The Over-Reactor: D&D Build

[@DnDDeepDive]

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[@bora7494]

Look delicious

[@GryphonDes]

Grabbed both variety packs -- heheh -- low key Ramen feind and high protein + low carb is right up my alley! Thanks Colby :)

[@Theonemanoffire]

Making this dip into barbarian and is titled the over reactor is amazing role play potential, your rage is being a diva

[@k0pstl939]

An item like the sword of vengeance(maybe reskinned onto a glaive or something) would totally fit this too

[@8ak4n]

Or glamoured studded leather lol

[@taotechong]

No matter how many times I watch, the "welcome home" always feels good. I DO enjoy making characters almost as much as playing.

[@kingbaby210]

Fr it truly makes me feel at home 🖤

[@codybeck371]

if he stopped doing that intro I'd probably cry

[@gabep3586]

What if you enjoy it MORE than playing? 😂

[@taotechong]

@@gabep3586 then you probably don't play enough to remember or you need a better group

[@relaxedfantasyreview]

13:13 omg, a top ten unique class features video. YES PLEASE

[@bobbyfartz5591]

Seconded

[@natang.delyra9583]

Thirded

[@envytee9659]

I definitely would love to see this

[@seanfoster5122]

Fourthed

[@skyenyx8972]

This, and more content like it please

[@trevorgreenough6141]

The intro "welcome home" is the verbal equivalent of a warm hug from a parent. I love your content, the classes taken tell a story about how the character can develop. The over reactor name, I read it as in a power plant reactor.

[@BLynn]

The Over-Reactor: D&D Build #157 Level 01 (see above) [fighter 1, fighting-style & race] Level 02 (see above) [fighter 2] Level 03 (@13:15) [fighter 3 & subclass] Level 04 (@15:03) [fighter 4 & ASI] Level 05 (@17:08) [fighter 5] Level 06 (@17:23) [fighter 6 & ASI] Level 07 (see above) [barbarian 1] Level 08 (@25:19) [barbarian 2] Level 09 (@26:12) [fighter 7] Level 10 (see above) [fighter 8 & ASI] Level 11 (@29:40) [fighter 9] Level 12 (@30:10) [fighter 10 & ASI] Level 13 (@30:35) [fighter 11] Level 14 (see above) [fighter 12 & ASI] Level 15 (@32:23) [fighter 13] Level 16 (@32:54) [fighter 14 & ASI] Level 17a (@33:22) [discourse about level 17 & beyond] Level 17b (@35:53) [barbarian 3 & subclass]

[@TreantmonksTemple]

This seems like a build where you want to have a buddy who is joined at the hip with your character to really take advantage of every reaction attack opportunity.

[@bigaj6901]

I can definitely see some fun RP potential with a halfling or gnome teammate, esp if they're a squishy caster lol

[@DnDDeepDive]

For sure - maybe with a little Wolf Totem Barbarian so you get advantage...

[@solar4planeta923]

I'm playing a paladin right now with shield master. The rest of his front line is a kensai monk with sentinel on the right and storm barbarian with sentinel on the left. Either I knock people prone and my buddies get advantage or I get attacked and two opportunity to tax fire off.

[@daBasti1309]

I have been DEVOURING your build videos lately, love all the work you've been doing. A membership well deserved!

[@mikegeyer4138]

Proud supporter of the BEST DnD channel out there in my humble opinion.

[@wandrilleturle36]

Seriously Optimized Noodles should be the name of a playlist

[@TheDuckMaster12]

These are some Seriously Optimized Noodles, SON! Get it?

[@Ouch193]

@@TheDuckMaster12…Take my like and leave.

[@bearcat1868]

This build would rock in an antimagic field. I wonder how your various builds would perform in different 'environments'? Antimagic, underwater, etc.

[@PiroMunkie]

I've always wanted to do a Cavalier Fighter for similar reasons. They get a Sentinel effect at level 10, but instead of when a monster leaves your reach it's when they move at least 5ft anywhere within your reach. With a reach weapon you threaten a massive space. Though you'd probably still want to overlap with Sentinel to prevent Disengage and get the reaction attack if an ally is attacked. That combined with 3 levels in Path of the Giant Barbarian and/or an Enlarge spell will allow you to threaten even more space on the battlefield, then if you're playing on the edge of lingering AOE effects from your allies where your enemies are more or less forced to try and move out of them you can really lock them down. Bonus points if the DM gives you the Mark optional feature from the DMG that basically allows up to 2 reactions per round (though only one can be an opportunity attack).

