The Flurry of Darkness: D&D Build

[@DnDDeepDive]

Errata: I talk about our Initiative being +11 when we get to add our Wisdom mod. Turns out 4 + 3 = 7, not 11. /facepalm - I think I must have included proficiency bonus in there for some reason.

[@trevorgreenough6141]

On this, the race Harengon add their proficiency bonus to initiative. There may be something with this.

[@jonathankelly4222]

15 whispers bard/3 assassin/2 paladin. Ready go! Psychic Blades + Sneak Attack + Divine Smite + Banishing Smite.

[@dominicdupuis2134]

Thank you I had the same question

[@th30nlyb4um4]

I have a qestion, regarding the Nova Round. Calling the Echo is a Bonus Action and Flurry of Blows is too. How do you get to 10 Attacks in that round? Have I missed something? The Echo is pretty visible and has only 1 HP, so you can't really call it as setup before the Fight.

[@DnDDeepDive]

@@th30nlyb4um4 I think you can, actually. It lasts indefinitely, so there's no reason to need to spend a BA in combat to get them out. Now, sure, an enemy might target them and take them out, but honestly, if so, that's a win for your team. You just wasted an enemies action and you can call your Echo back next round no problem.

[@brothertaddeus]

I love the idea of an Echo Knight Drunken Master... a tipsy sway so convincing that your enemies start seeing double!

[@ISAACcookie]

Druid with conjure animals: "look at what they need to mimic a fraction of our power"

[@DnDDeepDive]

Stupid Conjure Animals! /shake fist

[@shawnyadeadhomie]

There's no summoning at my tables, it slows combat down too much

[@dgauthreaux4522]

My Bard has Animate Objects and a Bag of Holding full of hammers. That's 10 flying minions controlled with a bonus action.

[@SergioR00]

@@shawnyadeadhomieBanning all summonings altogether is 👎

[@shawnyadeadhomie]

@@SergioR00 familiars, paladin steeds and animal companions are fine. But anything else, nah. It gives one player way more turns than everyone else and drags combat to a halt. I've found it's more fun for the table this way.

[@rantdmc]

At last! the ultimate "see how many attacks we can get in our nova round!" build! And another awesome Colby - Dungeon Dudes collaboration! My joy is unconfined!

[@BLynn]

The Flurry of Darkness: D&D Build #142 Level 1:(see above) [fighter 1, fighting-style & race] Level 2:(see above) [monk 1] Level 3:(@15:51) [monk 2] Level 4:(@18:00) [monk 3 & sub-class] Level 5:(@22:33) [monk 4 & ASI] Level 6:(@23:43) [monk 5] Level 7:(see above) [ranger 1] Level 8:(@29:31) [ranger 2 & fighting-style] Level 9:(@32:30) [ranger 3 & sub-class] Level 10:(see above) [fighter 2] Level 11:(@36:47) [fighter 3 & sub-class] Level 12:(@40:06) [druid 1] Level 13:(@41:17) [druid 2 & sub-class] Level 14:(see above) [ranger 4 & ASI] Level 15:(@48:58) [fighter 4 & ASI] Level 16:(@49:22) [druid 3] Level 17:(@50:06) [druid 4 & ASI]

[@gilgamesh1973]

Instead of flurry of darkness, the elements of your subclasses suggest Oktoberfest! Drunken master, Spore Druid for the yeast, gloomstalker for the “dark” beer, and echo knight for seeing double when drunk.

[@MyRegularNameWasTaken]

Now I'm just imagining some guy in lederhosen coming out of the darkness and murdering me with a million blows, thanks

[@jordanprice6457]

The mutual fanboying between Colby and the Dudes has been potentially my favorite result of either videos resulting from the multiclass ranking series

[@anthonyherbert190]

Im guessing Monk, Echo KNight. Im one minute in lol

[@BobbyKnuckles21]

And gloom stalker

[@LoreFoundry]

Open hand with rune knight?

[@anthonyherbert190]

I’m still behind but I’m guessing Drunken Master and Gloom Stalker is somewhere in here lol

[@anthonyherbert190]

I WON A HIGH FIVE FOR GUESSING DRUNKEN MONK. WOO

[@gregbowen2477]

​​@@BobbyKnuckles21that combo can get you to 12 attacks on the first round of combat as of level 16: (3 for fighter level 11 +1 for unleash incarnation +1 for dread ambusher) all ×2 with action surge =10 and then +2 from flurry of blows with the bonus action.

