The Divine Protector: d4
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Күн бұрынOur D&D 5e character build this week is both an incredibly durable Tank and also a fantastic Healer. If you enjoy both playstyles, you'll love the Cleric Tank.
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Level 1:(10:54)
Levels 2-6:(17:42)
Levels 7-9:(37:48)
Levels 10-13:(43:26)
Levels 14-17:(49:49)
Final Thoughts:(56:04)
Outtakes:(59:22)
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@ChrisBri77on Жыл бұрын
I’m currently playing a forge cleric. Our campaign hasn’t lent itself strongly toward the magical fabrication benefits the forge domain provides so I’ve been highly limited in opportunities to use Artisan’s Blessing for utility. So instead I’ve turned it into an opportunity for roleplay and have been creating statuettes of the significant creatures we’ve encountered so I can decorate the lower deck of our spelljammer
@Panzersoldat Жыл бұрын
I have this image of you and your fellow PCs sitting around a table in the lower deck, using these statuettes as part of a game you invented. Playing D&D WITHIN D&D ;)
@Thorgard360 Жыл бұрын
I played a dwarf divine forge for 2 years. Level 4 i took heavy armor master, level 8 I took resilient constitution. I quickly found out my protection from good and evil is one of the most op spells in the game with 22 AC and if needed sanctuary. Only thing that dropped me was some creature the DM through at me with like 10 attack per turn in Avernus. I fabricated many epic items within the infernal forges of Avernus. Even repaired us a mad max devil car (can't remeber what they were called) I am trying to figure out my next character... but it's hard to beat a forge dwarf cleric.
@dwightweiers830 Жыл бұрын
That’s cool
@ChrisBri77on Жыл бұрын
@@Thorgard360 that sounds crazy and yeah PFGAE is amazing in the right setting/campaign. My dwarf forge cleric’s main goal was reuniting with his daughter after 20 years which I’m about to do next week! She’s my next character and will be the introduction to firearms to the campaign as a Renegade Fighter. Her father used to dabble in weapon design and had a prototype rifle that he could never quite get to work. When she left she took it with her and has been working as a mercenary for the last decade after fixing it. It’s sad to be retiring a fun character but exciting to try something new! Remember that many adventurers can have simple goals and can quietly retire with their newfound experiences.
@Thorgard360 Жыл бұрын
@@ChrisBri77on is she a dwarf lol? Because I'm doing the same thing but made Thorgard (forge dwarf) brother who is looking for him because he never came back from Avernus. It's like once you go dwarf...how does that saying go 😆
@galipettepistache8239 Жыл бұрын
Making a healer who lasts long and take hits away from its allies has got to be the best way to protect your party like a true mom character
@vinspad3 Жыл бұрын
And Earth Genasi is out of MoM, too!
@wesleykushner8028 Жыл бұрын
Now when is colby going to make a dad character that synergizes with these moms?
@drumlineking07 Жыл бұрын
@@wesleykushner8028 the Whip-poorwill build can be a dad character. Reflavor the whip as a belt lol
@atomictree5000 Жыл бұрын
@@drumlineking07 dark, but funny lol.
@kvici Жыл бұрын
@@wesleykushner8028 dad = 'deals all damage'?
@BLynn Жыл бұрын
The Divine Protector: d4 #110 Level 1:(see above) [artificer 1 & race] Level 2:(see above) [artificer 2] Level 3:(@20:34) [artificer 3 & sub-class] Level 4:(@24:00) [wizard 1] Level 5:(@27:54) [cleric 1 & sub-class] Level 6:(@32:13) [cleric 2] Level 7:(see above) [cleric 3] Level 8:(@39:14) [cleric 4 & ASI] Level 9:(@39:59) [cleric 5] Level 10:(see above) [cleric 6] Level 11:(@44:06) [cleric 7] Level 12:(@45:47) [cleric 8 & ASI] Level 13:(@47:45) [artificer 4 & ASI] Level 14:(see above) [cleric 9] Level 15:(@52:14) [cleric 10] Level 16:(@53:02) [cleric 11] Level 17:(@54:26) [cleric 12 & ASI]
@leeyates7483 Жыл бұрын
you know it's weird, but i haven't ever played a game of DnD personally but i have always had this love for the game. Gotta say it's this love for the game that i find myself gravitating towards channels like this one, so Keep it up Colby. thanks for the content.