[@danielrobinson776]

You are the Mr. Rogers of the DnD community, and I mean that in the most sincere and complimentary way possible. You are exceedingly affable and your voice sounds like butter dripping over the side of a baked potato.

[@nicholass5621]

I'm playing a rogue right now that specializes in finding ways to get reaction attacks! He's a level 5 arcane trickster right now and has the skulker and weapon master feats (for whip, pistol, and 18 dex). I'm planning on grabbing mirror image at level 7 and sentinel at level 8! That way I get a sentinel reaction attack when an enemy hits my mirror image, *and* if I'm in full darkness fighting enemies with darkvision, I can hide in melee range as I'm lightly obscured (thanks skulker), and then if the enemy tries to move away to attack another ally of mine I can whip them and they can't make melee attacks against anyone!

[@RaethFennec]

That sounds really fun! Here's hoping you get some great magic items and a really awesome magic whip to back it up!

[@wandrilleturle36]

The artificially restricted are always the funniest 😂🎉

[@joshuaclendenon]

Came for the build, stayed for the elevator ride with Karlach and Garrus. 😂 Excellent stuff, Colby. Going to be incorporating some of this into my backup build.

[@8ak4n]

After listening to final thoughts, a control build was the most fun I’ve ever done. I built a fear-monger build Leonin (because their fear resets on a short rest or Asimar for a “better” fear per long rest) and then conquest paladin, and four levels of Archfey warlock for more short rest fear (or the undead if you want a more “per turn” per long rest fear) then getting the pact of the tome and taking Shillelagh so you can JUST use charisma. It was a BLAST having everything reset on a short rest and just having the whole battlefield feared (and rooted when getting to level 7 of Paladin)

[@EdibleFriend05]

I think the best part about these videos is that there's almost always a new take on concepts that most people probably don't think about. Looking forward to how some of the more popular builds will be reimagined under the revised rule set

[@Trollsby_Trollin]

I pretty much made this build back when xanathar's first came out. Only real difference is that I used half-orc, champion, had the mobile feat, and my DM gave me boots of speed and allowed them to stack with the haste spell the wizard would cast on me. Nine and a half rounds of going Cuisinart mode in a tunnel in the Underdark, to buy time for my group to escape the mindflayer's army, before dashing away (with longstrider and expeditious retreat on) before Haste wore off. I might not have done as much damage (even with advantage my rolls are crap) but it was still a lot.

[@RaethFennec]

The length and depth of your videos is really going to make this channel king when OneD&D comes out and players will need a deeper dive into the mechanics and reasoning behind choices made.

[@AznHeat1187]

Fightarian 2.0? And a Ramen shout-out? Aaaand a Half orc mention? This video has it all! 😁

[@herbybrew]

I’m sure you’ve heard this from others, but just to further reassure you: I love and appreciate the length of your videos. Thank you.

[@g_vost]

when you mentioned the wildemount book, i was SO SURE youd take cobalt soul monk.. at level 11 they get to spend ki to gain extra reactions. i actually think that with my build here, you go monk 11, then get to rogue 3. sneak attack pairs well here, because it triggers per turn, and you can pay ki to potentially deal out sneak attacks on three or four turns per round, depending on when you get reactions. id go rogue 3 to get a subclass and 2d6 sneak atk damage, and id choose either scout for a potentially life saving disengage reaction, or inquisitive to consistently hit sneak attacks on all of your reaction attacks against an enemy. since monk already has good wisdom, and inquisitives combat skill is insight, it pairs great.

[@g_vost]

at monk 12 and rogue 4, id imagine mage slayer would pair great, as another way to trigger reactions and shut down key enemies, and ASI would be a good idea too. then rogue 5 for uncanny dodge and sneak attack boost. after this im kinda mixed on. both paths are kinda unhelpful. maybe druid for faerie fire, for a source of advantage? fighter for great weapon fighting style, then get to lvl 3 of either for subclass?

