Swarmkeeper Ranger in Tasha's Cauldron of Everything - D&D Beyond

[@Bluecho4]

What I love about the Swarmkeeper is how broad its possibility space is for character aesthetic and flavor. Variants of this core conceit almost write themselves. I came up with an entire list of Swarmkeeper character concepts: -Locusts: Desert dwelling bandit, raids villages for supplies and strips them of everything of value. -Squirrels: It's Squirrel Girl. 'Nuff said. -Grasshoppers: Traveling violinist, clad in green. Wears boots of striding and springing. A different approach to the Bard aesthetic. -Cats: A crazy cat lady. Haunted One background, that leaves her slightly mad. In combat, throws hand axes, cats. -Bats: Uses the "Vampire" race template from those Magic: The Gathering "Plane Shift" articles (Plane Shift: Zendikar or Plane Shift: Ixalan). A gothic character, may or may not be evil. Really leans into the bat motif part of vampirism. -Rats: Goblin living beneath a major city. Trains rats to steal for them. Defender of the poor, rats. -Songbirds: Disney-style elven princess, sent to live in the wilderness at a young age to protect her against those plotting to usurp the throne. Was taught to use a sword and bow, to defend herself. Learned to commune with wilderness creatures. Sheltered from the cynical world, and is thus slightly naive, but has a noble heart. Returns to civilization to remove the despotic usurpers from the throne. -Jellyfish: Triton assassin. Combines weapon training with poison to perform jobs. -Centipedes: Part of the personal guard to the emperor of an infernalist dynasty. (In Asian culture, centipedes are unclean creatures, often associated with hell much as flies are in Western culture). -Ants: Dwarf commander of a squad of soldiers. Patrols in and around dwarven tunnels. -Spiders: Drow scout that leads beasts, intruders into traps. Wears slippers of spider climb. -Clockwork: Inventor (or inventor's assistant) from Kaladesh - possibly Warforged - surrounded by servos and thopters. Alternatively, an explorer that gained a connection to Mechanicus. -Crabs: Pirate once marooned on an island by a mutinous crew. Communed with crabs during their stay. Seeks fortune, a new ship, and revenge. -Butterflies: Eladrin elf created magically from a swarm of butterflies, in order to cover the escape of a fae noble under attack. The character is the only one of the several defenders created to survive. Wanders the planes looking for purpose. -Bees: Personal guard to the Queen of a small but militant isolationist nation, known for its fruit, flowers, and honey exports. Wears black and yellow striped uniform, carries a rapier. -Snakes: Yuan-ti agent sent to undermine the outer world. Grew disillusioned with their mission. Works as a circus performer as a cover. -Hedgehogs: Pikeman in heavy armor that's covered in spikes. Uses Heavily Armored and Sentinel/Polearm Master feats. -Ravens: Shadar-kai elf spy and informant. Scouts out enemy camps, and plumbs forgotten repositories of knowledge. -Worms: Hill Dwarf that explores caves and dungeons. Only likes to come up to the surface when it rains. Uses a whip in combat.

[@Intrafacial86]

I'm new to D&D, just discovered this subclass a few hours ago, and IMMEDIATELY thought of a halfling beekeeper that lives just past the outskirts of town, selling honey, raw beeswax, beeswax products, and bee (anti-)venom. He's quite friendly and sociable, but he has no problem dealing with marauders thanks to a field filled with apiaries that he can cause to swarm on his command, combined with venom-dipped bolts for his crossbow.

[@Varatho]

One of my players made a Swarmkeeper with a swarm of Corgis. Which kind of also fits in with corgi lore, because corgis are supposed to be mounts for tiny fey creatures.

[@deadpoolrwbyfan8419]

I think I love your campaign

[@gibbous_silver]

Be a Halfling to ride one

[@jellobag]

My friend runs a winter 1-shot every year and this year, I'm going to be playing a penguin-aarakocra swarmkeeper ranger with my swarm of baby penguins. I'm pretty sure this is peak character creation

[@Stefan-xt5sk]

Yes. It is. Have fun playing this adorable character! :)

[@kirbylamb1507]

you mean beak character creation eyyyyyyy forgive me for making that pun

[@jellobag]

@@Stefan-xt5sk Thanks!

