How to Play Loki in Dungeons & Dragons

[@LuckySketches]

Being known only as someone's brother is a real Thor spot for Loki.

[@Council_of_Ancients]

WOOOOOOW😂 well played😂

[@bye1551]

I guess you could say it's a... *Thor* n in his side...

[@remington14]

@@bye1551 I both hate you and love you.

[@bye1551]

@@remington14 then I have done my job well lol

[@michaelthomas8539]

He's all Thor up about it.

[@LuckySketches]

This build is great at two things: Getting into jail and getting out of jail. As is Loki himself

[@MagusAgrippa8]

I’m actually playing a trickery Cleric of Loki based on his female appearances in the comics. Her deception has saved the day a few times.

[@tulokthebarbrarian2033]

Trickery Cleric is so fun, one of my favorite PCs was a Trickery cleric / rogue mix.

[@MagusAgrippa8]

Tulok the Barbrarian Good lord, the damage you must’ve gotten with sneak attack and the poisonous divine strike.

[@kathluis2232]

Disappoint for no trickster cleric, its in the name man! plus getting to created duplicates, turn invisible, and deal poison damage as part of your Cleric Domain seems pretty spot on. Not all clerics heal :)

[@HitTheR0ad]

No Trickster hurts me the most lol

[@P-diddykong]

It's as if the trickery domain was made for Loki Fans

[@droman608]

Need more CLERIC BUILDS!

[@ChronoShadow69]

My wife will be playing this build for her first campaign, so thank you so much! She's a MASSIVE Loki/Tom Holland fangirl, and between this video and us finally having room to run a campaign in our home, I finally convinced her to play! Also my first time running a full module adventure, Curse of Strahd!

[@candice_ecidnac]

Do you mean Tom Hiddleston? Tom Holland plays Spider-Man whereas Tom Hiddleston plays Loki. Unless she's a fan of both. Edit: off, this is a 2 year-old comment. How did your campaign go?

[@toxicpancakes]

I've never played D&D before, but watching videos like these are getting me interested.

[@mchills514]

Hey man I know it's been a year but did you ever get into it? I'm curious for an update...

[@beastwarsFTW]

I would have made him a goliath, there basically mini frost giants.

[@KurtAngle89]

I understand the sorcerer, it's correct, high level spells and all, but Loki is just SO DAMN GOOD at speaking his way out of trouble he should be a bard

[@gamergunn7139]

Bard could've made sense, but Loki doesn't use any instruments, which are a bards spellcasting foci. Sorcerer made a bit more sense, but I was shocked to not see him go into Rogue instead of Paladin.

[@mitchsorrenstein1819]

@@gamergunn7139 I'm playing a Tiefling Divine Soul Sorcerer/Rouge so I could get the cleric spell list and the stealth/abilties of a rouge, being able to double up on charisma, stealth, and Arcana are really the 3 most important parts of the build for me. I'm not exactly Loki more like a disciple of him.

[@ChasoGod]

I was kinda disappointed that you didn't make him an Arcane Trickster Rogue, I mean Loki is the God of Mischief so being a Trickster would fit him well. Also he is clever as heck so his Intelligence would be his highest stat. A Rogue/Sorcerer would fit him better. Also Loki CAN'T be a Firbolg, Firbolgs are unable to lie due to the code they are born with, it's not that can't its that if they try they break out in a sweat and stutter making them terrible liars. But Loki is a master when it comes to lying.

[@christopherbacon1077]

Agreed. That would have made more sense than the paladin levels.

[@kelseycarroll9090]

Dreamer Dawn I actually made an Arcan Trickster names Lokinoxius, a tiefling, I basically made him that

[@The_Inventor]

Hell yeah

[@TheTravelerww]

and it matches his favorite weapons of daggers

[@ThePaladinoftheNorth]

I would have just skipped sorcerer and gone with illusionist wizard.

[@radtech1989]

I basically built this character concept already but instead of firbolg (cow person) I chose eladrin. Norse myths treat all supernatural creatures as fey and therefore a god would be a long living being from the feywild. Instead of 15 levels in sorcerer I took 15 levels in bard. I took 5 levels of paladin just like he did. End result is the same except the college of whispers bard gets to turn bardic inspiration into psychic damage with a weapon attack.

[@avalonnightshade8112]

Technically it's not a cow person, they are a gaint race connected to nature and the feywild.

