How to Play Raiden in Dungeons & Dragons (Metal Gear Revengeance Build for D&D 5e)

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2 жыл бұрын

Today we have a build for Raiden from Metal Gear Revengeance in Dungeons & Dragons. If you want to hack and slash your way through entire armies with a lightning blade and robot body, this is how you make that work in D&D 5e.
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@mastermuffles7097 2 жыл бұрын

Ah yes, Raiden in D&D is just as OP as he is in Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance

@Skillfulstone 2 жыл бұрын

To be fair, throw a flying enemy at him and he loses most of that ridiculous dps. Otherwise you're right though XD

@Shadic24367 2 жыл бұрын

@@Skillfulstone jump :D as long as they ain't too high up

@aliasanonymous5387 2 жыл бұрын

@@Skillfulstone Just like in the actual game

@PhantomSavage 2 жыл бұрын

.. so you're saying Raiden can hack away Michael Myers entire hit point pool in *one* round. Holy shit. .. assuming Raiden can hit half those attacks, Michael is a surprisingly dodgey boi.

@Deliriumend 2 жыл бұрын

Not really. Whirlwind attack is 1 attack / enemy around you, you don't get to aim the attacks. He's an army buster more than a 1v1 machine.

@jamescampbell2353 2 жыл бұрын

@@Deliriumend if you get a bunch of people with magic and shoot him from range, then you’re probably good. Good luck keeping a ranger from approaching you :smile:

@szayelapporograntz3276 2 жыл бұрын

@@jamescampbell2353 with Longstrider and Zephyr Strike giving 50ft of movement before items (60ft with Ashardalon's Stride from Fizban's Treasury), Raiden can close distances pretty easily when he dashes. Rangers also have access to Wind Wall if the enemy mostly uses bows. Though you really shouldn't be fighting in an area without cover; hopefully you have an ally who can alter the terrain!

@jamescampbell2353 2 жыл бұрын

@@szayelapporograntz3276 imagine have to deal with an enemy who exclusively uses the telekinesis spell and has non-concentration flight. Gosh that would be come on like a flood of rage.

@szayelapporograntz3276 2 жыл бұрын

@@jamescampbell2353 pretty sure he has a fight like that in one of the games XD Which is why he uses guns too lol

@wrightcore3367 2 жыл бұрын

“Red Steel on the Wii but good” Yeah, that’s called Red Steel 2.

@jamesbeattie8800 2 жыл бұрын

A badass game Red Steel 2 and Madworld are my favorite hack and slashers on the Wii.

@hekonaleeinos5510 2 жыл бұрын

"It's just like my Japaneses anime" is such an incredible line ; it should get old, but it doesn't.

@kingfail3819 2 жыл бұрын

I love Japan.

@kingdomkey01 2 жыл бұрын

This is what we’ve been building up to. Tulok has been showing more and more skin throughout this month, and I have a feeling he’s going to announce an OF where we can find him performing nude cartwheels. Regardless, I might have to hide this build from my players, as corrupt government officials are my go-to BBEGs. I suppose I could just use a vampire instead, though.

@kingfail3819 2 жыл бұрын

If you don’t “borrow” Armstrong for a boss fight, you’re playing D&D wrong.

@itwasidio1736 2 жыл бұрын

Imagine a Bear Barbarian noble who harnessed druidic energy for their own ends, making them impervious to physical trauma. "Nanoblights, son."

@perihelion1225 2 жыл бұрын

This was one of the first characters I tried to build on my own. You have always been a great inspiration for me, and I can’t thank you enough!

@jeepersmcgee3466 2 жыл бұрын

my first was Jin Sakai. This channel has reshaped how I view and construct characters in dnd

@Reverse_Hood 2 жыл бұрын

Same, all my attempts always involved monk though

@Nastyn1nja808 2 жыл бұрын

I had no.idea all these builds existed lol.