@japanadian879 Жыл бұрын
My friends played it, but I hadn't. I watched a bunch of videos like this and puffin Forrest, and it always sounded super fun. Eventually I asked my buddies if I could play with them. Best thing I did. You should try and find a group!
@HappyCatholicDane Жыл бұрын
Find a group to play with 👍. If you don’t have friends that are interested. Look online, or join Adventure League.
@jdoge10 Жыл бұрын
One awesome use of the Artisans Blessing channel divinity I used was to create a locked leaded box that was 6 inches thick on all sides in order to block a gang of thieves from tracing a magical item we had stolen from them.
@CardboardLord Жыл бұрын
Okay I literally just started to make lunch and thought, do I have a d4 video to make this better, and I did ♥
@silbernehand Жыл бұрын
Forge cleric/kensei monk started the campaign trapped in a metal cage about 15 feet above the ground. Asked the DM if there is any movement around him and how long he has already been there. No movement, several hours. Starts to meditate and asks DM to tell him when 1h is over. After one ingame hour the dm asks the player "what now?". Player "Now the cage has no bottom and I am falling 15 feet with a Katana [Longsword reskin] in hand". Proceeded to searing smite a trapped dino which went rampage and the character walked out, undisturbed, with a new weapon.
@norbertles7454 Жыл бұрын
Great build as always. Speaking of Death Ward, I once jumped from a flying dragon and smashed to the ground. It was pretty impressed by it.
@DnDDeepDive Жыл бұрын
Ha ha! Awesome.
@JohnTCampbell1986 Жыл бұрын
YMMV by DM. I've played with DM's (fortunately not anymore) who would say the fall damage would kill you outright so you never drop to 0 and die instantly). I now play with a DM basically lets you ask for any item "if you can justify it with backstory/plot" and he'd 100% let you use the artificer/cleric features on magic items haha
@kan4210 Жыл бұрын
Having a crap time, doing dnd builds is proving a very good way to relax. The challenge of putting all the pieces together, your episodes are very much inspiring my creativity. My artwork for them is definitely not as good as Randall but again creativity relaxation, even if it is not impressive.
@BDTMack Жыл бұрын
Really excited to see this in my feed! Cleric my favourite class in 5e. I love playing that they're a tanky support character with lots of other versatility from their domain spells. I'm really interested to see your take on a tank with all the flavour and support options of a cleric!
@zero11010 Жыл бұрын
10:52 “let’s jump into the build”
@infra_r3d133 Жыл бұрын
Ty
@WereDictionary Жыл бұрын
I love how many characters the armorer ends up creeping into just because of the soft taunt.
@stecon5 Жыл бұрын
This is absolutely my favorite character archetype so I am so excited for this. Understand that a lot (most?) viewers of the channel love doing tons of damage and I think that’s great. Let me play a character that puts you in a position to succeed! Thanks for all the work you do good sir. Edit: three levels in and we’re starting my favorite subclass everything is coming up Millhouse 😊
@mydknightcloud Жыл бұрын
Hell yes man, thing is, you can hit top tier numbers with spiritual weapon and spirit guardians and STILL have an action free every turn to cast some support spells, while making it hard for enemies to run past you. That's some tank material!
@Forbeplay Жыл бұрын
I’m actually playing a Cleric Tank right now in our Strahd campaign. I love this build, maybe you’ll inspire me to change mine up. 👀 Excited to hear what you have to say!
@ryanmcmenamim9871 Жыл бұрын
My forge cleric made a replacement leg segment for a mechanical spider tank, which let us pilot it, and it came in super handy in a fight against a purple worm.
@mattyspoons777 Жыл бұрын
Another amazing build!! Thanks Colby. Commenting here to feed the algorithm beast!
