The Praying Mantis: d4
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Күн бұрынOur D&D character build this week is a Thri-Kreen who does something that no other race in 5e is quite capable of doing... so many arms!!!
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Character Concept:(0:00)
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Level 1:(11:55)
Levels 2-6:(16:26)
Levels 7-9:(29:08)
Levels 10-13:(38:06)
Levels 14-17:(42:11)
Final Thoughts:(50:54)
Outtakes:(55:37)
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@lunamoth34 Жыл бұрын
This is basically the only channel that can keep my attention for an hour at a time. Thank you for being here!
@arieleconforti6112 Жыл бұрын
It's also the only I listen to the intro for hearing "welcome home it's here that you belong" 🥰
@ddrew1973 Жыл бұрын
This is ASMR and D&D all rolled into one...lol
@ninjasquirrels Жыл бұрын
@@ddrew1973 ASMR + DND = Awesomerdend?
@Aarenzarifa3772 Жыл бұрын
"let me explain..that is too much, let me sum up" this is my reminder that Colby clearly deserves a like.
@Maninawig 10 ай бұрын
So do you
@Flint1241 Жыл бұрын
What I love about the Thri Kreen is that they can do all the things a Valor Bard wants to do at once. Sword in one main hand, shield in the other, and still having two hands free to cast spells. Lovely.
@laoxep Жыл бұрын
Or playing an instrument
@antonymash9586 Жыл бұрын
@@laoxep Its a bard, its the same thing for them.
@BLynn Жыл бұрын
The Praying Mantis: d4 #108 Level 1:(see above) [fighter 1, race & fighting-style] Level 2:(see above) [fighter 2] Level 3:(@16:41) [fighter 3 & sub-class] Level 4:(@20:10) [fighter 4 & ASI] Level 5:(@23:59) [fighter 5] Level 6:(@24:18) [fighter 6 & ASI] Level 7:(see above) [rogue 1] Level 8:(@33:15) [rogue 2] Level 9:(@33:49) [rogue 3 & sub-class] Level 10:(see above) [rogue 4 & ASI] Level 11:(@38:19) [rogue 5] Level 12:(@39:02) [rogue 6] Level 13:(@39:29) [rogue 7] Level 14:(see above) [rogue 8 & ASI] Level 15:(@45:31) [fighter 7] Level 16:(@48:38) [fighter 8 & ASI] Level 17:(@49:00) [rogue 9]
@WolfHreda Жыл бұрын
You call it the Praying Mantis, but I don't see any Cleric levels. What's the deal?! 😁
@talkinggibberish Жыл бұрын
Adding "Way of Mercy Thri-Kreen Monk" to my list of charcters ill build but never play
@WolfHreda Жыл бұрын
@@talkinggibberish how big is that list, my guy? Because I feel your pain. I made a War Cleric/Gunslinger character that I would love to play, but I have only one game coming up, I've already made my character for it, and a backup character in case he does at some point. Meanwhile, I have 70+ other characters made in DnD Beyond that I'll likely never get to play and it makes me sad.
@sarunokoguard211 Жыл бұрын
*rimshot*
@storyspren Жыл бұрын
"A point-blank crossbow expert that grapples their targets" Holding on to your enemy like "stand still for gods' sake I need to shoot you" xD
@SilasC Жыл бұрын
I love it
@Axel-zc6xj Жыл бұрын
BUT NOW WE NEED TO KNOW HOW THE MARRIAGE BETWEEN BUTTERCUP AND HUMPERDINK WENT!
@dragonhearthx8369 Жыл бұрын
Watch the movie
@DnDDeepDive Жыл бұрын
Ha ha - let's just say: "Not well."
@Axel-zc6xj Жыл бұрын
@@dragonhearthx8369 Aww and here I thought it would be something different from Princess Bride XD
@TheSpatch0 Жыл бұрын
If only we had a holocaust cloak, that would be something.
@grendl74 Жыл бұрын
To be fair, the thri-kreen aren't just "a thing now", they've been around since the 90s, notably Dark Sun and the original Spelljammer campaign settings.
