The Knight of Knaves: D&D Build

Wanna be a Pirate in D&D or Baldur's Gate 3? How about just a really fun and potent Paladin/Rogue? Bring on the Swashbuckling.
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Intro:(0:00)
Character Concept:(1:50)
Hit Point Press:(6:03)
Level 1:(8:36)
Levels 2-6:(12:49)
Levels 7-9:(26:24)
Levels 10-13:(28:57)
Levels 14-17:(38:11)
Final Thoughts:(44:01)
Outtakes:(49:07)
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[@DnDDeepDive]

Errata: I feel like this is the second time in recent weeks I’ve screwed up initiative calculations? It’s like I forgot how the game works or something! Anyways, with Rakish Audacity we’re at +7 not +11 ;)

[@davidbush6674]

I feel like the fact that pc fight so often that they would be proficient in it lol

[@zebby710]

its ok i was just sad there was no thieves cant 'thieves can' joke

[@blakejohnson1675]

Hey Colby @DnDDeepDive, love your videos. Do you think the following can be optimized? Order of Scribes Wizard changing the damage type of magic missile to fire damage, allowing you to hit an enemy with an oil flask and get the 5 extra damage per hit? Bonus points for Heat Metal or Thief subclass!

[@chrisvossler8795]

Moral of the story: you need to create a harengon rogue who can apply reliable talent to initiative!

[@Damakos]

Hey Colby @DnDDeepDive may I just put an idea out there. Please could you do a gunslinger(as in Percival's subclass) focused build because it looks like it has a load of potential but I can't work out how to make it as powerful as some Spellcasters which is what I usually play.

[@gavinlangston603]

Knight of Knaves is easily the coolest build name you've come up with

[@crownlexicon5225]

With Tasha's, you can swap your fighting style at a level where you get an ASI, so you could use a different fighting style for a few levels.

[@20storiesunder]

Wise words.

[@Notsogoodguitarguy]

Yes, BUT, only on a level of the class where you got the fighting style. If you get a paladin fighting style and then only level up rogue, you don't get to swap fighting style on an ASI from rogue.

[@crownlexicon5225]

@@Notsogoodguitarguy right, but with the way he took rogue 1 delaying the paladin ASI even more, it could've been useful until paladin 4

[@TheKilogram1000]

I feel like it wouldn't hurt the build too bad if you went Oath of the Open Sea, with the same build, and might be more flavorful. It's given me a lot to think about. Oath of the Open Sea + Swashbuckler Rogue sounds super awesome too.

[@knightghaleon]

Being able to use Channel Divinity to bat someone into a wall is a nice way to break engagement with a tough opponent as well.

[@Canders137]

Oath of Open Sea gets no love. I get that it’s technically not official but no one talks about it! I absolutely love it

[@grimscar]

@@Canders137 well that's why no one talks about it, it's not an actual subclass. it's homebrew.

[@The_Yukki]

@@grimscarWorse yet it suffers from being Mercer's completely nutty homebrew. Man really had no idea how heavily obscured works when he created that subclass.

[@brakjika]

alternatively, UA's Oath of Treachery also works well - plus some interesting Oath spells. I'd certainly allow one of my players to take it

[@michaelmartin4781]

I actually played a character like this from 4 to 20 in a west march/ combat dnd server over the last 2 years. Actually started out as a Swashbuckler then went Open Sea Paladin, flavored it as a pirate trying to reform and atone for his past crimes. Got to say it was a blast to dart around the battle feild and SMITE! Literally nothing could run away from him as he chased down foes across the battlefeild and delivered divine strikes. (gets bananas with the fly spell or wings of flying). It wasn't the strongest build on the server but he definitely left his mark. Thanks for the amazing video!

[@rayindc2074]

22:45 The Sunblade is a longsword (so 1d10 when wielded with 2 hands, which allows it to benefit from GWF) and is also finesse (no feat required). No automatic bonus action attack though.

[@BhopOwnz]

Playing the character like Jack Sparrow who took an oath to rum sounds like a A LOT of fun!

[@MrJohill]

Played a Swashbuckler + Vengeance Paladin in my first full campaign. Very fun character and a very strong striker and self sustainer. High AC with uncanny dodge to take care of the heavy hits along with Advantage + Sneak Attack + Smites was a great combination for massive crits. That's before factoring in their spells. Can Haste themselves, Misty Step, heal themselves. Really fun combination to play.

