The Bardic Brawler: d4

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Our D&D character build this week is, yes, a Bard who grapples. Call them the Luchador, the Meat Grinder, The Triple Dipper; they are a big, brawny, beefcake of a Bard, and they are muy poderoso.
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Intro/Character Concept:(0:00)
Tabletop Candle Company:(5:29)
Level 1:(8:45)
Levels 2-6:(15:59)
Levels 7-9:(37:31)
Levels 10-13:(41:59)
Levels 14-17:(46:21)
Final Thoughts:(51:55)
Outtakes:(55:59)
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@zaecus Жыл бұрын

Bard who becomes a grappler to force people to stick around and listen to his jokes.

@MrJakeSuperior Жыл бұрын

I like how every candle scent was his favorite

@DnDDeepDive Жыл бұрын

Lol yeah, definitely on brand!

@0_Body Жыл бұрын

Wait that is illegal... Guess I will have to smell which one they lying about

@vinspad3 Жыл бұрын

Hi Mrs. d4! Love when the fam joins, Colby. I never stop smiling when I see a Silvery Barbs mob.

@vinspad3 Жыл бұрын

Oh! In a few weeks Dragonlance campaign comes out with major changes to character building Come end of December or January, do you intend on making any characters based on the changes since it's still 5E (free extra feat at 1 and 4)? Also, holy jeebus this is following exactly as I thought - Rune Knight + Bard... except it's Valor instead of Lore. And no, don't ever stop the Princess Bride jokes.

@vinspad3 Жыл бұрын

Uhhhh... level 17... simulacrum magical secrets would allow you to grapple 4-6 creatures and cast 2 Clouds of Daggers! Casting 6th level Cloud of Daggers twice for 4 characters would likely increase damage higher than what you had, but that also gets into Polymorph / Animate Objects / Conjure Animals cheese. The most she will do is cast Cloud of Daggers behind you, and grapple another enemy...

@DnDDeepDive Жыл бұрын

@@vinspad3 whatever is official 5e rules I’ll likely incorporate :)

@finalfantasy50 Жыл бұрын

@@DnDDeepDive speaking of the silvery barbs mob, can you add them in whenever you bring up silvery barbs in a build, always so funny

@airone8893 Жыл бұрын

Oh I love the Silvery Barbs mob😁

@BhopOwnz Жыл бұрын

The name Bardic Brawler has me imagining the lead singer of a band who trashes inn rooms and starts drunken bar fights after gigs all while wearing fancy, puffy shirts and a Bycocket hat with a feather in it 😅

@skeptictank228 Жыл бұрын

So what would you name the band? Also thanks for knowing the proper name of that hat!

@vargaspureblood Жыл бұрын

@@skeptictank228 A group of elephants is called a herd or parade so something with that.

@skeptictank228 Жыл бұрын

@@vargaspureblood Pain Parade?

@BhopOwnz Жыл бұрын

@@skeptictank228 what a fun question! Oh, Pain Parade!? Very nice! What would I call the band? The Thrashing Troubadours 🤘😆🤘

@skeptictank228 Жыл бұрын

@@BhopOwnz Trembling Troubadours?

@jordanw2741 Жыл бұрын

That eyebrow raise from Arianne implies that Colby spends a lot of time theorycrafting while in the tub lol

@Dotification 6 ай бұрын

That was the best part, LoL

@B.J.Camire Жыл бұрын

Shoutout to the missus's eyebrow flash at 8:15. Perfectly executed ^_^ So glad I watched the sponsor section!

@DnDDeepDive Жыл бұрын

Ha ha! Undoubtedly my favorite part of the whole video 😂

@jonathaneckert5132 Жыл бұрын

I guffaw'd quite loudly at that. It's good to know that she to has a sense of comedic timing!

@garyboyles5762 Жыл бұрын

3rd day request for the Construction worker: spells and feats built around city production. Move earth, stone shape, crusher feat. I can see them as a reliable 'support' character.