@Keegstar 2 жыл бұрын

My character ended up being a way of the Kensei Monk, who mains a katana and darts, who was pretty close too raiden imo because of how many times he could slice something in one turn if he used all of his ki points

@rollout9506 2 жыл бұрын

You should totally do Samuel Rodrigues from Revengeance, I'd love to see how you give him the super fast draw!

@macktheknife2756 2 жыл бұрын

I would say probably do the same build but playing variant human instead of warforged, perhaps taking the charger feat for the quick draw. Gameplay wise Sam and Jack play pretty similarly and I think this build does a very good job of capturing the hack and slash thing.

@macktheknife2756 2 жыл бұрын

My other suggestion would be something like 12 battle master/4 Gloomstalker/4 assassin. Variant human taking mobile. You could have his sword be a Greatsword and take GWM. This would give you +15 initiative if you can max dex and wisdom and take alert, you move 10 feet faster and make an extra attack on your first turn, all of your attacks have advantage and are auto crits, and you add 10 to each of them with GWM. That would sort of emulate his style of attacking first and hitting the killing blow early.

@keithgawain3614 2 жыл бұрын

There's a few ways you could build Raiden imo, but this is a pretty fun way to replicate his whole one-man-army vibe that the cyborgs in MGRR have. With all the attacks to slash through enemies, this is a pretty valid build for Raiden. Me? I personally made Raiden as a Warforged 14 Battlesmith Artificer/6 Storm Herald Barbarian. With Artificer, you get all the techy stuff/spells that Raiden gets as a cyborg, with Battlesmith letting you heal by defeating enemies (like absorbing the power cells) as well as Blade Wolf! Even if Blade Wolf doesn't fight WITH Raiden, but he's there. Storm Herald gets Raiden the lightning and I'd definitely call Blade Mode a reflavored Reckless Attack, with Ripper Mode obviously being Rage. Still, really like the build, Tulok! And I can't wait for the inevitable Jetstream Sam and Senator Armstrong builds that people might ask for lol

@Pomlithe 2 жыл бұрын

That's interesting! I don't know about investing more than 5 levels into Barbarian, though; Raiden doesn't really need a swim speed or waterbreathing, and I think cyborgs are still vulnerable to EMPs. Getting Fast Movement and Extra Attack are definitely good though. Level 9 of Battle Smith for Elemental Weapon and Arcane Jolt is also good. From there, you could get 6 levels of something else, or invest more into the classes for better movement, or enhanced Blade Wolf, or whatever.

@keithgawain3614 2 жыл бұрын

@@Pomlithe Now that I look back on it, yeah I guess Raiden doesn't need the 6th Level of Storm Herald Barbarian. And he doesn't REALLY need all 14 Artificer Levels either. I suppose the 6 Levels can go into something like Fighter. Some people say Raiden would have Monk Levels, but wouldn't do Monk tho, I don't particularly think Raiden should have high Wisdom considering Ripper Mode is him deliberately losing inhibitions, as well as his naive approach to justice in the prologue before meeting Sam in the duel. Thanks for the reply and suggestions tho!

@lt.branwulfram4794 2 жыл бұрын

Also, you can grab a Belt of Hill Giant Strength and Amulet of Health to fulfill your attacking modifier and get better AC as a well as either a Ring/Cloak of Protection and Bracers of Protection for some good AC.

@keithgawain3614 2 жыл бұрын

@@lt.branwulfram4794 Oh wow, can you grab those before Level 14 though? By Level 9?

@lt.branwulfram4794 2 жыл бұрын

@@keithgawain3614 Those 2, the Belt of Hill Giant Strength and the Amulet of Health, are lvl 14 infusions, but if you have Str at 13 or better from the start as an Artificer, the Barbarian multiclass can happen earlier. Also, the Cloak and Ring can be grabbed at Artifcer lvl 10. Enhanced Weapon at the 2nd lvl can take care of magical weapons and even boost your attacking modifer by 2 when you reach Artificer lvl 10 whilst you grab some handy utility Infusions like Goggles of Knight and Helm of Awareness.