[@13adhunter35]

I’m playing one now. The group jokes all the time to “pass the ball to tucker!” So I can sneak attack and smite. We have a wizard that can give portents, and one time he gave me a nat 20 and I just obliterated a poor enemy. It’s hilarious, but I’m also very excited to get to higher levels, because god damn I’m squishy

[@Tusitala1967]

"Hello My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."

[@thewordywarlock7159]

Note that if you make your Steed a fiend, it benefits from Aura of Hate as well!

[@popularopinion1]

Came down here to say this

[@1manApocalypse_CP]

Another thing i was thinking, technically you wouldn't need to be riding your steed necessarily right? So you would effectively have twice the area for Spirit Shroud or other AoE buff spells if you need.

[@thewordywarlock7159]

@@1manApocalypse_CP _"While mounted on your steed,_ you can make any spell you cast that targets only you also target your steed." It _could_ work but you'd have to start every fight mounted, cast your buff spell, then dismount.

[@tangentkatz]

I'm so glad BG3 introduced me to your channel. Multiclass theory crafting was my favorite part of D&D when I used to play. I have so many great videos to watch now :)

[@Pacific-NW-Native]

0:56 seconds in and I predict Swashbuckling Paladin... not sure which Oath yet, though Oathbreaker would be cool. Making this character! Called it! @19:30 ✊️

[@k0pstl939]

Nice

[@Wouldyoukindly4545]

I was figuring Oathbreaker, but I guessed Assassin or Arcane Trickster. If I was doing this I might recommend Assassin then College of Whispers Bard.

[@dango2917]

I am having my rogue din break their oath story wise (in the campaignI She is a Haregon redemption swashbuckler

[@BLynn]

The Knight of Knaves: D&D Build #143 Level 01:(see above) [paladin 1 & race] Level 02:(see above) [paladin 2 & fighting-style] Level 03:(@15:45) [rogue 1 & expetise] Level 04:(@17:18) [paladin 3 & subclass] Level 05:(@20:02) [paladin 4 & ASI] Level 06:(@22:58) [paladin 5] Level 07:(see above) [paladin 6] Level 08:(@27:15) [paladin 7] Level 09:(@27:55) [rogue 2] Level 10:(see above) [rogue 3 & subclass] Level 11:(@30:23) [fighter 1 & fighting-style] Level 12:(@34:28) [fighter 2] Level 13:(@35:02) [fighter 3 & subclass] Level 14:(see above) [paladin 8 & ASI] Level 15:(@39:04) [paladin 9] Level 16:(@42:02) [paladin 10] Level 17:(@42:22) [paladin 11]

[@TheEncouragementKid]

thank you!!

[@offdeez21]

I recently replayed Assassin's Creed 4 and got inspired to start building a dex-based paladin/rogue, but I was having a hard time trying to make it effective in combat. Thanks for dropping this video at such a perfect time!

[@wandrilleturle36]

Colby, my friends watch the dungeon dudes occasionally and I would love them to watch your content 😃 would you make a playlist of the recent collaborations with your friends please ? 😃 It would be a nice gateway for them 😉

[@emulationemperor8924]

I love watching these videos. I know this build was specifically about rogues and paladins. But my favorite way to build a Pirate-y character is starting with 5 levels of rogue, and then 6 levels of fighter. Start variant human and pick up the crossbow expert feat. With standard array you can get a 16 dexterity, 14 constitution, and 14 charisma. Pick up the crossbow expert feat, and start the campaign with a rapier and hand crossbow. At level 3 when you get the Swashbuckler subclass, it becomes a lot easier to run in, hit them with the rapier, and then shoot them in the face with your crossbow bonus action attack. After 2 more levels in rogue and 3 levels into fighter, you can pick up the archery fighting style and battle master maneuvers. Trip attack for advantage on subsequent hits, riposte and brace for more ways to get your sneak attack damage off on a reaction attack. By rogue 5 fighter 6 you will have maxed out dexterity, sharpshooter, and extra attack. But the path to get there is still a lot of fun. It's just a lot of swordplay, and reflavoring the hand crossbow as a pistol is a lot of fun, although not necessary. Slashing, bobbing, and weaving in and out of enemies defenses all while delivering devastating blows with your crossbow attack. You have melee damage and survivability with a high dexterity and some okay hit points, lots of damage and a few ways to get sneak attack damage on a reaction attack. Plus the flavor of being a pirate is there basically from the start. It's not the most powerful numbers-wise, but it's no slouch either. I think it would be bottom of tier 2 for sustained damage. You get basically all the advantages of being a rogue with skills and expertise, while still contributing a lot of solid damage, and you can be a frontline or backline fighter depending on what the encounter calls for.