@0_Body Жыл бұрын

The best defence is a good fortress

@benjaminholcomb9478 Жыл бұрын

That reminds me of a siege master build I was Mulling over. 3 level eldritch knight, bond to 2 siege weapons. Then 17 levels of wizard for meteor swarm and other object destruction spells.

@benjaminholcomb9478 Жыл бұрын

They'd make a pretty thematic combo. It'd be real cool if they got released back to back. Yours would probably make a better PC than mine though. Building is a little more versatile than destroying large buildings lol.

@manuhorgan Жыл бұрын

I'll give it a try, thinking Wild Magic Barbarian with Druid of the Land (Mountain) 🤔🤔

@ryanbarlow1982 Жыл бұрын

Yes this would be incredible

@GeminiLibra73 Жыл бұрын

But seriously, don't ever stop with The Princess Bride quotes. 👸❤️

@Gruntbucket Жыл бұрын

the princess bride quotes never fail to make me laugh.

@aaroncoffman7267 Жыл бұрын

I love it! Basically this is the ‘pro wrestler bard’. Really thematic!

@gaidencastro9706 Жыл бұрын

The grappling bard build was what first got me into D&D optimization. Thank you Colby, for reminding me of my gateway build.

@ikaemos Жыл бұрын

Imagine candle-minis that you can light as they're fighting a dragon. Seeing the party melt will definitely improve combat pacing. And set the map on fire. And the table. And the house.

@Rimedane Жыл бұрын

I made this character in a space-jammer campaign, his name was Manny Xanadu, based on the science fiction movie Xanadu from the 1980's. It was fun combining it all as a theme together. Imagine a Loxodon using reinforced roller skates grappling people into an unannounced musical number and dance, only to find out it's actually a horror scene as they are forced into a rapidly approaching cloud of daggers... turning them into magical confetti with the help of a little last minute out of combat prestidigitation.

@ArmouredGod Жыл бұрын

I've played a Bard Grappler for about 2 years. Insanely fun, with massive spikes in power. I went Paladin 2, Bard 12. Went Bugbear and it was such a good call: getting to grapple people and walk away from their allies while keeping my attacks with reach. They can't get to the grapply (if thats a word) but I can keep them at Bay. Always a joy to watch these videos. Time to keep watching while I have some lunch. Thanks Colby ❤

@ArmouredGod Жыл бұрын

An FYI, my main spell was Spirit Guardian. Quite a combo.

@ArmouredGod Жыл бұрын

You went Valor! Let's gooooooo!

@BLynn Жыл бұрын

The Bardic Brawler: d4 #116 Level 1:(see above) [fighter 1, fighting-style & race] Level 2:(see above) [fighter 2] Level 3:(@16:32) [fighter 3 & sub-class] Level 4:(@19:47) [bard 1] Level 5:(@24:07) [bard 2] Level 6:(@24:51) [bard 3, expertise & sub-class] Level 7:(see above) [bard 4 & ASI] Level 8:(@38:22) [bard 5] Level 9:(@39:23) [bard 6] Level 10:(@41:37) [bard 7] Level 11:(@42:11) [bard 8 & ASI] Level 12:(@42:29) [bard 9] Level 13:(@43:04) [bard 10, expertise & magical secrets] Level 14:(see above) [bard 11] Level 15:(@47:29) [bard 12 & ASI] Level 16:(@48:19) [bard 13] Level 17:(@49:37) [bard 14 & magical secrets]

@JosiahTheSiah Жыл бұрын

You don't even have to cast the cube over two grid spaces. You can simply move two enemies into the same 5-foot-cube. RAW, the only limit on sharing spaces is that a creature can't willingly end their move in another creature's space. So there's no 5-foot bubble that inherently prevents creatures from sharing spaces-only a rule that you can't willingly end your move in another creature's space 👍

@JamesTaylor-oh1sd Жыл бұрын

Having a warlock with hex in the party would be really great. Hex could give one of your targets disadvantage on strength checks! Edit: For magical secrets, I find counterspell a great choice even though we usually want to use our reaction.