[@avalonnightshade8112]

Ironically they are the least dishonest creatures I can think of

[@blandedgear9704]

I think its more Celtic mythology that treats all supernatural creatures as fey...

[@jonathancampbell5231]

This is Marvel Loki, and in Marvel he is a very short Frost Giant raised as a god by Odin.

[@runefire4483]

I’ve revisited this build and chose for his race a Blue Tiefling, descendant of Glasya. I switched the fire resistance for cold resistance. Background, adopted, naturally. Thor should be an Aasimar and to keep the Aesir vs Jotun rivalry I think divine vs fiend fits well and keeps the spirit of Loki and Thor’s characters even if this build doesn’t have any giant ancestry.

[@NathanTAK]

Before I watch, I just want to say: for a comics-accurate Loki, you should take Blessed of Corellon. It’s a MToF rule (which is also exempt from PHB+1 in AL games, and can be taken completely for frew) that lets your character switch (anatomical) sex at the end of a long rest if they feel like it, which comic Loki has been known to do. It’s technically elves-only, but a chill DM won’t care.

[@THE-BIG-JP-REILS]

Your videos amaze the heck out of me, perfect for role play, using all sorts of dnd logic to create a character that’s so close to the real thing. Keep up the good work man!

[@tulokthebarbrarian2033]

Hey, that was super nice and made my night. Thanks internet buddy!

[@THE-BIG-JP-REILS]

@@tulokthebarbrarian2033 no problem! Keep on keepin' on!

[@screamingmadvoid]

I made my own dnd versions of various marvel characters so I've been comparing notes. My Loki is water genasi because I was thinking of the ice powers, but I actually prefer the fir bolg instead. My Loki is a whisper bard partially because I've always viewed Loki as an over dramatic bitch and whisper bards are dope, partially because he always seemed to be playing support to Thor and the Warriors 3, and partially because in the comics Loki turns from Chaotic Evil God of Lies to the True Neutral (Chaotic Leaning tho) God of Stories.

[@zeedar412]

There are a hundred ways to do this. I would have gone with arcane trickster / trickery domain cleric. Illusionist wizard would have been a good option too.

[@harrylewis8145]

I thought he'd be a changeling

[@josewoodard788]

I just saw one video and now I’m hooked. Thanks for this channel.

[@kelseydutton6568]

Omg, spoilers but I friggin' love that he is a firbolg. MAH BOIIII. I also was surprised that he has more strength than dexterity, but I think that's just cause I think of Thor as the muscle-bound brother. Great build! Let me watch all of the Tom Hiddleston footage....

[@tulokthebarbrarian2033]

Thanks! I had a good time putting it together, Loki is a fun character to watch. :)

[@kingdomkey01]

Out of all of your builds, this is the one that I would most like to actually use for a campaign. I love the idea of Illusion-focused trickster types. #DecemberTulokRewatch

[@numberbndl3763]

Hello, I see you too are participating in the rewatch

[@kingdomkey01]

@@numberbndl3763 Yep, going in chronological order, trying to rewatch the whole series this month. If I have time at the end, I’ll also do the non-BC videos.

[@maxmadison7714]

Could you do Corvo Attano from the Dishonored series? I feel it would be very fun and interesting!

[@tulokthebarbrarian2033]

I'm getting this character requested a lot, definitely going to have to look into it!

[@AlexAlex-ol3kj]

i kept asking for loki and i didnt even realise you allready made it

[@gardenagnostic4138]

Seems like a fitting time to revisit this

[@antonschnetler3391]

Id love to see an updated version of this build with the loki series

[@caleblenhardt9837]

Nice work tulok!

[@tulokthebarbrarian2033]

Thanks, I'm working on getting more videos out. No promises for consistency, but should be more content for everyone. :)

[@beastslayer8729]

I think Loki would make a better arcane trickster.

[@jasper8712]

Could you make an updated version after the Loki series is finished.