@austinhaltiner1489 2 жыл бұрын

I was expecting a one level dip in barbarian for Ripper mode but this is a good build. Just turn into a blender and let er rip.(Also it's nice for ranger to be brought up and not be immediately be followed by "dont play ranger its bad")

@frenchfriedbagel7035 2 жыл бұрын

Ripper mode in the game is used in short bursts. So I think action surge can be RP’d as Ripper mode maybe.

@werewolfjedi38 2 жыл бұрын

@@frenchfriedbagel7035 the ripper mode can last a whole fight its very easy to chain it.

@lucasm.3864 2 жыл бұрын

This might as well be called a “Leeroy Jenkins” build, because that’s always the first thing you’ll ever say when rolling initiative.

@fearanger1 2 жыл бұрын

... The idea of races in DND being so heavily modified they're more Warforged than anything else is really badass.

@DoctorMcHerp 2 жыл бұрын

I think you missed something very crucial in this build. In order to play as Raiden in D&D, you have to have a Bard sidekick to play you a badass rock song whenever you're fighting. Every. Single. Time.

@logandaley1544 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve yet to play a strong martial class in D&D so this is probably going to be my next character for a long campaign. I loved Revengence so this build made me very happy

@TheMARStudios 2 жыл бұрын

Revengance is such a fun ride with an awesome sound track. Hope ya had some fun and made your own fun with the game. Totally thought this would be like a Dragon Monk/Samurai Fighter combo but this is a total army killer. Be a blast to play in a minion heavy campaign.

@kingfail3819 2 жыл бұрын

While probably not better from an optimization perspective, I think it would be more appropriate for the character to have somewhere between 1-3 Rogue levels in place of some Ranger levels at the front of the build. To represent his experience with the Big Shell incident, and all.

@TheRawrnstuff 2 жыл бұрын

Tie that in to the custom background.

@Max2ds 2 жыл бұрын

Zephyr Strike actually _doesn’t_ end after you use the special attack. So for the duration, regardless of when you use it, you ignore opportunity attacks. I’m pretty sure this is the case

@ajaafive1384 2 жыл бұрын

This is correct. I was just about to comment on this.

@reloadpsi 2 жыл бұрын

As much as I'd have liked to see his MGS2 version leaned into some more, it makes sense for him to restart at level 1 as a warforged.

@leothewhiteranger 2 жыл бұрын

I'd argue honestly that Samurai would fit better, for more attacks, but BM also works

@mitchellenderson7194 2 жыл бұрын

Oh no. I just know one of my players will see this and bring it into the Curse of Strahd game I’m planning. Edit: You’ve successfully turned CoS into MGR:R 2, and I’m honestly living for it.

@szayelapporograntz3276 2 жыл бұрын

Something a lot of people forget about: using Zephyr Strike's advantage+1d8+30ft actually DOESN'T end the spell afterwards; you are still immune to opportunity attacks until you lose concentration.

@RealMiniLink 2 жыл бұрын

Huh, I didn't realise that, I think I'd still prefer Hunter's Mark but it's got an interesting niche. If we play as a tabaxi, take a 2 level dip in ranger and 1 in rogue, take zephyr strike and longstrider, we can go 280 feet in one round, or 31 miles per hour, not bad for some first level spells

@szayelapporograntz3276 2 жыл бұрын

@@RealMiniLink I played a lv7 Bladesinger+Gloom Stalker in a one shot once, Zephyr Strike really saves the day when you're extra squishy XD

@Pomlithe 2 жыл бұрын

IT'S HERE! TIME TO *LET 'ER RIP!* I've been looking forward to this build ever since Snake!

@EndChineseGenocide 2 жыл бұрын

I can't believe we aren't getting a double feature for ornstein and smough :(

@werewolfjedi38 2 жыл бұрын

Well arent you in for a surprise.

