How to Play Frieza in Dungeons & Dragons (Dragon Ball Z Build for D&D 5e)

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Today we have a build for Frieza, the ultimate Dragon Ball Z villain in Dungeons & Dragons! Beating Goku in D&D 5e should be pretty easy when you've got this many forms.
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[@johndipietro9301]

"I beat Krillin accidentally while making a grilled cheese once." *Krillin owned counter: *ding**

[@nemohimself2580]

The one spell Lord Frieza can't learn: Wish.

[@aidanedwards8931]

I don’t even watch Dragon Ball and I get the joke

[@Dragongamz1]

Gonna need a Senzu Bean for that burn

[@SprayInk-And-CritGlitch]

@@Dragongamz1 maybe some ultra holy water too

[@SkoomaGodDovahkiin666]

​@@Dragongamz1 Senzu beans can only heal physical injuries.

[@personman2454]

Considering Freeza’s body’s is actually bio armor, him wearing armor does make sense. He even wears some in his first form, so it would be accurate.

[@EMbrokehp]

"Oh, come now. If I'm really as evil as you say I am, then let a god strike me down where I stand!" *Pelor divine intervenes, but Frieza makes the saving throw* "Ha! Nice try, jackass! Next time give it your A-game!"

[@susanwalls3580]

Freiza - "You don't seem to understand monkey, I am the mighty lord Freiza. I own you! I own this planet! In fact... Roll A Death Saving Throw for this planet!"

[@jeremybrink3058]

Wait I was concentrating on a spell for a second there, what?

[@ltphantomknight8942]

I wonder if happen if the world did roll a death saving throw

[@lucario5748]

Ah, Namek was making death saving throws! That's why it took so long to explode after he blasted it!

[@burningcole2538]

"No. No, no, no. NO!" "DM, what's wrong?" "Your characters are actually dead this time" "Yeah, real mature.....Oh god you're serious"

[@StarkMaximum]

Fun fact: In the DBZ fighting games, most of their special attacks are obviously references to moments in the show, and these moves are named to reference what they say during that moment. USUALLY this is the move's name, but sometimes, DBZ characters don't name a move they use, they just smirk out a one-liner. Because of this, I am proud to inform you that if you look at Frieza's special move list in FighterZ, you will find that one of his special moves is called, in its entirety, "You might not survive this time." Yes, it's capitalized like that, and yes, it has a period.

[@Kugrox]

Good information for anyone whose never watched a single episode, but I imagine anyone who clicked this video already knows this. Btw, did you know that the main character of Dragonball Z is actually not named Dragonball, in fact, the main characters name is Goku! Fun Fact, his name isnt Goku and he's not a Dragon! THE MYSTERY THICKENS

[@StarkMaximum]

@@Kugrox Wow. I understand why Tulok likes to publicly shame shitty comments on his Twitter now.

[@sethyboyyy]

I go to church with the original Frieza voice actor

[@jonathanrich9281]

Linda Young?!

[@sethyboyyy]

@@jonathanrich9281 yup

[@kylevidauri4869]

Huh... neat.

[@erikwilliams1562]

So you go to Genkai’s shrine?

[@LuxOffertor]

Source: Dude, trust me

[@GJxPoison]

Frieza is a wizard? It.....It.... It makes so much sense now. The anger at idiocy (Team Four Star 4TW). The ego. The solving combat in a single move with overkill death. Yep wizard.

[@StinkerTheFirst]

You're right! Bardock mouths off to Frieza, and Frieza basically says, "What was that, Person within fireball range?" Then fireballs the entire planet.

[@Slender_Man_186]

Except he wears armor and can take more damage than he gives out somehow.

[@virulentskills225]

He never trained a day before ressurection F, sorc fits a bit better imo

[@SkoomaGodDovahkiin666]

>Wizards >Egotistical Right, because fighters with their yee yee ass swords who think they'll survive in a fight against a fuck huge god aren't high on themselves.

[@SkoomaGodDovahkiin666]

​@@Slender_Man_186 That and he didn't die from 1d4 Nappa's BS damage.