@jessenichols9618 Жыл бұрын
Thought that were older than 90s but yea big in dark son
@PsyrenXY Жыл бұрын
Thri-Kreen were created by Gary Gygax, and debuted in AD&D 1st edition in 1983
@TTRPG_Witch_Leon Жыл бұрын
Makes me want to make an Evolved form of these beautiful bug-humanoid that's basically Goro/Sheeva/Kintaro from Mortal Kombat. 😱 Lovely video, yet again! The Bardic voice truly is soothe to listen to. 🙂
@trautsj Жыл бұрын
Lol I remember the first time I heard of them and I immediately thought "Hmmm, how can I make General Grievous or Goro out of this bad boy" lol
@TTRPG_Witch_Leon Жыл бұрын
@@trautsj I'd definitely allow stuff like this at my table. (Then again, I usually allow creative character designs as a DM) e.g. If you want to play a dwarf but see racials from "Mark of Warding" and "Hill" that you really like, I'd allow that (depending on what the player wants of course) and adjust the CR they would face accordingly.
@antoniomromo Жыл бұрын
The comedy in this video is just spot on. I spat out my tea with the t-rex arms bit 😂.
@DnDDeepDive Жыл бұрын
😂😂😉
@tarlison2k1 10 ай бұрын
In the old rule 2e if in right they can do 4 attacks unarmed plus bite
@noahloftin7705 Жыл бұрын
The man the myth the legend. Haven't watched a video in a while, real life DnD has kept me very busy 🙃. But I came here for this Thri Kreen build cause OF COURSE I AM. love you Colby ❤️
@Christ_and_Shaun Жыл бұрын
I’m genuinely always excited when I the shorts teaser. Then I remember it’s Tuesday once I see your video then I’m even more excited XD Thank you for time and effort Colby and I hope you’re having good one
@Intelton Жыл бұрын
Just wanted to say that your channel is not only so insightful but also makes me feel calm and welcome. You help me though a lot of hard times by getting my mind onto Dungeons and Dragons. Thank you Colby ❤️
@JoshDavisBlues Жыл бұрын
Love the little musical interludes. Your channel is so wholesome. Hope you have a great day!
@jchagasla Жыл бұрын
So, fun quirk of the wording: "Without the assistance of magic, you can't speak the non-thri-kreen languages you know." + "You point your finger toward a creature within range and whisper a message. The target (and only the target) hears the message and can reply in a whisper that only you can hear." Is Message enough "magic assistance"? The way I read it, the whisper would go in a thri-kreen language even through the message spell, since one would need to utter the words in a whisper. Not a complaint, btw, just a thing I noticed. I love using whips and doing psychic damage on a thri-kreen character is so on point :D But to be honest I think 14 or 16 strength would be enough on this character, between expertise, frost rune and giants might, you would very rarely fail athletics checks anyway. And have you gone fighter 6/ rogue 11, reliable talent would pretty much have guaranteed that success and with the same amount of ASI's due to rogue10. (edited multiple times because I decided to comment before I finished watching the video, like a dumdum)
@Onorel Жыл бұрын
About the sci-fi and fantasy mix, it depends how you go about doing it I feel like. If you create a campaign with a theme akin to the Avatar movie for instance, or maybe the Fifth Element, both of them mix sci-fi and fantasy pretty well, and I think both of those could make kickass campaign ideas.
@Doughy_in_the_Middle Жыл бұрын
"Little less an half an hour" is my favorite quote from the movie. Yeah, there are other FAR more popular ones...but as a pun-dad, that is the BEST answer to, "How long until....".
@DnDDeepDive Жыл бұрын
😂😂
@stoephil Жыл бұрын
Your onomatope for pbtpd always cracks me up. I love it.
@towpherr Жыл бұрын
Curious if you would ever look into trying to optimize a build around magic missile, I just found out about this myself and I guess it stacks with the hexblades curse and what not. Was interested to see how you would approach it!
@joshmcb6042 Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for all the amazing videos!
@rosslehrer2271 Жыл бұрын
The highlight of my week, thanks again Colby! Always look forward to Your builds… it’s like kicking back and having a beer with a great friend and just spitballing character build ideas. Very relaxing 🍻
@ClintonRivas Жыл бұрын
I was just thinking about making a Thri-kreen character!
