How to Play Mystique in Dungeons & Dragons (X-Men Build 5e)

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[@animefan3794]

“All about family.” Riiiiight… like that time Mystique gave birth to a fuzzy blue teleporter and instantly gave him to the Munich Circus. Or that time she gave birth to a kid with no mutant powers and abandoned him to his abusive, animalistic father, leading to her child’s life long hatred of mutants and work on the Sentinel program Or that time she adopted a girl who could kill by touch and yet did nothing to be a proper legal guardian, to the point Rogue didn’t even know Mystique adopted her.

[@JDGansGaming]

I feel there was a missed opportunity for a joke like "Rogue isn't only her adoptive daughter, but also the first class will be taking with this build." or something like that.

[@Envy4you]

I'm pretty sure I could do better at being worse. That's why my friends don't let me get close to their babies.

[@christopherbacon1077]

Or the time she literally took a bullet for her father figure who immediately abandoned her because she wasn't a mutant any more. Poor parenting runs in both directions

[@marianfranklin8959]

I thought that none mutant kid worked at super virus that was going to kill all mutants but mutated to kill only normal humans. For the record I only wanted the 90's X men cartoon.

[@andreuva4782]

@@christopherbacon1077 Oh? What comic was this? 🤔

[@flooferderp2918]

Fun fact: due to the wording of Changeling's +1 to a stat, it can be added to Charisma, as it does not say "Any other" it just says "any". So, you could get a +3 to Charisma, with an 18 at level 1 via standard array.

[@snuckytoes8427]

dude... epic.

[@TYodaT]

This has since been corrected in a later errata. You can no longer stack charisma as a changling

[@CMShuckle]

My favorite Smurfette.

[@tulokthebarbrarian2033]

Deadpool has canonically called her Smurfette at some point, right?

[@christiangriffith9340]

@@tulokthebarbrarian2033 Rick sanchez . sung jin woo or dr robotnik

[@johnabreu6753]

Our

[@sagesarrazine6270]

@@tulokthebarbrarian2033 Deadpool canon has such a loosey goosey life of it's own that you just asking that somehow means he has EDIT: Maybe.

[@kellydolan9717]

@@tulokthebarbrarian2033 If he hasn't then shame on him for waisting the opportunities.

[@ADdude]

Those dead-on impressions make me think that Tulok is a real-life shapeshifter. Like I thought Chris Evans was there for the captain impression.

[@TimbrrWolfe]

I'm not sure who you were talking about at 2:18 but my mind heard "Spyro" at first and now I wanna see a Spyro build even though that's...just a dragon, basically.

[@tulokthebarbrarian2033]

"Spiral" and why does everyone keep saying "just"? Mystique is just a shapeshifter assassin. Spyro is just a dragon that can fly and breathe fire. Capitalism is just a social system designed to exploit man's greatest flaw. These things are impressive! "Just" is such a reductionist word!

[@derickpelton3107]

Definitely a Dragonborn Oath of Ancients Paladin/Draconic Sorcerer

[@breakingboardrooms1778]

@@derickpelton3107 I would play him as a straight dragon soul sorcerer. If I can get in a pathfinder game, I will.

[@breakingboardrooms1778]

@@tulokthebarbrarian2033 love Spyro, hate Capitalism.

[@TimbrrWolfe]

​@@tulokthebarbrarian2033 After a quick google I recognized the character of Spiral, just not by name. Clearly I need to consume more X-men. Media. I'll have to bump up my rewatch of X-Men: Evolution on my to-do list and go from there. Also, fair point haha. Mostly I don't know how you make a character that's already basically a creature in the game when there aren't(?) ways to customize dragons to the same extent that you can customize the usual playable races. At least as far as my basic self understands DnD (which is, admittedly, not very far at all)

[@a_green_man4773]

My therapist: don't worry, Tulok the Impersonator can't hurt you Tulok: HEYYY ITS YA BOIIIII

[@CERap22]

"Eyy-a--- it'suh MEE-- Scott Summers. Infidelity!!" 🤣🤣🤣This made me spit out my coffee!🤣

[@raymondf2213]

I have not heard "blue" since I was a child and that song has been stuck in the bsck of my head and could never figure out what song it was till this vid. You cured the phantom noise in my head!

[@trainzen11]

Directions Unclear: I smothered butter and honey on my character sheet 😐.

[@trainzen11]

@Tyler Coon That I do 😊

[@Lrbearclaw]

So I bet that the "Gunner" feat makes Tulok happy. No need to reflavor crossbows into guns now as there is a feat to give proficiency and guns are DMG.

