D&D Warforged - What Character Class Should You Play

[@Nerdarchy]

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[@dragonmaster613]

I think that the Warforged could get better AC than the Barbarian Unarmored Defense. Barbarians have Light and Medium proficiency, so that means Darkwood or Composite. Darkwood gets 11+Dex+Prof (13+Dex at LV1) and Composite gets 13+Dex(2max)+Prof (16 at LV1) Not to mention shields. But the Class would be 10+Dex+Con, that could be betwix 12 min (+1 both) to 16 max (+3 to both) using the standard array and Racial bonuses.

[@thealgorithm3412]

@@dragonmaster613 I made a warforged barbarian that hit 30 AC at lvl 20 without the magic items I dunno how I managed to do that

[@dragonmaster613]

@@thealgorithm3412 LV30?? But the limit is LV20.

[@thealgorithm3412]

@@dragonmaster613 oops typo

[@dragonmaster613]

@@thealgorithm3412 oh, I almost thought you were playing 3.5 or 4e.

[@LupineShadowOmega]

Meatbags. Envoy's integrated tool is a Poisoner's Kit. Don't be alarmed. Indeed many poisons are also medicines for those of your unique organic constructions. This one's purpose is medical. I promise...this one shall take all your worries away.

[@mikeycj7]

Miss that game..

[@Gtank74]

I'm currently playing a Forge Domain Cleric as Warforged. It's hilarious being a super tanky healerish boi.

[@ashenwuss1651]

That's an awesome concept. Gg

[@M0ebius]

I had a Combat Medic build that was Warforged Envoy Lore Bard 17/Life Cleric 1/Hexblade 2. Most fights I simultaneously tank with my 24 base AC, heal with my bonus action via Healing Spirit + Disciple, while using my action to Eldritch Blast/Booming Blade. If I’m hit (which is rare) I use my reaction to cast Shield/Absorb Elements or use Cutting Words. And if the going gets tough, I upcast Spirit Guardians, stand in the middle of combat while being nearly untouchable.

[@josha5933]

Did you consider making an envoy with a built in forgery kit Thus making you a forgery warforged forge cleric Forge^3

[@Gtank74]

@@josha5933 I LOVE this idea

[@lennonthomas1223]

oh me too!

[@clericofchaos1]

The best class for a warforged… ALL OF THEM!

[@battleborks5026]

Warforged Sun Soul Monk... cause ya know who doesn't like having an integrated cannon

[@LupineShadowOmega]

*Black Sabbath plays in the distance*

[@KloneTheSimple]

I am now playing forge domain cleric warforged juggernaut who is basically a walking foundry with a blast furnace in his chest

[@andrethibodeau3203]

I’m playing one of those right now. The guys an envoy with playing cards built in. The sum blasts are reskinned as him launching the cards like Gambit crosses with a shuffling machine, and the burning hands is a pair of flamethrowers in his ‘sleeves’. Looks like an old casino dealer. He’s been sooooo fun.

[@darkbeholder715]

Envoy Warforged Paladin/Bard with an integrated lyre.... a walking instrument of death....

[@docartemis2878]

I love Warforged, in fact I love most of the races from Eberron, and if I wasn’t a forever DM when it comes to 5e I’d be playing one.

[@skaterjoe1669]

i feel your pain man. cheers from a fellow "forever DM"

[@superawesomegoku6512]

Same, wish that someone would volunteer to be a DM that lasts more than 2 sessions because they realize how difficult it is.

[@thegingergod3122]

I played a Warforged Envoy Fighter recently, he had the Clan Crafter background and worked in a Dwarven forge. He didn't speak in a robotic tone, but I played him as fairly emotionless, and I creeper out my other players by not blinking for the majority of the sessions.

[@ashenwuss1651]

Wow. I'm impressed. That sounds so freaking entertaining to a creepy guy like me

[@thegingergod3122]

@@ashenwuss1651 trust me it is not easy to sit there for almost 3 hours and going 15 to 20 minutes at a time without blinking

[@fakjbf3129]

Envoy Rogue, integrated tool is thieves tools which you double your proficiency with. Now when you take rogue's expertise you can put your skill proficiencies into something other than thieves tools.

[@khaaneph7311]

Fakjbf Fool, I AM the thieves tools

[@TheGreyProphet]

Nah nah nah, Envoy paladin, integrated brewers kit, entertainer background, oath of devotion, you are Kegatron defender of parties, slayer of evil and layer of barmaids, assuming they provide informed consent.

[@nullpoint3346]

@@TheGreyProphet Umm... But he wouldn't have a dick?

[@Tmanowns]

@@nullpoint3346 that isn't necessarily true for a warforged. A partybot likely has both sets of genitals.

[@nullpoint3346]

@@Tmanowns (You now have one chance to preserve your existence.) How exactly would this be designed? *Answer carefully.*

[@graveyardshift2100]

Juggernaut wizard; your ability score bonuses buff your physical abilities, integrated protection takes care of defense, and you can still put your highest stat into intelligence. Also, wizard that lifts like a giant!

[@zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba0]

Tensor's Transformation is back. And its not total hot garbage.

[@gibbous_silver]

+war mage and you’ve made a wizard without physical weakness

[@crowvalclamore3320]

At age 36 I made my first D&D character today, I'm going with a "Cyber-Samurai" style. I hope I did well making an efficient character, with the things I chose for him.