[@fuddmuggler]

Love this build, love this pair. Was my first foray into multiclassing. I played a character in an evil campaign that started as a pretty classic swashbuckler, but ended multiclassed roughly 50/50 with Conquest Paladin, and I remember the gameplay of that character incredibly fondly. He was untouchable.

[@JamesTaylor-oh1sd]

I'm really surprised you didn't mention Goading Attack. It would be extremely useful to make sure those enemies are trying to get within your attack range!

[@Yellowninja7]

This build reminds me of a cool subclass from a failed dnd magazine I really liked. I believe it was called oath of thievery? Basically a sneaking and theif focused subclass for paladin. They had a really cool spell they got called five fingered smite. Basically a d6 smite but it let you try and steal something from an opponent's hands when you hit.

[@delibirdite]

Ayyo, Colby, I came up with a build recently that used the swarmkeeper forced movement + battlemaster pushing attack to force the enemy to take tonnes of spike growth damage each turn. I know you've done a few spike growth builds but here is another: Swarmkeeper Ranger level 6 (or 5) - minimum 5 needed for Gathered Swarm and Spike Growth Battle Master Fighter level 14 (or 15) - minimum 3 needed for multiple uses of pushing attack - I go minimum 14 for 3 attacks and a total of 6 ASI's Utilising a hand crossbow with the sharpshooter + crossbow expert feats you can deal great damage with 3 attacks, 1 bonus action attack, pushing on 2 of them, and "pulling" on 1 of them I made mine a vahadar elf to get thorn whip so that with my final feat I can grab metamagic adept, allowing another option to pull the enemies as a bonus action (it's slightly more dps to use the one use of quickened spell to pull enemies another 10ft with thorn whip, than to use a sharpshooter attack) If my math is right, assuming 20 dex, 18 wis, and 0 enemy ac, you will do an average dpr of ~130 cast spike growth, action surge, then do 4 sharpshooter attacks with 2 uses of superiority die plus 45ft of forced spike growth movement = 4d6 + 20 + 40 + 2d10 + 18d4 (if you allow the close quarter fighting style, you can get another +4 per turn) if you have no uses of action surge left for some reason, metamagic adept quickened spell is a great way to cast spike growth before doing 3 attacks PS: I always assume 0 ac for my math because I'm a slave to the spreadsheet. however, I make more calculations involving AC/saving throws later when Im happy with the build. PSS: you can use your superiority die on every attack but your dpr will be lower because on turn 2 onwards you will only be able to push for 15ft per turn

[@marcopicone5758]

A really great build. I’m playing this build this weeks and the build is really really fun

[@benjaminlee2150]

I’d really like to see what Colby could do with making a combined ranged DPR and Nova damage dealer out of the samurai fighter. There might be some potential with Elven Accuracy+Fighting Spirit.

[@msmith2068]

I could see that. Since you can use that feature 3 times resetting on a long rest. And later getting a soft reset on initiative rolls.

[@chrischristensen6779]

That has been my most broken charecter that i have ever played.

[@20storiesunder]

I feel it can be massive but it's relatively straightforward. Where's the juice, the complexity that makes the build interesting?

[@mpetrov2402]

@@20storiesunder It's hard to multiclass out of. You can do hexblade, artificer, war cleric, fey wanderer, gloomstalker or monk dips each with their respective pros and cons. Also it's important not to overload your bonus action economy and there is a number of different options when it comes to race.

[@RoninXDarknight]

Samurai is the no-fuss out of the box King of Nova damage in DD since just taking the subclass gives you both action surge and advantage on a stick (without any of the drawbacks or limitations of Reckless Attack too!). And honestly, it doesn't take much effort to make it an absolute monster either. Elvan Accuracy + Sharpshooter and you can make most anything dead pretty quick.

[@monosito59]

The Sunblade is a finesse AND a versatile weapon. So it qualifies for sneak attack AND great weapon fighter. Sure, it's not a conventional weapon you'd find in a local armory. But to a plundering knight of knaves, not an impossibly to find it in a sunken wreck or tomb. Works amazingly well with paladins too.