[@High-LordHarza]

@@kirbylamb1507 That was fowl

[@kirbylamb1507]

@@High-LordHarza owl never make a pun like that again. Wait...

[@BunniBuu]

I put this on a Winter Eladrin and now she has little snowflakes that follow her around which gather on the tip of her arrow when she shoots her bow :D

[@Poniksei]

Ooh i love it, my new pc is a batlin(homebrew) whose swarm is bats that are her children, she is like an angry soccer mom who carries a lever action shotgun (its a modern apocalypse)

[@justinwlacy]

I’m going to make a Ranger that’s just Eddie Izzard running around shouting “I’M COVERED IN BEES!” and nobody can stop me.

[@Bluecho4]

"No, not the bees! NOT THE BEES! NOOOO! AH! They're in my eyes!"

[@Haveuseenmyjetpack]

Chris Farley “beeeees! Bees! Run for your lives! Your firearms are useless!”

[@fenrirswolh3]

@@Bluecho4 That literally popped into my head. Lmao

[@joeperniconi4087]

Can't stop thinking about the tree spirits from Princess Mononoke...

[@joeperniconi4087]

Also, as a DM, I would allow the 'hover' to be a short glide with wing-like protrusions or a wings-suit like thing... if that makes sense

[@itzplant3196]

Kodama? In d&d they're called Chawinga.

[@Frozenskulltube]

Annnnnd that's it I now have to play this ranger

[@matthanson2908]

I'm current playing a Swarmkeeper that is a Plague Doctor with a colony of leeches living under his suit, with Summon Beast to summon an Alpha Leech.

[@Perial51]

The very first time I read the features for the Swarm Keeper I immediately thought "That's Shino from Naruto!!!". Love the subclass and gives lots of roleplay as well as mechanical possibilities.

[@mrjek01]

Could also build Gara with this..a swarm of sand that protects you.. maybe add some warlock for eldritch blast (sand bullets).

[@Stefan-xt5sk]

Phantom rogue + swarmkeeper ranger multiclass = the souls of the fallen cling to me

[@Bluecho4]

Although you could easily do that with just Swarmkeeper. The flavor is what's important. (Though the mutli-class is cool).

[@AllThingsAction]

Dope idea

[@hueyblade]

im currently playing a water genasi swarmkeeper whose swarm is reef dwelling fish. hunters mark is a starfish on the target, spike growth is a blanket of urchin, and faerie fire is a cuttlefish inking a sparkly cloud of ink.

[@High-LordHarza]

MY ASSORTMENT OF BEES OUGHT TO PUT A STOP TO THAT

[@hurricanez3287]

I had an idea. If your DM allows you to play as monsters, play as a mind flayer and have your swarm be illithid tadpoles and maybe even take 5 levels in aberrant mind sorcerer

[@finderfinder4290]

I would let my players play as a gnome squidling, which is like a mind flayer but much lower CR

[@DarkCurow]

I'm just imagining a ranger that was just a bunch of bats in a trenchcoat.

[@JulianVJacobs]

I misread this and read that it was a person in a trenchcoat made of bats and I found that intriguing.

[@Sheamu5]

The trenchcoat is also bats

[@Randomdudefromtheinternet]

I did this with an Oath of Vengeance Paladin, he kept a swarm of bats under his cloak.

[@GrimViridian]

Wildfire druid/swarmkeeper. The fire spirit is an angry guardian spirit of a destroyed forest and the swarm are spirits of all the animals, but essentially in the form of soot sprites that when not active become ash tattoos on the druids body resembling the animals they were

[@Stefan-xt5sk]

Imagine a swarmkeeper ranger with a swarm of little pseudodragons...

[@hazezero689]

Oddly this subclass reminds me of Deedlet, the high elf from Record of Lodoss War anime. It has been a while since I seen the anime, but from what I recall whenever she attacked, Wind and Water spirits swarmed around her, guided her arrows, lifted her in flight, helped her teleport around, etc, etc. Personally, I feel it would a cool reflavor for an Elven Ranger to reflavor their swarm as tiny little fey spirits.

[@galensturupcomeau1242]

I didn't think of this! Lodoss war rewatch incoming!

[@galensturupcomeau1242]

Disney princess with swarm of birds!