[@TheLastMungebender]

As long as you enjoy the time spent playing him, he is made incredibly well my friend. Go forward, with honor.

[@BarokaiRein]

I once played a warforged envoy abjuration wizard with a level in tempest domain in storm king's thunder. Let's just say that a level 10 abjuration wizard with AC of 22 before even casting shield turned out to be by far the tankiest character in the group and at the same time I was still throwing Blights and fireballs around. Was a hoot and a half.

[@exonism8522]

@Joeseph Moore Explain how you managed to be both a fighter and a wizard at level 1, as well as having full plate at level 1. Sounds like a very illegal character to me.

[@exonism8522]

@Joeseph Moore I understand the magic initiate part, Variant humans are pretty fun and magic initiate is a good feat, though personally I feel like giving away free plate at level 1, even because of a 20, is a little weird. A discount of half or so feels appropriate, but I can't change what's already happened.

[@exonism8522]

@Joeseph Moore So you just scooped together 750 gold at level 1? I smell some imbalance in this game.

[@thegreatskinkpriest8104]

I just finished building a Warforged Light Domain Cleric that I’m really happy with. Their name is NEMO, which means “no one” or “nobody” in Latin, because they have no idea where, by whom, or for what purpose they were created. Many sections of their memory banks were manually locked, but as they level up they will slowly gain access to certain memories. They will eventually discover that their name is actually meant to be read backwards, OMEN, because their creator intended them to be an omen against the dangers of artificial intelligence. OMEN’s alignment will gradually shift from Lawful Good to Chaotic Evil. However, with the help of the rest of the party, OMEN will overcome their programmed nature and return to the benevolent NEMO.

[@AHKonoValles]

Envoy Battlesmith Artificer modeled after soundwave I also have a hexblade modeled after Cayde-6

[@NVEmery]

As a Destiny fan and hunter boi, this is a good idea.

[@TheGrimoiresVoice]

Quite... Superior

[@joemazzola676]

Warforged envoy battlesmith artificer sounds like it would be both very powerful and also great to roleplay out. Can go 16 INT, 16 CON, 14 DEX for great medium armor AC, bump INT at future levels for spells and attacking. And you'll get your Mecha puppy so you can have fun roleplaying the created now becoming the creator 😬

[@thatnewbiegaming539]

Yes!

[@samuelbattershell3413]

How do you get the Envoy subspecies via D&D Beyond?

[@ryanweaver3348]

Sounds like this was done before the Eberron book came out, just based on how Integrated Protection was described at the beginninng.

[@ryanweaver3348]

And the "subraces" of course that Don't appear to be in the book

[@simoncroft73]

Warforged Envoy Lore Bard named T00T. Hard to hit, tons of skills and expertise in thief's tools makes them a wonderful support character with a decent AC. Always has something he can throw his reaction at, be it a bardic to reduce the attack roll of an enemy or a counterspell. Hideous laughter, hypnotic pattern, healing word, and Dissonant Whispers to really mess with opponents. A great face, a fun character, who contributes to the party in a variety of ways.

[@Nerdarchy]

C3PO! But useful. Nerdarchist Dave

[@simoncroft73]

@@Nerdarchy Is certainly rolling with the protocol droid motif, takes the "envoy" classification very seriously. Is a herald for the party, but sadly only knows the Cantina song.

[@jmass4207]

Unearthed arcana seems way more balanced to me than the Eberron implementation. Like come on: base +1 con, agelessness, resilience, no need for sleep, and insane AC calculation. Then the envoy gets an extra skill language, and tool proficiency, and choose tool that is apart of your body to have expertise in, and oh yeah +1 to TWO STATS OF YOUR CHOICE. This is not to mention that you get to be a bad ass robot. What race has anything close to this?

[@Nerdarchy]

All of that was wiped out by the latest Eberron book. It's closer to the original UA. Nerdarchist Dave

[@-POISON-]

In my current pirate campaign, I have a player using a Warforged Envoy Forge Cleric, with a shield of course. He is level 4 and I think he only got hit once in all the encounters. I like the character a lot, though, so I allowed him to use water vehicles as his integrated tool, so he transforms into a boat as well.

[@TerrariaGolem]

Warforged Druid... *Shapechangers, warforged in disguise* Edit: Warforged Artificer sounds neat too, but when they release psionics... Ohh boi!

[@galaxygold5939]

*TRANSFORM AND ROLL OUT*

[@TerrariaGolem]

@@galaxygold5939 *becomes one with the 4-banded armadillo*

[@TheOrganicartist]

the current mystic rules as is for an Order of the Nomad and OotImmortal are pretty good, actually they all are i've tested most of them out media.wizards.com/2017/dnd/downloads/UAMystic3.pdf

[@thepip3599]

I actually played this until I realized that I found playing in wildshaped form to be really boring (you can’t talk or cast spells) so I changed character to a peacock aarakocra wizard who believes he is a king, and won’t shut up about it. He was only king for six days before he was exiled from his kingdom, sent to the material plane, and not allowed to return, but he has a -2 to wisdom and can’t comprehend the idea that somebody wouldn’t like him, so he thinks it was a misunderstanding. He is a lot more interesting. He was exiled for adding a new day of the week and naming it after himself, among other things.