[@jacksonhoemann9655]

Firbolg is an inspired choice and I LOVE IT

[@captainbirch9835]

I'd thought the trickster God would be a bard

[@TheTravelerww]

10:32 Loki doses something like this in one of the Avengers cartoon shows

[@TheTravelerww]

True sight/bling sight/tremor sense are major weaknesses for this build. Illusions don't have footsteps

[@TanukiTracks]

I know you meant blind sight, but 'bling sight' sounds hilarious XD

[@jarrod3196]

I made Loki with 8 lvls in wizard (illusion) 8 lvls in bard ( glamour) 4 lvls in cleric ( trickery ) and made him a human variant and took actor

[@shadoww4818]

I’d switch glamour to whispers but otherwise, same

[@caioaugusto3138]

"we'll be focusing on the marvel version" Me: *dies inside*

[@numberbndl3763]

Isn’t the myth Loki a fire giant?

[@caioaugusto3138]

@@numberbndl3763 he is a giant, yes. But his shapshifting habilities are so great that he once turned into a MALE horse and GOT pregnant

[@valkurite]

@@caioaugusto3138 Actually, Loki turned into a female horse when he gave birth to Sleipnir.

[@spy5765]

@@valkurite yeah what lmao, if we was a male horse he wouldnt be able to get pregnant... cause you know, males dont have, you know...

[@arcticwiz2249]

Don't get why people are complaining about the Giant Soul Sorcerer Loki. As he is in fact a frost giant, it's pretty accurate for my tastes.

[@ShurikenSean]

honestly surprised warlock wasn't part of it since loki got help from a powerful being like thanos for at will disguise self and silent image evocations , but sorcerer/paladin got him all that but plus more, just limited by spell slots but you have sorcery points anyway

[@Elanchana]

I'm seeing a lot of mentions of trickery clerics, but I'm personally surprised you didn't include any levels in warlock. You don't need to use those precious known sorcerer spells if you can turn Disguise Self AND Silent Image into cantrips.

[@weirdguy1495]

Episode 27 of the Fire Emblem stats: Loki. Also, funny, who's coming up next suits him very well. Loki uses a mix of lances (to match his spears), authority (he's a natural leader) and both types of magic (since he's a sorceror). He refuses to use axes on principle since he hates Thor. Loki's luck, charm, magic, and resistance are high. His other stats, especially his defense, are not so lucky.

[@simonharford4834]

tbh I thought he would go for changeling rather than firbolg

[@MyTwoCentsofNonsense]

“Debuting in Norse Mythology” got me good

[@runefire8127]

With the changes made in Monsters of the Multiverse, Firbolgs are particularly good now for a Loki build.

[@thomasalegredelasoujeole9998]

Loki litteraly could have been a dnd character before he was put in comics ^^

[@xvader9445]

Divine Soul Sorc/ Tricky Cleric

[@tulokthebarbrarian2033]

I thought about Trickery Cleric / School of Illusion Wizard, but when it comes to casting, I generally pick the class based on the ability modifier. Charisma pushed me to Sorcerer, and spears being strength based pushed me towards a Treachery Paladin, rather than a Trickery cleric that's more of a Wis/Dex build. Not to say a Loki dex build wouldn't work, youd just be focusing on knives instead of the spear. And I'm a fan of the spear.

[@xvader9445]

Your build is still pretty tight...i think its viable either way. In my tiny mind, character builds based on god-like or divine chassis always scream cleric

[@EnnuiElpis]

Since both of the subclasses this build uses are now basically defunct, to rebuild this, I would first, switch his race to Goliath, and then give him 6 levels of Arcane Trickster Rogue and 14 levels of Illusionist wizard. That would probably give you everything you want to get from this build.

[@Aeros589]

Huh, I'd use Eberron's Changling personally over firbog

[@numberbndl3763]

They both make sense, firbolgs are more giant lime but changelings are more trickery based

[@mileslugo6430]

Turn Thor into a frog. For shits and giggles

[@DeaconRayne]

Loving this build. As Loki is now more often associated with daggers than a greatspear, how would this build change to accommodate that?

[@Arkylie]

Man, being used to Pathfinder makes this build *so weird* -- Paladins are required to be Lawful Good, thus incompatible with Loki's Chaotic Neutral (or possibly Chaotic Good, depending on how you play him). Could you explain a little better why you chose ranks in Paladin, as opposed to other possibly classes that he could've multi'd with? I'd like to try to convert the base ideas into a Pathfinder build, and I would never have thought of Paladin as any sort of choice while trying to build Loki. P.S. In future videos, would you mind putting a little icon next to spells that require Concentration? I think it'd be useful to have a visual distinction for those (and, come to think of it, for Bonus Action things... basically any class of actions where you can only use one at a time, there should be an icon). Also, a summary sheet near the end -- perhaps just the 20th level, but ideally a 5th level, 10th level, 15th level, and 20th level summary sheet -- would be useful for an overview of spell choices and feat choices and such. Thanks for making these! I think your videos are a really cool idea.