[@finderfinder4290]

I mean, most of the stuff in the DMG is optional. Reflavoring crossbows into guns is what you do when the DM thinks guns are too strong but likes the flavour of a gun toting shapeshifter

[@Biochemitra]

Swap a couple rogue levels for some druid for comic/X-Men Evolution Mystique, as those versions can also turn into animals within certain limitations.

[@randomim42]

I'd have considered Mastermind as well considering her talents as a field commander of the Brotherhood and trickster but she is a heck of an assassin too. I wouldn't fault anyone for picking either one for her

[@mason-.]

Mystique is one of the coolest mutants around, but know whose one of the coolest news casters? Anderson Cooper. A build for him would be awesome!

[@tulokthebarbrarian2033]

I should've had Mystique do an Anderson Cooper impression in the video, my b

[@dford192]

@@tulokthebarbrarian2033 A missed opportunity, truly!

[@Biochemitra]

Every time someone asks for Anderson Cooper, my first thought is "That mysterious airplane-highjacker lurking in the woods?" And then I realize I'm thinking of D.B. Cooper. Every. Single. time.

[@doktahv8837]

@@Biochemitra ELLIOT SPENCER BUILD WHEN TULOK

[@doktahv8837]

@@Biochemitra Also great taste in series.

[@ShurikenSean]

disguise kit is actually not as redundant as you think for changeling, it instead makes sure you cover your bases as shapechange doesn't change clothes. a disguise kit check might help you make sure you dress right for the person your impersonating, or if the person has piercings it could have fake ones to use. I even added weavers tools to make my own clothes for disguises on my monk changeling

[@jcdenton2187]

It also would counter true sight, since they would just see the makeup and such you used on your face, nothing behind them..

[@Dramatic_Gaming]

Changeling Assassin. Like, there are a few characters that can go different ways but I think Mystique is pretty straight-forward.

[@karsten69]

New Unearthed Arcana Feat: Eldritch Adept - pick a Warlock invocation of your choice. "Mask of Many Faces" cast disguise self as a cantrip unlimited uses per day.

[@erikkennedy8725]

Creative use of Mask of Many Faces is so fun. Especially if you’re a small character. In a medieval setting, basically everyone ignores young children. Servants bring their kids to the castle and they have free run of most places.

[@karsten69]

@@erikkennedy8725 combine it with Glibness and it is campaign breaking

[@katsala918]

Okay, the Scott Summers one was spot on.

[@Domkhxiii]

That merkel impersonation was spot on 👌

[@wingzero8735]

Ah I see, keeping in line with the movie version. If you ever do an alternative build, druid/monk would also be an option for a more shapeshiftery Mystique

[@smameann]

This is a very cool build. I mean they all are. These are my favourite thing on the internet/ but I especially enjoyed this one. I watched it again straight away.

[@skeletalgaming4198]

So I've been doing builds myself in the quarantine and recently told someone who asked about her that it would be too basic of a build...so that's me told. Well played Tulok.

[@tomwilliams7287]

Thanks so much. Since changling came out I’ve wanted to see a vid like this. Thanks mate

[@ognjeni1]

The: who are you? I'm blue, bit got me. I laughed till the end of the video. That was an awesome joke. And a great video as always. Thank you

[@JakeTheHawk]

"I'm blue" freakin killed me rip

[@blzfrost]

Quality content as always. 👍

[@NoZignature]

daaaamn tulok's impressions are fucking on point :O

[@aliciacordero7436]

Infiltration Expertise isn't redundant, it's a fast way to create new personas to shift into.

[@CrownlessStudios]

But you can only shape-shift into people you've seen, and Infiltration Expertise says your new identity can't be someone who exists.

[@kevinphiggins]

Tulok’s Storm impression is a really good Emo Phillips impression

[@lhamolhama4594]

How tulok called so many iconic ppl for this vid he even called captain america

[@hayhay509]

i did not expect to watch this and have to stop drinking/eating my breakfast because i kept laughing and chocking. 10/10

[@TheHareedo]

Immediate thumbs up for that intro song.

[@zedlinden8938]

More X-Men! This was awesome

[@mizuizumi6142]

Nice, it nice to see a fun shapeshifter, and I like to see if you can do Polly Esther (Samurai Pizza Cat) Alway keep doing what you do, you seem to be having fun with making these 5e character. Your fun to listen to Tulok.