@theresnoracelikegnome Жыл бұрын

Because you move at half speed while dragging, it’s going to be very hard to pick up that second target. I would absolutely take Longstrider, and maybe Mobile with your last feat. Spiritual Weapon might also be a good pick with you’re secrets, because your BA isn’t being used a lot of the time.

@WolfHreda Жыл бұрын

I now have a funny image in my head of Colby's wife just sitting in the bath relaxing, the door swings open and Colby leaps into the tub, splashing water everywhere and yelling, "Time for some sort of Kenku character!"

@DnDDeepDive Жыл бұрын

lol - the things this poor woman has to put up with! :D

@hericn Жыл бұрын

Man, what a beast!!! Did you realize that this build is also top tier 2/ bottom tier 1 for single target DPR? And still brings the full support and utility package of a most bard build. I love those "great in one thing, good in everything else" builds Once more, thank you for the amazing job! You make me feel excited for every tuesday

@beausteele1932 Жыл бұрын

Dropping a like during the ad. You combined my two favorite things and I know I'll love it anyways. I shall name mine Terry in honor of Terry Crews. MUSCLE!!!!

@andreasaslaksen4430 Жыл бұрын

Really great vid man, family joining was charming - actually want to check those candles out, showing the grid was cool, but mostly unique/interesting/powerful build. Just a lot of things to love here!

@ebensirges Жыл бұрын

8:36 this is the best sponsor sell I've ever heard

@larstollefsen1236 Жыл бұрын

"Everybody has Misty Step, how weird."🤣 Yeah I can see that. Your lack of punching has me thinking of this one Bardic Blender

@urvidhnarula6362 Жыл бұрын

Hi! Happy to help out with the probability and damage number calculations here! Level 6: 60DPR for enemies with +0, 55DPR for enemies with a +5 Level 9: 91DPR for enemies with +0, 85DPR for enemies with a +6 Level 13: 152DPR for enemies with +0, 145DPR for enemies with a +7 Level 17: 212DPR for enemies with +0, 205DPR for enemies with a +8 I'm assuming one grapple check per enemy per turn, since they need to use an action to make one to escape. The formula for the probability that they stay grappled is simple, if the difference between your Athletics mod and their Athletics/Acrobatics mod is n, then the probability that they escape your grapple is: (20-n)(21-n)(41-2n)/48000 So the probability that they stay grappled is 1- the probability of escape. I can explain how I calculated this formula in a bit more detail if you're interested, or you can just take my word for it :P

@Avigorus Жыл бұрын

Another option for this grappler, with less utility: Rogue Scout subclass. Boom, you can still take an actual action ("I use Goblin A as an improvised weapon to bash Goblin B!"), and at the end of the grappled enemy's turn, you reaction to move and better yet, _no enemies can make Opportunity Attacks when you do it this way_ which readied action moving has the potential to allow (and if the situation allows OA you can use disengage as a Cunning Action to avoid those during your turn to boot). Personally, I'd build this as Rune Knight 5 (eventually go to 8) / Scout 4 / Talisman Fiendlock 8 (possibly split as two progressions of 3/5 or 4/4) to minimize my potential failed rolls with the bonus of some Temp HP and more overall HP. EDIT: changed the levels to prioritize 2 more ASI's over the 3rd attack.

@ShekinahGwaii Жыл бұрын

We love your songs, you are a bard in real life lol! Thanks Colby

@BitigoBlack Ай бұрын

Yup...this is going to be my very first bard. Yaaaaasss!

@jamesbolt1003 Жыл бұрын

I picked up Warlock, Druid, and Ranger thanks for the code. Hope I made them some gold back on their investment.

@rudevavere 7 ай бұрын

Playing this build as strictly non-weapon hero-wannabe. Cloud of daggers is flavored as two giant elephant head dueling with their tusks. Ancestors' spirits' stuff. So much fun!

@KCSutherland Жыл бұрын

And this is why I limit these spells to once per round damage. Moonbeam is already good enough damage on its own, adding the "once per turn" clause to it and similar spells just blows away the competition.

@rcschmidt668 Жыл бұрын

For magical secrets, this may be overkill, but picking up Bigby’s hand seems to fit the build. Looks like a fun character to play.