[@Haveuseenmyjetpack]

Watch out Elsa

[@DrewHerrema]

This is one of my favorite ways to flavor the swarmkeeper but I don't know if I can do it justice.

[@justanotherdayinthelife9841]

Maybe a DC Robin/Robin Hood flavor with sparrows, and use the swarm to block line of sight or open it up like a doorway.

[@Bluecho4]

That was also my idea. A Disney Princess that is played totally straight, taking the connection to woodland creatures to the logical extreme.

[@lawrencecelestino3444]

@@Bluecho4 That should probably be Circle of the Shepherd Druid, though. I made a character like that. Talks to animals. Has unicorn and bear friends. Calls on animals to help her fight in time of need (she never actually fights, herself).

[@joegaylord87]

Before Tasha's came out, I made an NPC which was a hearing-impaired druid who kept swarms of Gala Cockatoos (Reskinned ravens) as his assistants and spies. I now want to build him as a PC using the Swarmkeeper Ranger. The idea of flocks of bright pink talking birds being the spell effects and scouts for a relatively lighthearted character makes me smile.

[@jareds2297]

Lots of people like the bug/swamp/creepy crawly theme to Swarmkeeper; I envision one that is actually a Disney Princess, whose accompanying animals and birds protect them from danger and allow them to dodge, flutter, or fly which also occasionally go rabid and attack/drag enemies!

[@whowasibeing]

I picture lots of whistling.

[@parkerandrecreation]

You could also put a funny spin on it to where you’re an innocent Disney Princess who uses grotesque critters and tells people how beautiful and misunderstood they are.

[@speculativemusings3593]

The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl!

[@joegeigerjr]

So. Much. Yes.

[@me-42by42]

Swarmkeeper with the swarm made of arcane words or runes, and the mage hand is just a combination of 'float', 'move', and 'interact'.

[@Poniksei]

Thats pretty cool idea

[@OrneryPotato]

It looks like the 3rd level swarm feature would work with eldritch blast for additional on hit movement paired with the proper pushing/pulling invocations. You could move something 25 feet either away or toward yourself or in two directions one 15 ft and one 10 ft. Possibly even with firing 3 eldritch blasts you could pull them 10 ft, move sideways 15 ft, then push them back 10 ft. Your own game of chess.

[@galensturupcomeau1242]

Unfortunately it is once per turn

[@scotchrobin45]

Did he just mention Hermit Crabs? That is my homebrew beast I submitted to dndbeyond!!!!!! awesome! That would be a crazy swarm, I would certainly try to use them like little caltrops moving on the ground

[@zachp1262]

I'm playing a Swarmkeeper Ranger in an evil pirate campaign. His swarm is a bunch of snakes and flying snakes. When he fires an arrow, he has a snake wrap around it to bite whoever he shoots.

[@Poniksei]

Yesss

[@juliustausch7377]

My swarm keeper would be an urchin background human who keeps a rat swarm that eventually gets so large that he can "fly" on a tower of rats.

[@justinross4109]

Crazy Old Cat Lady from Codename Kids Next Door is a swarm keeper ranger, and I like the idea of having a swarm of tressym

[@maggiecearley3061]

Any fans of the Stormlight Archive/specifically Dawnshard? You could be an Aimian with a swarm of cremlings (water genasi for flavor, so you're blue like Aimians, and the swarm are just crabs for those in the party who aren't stormlight fans)

[@TheBanimal]

I was thinking of a Triton ranger covered in starfish or jellyfish. As you're firing off arrows followed by starfish spinning through the air

[@jomonkey2758]

i have a question. is the gathered swarm damage magical or no? its been coming up so much in my game and id like to know

[@Vorath81]

Swapped from gloomstalker to swarmkeeper in my roll20 campaign when TCE came out. We had just left a dungeon with a blighted tree that corrupted a druid, and my ranger has a homegrown item cloak from a year ago the DM gave me to fit with our world that was based around shadowfell magic... figured the blighted tree compelled my character pick up a twig and in turn warped the cloak. As a result, my swarm is twig blights and I love describing them as demonic baby groots with blackened bark and red eyes charging at enemies when they interact. They rest on my shoulder and move in/out of the cloak. When they move me, it is like my hunter is being carried like a queen on a throne they grow into for her.