[@deanospimoniful]

I totally want to see Tulok play this build to see how masterful he is at impersonation.

[@scottjennings503]

"I wouldn't be able to get footage for a Spiral build." *cough* Children of the Atom *cough* Marvel vs. Capcom 2 *cough*

[@karpmageddon4155]

That joke about Wolverine's powers... 👌

[@XanderMax]

Re-watching this and it's crazy he got Scott Summers to record one line. That's dedication.

[@harkthesound32]

This one was worth the wait. Masterclass in impersonations Tulok

[@davidgranados1608]

Impressions on point.

[@ArtGuyCharlie]

I'm a huge X-Men fan and I loved seeing you tackle two of my favorite (sort of) villains from the franchise this week. Hoping to see you get around to Cyclops and Mr. Sinister eventually.

[@hasthehighground8560]

I’m waiting to see his take on Cyclops, I’m hoping to run an X Men campaign, if I had to guess Variant Human, Bard with magic initiate to get Eldritch blast

[@ArtGuyCharlie]

Has the High Ground He’s got a pattern going where he never picks Human as the race for any Marvel Mutant characters. For Scott I feel like Half Elf is the easy answer, the extra skills would be in character seeing as he’s such a tryhard. Plus Half Elves are just good. They’re probably the second most optimizy race after V.Human. Lots of blasty powers could sub in for the laser face and I could see Tulok trying to grab a variety of them, but Eldritch Blast is probably the most accurate since Scott’s beams are referred to in canon as concussive force and EB is force damage. I could honestly see going for at least a couple of actual warlock levels to get some EB boosting evocations, the only problem is none of the patrons really suit him. Then his leadership and tactician skills are the next most important thing to grab. I could defiantly see using some Bard levels for that but I also think going Mastermind Rogue for the long range bonus action Help is almost perfect for him. That way he can literally issue commands to the team every turn.

[@sircpagaran1187]

This episoooode sooo many references omgg

[@ConnerLSheaffer]

Ok, Tulok's dead on perfect impressions were the highlight of this video for me. The Cyclops one made me laugh way too hard

[@t2nwolf]

Scott Summers impression... spot on.

[@AzazinNote]

Tulok Class/Race Checklist Disclaimer: Former UA that was oficially published after the videos were counted as their final versions, as long as they retain the same name. SubClass by book: Artificer- 2/3 (E.R.L.W.) 2/4 (U.A.) Barbarian 2/2 (P.H.) 3/3 (X.G.E) 0/1(S.C.A.G.) 1/2 (U.A.) Bard 2/2 (P.H.) 3/3 (X.G.E) 1/1(M.O.T.) 2/2 (U.A.) Cleric 5/7 (P.H.)1/1(D.M.G.) 2/2 (X.G.E) 0/1(S.C.A.G.) 0/1(G.G.R.) 0/4(P.S.A.) 0/4 (U.A.) Druid 1/2 (P.H.) 1/2 (X.G.E) 1/1(G.G.R.) 1/3 (U.A.) Fighter 3/3 (P.H.) 3/3 (X.G.E) 0/1(S.C.A.G.) 0/1 (E.G.W.) 6/8 (U.A.) Monk 3/3 (P.H.) 3/3 (X.G.E) 0/1(S.C.A.G.) 2/3 (U.A.) Paladin 2/3 (P.H.)1/1(D.M.G.) 2/2 (X.G.E) 1/1(S.C.A.G.) 0/1(M.O.T.) 2/3 (U.A.) Ranger 2/2 (P.H.) 3/3 (X.G.E) 0/3 (U.A.) Rougue 3/3 (P.H.) 4/4 (X.G.E) 0/3 (U.A.) Sorcerer 2/2 (P.H.) 3/3 (X.G.E) 1/1(P.S.K.) 2/7 (U.A.) Warlock- 3/3 (P.H.) 2/2 (X.G.E) 1/1(S.C.A.G.) 2/7 (U.A.)//// Pacts - 2/3 P.H.; 1/2 U.A. Wizard 5/8 (P.H.) 1/1 (X.G.E) 1/1(S.C.A.G.) 1/7 (U.A.) 1/2 (E.G.W.) (sub)Races 3/7? revenants 2/3 Dwarfs 3/10 Elfs 3/4 haflings 2/2 human 0/3 gnome 0/6*10 0/3 dragonborn 1?/8 half elves 0/1 half orc 3/13 tieflings 3/4 aasimar 1/1- goliath; firbolg; lizardfolk; tabaxi; triton; goblin; hobgoblin ; bugbear ; tortle ; changeling 0/1 kenku; kobold ; yuan ti ; aarakokra; locatah; grung; loxodon; centaur 0/2 orc 1/ 4 genasi 1/6? shifter 3/4 warforged 0/1 vedalken 1?*2/1?*6 simic hybrid 0/1 minotaur 0/12 dragonmarked subraces 0/x hollow one 1/30? plane shifts races/ variant subraces