@eldoriath1 Жыл бұрын

Just wanna say how your vids make Tuesdays so much better than they would be completely without them and how I love your outtakes in the end ❤️

@jay_caspian2050 Жыл бұрын

They brighten my Tuesdays!

@Onethirdless Жыл бұрын

Honestly my favorite, ideal build that I hope to play one day mixes a bard grappler with Grung with the Re-roller to make the poison land more often. This week's episode is so exciting lol

@davidresnick Жыл бұрын

in terms of very British elephants, see also: Babar (books and cartoon). Also (speaking of cartoons) every time you build a big strong grappler w/o weapons it puts me in mind of a character from the later season of Primal

@ik1149 Жыл бұрын

Wow DnD candles , now i seen it all

@loganbalmer2822 Жыл бұрын

Love the build as always! I am not a huge candle fan personally, but my GF recently moved into a new place, and she loves candles. So I popped over and ordered her a druid (her favorite class) and a warlock (what she's playing in our current campaign) one!

@kassidymundt9720 Жыл бұрын

I love the smell of both of them. She will love the thoughtful gift you gave her.

@TheOriginalE Жыл бұрын

No, definitely do not stop with the Princess Bride quotes. 🤣

@xlubu411x Жыл бұрын

Grappling is insane. I had a party of level 1 PC's the other day and I put them up against wererats as a Halloween special not remembering that they are immune to non-magic weapons. I felt so bad for the fighter that had to just stand there and take hits until he went "Can I grapple them and drown them in the river?" I had just learned the rules for suffocation and was like "yea that's legal" Dude man-handled the wererat into the water and held him there until he stopped moving with the wererat basically not able to do anything in return.

@FeignedEuphoria 8 ай бұрын

wouldnt this take like 30 turns? A creature can hold its breath for a number of minutes equal to 1 + its Constitution modifier (minimum of 30 seconds). When a creature runs out of breath, it can survive for a number of rounds equal to its Constitution modifier (minimum 1 round). At the start of its next turn, it drops to 0 hit points and is dying. or have i misunderstood

@xlubu411x 7 ай бұрын

sure, if the creature is actually holding it's breath and not struggling to be free from an aggressor.@@FeignedEuphoria

@caseyanderson3367 Жыл бұрын

Seldom comment but watch most of your videos. Always enjoy them!

@alexpratt8533 Жыл бұрын

The underappreciated part of this build is that very, VERY few creatures in 5e have proficiency in athletics OR acrobatics, and none that I know of have expertise in either. Moreover, legendary resistances can only be used on saving throws, NOT ability checks (correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m fairly confident). There is no instant-escape scenario for the monsters, and escaping your grasp will be very hard. Really loved this build, and I was really impressed by how strong it was.

@DnDDeepDive Жыл бұрын

I feel like this might be my most underrated build ever, honestly :). Glad you enjoyed!

@GramGramAnimations Жыл бұрын

My first optimized build was a Steve Irwin and Crocodile Dundee inspired athletics expertise bard with several nature-y skills and spells. Her name was Deedee Dunwin, and I loved flinging her at the biggest beasties and speaking in a bad Australian accent. As such, I’ve been waiting actual years for a grapple bard on this channel, super excited for this! 🙌🏼

@darrenromanko2414 Жыл бұрын

Another wonderful build. Thank you and have a most excellent week.

@alexcompositionflat Жыл бұрын

Lore Bard with a 2 level Hexblade dip allows you to pick up spike growth and eldritch blast. At level 8, you can deal 47 damage to an enemy every round while only using 2 level 2 slots.

@randomize.4 Жыл бұрын

I feel warm and cozy every time I hear the 'welcome welcome welcome to dnd deep dive'. Every. Time. Ah. Thank you. Puts a smile on my face. :) Also. The idea of a buff, hulking loxodon BARD is so cool!