[@SpectralArrow]

I wanna do a halfling crossbowmaster , start at lvl 7 - swarmkeeper 4 - arcane trickster 3. Flavour the swarm as tiny people from gulliver's travels - Mage hand can be a tiny rogue that is invisible and can steal things for me.

[@SpectralArrow]

Tiny commandos ride the crossbow bolts, will be great.

[@vincentabramo7175]

I have a concept for a ranger swarm keeper that is a dryad and it serves as a connection to her original grove's location.

[@Poniksei]

Eyyy

[@vargrmoon67]

A warforged ranger, the wooden pieces of its body riddled with holes and honeycomb, wasps and bees swarming and buzzing all around them. Sign me up!

[@Poniksei]

Yessssssss

[@dracone4370]

A while back I came up with an idea, it could be an interesting campaign to see. The idea was to have a party made of characters based on characters from fairytales, legends, folklore, and fables. So you could have a Swarmkeeper Ranger based on the Aesop's Fable of The Grasshopper and the Ants paired up with a party that has other characters based on other storybook characters. And you don't yourself to storybook tales from Europe, every culture has its own fairytales and fables. China has the fairytale of the Boy with the Magic Paintbrush, a story about a boy with a pure heart who always paints from the heart who is gifted a magic paintbrush that can have a curse effect by a supernatural being; Japan has the fairytale of The Grateful Crane, a story about a crane that feels the need to return favor after favor to the people that help it. Just imagine what a party made up of characters based on all this could be like. I just like playing around with character concepts, if a subclass fits with my character concept then I'm going to try building my character concept with that subclass.

[@lukelloyd8976]

"if you want to be the most powerful arcane archer, just be a Sorcerer who uses a bow as an arcane focus" Hexarchers: I...beg your pardon!?

[@knightghaleon]

As someone playing a hexarcher, I feel that. And Im a Hexbow Sorcerer Eldritch Knight now. Replace sorcerer with bard for even more fun.

[@lukelloyd8976]

@@knightghaleon that sounds MAD as hell, what are the details of your build?

[@knightghaleon]

@@lukelloyd8976 Its only 5 levels EK for the extra attack and Sharpshooter feat. I'm using Shadow Sorcerer for the hound to help the melee group. And Hexblade the rest with pact of the chain for the familiar and enhanced healing for myself. So I fire a sharpshooter shot and then quicken eldritch blast which gives me decent damage. My DM ruled I can eldritch smite with a hexbow because the wording is weird on that smite so I basically snipe from the back and grant the help action while being able to move through shadow if need be. Its mostly a charisma and dex with my con being my third stat build but we rolled our stats. Looking at it I couldve gone with 6 levels of lore bard and gotten Swift Quiver for more attacks, but I like being the warlock scout with my familiar and my hound in combat.

[@lukelloyd8976]

I was wondering why you didn't go Thirsting Blade...then saw you went Pact of the Chain. Interesting build tho, thanks You can use a lot of smites with ranged attacks; although Ranged Battlesmith Artificers have the best of those buffs imho

[@knightghaleon]

@@lukelloyd8976 I wanted to dedicate my invocations to more utility stuff like the eye ones and the max healing from keeping my familiar within 100 ft of me. Eldritch knight already gets weapon bond so I can summon my weapon when needed. And with close range attackers I sometimes go with Shadowblade. Action surge helps crank out more damage for a quick nova round too. I didnt crank up my intelligence because I'm using the sorcerer spellcasting for the shadowblade. The EK spells are just buff spells or spells I convert to sorcerer points since they're level 1 spells. I'd like to try a ranged battlesmith if this character gets killed or we do a new campaign.

[@hipsterbrigadier9428]

Friend talked about doing a goblin oneshot and swarmkeeper ranger, wildfire Druid and wild magic barbarian scream fun for goblin shenanigans 😂

[@TheArmouryOfficial]

I want to play a Reborn Swamkeeper Ranger with living locus or scarabs crawling throughout his undead body

[@Poniksei]

Yes thats an incredible idea

[@atlascove1810]

*LUCKILY MY BEES CAN HELP*

[@romanwolf0072]

Mushizo! Also I have a Tabaxi with fleas...