@agilemind6241 Жыл бұрын
Colby you are missing the most effective soft-taunts: crippling concentration debuffs - Banishment is one of the most effective taunts in the game... Or you know, just being an epic healer. If you just heal back any damage done to your allies then the enemies have to attack you if they want to actually make process. Unlike the DisAdv soft-taunts these work as group-taunts thus far more effective!
@Wulfiebaby Жыл бұрын
That's an excellent point.
@merlannin2108 Жыл бұрын
This is a fantastic tank build with a lot of utility and buff spells. I really enjoy this build.
@AnaCristina-dv6qu Жыл бұрын
Another cleric guide 🥳🥳🥳, I couldn’t be more happy :’3
@dungeondr Жыл бұрын
Hyped! Looking forward to another great build 😁
@justinaakre2705 Жыл бұрын
60K subscribers! Congrats Colby! I remember when you had less than 3000! What a fun journey it's been!
@timovandervalk679 Жыл бұрын
A very nice build idea, I am excited to so see what you came up with. I also have a build suggestion: The Divine Striker It is basically a Bloodhunter Ghostlayer / Lifecleric multiclass. I know, you usually stray away from the bloodhunter, but you will be surprised how well these work togheter. The improved crimson rite features as well as spells like spirit shroud and the divine strike ability from the cleric can add a huge pile of radiant damage on-hit, while you can heal your friends with your bonus action. And Flavourwise it also fits very well in a campagin, that focuses a lot on fighting undead.
@matthewbouboulis4840 Жыл бұрын
What a great build. Great job.
@chrisv.h.2307 Жыл бұрын
A gnome forge cleric in one of my games flavored his divine creations as being crafted by dozens of tiny smurf-like gnomes who traveled in his pockets everywhere. What a fantastic character.
@jacobyspurnger8488 Жыл бұрын
Thunder gauntlets aka taser gloves are so thematic for a cleric. You're not stabbing, you're slapping heathens. Possibly joker-style hand shocker. You could even state that you're using non-lethal force.
@ChickenSoupMusic Жыл бұрын
Mmmm pimp slap them with the hand of God. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aLRngbd5uMrVpas.html
@PyrielKathos Жыл бұрын
I've been looking forward to this once since the tank ranking video, and more-so since the tease yesterday. My group's upcoming new campaign next year needs both a tank and could do with a healer too (lots of charisma and/or dex based dps or control, nothing else so far) and this sounds like a fun way to combine the two into my next character.
@danielbeshers1689 Жыл бұрын
Lots of Charisma and/or Dexterity DPS and Control sounds like 5e summed up pretty well, tbph.
@PyrielKathos Жыл бұрын
@@danielbeshers1689 You're not wrong ha, I prefer playing as a 'slot filler' though so leaving the tank role open is great. I get choice paralysis if I have too many options.
@torunsmok5890 Жыл бұрын
on the whole infusing the gauntlets thing, considering a later feature specifically lets you count your armor as separate pieces for infusions, and it lists the gauntlets/launchers weapons as part of that... I dont think its supposed to be separately infusable until you get that
@nasazh Жыл бұрын
This would be my ruling as well
@joeedgar700 Жыл бұрын
In my current campaign I am playing a warforged forge cleric. One of the best things I managed to do with it was pull most of the iron out of the inside of prison cell bars, essentially making them into just a brittle facade that can be broken with your hands. Another thing I love to do since our rogue has just terrible luck with thieves tools rolls is to simply melt the locks off of crates or doors. I have many pounds of gold that I just keep in our bag of holding from pulling metal out of things.
@sleidman Жыл бұрын
Awesome build! I think I would have gone with Githzerai for the Shield spell instead of earth genasi and a wizard dip. Maybe go to Armorer 5 for extra attack right off the bat. Definitely cool seeing a viable clerificer.
@roronoa1243 Жыл бұрын
I'm running a tank cleric in my Out of the Abyss game and I'm really enjoying it. I think if you don't take a class that gets shield, MoM githzerai is a great way to get the spell. Currently rocking a 2 level stars druid dip on a forge cleric at DM's allowance, which both allows you to always roll a 10 on concentration saves for your spirit guardians, as well as getting thorn whip and primal savagery to steal a trick from the Nature's Wrath cleric and get a little more damage out of melee range when needed.