[@sheenajohns6218]

Hey, really enjoyed this week’s video. I totally understand why you would want those free feats that Variant Humans and Custom Lineage gets. Sometimes you don’t have room in the build to get the feats you want. The only reason I do a feat is if I need to even out an Ability Stats or if the stats I wanted to max out is already maxed. So I understand not every build can be a different race. I personally enjoy the builds that are Variant Humans. It gives me ideas on feats that I never thought to use. Like I never use Polearm Master, and I should, it’s a good feat. 😄

[@-8enthusiast41]

I had a thought while listening to this. A Paladin with Polearm master and Crusher can smite on all their attacks and push enemies away with their bonus action attack. And compel duel can encourage the enemy to keep trying to attack you. You could also go variant human to get sentinel to hold them in place

[@garyboyles5762]

That goes so well with my current works: Construction worker Druid/bard. Spells like entangle, fairy fire, stone wall, transmute mud, spike growth, etc. His inspiration is kind catcalling.

[@-8enthusiast41]

@@garyboyles5762 I'm confused. How does this relate to a paladin with polearm master

[@rodrigomineiro3238]

always great to have reaction shenanigans

[@christopherauvenshine2092]

Garrus is the GOAT of all companions. Karlach is a close second for sure.

[@KnicKnac]

Mordin Solus is up there too. Gotta love the science guy who sings. It had to be him someone else would have got it wrong.

[@christopherauvenshine2092]

@@KnicKnac one of the best character deaths in all of video games.

[@RPCauldron]

Duuude your videos are sooo looong, and i love them because your voice is so soothing, I love your ramblings and your observations on theorycrafting and maths, I find them inspirational for my next characters and you are the perfect intellectual soundtrack for when I am doing trivial tasks and my brain is free to follow something cool

[@ehsanrahee7411]

The pure fighter version of this build was what I used in BG3 for Lae'zel. It absolutely rocked my enemies because she was the crowd control, and kept up damage-wise with my bear totem Karlach. This more reaction heavy build sounds fun too!

[@williamtaylor6886]

Thanks for the honorable mentions: interesting to hear that list of reaction-using options.

[@Elemenopi23]

Tunnel Fighter (UA). As a bonus action, you can enter a defensive stance that lasts until the start of your next turn. While in your defensive stance, you can make opportunity attacks without using your reaction, and you can use your reaction to make a melee attack against a creature that moves more than 5 feet while within your reach.

[@ralieghwhite9076]

This is my favorite build in a while! Such an underutilized part of our turn put to good use! 🙌

[@mister-8658]

Nice to see you doing D&D content again

[@mr.fufucudlypoops8207]

His last vid was a dnd build...

[@DnDDeepDive]

Last week's video was a D&D build... and 4 of the last 5 builds were for D&D ;)

[@mister-8658]

@@DnDDeepDive To be honest you haven't been in my recommends for a couple of Months for whatever reason I stopped watching as much once you got into Boulder Gate builds. You tube stop recommending you for a little while. Glad to see that they're recommending you again.

[@dormrifle6174]

I wanted him to do more pathfinder builds🥲

[@carsonrush3352]

​@DnDDeepDive , I was thinking about how to use the barbarian subclass to boost the reaction theme. Would the Giant Barbarian give more reach to our polearms, helping to trigger more reactions?

[@ReallyRobEgan]

I always love your sign offs. Thank you for the positivity

[@GryphonDes]

Super clever build Colby! Love it D:

[@garyboyles5762]

My favorite thing I use these and my own builds for, is to learn the nuance of the rules, and apply that to when I dm.

[@VanHoenheim]

Your intro reminded me of a build I've always wanted to try but that would need some help from the dm. A pure rogue thief build that uses longbows, getting proficiency from a racial trait or bracers of archery, and uses them by using the ready action to ready an attack against an enemy that is a threat on the condition that they do anything. With your DMs permission, you could use steady aim and stretch the "turn" into "round" to still get advantage on the attack. More importantly, with your DMs permission sometime after you get Use Magic Device at 13th level, get your hands on the Tome of the Stilled Tongue , and if it doesn't already have them, get a 17th lvl wizard to copy Foresight and Shapechange into it. Then every day before it resets cast foresight, maybe into a diamond spell gem or using extended spell if you can get metamagic adept, even if you need to dip into a caster class one lvl, and when you get into a fight, use shapechange to turn into a Marilith. The way Ready is worded, if you ready an attack against ANY creature that moves, there's nothing to stop you from making a different attack on EACH turn that any hostile creature moves with the Mariliths Reactive trait. And if Foresight is still up, each of those attacks is guaranteed to have Sneak Attack damage unless there's a source of disadvantage that isn't negated by the Mariliths 120 ft Truesight. And be sure to get expertise in perception and intimidation so you can truly lock down anyone and everyone in your sights with the threat of an arrow through the eye.