[@phffffbt]

"The one good thing Krillin has, destructo disk." Well. That and the hottest girl in DBZ

[@Buttstonutts]

It's cannon that krillin scores the best girls

[@dunker-roo9552]

I like trashy girls too lmao

[@fatethefox]

Krillin doesn"t have 18 18 has Krillin

[@thefoundinghollow520]

Android 21

[@TimeLord675]

@@fatethefox Lucky bastard. lmao

[@kingdomkey01]

I love these builds that don’t need to be armed to be dangerous. Now I’ve just got to figure out what triggers each transformation.

[@lucario5748]

I think the forms were: 2nd (Enhance Ability? I'm least sure about this one) 3rd (Haste) 4th (Tasha's Otherworldly Guise) Golden (Foresight + Tasha's)

[@bmeisteryaboi6322]

@@lucario5748 you're good, thats all of them

[@kevinhedgeus1909]

Got nothing to say about the build, just wanted to say that that transition into the sponsor was as smooth as warm butter.

[@babzm.1666]

I'd like to acknowledge how nice Tulok's hair is.

[@liamhammond3280]

Honestly silky as H*CK

[@jace6221]

"accidentally beat Krillin while making a grilled cheese once it was wild" 😂

[@FanOfMostEverything]

Plot twist: It was actually Yamcha. He'd shaved his head after losing a bet.

[@WalkinStereotype]

Krillin Owned Count (+1) 40

[@arcticbanana66]

I mean, credit where it's due, we all give Krillin a lot of shit but he _is_ one of the top ten most powerful beings in the universe.

[@tibboocelot9272]

Woke up, expected, wanted and anticipated Anakin for an upload on May 4th. Another day, another day.

[@Matsiv25]

He sorta did Anakin already with his Vader build. He just went from Anakin to Darth Vader by 3rd level when he went Sith

[@tibboocelot9272]

@@Matsiv25 I'm aware, yet in that same video Tulok specified that an Anakin and a Vader build would be very different. Hence the need for Anakin to have his own, separate character composition from that of Vader.

[@garrettlaturski6703]

I completely forgot it was May the fourth be with you

[@vernonhampton5863]

@@Matsiv25 I disagree. If you look up a lot of the versus videos by guys like Antoine Bendele, you'd see the comparison. Vader is a very different creature than Anakin Skywalker. Anakin was the Lebron James of Jedi, physically gifted and a dominant powerhouse. Vader was Allen Iverson, excelled despite his disadvantages.

[@demi-femme4821]

Ani would probably be a STR Paladin, too. Sure, he has mad hops, but mad hops come from STR. Also, his fighting style is Djem So, which is basically "STR-based Fighter, the Lightsaber Form".

[@keeganwolters3837]

I was curious why he was a Wizard but then I remembered he bad to study and train to get his golden form. Wicked

[@sigurdgram]

With goku as a sorcerer and frieza as a wizard, I have come to realize that to make homebrew rules for a DBZ game in 5e, you just remove the concentration limit. You can still lose concentration, but you can spend a couple rounds screaming and charging your ki to cast a stack of buffs on yourself.

[@aformofmatter8913]

Also double everyone's hp

[@lucasm.3864]

The Custom Lineage option really opened up a ton of opportunities for this series.

[@Kugrox]

It always existed, Rule 0 of DnD, supported by Wizards of the Coast, declares and confirms 100% that you can change and alter any ruling as well as legally and lawfully rules as written and rules as intended, create your own races, subclasses, and even weapons and spells as you see fit. The only guiding factor that must be adhered to is Table Acceptence, if everyone rules that its ok, then you can legally add it to the game. Custom Lineage always existed. In fact, my table has been using Tasha's for years, before it was even created, because all Tasha's does is knocks out the nay sayers that are afraid of homebrew, and creates guidelines for homebrew.

[@zswords]

One thing I love about sickening radiance is that it is a very early kill spell. (if, the thing takes exhaustion, and you can force it to stay in the bubble long enough to fail 6 saves. and it isn't already dead from the stuff keeping it in the bubble and the raw damage as is.)

[@Morathor]

Well now that you dunked on the guy, Krillin build when?