@briangrosenbach Жыл бұрын
loved this!!! thanks man.
@brianmallis2666 Жыл бұрын
So I was playing around with a forge cleric and artificer build last night. Excited for this.
@Deailon Жыл бұрын
>Says: "Durability is of the charts". >Makes a chart. I love this channel :)
@DnDDeepDive Жыл бұрын
😬😬😬
@theFunkyThumb Жыл бұрын
I dig this. Currently playing in a "difficult " campaign where no one picked a "healer" so i tried my best to just make an unkillable character. Reborn zealot barb/undead warlock. Running in with armor of agathys while raging has been amazing, and once those temp hp go i form of dread. I cant be stopped
@BovineTerror Жыл бұрын
My current armorer artificer/forge cleric (not the same tanky build that you have, she’s focused on optimizing tool profs and crafting useful things for the party) has and is using her channel divinity to convert metal items looted from enemies into single platinum pieces so we don’t need to worry about selling them, using scrap metal to create a lock pick to escape prisons, and take looted metal items and turn them into mithril and adamantine bars to later craft into magic armor! It’s been a fun ability, especially since you can use it to transmute metals.
@pandaman123213 Жыл бұрын
Awesome build man!
@ssorayaya Жыл бұрын
now you just need to make a warlock tank and you'll have made a tank for every class
@mattgopack7395 Жыл бұрын
A warlock tank would be interesting! Low levels you can get a lot of extra HP (armor of agathys + fiendish vigor combine very well for that), but scaling up can be a bit of an issue. Could be funny to go a self-healing route, with celestial + max healing for regenerating a lot even during a fight - I just don't know how that would all equal out mitigation wise on the whole.
@elijahculper5522 Жыл бұрын
Iirc he’s made a warlock based on effects that damage whoever attacks or gets close to them. Not exactly a tank, but pretty cool nonetheless. Similar play style of getting up in your opponents face and forcing them to deal with you instead of your Allies.
@torunsmok5890 Жыл бұрын
@@elijahculper5522 that kinda IS a tank too though, by necessity. you HAVE to be a tank to some degree bc otherwise the build fails as you die and thus cant do your "thorns" damage anymore
@andyeaton1736 Жыл бұрын
Warlock tank should be super easy. Take 1 level of life cleric and then celestial warlock for the rest of your levels. Take pact of the chain and gift of the ever living ones. All your healing is maximized when used on yourself. Can wear heavy armor from life cleric.
@mattyspoons777 Жыл бұрын
Another great build! Absolutely love your work, and your kind nature. Just became a member of the channel. Keep up the great work!
@DnDDeepDive Жыл бұрын
Thanks and welcome!
@frogguts233 Жыл бұрын
Love what you do man : ) welcome home gets me every time. I think it’d be cool to make a powerful persuasive build where you’re able to negate fights be persuading people outright. n if not really dish out the damage then : j
@dominicdwk Жыл бұрын
Love this build.
@ryanthomasjones Жыл бұрын
PBTPD. Never gets old seeing that on my screen.
@adriel8498 Жыл бұрын
I love your builds,I have seen almost all your videos. I would love to see more dedicated to one spell like toll the dead or vampiric touch. Scorching ray build was really fun.
@trautsj Жыл бұрын
I love aura of life simply because like 2 battles in a single campaign years ago. I had a campaign a while back with some more squishy classes as companions and a couple of times I was just pulling the "Back on your feet soldier!" routine as we barely scraped by a few encounters LOL It was brilliant and truly one of those classic DnD scenarios that you'll just remember forever.
@theweeze 11 ай бұрын
Just did session zero with my warforged cleric of the forge. Very pumped. Cool video, thanks for some ideas
@disembodiedvoicek Жыл бұрын
Love the build!