[@ih8youmuch]

Playing a warforged juggernaut fighter brute and it’s been a blast so far. Love the race. Also has the emphatic feat as a way to “scan” the enemy to gain an advantage. Fun times when you blow an action surge for an attack chain 😎

[@ashenwuss1651]

In monotonous robotic voice: "This sounds like a fun topic. Yaaaayyyy." Never got to play one, but I made a Primeval Guardian Ranger Envoy. He was created to spread life in the form of plants on planes that don't already have vegetation. He was like Wall-E. I named him San-ban, which means "Number 13"

[@ramenrider7382]

that means "Number 3"

[@quackmaster1014]

playing a Warforged Artificer, and its awesome. Every Infusion is tech made from my body, and my artillerist turrent is a combo of BB 8 and Eva from walle

[@FuhqEwe]

What the fuck is a ''turrent''? Do you mean torrent? Like a torrential down pour of rain?

[@LightningUlmo739]

@@FuhqEwe Well, since Quack Master 101 had said "... and my artillerist" before mentioning "turrent", I think they meant to say "turret" as part of the Artificer Artillerist subclass.

[@Zoshnell]

I am playing a Juggernaut Hexblade Warlock, with a Spear and Shield. Love the high AC, although my poor rolls really hurt in game, my gloomy persona makes it fun.

[@DNDStoryTime]

Currently a envoy warforged Aritificer Bard! However in the game I'm a player in I've just been taken by the primus of mechanus for pretending to be him and took control of an entire colony of modrun, I'm gonna end up making a pact with him and lose my bard for warlock!

[@gungamesh4184]

Hey I was wondering since warforged are technically just wood and metal couldn't they be healed by mending???

[@thesarcasticdruid2702]

Yes they can in fact be healed by mending... (Edit) me and my group have made it a rule that mending works like cure small wounds as a first level spell and the higher spell slot you use the more damage it heals... But it only works on non living things such as warforged

[@claudioz22]

I'm currently playing a warforged abjuration wizard with the first level in fighter to make the ultimate tank mage.

[@nickwilliams8302]

Gotta go Fighter for Lvl 1.

[@Nathan_Talisien]

DM: "The bugbear roars in anger as it aims a powerful thrust of its spear at your wizard... Ouch, good roll, that's a 24 to hit." You: "I'm going to use my reaction to cast Shield, so it misses." DM: "Okay, so you take... Wait, what?!" You: "My base AC is 16; the plus 3 from my proficiency bonus makes it 19; the plus 2 from my shield makes it 21; and the plus 5 from the Shield spell makes it 26. The bugbear misses. Oh, and my spell means my Arcane Ward gets another 10 HP, I gotta mark that down." DM: * *facepalm* * Other Player, muttering: "I'm a fighter with the Defense style, and __MY__ armor class is only 21. In full plate. With a shield. You're not even wearing armor!" You: "Do you need me to tank for you?"

[@dragonmaster613]

Ironbark, Warforged Druid of the forest! A Veteran who rested under a tree while monitoring his surrounding and learned the true value of the natural world. In doing so he gained a new purpose, to undo the damage his kind and creators did to the world!

[@anthonymartire2036]

vynat draco Awesome backstory for a war forged Druid. I was just thinking “how could one play as a Druid with this race. Doesn’t make much sense.” Then I came across your comment. 10/10.

[@dragonmaster613]

@@anthonymartire2036 it is all about good storytelling. You could justify and unorthodox combo with a deep enough understanding of story. Like a Minotaur Rogue as a bouncer for a mob boss, or a halfling Barbarian that was raised by an animal or grew up spiteful (like Edward Elrich of FMA).

[@binolombardi]

Sounds like a great way for a Druid to actually make use of the armor proficiency without having to hope the DM comes up with quests or specialized armor workers.

[@deadvirgo]

I'm playing a surprisingly similar sounding character. Warforged circle of dreams druid who escaped the Mourning and fell into a low-energy state to conserve energy in a thicket and became one with the vegetation. It's a blast so far.

[@PlayfulPancham]

@@dragonmaster613 Did you just call Ed short? lol

[@McSmacks]

Guys. They're not robots. They have personalities and souls. My favorite warforged build so far was an envoy hexblade warlock. Took the Actor feat and the Disguise Self invocation so I could pass as human. Focused on fighting with a glaive pact weapon. It was a pretty sweet character. I hope to play him again in another campaign.

[@panpiper]

You mean like Data?

[@McSmacks]

@@panpiper Nope. He's an android. Different thing. They're living constructs. The closest thing would be a ....tree cyborg.

[@meltdowntf2865]

These guys made it so interesring i watched the sponsor for once

[@YourBoyNobody530]

powerful build is awesome for grappling and strength checks

[@TallandTwisted]

My Warforge is called Ahhh Run! He was never named by his master and he named himself after what his enemies called him 🤟 he's also a tempest cleric... thunder boii!