[@KINFIN123]

Krillen’s literally the most powerful human, and has a move that OHKs anyone he can actually hit with it (that he just frequently forgets to use because he’s got other concerns messing with his head or Allies he doesn’t wanna hit in the crossfire). And before you call BS, remember, Vegeta told Nappa to dodge because the disk would have butchered the bald saiyan, Frieza managed to dodge and still lost a part of an extremity, And Buu had regeneration that made it moot. The only person to ever tank one of those was Cell and Cell was basically at his peak when that happened. Anyone Else and a clean hit and the Kienzan would be deadly 100%.

[@burningcole2538]

"My signature technique! Solar Flare!" *escapes* 'Wait, that's not my signature technique it's the kinezo-' "Oh god damn it!"

[@arcticbanana66]

I mean, credit where it's due, we all give Krillin a lot of shit but he _is_ one of the top ten most powerful beings in the universe.

[@RogueHippie13]

@@KINFIN123 Slight correction, Cell never tanked the Destructo-Disc. That scene was pure filler

[@mptran217]

If ling wins the vote I feel like LinGreed would be more interesting than just Ling. It’s the “ultimate defense” vs “Guy with sword”. Then again, I watched your king Bradley video and I enjoyed it.

[@phffffbt]

He might do both. Rogue for Ling's normal stuff then becoming an Arcane Trickster to get Sheild and alter self from the wizard spell list.

[@thunder_bug_1451]

Armstrong isnt guy with sword its guy with FIST

[@zenpaulpacheco2607]

Technically the 1st to 3rd form is just Frieza nerfing himself to not be as powerful. He only ever has 1 beneficial form with the Golden Frieza form.

[@BilboBaggMan]

they are all beneficial. they make his fights more interesting.

[@liamwhite3522]

Ah yes, the best way to make an unbeatable character, without many flaws except on the RP side: 1 fighter, 19 wizard.

[@SkoomaGodDovahkiin666]

Reject Theatre kid playstyle, Embrace warcrime school wizard.

[@christiangriffith9340]

quan chi or shang tsung would be cool since necromancers dont get a lot of love

[@danc6167]

If you had teenaged me that it would be possible to play Frieza in D&D, I would have gone ballistic. Thanks for another awesome build

[@falloutguy132]

ohhh I have no idea how he's going to build Frieza and I am excited to see this one play out.

[@jacobandrews554]

Yes!!! Was hoping you would make a build for Frieza! Thank you so much! Lets see how much my ideas match up with yours!

[@patrikrathousky5791]

I put transformation into your transformation; now you can transform while you transform.

[@stevencooper564]

Ling! I played Armstrong in a campaign already. It's just oath of the crown/way of the open fist with the optional rule for specialty monk weapons, a pair of caestus with the stats of a club, now you smite With punches or even to cap off a flurry of blows. He was a lot of fun.

[@StinkerTheFirst]

Yesh, that does sound like fun. Did you ever say something like this in character? "This tradition of Open Fist fighting style has been passed down the Armstrong family line FOR GENERATIONS!"

[@kozytime3232]

While I am sad with the charisma hit this build takes but I think it's a really good one. Nice job again mate.

[@rjc777]

If we ever get cell I feel that Simic Hybrid would be the best choice, with manta glide and something else

[@kbowman772]

Cell might be a warforged as an Android

[@nealenthenerd399]

@@kbowman772 With him being a Biological Android the Simic Hybrid probably makes more sense. You can still get the +1 AC too if needed.

[@lejandario7779]

I've been waiting for this for a while

[@numberbndl3763]

Hey neat! I was just thinking about how cool it’d be if you did this build!

[@Levyathyn]

I've been waiting for this one

[@jnhensley09]

Awesome Team 4 Star call out!

[@andresarancio6696]

Would have added Tenser's Transformation for the pure amount of transformations, but great regardless

[@reloadpsi]

Didn't it get nerfed?

[@nealenthenerd399]

@@skymanta1222 I mean the Fighter level gives Constitution Proficiency to help against it, 50 temp Hp is a lot of durability. Extra attack as well could be good as well. Now the rules on this is rather up in the air as it keeps changing but Unarmed Strikes could *maybe* count as a Simple melee weapon of the extra 2d12 damage (if not, just grab a weapon for a few rounds.) Can help with being in close combat like Frieza does even if it stops spell casting (but at that point, you do get to save on slots)

[@roseturck3468]

Tulok your hair is lookin' great! The builds are always good but now you're lookin' as good as the builds :D

[@Ryu_D]

Thank you for the episode.