@Spiceodog Жыл бұрын
Peace cleric is seriously all the “ taunt “ you’ll ever really need. You could just quick dip it and go barbarian the rest of the way
@AriesBozz Жыл бұрын
I have a DMpc named ProtoGen that’s a war forged who has this build! Been using him for months. Hands down one of my party’s favorite addition to any campaign when he shows up. Lvl one having an AC of 20 by going forge cleric with heavy armor and a shield first off. Glad I’m not the only one putting this fun build to use.
@ronalddupuy2452 Жыл бұрын
Such a great idea. I like the idea of playing a character who is a front-lining tank in heavy armor with STR and DEX as dump stats. Something about it just tickles my fancy. I had a similar idea for a cleric tank, but I hadn't considered artificer for the taunt and other features. The character was mainly using peace cleric rather than forge cleric to teleport around and take damage for allies, while mixing in warding bond. I think I'll incorporate some ideas from this and mix it in. Great work!
@boltairnalt4177 Жыл бұрын
The problem I have with Warding Bond is that, if you are concentrating on a spell (which you should be), you will be rolling Concentration saves twice as often.
@aceofdiamonds2002 Жыл бұрын
Wow that EverQuest name drop took me down memory lane ❤
@ralorieth6858 Жыл бұрын
Another great episode as always! I would love to see your take on a wizard healer using mark of healing halfling!
@DnDDeepDive Жыл бұрын
Will put it on the to do list!
@shawntoups2454 Жыл бұрын
I would second that! Was playing around with the idea for a game I might be playing in.
@beastzerkerjet Жыл бұрын
you could also just take a cleric dip on any wizard build
@davidraff2241 Жыл бұрын
I’d also like to see your take. Had fun with my mark of healing scribe wizard on what ended up being a one shot and wish I could have played it more.
@mattdahm4289 Жыл бұрын
Thank you Colby!
@envoy2500 3 ай бұрын
This feels a lot like my Dwarf from World of Warcraft. He's a Protection Paladin who took Engineering as his main profession
@envoy2500 3 ай бұрын
I appreciated the Homestarrunner reference there lol
@gabep3586 Жыл бұрын
Reminds me of those OP paladins in WoW that can tank as well as dedicated tanks and heal as well as dedicated healers…
@azurewolf606 Жыл бұрын
Love the work man
@cedriclankes3115 Жыл бұрын
Congrats on the 60 k sups you have earned it. Love your Videos
@barrygray5227 Жыл бұрын
My personal twist on the build, is: Githzerai (Adds Shield to the list). Level 5 Artificer straight off to Taunt 2 targets instead of 1 then straight Forge Cleric, not as good on the spreadsheet, but gets higher level cleric spells in the end (or just the base 3 levels l, but not grabbing second attack feels untanky)
@beastzerkerjet Жыл бұрын
great build colby! this cleric is hilariously good at not taking damage... I have been trying to come up with a super tanky build for a character concept i have and something like this might fit nicely!
@romannadolishny2423 Жыл бұрын
Very excited. Playing a forge cleric in a party where it is the only frontliner, healer, and tank. It's a glass cannon party overall.
@spectralfire4842 Жыл бұрын
At 14 I thought you were going to get one more level in wizard for abjuration. The shield would only be 5hp (3 int + 2 wizard levels) but most of the spells you used in this build would refresh it. Shield, absorb elements, aid, warding bond, death ward, aura of purity, etc
@_jallo_ Жыл бұрын
Here, algorithm beast, have this as a treat.
@wandrilleturle36 Жыл бұрын
This will make one of my student so happy :D
@T-Mo Жыл бұрын
Nice bulwark build :) If the DM throws Save or Suck spells at you, one additional Level of Wizard for War Magic might be a consideration - plus the Initiative bonus 💪
@lokimidknight7319 Жыл бұрын
I had a warforged forge cleric that would use artisans blessing to erect monuments honoring the fallen (friends, enemies, bystanders, etc) after battles. Also used it to make toys for village children.
@ClintonRivas Жыл бұрын
You did a great joerrrerrb on this video, Homestar, I mean Colby!