[@Satchel_Gizmo]

WAIT WAIT WAIT IS THIS THE ECHO KNIGHT GLOOMSTALKER MONK? Or just Echo Knight and Monk? Either way, I'm HYPED

[@fahrai4983]

Gonna predict echo knight gloomstalker beast barbarian monk. 0:39

[@kiksss3693]

„We take druid levels of course 😊“ had me crying for a solid minute 😂

[@TheKilogram1000]

Thinking of the Bugbear, long limbed, drunken fighting, another name for this build could be the Gorilla. You have a connection to nature as a Ranger, and you have the ambush tactics of a Gorilla mauling some guy with no real fighting strategy other than brute strength and dexterity. You could play a Gorilla Grodd type character that just mauls their opponents.

[@bigaj6901]

Guerilla? Because gloomstalker 😂

[@PsychoMonkie]

just don't call him a MONK-ey 😅

[@SteampunkGent]

The last 2 levels, why not War Cleric? Gets an extra bonus attacks "From 1st level, your god delivers bolts of inspiration to you while you are engaged in battle. When you use the Attack action, you can make one weapon attack as a bonus action." and at 2nd Guided Strike "When you make an attack roll, you can use your Channel Divinity to gain a +10 bonus to the roll"

[@Phendorana]

I think it's because they already get bonus action attacks from monk, and guided strike can only be used on one of the 10 attacks

[@Rimedane]

Background: Dealer Choice, Stats:15Dex- 15Wis-15Con-Rest deal choice, Race: Bugbear, FightS: Superior Tech: Trip Attack. (10:00) Lvl 1: Fighter 1 (14:30) Lvl 2: Monk 1 (17:30) Lvl 3: Monk 2 (--------) Lvl 4: Monk 3: Drunken Master (--------) Lvl 5: Monk 4: Dex (18)+ (--------) Lvl 6: Monk 5: Extra-Attack, Stun Strike (--------) Lvl 7: Ranger 1: Expertise in Stealth (--------) Lvl 8: Ranger 2: (--------) Lvl 9: Ranger 3: Gloom Stalker (------) Lvl 10: Fighter 2: ACTION SURGE (------) Lvl 11: Fighter 3: Echo Knight (------) Lvl 12: Druid 1: (------) Lvl 13: Druid 2: Spore Druid Symbiotic Entity (+d6 Necrotic Damage for Melee Strikes) For these later levels, it's dealer's choice. (You could technically also skip druid levels in favor of more ranger or monk if that fits better) (------) Lvl 14: Ranger 4: ASI/Feat, Dex (20) (------) Lvl 15: Fighter 4: ASI/Feat, Wis (18)+ (------) Lvl 16: Monk 6 or Druid 3 Druid Preferred b/c Magic. (------) Lvl 17: Druid 4 (If lvl 16 took Druid 3): ASI/Feat, Wis (20) 18+ Dealer Choice

[@catshitonthecarpet8520]

This is what I came to see. Would be sweet if Colby included it in the description or pinned your comment

[@Rictavio27]

@@catshitonthecarpet8520you know that Colby’s livelihood is based on people watching to the end of the video and comments that spoil the entire build encourage people to not watch to the end of the video. He absolutely shouldn’t pin this or include the entire build in the description

[@Leonardo-fv4vu]

​@@catshitonthecarpet8520His library of write-ups is a way for him to get some money from these videos, and this is basically giving it for free. He's being nice not deleting this comment.

[@catshitonthecarpet8520]

@@Leonardo-fv4vu Ah that makes sense. I haven’t seen the write-ups but would guess they have a lot more detail in them, like other branches, and comparisons of damage differences for different options

[@windpeoples]

Your multiclass builds are something I always look forward to, even though my GM would kill my PC if I did a 4-class build. Still, so much fun!

[@joshd4119]

The rock music intro was perfect for this build. You're Character Sheet Domain saint

[@PjotrV1971]

I'm glad you gave us the "Barbaladin" in the outtakes there, I'm currently playing one! (So far she's just a Paladin but those Barbarian levels are coming soon.) Going for Conquest Paladin 17/Zealot Barbarian 3. Trying to get that extra damage in with Divine Fury+Smite, plus Radiant Consumption from Scourge Aasimar.. Excited to see if it'll work as well as I'm hoping!

[@Haveuseenmyjetpack]

This was my original build framework from late 2022. Glad D&D Daily, the Dungeon Dudes, now D4 have made it popular so the wider community will be more likely to enjoy! You can do this with *any* combination of levels from three (3) different martial classes and one (1) half-caster-- with the right subclasses (beast barbarian, echo knight fighter, gloomstalker ranger, any monk, this particular build has druid which is an interesting twist!) -- starting at "5/3/3/3". If you can, try getting your DM to allow a Butcher's Bib type magical items, which will give you crits on 19s.

[@Xani13]

YES! I have been *WAITING* for this video to come out ever since Kelly suggested it! I even made notes about it so I wouldn't forget! ^_^

[@martinlewis8452]

Welcome back from vacation dude! Love a monk build ! They don't get enough love

[@EdsonR13]

I feel kind of ahead of the ball for once, I played a very similar build a couple of weeks ago for a level 20 two shot. Mine was an echo knight 11/ kensei 5/ gloom stalker 4, got up to a max of 12 attacks on the nova. Was really fun, melted a couple of big targets, some things do work better in the white room than in practice but still a great character.