@dyproxus1806 2 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah! I've been waiting for this one!

@SH-qs7ee 2 жыл бұрын

I'm imagining this guy with boots of speed; throwing haste on this guy and turn him into a human (warforged) blender.

@Skillfulstone 2 жыл бұрын

Throw in a Bard to "inspire" his attacks and it just becomes even more ridiculous XD

@Lalatina13 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome build! Definitely gonna try this one

@DalithaMW 2 жыл бұрын

Spooky as heck, I was Just thinking about how to build this guy And then I check twitter, and you've done it

@redpieceofshit606 Жыл бұрын

Jetstream Sam would be fun to see, I could see him being a Samurai Fighter/Swashbuckler Rogue multiclass personally, fits him well

@Zell9 2 жыл бұрын

Good build Tulok! You definitely Rose to the occasion!

@DvirPick 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Tulok! Don't forget that Horde Breaker can also trigger on your reaction attacks (Opportunity attacks and Riposte), making this a fun combination indeed.

@ajaafive1384 2 жыл бұрын

Horde Breaker: once on each of YOUR turns... Had to check since this got my hopes up. Sadly it doesn't work.

@DvirPick 2 жыл бұрын

@@ajaafive1384 ah dang it. Thank you for the correction

@ajaafive1384 2 жыл бұрын

@@DvirPick yeah the DMGuide cautions about bonus action and reaction alterations, as well as lots of attacks. So they probably saw this WELL before making the feature.

@Reverse_Hood 2 жыл бұрын

Been waiting for this for a long time

@otakuragenation7853 2 жыл бұрын

I only have one thing to say.... Zephyr Strike *does not* end early if you use the advantage and bonus d8 force. Its just that you can only do it once per casting of the spell. So you can hit hard and continue running like the wind for more Animemes!

@cyberpunkzombie9461 2 жыл бұрын

This is one of my fave of your recent builds.. Thank you!! Though I must say, Metal Gear got strange..

@mason-. 2 жыл бұрын

Why is it called metal gear? Aren't most gears made of metal?

@kingdomkey01 2 жыл бұрын

And most metals are solids. The plot thickens.

@budinhapalmieri 2 жыл бұрын

I heard there are some guilty ones

@zacharywimer6708 2 жыл бұрын

Harmy the Army is going to be the name of my next character. Absolute gold.

@vanitas2017 2 жыл бұрын

I absolutely loved this video and will give it a shot someday. A character I would love to see and would be awesome to see if u can make for D&D is Susano'o from the BlazBlue series

@bahamutfateburn6091 2 жыл бұрын

Here would be another fun one for you to do, if you ever get around to it Zero from Drakengard. I feel she'd probably be some monstrous abomination of Zealot Barbarian, Some sort of Warlock (probably Undying Hexblade because of the whole flower thingy), and a Bard of some kind, as much as barbs don't do well with magic.

@feralart 2 жыл бұрын

I found a PDF of a WotC book conversion of the Wheel of Time world to 3rd edition last night. It was cool seeing them make classes and prestige classes from the series.

@cybemi5710 2 жыл бұрын

Can't wait for an senator armstrong build

@rookie2128 2 жыл бұрын

i was literally preparing for a dnd session and wondering what character to make. The cyborg femboy ninja will be perfect.

@kyteavytrius4194 2 жыл бұрын

I definitely need to use this build, Raiden is a favorite! But Alucard (Hellsing) build when?

@rararasputin8608 2 жыл бұрын

I played Agni Kai you know! Try the Fire Nation, could've become the Fire Lord if I hadn't left the army. Didn't want to be one of those beltway pansies... don't f*ck with this Uncle! Uncle Iroh please, because he hardens in response to upcoming eclipses.

@bricenduff2030 2 жыл бұрын

Kin want to see a Zhongli build, I'm curious how one would go about making the tankiest polearm user possible

@cregg1926 2 жыл бұрын

While I’d love to see a Senator Armstrong build, I know it would kinda just be a re-flavor of Luke Cage. So instead I devote my prayers to a Sundowner build.