@alexzanderm7802 Жыл бұрын
The moment I saw the art I was like 'YES! THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS THINKING!'
@KordTheDestroyer Жыл бұрын
Jeremy Crawford: D4 Nemesis !!!
@towpherr Жыл бұрын
absolutely fell in love with this build starting at 5:24 it just keeps getting better
@Shikiro14 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for these videos. Not only are they intriguing and interesting in terms of D&D. They also help lull me to sleep. Then next night, I start where I fell asleep to repeat the process. ❤
@spencerroux5581 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for always making my day better.
@mixelplix Жыл бұрын
I'm building a Fighter Eldritch Knight who will also do allot of grappling. Took Fey Touched for Hex to give big things disadvantage of Athletics and tiny things disadvantage on acrobatics. Also will be taking Skill Expert for expertise in Athletics. Blind fighting fighting style to find those hidden or invisible buggers.
@noelbedard8252 Жыл бұрын
it's always good to hear your voice, your videos make my day better :)
@sektorispiar2988 Жыл бұрын
I click for the D&D, I stay for the ASMR. ;)
@brycestallons9677 Жыл бұрын
One thing I would love to see from you for these builds that have intricate step by step setups for combat would be flow charts. Like seeing a simple (BA Giants Might -> A Grapple -> A Shove -> A Light Weapon Attack -> R Light Weapon/Whip Opportunity Attack + Freeze) in like a table with different combinations and order of operations for each subsequent round would be amazing! Anywho, love the build! Again great work and something I am now DYING to play after I get around to playing your blade singer build! 😅
@jay_caspian2050 Жыл бұрын
Such amazing creativity for this build!
@DazaiTakeyama Жыл бұрын
You crack me up and make me smile every time, as well as being awesome! Thank you 😊 💓
@lmungillo Жыл бұрын
With the plasmoids, I can now run my Osmoses Jones one shot 😂😂
@G-Blockster Жыл бұрын
This so reminds me of both the martians from Jon Carter of Mars and General Grievous from Star Wars Attack of the Clones & Revenge of the Sith. Great observations, Colby.
@BroDavidHirt Жыл бұрын
I always loved Pigs in Space. "Tune in next time when we'll hear Cory say... pbtpd"
@danlehman4646 Жыл бұрын
I think on this build Enlarge/Reduce is just an infinitely better use of concentration. It also adds 1d4 damage to weapon attacks which offsets the 2d8 of shadow blade. 2d6+2d4 vs 2d8+1d6 being only 0.5 difference in average damage per round.
@ssorayaya Жыл бұрын
this channel is such a nice staple of my week. keep up the good work colby!
@jakobgjnnes8318 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely love this build! 😍😍 And your channel, for that matter ❤
@seeker38 Жыл бұрын
Rules as written the grapple + shove prone and retain grapple works, but it's one of those scenarios where as a DM I wouldn't allow it unless the player can describe how they're physically retaining the grapple whilst their enemy is on the ground.
@lukelloyd8976 Жыл бұрын
So...straight into a Princess Bride reference? The Jury approves
@GeminiLibra73 Жыл бұрын
Did anyone else catch the second Princess Bride reference? "How marvelous!"
@DnDDeepDive Жыл бұрын
A+!!!
@jedim793 Жыл бұрын
This felt like Godzilla with a Swiss Army knife - love it
@ednantais3263 Жыл бұрын
Muppet Treasure Island was my favorite!
@merlannin2108 Жыл бұрын
Very fun build idea. You talked about it around level 15, but since we are so reaction heavy fire rune would be a better early pickup instead of cloud rune. It adds extra control and some slight extra damage.
@ivansmashem Жыл бұрын
Less than 5 minutes in and you've already tugged the Jim Henson heartstrings of nostalgia and quoted the greatest movie of all time. You are one of the few channels I'd keep watching even if you switched to another game.
@seth4171 Жыл бұрын
ThriKreen, finally I can RP General Greivous.