[@Haveuseenmyjetpack]

where did you hear of this build out of curiosity?

[@EdsonR13]

@REASONvsRANDOM mostly figured it out myself just trying to get the most attacks available. At one point I thought about including beast barbarian too but I realized the claws only gave 1 extra attack per turn not per attack action, so it got switch for the monk in my final draft, came out less MAD that way too

[@Aaron-from-BroTrio]

I have a Way of Shadow Monk that has points in Fighter and Warlock. They are set up to cast darkness or fog cloud and fight inside with Flurry of Blows, Action Surge, and Extra Attack. Then it's time for a nap, lol. They have the Unarmed Fighting style, Devil's Sight, Hex, and the Alert feat. As a Pact of the Chain Warlock with a bat familiar, they also have Blind Sight.

[@McTacoDelight]

Colby, I'm having one of those beautiful mind moments. Walk with me on this one; Mountain Dwarf Monk (subclass not super relevant, but I know Long Death doesn't get chosen often) +2 in Dex, +2 in Wisdom, point buy 8/15/14/10/15/8. At level 4 take Dwarven Fortitude, +1 Con (15 now), at level 8 take a +1 in both Dex and Wis then at level 12 take Durable +1 Con (16 now). At level 16 cap Dex. Now, whenever you want to Dodge you'll regain a minimum of 9 HP! Coupled with Long Death temp HP you're one durable dwarven dude (or dudette)!

[@Mordaris]

Most. Wholesome. And. Adorable. Commercial. EVAR.

[@andrewhazlewood4569]

A level 14 character can attack 11 times in the first round of combat (Echo Knight 11, Gloomstalker 3 with crossbow expert or pole arm master). Attack action, extra attack x2, unleash incarnation, dread ambusher. Action surge and repeat for another 5 attacks. Bonus action Crossbow expert attack or polearm butt attack for 11.

[@joshuahampton6141]

Alright! Pre-video guess based on thumbnail/title: I mean, Gloom Stalker / Echo Knight feels like the obvious synergy. With just 3 levels of each and 1 tier of extra Attack, you could get up to 8 attacks. 11 levels of Fighter gets you to 10 attacks easy, and of course you need a bonus action to get your echo into position, so... yeah, what else could you need? Ranger 3/ Fighter 11. The last 3 levels, assuming this is the route taken, could go many different ways. Druid would be fun, since you could go spores and spore up before the encounter, plus the added spell slots and synergy with ranger is nice; Rogue (Assassin) has obvious synergy, since making all 10 attacks with advantage and auto-crits round one is just money; Hexblade dip is obvious if you can afford the stats. Really, anything else works. I'd be curious to see what you get if you don't go ANY of those routes. Early Video: Flurry is in the title. How did I miss it. I don't know if I like it as much personally, but I get the appeal. XD Also... that quickened healing description, fade-in, and segment? /chef's kiss I'm sorry, a classic Disney Robin Hood reference? I think you might have made this one just for me, Colby. XD Post-Vid (Spoilers): Alright. Glad to see I was 90% right at least XD. The addition of monk surprises me as a decent option, but I'm glad it worked out. I personally feel like the build is a little light on "monk-flavor" for my taste, but glad to see it works and works well. I think just the Monk/Gloomstalker combo is awesome, and I actually really dig Monk/Echo Knight the more I think about the flavor of fighting alongside a shadow clone of yourself. Overall, pretty much what I expected, though the monk pick threw me.

[@B.J.Camire]

Lol, I never cease to be amazed that Magic Spoon has never written a script for content creators that has sounded believable. My favorite part of this one "My new favorite is Maple Waffle." *looks at box with 12g PROTEIN on the cover* "Their cereal has 13-14 grams of protein per serving." 🤣 Seriously though, if you're going low carb, they're one of your best options (and Maple Waffle is one of the better flavors), and they stand behind their money-back guarantee, so you really have nothing to lose by trying them out.

[@NotTheEnd7766]

One of the fun things to remember for Echo Knight is that your Echo is not considered a creature. So any ability or spell that specifies effecting or targeting a creature cannot be used on it.

[@Figgy5119]

I did a build a bit reminiscent of this combo recently for a mini campaign! Battle Master - Drunken Master - Circle of Spores Tortle with the Crusher feat. I used Shillelagh for my attacks, tripped people and flurry of blows'ed them and stumbled away and if that failed, just pushed them back with crusher. My Symbiotic Entity transformation lasted almost the whole big climactic battle even though I only had the 6 temp HP because of how well i could just end my turn not standing near anyone as well as some maneuvers to make me harder to hit and reduce damage. It was very satisfying!