@Camthalion666 Жыл бұрын

Ok. This is hilarious. This is almost(!) a perfect clone of a character from one of my campaigns. Except he went for a WWE-theme half orc bard, with only two levels of Fighter and without Cloud of Daggers. Or rarely casting spells at all, for that matter. So he's basically just really good at getting hold of enemies, and then get pummeled by them. So 90% of fights end up with the rest of us saving his ass from getting eaten. And here you made TWO small additions and turned him into "the strongest character I ever made". Seriously, I almost burst from laughter xD (Truth be told, our teammate is not the most rule or build savvy... One time he refused to understand why the DM ruled that "a Minor Illusion of a paper bag over the BBEGs head does not make him blind". In other words, didn't understand why he didn't get a free Blindness spell with no saves allowed for the cost of a centrip.) A possible weakness about the build/concept though: what about things that simply cannot (or absolutely should not) be grappled? I'm talking ghosts, oozes, many Elementals, Bodaks, Chasmes and other things whose MO is to kill you just by being close to you? Sure, most fights will probably not be against such foes, it would just be interesting to hear if you gave this any thought. I guess "you're still a bard" applies.

@janniselvers5503 Жыл бұрын

Since you asked for our choices for magical secrets here are mine: -Armor of Agithis (the synergy with Heavy armor Master is strong and survivability seems like a potential weakness) -Wall of Force

@BobbyGentile Жыл бұрын

A bard grappler, love it. Was always curious how to best make a caster a grappler! Really hope episode 117 is a Masterchief themed build. The Halo fan in me shall rejoice 🙏

@JanellePhalen Жыл бұрын

Love your videos. You come across as such a kind, calm person. Great fam as well.

@TheRobversion1 Жыл бұрын

BTw good build on the classic grapple + drag + entry spell. had my own version of this but used rune knight + clock sorc. got my expertise via skill expert. but same core tactic. grapple drag enemies through create bonfire->cloud of daggers->wall of fire/sickening radiance. main difference i think from your build is i had armor of agathys because as you said it gets hit alot. picked clock sorc for access to all these spells, magical guidance (for grapple checks) along with the ability to quicken spell to fill up my bonus action economy after giant's might.

@vargaspureblood Жыл бұрын

If they use their trunk as a musical instrument can it then be considered their magical focus?

@skeptictank228 Жыл бұрын

I was about to ask this! Maybe if they had some ornate jewelry on their trunk is what my DM friend said he would allow at the table.

@Rendal_l Жыл бұрын

what a fun build (as always), I'd love to see you build a ghostlance some day

@matthewbouboulis4840 Жыл бұрын

Great build super fun. Always fun to see other race representation. I wish you could stockpile magical secrets for level 11 bard. I would love to get contingency earlier on this build.

@theonlymatthew.l Жыл бұрын

Never stop the Princess Bride quotes.... 😁

@TheShadowLink1174 Жыл бұрын

I got a candle from them at a convention a while back. I got the Bards candle and it smelled just like fruit loops!

@onetrip_man4839 Жыл бұрын

Dang that’s crazy!

@DnDDeepDive Жыл бұрын

Yes! I mention this in the outtakes 😂

@Abalabexabandraba 3 ай бұрын

Alternate name: The Slow Dance of Death The combat tactic of just grabbing an enemy or two and walking 5 feet forward and back repeatedly reminds me of dancing and it has a musical vibe for the bard. Given the strength focus, I imagine any actual dancing they do might involve a lot of lifts or something…

@michaelbrennan6332 Жыл бұрын

Can we appreciate the fiddle-leaf fig in the back? That's some druid tier greenthumb

@pzalterias5154 Жыл бұрын

I had a bardbarian grappler once. Being a charismatic grappler, he was a luchador obviously

@djdraper2164 Жыл бұрын

As always, the content was unequivocally valuable. My wife is currently playing a bard and I'm so trying to encourage her to stick with it. But the outro... Humming along to Billy Joel... Priceless! Stay Classy!

