That's exactly what it says on the screen guy.

@@CallenExile Yeah. He put it on the screen and still got it wrong.

Depends on the list of available spells on the type of gameplay you will be encountering, I think. If the game is going to be mostly straight combat, probably best to just focus on Max damage. However, if there are going to be puzzles, environmental challenges, scenarios were killing everything is not a desirable outcome, utility spells can save the day in a way no weapon can.

Surprise has changed in 2024 rules. Could still do the bugbear, it just would be a bit harder to "reliably" do

@@XP_Goblin with the bugbear you don't actually need a "surprise round" just to go before they do to get the damage boost. So gloom stalker ranger or swashbuckler rogue levels for the boost to initiative rolls could help to go first

@@XP_Goblinyeah you don’t need to actually “surprise” someone to get it, just hit someone who hasn’t gone yet and it’ll add +2d6 PER ATTACK

That's what another commenter said. It's sad 😔

This is true, could either snipe from super far away or be in "melee" constantly pushing back the target

Yes. What specifically are you interested in?

@@XP_Goblin maybe which subclass is the best and how to build a high dmg Warlock, who isn’t an hex blade warrior, but a spell slinger

Which is weird, cause originally you did just double damage dice and got disadvantage. And I let my players use it if they had a good enough strength, so no dex builds with overized weapons unless they had a good strength. If their strength was even (between 15 and 20 depending on the weapon) they could use oversized without disadvantage at high enough levels.

Really? Ok, well that's sad I really like them. So that means in 2024 rules remove around 5.5 DPR from each calculation. This build is possible in 2014, but GWM obvi doesnt work and use Sharpshooter for the +10 damage and be a rune knight fighter for the large size

I think D4 just did a crit fisher recently, I can look into it though

The tiefling barbarian in the party be like

Ah yea. They love specifying melee. My brain completely omitted that iirc. Luckily doesnt affect any DPR calculations after cleric.

A magic stone build would be very interesting as a character lol

Ehh both Hex and Flame arrows are concentration.. so you’d need to rely on someone else to use flame arrows on you which would be highly unlikely sadly. I wanna try this though, Bugbear for surprise attacks, Alert origin feat to help Level 12 Genie Warlock: make a magic +3 sling your pact weapon 4d6(magic stone+lifedrinker+bugbear)+2d8(Spirit Shroud 5th level slot) +1d4(Tashas Cauldron Potion of growth)+6d8(eldritch smite)+19(modifier+agonizing blast+magic sling+Genie’s Wrath) for a mixture of Force with Radiant/Psychic/Necrotic damage types and add repelling blast to knock em back 10ft every hit. At level 12 warlocks attack 3 times per turn. Add 5 levels Whispers Bard for +3d6 per round with Psychic Blades with your 5 bardic inspiration that comes back on a short rest. Then 3 levels Rune Knight Fighter. +2d6 fire rune damage +1d6 Giant’s might damage. And if your campaign allows it, take Vital Sacrifice feat paired up with Fiendish Vigor invocation for an extra 2d6 for free. Elven Accuracy for crit-fishing That’s about 99.5 avrg damage on the smite stone which ideally you hold all the bonus dice rolls for a crit making that hit an avrg 180, and then avrg 38.5 each stone for the other 5 attacks with action surge.

Oh and you’d be Huge Sized hurling magic boulders at people

I dont think Magic Stone qualifies for Agonizing Blast(it doesnt do damage, it enchants rocks to do damage, which you can then attack with), and Flame Arrows specifies, that a quiver has to contain arrows or bolts

@@ColdCurve1 if it has the ability to do damage, then it works. It requires an additional action to be useful but still works. Similar to produce Flame cantrip, yes the initial bonus action casting does not do any damage but with an action it does do damage. That ruling is to stop any weird things like having a minor illusion do agonizing damage just because it “made an illusion of an attack”

Yea I was just thinking that there might be something with the heavy property, but not RAW

Arcane Trickster? orr

@@XP_Goblin Loki the deceiver

So a debuffer/illusionist?

Sì​@@Drunken_cat

Making them have the heavy property would be up to the DM RAW I believe

They are limited to your Prof bonus

That was just happensatance lol. I had already made my character and had already theorized channel stuff, I finally just decided to start.

Thanks!

Indeed you are