[@jnascimento7023]

So you are saying that i can make even more puns in my tables while being completely immersive and lore friendly? yes plz

[@mdalsted]

*Freeza* A [custom lineage] wizard (with a level in fighter) and cruel, heartless tyrant who aspires to rule the entire universe, or even the multiverse.

[@mason-.]

Is this Mew 3? I'm confused

[@tulokthebarbrarian2033]

Its Mew Three's Alolan Mega Evo Gigantimaxed. Pretty straightforward

[@tralberti]

😅😂🤣

[@reloadpsi]

I like how this is a sort of mirror alt to the Goku build

[@Calthir]

WHOA WHOA WHOA. YOU'RE REAL?!!

[@pyron5277]

I'd have made Frieza a Lizardfolk, he has a tail, pointed teeth and weird feet that's pretty lizard like. Right off the bat you'd have an unarmored AC with your tough scales, unarmed attacks with your bite (but you can rp that you throw some punches too I don't think anyone cares) and the ability to make that same attack as a bonus action and heal from it. Then you can focus your entire build on the strong stuff

[@LocalMaple]

How to play Bofuri? Characteristic: You don’t want to get hurt, so you’ll max out your defense. Abilities: Tower shield. Provoke: Pokémon’s Follow Me. Cover: while you normally have a bad movement speed, you can teleport to protect your allies. Inspiration: passive buff to allied strength and agility. Devour: anything that touches your spell gets eaten, which also gives the wielder an HP and MP recovery. Paralyzing Shout: you can paralyze charging enemies. Hex: a bebuff spell. Counter: add your recent damage to your next attack. Additional skills that might be incorporated: Summon: you have a Flying Fortress turtle. Hydra: summon a three headed poison hydra for biting and flooding the arena in poison. Poison traps: capable of flooding areas with poison, or making a wall of poison. Atrocity: Giant Dragon/Demon form. Machine God: I Am Gundam! Loving Sacrifice: all allies within range gain your defense, or you take any hits they would receive. Also has passive healing and a defensive ward from outside ranged attacks.

[@Ulekius]

Damn, this looks good and I am not even all the way through. Great work and jokes as always. But why you gotta beat down my boy Krillin so much? Unless...

[@katelynfreeman5066]

I'm hoping that I'll see your takes on the Darkest Dungeon heroes sometime in the future.

[@simonacerton3478]

Good job on getting a sponsor!

[@attonthejedi]

Tulok why are you making me boost the algorithm by berating you for not doing a Star Wars build on Star Wars day... May the 4th be with you

[@zx_style]

Not going to lie, just a little sad that he didn't use the Frieza theme song from the movie. The one thing i wanted when i saw this pop up on my feed.

[@jaredpuwalski8545]

I would have gone for the Freeza ring tone from abridged.

[@zx_style]

@@jaredpuwalski8545 they are both the same 😂

[@reloadpsi]

It gets copyright claimed constantly. I don't just mean content ID either; I mean struck.

[@Starrku]

Next time i hit another D&D Session, i wanna go with this. This is perfect.

[@saiyanape6015]

Tulok the Barbarian built is why im waiting for .... soon it will appear

[@lincalmighty]

One thing to note about Empowered Evocation's interaction with Magic Missile. RAW: You only roll 1d4 and apply that roll to every dart of the spell. Empowered Evocation works on that single damage roll, meaning your 1d4 + 1 + Int gets multiplied to each dart. This can get pretty nasty. Edit: Also could have done 2 Fighter for the good ol' Anime Action Surge.

[@ssjbread2803]

I mean, you already get Haste, which is essentially just Action Surge but longer and with double movement

[@nealenthenerd399]

@@ssjbread2803 Yeah but action surge can let you cast 2 Leveled spells in 1 turn but Haste doesn’t.

[@noahabbe7960]

I thought it would be a lizard folk sorcerer for sure.

[@jaredpuwalski8545]

I think sorcerer would be a good fit since he was naturally that talented and didn’t train until Super.

[@noahabbe9107]

Different account same opinions tasha's optional stat distribution rule makes this even easier.