@Gafizal1 Жыл бұрын
You keep using Earth genasi for the bonus action cantrip Prof times/ day. Wouldn't being a Shadur Kai be far superior? You'd get the same number of times/ day bonus action teleport with resistance to ALL damage, also you're an elf with other nice racial features and a couple floating proficinces... Oh, and the teleport is not a spell so a leveled action cast spell could be done in the same turn...Also Necrotic resistance
@DnDDeepDive Жыл бұрын
Some big truth to this, for sure.
@MalloonTarka Жыл бұрын
I'm currently playing a Forge cleric. I used Artisan's Blessing to rework my chain mail into having the colours and symbols the soldiers of a castle we were infiltrating. It gave me advantage on deception checks to make it seem like i belonged. I'm sure I'll use it for other things in the future.
@yodaleiaheehoo9960 Жыл бұрын
Sounds of Silence is a magnificent album!
@JFKwentAFK_ Жыл бұрын
Making a character for a Halloween one shot now... a tank holy man is the perfect character to play!!!
@WunDumDorf Жыл бұрын
Beyond the standard use for armor or weapons, you can always use Artisan’s Blessing to create a carriage to haul away all of that sweet dungeon loot. (or the wounded if things don’t go well 😢)
@ednantais3263 Жыл бұрын
Definitely had our party's barbarian go down with a flying ship. Max falling damage but he raged on his way down and had high enough hp to survive. Crazy goblin.
@keep_on_harpin8267 Жыл бұрын
THY HOLY NEW BUILD! LEEET'S GOOOOOO!!!
@Justin-md1nv Жыл бұрын
I think the upside of infusions and blessings of the forge is that any other magic item that's found by the party can be handed off to another party member to use. So instead of 1 suit of +1 armor the party has 2
@ThePhysicist33 Жыл бұрын
Armorer artificer is easily one of my favorite subclasses in the game! Mixing that with Cleric sounds really fun
@richardgesegnet5481 Жыл бұрын
My wife and I are gonna use your builds in our next campaign. She naturally plays the cheese grater and imma try the divine protector
@helixxharpell 4 ай бұрын
You pronounced Genasi correctly! 😊 I'm so proud of you Colby! You've come a long way! Now we have to work on your Yaun Ti.. it's pronounced Wahn Tee. 😉
@justinrobey6055 Жыл бұрын
Immediately paused the video to sign up for Mini's Monthly. Have been looking for a good source of minis for a while and these look great.
@DnDDeepDive Жыл бұрын
Yay!
@mydknightcloud Жыл бұрын
i have been playing a life cleric for a long time that is both our parties main tank and support caster. I picked up magic initiate (druid) at first level to get shillelagh and thornwhip with goodberry. Mostly stood at the front lines and then once i got spirit guardians/spiritual weapon combo started chain sawing my way through my enemies. (4th level I picked up resilient con for concentration protection). This is mostly like your nature cleric except I got to dole out a free 40 hp at lower levels and get more bang for my buck using healing word/mass healing word if my allies fall in combat. Truly, I spirit guardians is so strong its a must have for any cleric build.
@lordravne Жыл бұрын
I'm actually already playing this build on our twitch streamed game! Warforged cleric/artificer. Although, I only have one lvl of artificer and 5 cleric, for now. As for Artisan's Blessing, I'm using it to create plate armor in pieces. I'm scrounging for every piece of serviceable steel to reduce cost of plate armor. Also, I made a prosthetic hand out of wood and metal scraps for a child in an industrial accident. I also beefed up my character's HP using False Life, which stacks w/ Aid
@PallasAthenian Жыл бұрын
Great babysitter Steve character, Colby!
@MacMcNurgle Жыл бұрын
It's 1987, playing AD&D for the first time. Dwarf fighter, elf Wizard and human paladin. First encounter is a giant tick. It latches to the paladin's back and starts to suck. The wizard casts his one spell for the day. Tick saves. The dwarf can't hit. The paladin, knowing there was no healing and was one round from death, said to the DM - I'd like to call on divine inspiration. Nothing in the rules about it. The DM said sure, hard roll though. Roll percentile. The paladin rolls 100 and the tick falls off, too full of blood to continue. Beginning of a crazy couple of role playing decades.