[@LawrenceDomkowski]

And for those who want a taste of a feat at first level, The Book of Many Things provides new backgrounds which include feats. The Rewarded/Ruined backgrounds each provide a small list of feats from which to choose. Also, the Giant Foundling background provides an awesome selection of feats . Again, check with your DM if these are available in their game.

[@FenrirWolf203]

Another way that makes reactions really helpful is through the prepare action and the teleportation spells, since you can use it to get away from area of effects like fireballs, breath attacks, anything, and if the spell is freedom of the waves, or thunder step, or even steel wing attack, you can do so while at the same time causing damage. What's even better, it turns spells like scatter or warping vortex from niche into surprisingly efficient protection either for the whole party or a party member (unless you use the warping vortex in the opponent so they look to the opposite direction where you are when they fire their cones, in which case, it's also a full party protection that can be saved). I tried it with my wild magic kobold sorcerer, and it's one of my favourite builds, since it feels like the whole "think with portals" deal I thought the horizon walker ranger would be about.

[@ashamael]

Fun idea: Start taking your full build vids & make a short afterwards where you attempt the build in bg3, linking the full build in said short. I know it's a lot of work, but it'd cross over your bg3 & your dnd audiences and potentially create more traffic to the full vids!

[@Seraphzero0]

Thanks for doing this Colby! Now I can finally build that Sephiroth character I’ve been dreaming of!

[@linkatronic]

Neat build, love these more out of the box character designs!

[@andrewhalmo656]

Don’t forget when you get action surge you could hold your action to get a reaction attack. Usually not the best option, but it adds to your list.

[@rob7041]

Thanks for the detail in all your videos. We can watch in 2x if they get too long ;) Be nice to have a final summary chart of you ratings of the character at level 7, 9 13 20 or whatever to see how it would potentially perform in different campaigns and cross compare to other builds. but maybe that's all in your expanded content?

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[@deanstavru7138]

I come here for the builds, I stay for the ending songs ❤

[@gaidencastro9706]

If this was a nova build, it would be called the Nuclear Reactor

[@keelsron634]

I'm playing as a Goliath Fighter Psi Warrior and I'm always using my reaction & Bonus action each round which is nice yet its better because I took the Heavy Armor Master feat I'm reducing damage for allies as well which if a party has temp & max hp increase as well as healing covered then damage reduction is always available!

[@Guyoverthere07]

Battle Master 15's Relentless feature doesn't offer much at first glance, but reminder to all that this level also gives us 2 more Maneuvers and 1 more Maneuver Die. This is the last point at which you gain maneuvers or dice. Then Relentless is just a bit of icing on the cake for at least 1 per combat. Assuming we always had enough dice for Reaction attacks, having 1 more at max and minimum for every fight means that we always have a nova round in the tank. Which is completely unaccounted for on this mostly Fighter build that isn't calculating for Action Surge. With Str capped, we have a good chance of landing Trip Attack at the start of our turn, and can then proceed to make 5 more GWM attacks at advantage. Sure, we had a way to generate advantage with Reckless Attack, but we won't realistically always want to use that. Rage Resistance won't always be relevant against our enemies, and we only have 2-3 Rages to use. More importantly, Trip Attack can generate advantage for our allied melee attackers, leading to one seriously screwed over target. Damage of course isn't the only thing we can do. Menacing Attack is amazing to work in, and at this point we could have Goading too if enemies are Immune Frightened. BM 15 is also a good reason to push monoclass Fighter assuming the table sticks to Reckless' limitation off turn. It's a bit bold to build around Reaction attacks and take not only GWM, but also the Barb 2 dip! I appreciate Rage adding to the damage, but we're losing an attack from PAM to activate it, and increasing our Str sooner would have likely been better. I'd definitely dump Dex if I were making this character to work in 15+2 Str to set us up for a half feat, and it would be Dragon Fear with some extra Cha (14). This allows the racial selection to hold its weight a fair bit more as we crowd the initial Reaction attack with friends. I know we can't replace an attack with Dragon Fear like with Fizban's, and we're only getting one use per rest rather than PB/day. It's still that powerful of a control ability to me, overriding a plain Str ASI, getting us social skill prowess, and playing into our strategy perfectly. If every monster approaches us within the first round or two, we don't get anymore mileage out of Brace/PAM's Reaction attack. If we lock out MOST the enemies on the battlefield from approaching until we start to pummel them, then we could preserve a ton of resources. It's not every fight that we'll be able to move up and start swinging from Reach right from round 1. Enemies need to be within 40ft for that, and we easily could overextend ourselves. Especially with less Rages per combats in a day. Dragon Fear is a 30ft Radius around us to affect enemies that are 60ft away at the start of our turn. If they're further than that? Well, we might not be getting a Reaction attack that way, and could opt either way to Ready our Action to make a Dragon Fear breath attack. Even if enemies Dash to get into melee range with us, we could stop them short of their goal.