[@Envy4you]

Now I want to play a kenku-kobold-yuanti-aarakokra-locatah-grung-loxodon-centaur rogue. No, not one of these races. All of them. In the same character. Your fault for not using commas XD

[@AzazinNote]

@@Envy4you Fair point. I'll have it edited here and in future videos. But hey, good luck on playing that, true polimorph or maybe a homebrew version of reincarnation could do it.

[@Envy4you]

@@AzazinNote oh no didn't meant to sound pedantic, t'was a joke

[@AzazinNote]

@@Envy4you Don't worry about it , I got the joke, just thought adding commas was actually a good idea.

[@tidaltorrent]

This was a cool build! I think it would also be cool to see a build for Filia (from Skullgirls).

[@douglaselder5967]

Hope to see more Brotherhood of Mutants characters in the future. Toad & Juggernaught are top picks.

[@martyhoskin2421]

THIS IS NOT THE RIGHT BLUE CHARACTER. WE WANT MEGAMIND

[@derpguy101]

That could be a real fun build.

[@lostkriegsguardsman8615]

artificier vedalken(?

[@iivostroamichevolegmdiquar6859]

AND WE DESERVE HIM!

[@spookykitty72]

FROM THE FUTURE: you were correct lol

[@toxicsunshine2277]

I would love to see you build like a gun monk/Paladin for Equilibrium

[@AriesOcean]

I knew it was going to have a monk when I saw the thumbnail.

[@falls1974]

Dude, you *have* to make a Dai Li build!

[@hasthehighground8560]

Tulok, I need a Dr Doom build

[@Shatterverse]

I fucking loved her trying to claw-fight wolverine in x-men LMAO

[@jaspergardner-medwin1723]

Tulok have you checked out the most recent UA? I'd love to hear your thoughts on it

[@rararasputin8608]

Battlemaster/Draconic Bloodline (Golden) Iroh please.

[@fiendishmia506]

Little late, shapechanger allows you to take any humanoid form of medium size, you cannot replicate a form you haven't seen, but you can have a totally unique form. in their lore, they typically have a bunch of throwaway personalities called masks and a main one called a persona, almost none of which are just copies of someone else

[@dayalasingh5853]

Oh you weren't joking? Well this is going to be fun, I love shape shifters so much! My current character is even a changeling.

[@weirdguy1495]

Episode #178 of the Fire Emblem stats: Raven Darkholme. To be honest, Mystique doesn't really have much in the way of weapons, just brawling and bows (guns). That being said, she has no weaknesses either. All of her stats are pretty average overall, besides her high charm.

[@omechron]

You could totally get enough footage of Spiral if you mix the 90s X-Men cartoon with some spicy Children of the Atom gameplay

[@ultimateninjaboi]

I feel like a lot of the Assassin abilities arent exactly redundant. Still a bit less of a boost, with you being a changeling. But they kind of smooth out any possible rough edges you might have had, were you just a changeling. Hell, even Disguise Kit proficiency helps, because changelings dont factor clothes/gear into their shifting. Just their body. So being good at setting up the rest of the disguise is actually helpful. And Infiltration/Imposter are good for assuring your disguises are top-notch, even in edge cases where the changeling ability falters.

[@DarthEivom]

A domino build could be craazy. Just hunker down on all the luck you can manipulate in D&D

[@nLinggod]

I'd like to see how you'd build Mum-Ra the Everyliving

[@aldoesagood5316]

Ok. I have not seen the video yet, but I’m going to guess he chooses: Changling for the race, then bard straight through for the class. Edit: just finished the video. Man, I was off

[@NoodleKeeper]

Yeah Mystique is %100 rogue. The only reasons for the monk dip is unarmored and kicks, cause she does those a lot.

[@aldoesagood5316]

NoodleKeeper I thought he would dip into some type of spell casting to get polymorph. I will say though that I was almost there with my mono class prediction. If it wasn’t for that 1 level dip...

[@chrishubbard64]

Yeah she is a dirty fighting sneak attacking monster when caught infiltrating.