[@johncostello4565]

Big fan of the OG music :)

[@KillerOfWhales]

Yay!!!! This is very similar to a build I’ve been playing for like two years, and it’s actually been surprisingly strong, especially as a nova build. Mine is a bit different because I happened to roll like straight 14-16’s for stats, which let me multiclass sorcerer and Paladin for more utility and nova damage instead of the Druid dip. Level 17 now and I’ve got 6 classes, actually, taking Peace Cleric 1 most recently for a kind of ridiculous extra power boost. I hadn’t considered spore Druid, though! Might take that for the last few levels.

[@vinspad3]

Okay. Came back to this build because i love jackie chan. 1) probably go that 6th level of monk 2) Also shore up that action surge so fighter 2 before going Ranger. 3) go Ranger 4 before Fighter 3 to get Alert - need to go first and having +4 dex + 3 Wis + Alert does that. 4) Canny for Perception - youre likely to go first in initiative, dont mess it up by not seeing your enemies and giving them surprise. Thats my changes up 12. Dont usually go beyond that so the rest is extra.

[@rubenantao2476]

Manger: this doesn’t spark joy Runk: this does spark joy

[@reaprcussion5703]

Hey D4! You should 100% love Quickened Healing for Monks from Tasha's, let me explain why! You're absolutely right that the feature is terrible in terms of Ki efficiency vs output, but you're actually thinking of using the feature in the wrong scenario. The specific piece that makes this an excellent feature is the fact that Ki comes back on a SHORT rest. The ability is, quite literally, quickened healing, DURING A SHORT REST. You spend any or all of your leftover Ki points that you didn't use in combat to heal up as much as you can(might save some hit dice for elongated fights or dungeon crawls) just before your rest completes, and voila, you regain all of your Ki points instantly. Quickened Healing!

[@haukikannel]

This build has 5 ki… there is no left after 2 rounds of combal!

[@cyeri]

I don't play D&D but your voice is so calming that I'll watch a vid every day before sleeping from here on out

[@mattdahm4289]

Thanks Colby!

[@josechacon9939]

Getting a shoutout from the dungeon dudes is awesome. You’re all legendary

[@obsidiandragon1385]

the fun thing is I have a build that can pull off 19 attacks in a turn(with eldritch blast) two levels fighter two levels hexblade six levels bladesinger ten levels sorcerer(I used divine soul but lunar is also strong) hand crossbow is our weapon which with hexblade uses charisma agonizing blast for invocation(and eldritch mind) grab crossbow expert as soon as possible bladesinger extra attack lets you cast eldritch blast and hand crossbow for 5 attacks then action surge for 10 with 16 spellcaster levels we get one 8th level slot which we can use to caste a quickened schorching ray (9 more attacks) if we use hexblades curse and hex we add 1d6+6 for each attack before modifiers on later turns we can quicken eldritch blast for 9 attacks per round at no resource cost we can make 6 attacks per round

[@KevinVideo]

Sorry that you're not feeling 100% at the time of recording today's video. I hope you get better real soon. =( Maybe someday I'll try Magic Spoon cereal if someone local sells it. Even with the discount, the shipping and exchange rate, plus taxes to get it across the border, hurt too much to justify the expense. I'm glad to see you getting sponsored. You've earned it. Hopefully the next attempt at monk goes better for One D&D. I've recently been revisiting the old D&D Next playtest, and there's no reason that monks shouldn't the additional attacks from Improved Flurry of Blows that, that playtest had. The Way of the Drunken Master bugs me. I could be so much better. WotC was too safe with this. It's like they didn't watch enough Jackie Chan films to make the subclass fully utilize how off-putting the drunken style actually is. At the very least, Drunken Technique should make your first attack be at advantage and increase your AC by 1. Pathfinder did this subclass slightly better. Totally thought you were going to do the druid dip earlier when you mentioned fungus and spores, not ranger, but happy to see druid later. Capping Wis at 20 is good, but I would have gone with Con +2 for an additional echo knight usage. The hair looks good. No more wings. A barbaliadin build sounds awesome. You should totally do one.

[@kwobbleguy9252]

37:52 you forgot about the critlander! That’s the next build of yours I plan on trying :)

[@alarin612]

Importantly, the echo is only destroyed if it's more than 30 feet from you at the end of your turn. This is great for jumping off cliffs and through portals and such to switch back before the end of your turn. Or if, like, a griffon picks you up and starts flying away with you.

[@Seraphim_MTG]

I built a similar character to this replacing monk with bladsinger, you get a ton from booming blade and shadowblade in a build like this. Oh, and Colby, you should try to build a strength-based bladesinger. If you build around grappling and cloud of daggers with a rune knight multiclass you can get to a sustained tier ranking of 77.5! (yes, literally number 1 in the chart).