[@Poniksei]

Thats incredible

[@Crvknight]

My swarmkeeper is a chaotic evil, former black market mimic breeder for bad guys with dungeons. He's constantly carrying a swarm of full-size mimics. They appear as a large pile of boxes in public, and in private, or at night, they revert to their amorphous, toothy forms. He just sleeps on a toothy, stony waterbed of formless mimics

[@TheLanach]

My Swarmkeeper ideia: a triton whose swarm takes the shape of a school of fish, a cast of crabs, a smack of jellyfish or other marine life, varying daily. Not the most out there flavor for tje swarm, but I like the ideia of them bringing the ocean wherever they go.

[@Poniksei]

Yesss

[@deanweir9023]

I love the Warforged Nanites idea woo that makes for good RP.

[@Sheamu5]

Okay I know the obvious Naruto reference being Shino. But it also applies to Gaara, flavors really well with the abilities of the subclass. Flight, arcane eye, forcing movement on ranged attacks, even the half cover. I might have to make this happen.

[@ChickenRayGun]

When i think of using a swarm of bats it would be a deep gnome that has a box backpack that holds the bats when hes not using them

[@benzen5190]

My take is Shadar-kai, with ravens as swarm. The ravens could be the ravens queen’s eyes.

[@archielamarr2950]

What if your swarm was spider's that would work with web very well not bats

[@jadenlustre4612]

Idk if anyone else is experiencing this bug but.. In TCoE it states that the Ghost Step Tattoo is a “Very Rare” item but when looking through “Rare” magic items it shows up. It also shows up as a “Rare” item when you click on Manage Equipment through your character sheet

[@TheBeerbarian]

Firbolg Swarmkeeper. Hidden Step gives bonus action invisible. Attack, then turn invisible in your swarm, move the swarm somewhere, then enemy follows the swarm, BUT YOU'RE STILL THERE! Opportunity Attack! Huzzah!

[@jadenlustre4612]

Gloom stalker and the Swarmkeeper are the only Ranger subclasses I’d be willing to play

[@thefracturedbutwhole5475]

All the ranger subclasses from Xanathar's are pretty good, even the hunter is okay, the beast-masters sucks ass though, the horizon walker is cool, they can teleport before each attack, walk through walls etc..., monster slayer lets you actually feel like a hunter of monsters, you get a (slightly weaker) built in hunters mark, you can foil spells, and you have the ability to analyze a creatures weaknesses, if you fight 1 vampire (or whatever, maybe a rare creature nobody knows about) and analyze it you know the weakness of all of them, and by extension you would be able to tell if a vampire or whatever had unusual resistances or vulnerabilities. Rangers are cool and can be very strong, if you steer clear of the PHB subclasses.

[@ddfordummies5099]

You don’t have the swarm be the same thing every time so you can use this to basically create a day walker where your swarm is spiders and crows and bats and imps or things like that.

[@parkerandrecreation]

I play a tabaxi artillerist swarmkeeper who commands a British Victorian-style infantry of house cats in uniform who help fire the Eldritch Cannon, and are shot out of said cannon. My DM also allowed me to flavor their damage as spiritual pellet gun damage in conjunction with my musket shots in order to give that firing squad feel. His name is Colonel Myartin Garfeld Furbanks VII. He also loves scotch. There’s some confusion however with the rules as written. The swarm stays in your space until death, but it has to move in order to move targets, do damage on ranged shots, or being applied to the Mage Hand spell. My DM almost ruled my not being able to use them for ranged attacks, until we clarified a few things.

[@Stefan-xt5sk]

Order of Scribes Wizard + Swarmkeeper Ranger. Your awakened spellbook is the swarm. The Swarm doesn't specify weapon attacks so getting the chance to move enemies up to 15 feet or deal 1d6 additional damage whenever you hit them with a spell attack roll seems really useful. "The attack's target must succeed on a Strength saving throw against your spell save DC or be moved by the swarm up to 15 feet horizontally in a direction of your choice." Would this spell save DC use your intelligence if you use wizard spells to trigger the feature?

[@adamkaris]

Your spell save dc for your ranger abilities uses your ranger spell save dc. Seems pretty straightforward......

[@chrisr3570]

Saw on reddit someone suggested seagulls for a maritime campaign, I think pigeons for an urban one would work too

[@whowasibeing]

Urchin background, just pigeons and mice crawling out of your clothes? When they attack, the pigeons drop mice like bombs on your enemies?