[@leotorres2121]

Ooo now i want to know if that honey trick actually works

[@teksnotdead902]

Spiral is great!

[@stevencooper1103]

Just in time for my rogue one-shot.

[@willowmcintire21]

Any chance we can get a Psylocke build? I'm thinking rogue/mystic soul knife with a few levels of divination wizard for portent.

[@rRecoveryProd]

Now I wanna see a Queen Chrysalis build.

[@dayalasingh5853]

2:18 Spiral appeared in wolverine and the X-Men, if I remember correctly nightcrawler teleported her arms off. Don't know how much she appeared so there's probably still not enough footage but she was there.

[@Teddy-fx3ql]

You should do one for Green Goblin or Agent Venom

[@joshuajordan6278]

With the amount of rogue levels here, you'd think he was making a build for Rogue instead...

[@randomim42]

Unfortunately rogue probably isn't even a rogue lol

[@bye1551]

@@randomim42 nah more storm soul sorcerer/war domain wizard. Maybe, I'm not good at character themed building

[@malachischrodinger4675]

I would love to see how you would handle any of the dragoons from Legend of Dragoon, but if you asked me to pick one it would be Meryl (sp?) because then I could also see your solution to the winglie race

[@lairdbob]

Could you do a Laputan Golem build from Castle in the Sky?

[@lethalsandwhich]

I just came from the Magneto build, I'm running a D&D 5e Mutants Campiagn, so please, continue

[@apex2000]

Spiral is awesome. The various animated & anjme series would provide enough footage, maybe with some game footage.

[@MaxS8476]

Hey tulok i really want to see a David Dunn build Unbreakable is one of my favorites and I’d like to see how he would be made

[@graveyardshift2100]

How did you not add two levels of warlock? I know at will disguise self sounds redundant at first but you need it so you can replicate the appearance of clothes.

[@HurricaneMyles]

How would Double trouble vary from this build? Some bard levels?

[@agsilverradio2225]

There is one changling who I would knowingly trust: Odo from Star Treck Deep Space Nine.

[@andreuva4782]

Tuloc, do you do these builds based off comic itterations or movie itterations? When it comes to comic book characters that is-

[@benjaminmunoz4606]

Nice!

[@Zander2212]

You should have given her an 18 starting Cha. The Ability scores are worded differently than other races, specifically so you can stack it on Cha (It says +1 to any ability score, as opposed to the usual +1 to any OTHER ability score)

[@HMK-nh4ft]

Nice Mario impression

[@seancornish8990]

I would like to see you make Ashitaka. I did fighter barbarian warlock. It was weird.

[@GatsbyMusic]

You know what would be a fun Idea for a build? Min Min from Arms. It would be nice to do that seeing as she got into smash Bros Ultimate recently.

[@bryanalexander7571]

I'm sure you thought of this but if it had me, I would have dipped into Fighter, taking Unarmed for the fighting style, then without needing Wisdom for multi-classing; had a better Constitution (Con 13, Wis 12, Int 10). I'm pretty sure you thought of that and have a solid reason to go the way you did (AC boost?). I'm mostly writing this to do my part for the algorithm.

[@Xubose]

I'd definitely watch 30 minutes straight of you doing impression.

[@micahg196]

Btw the floating stat bump can also be put in charisma.

[@tychobrandsma2929]

Can you make a video of how to create alice from resident evil in dnd?

[@HaseoStrife36]

I like the build, the only thing that's is off to me is that mystique can shift in to animals as well

[@greko4217]

Can we get a build for playing Atalante from Fate/Apocrypha and Fate/Grandorder?

[@darevenantrose2161]

How about making bishop(xmen) in dnd

[@gghost166]

Before I start this video, I'm guessing Changling Rogue with either a dash of Druid or Monk thrown in for flavor.

[@Dewald]

I would love to see a build for Taarna from the heavy mental movie

[@deathkillkong5388]

So how many souls do I need to sacrifice to get a build for Darth Revan? CUZ I'LL DO IT

[@BJGvideos]

"And who's gonna hit Tom Hanks?" Oh boy you've never heard of the people who think he's part of some global elite conspiracy, have you?

[@z_movie_dan]

She is here yeah.

[@Harves7]

Will you ever do Hei from Darker Than Black?

[@RasmusVJS]

I don't think I quite understood the point of that Monk level. Was it to allow her to go unarmored whilst keeping her AC decent?

[@0_Body]

Spiral looks like they would be a hand full to build

[@BespokeFoil]

How did you get so many guests to voice themselves in the video?