[@KinMusicUK]

I challenged myself to make this even more monk-ish and I think I found something. Same as you suggested with bugbear, 3 gloom stalker levels, 3 echo knight, but then put all the rest in monk. Go way of the 4 elements monk, the only elemental form you need is fangs of the fire snake. You can then make 10 attacks with reach, and for more first round nova use all of your ki on the bonus fire damage. Not sure how it compares because of lack of advantage, but seems fun!

[@zyxophoj]

With that build, your arms and legs are Dhalsim-ing out to make 20-foot-reach melee attacks. If you're also a battlemaster, you can take lunging attack for 5 more feet!

[@ryadinstormblessed8308]

47:32 love the cartoon Robin Hood reference!

[@OutcastSpartan]

My immediate though was 8 levels in Mercy Monk for Flurry of Blows and Hand of Harm, with 11 levels in Fighter, for two extra attacks, and Action Surge, and one level in Warlock for Hex.

[@Theonemanoffire]

In hopes that you see this, could we get some more support builds? I love the damage builds just as much as the next guy but I’ve found a recent love for support in my current campaign

[@thebitterfig9903]

The build I sometimes think about for lots of attacks is a deep Drunken Master with a dip for Fey Wanderer. The bonus d4 psychic damage per attack works an unlimited number of times, but only once per target. High level Drunken Master gets an extra three Flurry of Blows attacks, but they have to attack different targets. In the end, you’re not all that different from a level 20 monk, and you need level 20 to fit in 17+3, but there’s something funny about a monk always blitzed on faerie wine.

[@kasbeeltherapriest3443]

So, I came up with/read about this build a while ago and while I wouldn't play exactly like this bc I live for concept rather than build, I'd like to hear your thoughts on it. Bugbear for surprise attack Need high charisma, going hexblade. Usual palalock, pala 2. hexblade x. And at some point add assasin rogue 3 for those juicy autocrits. Use a rapier. once you reach warlock 11, you can Divine smite, eldritch smite, banishing smite, and if surprised sneak attack and surprise attack, autocritting. Add 2 levels in grave cleric for path to the grave before hand. Thats 1d8+2d6(SneakA)+2d6(SurpriseA)+5d8(D.Smite)+5d10(BanishingSmite)+6d8(eldritchSmite), x2 on a crit, + 5 from cha, x2 from path to the grave. Once. Per. Short. Rest. In a single atttack you deal an average of 426 asuming crit and pathh to the grave. Take a nap and do it again, but I bet this can be improved. Thoughts?

[@calvintabor5734]

I've been theorizing this build for a new campaign, except im doing kensei because my DM let us have feats at level 1. Also, our DM has always let us add the bonus action to our action surge so i believe that is 12 attacks with flurry of blows. Insane. Very cool build.

[@jyabriel08]

What feat are you planning on taking? I have a kensei monk but other than mobile I haven't used many feats.

[@calvintabor5734]

@@jyabriel08 I'm starting with mobile, I might add on slasher so I can reduce the speed of a group of enemies and run away, with no chance of them catching up. Really emphasize the dipping in and out of the shadows

[@kelly0101]

God I love these little dungeon dudes builds, making these weird combos work. P.S. Fairy, rune knight, brawling and grappling with dragons and worms.😶‍🌫

[@KnicKnac]

Loving these Dungeon Dudes inspired builds. Could totally be a mini series. Hopefully you do one for each of their class multi class videos.

[@DnDDeepDive]

So far we're on target!

[@lewisgale62]

Imagine Colby building the ultimate Dnd party with different party roles and abilities that compliment each other

[@FallstarFL]

4 clerics.

[@JeffDuncan-n4x]

@@FallstarFL Four white mages? It'll never work.

[@SortKaffe]

4 monks for sure

[@FallstarFL]

@@JeffDuncan-n4x you seem to not understand the Versatility of clerics.

[@Hawaii_Foxx-0]

​@@JeffDuncan-n4xliteral worst take ever lmao

[@ayindehorton2803]

Nice to see you back Colby! Hope you had a wonderful vacation!🎉😊

[@Cimarb]

The kids are so cute! Remind me of my daughters when they were young! 🥰

[@sunofchaos3430]

I haven't played in maybe 2 years but I'm still subscribed because I love these videos 😊 Thank you for all your time and effort!

[@rambi5996]

This build gives me serious Noob Saibot vibes. Mortal Kombat is one of my favourite games so this sparks joy for me

[@TheElectrikCow]

My first thoughts were Action Surge + double Steel Wind Strike, but seems like it will be a martial character and that's cool too

[@DaekoTan]

Better yet, go Evocation Wizard with 2 levels in Fighter. Hold Person upcast, then Action Surge an Overchanneled Steel Wind Strike. Since it's a spell attack it can Crit (and Hold Person makes SWS Crit), giving your Nova round 600 total Force damage across 5 targets.