@euchiron Жыл бұрын
This sounds like a blast to play! I kinda want to try it out... I love the creativity ❤️
@targetdreamer257 Жыл бұрын
I am glad I am not the only one that made that connection. *echo Pigs in space!
@Seraphzero0 Жыл бұрын
Great job as always Colby! Can’t wait to see what you come up with next!
@JFKwentAFK_ Жыл бұрын
Thank you Colby! I didn't know you'd already be working on a build for my bug PC fantasy :)
@RedGrimms 8 ай бұрын
Love the channel, been watching it for a couple of weeks now. Definitely enjoyed the builds where you take a weak weapon and do a build around them, though I am surprised that you haven’t done one for the boomerang yet. Would love to see that.
@f.a.santiago1053 Жыл бұрын
YOU KEEP MAKING SUCH GOOD BUILDS!!!
@GeminiLibra73 Жыл бұрын
Fun fact: on Resident Alien, Harry (played by Alan Tudyk) has the same arrangement of four arms, so if one were so inclined, this build could be pretty easily reskinned (reshelled?) to be a shape-shifting alien...
@dannyallred8539 Жыл бұрын
Been watching since the Pamlock and you're stuff is still great. Keep up the great stuff and don't be scared of doing more stuff like this. Just watched the Pokemon episode again I was happily surprised.
@studynot757 Жыл бұрын
Thri-Kreen could dual wield hand crossbows, have a shield AND still have a free hand. That’s nuts
@OTKok Жыл бұрын
Why would you need a second crossbow if you have crossbow expert?
@studynot757 Жыл бұрын
@@OTKok because you can?
@couver73 Жыл бұрын
Damn, talk about a crazy sponsor. First Star Wars 5e, then Esper Genesis, and now this? Glad to see more 3rd party companies giving Sci-Fi some love. Would love to see what that has in store, but I'm broke! Sadge. Still, this build looks super fun! Good stuff Colby!
@Agustix2 Жыл бұрын
I'm so excited for this one!
@ryanbutler544 Жыл бұрын
This is the race that can have a dual wielding Bladesinger!
@1.21jiggawatts2 Жыл бұрын
Can you make a Plasmoid build? Their Pseudopod might just seem like a weak mage hand, but it’s way more than that. It’s connected to your body, yet can’t be attacked. Magic Touch v2???
@dragonhearthx8369 Жыл бұрын
Also should point out that there is no limit on the arms you can have.
@austins7376 Жыл бұрын
Circle of the moon. Done. You are now a gummy bear.
@keeblercon9786 Жыл бұрын
@@austins7376 yes....but can you squeeze into one inch wide cracks as a bear?
@TheSpatch0 Жыл бұрын
@@austins7376 I was talking about that with my group the other day! I wanna do this so bad!!
@Jerrell7321 Жыл бұрын
A Thri-Kreen Bard sounds super interesting after hearing its description! its on the wishlist !
@mattdahm4289 Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@PsyrenXY Жыл бұрын
The Princess Bride quote got a chuckle
@binolombardi Жыл бұрын
Sentinel reaction attack and uncanny dodge are mutually exclusive reactions. If you’re shoulder to shoulder with a teammate and they are targeted with an attack, sentinel reaction attack with sneak attack already satisfied. If you’re standing shoulder to shoulder with an ally and you’re targeted, your AC is decent and if they actually hit, you halve the damage. If they did this to bait out your reaction because your attack is powerful and then target an ally, they’re splitting their damage and you’re team is tactically superior since they aren’t focusing fire.
@user-ge1pz2km6q Жыл бұрын
Just need an updated Dark Sun sourcebook to go with this.
@FlutesLoot Жыл бұрын
39:03 seamless Hot Shots reference and now-canonical name for level-6 Expertise
@kaemonbonet4931 Жыл бұрын
Thri keen is the name he character calls their blades. They're a triple threat.
@teijotso8672 Жыл бұрын
I would absolutly love to see a de-buffer character focused on making an enemy as useless as possible. I think it could be rlly cool!