[@michaelwegner8337]

Awesome thought process

[@Reoh0z]

I'd definitely want to put some Crit Role Blood Hunter into a warrior to take advantage of those extra attacks.

[@dylanpoynor2318]

The monster slayer ranger from Xanathar’s would be good here. The level 3 slayer’s prey feature allows you to deal an extra D6 damage for the first time you hit it with an attack on EACH turn. This would apply on other creatures’ turns as well.

[@KingSwiftieTV]

Tunnel fighter for the fighter is unearthed arcana but base DnD Beyond has it as an option for rogue when they get to third level. This would also give you sneak attack damage and a more reliable source of advantage. It is a three level dip though which definitely is a fairly large downside

[@eksno]

2:20 livestream? 👀

[@bijnahonderdeuro]

Since we focus on opportunity attacks, why not grab war caster? A quick dip or high elf lets us replace our opportunity attack with a booming blade. Stay out of barb, but benefit from the extra AC for riposte. There's also Sentinel rogue with a dash of echo fighter. Surround your enemy with your echo. Or grab a whip and position the echo floating out of reach of the enemy but over their path to the most enticing target. A little more technical to set up, but so many d6s. As is, reckless+gwm is the bulk of the damage, which is certainly tried and true, but getting the most out of a reaction attack is a different build altogether.

[@evansmith2832]

If you're playing a level 20 one shot and want to try a crazy reaction focused character, ask your dm if the reaction from war caster and the OA from polearm master can combine to work with eldritch blast. If so, go cavalier fighter 18/warlock 2, take those 2 feats, the blind fighting style, the agonizing+repelling blast combo, and keep a glaive/halberd/pike in hand. Now, every turn an enemy gets within 10 feet of you, eldritch blast them away up to 40 feet away and reduce their movement to 0. Have fun!

[@haiclips3358]

Sadly this doesn't work. Warcaster says you can cast a spell instead of making an opportunity attack. Sentinel requires an opportunity attack to function. Regardless echo knight warlock is a staple for being one of the most potent 'keep off me' builds.

[@DanielTose]

Short version: Ravenite Dragonborn 15+1 str, dex, con Polearm Fighter 1-6 Fighting style: Superior tecnique, riposte Battlemaster: Brace, Trip attack, Precision attack Polearm Master Sentinel Barb 2 fighter 7-14 Great Weapon Master STR 18 STR 20 Barb 3: Zealot

[@dienezdarcprowlyr9406]

For third level barbarian I really thought you would go path of giant because that increases your reach by 5ft so with Halbert you would have 15 ft reach and getting reaction when anyone comes within 15ft or out of 15ft that make it very hard for enemies to avoid getting an Opportunity Attack

[@DnDDeepDive]

My concern there was we don’t get to take a normal opportunity attack until they move out of our range. With a 15’ reach that gives an enemy a lot of space to move around in without triggering it, ya know?

[@lewisgale62]

Do you have any plans on doing an Apothecary build with the Dungeons Dudes’ class. I think the mutagenist can make a great dpr or tank build

[@ChryssaBL]

I'm getting around three quarters with just sentinel and having a highly mobile ally with the tough feat and two lvls of moon druid. He can move on to the next target or stay and it'll likely trigger on way or the other. I haven't even taken the opportunity to quicken dissonant whispers yet. Added bonus, my mount is a much less desirable target. I wish you could benefit from sentinel and reach but the combo is op enough as is. I'll have to see next lvl if I get enough BA attack from GWM and opp atks from strategy to take war caster instead. It's a tough call but, pole arm master, twinned enlarge for huge kung-fu panda and flying bull(pegasus) ridden by large minotaur is soooo much safer than twinned haste for a three person party.

[@FlareGlutox]

I'd watch an 8 hour video of you switching between DnD Beyond tabs.