@ansichart 26 күн бұрын

I just realized D&D Deep Dive is acronymized as DDDD or D4. Nice

@thebitterfig9903 Жыл бұрын

For calculating grapple chances, what I’d use is AnyDice. Presuming advantage for our Bard, I think the syntax would be “output [highest 1 of 2d20] + 9 - d20 - 4” for example, if we had a +9 on our check, and the opponent had a +4. We’d want to be looking at the “at least” set of results, looking for at least 1, that is, our result is greater than theirs. In my example, it works out to being about an 84.5% chance of success, if I’m doing it right.

@jamesmullen3068 Жыл бұрын

I have literally never wondered if a bard could grapple. Should be a great episode.

@thewordywarlock7159 Жыл бұрын

Might also be good to take the Mobile feat at some point here to increase your grapple-dragging range.

@thesinginggeneral612 Жыл бұрын

Great quality video and presenting! 😎 You've come on leaps and bounds.. not to say I wasn't hooked after your very first optimised build 🤓

@vincentcarrierthivierge9325 Жыл бұрын

I would love to see the face of the DM when you finally reach lvl 20 and you replace cloud of dagger with prismatic wall. Grab a third enemy and run lap trough the wall to vaporise them

@steel5315 Жыл бұрын

You know when you really start to think about it this build is insanely gruesome. Just pushing and pulling someone's face repeatedly in and out of a giant flying Swarm of blades.

@DnDDeepDive Жыл бұрын

Super Valorous... >.>

@JasonGraceification Жыл бұрын

Oh man, so I don't normally comment, but I have to here. I LOVE making DnD builds. Now most of my ideas come from multiple sources, but it took me years the encounter your videos, and MAN do I wish I found them earlier. Your videos are not only informative and often riddled with humor, but incredibly calming and relaxing. It's a joy to watch you work! Keep it up! Now I'm off to build some more characters!

@DnDDeepDive Жыл бұрын

Hey thanks! Glad you're enjoying :)

@deadpoolrwbyfan8419 Жыл бұрын

‘Healing word to… bring our enemies back in a pinch.’ That’s an… interesting use of the spell. /s

@DnDDeepDive Жыл бұрын

yeah lol - second week in a row I've screwed that up! /facepalm

@onetrip_man4839 Жыл бұрын

Love the build!

@0_Body Жыл бұрын

Me to my Luxodon artificer: "write that down, write that down"

@PopeBruce 5 ай бұрын

I played a grapple valor bard, went Minotaur so i could grapple 2 people and make unarmed attacks with horns. Also I would first attack shove knock prone for athletics check instead off attack roll then grapple with adv. Love that you covered bard grappler and your innovative ideas. Also Used animate objects for damage since my targets were grappled and prone. And you can get counterspell.... grappeling the mage... so good

@dragonamgd14 Жыл бұрын

This whole time I'm getting flashes of "Will it blend videos" lol

@alarin612 Жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure "put a gargantuan creature in a headlock" is an end unto itself.

@miah3170 Жыл бұрын

YAAAAAS this concept was my first character! I was a Valor bard with expertise in Athletics and I also had the shield master feat.

@Wouldyoukindly4545 Жыл бұрын

"We will be the focus of a lot of attacks" *Edit: calculated tanking score* 13th level Boss RTD 11 Average RTD 14 17th level Boss RTD 9 Average RTD 7 If you drop a level of bard and pick up a level in Divine Soul Sorcerer for Shield, you have to do the 13th tank rating at 14 but the numbers are 14th level Boss RTD 18 Average RTD 44 (I know) 17th level Boss RTD 13 Average RTD 16 From the changes below: This got me thinking about picking up Armor of Agathys, for the defensive buff but also at least some offense when they hit us. You can use magical secrets to get Armor of Agathys (maybe drop Wall of Force), and swap the Cloud Rune for the Hill Rune for resistance to non-magical physical types for an entire minute. Magical secrets is at 10th level, so 13th character level. But you have 2 5th level spell slots at Bard 10. An upcast Cloud of Daggers and an upcast Armor of Agathys, with resistance. Assume both creatures you're grappling attack you, AoA deals 25 damage to one, and 25 to the other if the first does less than 53 points of damage. At 17th character level, they can use a 7th level Cloud of Daggers and a 6th level Armor of Agathys, dealing 30 damage until 60 points goes away with -3 damage per hit. With a 20 AC, and likely drawing fire from 2 enemies constantly, this makes you a better tank than many tanks *and* increases the burst damage at the cost of some control.