@trautsj Жыл бұрын
I remember grappling a Black Dragon in a campaign and my party being absolutely amazed. Great moment that lol
@wandrilleturle36 Жыл бұрын
you got me at trex arms xD
@Durtaz Жыл бұрын
I’d love a plasmoid build soon! I have a warlock old one patron that’s a plasmoid and I flavored them as a mass of bugs. Really cool, and I hope to pull out the character for an upcoming high fantasy campaign. They’re going to be a manifestation of a cosmic parasite on an ancient dreaming entity that needs feet on the prime material to sustain its existence and stop threats to its feeding. I also played a homebrew pugilist plasmoid and he’s been super fun! He’s a lovable himbo who just wants his friends to have a good time. Always grappling and doing weird unarmored infiltration stuff!
@craigauty8874 Жыл бұрын
Not sure if it was mentioned but one of the best things about this build is the AREA of control. Once you reach huge size using a reach weapon you have control over 49 squares on a grid map. That's an incredible portion of the map so I think between sentinel and enemy movements, you'd get opportunity attacks more often than not and be incredibly hard for enemies to get past to engage your allies.
@blackthorn357 Жыл бұрын
Love how Wizards is bringing back old playable races. I played a Thri-kreen ranger waaaaaay back in Dark Sun.
@davidrenner6112 Жыл бұрын
Nice Muppet Show reference! My friend who DMs our group purchased Spell Jammer and found it disappointing. Great video, as always.
@Synamint87 Жыл бұрын
I found that the Thri-Kreen can also be great for artillerist as their sub-arms are able to hold your arcane firearm spell focus and still use your main arms to attack with. I ended up using it for my Predator Build.
@JudeCranberry Жыл бұрын
Love the princess bride reference
@toranas1500 Жыл бұрын
I did a similar build with a Loxodon, but with the UA giant barbarian, with grappler and shield master to knock enemies prone, grapple them, and stab them in the back. If they're grappled, they have to use half movement to stand up, and if they're grappled, their movement speed is 0.
@Zophiel25 Жыл бұрын
You always seem to overlook Giant’s Might increases the size of your short swords. “Large-sized’ weapons do 2x damage. (Page 278 DMG) You can repay me by figuring dps for a Battlesmith 5 / Rune Knight 3 with an oversized maul, giants might, enlarge, and great weapon fighting. Use Iron Defender for flanking, to cancel disadvantage. 4 attacks at 8d6+5 at +10 to hit, re-rolling 1s and 2s.
@davidharris915 Жыл бұрын
the princess bride joke got a like from me :)
@BovineTerror Жыл бұрын
This build would be really cool as a tank multiclassing in rune knight and guardian armorer artificer using the artificer’s armor of magical strength and flash of genius to make grapple and shove attempts really effective while using your small arms to punch with the soft taunt gauntlets!
@grizzlednerd4521 Жыл бұрын
With Arcane Trickster 7 (39:52) You can swap a spell known whenever gaining a level, so you can swap you 1st level non-enchantment/illusion spell for a 2nd level one.
@nicholaswells4572 Жыл бұрын
Psi warrior ‘Keens are pretty good. If you grab the telekinetic feat. Just max Str, Con, and int. You can take 3 levels of Soul knife, and get your knives, and grapple and knife away.
@alarin612 Жыл бұрын
Liking for the Muppets reference.
@timothyb1836 Жыл бұрын
Important note, at lvl 15 you can take storm rune and just put it on an item that a different party member is wearing. This is a very powerful option and I love that the rune knight has built in team play like this.
@DnDDeepDive Жыл бұрын
great point!
@frosty5047 Жыл бұрын
can you actually share your rune knight runes? I never thought of that
@timothyb1836 Жыл бұрын
@@frosty5047 Yes in the class feature it specifically says "Whenever you finish a long rest, you can touch a number of objects..." this is further confirmed as each rune says "While wearing or carrying an object inscribed with this rune,...." meaning that any creature with the object has the passive bonus and can activate your ability using your modifiers. It's pretty amazing and in the case of my own rune knight I made three sashes that he wears as part of his vestments (holy knight of a church) So that I can pass off any of the runes that would be good for that.
@lovelaven6491 Жыл бұрын
Cool idea! 😄
@sirelfinjedi Жыл бұрын
I believe that the Plasmoid can do a some similar weapon shenanigans. Maybe? It can for sure sploich out a pair of extra arms.