[@SirGambitRocks]

Oath of treachery is equivalent to the antipaladin from pathfinder, at least lore wise i don't have a good enough grasp on pathfinder mechanics to say on that front.

[@MDizzle3282]

Classes in 5e all have branches by 2nd or 3rd level. Think of it as an archetype class like Pathfinder (i.e. Synthesist Summoner, Rake Rogue, etc). Alignment restrictions are gone for 5e. Makes for interesting characters. The antipaladin that forsakes his evil deity/ways can be an "oathbreaker" and so forth.

[@JackBlack-qn7us]

Gonna try it at next life.

[@rebelsam1332]

I can now be alligator Loki

[@Saiavinn]

Aww, he forgot to take Feign Death... Edit: Not in the Sorcerer spell list, which somehow disappoints me even more.

[@Ultranger]

This and the Deadpool video are missing from the Marvel playlist

[@kronos1794]

Loki from the myths would be a druid I think for the shapeshifting. Maybe a few levels of rogue or trickery domain cleric.

[@christianemerson4622]

Strength should be the lowest. He doesn't fight with brawn.

[@ChristnThms]

I don't disagree with it. Your build works fine. But, since you started with a Firbolg, I was thinking that the Trickery Cleric was an obvious fit with the WIS bump firbolgs get. I actually would have used (white)dragonborn, with Valor Bard. Swords would deliver stronger melee, but I feel like Loki is far more about magic than melee. Single class gives you more slots and faster progression, and more ASIs.

[@tobiramasenjuedits6791]

What about something involving a dagger proficiency?

[@ryansmythe6161]

This is so awesome.

[@MadnessSpeaks]

I like that INT starts off at 14. But, why? Nothing about this build synergizes with INT

[@reloadpsi]

Skill proficiencies.

[@arloracc]

I'll use this

[@mdalsted]

*Loki* A firbolg sorcerer-paladin known for his mischievous nature and apparently being in Thor's shadow. (Seriously, imagine Marvel's take on Loki as a firbolg!)

[@thomaskemp8803]

I know it's been awhile but I'd love to see you redo this post Loki

[@theramdomchannel8329]

ooooh I realy wish to see this character and the others interacting...

[@moni-chan3004]

Amazing build!

[@RenLokison]

After the Loki TV show, we need an update on this.

[@JakeTheHawk]

Need is a strong and incorrect word

[@sludgy5134]

Ngl, think Varient Human fits him better Laugh

[@derekdumas4556]

Could you do saxton hale for dnd

[@tulokthebarbrarian2033]

I'll level with you, I don't know where I'd get enough footage for that even though I love Saxton. Next week I'm doing a hunter ranger/barbarian mix that might check a lot of those boxes and could be molded into a Saxton with a little tweaking.

[@derekdumas4556]

Not gonna lie I actually use dnd beyond and unearthed arcana etc for bulids mostly beautiful thing about dnd is that its only as big as your imagination

[@mileslugo6430]

That or really small Goliath

[@JabezFuutonSpecialis]

Toph Beifong please

[@Andreu0rtin]

How about doing Terra from KH? I would make him a Zealot barbarian (at least 15 lvs because he is a he is a massive tank) with maybe battle master with the other levels.

[@tulokthebarbrarian2033]

Love Kingdom Hearts, I will be up front and tell you I'm doing a bit of a Kingdom Hearts hiatus at the moment. Partially because I've already done a lot of builds for the series, and partially because I'd want to use footage from KH3 and for some characters that would be a spoiler. For Terra, I'd recommend a paladin (conquest oath from Xanathars) mixed with Giant Soul Sorcerer, so you can get some earth tremor spells. Barbarians are awesome but they really hate mixing with casters.

[@Andreu0rtin]

@@tulokthebarbrarian2033 Maybe it is just me but I can't see Terra as a caster (he is the worst at it) and if you ask me you just need to look how he fights Xehanort at the end of BBS. That feels like a barbarian to me (plus you got necrotic or radiant damage for free if you are raging so it fits).