[@DnDDeepDive]

🤣

[@verysourdragon]

"8 hours of clicking through DnD beyond tabs to relax and study to" - the best KZbin video 😂

[@garyboyles5762]

I would definitely watch that too! Put it on as background while also doing the same thing 😂

[@danielbeshers1689]

I'm sensing a reaction attraction.

[@sanojo2551]

Now I want to combine elements of this with Sebastian Crowe's Way of the Serpent Monk

[@Lulu_Kazoo]

Have you ever considered making a build using thief rogue throwing either oil or acid? Grab tavern brawler to get proficiency with thrown vials and go from there. I think grabbing 2 levels of artificer would be a must to be able to get an alchemy jug, as well as green flame blade to both get the extra damage from the oil vials as well as trigger sneak attack.

[@Rockin501s]

Loved the video, reminds me of a creative build i made based on lucky and portent dice....kinda like some sorta "fatecaster"..lots of reactions. Also, your background is missing BG3 pizzazz and would be a warm addition.

[@storyspren]

The sponsorship is Hoid-approved :D

[@life-destiny1196]

When is Sando selling a Hoid statue I can use as a coat rack, anyway? Get that merch! :P

[@DnDDeepDive]

would buy @@life-destiny1196

[@TheLaensman]

When One DnD goes live and you can swap the weapon mastery of a glaive or pike to “topple” builds like this one is gonna slam even harder 😁😁

[@woutvanostaden1299]

Colby, challange build: make build where you combine and exploid 2 heavy obscurement spells at the same time! (Hint: pyrotechnics doesn't require concentration)

[@claytonweyl4135]

I have always wanted to do something like this on the Cavalier's kit.

[@ryanpeters3812]

I got a rules question suddenly. Does the Echo Knight Duplicate trigger Sentinel's Opportunity Attack clause for attacking someone other than the Sentinel? Cause if so... that might be fun. Use your knight to bait attacks and react to them...

[@SteampunkGent]

I'm having a lot of fun as a Centaur 2 weapon fighting style Rune Knight armed with a maul. It means I get a bonus action attack every turn (hooves) as well as my maul attack all with my strength bonus

[@goforitpainting]

Happy Year of the Dragon 🐉

[@HumphreyBertram]

Phew, Colbys ok, he’s still taking fighter levels. Don’t worry guys

[@stanislausbohmearteaga4729]

The 2ble bladed scimitar weaponizes your bonus action with no feats but only on Str. Characters

[@vinspad3]

19:00 based on your other 'how often will this happen' builds, you're so much closer to 100% than any of the other builds. You've done sustained damage for spirit guardians and it's less likely you'll have multiple enemies in the aoe than this. Same with your dragging through spike growth or 'will we have someone available for Telekinetic Push'. I think you could have done a full 100%

[@gravweldon7700]

I really dig this idea, though I am experimenting with an alt human version. That give pole arm master at level 1 and sentinel at 4th. My question is at level 6, would +2 to str be stronger than great weapon master. Being honest, I feel sacrificing that once per rest reaction is totally worth it to open up polearm master reactions from level 1.

[@verpine95]

i'd love to see a build that really tries to take advantage of the whisper bard's quasi sneak attack with its bardic inspiration. I think you used it in the lockadin a long time again but I'd love to see what you could achieve while still trying to maintain the theme of the whispers bard (a bunch of damage in one attack/sneaky/whathaveyou). Apologies if this is something you already did

[@mattdahm4289]

Thanks Colbs!

[@csp5578]

This is fun! I kinda think that if you weigh out how many sources of Reaction triggers you actually need to make use of your single Reaction each round, you can probably trade out some of your sources to get other advantages. I'd probably go Echo Knight for the two-location opportunity attack sources and free swing from manifest echo, and consider spending a feat on maneuver dice to keep more than one Riposte. Maybe a hot take, but at that point do we need PAM? We could take Sentinel and GWM, then start War Cleric at level 7, letting us use our concentration for Bless or something and get some full damage Bonus Action attacks. I'd probably aim for Gloomstalker after that. I don't think this variant misses many reactions and it picks up lots of other goodies.

