attempt at that). My only quibble is with stats. I don't think Cap should be that high in the physical stats. Traditionally in comics, he's considered above peak human, but not on par with mutants, Asgardians, magical beings, etc. To me, if think of Thor as a 20 STR, then Cap can't be a 20. I would put Cap's max stats at something like 16 STR, 18 DEX, 18 CON, 10 INT, 8 WIS, 12 CHA. I would also treat the armor as light armor -- yes, he's technically wearing scale in the comics, but in the context of Marvel technology, its really more analogous to leather in the DnD world. Cool video. I haven't played RPGs in a long time, but somehow this tapped my interest. I'm going to check out some of your others.

Please do a punisher build!

Banneret is such a good choice thematically, I just wish it worked better mechanically

Saw this video earlier today, and I've been thinking about it. One question I have, is there a reason we have such high dex, when we're speccing into heavy armor? I thought those two would clash with each other.

I'd swap out protection for unarmed, they way he fights is usually shield in the off-hand with the main hand balled into a fist while the shield itself is used as utility, he doesn't only hit you with his shield, infact the first issue of him had the cover of him punching hitler so he's more of a brawler who shoves people around. The only real time he uses it for damage is when he's throwing it. Also for those of you who don't know what banneret is? you can do battlemaster instead and pick manuevers that help your party and control the enemy's movement.

I would had picked the thrown weapon fighting style for the quick draw and extra damage as when not using his shield. Possibly when using his shield if the DM will concede it is an improvised thrown weapon. I would also have goten Medium armor Mastery instead of boosting Dex

I reflavored a shield as a javelin that deals bludgeoning damage.

I wasn't aware that the Banneret was a thing, I knew literally every other subclass, but I was surprised to hear about this one.

How would you make USAgent? Conquest paladin or something similar?

Could this be used for Soldier Boy from The Boys?

Caps shield could be done easily attach a bunch of boomerangs to the shield and youd be find

You should do a Luther Strode build I have a working one 1 level barbarian 19 levels way of the drunken master v. human with the fighting initiate unarmed fight technique and tavern brawler.

I think I would have still gone battlemaster as all those things can be done with manoeuvres. Like rally and commanders strike.

I looked on D&D beyond for Banneret but the closest I could find was purple Dragon Knight

Could you do Ezio from assassins creed

did you consider a kenobi or vader build now that the kenobi show is over?

Ok... Green Goblin in Dungeons and Dragons?

Can you do the Hunter from Bloodborne?

You forgot the skill for race

I definitely want to see a Rambo build

I was with it until CHA 8. America's Ass deserves better

8:20 what an odd adition.

Can you do the Doom Slayer next?

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Why not use the feat martial adept? #sadbois

This goes a little to much into his combat. Captain is THE captain when it comes to battle and strategy even Ironman will throw away his arrogance while in battle because he knows captain is the best at what he does. so dumping his mental stats doesn't make sense

All those ability score increases..for gods sake fix his charisma

I agree and the only way I would make it different, was if the DM is really working with you and allow the shield to count either as a weapon with the thrown property via Tavern Brawler, or you choose Monk (since Captain America is not THAT strong and fights with his agility, like a Monk or someone with a finesse weapon) and the DM allows you to have it be a monk weapon (via Kensei Weapon) and choose if for both the weapon choices, once as melee and once as ranged (which means you even give up the choice of another weapon, as a flavor). Since Captain America in the comics works as a comic book artist/illustrator, the Way of the Brush feature also works well. It does not fit very well to his character, but with a two level dip into Artificer he can infuse his own shield, because another Artificer might need that infusion, rendering the shield without it less useful. Since it is enough to take 6 levels in Monk (because the feature Sharpen the Blade at level 11 does not work with a magic weapon with an attack and damage bonus, which a shield infused with Returning Weapon will be), you still have 12-14 levels to put into Fighter. I know that will f*** up the ability scores (because of the needed Wisdom) and make Unarmored Defense worthless, but hey, I just wanted something different (even though, if the DM would deem the shield to be ok as a finesse weapon, everything would be much easier).

These builds suck but fun stuff

The charisma dumping makes 0 sense that should be his highest stat

Bit late, I know, but build Ninja Gaiden.