[@sammayes948]

I’ve spent plenty of time considering this combo, this is nice to consider and think over. Thank you for laugh the work day easier to handle with dnd theory crafting

[@theFunkyThumb]

Love this build! My longest running campaign im playing a character similiar to this. Well, a blend of this and the swashbuckler/battlemaster build you have. Swashbuckler 8/pally 2/battlemaster 5/ draconic sorc 5. (Halfway through the campaign he was bestowed powers by a dragon whos egg he saved). Being able to dump 4d6 from sneak, 4d8 from smite. Additional d8 from manuevers is amazing. And im running a whip and shield most times, meaning my AC is 20 lol, and the best initiative in the party

[@theFunkyThumb]

Dont forget commanding presence for a maneuver. Itll make you the best face in the party

[@landanross2966]

Okay the image of a dual scimitar wielding shadar-kai who has forsaken the raven queen in pursuit of greed and power while raiding merchant ships on the high seas is really really cool, love this character

[@g2machine368]

You should do a rune knight/Paladin build based around making your Paladin aura(s) bigger by making your character larger.

[@catshitonthecarpet8520]

Colby is for sure a musician. We need a short of him strumming guitar and singing!

[@pjenner79]

Been toying with this concept for a long time.. so glad to see you finally build this ❤

[@lucasramey6427]

A pretty good flavorful combination between paladin and rogue could be a 3-7 level dip into oath of the open sea (no higher so you can guarantee access to your rogue subclass capstone) and the rest into phantom rogue to get the feel of a ghostly pirate haunting the 7 seas with the marine layer channel divinity to be a rolling fog (take the blind fighting style)

[@joshy3614]

You would need a polearm or ranged weapon to benefit from blind fighting in the marine layer fog since you and creatures next to you are not blinded, as that area is only treated as lightly obscured

[@jessetaylor1050]

Can't say I didn't see this one coming after your video about paladin multi-classing lol. LOVE IT!

[@ChelseaKinnin]

What i love is no matter how out there you think your idea for a character build is going to be, d4 has a build for that ❤

[@apocryphal_muse]

I did a similar build using oath of vengeance and assassin. Abjure enemy covers the free sneak attack during fights, and being able to get the advantage on targets in round one also helps. Having the advantage rather than just sqashbucklers sneak attack also made it a lot easier to see those critical hit smites we love so much. Finally, in those cases where we had the blessing of being able to surprise the enemy, a free crit smite plus sneak attack is a great way to start a fight. Hunters mark was fantastically efficient and relentless avenger + abjure enemy made it incredibly punishing for people leave range since I'd get sneak attack and still stick to them anyway. The flavor of the character was also incredible, was an inquisitor/monster hunter type. Taking the spy background and working as an agent of Tyr that strikes down evil.

[@haiclips3358]

I think the best thing about revanent blade on a rogue is sneak attack are riders on weapon damage. So you can reroll 1s & 2s on the sneak attack dice as well. I played as a high elf (booming blade) with elven accuracy + revanent blade and took 3 levels in champion fighter. It definately isn't optimal, but when you roll 4d4, 8d8, 20d6, and then you reroll all 1s and 2s on all d4s and d6s is a pretty nice feeling.

[@BLynn]

"Battle of the Planets" was one of my favorites as a child too. I used to get up super-early (6 am) before school (started at 8:10 am) so I could watch it on Fox-TV before catching the bus.

[@makbeth4245]

Therapist: Panda Homelander isn't real, it can't hurt you. Panda Homelander: 24:11-24:15. And I almost don't feel sorry for that joke

[@RealKeetz]

Colby. The Bob Ross of D&D. Love your voice. 🤩 Only thing is....I has no horse. You has alternative?

[@dakkon74]

Battle of the Planets!!! As soon as I saw the shirt I took a pic to send to my older brother. We both remember than show. It was one of my favs for sure.

[@justthecraft]

Just to inform you with the MOM book, the Eladrin have the following feature: Creature Type. You are a Humanoid. You are also considered an elf for any prerequisite or effect that requires you to be an elf. So you could be one of those bois instead of just an elf

[@JakeLetson]

I've been rocking a Redemption Paladin/Inquisitive Rogue build for quite some time as a face. Expertise in insight/intimidation insures I pretty much always get my sneak via "insightful fighting" and have also have methods of coercion in social situations. I based the character on Duke Nukem and use the voice and everything. Most fun character I've ever roleplayed. Not necessarily the best combatant, but truly incredible in my group's RP heavy campaign.