@pandaman123213 Жыл бұрын

This is awesome!

@jasonhull8075 Жыл бұрын

TGIT! Thank goodness it's Tuesday! Thanks Colby!

@NordOfTheNorth Жыл бұрын

I LOVE GRAPPLING! Best dnd mechanic don't tell me otherwise.

@jimnop2000 Жыл бұрын

"Bah gawd, that man has a family!"

@banfio64 Жыл бұрын

Shield for magical secrets would be very strong, great for keeping our concentration at the cost of not using your reaction to triple dip in a round. Summon Greater Demon is concentration, but you can willingly stop concentrating and the demon will remain for a few rounds, great for sewing chaos. Steel Wind Strike is fantastic damage against multiple targets and also lets you end your turn next to one of them. since this is teleportation, you would do this at the beginning of combat or soon after to close the distance. or after the people you're grappling have died to help you grab new ones since you couldnt take them with you.

@TheAlexnite93 Жыл бұрын

call Lightning is always a favorite of mine to get with magical secrets. its doesn't really work if you are doing a lot of caves or dungeons but in fields, air battles and ship battles especially you can get so much damage and roleplay out of it, I love it!

@nicheva417 Жыл бұрын

A singing bear hug. Introverts worst nightmare.

@TheNorbyAKANorbz Жыл бұрын

For Magical secrets I think Armor of Agathys is a consideration. You're in melee and are gonna be getting hit a lot though you don't have resistance which mitigates its usefulness. Since our bonus action isn't constantly spoken for Earth Genassi could be an option for ba blade ward raspberry shenanigans. Would make this front line fighter significantly more tanky. Going this route might even be worth picking up a lvl of warlock just to get aoa earlier. Of course you'd be loosing out on the trunk and other great features of the loxodon but perhaps the tankyness would make this char a bit more well rounded. Earth Geanassi also gives you the option of starting with a 16 in 3 ability scores. I think I'd forego the 20str and rather start with a 15 for heavy armor and later pick up heavy armor master for +1 str and dmg reduction. 16 con and 16 cha. You don't really need to get your str that high when you've got expertise, advantage, and even frost rune on top. I'm liking warcaster for this build because of all the conc checks we'll be making and if you're not going with loxodon you'll need to use your second hand to grapple making the casting part of the feat quite attractive. I'd probably pick up fighter 4 after bard 4 to get them both by lvl 8 and then focus pumping cha with the rest of the asi. Might even find some oger strength gauntlets. As always thanks for your videos. I enjoy thinking about what you came up with and roll it around in my head during the week to see how I would do it. Always look forward to Tuesdays!

@avargs3505 Жыл бұрын

love the concept!! and i too have been thinking of the unique synergy between the fire rune passive and jack of all trades..tools can play a big part in your char's story in any campaign especially with additional info from resources like XGTE, etc... here is what is said about the fire rune: "Fire Rune. While wearing or carrying an object inscribed with this rune, your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check you make that uses your proficiency with a tool."

@marianpetera8436 Жыл бұрын

Not gonna lie, I have some difficulty imagining the peaceful serene Jungle Book elephant dragging enemies into what very clearly is a horror-style meatgrinder :) I would totally go for Bigby's Trun... errr, Hand for the first Magical Secret! It's inferior to Wall of Force for control purposes, but slightly more versatile and apart from the Clenched Fist, it doesn't rely on your charisma. Plus, you *can* make it look like a trunk ;)

@inktooga5140 5 ай бұрын

That's eery. I was planning to look this up today but it was at the top of my feed

@DnDDeepDive 5 ай бұрын

The Algorithm knows. It knows all.