[@julzbananz]

Warforged Juggernaut Barbarian (Path of the Totem Warrior; Bear) *Maximum Defense*

[@TheHeimdal118]

Haven't played one, but a friend of mine is playing a Juggernaut Cavalier, who can't speak but has an indicator lamp which shows us his mood (which is pretty funny). Luck was on his side and he rolled really good stats - I think a 17 on Con and a 16 on Strength- and took the feats sentinel and mounted combat. He was found by our Halfling Warlock and only obeys her commands and guards her as well as he can! Me, being the druid of the group, try to contribute a decent mount to the party as Giant Elk. The Halfling Hexblade Warlock also has mounted combat, so both on my back and off we go! Wasn't planned that way, but the combo is extremly powerful due to the feats any attack directed vs me can be redirected to the Warlock or Cavalier and a sentinel comes in handy as well as Unwavering Mark and Warding Maneuvre ... last session the Warlock casted Fly on me: so I was the Flying Elk - also known as Apache helicopter with deflecting missles and Lasers (Eldrich blast)- Our GM was blasted as well :D

[@thepip3599]

This is the third Warforged who can’t speak I’ve heard of, and the other two were in games I’ve played in. One had a computer screen they displayed words on, and the other (who is in a game I’m still in) can only speak celestial and is secretly constantly insulting all the NPCs all the time. I have no idea how he is supposed to communicate with us. I don’t think he has communicated with any of us yet. He’s a paladin.

[@MrBracey100]

Warforged Haxblade/Paladin of Conquest npc, Im using him as Darth Vader basically. He's really messing with my players.

[@Nathan_Talisien]

I've got my first Warforged since 3rd Edition- a Warforged Envoy named Keinen that's a Archfey Pact of theTome Warlock- going right now. The party also has a Monster Slayer Ranger, a Bear Totem Barbarian, a Circle of the Shepherd Druid, and a Lore Bard. (The DM wanted us to build our characters keeping in mind there would be a "defender of nature" theme to the campaign.) We've been tasked by an elf lord from the Feywilds to eliminate a Necromancer that is trying to make anything he can into an undead slave. We've only gotten to 4th level so far, but it's been a LOT of fun! Keinen's backstory is that it used to be a not so nice human; he grew up on the streets in a bad city, having to kill and steal just to survive. While trying to get away from some town constables, Kainen flees town to hide in the woods. A very trickster-ish Archfey, Lord Alabaster, starts toying with him, leading him astray in the woods, teasing him with ghostly lights and sounds, etc. After a couple days, Alabaster decides to talk to Kainen; hearing Kainen's story he feels bad, so offers him a deal: Alabaster will free Kainen from all that crap, in return for five years of service. Kainen says yes, as it can't be any worse than his current life. Alabaster fulfills his side of the deal by removing Kainen's soul and putting it into an old Warforged body that's in some ruins deeper in the woods. Alabaster also removes the vast majority of Kainen's memory, aside from a few useful skills and his general knowledge. Alabaster then forms an arcane pact with Kainen, granting him powers to use in his service. Kainen spends five years doing various tasks that generally promote and support nature: teaching farmers how to carefully manage the land without abusing it, stopping people who over-hunt the forest, chasing out monsters, destroying undead, that sort of thing. The point where play started and it joined the party is a couple months after his five years of service are up. Kainen is a free person- the first time he's ever been truly free- with a clean slate in life and no goals, wandering the world just for the sake of seeing things and learning. ***EDIT: Forgot to put that he is Pact of the Tome. Took that for the invocation Book of Ancient Secrets- very helpful, letting you learn ritual spells from ANY class. Doesn't help in combat, but it really broadens the utility of your magic pool for any warlock! I'm hoping to convince the DM to let us pay for hirelings, so I can just hire people to teach me rituals and eventually learn ALL the ritual spells, lol.

[@panpiper]

I love the idea of Pact of the Tome warlock. Unfortunately my current GM is of the opinion that cantrips have no business being at will castable and has made a house rule that they use up a small number of cantrip spell slots. In my opinion that effectively neuters most spell casters and utterly guts warlock, so I am not playing warlocks any time soon. So sad.

[@Nathan_Talisien]

@@panpiper Ugh. That sounds pretty fail. On the other hand, though... If you think it'd work- you know your DM better than me, obviously- maybe it's worth arguing that because he's nerfed the Warlock so hard in the spell department, it should get a few more Invocations to bring it back up to parity with the other classes. Getting, say, two more total Invocations over 20 levels by shortening the gap between when new ones are learned could be a MAJOR power buff if you made the right Invocation choices... You might try to convince your DM to house rule a few more spells to have the Ritual tag; even with a 1 minute casting time, utility spells like Prestidigitation, Mage Hand, Move Earth, Light, etc. could still be really useful if you're creative, and those are just cantrips- should be fairly easy to convince the DM. That would let *Book of Ancient Secrets* bring you a lot more bang for your buck. Other good Invocation choices that it seems to me like no one realizes the full scope of until they are used creatively: Ascendant Step Beast Speech Chronicle of the Raven Queen Eldritch Sight Fiendish Vigor Green Lord's Gift Mask of Many Faces Misty Image Seeker's Speech Shroud of Ulban Whispers of the Grave Some of those are UA, though, so you might need to convince the DM to allow them... :\

[@TheScorpionStrike]

I always figured a Warforged Forge cleric would have great potential as a lone surviving war machine looking to learn the secrets of crafting more of their kind under the guidance of a God of Craftsmen.

[@mr.arcane9485]

Why do Warforged always get portrayed as robots? Aka robot voice ECT. I always viewed them more like Vision from marvel. Not just program or robot but a living thing with a soul thought an feelings. Great video guys enjoy the info.