[@nealenthenerd399]

Well the big thing is. Frieza is an alien, not a lizard. As for naturally being talented, many setting have it that you still need to be born with Magic than just training. Having a much larger intelligence could just mean that you are just naturally more talented and understand Magic much easier than anyone else. (Like getting to prepare way more spells and have better casting modifiers)

[@TheOneWhoReportsForDuty]

Nappa is an amazing councilmen from the reign of King Vegeta and apparently started helping the orphaned prince for a few decades, I’d vote for him.

[@somenewguyyoudontknow8543]

May the 4th be with you tulok

[@anthonynorman7545]

I haven't watched the video yet, but I love the idea of it!

[@EricWilliams-ms3ro]

Now i await your build for Cell. Really love this build though, i think it captures alot of his flavor without giving up to much.

[@StarkMaximum]

Now CELL is a DBZ villain that I think DOES deserve above average Charisma.

[@reloadpsi]

@@StarkMaximum Warlock? He gets his powers from other people...

[@nealenthenerd399]

Simic Hybrid Draconic Sorcerer. A biological creation with the DNA of most D&D worlds most dangerous creatures. You can have him get a base 14 AC +Dex and bonus HP every level.

[@GodOfDeathCTX]

Bullying Krillin 2 mins into the video but not Yamcha!?

[@isaacgraff8288]

Who? That little joke who got blown up by a saibaman? I have that explosion as my Screensaver

[@reloadpsi]

I think it's because Krillin usually lasts long enough to take multiple beatings on screen whereas Yamcha does not. The way he always puts himself in the line of fire like that is why he's my favourite character.

[@Kugrox]

Because Yamcha isnt even worth insulting.

[@allielowry6191]

Tulok, you got some absolutely amazing hair 😳

[@brandongalvan6603]

This was my first time seeing Tulok's face. I was not ready.

[@spar117maschief8]

Oh wow this build is waaay different then mine lol. My idea was simple with getting high Chr and Dex with Con next in line, going for a Warlock-Sorcerer. I also figured that a Sonic Hybrid would resemble Frieza enough as well as the armored carapace helping out the mage armor you can cast for free as a Warlock’s Eldritch invocation.

[@HeartLockHex]

Awesome build as always man! Think you've almost done all the main cast of dbz at this point? 🤔

[@nealenthenerd399]

Can’t wait for the Bulma build.

[@ethanpalmer7555]

Wow frieza really puts death in the word death

[@maxlevirus]

Really cool build! But I think Frieza would also have Tenser's Transformation up his arsenal (becoming ridiculously buff is his thing as well, after all!)

[@PharaohOfTheDamned]

8:58 *Hello Future Me has entered the chat*

[@ForTheLaughingGod]

So unexpected. So impressive.

[@stevenstanton4988]

Thank you for this now I just need a dm to let me play this

[@JoeRose8]

Poor krillin. Being the world's strongest human means nothing in the world with aliens in it.

[@arcticbanana66]

I mean, credit where it's due, we all give Krillin a lot of shit but he _is_ one of the top ten most powerful beings in the universe.

[@reloadpsi]

To be fair, during the Cell saga there's evidence Tien might be stronger, but we never get any definitive proof either way. I still like to think it's Krillin.

[@biancabrooks280]

Tulock. Tulock, your hair is so pretty, I just wanna run my fingers through it. It looks so soft and silky. I just can’t even. I even watched the whole ad instead of just skipping like I do on other peoples videos.

[@marzchavoya990]

Please do a "Gladio and ignis " from FFXV. Love the content as always

[@alexfirefly1956]

Some great choices for spells... But also consider: Tenser's Transformation

[@galensturupcomeau1242]

That would be 100% buff mode Freeza

[@galensturupcomeau1242]

Or more accurately, Roshi's buff transformation.

[@CianDelano]

"The evocation wizard doesn't really get good stuff early, its a patience game." So, what, we wait like 5 Frieza minutes?

[@Zephyr_The_Robot]

Would love to see Hayden Tenno from Dark Sector in one of these

[@darkfograven570]

Hyped for Frieza

[@mastertadakatsu]

You can beat Krillin by making a sandwich? What do you do to Yamcha when you wake up?