@keithgawain3614 2 жыл бұрын

Warforged Desert Storm Barbarian for his explosive shields? Give him high CON so his AC makes him FUCKIN INVINCIBLE

@bellumdorf3360 2 жыл бұрын

I've seen a thread somewhere on reddit where it was variant human with the tough feat(If dipping into fighter) or Fighting Initiate: Unarmed Fighting(If going full 20 into Barbarian), other than that's it's bear totem barbarian(Rage acts as nanomachines)

@curvilinearcube8716 2 жыл бұрын

Tulok has the best thumbnails

@jackbaccarat4084 2 жыл бұрын

How to build Demitri Maximoff of Darkstalkers, the vampire lord of Capcom's second most requested game next to dino crisis.

@scoot702ful 2 жыл бұрын

Oh good, I need to do this. It is glorious. Tuloks work has inspired Me to try make some for other characters like Alexstraza or Anduin. I always enjoy His vids

@VitorAgs98 2 жыл бұрын

Ok, now we need the Jetstream Sam build!

@multiversalwanderernkx8401 2 жыл бұрын

A splendid build it is! And that ending bit made me snort-laugh! Good stuff good stuff!

@user-er2ez2hm4s 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@LocalMaple 2 жыл бұрын

5:53 What is ZAI-fur strike? I’m familiar with zeh-fer strike. It’s a Disengage spell that doesn’t end concentration when you use the one round effect of advantage for 1 attack, dash, and additional force damage.

@carlfromaccounting1112 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah that's a more correct pronounciation. I thought he was just referencing something from the MGS lore that's pronounced Zaifer/Zeifur but I guess not.

@Pomlithe 2 жыл бұрын

Could've been a joke about Cipher/CYPHERs?

@eror404acountnotfound9 2 жыл бұрын

Surprisingly accurate raiden is stated to have a lower then average iq by wolf

@FlamingKittenOfDoom 2 жыл бұрын

interesting build! i would have pegged raiden as a kensai monk because of all his crazy acrobatic nonsense but i guess jumping is all strength in 5e

@zacharymichener4687 2 жыл бұрын

I would love love love to see How to Play V from "V for Vendetta"

@TheKillerman3333 2 жыл бұрын

No joke, caligraphy is over powered

@unironicallylikesranger7122 2 жыл бұрын

Raiden is a human, if we're only counting the jaw up. And also not counting blood

@keithgawain3614 2 жыл бұрын

THE TIIIIIIIIIIME HAS COME TO AN EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEND YEAAAAAAH THIS IS WHAT NATURE PLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNEEEEED

@Buggles5123 2 жыл бұрын

Yes now that we have raiden built we need a very important person to build. Senator Armstrong, the man, the myth, the legend.

@aetherspiralknight 2 жыл бұрын

Take a shot of vodka whenever he mentions Raiden, and a shot of gin whenever he mentions Raiden.

@itwasidio1736 2 жыл бұрын

Moral of the build: Don't mess with a Ranger.

@Mr.HootieHooRDK 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome

@sorrystillthinkingofanamec6735 Жыл бұрын

That's a nice build Tulok, why don't you make a Senator Armstrong build.

@InternetTroll16 2 жыл бұрын

Surprised I didn’t see any barbarian in here for his rage “jack the ripper” mode

@chonkyhampter2692 2 жыл бұрын

"The Memes Jack, the DNA of the souls!"

@evanyoung6314 2 жыл бұрын

Woah! This video is like one of my Japanese animes!

@girlie_p0p 2 жыл бұрын

If Jetstream Sam isn’t a Samurai Fighter there will be bloodshed.

@austrociking4345 3 ай бұрын

This build rocks, but the Two-Weapon Fighting at Ranger lvl 2 doesn't work with a Longsword. Just because Longsword can be used in one hand doesn't give it the "light" property, and Two-Weapon Fighting requires the "light" property to work.