@Peter_Larsen Жыл бұрын
I wish you’d mentioned when you reach Cleric 9 to pick up Summon Celestial. At the level you could take it (level 14), you’d be the equivalent of a 12th level caster, meaning a 6th level spell slot. Cast at 6th Level, Summon Celestial’s Defender option would bring a 19 AC, 50 HP, 40ft fly speed, 3 attacks per turn that heals for 1d10 temp HP per hit and deals 1d10 + 9 damage per hit. That’s a huge threat to be able to manifest, and it’s just a verbal command, no action economy required, to control it. Simply brutal
@Tusitala1967 Жыл бұрын
Great song choice, Colby. I am very partial to The Only Living Boy in New York, but Cathy's Song is right up there.
@seanmander Жыл бұрын
The dream build my group needs
@oshermdaddy2058 Жыл бұрын
Been thinking about a earth genasi forge cleric for a while. This is great, hopefully I'll be in a campaign that allows artificers to play this build!
@targetdreamer257 Жыл бұрын
Since Artisan's Blessing says that it makes even non-metal parts you can make a wagon, which costs only 35 gp. That means if you have a druid in the party you can be total hoarders. If you are in an area it is snowing you can burn it for heat. If you are in a dungeon you can make the wagon in an area that is a choke point to limit how creatures come at you, or make it so it is turned on it's side to provide cover. Yes the wagon thing is not a combat viable option because it takes any hour to make but it is still possible with some forethought and planning. If for some reason you need things that cost less then one gold, and that is all you have, you can use ball bearing. 10 ball bearing equal 1 copper. You can make a Crowbar for advantage on strength checks for prying things open. A Block and Tackle multiplies your strength by 4. So you can move that heavy stone that is blocking you way. I got 100 more ideas for Artisan's Blessing.
@dwightweiers830 Жыл бұрын
I know healing word is a bonus action spell, but cure wounds as a touch spell has a longer range when cast by a familiar. If you have Wizard anyways casting via your familiar does increase the range of a lot of touch spells.
@JChe-ft4zc Жыл бұрын
Fantastic build, as always. I love your and Treantmonk's channels for the massive +2 to Build Insight. I'm unsure if this has been already discussed, but if you really want to be able to double "taunt" every round, you can always drop the shield (net -1 AC, assuming no magic items, see below) and the +2 to Con (net -15 {PC Lvl} HP) and pick up the "Dual Wielder" feat, since both of your gauntlets can count as weapons. This gives you +1 AC, bonus action "Backhand the Boss", and allows you to draw and throw 2 daggers, if you need 4-7 (or 8-14) damage to "end an enemy rightly" that's just out of reach.
@JChe-ft4zc Жыл бұрын
It's probably just coincidence that throwing daggers seems to do as much damage per round as you've lost off your Max HP.
@FerreusVir Жыл бұрын
Re: Divine Intervention use/success in a campaign: Ended up in Limbo, found a galatic bar/inn run by Otto the Beholder (Beerholder). Ended up running up a tab and as Otto never dealt in convention gold decided to charge us 100k for the drinks and room (because it sounded like a good number). So, I called upon my deity, who answered my call by sending a Solar with a gift of solid residuum the size of a door. First and only time it's ever worked and I used it to pay a bar tab.
@waltflood3224 4 ай бұрын
Wow. 155 rounds. That’d be a long night - thanks for the giggle 😂
@WynTheGrey Жыл бұрын
One thing that jumped out at me in this build is that you get Spirit Shroud (Cleric 5) and Magic Missile (Armorer 3). That makes it possibly worth dropping the 4th level of Artificer (costing a CON+2 ASI) in order to pick up a Hexblade Warlock level (Armor of Agathys gives you more temp hit points than the CON bump). The downside of this is that it makes you more MAD (although you could grab utility spells and cantrips for the Warlock level), and would probably work best if you random-rolled attributes instead of point-buy. With Hexblade Curse, and a 9th level Spirit Shroud with 8th level Magic Missile, you would be able to do 275 average damage on a burst round. Wand of Magic Missile is an Uncommon/Green Item that *does not* require attunement. That means that you could stock up on them, and use them to cast a 6th level (8x MM) each round for 220 damage sustained. No hit rolls, no saves, just good reliable damage. From a tank. The only problem is that it can be blocked by a level 1 Shield spell. Curses!