[@TheElectrikCow]

@@DaekoTan Oh that's awesome, and it would let you go almost entirely Wizard with just that 2 level fighter dip

[@DaekoTan]

@@TheElectrikCow Armor and Shield proficiency with Defense Fighting style too, plus you still have access to the Shield spell. Bump up that AC baby

[@TheElectrikCow]

@@DaekoTan Oh wait, just did the math, before taking into account things like enemy wis saves or AC, the combo would do 1200 damage, not 600, because of the auto crits

[@DaekoTan]

@@TheElectrikCow 6d10 per hit for 5 hits. Regular Overchannel is 60 x 5. 600 damage is right since it's double that. Unless you wanna throw in Grave Cleric vulnerability lol

[@UberVilla]

6:21 😩

[@JamesTaylor-oh1sd]

I saw ten attacks and thought it would be echo knight/gloom stalker, let's see if I'm right! As always, super excited for this week's build!!!!! Edit: I can't believe I didn't think of monk. This started out meh but went crazy at later levels which really surprised me. Hampton art never disappoints!

[@ChocolateFishBrains]

A lot of people say Echo Knight is too powerful but I'm firmly on the side that it is very mediocre. Rune Knight, Battle Master, and Eldritch Knight are all much more powerful subclasses with more versatility. My version of Monk / Ranger was Battle Master Fighter 3 / Gloom Stalker Ranger 3 / Way of Shadow Monk 14. Started off Monk and went to level 6 for the BA teleport, then took the Ranger levels and then the Fighter levels, and finished off with Monk. What made it so powerful was that I was using a hand crossbow with crossbow expert, sharpshooter, and archery fighting style. All that bonus damage really adds up when you make so many ranged attacks.

[@bigweight4723]

I did something similar, without the monk, with 5 gloom and 3 fighter and 1 warcleric you still get 9 attacks in the first turn, but at level 9 instead of 11 (same with 5 fighter, and you enjoy more ASI instead of more spells)

[@unreliablemc]

I wrote off quickened healing early on playing monk, but found it’s a great ability to use up remaining ki to heal prior to taking a short rest if, like me, you’re playing in a game without a lot of healing options and you take regular short rests. I’m playing my monk in the dungeon of the mad mage and our team of 4 has no healing spells and my monk is the only melee character, so I take a lot of damage compared to everyone else in the party.

[@mahanshah5046]

I have a character concept inspired by things you said in this video A hit and run build : A monk druid who casts heat metal and bolts😂 the increase speed that the monk gets the enemy can't get to them to break their concentration. But of course you are the master here

[@wandrilleturle36]

Really happy you enjoyed my country 😊

[@naum2099]

37:50 I could be wrong, but if my memory serves me right, you also used echo knight on the critlander to smite a gazillion time in a round lol... Anyways, glad to hear your vacations went great ^^

[@Sualokin3]

A cool headcannon I thought of while listening to this character build is that they experimented with their druid spores by mixing it into their drinks and it caused some weird side effects (like the echo night part)

[@philwalsworth4085]

Thanks so much Colby! Glad you had a good vacay, get some rest!

[@Crestlinger2]

The darkness? Insomnia! Perfect tie in to the jet lag look.

[@Brandonrod]

Ik how u can do 10 attacks with a component build that also has good sustain. If u do echo knight and barb u can do 10 attacks in one turn at level 11 with echo incarnate in conjunction with reckless attack, action surge, polearm master(bonus action hit) and GWM.

[@spikehammer3112]

I am only getting 9 attacks. 3 attack action 1 echo attack 3 action surge attack 1 echo attack 1 BA attack from GWM, but that is chance based, PAM for guaranteed. You don't get the echo attack on the bonus action, so I am not sure where the last attack is coming from.

[@Brandonrod]

@@spikehammer3112 I forgot to put bonus action Polearm master and then u can do another echo incarnate(I think). If u don’t get the additional attack on bonus attack Polearm master then 9

[@JHutch-ts4nl]

I think monks should get ki points based on their Dex mod+wisdom mod + prof bonus. It would reduce the total number available at higher levels, but it would scale up well, and start the monk with more ki. To balance that even further. Ki could be restored on a long rest fully, or a limited amount on a short rest. You could also scale the unarmed strikes from a d4 to a d12 having it increase at levels 4,8,12, and 16. It might also be cool to have a feature that allows you to continue striking the enemy as long as you don’t miss. Spend a Ki point on each strike, but you can keep striking if you keep hitting. That would make flurry of blows scale on par with every other class, and it would make the player HAVE to manage their Ki. So long as they need a long rest to fully recover.