@Bootsofwings Жыл бұрын
The thri kreen would be an insane bloodhunter. Give yourself salaraty from mutant and your dex gets an additional +3 and it gets better as you level. Ac and attacks go up
@grizzlednerd4521 Жыл бұрын
Re Level 14 feat (42:14) Consider Fighting Initiate and getting Grappling Strike basically giving back one attack we'd use instead to make a grapple each short rest.
@grizzlednerd4521 Жыл бұрын
On the level 6 Rogue expertise (39:29)L Cinsider Sleight of Hand given Mage Hand Legerdemain. I also think the character could be called "Five Handed Hugs".
@irakhlin Жыл бұрын
A friend played a similar build without the thri kreen part. it seemed fun at first but he experienced a lot of problems with his actions stepping on each other he wasnt having fun because he had more abilities he couldn't use than he could on a given turn. Just food for thought if you plan to play it in a live game. Consider if this would bother you.
@Kheldul Жыл бұрын
Huge monstrosity grabs gigantic dinner and cuts up their meat with whirling swords.
@AnonymousCookie709 Жыл бұрын
Certainly rethinking my Thri-Keeen build for next weeks 5th level Spelljammer one shot! (With a free feat) Super thrilled that we view the arms similarly, I felt that finding the true potential for these arms required some lateral thinking, as the interactions aren’t immediately obvious. I went Psi-Warrior for some additional psionic flavour, with a few pros and cons compared to Rune Knight: - Not as bonus action intensive, giving more opportunity for light weapon attacks. - Less reliable at grapples/shoves when compared with rune knight, but I’m less concerned with grapples and shoves. Hopefully will get advantages via flanking. - Minor DPR buff from Psionic strike dice over giants might, and more regular light weapon attacks from not having to set any abilities up. - Took sentinel too. With whip, shield, two short swords. - Protective field enables some long distance reactionary shenanigans if we’re not able to cover our allies with sentinel. - Was also carrying a maul for fun, IMO, not enough people use bludgeoning weapons.
@JudeCranberry Жыл бұрын
Did not expect the shadow blade route - really thought I had it all figured out with the rune knight guess
@crownlexicon5225 Жыл бұрын
I've actually made a build before that relied on extra attack not requiring the use of both attacks being with the same weapon. You use a lance and a 1 handed weapon. The lance for enemies at 10' away, and the other weapon for 5' since a lance has disadvantage on attacks at 5'.
@jaseannfoxoff3542 Жыл бұрын
Ah the hero strikes again
@Edman459 Жыл бұрын
I love the thri-kreen, definitely one of my favorite races. Played a Soulknife a couple months ago (used thri-kreen mainly just for thematic purposes) and it felt great. RAW you can't use the psychic blades with the secondary arms since they don't have the light property. However, that's dumb considering they're manifestations of psionic power, which in theory would have no weight.
@Staff7 Жыл бұрын
for a second i was reading the black mantis the 90s superhero.
@keep_on_harpin8267 Жыл бұрын
Ok I'm going to be honest... since the release of the short on this episode, I was not really excited for this build, as I (like Colby) am insect adverse. But, and to no surprise from Colby, I found myself liking the build more and more and as soon as the idea of grappling a Tarrasque came up, my mind was blown and I was seriously wanting try this craziness out.
@DnDDeepDive Жыл бұрын
Do it! :)
@cchapa7470 Жыл бұрын
"So we can finally fulfill our fantasy of playing as a bowl of jello." You kill me! 😆 Muppet quotes. Princess Bride quotes. Colby, my man, you're in rare form today!
@rmida9122 Жыл бұрын
A giant grappling mantis sounds terrifying
@fulham43 Жыл бұрын
You could roleplay the thri-kreen to be a Warforge instead of a insect. It fits perfectly to create General Grievous!
@grizzlednerd4521 Жыл бұрын
I've been thinking about a Naga grappler build with a 2 level dip into Wizard (Enchantment) for Hypnotic Gaze. That allows for two controlled targets without even using grapple yet. Rune Knight might now be a part of that build. 😁
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