[@reloadpsi]

His snoring has a similar blast yield to a saibaiwhatsit's explosion, so...

[@fluffyking94]

Freeza's race are actully called "frost demons" funny enough. Toriama has NEVER been really all that clever with his naming things.

[@nealenthenerd399]

Wasn’t that a Dubism? Like the Dub made it up?

[@nickhishmeh6562]

Most of the footage is from the namek fight with Goku. It is some of the best heights that action anime ever hits. Also they fought for a full season of anime so I'm sure there was plenty to pull from and not bother with that Super footage

[@midknightrockruff5844]

I really wish you could somehow reupload the princess mononoke

[@kidpsychotic7590]

Good segway bro👌🏻👌🏻

[@Apfeljunge666]

hmm I kinda thought we would get true polymorph but this makes sense as well.

[@MrCSisley]

Another great build again dude, but I'm surprised about one thing... I'm surprised you didn't use Eldritch Knight up to 6th Level. Get Cantrip into Weapon Attack as a Bonus Action (Punching) and Extra Attack (for that finally transformation) work wonders for flavour, if at the cost of not having higher level spells or Spell Mastery. And by going up to 6th level in Fighter, you also got an additional stat boost, or you could have picked Sorcery Initiate

[@nealenthenerd399]

Yeah but it does miss out on some big spells in the process.

[@0_Body]

Darth Frieza build for Star Wars day thanks Tulok

[@PapaPodo]

I'm going back and skimming for certain details, was an actual background listed and I missed it, or was that not included?

[@weirdguy1495]

Episode 284 of the Fire Emblem stats: Frieza. Frieza's pretty similar to the other Z fighters in that he's great at brawling and both types of magic. However, he's also good at authority since he's good at appealing to fear, and he's bad with heavy armor because whenever he transforms, that tends to break apart. His stats are all pretty high but especially his defenses.

[@jeremysmith686]

Has there been one for Junkrat? I can't figure out how to build him.

[@dcyphermanplays8233]

God damn it tulok I thought at first what do you mean take tough as your feat That's stupid {slash} God damn it that's a good idea

[@magenstaffarts]

Loving the DBZ build. ...damn it now I want Bardock.

[@dakotamcintire7419]

We appear to have the same hairdo. Not sure how this happened but hey. welcome to the club.

[@shiindaisuke3159]

You could also go the psychic route since Frieza does use psychic abilities like telekenesis.

[@EagleGamer15]

"If you want to shrug off Superman's punches" I see what you did there.

[@rene9adekni9ht97]

Sadly Enhance Ability isn't a wizard spell, so I recommend taking Enlarge/reduce, obviously using it to enlarge yourself for your second form.

[@nealenthenerd399]

Actually it is a Wizard spell as of the book Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything!

[@jessypeterson7162]

Can you do a video of your top strongest character builds and how you would make them even better? Like an anime power up version if u wanna say

[@NUMBER29__]

Nice

[@usernameunidentified175]

What race would you pick if you were to use this build in Adventurers League?

[@jeanrushmer8192]

Frieza strikes me as a power gamer

[@dragonboyjgh]

did i miss a tenser's transformation or was it just not there?

[@ladyvictoria820]

I looked it up, apparently Frieza is something called a "changling" which, I get the name cause he has so many forms but no where NEAR what a changeling is in dnd XD

[@DStrormer]

Yes... that's a good blaster.

[@DrakleStudios]

You did a fantastic job with this build, though I have to ask the following: Why wasn't Magic Initiate or Spell Sniper considered to acquire Eldritch Blast? I personally feel it's a great cantrip-level death beam, as it fires multiple beams just like his Death Beam attack in the various Dragon Ball games. With Magic Initiate you could also grab Magic Stone for his rubble attacks and get Amour of Agathys or Expeditious Retreat.

[@nealenthenerd399]

Charisma is the Dump stat of the build so Eldritch Blast wouldn’t be that very good. Plus the best part of Eldritch Blast is also Agonizing Blast as well which would require a 2nd feat. Firebolt is the more common damage type but is still the same damage dice.

[@nealenthenerd399]

Another spell that could work with spamming the energy is also Scorching Ray and Magic Missiles as well tho.

[@dylankebabking4056]

Any hopes for a Retsu Unohana build?