[@chrisr3570]

@@whowasibeing lol, that'd work for flavour. Originally I'd thought of lady at St. Paul's cathedral in Mary Poppins :)

[@whowasibeing]

@@chrisr3570 That's the wonder of this subclass, so easily mutable to many different ideas.

[@gregslingland3576]

For a horror character, make a “Ship of Theseus” Swarmkeeper Ranger.

[@ericmcdowell1665]

My sea elf pirate player uses a school of rainbow fish to make her look awesome when we do underwear exploration.

[@andrewfornes5458]

Warforged Swarm Ranger with Tiny Monodrone swarm.

[@Bluecho4]

Warforged living on the Magic: The Gathering plane of Kaladesh. Surrounded by a swarm of servos and thopters.

[@trashynecromancer1155]

First thought with this subclass is Nausicaa from Valley of the Wind. Multi-classing into Spore Druid would be a nice touch too.

[@justanotherdayinthelife9841]

I am playing a Barbarian/Bard and carry a keg as a hammer and I want something akin to this to have and or carry hives of bees for honey and mead. Is there some way to gain smaller aspects of swarm without dipping into a third class and without its battle bonuses (except for blinding an individual by directing the swarm at someone)?

[@goldengaruda8935]

Talking to your DM and having them give you some sort of flavor thing

[@duckylovespi]

My swarmkeeper just reached level 3 so she officially has her ladybug swarm now!!! Her big driving force is trusting luck (has lucky feat) since ladybugs are said to be a good luck charm. I cant wait to play tonight!!

[@Maia_Cyclist]

Ladybug are carnivorous

[@jasongaylard2547]

Could be an interesting way to do a telekinetic with a 'swarm of shrapnel'.

[@docnevyn5814]

If it wasn't so MAD I would play a swarmkeeper/clockwork sorcerer with a swarm of nanite modrons

[@silkyz68]

I love this subclasses

[@gabef9538]

Clay golem full of bees. Speaks in interpretive dance.

[@32Loveless50]

wood elf Swarmkeeper with a swarm of Chawinga's :D or a Simic Hybrid taken his race options to loot more like a bug and then just a swarm of bugs. :D

[@IsaacMyers1]

Be a war forged swarm ranger and flavor yourself as oogie boogie perhaps? Or maybe be a war forged and flavor your swarm as termites or golem life energy mites? A furry or feathery race flavoring this class as a swarm of fleas? A kenku with 10 lvls raven queen cleric and 10 lvls swarm ranger with a swarm of ravens?

[@beperktamentus5065]

Ermac from mortal kombat as an DnD character

[@roscoeivan8739]

Kenku swarm keeper = dnd reenactment of amigos amigos amigos.

[@justanotherdayinthelife9841]

Also waiting for a Ranger Pack master with an entire pack of canines of some sort. Neat stuff could include: Rangers who can possibly set up attacks from many directions with pack positioning, yet only able to choose 1 to get the attack reflexively using the canine stats and get a bonus for the other canines doing something during. Using the pack as walls of Intimidation and battlefield control with each Harrying canine. Overland speed increases to that of the slowest canine with easily crafted dogsleds or the like. And near perfect communication and command over the pack in every sense, but psychic. Share HP with the pack and opt to give the canines the bonus to attacks and AC equal to that of the rangers equal to the PC attack bonus and the AC bonus according to the ranger level divided by 4. A bonus to the pack Int. Equal to the PC int. Mod. with a max of +3.

[@fritzthelibrarygoblin]

"I'm a terrible human being!" You should put that on your business cards, Todd. Or on T-shirts.

[@who_is_the_doc]

when do you plan to fix the portraits? all Upload Portraits are blank.

[@notorious.scoundrel]

I'm really excited with this one, tbh. I read the UA and I thought it had potential, but it turned out pretty great. Though, I have to say I'm a bit disappointed that Mighty Swarm just scales your d6 to a d8 at 11th level, really? Just make it 2d6, it's once per turn anyway. P.s. Why is moving yourself 5 feet even an option? The way I see it is that it's meant to not provoke AoO, but the feature doesn't state so, so it really depends on how your DM rules it. This is either useless or pretty good, until 11th level when it gets better

[@BrooklyKnight]

My briefcase full of BEES ought to put a stop to that!