@rowanash7716 Жыл бұрын
It would be cool if at some stage you did a video where you did go over what the best magic items for several builds. Perhaps one for each rarity, and how that would effect the character.
@jacobmoll2878 Жыл бұрын
I played a single class cleric that was the parties Frontline/tank. It is amazing what a difference heavy armor mastery makes. I was also second in damage and the main healer. Busy water Genasi.
@jordanwitt7217 Жыл бұрын
My wife used artisan’s blessing on her forge cleric to fabricate a suit of plate armor one piece at a time. She did the research and found a diagram of a deconstructed plate suit; then basically put it together 50 or 100gp at a time. It was very cool.
@GramGramAnimations Жыл бұрын
The little bit of singing at the end was a pleasant surprise. Part of the reasoning I like listening to these is you just have a nice voice, but apparently you also have a great voice for singing Simon & Garfunkel
@DnDDeepDive Жыл бұрын
Thanks! ;)
@ljt974 Жыл бұрын
On the Blessing of the Forge ability, I have a ranger who dipped one level of forge cleric to get heavy armour in my campaign, and to make sure the ability stayed relevant I made it so you have two choices: Use it on a nonmagical item to make it +1 until you long rest. Or use it on a magical item to make it +1 for an hour. That's helped it stay relevant but not allow him to get bonuses to hit/damage or AC too high for the whole day. Hope that helps anyone wishing to play/DM a forge cleric and give them a helping hand!
@DUES_EX Жыл бұрын
My favorite archetype is the Barbarian. Sadly you don’t see many books, or class creations with this class. So I get excited when Colby does Barbarian stuff. That being said my second favorite class is Fighters/Clerics. So this build is appreciated
@richardgesegnet5481 Жыл бұрын
Thanks! My wife and I are going to use a combination of Sorlock Cheese Grater and this build "Tinkering Templar". Keep you updated.
@DnDDeepDive Жыл бұрын
Sweet please do! And thanks!
@richardgesegnet5481 Жыл бұрын
Really excited for this campaign. It took awhile to figure until I fleshed out game mechanics that felt right. I didnt stray at all from your original build. I took the background of Failed Merchant and made a young genassi lad born to human parents. One of his ancestors had crossed a wrong line into elemental arcana and was blasted with raw and very powerful earth plane energy. Every few score years his line would produce a non-human child on the fathers side, specifically a dao genassi. He learned nature, crafting, artificing(from his father) and dabbled at wizadry(motherside). Growing up in Baldurs gate he apprenticed in both masonry and carpentry learning both trades at once. Although masonry held his attention the best, he grew up loving all nature in all forms and shapes. For failed merchant i took masonry tools and for proficiency from the class I picked up carpentry, thieves, and tinker(which I plan on using to cheese through dungeons) My idea here is early game to rig and degrade objects in the early game. I picked up investigation and needed one more skill so I settled on history. So that makes nature, investigation, history, persuasion. The end game engine took forever to figure out like I said. Instead of crafting mundane stuff and magic I settled for earth bending from Last Air Bender. Crafting can really drag a game to a halt. So I decided to use the spell Fabricate over all else. With fabricate ill use masonry, carpentry, thieves, and tinker tool proficiences to earth bend my way through obstacles. An earth bending support tank healer.
@Blindshot951 Жыл бұрын
Hi Colby, So I have a artificer 9 forge cleric 2 build going right now. ( hopefully this will help to feed the algorithm) My DM does allow for plate armor to be made 100G at a time. We dont have much down time in our games so 100 gold per long rest and I piece work the armor together. Also I ran the bladesinger artificer in Curse of Strahd. It was insanely fun to play so thank you. Also I would love to see a Vedalken build taking advantage of the Vedalken Dispassion for a tank. Amazing as always and thank you for your hard work