[@foldionepapyrus3441]

I like the Echo Knight idea, and if your DM will allow the 'you can see ... use your reaction ... as if you were in the echo's space' to do a bit more heavy lifting and just forget about that within 5' part - so you can use your reaction from the echo's space for any reaction trigger you have... Then with sentinel feat you should get that incoming opportunity attack almost every time as between a reach weapon and being in two places you can cover a much wider area. Not sure about the build concept as a whole, seems like it would be a bit too dependent on many ability scores with cleric and gloomstalker as well.

[@woutvanostaden1299]

​@@foldionepapyrus3441 The "within 5ft" only works in regards to unleash incarnation (your extra CON based attack) reaction attacks can still be based on reach, so dipping giant barb is still vallid here.

[@foldionepapyrus3441]

@@woutvanostaden1299 More reach is never a bad thing, but not the point I was trying to make. I was meaning the reaction attack you may make from the Echo's space - when the whole concept is about 'over reacting'... The way it is written to me implies the design intent was for any opportunity attack trigger from the Echo's point of view to work AS LONG AS YOU CAN SEE THE ECHO as the limitation. But rather than say that they described the trigger for a normal opportunity attack as part of the wording. - As the Unleash Incarnation doesn't put the range limit on the attack in the wording, just says you may make additional attack from the Echo's Position... To me either it should always be explicitly only 5' attacks or the range is defined by the reach you have with the weapon you and by extension your Echo are wielding.

[@woutvanostaden1299]

@@foldionepapyrus3441 Sounds reasonable.

[@ethanlemons6708]

I've been watching your channel for years now and I love every build you make! I've recently rewatched the soul knife rogue builds and all of your bladesinger builds again and it got me thinking. Could you make a build that combined the two and was still viable? Maybe not because of the dumb way the psychic blade is worded, but they are my two favorite subclasses and I think it could be so fun! I've had so many ideas on how to build it but all of them I feel like would sadly require the dm to tweak things to actually make it work

[@DnDDeepDive]

On the to do list :)

[@woutvanostaden1299]

Hmm Thri-kreen shadowblade+normal weapon+psychic blade dipping paladin (optional) and echoknight. Normal weapon+attack cantrip, than shadowblade attack with extra attack and in order to keep the psychic blade dual wielding sequence active we can rely on either haste or unleash incarnation. That should give a few ideas.😜

[@Goku__]

35:16 Tunnel FIGHTERS RISE UP

[@Frequincy100]

I personally eat Vite Ramen every morning. I highly suggest trying them!

[@TheLordDracula]

Listening to Colby hmm and ahh in front of a mic for 8 hours is just the ASMR I'm looking for.

[@aiporia1284]

The D4 immieats page says ‘Welcome D Fans!’ lol

[@Mariolinkirby]

Does sentinel plus trip-attack mean the enemy stays prone until their next turn? You knock them prone, and reduce their speed to 0. They don’t have any movement left to spend to stand up.

[@Otaviodebien]

Hi Colby! Have you thought about using Summon Fey (Tricksy) to create an small area of darkness on a target as a way to force him to move, while using some way to see in the darkness. This build could also use echo knight to get an opportunity attack on a target away from us using the mencioned strategy. Could you try and make a build around that someday? Thanks in advance! :)

[@minikawildflower]

I like the idea that this character could be saddled with a curse: if they have a reaction, they HAVE to use it ... even if it would be bad for them!

[@joemcdonough8318]

I would like to see a series of videos about best builds for primary class. I.E. 10+levels in a single class.

[@PRINCEofNONE]

I have a homebrew class that has a “fighter” inspired subclass. My goal was to see what would happen if you gave a character more than one reaction per turn. So when they get to level five, they don’t get the additional attack feature, but instead as they level up they get an additional reaction at similar levels. Truly inspired to push that idea with this build. Any dms or other smart people have any ideas or reasons extra reactions per turn might be overpowered? They would be a quarter caster but even those spells are pretty limited.

[@abcrasshadow9341]

The problem with reactions is largely just spell casting. Reactions/opportunity attacks is why people describe 5e is very sticky/stationary when it comes to combat.

[@Tusitala1967]

I have a potion in my game which grants the Marilith's ability to take a reaction on every turn of combat. The Bladesinger 6/Swashbuckler 5 was covering the party's retreat across a river on a barge, and cast Haste before drinking the potion. He made multiple Booming Blade Attacks of Opportunity with Warcaster, cast counterspell, shield, cast a cantrip on his turn and made two attacks. I think his AC was something like 31. After the party got to safety, he ran across the river using his ring of water walking and collapsed for two full rounds. It was awesome, but I never gave them another one of those potions. If a class or subclass offered an extra Reaction as low hanging fruit it would give me pause, because of the possible synergies through multiclassing. If it were a 7th level ability or higher, I wouldn't worry so much. Someone will probably chime in about breaking action economy, and that's a valid concern. I say experiment with it. Let a PC try to break it. Make it clear to them that it's a work in progress first though.