@alexandercross9081 2 жыл бұрын

Shame you didn't pick up Slasher feat, would go great with the build

@factstheseare3682 2 жыл бұрын

Man. Now we need senator Armstrong!

@miles6283 2 жыл бұрын

FINALLY

@ljayg2521 2 жыл бұрын

All we need now is Senator Armstrong

@0_Body 2 жыл бұрын

I am here for Raiden build When do we get an elektric personality? Are you saying I am lost and should consult the elder gods for directions?

@skellyton8431 2 жыл бұрын

I am unsure if this would work, but if you went with a greatsword instead of a longsword, and took Great weapon master instead of tough, then that would be stupid with horde breaker.

@nicolasvillasecaali7662 2 жыл бұрын

The anime swordsmans can be so over the top, to the point that the only way to defeat them is to become the Japanese Anime Mecha character, to surpas them and one day fight the good fight for the things they believe themselves. Nano machinery is something to awe for how awesome and terrifying it can be, just ask Tangle the lemur about that, or better yet make a build for her! I think is a worthy successor for someone willing to face the odds to protect others.

@666Bugiman 2 жыл бұрын

Ok, I know this Video have been realised in last month but will you make Jetstream Sam? Pretty please~

@Eramiserasmus 2 жыл бұрын

Cyborg! And more Metal Gear shenanigans.

@clydedragon2027 2 жыл бұрын

Question: Why the Calligraphy Tools at 3:27? Is there a reason or is it just something random cause it doesn't matter which one you choose?

@jamesbeattie8800 2 жыл бұрын

Hunter Battlemaster Warforged for Nano Machines SON!! My only thought is what makes ripper mode ?

@Lobomaru02 2 жыл бұрын

"RULES OF NATURE!!!"

@J0J0_950 2 жыл бұрын

Plz do a Jetstream Sam one!

@wryykosworld4458 2 жыл бұрын

If I wanted to make my character like Sundowner would I replace ranger with Artificer?

@nicholaspokorny5058 2 жыл бұрын

Please do a build for Blast Zone from Skylanders.

@alexnewton1999 2 жыл бұрын

Finally

@OliverKenji 2 жыл бұрын

Itadori Yuuji soon!!!

@turktheturkey 2 ай бұрын

this build is kinda bg3 friendly imma try it out

@MABfan11 2 жыл бұрын

please make Reihard Van Astrea or Rimuru Tempest in DnD

@bluexdalek1997 2 жыл бұрын

Anyone know how Tulok got 23 AC from this? I am confused on how it works, trying to build this in game for future anime themed DnD one-shot, but I am not getting a 23 AC.

@thisissid6179 2 жыл бұрын

Nice! Now do Sam next

@thomastakesatollforthedark2231 2 жыл бұрын

Welp, he did it. Its not a variant human! Grab the champagne

@moody6143 2 жыл бұрын

I think this build will be good Edit: Yep, this build is dope as fuck

@gagedavidson2020 2 жыл бұрын

Ok I wanted you to do Dante and Vergil from devil may cry 5 but I want you to do a Kickstarter to make a 5e book for the subclasses you've made for the patreon. Not putting them down I just want a physical book PLEASE.

@StriderZessei 2 жыл бұрын

He already did Dante and Nero, but yeah, Vergil is a popular request.

@gamemasteranthony2756 2 жыл бұрын

At Ranger 7: Who else had "Rules of Nature" going through their heads?

@ParagonStranger 2 жыл бұрын

Please make a "Armstrong" Build!