[@LordMorin]

I have created 3 different Warforged characters, 2 of which I am currently playing. The 3rd I was going to play in Ghost of Saltmarsh, but decided to go with a Triton instead. In an Eberron campaign, I am playing a Juggernaut Cleric (Forge - L3) / Artificer (Artillerist - L7). I also have a Envoy (Paladin - L2 / Warlock (Hexblade - L1) based on Treatmonk's Immortal Cockroach build. As you can tell by the level, that campaign is still in its infancy. (Tomb of Annihilation). I have several other builds I want to try, just no campaigns to play them in atm. :)

[@Khell3770]

I'm playing a Warforged skirmisher monk with DnD Beyond and it gives me integrated defense with my proficiency bonus. 1 lvl rogue, 8 lvls of Monk and I get all the goodies from Monk and my AC is calculated with me proficiency bonus. Skirmisher rogue/monk is amazing!

[@craigharrison2090]

Cavalier Fighter Juggernaut who sounds like a mafia goon because of all the time he's spent working with the Boromar. He's also got a homebrew double bladed scimitar that does psychic damage, I wanted to make sure he got the bad guys' attention... also planning to multiclass him with warlock because why wouldn't you have a robot soldier with lasers?

[@roobtube6707]

Thinking about playing a Warforged Open-Hand monk with proficiency in medicine and stuff with a high wisdom. planning to play him as a doctor's apprentice with an understanding for all of the human body - which he uses to help and to harm (herbalism kit to make health potions and of course ki-based attacks to debuff).

[@overlordofmidgard5876]

My current warforged juggernaut is an eldritch knight/vengeance paladin

[@A.P.03]

All subraces have been removed and integrated protection has been changed to only give a +1 to ac whichever armor you use.

[@Nerdarchy]

Yes we shot this before the changes. Nerdarchist Dave

[@josephstalin3640]

I’m currently playing a Warforged Juggernaut Barbarian and he is an absolute steam roller

[@arty506]

I’m currently playing a warforged tempest cleric and its hella fun.

[@spikevalentine1133]

hi Dave and Ted me and my friends want to say thank you the wonderful ideas and Creations the both of you have created have really made our adventures more exciting and captivating hearing your ideas have opened up our imaginations to levels that we didn't know we had and now with your linked to Dungeons & Lasers it's really going to help our imaginations go much further so thank you and if I may ask you this question and this is for myself I have two weeks to get a character ready for my friends dungeon campaign and I've always wanted to play a Warforged character I was thinking about Juggernaut going into Tempest cleric because my friends always make me the Healer but I struggle with this idea on how to make a robot find and understand religion which I believe is necessary for the Tempest cleric and I completely understand if you don't have the time to help me but anyways me and my friends are really thankful and we wish you both all the best in your adventures

[@panpiper]

This video came at exactly the right moment. We are this very evening, about to start a new campaign being touted as a 'science fiction' campaign for those not in the know, but is in reality a Spelljammer campaign. After seeing this video, I have elected to go warforged. What is more appropriate for a "science fiction game" than for one character in the party to be a self aware 'robot'. I'm going to start with a level one splash into rogue, just so I can start with a good roster of skills. I'll take envoy as the warforged subclass and have built in thieves tools. From there I'll go fighter(brute)/barbarian(bear totem), so the group can have a truely hard to kill tank (high AC sword and board). Between the barbarian rage damage bonus, dueling fighting style and an extra damage die from brute, he should output decent damage. We roll for stats and mine came out nicely with four high stats, enough for this character to have a good charisma, so the two starting skill expertise will go for stealth and intimidation. Hopefully with a bit of decent roleplay, I'll be ok at taunting enemies to attack me rather than others. First feat will be Medium Armor Mastery. www.heroforge.com/load_config=5262327/ ddb.ac/characters/15424818/vtfor4

[@nerdeye5872]

Quick tip for putting together Dungeons and Lasers: If the pieces don't come off of the sprues clean, take some clippers and chop off the extra plastic. If you don't have any clippers, sandpaper is a great substitute.

[@kennethhorton2763]

Skirmisher warforged Bard barbarian: College of lore / UA Path of the wild soul, level 5 in each.

[@KaelTheThird]

I made a warfoged cleric of the forge once that was the toughest bastard to hit with just stupid high ac

[@nathanross5527]

My first 5E character was a Warforged battlemaster. Named him after Alphonse Elric. I think I might be in a minority who don't consider the race as robots. Sure, they get programmed for a purpose, but I played mine like a mannequin brought to life and trying to find his place in the world. Not much difference, but subtle enough for me.

[@GreenStuffConsumer]

It's obviously: werewolf. Imagine a wardoeged werewolf. A mechanical lychanthrope

[@chainer8686]

I never thought warforged would sound like tv robots from the 80's xD

[@Nerdarchy]

Who knew? Nerdarchist Dave

[@Hendo2488]

I mean, they *could* sound like Dody from Vox Machina, Ep.95 - "One Year Later": *..... Terry.*

[@andrethibodeau3203]

The envoy is sooooo flexible. You can play as basically any class with them. If your DM is lenient you can do alll kinda of stuff with the integrated tool. Thieves tools are hidden lock picks, vehicles are considered tools, a disguise kit could make you a terminator, with a smiths kit you can melt the bars of a cage or break a sword over your knee. God the stuff you can pull of is nuts.