[@ianfischerschilling9779]

At my table we twisted a bit the multiclass requirements for Paladin, we can multiclass into / out of Paladin with 13 CHA and 13 in either STR or DEX, so that it is a bit more similar with Fighter and we can make DEX bases paladins! With that I believe this build becomes even better, since we can dump STR :)

[@littlereaper666]

I did a character build inspired by this build but took it in a more caster focused direction, went Swords Bard 6/ Paladin 2/ Swashbuckler 7/ Battlemaster Fighter 3/ Hexblade Warlock 2. Great spell scaling for smites with better sneak attacks and still get extra attack from swords bard.

[@littlereaper666]

My lv11 was Swashbuckler Rogue 3/ Paladin 2/ Swords Bard 6 so I got to full smiting capability first

[@sschipper]

Joined your channel through BG3 (PC gamer) but this vid makes me want to 'tabletop' D&D, lol! Love the theorycrafting. Big props to your vids, you have massive 'nice guy' vibes beside the well thought through 'script' and editing... a very awesome combo that make your vids so much more compelling than most!

[@zarekodynski9077]

I know it was already in your short from yesterday but the explanation of paladin levels and why you can’t dip yet still got me! Lol

[@mauriceb7067]

The Shadowbane series by Erik Scott De Bie is a good source of inspiration for this build.

[@caseylarkin2753]

Your vids are great, super helpful for those of us that never did the DND dive but are obsessed with the game. Also I love Pirates

[@flamefyr]

The Paladin Rogue is one of my favorites thematically, Ive always loved the idea of the Sneaky Smite! ❤

[@alarin612]

Getting Spirit Shroud on your mount has another cool benefit - if you split up, you can expand the area of that slowing effect. Especially potent because of Fancy Footwork.

[@rcschmidt668]

Colby! You gave me a reason to possibly use the (spoiler) weapon! And the shirt is epic… I wanted a 7 Zark 7 when I was little.

[@urvidhnarula6362]

Its homebrew and not official content but an Oath of the Open Sea fits so well thematically and mechanically with a swashbuckler rogue, I'm almost sad you couldn't take it as the paladin subclass here.

[@Edandar]

Bruh, the song at the end. Memory unlocked.

[@naum2099]

Hey Colby, loved this vid! as for the "no reliable source of advantage" thing, you could always either get the devil's sight invocation from a feat, or get the blind fighting style from the paladin fighting style (or from the fighter fighting style, but i feel the battle manoeuvre is more essential to the build idea than great weapon fighting style). With Oathbreaker's spell list already containing darkness, i'm surprised you didn't go that route. Although it probably wouldn't fit the style of the character, so that''s probably why lol. Anyway, as i've said, great vid, loved the build, please keep up the good work!

[@michaelmuirhead910]

I should always expect the fighter dip for action surge. Tbh, I kind of thought some Fathomless warlock would work it’s way into this one. Pact of the chain for an imp (flavored however you want) to sit on your shoulder. So I built one that way. Gonna keep it stashed away for my next water based campaign.

[@theusernameicoodfind]

I’m so glad Cinderblocksally gave you a shoutout because I’m a big fan of your content now, even though I don’t play dnd

[@paulmurphy5520]

Your Tee Shirt Rocks!!! I wonder how many watchers know what it is.

[@zoddlander]

I love that managed to find a build with the double-bladed scimitar in a way I want to play it! I didn't know that great weapon style would work with it! I'll try this build ASAP! I'll go with a Eladrin! I would not change anything here! Great job!

[@justinrobey6055]

I love "A Praise Chorus" but for my money it's gotta be "Authority Song". Anyway fun build. Hope you had a good time at Gen Con. It was my first time and I found it a bit overwhelming but still had a blast.

[@thomasspecht6276]

Hey Colby, great video. I feel the pain of trying to dip out of paliden after lvl 5 here is a character concept build. You are a spell caster who “can’t” cast spells, so instead, you focus on cantrips. So a potential method is going sorcerer so you can just convert spell slots into sorcerer points. Absolutely has to be done with limitations. At the very least, no damaging spells but you can cast self enhancement spells.