@beachedsam Жыл бұрын

Here’s hoping there’s a drunken brawler monk dip for flavor. Bard gets drunk and wants to hug people alot

@jameseldred3033 Жыл бұрын

Very excited about this build! My first 5e character was a Bard-Barian Tavern Brawler grappler styled as a Macho-Man-Randy-Savage-esque Pro Wrestler! I flavored my somatic and verbal spell components as flexes and trash talking. Planned on trying to get ascending giant-strength belts as "championship belts" but the campaign never got that far.

@MeZimm Жыл бұрын

Even if it wasn't intended, I'm choosing to interpret this as Kephya's episode. I'd left a comment in the Moon Guardian video extolling the power of the Triple Dip, a tactic I discovered (and use) with my Loxodon Moon Druid, Kephya. (Full kudos to YOU for opening my eyes to the power of grappling in wildshape with your FIRST Moon Druid build!) And now I see that you've not only built a character around the tactic, but you even made them a Loxodon. Kephya would be so happy. I sure am :)

@SouthShayde Жыл бұрын

this is an interesting grapple build! Might have to use it myself. when I did a grapple build, I used monk + beast barbarian MO is just to grab a fool and suplex them to the moon monk's step of the wind doubles your movement, and rage gets you advantage on grappling, beast form gives you plenty of options for survivability, and when you get the level 6 feature, you can jump even higher rage's damage reduction, combined with slow fall means you can grab someone, jump about 80 feet into the air with them, slam dunk them for all that fall damage, while you take a fraction of that damage, if any. With only your movement. not perfect but its fun if youre into the over the top wrestler type.

@jonathanmartin8716 Жыл бұрын

I am loving this! About 3 months ago I made a character named Hope "Crusher!" The hero forge art came out amazing! She wasn't really built for damage as much as performance. She's an Acrobatic Loxodon Wrestler from a Circus that was level 10 Path of the Beast Barbarian, 6 Eloquence Bard and 4 Rune Knight Fighter. In her picture she's strumming her lyre with her trunk while posing to the crowd. I wish there was a way to share it here. Still, I like what you did with yours, I really wasn't thinking about grappling three creatures at a time.

@stevengrass6800 Жыл бұрын

Human bard: "This is my wife, Elf, the elf."

@kan4210 Жыл бұрын

Loved it as always

@Oneofthecoments Жыл бұрын

At 34:12 I find myself laughing menacingly as I realize how this is all going to work lol. Honestly genius build and I love having a good reason to be an elephant!

@Tusitala1967 Жыл бұрын

Wife candle sampling reveal at 63.2K subscribers!

@DnDDeepDive Жыл бұрын

I been saving it.

@Tusitala1967 Жыл бұрын

@@DnDDeepDive You have a lovely family, friend. Always happy to see them supporting you and taking part in the fun.

@Nikotheos Жыл бұрын

With the Druid candle, can you smell the horde of summoned raptors devouring your foes in a glorious, OP, Shepard kinda way? 😂😂😂

@DnDDeepDive Жыл бұрын

lol

@samuel5916 Жыл бұрын

A grappling Bard? The jokes write themselves. Can’t keep my hands to my elf?

@hadeszero4526 Жыл бұрын

This inspired me. Now I want to do a character that punches people in and out of cloud of daggers.

@wyrdtree222 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for all the great content! Do wonder if Lore Bards Cutting Words to foil escape checks would be better? Have to go fighter 5 but get the asi on the way!

@starblissed Жыл бұрын

Yeah, but if you go fighter 5 for EA, you're gonna wanna go fighter 6 for the tasty extra ASI, and then you're gonna want 7 for your next subclass feature, and then you'll want 8 for the next ASI, and that point you're just a fighter

@brynwtsn Жыл бұрын

Ok. I like the cloud if daggers x3. I wanted to see if I could combine this with a grappler I made before, and I think so. Rune knight 3 or 5 if you want extra attack. Clockwork soul sorcerer x. Have fire shield and an upcast armor of agathys up, so if they attack you and hit, they take a lot of additional damage. Beyond that, bastion of law helps preserve the AoA temp hp. I used earth genasi for the BA blade ward, since your action is always taken. Another good thing is you have quicken spell if you want to throw a spell while doing all of the rest.