[@mrlynx_minis]

I'm about to play a warforged(envoy) artificer(battlesmith) in the Ghost of Saltmarsh game

[@connerkline6269]

Doing the same build in my friend’s home brew campaign. I made my character basically a small mechanical merchant with a giant greatsword.

[@cenauge]

Warforged Envoy Bard, College of Swords. AC becomes kind of ridiculous regardless of which armor option you use once you hit 14th level and can use the 1d6 damage and AC flourish every turn. I started with Paladin for heavy armor prof, dumped Dex, grabbed the Defender fighting style (technically not RAW legal, but DM greenlit it), went Sword Bard and grabbed TWF style and Dual Wielder feat. If memory serves, I ended up at AC 24 +1d6 every turn that I didn't use an inspiration to flourish.

[@binolombardi]

cenauge Defensive fighting style is legal. The table about integrated armor has “armor” identifiers stipulating what is armored or unarmored.

[@cenauge]

@@binolombardi Not with the current wording. You are armored (for the purposes of abilities that only work when you are unarmored) but you are not wearing armor, and wearing armor is required in the rules as written. Though, now that I think about it, the answer was staring me in the face: just wear armor anyway. You get no benefit from it, but you are wearing armor and that's enough to make the style work.

[@binolombardi]

cenauge words, that’s awesome. I wonder if they’re planning on updating that information. Is that the setting they are waiting to release the artificer for? I hope it is and they clear it up.

[@g1ftfromtheg0ds67]

I have a warforged battlemaster with a Glaive, amazing tank

[@thant0s]

Currently playing an Envoy Warforged commissioned by a wealthy church, and bonded with the spirit of a Celestial to create a Celestial Patron, Pact of the Tome Warlock bedecked in support-oriented spellcasting and skills. Another was intended as a gimmicky gaff character, a Juggernaut Bard, College of Swords whose singular focus is grappling enemies, and picking up and throwing objects weighing thousands of pounds. Just recently, he calmly dead-lifted a nearby fully loaded carriage and hovered it over the head of an enemy to encourage him to surrender, to which he complied. His compatriot, however, was on the receiving end of an "improvised weapon" of immense weight barreling towards him at incredible speed.

[@jeffclarke929]

warforged Genie Warlock, carries the last vestiges of a Djinn slain in The Last War, opens with corresponding “X item of Y elemental control” implanted in them as their special starting gear, is an open source pregen i have for an Eberron game im running (yes i know its a lot of power for a starting character, its eberron, im giving a lot and if theyre crazy powerful ill compensate)

[@neoman4426]

One good thing about Juggernaut Barbarians (as well as any Race that gets an augmented Unarmed Strike, or multiclassing Monk, or picking up Tavern Brawler, etc), allows a couple of Barbarian features to work on Unarmed Strikes, suboptimal compared to staple Barb weapons, but it allows Brutal Critical to do something as well as Rage bonus damage since that requires a damage *roll* but unaugmented Unarmed Strikes deal flat damage

[@itsgenguy7275]

I actually am playing a Skirmisher Bladesinger! The extra movement is super nice in combat, and he has a finesse Katana as his one proficiency, meaning his dex bonus comes in handy a TON. Not to mention, 18 AC as a wizard is SWEET.

[@shadowyoshirider]

I am playing a Envoy Warforged who is a Blood hunter. Nicknamed the " oil hunter " but his oil is a locally known beverage. I call him Liquor

[@quintinsteevessenior5568]

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[@eddiebowers2426]

I just created and am now a level 3 Warforged Paladin Oath of Vengeance Knight. He is a beast ... Esp, since our party found and gave me Shatterspike ....

[@derrickhaggard]

Since I really want to do a campaign in Eberron I was considering doing as one of my character choices a Arcane Trickster Rouge Skirmisher Warforged with a Darkwood Core and it can work mostly due to the fact Warforged get a bonus to Constitution, and one Ability Point choice, and by doing Skirmisher Warforged with a Darkwood Core I get the +2 to Dexterity, ability to walk normal and be in stealth, enhanced base speed due to the +5 bonus, plus having a Darkwood Core means my Integrated Protection equals an AC total of 11 + Dex Modifier + my Proficiency Bonus when my character has integrated Light Armor into his/her body.

[@silentxphoenix7188]

I've been playing an Unearthed Arcana Ranger, Warforged and hooooo boy. Gave him the Alert feat so... +5 to initiative with advantage on initiative roll thanks to ranger. Another +5 thanks to easy 20 dex because of race type. Can't be taken by surprise. Advantage on detecting stealthed enemies Eventually can hit enemies even if they are invisible without disadvantage. This and sharpshooter is pretty nice. On top of all that warforged remain conscious when they sleep? Yes please. Never filled a niche like this before and gotta say I'm liking it.