[@gabef9538]

Your origin: You ask to be a warlock of a chaotic fey patron. "Let me give you a counter offer." *pushes briefcase across table*

[@witchBoi_Connor]

I’m making a swarmkeeper whose swarm is a flurry of rose petals. She’s a flamboyant swordswoman enhancing her abilities to duel with wind and fire.

[@witchBoi_Connor]

20:18 Disagree! The feature says that the swarm moves you, not that you move yourself. It’s the very same thing you’re making the point which moving the enemy with your swarm doesn’t invoke opportunity attacks for. This ability is a self-push, not movement, so it shouldn’t invoke a reaction. 21:10 Ayy! :DD das what I do

[@witchBoi_Connor]

23:36 I’m sorry, 10 minutes?! SHORT RESTS ARE AN HOUR, who runs them as 10 minutes?! Is this an optional rule?!! This is very important to me, man, I’ve played fighters and warlocks, short rests are those classes’ lifeblood! I wrote an entire fix for warlock spellcasting specifically because of this damnable dependency!

[@celticsown9]

Would crows work for this? I feel like they’re a little too big. But a swarm of intelligent and cool birds would be sweet!

[@parade6271]

Well tashas cauldron literally suggests a flock of birds so they'd work

[@Randomdudefromtheinternet]

I'll send the swarm I'll send the horde, THUS SAID THE LORD!!!

[@Nekronz]

So you could have a swarm of...Smurfs. Interesting.

[@thenda8]

Wow James has a cat named Marzipan! I have a good friend/box fan named Marzipan too!

[@danieljacobson74]

With his companion fatally injured Alex used his bow as his archangel focus and casts heal... killing his companion with an arrow to the chest...

[@TritiumJones]

I'm picturing a goblin rat swarmkeeper!

[@kathyduncan8423]

Pixie swarm?

[@IceKyuubi]

I think I remember someone mentioning playing CatWoman from Batman as a Swarmkeeper, only it was with cats

[@michaeledwards2052]

Just watching this video is giving me hives.

[@imUmoron]

the only thing that can stop the grub ranger is the bird ranger!

[@evilcartmensolo7198]

Reminds me of the demon on the movie constantine that had crabs grubs all kinds of things.

[@TheDarkliesra222]

Tadpoles. Then multiclass into fathomless warlock

[@MageFowl]

I made a halfling beekeeper

[@necromancer0616]

This reminds me of D'Vorah from Mortal Kombat 11.

[@trise2033]

Ah. D'vorah. Neat.

[@dcast781227]

I’m playing as an air genasi swarmkeeper with a swarm of blue rats 🐀. Character esthetic is Ratchatcher2 meets the pied piper

[@JonathanMandrake]

Kenku Swarmkeeper Ranger with a murder of crows and a raven the size of a child

[@thepopemichael]

Now you can be the bug guy from Naruto

[@Haveuseenmyjetpack]

Which guy has the better mustache?

[@arickitchens3463]

My character is a lycanthrope ratman with a swarm of fleas

[@TheManic187]

Really no adventure brothers? I am fully expecting to DM for the Monarch one day...

[@chuckallerston9997]

Forest gnome bee keeper selling honey to towns everywhere

[@jacquelinealbin7712]

my next character is a swarm of pigeons in an animated trenchcoat (using warforged stats with lower AC) who can ritual cast Find Familiar to get a special pigeon collectively, this character is named Kevin

[@3pharaohstowers]

Omg drider armorer swarm shadow clone armor swap places. Okay question you make armorer lv15 and class swap 14 lvs do i keep all my armorer modifications and bonded arcane armor Like 6 spore druid 9 armorer have metallic sporearmor undead and i swap 8 levels of artificer into scribe, do i lose Arcane armor Arcane metal spores Arcane armor undead Arcane infused spores And spell focus arcane metal spore armor. Or keep it like a curse as a living armor Trick is i think is never don off your arcane armor.

[@scottbourret1190]

Grub Ranger could have control over the 'Tremors' or 'Dune' like worms.

[@Micolino9878]

Crazy Pidgeon Lady.

[@Daedricsoulslayer]

Have hornets and cicadas call the bow 2020