[@tolveor]

a long limbed drunken master bugbear is a fantastic image. My immediate thought for weapons would have been something like nunchucks or some type of flail in both hands dual wielding

[@TheMadHexa]

Awesome Video 😊 Little Side Info: There drunken Master originated when the Shaolin Monks got granted the right to drink Alcohol. So townbullies often used the Advantage of encoutering drunken Monks to beat them Up. So the Monks adapted the Drunken Master Style. So the bullies did no longer knew If the Monk is really drunk or just acting as if.

[@christophermadsen7245]

I have a build that works mostly the same works great. No monk use maul for gwm. 12 echo 4 gloom 4 spores. Lots of asi for stats and feats. Alert mobile gwm crusher. Plays mostly the same and dont have to worry about your echo be killed dropping your damage from no flurry of blows. Can us str instead of dex with plate and can 1h a mace or something with a shield against high ac enemies.

[@richardboyd1790]

Colby, your dad vibes are wholesome.

[@ikaros4464]

Before watching: my guess is fighter 11/Gloomstalker 3/Beast 3/monk 3 4 attacks on turn 1 plus a free claw attack plus 4 more attacks from action surge, plus flurry of blows for two more. Thats 11 on turn 1, but then it drops to 6 for the next 2 turns, then down to 5 until the next short rest.

[@wanderingshade8383]

I've been trying for the past half a week to make a build which maximizes the power of the Wildfire Spirit from the Wildfire Druid and have ended up with really wacky ideas and I'm not even sure if half of them work lol. I would love to see what you can come up with Colby cause my ideas are WILD.

[@SkyrimCartographer]

Your kiddos randomly popping in tlfor the commercial was really funny and a delightful surprise. Your daughter pulled off the "eyes" look your wife pulled on you from a vid way back when did a candle ad. Had me dying. 😂👌

[@DnDDeepDive]

You remembered! 😂

[@dezwartemaan]

Ya know, that bugbear 2d6, only happens cb once per combat. “Surprise Attack. If you surprise a creature and hit it with an attack on your first turn in combat, the attack deals an extra 2d6 damage to it. You can use this trait only once per combat.” When you hit it with an attack, not attack action. So your damage output will be much less. The 2d6 on first attack is nice. Adding the rogue/assassin sneak on a single attack… would be nice. Assassin getting the crits... adds dice. Maybe f Dueling fighter style? That +6 to each would be nice too

[@marshallwilver8831]

Your monk ranger build is actually the first video if yours I saw. I was playing a goblin monk in a campaign, and the way that our DM ran some thing we basically got to cross train in to another class and get three free levels from going to “college” I was deciding between Ranger and cleric and came across your video and the rest is history

[@SarJulem]

If you find a "set ability score to" items then more multiclass shenanigans are open to you at Med - High level of play - A pair of Gauntlets of Ogre Power or one of the "Belt of Giant Strength" items opens the way for Barbarian levels to be added into the mix for reckless attack at range via the echo, go 3 levels for ancestry barbarian that gives all attacks that are not against you to be at disadvantage to one enemy per turn -> attacks against your echo is at disadvantage - A headband of intellect opens the way to Blood Hunter for Lycan's resistance to non-magical, non-silver physical damage, +1 to AC while not wearing heavy armor and +1 to melee damages, + haemocraft die to all weapon attacks via Crimson Rite (so either fire, cold or lightning damage) also blood maledict: Curse of the marked for double haemocraft die of damage for 1 round

[@SarJulem]

Forgot to mention that Lycan Blood Hunter gets bonus action unarmed strike for free if at least 1 unarmed strike was used in the attack action - this is allowed while wearing armor and/or using shields

[@willjgonzalez]

Your videos are consistently phenomenal and entertaining.

[@axel-virus5933]

It was a rare case when the ad was really good )) Unfortunately, In our country we don't have this cereal 😅

[@michaelfratt9574]

Would love to see a blood hunter profane soul wizard or artificer multi class for damage and tanking! Love your content Colby!

[@gyletre675]

Quickened healing is not bad if you have the ki to use it right before taking a short rest. It is basically a free upgrade to the healing you get in that scenario. You probably won't though at the level you get it.

[@linkatronic]

Love this 4 class build! What do you think is the most number of classes you could load into a viable build? Theoretically, you could get 5 different subclasses in a lvl 17 build.

[@danielbeshers1689]

Cleric, Warlock, and Sorcerer each give subclass at level 1, Druid and Wizard are at level 2, meaning you can get 5 subclasses by level 7 (and have almost complete spell slot progression)

[@DnDDeepDive]

I know I've done 5 a couple of times before... don't think I've ever done 6...