[@life-destiny1196]

If Mercer's homebrew counts, Cobalt Soul monk can spend a ki point to get a second reaction at I think 11? The problem, of course, is it's a monk

[@PRINCEofNONE]

Thank you guys for the feed back! As I was looking, most reactions require a trigger of some sort. My thought was that would be a pretty decent way to reconcile having multiple reactions. I also clarified that only one reaction could be made per trigger, but I found it tough to find the find right words to explain that.

[@woutvanostaden1299]

​@@PRINCEofNONESo I've had a similar idea and my rule was no more than 1 reaction per turn with a maximum number of reactions per round equal to proficiency bonus. It's a bit more limiting in some ways, but still allows multiple reactions and isn't that complicated in terms of wording. You could even decide to restrict it further saying that the additional reactions can only be used for opportunity attacks and only rogues, paladins and to some extend critting barbarian might run away with such a feature. Hope it helps. 😊

[@gnawedwick]

I know you don't normally do backgrounds! But consider... dragonlance squire of solamnia. Pbtpd free advantage and d8 bonus damage. Which gets you access to 3 asi combat feats. Knight of the crown, asi and Pbtpd Bonus action to give your ally a free reaction attack with a bonus d8 dmg... That's myltiple double reaction attacks in one round! Lol

[@gnawedwick]

Doing this relieved the need to spend precious battle master dice on precision. And lets you do it more often

[@woutvanostaden1299]

It's also cheaper in terms of action economy than commanders strike.

[@gnawedwick]

@@woutvanostaden1299 I know right!

[@teflondave7823]

Aight, the Over Reactor might be my class.👌

[@Trevorkian2010]

Tldr: fight with a melee buddy. I've been playing essentially this over the last 6 months and gotten up to level 9. Main difference is I was playing as a minotaur to have essentially a free pushing attack with hammering horns. I can say first hand that 90 percent is a safe bet that you'll be using your reaction as long as you're fighting alongside another melee buddy. If you don't have a buddy, it probably drops closer to 50 or 60 percent and then even lower when you run out of superiority dice.

[@woutvanostaden1299]

I have a (still vague) concept for knight minotaur called Loyn, who insists that you apply the Sir title of his as well. 1 of his catchphrases is "that ain't no meat off my back" 😂😂 With a noble background merchant friend called Reel Pryce.

[@lulospawn]

Commander attack is a great maneuver to let another player make a reaction attack! Spread the love!

[@tommasomichetti9499]

may you share your tables and excel formulas to calculate the probability and average damage?

[@buttermuffins7165]

I desperately need a build (I’m THINKING either shadar-Kai or fallen aasimar maybe college of whispers bard but I’d love to see your thoughts on what would be best) where you can do any kind of damage for actual attacking. BUT to use illusion (even if it’s just thaumaturgy/prestidigitation) and psychic abilities to impose crippling fear to anyone in solo or group combat or out of combat entirely. Haunting people, showing them their deepest fears, making yourself appear as a nightmarish being and making people mentally collapse. It may not even need to do psychic damage or it may. As long as people cannot stand being within your vicinity. It could also be hilarious if they usually seem like a totally harmless person in their everyday life. If there already is something like this, tips or links are welcomed!

[@buttermuffins7165]

Winter eladrin and fry stepping behind someone and causing fear could be sick too

[@buttermuffins7165]

There seem to be many ways to do it but I have no idea how to optimize it

[@DR-023-17]

Would love to see a twitch or KZbin Livestream where you are building out a character with all your DnD beyond pages open 😂

[@Belerin26]

If you’re looking for some random fun, try the ritualist class mod in BG3. Super interesting concept

[@animefan3794]

21:04 one more instance where you won’t get to make a reaction attack: Shocking Grasp

[@AtelierGod]

In OneD&D if someone wanted to homebrew in the Eberron Dragonmarks to human would replacing the human feat with the variant features -the racial ASI be a fair trade off?

[@jakewarman7277]

Definitely a little short I have an hour commute to work and you get me through almost every time still a great video though