[@drgray6073]

you should watch episode 125

[@dinen5000]

oh man, this takes me back to Serran Wilowkyr, my Assassin Rogue/Oathbreaker Paladin/Champion Fighter. Started 4 in fighter for all armor and weapon proficiencies, and to get improved crits + savage attacker feat, then 3 in Rogue for Assassin subclass, and 5 in paladin for extra attack and 2nd level spell slots. After that the rest i put in Rogue until the campaign wrapped up around lvl 15. Surprising a creature and hitting 3 auto-crits and smiting on all of them just absolutely obliterates anything you look at.

[@Sargon-ml4hs]

I think another route that could be interesting, although less damage focused could be oath of glory. "That's got to be the best pirate I've ever seen".

[@geneticdriftwood]

I’d love to see you try to optimize around the putrid form of summon undead! The paralyzed condition is so strong, especially with a chain lock who can more easily poison, but I’d be curious to see how you’d make the most of that paralysis!

[@karmakoma7160]

Vengeange paladin ... swashbucler rogue ... named Inigo Montoya ?

[@danwebber9494]

I love theory crafting characters, and this channel has really helped me improve them both in concept and mechanically. Thanks!

[@williamtaylor6886]

Fun to see unusual notes taken with this one (weapon, fighting style, feat, Paladin subclass choices).

[@IQAfan]

Now all you need is an Order Domain cleric for reaction attacks! Extra sneak attack. I did it with a Sorcerer Abberant Mind multiclass and would focus on casting silvery barbs on the Paladin Rogue to trigger the attack and give them advantage from the second part of Silvery Barbs. Guaranteed sneak attack.

[@johncostello4565]

I love A Praise Chorus! Maybe their best song, though I also love the breakdown in Cheating Gets it Faster

[@G-Blockster]

Bravo! Fantastico! See you in the high seas.

[@greypilgrim9967]

I wonder if the t-shirt choice was deliberate for this vid too. Cause Pirate. Parrot. Birds. Gatchaman

[@macewindu3492]

The UA Oath of Treachery Paladin might work even better, both by flavor as well as the Aura, which gives you advantage against all enemies who have an ally within five feat of them, so pretty much guaranteed sneak attack

[@tashannoc]

My current character is a thri-kreen dex paladin. I reskinned the double scimitar as a gythka and my dm let me take the revenant blade feat. It's a really fun build. We're using the mount rules as written, so my horse doesn't attack, but using disengage to move in and out of combat is awesome.

[@chrisvossler8795]

I love this character concept! One thing: you have used the double-bladed scimitar once before, for the Blender character from the Battery and the Blender.

[@ogrejehosephatt37]

Oo, I'm excited to watch this. One of my favorite characters was a Rogue/Paladin, when I was trying to chase the feeling of Simon Belmont type character, using a whip to deliver smites and sneak attacks.

[@PsychoSquirrel2012]

Here's a fun challenge for another BG3 video! There's an achievement for making a character that has 1 level in every class. In what order would you choose to take your classes to make this character as playable as possible?

[@TylerTried]

Oooh that sounds horrible... I wanna try it xD

[@jaxonpowell9353]

I'd say you just go every spellcaster first. Then, learn high-level spells with wizard scroll learning. Then the others don't really matter.

[@cognitivedissonance8406]

It’s uh…it’s Nightcrawler. You made Nightcrawler of the X-Men. Great video, I’m totally gonna watch some more. Thanks!

[@theonlymatthew.l]

Loved G-Force as a kid!!! 👍

[@andrewhazlewood4569]

Woah. Just heard the postscript. Battle of the planets was totally my jam as a kid. Mark Jason, Princess, Tiny and Keops. Plus 7 Zark 7 of course and that brilliantly transforming phoenix ship

[@kchoi10]

This seems like it would work so well mechanically because vow of enmity (assuming you're a vengeance paladin) gives you advantage on enemies, and you could use sneak attack to do more damage.

[@kainchill4893]

Thank you for your outros. Sometimes, you say just what I need to hear

[@Bacon_and_Busch]

I'm an absolute fan of this kind of build. I know your a numbers guy, so am I, but fun can also be optimal.

[@gregkun1]

Ahh yes!! You have done Pally to rogue. With the Undieing: Palidan of the Crown / Rogue: Swashbuckler. In your Fate/Stay Night. Artoria Pendragon build. It inspired me to play a pally in 5e. While I play a Champion: Liberator Cause and Free Archetype: Sorcerer Dedication: Imperial bloodline. In PF2e. Which is sooo fun to play.

[@patrickcalip948]

Uncut G-force was crazy! I watched it with my dad and we were going crazy over the violence. Like Joe was straight up shooting people.