[@k0pstl939]

Im going to play a character that is 4 classed with only 2 ability scores required and get those classes by level 9

[@Bigswordenergy-b7u]

​​​@@DnDDeepDivethink there's no real point in valuing making a well rounded character when you're at such a high level like 15 or 16 since your other party members (assuming they would have been single classed) would have access to utility and support or control stuff that are way beyond the features you'd be getting as a multi classed character since they're ment for lvl 6 at most. Getting some slightly higher level spell slots and spells like sleet storm and call lighting feels pointless if it's at lvl 16. I think you made the right call by going for asi though but after getting wis to 18 it would be cooler to go roge assassin to see how far we can push it and test the limits. since we already threw our dignity when we made an echo knight multiclass build. Plus the funniest thing about this build is the idea of of presenting it to your dm and other players as ''here's my echo knight fighter/gloomstalker ranger/drunken master monk/assassin roge/spores druid character'' and seeing the reactions of confusion from the other players mixed with the fear from the dm and then when the moment comes use 10 different features that aren't compatible with each other thematically and drop 300+ damage and maybe get killed off by an angry dm

[@lokimidknight7319]

I'm playing an echo knight/rogue in a campaign now. I would not consider it broken, but it is a hell of a lot of fun. The echo actually provides a ton of utility and creative ways to solve non-combat problems, but still often lags behind a non-optimized full caster.

[@bustinboffa4297]

This build reminded me of a burst damage build I made a while ago, and it has the most ungodly multiclassing I've ever seen. Echo Knight Fighter 4, Gloom Stalker Ranger 3, Assassin Rogue 3, Hexblade Warlock 4, and Bladesinger Wizard 6. If my math was right, it could deal well over 1k damage in one round, assuming everything hit lol

[@camg77]

If you were to dip into Beast Barbarian instead of Spores Druid, you could add another attack to your action with Form of the Beast by picking the Claws option, upping the build to 12 attacks with the Action Surge from Fighter. Maybe slightly less damage since it would require more claw attacks than longsword, BUT more survivability with Rage and the better chances to hit those flurry of attacks with Reckless Attack.

[@kclubok]

In my mind, the assumption that you are able to get Hunter's Mark off before combat begins is equivalent to the assumption that you are able to get surprise. So it's a bit unfair to say that this build outperformed the previous Assassin build, when you are subjecting the other one to more stringent assumptions than this one. Conversely, that assumption means that this build would benefit a ton by taking Assassin at the end. Also, since you are unlikely to get Hunter's Mark off unless you are in stealth, you might as well assume that the first attack gets advantage, even before you get a familiar to help.

[@LordNerfherder]

Gs3, half elf samurai 11 is perfectly fine for a build that wont be banned on most tables and still produces 8 attacks with tripple advantage already at lvl 14. Assassin 3 if you like cheese or dont mind frowns at the table.

[@ethanmorgan4980]

The fighter/drunken master combo was a possible route for a gestalt character I played several years ago in a Play by Post game. It was either that or fighter/kensei if he got his alcoholism under control. Fun game. Fun combo!

[@Fallout2008]

Beast Barbarian 5/ Gloom 3/ Echo Fighter 3. This also gives you 10 attacks at level 11. 1st round is 10 attacks as its Rage, Glave, claw, claw. Glave+1d8. Echo attack. Repeat. 2nd round onward has BA butt and losses the ranger and echo attacks. Build this bad boy out. This monster is what I've been playing. DM is shocked at the damage it can do. Same race to get that +2d6 sneak.

[@flamefyr]

Welcome Home Colby! ❤

[@actmanomega]

Welcome back! Also this build is so dope

[@steel5315]

At this rate Bugbear is becoming the new Custom Lineage and I love it! Edit: Also if you do Drunken Master again could you do a build with Centaur the move speed on them just makes the combo so amazing!

[@parkerwalaitis2890]

Just wait until people start trying to argue that bugbear can use elven accuracy

[@TheJaraVerse]

Recently found and subbed your channel. Absolutely love D&D and MUDs. Keep up the awesome work!! 🎉

[@eleishar18]

Well, I found your channel thanks to that episode of Dungeon Dudes ;) Also, WOW.

[@jamesalgeo9104]

Why not go Fighter 11/Monk 3/Ranger 3? The fighter levels would give you extra ASIs and improved extra attack. With subclass features you would get 6 attacks (2 attack actions)+ 2 attacks (Dread Ambusher)+2 attacks (Unleash Incarnation)+ 2 attacks (Flurry of blows) for a total of 12 attacks, 10 0f which can be made with weapons, giving you a potential 10d10+2d4+26d6+80 damage.

[@k0pstl939]

Love the build so far! But wouldnt the initiative bonus at level 9 only be +7, not +11?

[@reaprcussion5703]

Otohan Thull sittin down with some snacks to watch this video like "ooh sounds interesting"

[@Olden2610]

I'm less then 10 minutes in, and already put like on that :D Really funny ad idea!