@Sharkakaka 2 жыл бұрын

*RULES OF NATURE!*

@keithgawain3614 2 жыл бұрын

AND THEY RUN WHEN THE SUN COMES UP

@ultimateninjaboi 2 жыл бұрын

Fun Fact: the Jack Rose is an old cocktail that uses Applejack, Lemon Juice, and Grenadine (typically a 4:1:0.5 or 4:1:1 ratio). Has nothing to do with Titanic, Metal Gear, or anything, technically. But i had nothing else to add. XP

@stwbmc98 2 жыл бұрын

I’d like to see you build Pit from Kid Icarus. He would probably be an Aasimar with some mix of Arcane Archer for magical arrows, Divine Soul for both flight and cleric spells, and maybe Paladin for smites and an extra fighting style. Also, if you want to see Pit’s full range of abilities, Kid Icarus Uprising is the best place to look (it’s also a really good underrated game)

@RealMiniLink 2 жыл бұрын

I think Champion Fighter may be more apt. If we're going for Uprising, we'll need as many fighting styles as we can get to use all those weapons to their best ability, and stretching the character just a little bit we can pick up hexblade warlock with Palutena as his patron who provides all his weapons and we can use Charisma for all of our fighting so we aren't completely MAD

@stwbmc98 2 жыл бұрын

@@RealMiniLink If you want to be good with a variety of weapons, Champion is probably better. But I know Tulok tries to avoid making characters that are good at everything, so I chose the weapon he’s most associated with: the twin-blade bow. Even with just the base two arcane shots, you can give your arrows very similar properties to Pit’s arrows. Even more so if you go up to seventh level. Then again, Arcane Archer is int-based, and that’s not Pit’s strong suit (he never learned how to read!) so Champion might be better after all. Paladin and Hexblade are both valid options, I just went with Paladin because it’s a little more in-character. But if you wanted to modify it into a Dark Pit build, Hexblade would be excellent for that.

@RealMiniLink 2 жыл бұрын

@@stwbmc98 I feel like if we're going for Pit's twin blade bow then Paladin is probably not the best option, since they don't have access to the archery fighting style or two-weapon fighting style and Divine Smite is exclusively for melee weapon attacks. If we want a more "In Character" option we could grab Celestial Warlock rather than Hexblade with Fighter levels for martial weapon proficiency, use two shortswords/scimitars and then instead of a bow we can reflavour eldritch blast as reconstructing the bow and firing arrows of magical energy

@stwbmc98 2 жыл бұрын

@@RealMiniLink Ah, I didn’t know that Paladins can’t get two-weapon fighting. That was my mistake. And reflavoring Eldritch Blast makes sense too. Although I’m still curious how Tulok would go about it.

@RatchildUK 2 жыл бұрын

Pit is an Aasimar horizon walker ranger with a bow.

@Zer0LifeNegi 2 жыл бұрын

I was checking out this and Samurai Jack to try and make Kenshin Himura, and came up with a few different builds before settling on Rogue 6 Monk 14. Without Fighter levels, though, it isn’t possible to get to 9 attacks vs. one target sadly. And definitely not something you can do and keep a comfortable statline to do everything and hit key breakpoints. By my estimates if you rolled stats and had at least two 18s you could manage extra feats to help fit the build, thematically. I wish the psuedo battle master feats gave you more dice though, because having one per short rest isn’t worth taking. Bad feat design to make some “more better for the core class, useless feat” style of feats.

@NGCDragoonFighter 2 жыл бұрын

Honestly for Kenshin I would do Way of Drunken Fist 17/Battlemaster 3. At level 20 you can basically with action surge make four attacks (with battlemaster manuevers to hit adjacent foes.) and bonus action hit five additional enemies for 11 attacks in one round some of which hit multiple foes and you can stunning strike those attacks. Thus taking out a dojo of minons.

@Zer0LifeNegi 2 жыл бұрын

My build was Kensai / Inquisitive. That whirlwind-like attack isn’t the main goal, especially since Kenshin is by definition an Insightful Fighter as part of his combat style. Plus it saves on action economy to bonus dash from Cunning Action, and then adding Step of the Wind for wild anime jumps and acrobatics. I wouldn’t take Battle Master over Samurai, since you get the extra proficiency, and you get the fighting spirit bonus abilities.