[@sammyrobbins6848]

Been coming up with an Envoy named COS-P2.3, nicknamed Blackjack. He is mostly a wild magic sorcerer with his first level being a dip in to rouge as he was built to work with a covert operations task force. Magic Missile ended up being a no brainer for him. His thieves tools are integrated and also ended up with the alchemist proficiency. For his bonus skill I took perception cause let’s face it they probably built him to be particularly sensitive. When rolling him up I got 5 even numbers and 1 odd. I put the Con bonus in to the odd number and then I funneled the other two points in to charisma. Not cause he is a sorcerer and that 20 score is cool. I mean it is fucking fantastic but it’s not the point. It’s a reflection of his strongly rooted since of identity and assertion. He is a passionate guy and leads with his heart rather than his brain. His top stats ended up being 20 Charisma, 16 Dexterity, and 16 Wisdom. I had REALLY HIGH rolls for him. I got LUCKY. As you can imagine Blackjack was labeled a malfunctioning unit

[@neoman4426]

I've been playing an Artificer (Archivist) Envoy and he's been a blast so far. Integrated Tinker's Tools with the Tools Required Artificer classfeat means I can't be fully disarmed unless I'm quite literally disarmed. The Expertise in the integrated tool is obviously wasted since you get Expertise in any Proficient tool anyway from the class, but other than that it's a pretty great fit.

[@ChunkyTheClown]

I'm currently playing an Envoy Astral Self Monk whose integrated tool is a piano keyboard so he can play Giorno's Theme while his stand attacks people. I initially made him as a joke but, as he became more fleshed out over the campaign, he quickly grew into one of my most beloved creations.

[@user-cm7bq5pq2l]

I played a Warforged Artificer (Armorer) pre sub-races. Next I want to play a Fighter: Rune Knight and basically become a Warforged Titan from back in the day.

[@eggroll3055]

I'm currently running a warforged juggernaut Zealot Barbarian named Victor for a level 20 one-shot. We were given a boon, an artifact, and a legendary magic item. The lore goes that Victor has gathered so much fame (Reigning champion of a gladiator-style to the death battle arena) and has himself become a magical artifact, making any negative hp (variant of massive damags rules IIRC) he has be set to 0 at the start of his turn. His boon removes the time limit on his rage. And his legendary magic item is a +3 silver axe that makes him immune to being charmed and gives him advantage on wisdom, intelligence, and charisma saving throws. Obviously this sounds ridiculous, so the way we balanced it is that if he dies (0 hp when not raging or being reduced to or below the negative of his max hp) then his body shatters but his core remains, ready to magically create a new body from the nearest materials after 1d4*100 years, effectively removing him from that campaign. If he's killed through a fair battle (DM determines if his battles are considered fair in this context) then his body is PERMANENTLY destroyed, never to be brought back outside of 20th level divine intervention or a wish spell with IMMENSE consequences. His artifact status is removed if he reforms and is forgotten about, and he has to gather notoriety again to get it back. I'm very excited to have him go full Doom Slayer against any enemy he meets!

[@faithrider94]

I was playing a high level campaign as a Warforged wild magic Sorceror. I took a 1 level dip into fighter. Between prof bonus and shield proficiency my ac went from about 14ish to like 25ish. Never use any other fighter traits (like weapons) except the occasional second wind.

[@wolfman8838]

I'm playing a Warforged Hoplite in my friends Mythic Odysseys of Theross campaign. With the Phalanx, Great weapon mastery, and shield master feats, using a 10 foot Pike and a short sword. I am an unstoppable force of nature.

[@joeneff9021]

Envoy Warforged Druid, with the herbalism kit as integrated. Definitely talk to your dm about it, but if they let you, a very tanky Druid, and a free health potion vending machine

[@Thanatos--]

Where are the Warforged sub-races? It's not in my Eberron: RftLW PDF and the armor stipulations that they mentioned are not part of the overall one page of text about the race (not including the drawing and quirk table). Big new-fan of the channel and I'm going back to video because I'm thinking about making a Warforged character but they are saying things that I can find anywhere in the sourcebook.

[@Nerdarchy]

They completely changed the race. It was published in the Wayfinders Guide to Eberron on the DMs Guild originally. That is what we went off of. Nerdarchist Dave

[@Thanatos--]

@@Nerdarchy Thanks Nerdarchist Dave!

[@gaelofariandel6747]

Spore druid. 20 constitution, tough, 243 hp @ 20, 323 when you add the infinite regenerating temp hp with archdruid. Bought humanoid mushroom figurines as the mold-zombies.

[@Hoigwai]

I've had the thought of a bladesinger but the old alternative bladesinger from the Complete guide to Elves. Lots of back story being taught this elf only fighting style by a master that he saved from death. Obviously a skirmisher fits best into this idea. It's not likely that I'll ever find anyone to play with up here tho. This is the wasteland for in person tabletop.

[@SuperAmaton]

We had in our Eberron Campain both a Warforged-Paladin and a Warforged Druid

[@powerhouseofthecell9758]

If your DM is letting you play as a WGtE Warforged, you have a pretty chill DM. You could probably get away with using a Bit and Bridle to pull a Cart yourself. With Point Buy/Standard Array, you could pull (17*15*2*5)-400 or 2150 lbs in a wagon. You are now Optimus Prime. Transform and roll out!

[@samuelbrzyskiewicz9895]

As written, the current version simply specifies that plating counts as armor, not that it counts specifically as heavy or medium armor. So in this version, a warforged barbarian can rage while in the heavy plating mode… though they will have to acquire the heavy armor proficiency before they can use heavy plating.

[@Atomic_Moose_Of_Cheese]

Very cliche but I am playing a warforged juggernaut rune knight fighter. In a martial fight, he can TANK and dish out damage. Heavy armor master, sword and board, the hill rune for resistance, and giant size all make him a force to be reckoned with. Spells still hurt though, any time he is asked to make anything but a con saving throw or check, a single oily tear rolls down his metal face.