[@tulokthebarbrarian2033]

Oh for sure, and Zealot is definitely the right path (no pun intended), especially if you love the darkness aspects. I just love earthquakes, and mixing magic and martial skills, so that's where I'd take my build.

[@mileslugo6430]

15 sorcerer 5 Paladin

[@FurrySupportMain]

if loki lies a lot why firbolg? i thought they couldnt lie

[@MrSITH-qj6zp]

You forgot to add this to your "Marvel" build playlist.

[@Devlerbat]

When you said Paladin I was hoping for Oath of Conquest or Oathbreaker, but you lost me at Oath of Treachery. Oathbreaker I can see as a "Paladin in mechanics terms only" as it makes sense that "Fallen Paladin" would still be a Paladin subclass. However, I refuse to recognize "Oath of Treachery" as a thing as there is no actual Oath there and it doesn't fit with Paladins at all. At best it steps on the toes of Oathbreaker (flavorwise).

[@candice_ecidnac]

Yeah that bit was confusing as someone who hasn't played D&D in 21 years and I'm navigating D&D Beyond with my books installed and I can't find Oath of Treachery anywhere. I get that the OoT makes it "every man for himself" in a way, but I don't know which of the actually available oaths fit him better as I don't have access to the OoT.

[@candice_ecidnac]

Kind of don't agree on Oathbreaker though, as that requires the character to be evil and while Loki is selfish and misguided I don't believe he's truly evil.

[@antonschnetler3391]

Could you swap his spear skills for a more dex dagger version as the newer version of loki loves his daggers

[@jeffwren7815]

I feel like Loki should have aimed to be a master of hidden daggers rather than spear master but that's just me...

[@apex2000]

Exactly, knives always his go too.

[@logancoe7434]

Nice build, can u do a deadpool??

[@tulokthebarbrarian2033]

On it's way! Early next month. :)

[@logancoe7434]

@@tulokthebarbrarian2033 AWESOME!

[@arturandrade8284]

I think loki should have more dex tan str

[@forsakenookami2592]

School of Enchantment Wizard?

[@mattwylie6651]

You should do odin

[@captainbirch9835]

Here's a challenging one: Ben 10

[@apex2000]

Some kinda warlock and/or druid hybrid

[@trashleymessbrough9483]

Update with the new show now? He's showed off some new tricks /powers 🙌🏻

[@Cbev1994]

Can you do dr voodoo and black panther? For campaign going up to 10 and 20?

[@tulokthebarbrarian2033]

Oh we always go to 20, no worries there. Black Pather is on the horizon, you shouldn't have to wait too long. :)

[@Cbev1994]

@@tulokthebarbrarian2033 that alone is worth a sub

[@tulokthebarbrarian2033]

Oh if you like Marvel builds, April will be a very happy month for you.

[@kayasarangelo9663]

Why no phantasmal force?

[@CrooSWanteDtm]

i wish u took into account the lore of races... firborgs can't even lie... physically cant... they shake and sweat when they try...

[@MDizzle3282]

Homebrew is what 5e is all about. Not hard to mix and match traits.

[@benthomason3307]

question: you've seen fit to give other outright-god characters levels in cleric, so why didn't you give loki trickery cleric levels?

[@apex2000]

Loki's Weapon of Choice is usually knives.

[@phillippap2712]

I was so confused why he was paladin. This build is tricky. Meta my dude.

[@tulokthebarbrarian2033]

God of Bamboozle

[@ackkenan2346]

how to play aizen in dnd

[@gaelicgod6460]

as soon as i saw loki i instantly thought Illusionist Wizard

[@bloodlustquartet6234]

What's the music during the episode title?

[@samuelreese1816]

Two years later, and so many new subclasses and books released...still good, but maybe can be recast without so many UA's

[@captaindeadpool1997]

Can you do odin if you haven't?

[@fourhorseman7081]

When you look at him in the original book of Deities and demigods he was tougher then people gave him credit for. You weren't going to be in some lvl 12-16 5 party campaign and have a shot at taking him

[@Drolomath66]

Loki is not a firbolg

[@user-sb4ej1yo5h]

No rouge levels? Come on!

[@misterwile]

there is no rouge class, it's a colour

[@moxar2220]

How would this build be different for the Loki variants I wonder?

[@lasonris8934]

Can we get another version of this without UA

[@23Renegade]

My samael could beat this build

[@mynameluvsdragonscancelled6759]

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