[@13adhunter35]

I play a Paladin Rogue in my current group. It’s such a fun niche role, but it is challenging as hell stats wise. I’m very much looking forward to playing the character in Baldurs gate, where I don’t have to invest in strength at all.

[@gabehuntley1310]

I saw your rogue/monk multiclass for BG3 and started doing this in a very different order. It's great!

[@mrosean]

Can you tell me what you have done different compared to the one in the previous video

[@Rekalus]

Lots of love man, but I can't get away from BG3 long enough to watch a full hour this week! (EDIT: Okay, it turns out I did watch the whole thing. Curse your charisma and knowledge!)

[@XanderMander006]

If I wanted to go full Pirate theme on this build I would've gone with Oath of the Open Sea. I'm not sure how well it would work with your idea for the build, but it would certainly be intereesting and pirate-y.

[@joshuaclendenon]

Came for the build. Stayed for the singing. Good stuff, thanks!

[@RaineYiVTube]

Paladin seems so interesting. I havent played one but i always hear good things about them!

[@Altermaster13]

Ended up accidentally doing this build on my main character in bg3. Duergars get invisibility as a race spell that they can use once per combat for free. Ended up doing vengeance paladin but crit sneak attack divine smite is super fun. Highly recommend exploring a build for a future bg3 vid

[@alarin612]

My experience with Find Steed is, it's a great way to mitigate a paladin's difficulty in getting close enough for melee. Move-and-dash on a warhorse is enough to get you across move battlefields. The wording that the Find Steed mount fights in perfect unison with its paladin is pretty great, too, when you need to convince a DM of something cool you want to do with it - the idea that a Find Steed mount wouldn't go and attack where the paladin wants it to is pretty silly in the face of that part of the spell description.

[@WolfHreda]

I knew we were going to go Swashbuckler! And I see the Dudes. Good to know my instincts are working. Can't wait to see this build come together. If I remember correctly, there's one other Finesse weapon that has the Two-Handed property, but that's the Falchion that Fjord uses in Campaign 2, and I'm pretty sure it's found in the Taldorei campaign setting book.

[@jugglejunk]

There also the sun blade, a sun blade variation, another legendary longsword with the finesse property and the elf only moon blade has an option to become finesse.

[@TarninTheGreat]

Sad I didn't bump into you at Gencon, but I hope you had a great time! Good luck with the upcoming BG 3 videos!

[@taiwanisacountry]

I made a rogue+pal, and the utility of rogue and paladins are amazing together :-D You are amazing in combat and outside of combat.

[@karatekoala4270]

I like what you're doing as a fan of swashbuckler. Right not in currently playing a Harengon Open Sea Paladin/Swords bard. Effin love it!

[@TriFekt]

When I read the description of a knight/pirate/rogue I immediately thought of Askeladd from Vinland Saga

[@warlockblitz]

Perfect for the summer! New equipment: Scale Mail Shorts.

[@viralsun]

Not gonna lie. First thought would be college of swords bard not rogue, so much built-in synergy already

[@20storiesunder]

Another strong build, focusing more on spellcasting than this one.

[@joeking1956]

More spell slots from Bard levels would give you some more smite-y goodness.

[@faisalhussain2270]

I played a vengeance paladin hexblade warlock sword bard multiclass, loved it. Very OP, crazy damage with all those smites and other stuff that adds a few dice here and there.

[@linkatronic]

Great build! I love this more character concept focused builds!

[@darrenromanko2414]

Another wonderful video. Enjoyable from beginning to end.

[@dqauto500]

I LOVE THEM!!!!! Princess and mark were my favorite!!! Battle if the planets! I have all of them in vhs and dvd both in English and Japanese as battle of the planets and gatchaman !! I went riding with my aunt on a motorcycle like princess! My parents had a heart attack

[@freejazz2404]

I play a character almost like this on an Eberron setting, a Mark of Shadows elf, except the oath is Vengeance, and it's a total blast

[@jugglejunk]

Greater invisibility on elven accuracy paladin is terrifying.

[@ryanscanlon2151]

Gonna throw this in here, great weapon fighting definitely applies to sneak attack dice. And before anyone says "But Crawford said..." He was simply wrong, this "ruling" is among the earliest and he offered and at no point since in any of the numbers erratas have they ever corrected the language to match his statement unlike later statements. It's so much more fun this way.