[@binolombardi]

Hellforged- Envoy point buy, 8str, 12 dex, 14(16)con, 15(16)int, 14 wis, 8 charisma 1 level of order cleric heavy armor proficiency When casting 1st level spells or higher that affect allies, I choose one ally to make a reaction weapon attack. Access to 3 cleric cantrips, guidance, resistance, and thaumaturgy. 2-3 cleric 1st level spells prepared depending on wisdom mod, preferably spells that don’t require good wis. The rest of levels into war wizard. 2 wizard gets int to initiative and the ability to use reaction for 2 armor or 4 to any save. 6 wizard gives the ability to use surges. Casting the lingering effects of thaumaturgy and prestidigitation on an object, probably a lit lamp, let you get all surge charges for one 3rd level dispel slot. At 10th level you gain 2 AC and 2 to all saves while concentrating. This will be combat level 11. 16+(3prof)+(2shield armor)+(2concentration)= 23 AC static AC when concentrating. Reaction shield spell for another +5 when needed. Resistance cantrip actually becomes a viable option to compete with guidance, as both require concentration. Guidance can be used for initiative, resistance can be used for saves when walking around a dungeon. Using a reaction while concentrating on resistance would add up to 2+4+1d4 to any save. Nab alert feat, +5 initiative and never being surprised aid the war forged while conscious immensely since they aren’t unconscious when resting and always have armor on. If ambushed the war forged is always prepared.

[@kiddondeck4862]

I was a Warforged Juggernaut barbarian. Using iron fists with my +6 strength bonus. I got in a fight with a Minotaur and with a single punch, knocked it off it's feet while it was mid charge towards me. Epic.

[@tryingbridge2548]

I am trying to create a druid paladin warfoged that is ancient and broken and its fun trying to figure out what stats and everything best fit him and what I'm going for.

[@Nerdarchy]

Here are a couple build vids you might find useful. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gpmzqYOZar98jc0si=3jygyt8wMoObV-fG kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYaqfmaqhbhjrassi=VHnlC9wboxNpfLbM Nerdarchist Dave

[@M0ebius]

My favorite Warforged Envoy build is The Combat Medic - Lore Bard 17/Life Cleric 1/Hexblade 2. You can access the strongest healing combo in the game with Disciple of Life + Healing Spirit, while having an amazing defense with 24 base AC (heavy armor integrated protection + shield) backed by the Shield spell and Cutting Words, and an at-will offensive suite of Eldritch Blast + Booming Blade covering both range and melee. Alternatively, Storm Sorcerer 17/Tempest Cleric 2/Hexblade 1 is a blaster build capable of probably the best AOE nova in the game with Chain Lightning + Destructive Wrath.

[@RockLucena]

I'm going to play a juggernault warforged monk (way of the open hand) for my next campaign. I'm here for research. :P

[@Junkysme]

My warforged rouge is a marrionett stealing gold and jewlery to fund raise a play. For his mentor, and to buy a house for his adopted 12 year old human daughter. They are currently squating in an abonded building. And i'm also multi classing as a bard.

[@godsavethequeen4675]

I’m making an juggernaut warlock warforged that sold its owners soul for power

[@solidmaninbox]

It was misleading how they worded it in the description for Integrated Protection; the lowest tier they mentioned (11 + Dex mod + proficiency if proficient in light armor) is considered unarmored and WILL allow you to use the Monk / Barb unarmored benefits (except for the AC calculation if you choose to use that one)

[@Ghostdave1]

I just made a Warforged Envoy Rogue. Have played him yet but I'm excited to play.

[@adamhbrennan]

Why would they need to rest? What would resting do for them physically? If they’re more like robots than golems, I could see up to 2-3 hours for self-repair/maintenance making sense…

[@Danger_OS]

I am currently working on an Envoy Artificer. Multiple tool proficiencies make for lots of rp in spellcasting and crafting possibilities!

[@justnoob8141]

Any class that can turn warforged into Heavyarm Gundam

[@johnrushman1586]

Im using a tinker gnome that uses a Warforged as a mech suit. Sweet

[@Nerdarchy]

Sounds like fun. With the latest UA you can basically play a warforged or robognome. Nerdarchist Dave

[@ultimateninjaboi]

I'm currently running an Envoy Battle Master Fighter. Little Charisma, lotta Dex, little Con. But using a heavy crossbow and using things like Maneuvering and Commanders Strike, as well as Rally. Commander Roger Rogers. Battle Droid Army Commander.

[@nullpoint3346]

Wait, this is his basement!? It looks so nice.

[@schemage2210]

Yeah I have actually just rolled up a envoy warforged tempest cleric for an upcoming game. With a base AC of 18 and the option to use a shield for a total AC of 20 AT level 1, it is rather insane. More then a little broken even.

[@thorson7842]

I'd like to see how you would put together a warforged blacksmith

[@Ibeatgod689]

Warforged Forge Cleric. With his god being Gond as the true neutral god of reckless inventiveness which you can flavor as the reason warforged exist. My character calls to Gond by calling to "Father". Fun times.

[@dracoargentum9783]

Warforged Skirmisher Mystic Soul Knife he doesn’t speak, just makes noises like the Manochiwan from the Fifth Element. His flaw is that while waiting he unconsciously makes a ticking Predator-like noise. He is a completely hidden security system for the group.