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Paladin

Baldric

10th level Paladin – Oath of Vengeance

Half-Elf

Str: 16 +3
Dex: 10
Con: 14 +2
Int: 8 -1
Wis: 12 +1
Cha:18 +4, +2 – 8th level

Half-Elf traits:
Skill Proficiencies: Perception and Intimidation
Darkvision 60’
Immune to magical sleep, advantage on saves vs. Charm
Languages: Common, Elvish, Infernal

Background: Guild Artisan – gains Insight and Persuasion; artisan’s tools

Skills: Prof. Bonus: +4
Athletics 7
Intimidation 8
Medicine 5
Perception 5
Persuasion 8
Artisan’s tools (Smiths)

Paladin Abilities:
Fighting Style – Dueling
Spell casting
Divine Smite – spend spell slot for extra 2d8 damage +1d8 for each level beyond 1st, +1d8 vs fiend or undead
Divine Health – Immune to Disease
Divine Sense – 5 uses: 1 Action - Until the end of your next turn, you know the location of any celestial, fiend, or undead within 60 feet of you that is not behind total cover; and Consecrated or Desecrated place or object
Lay on Hands: 45 HP
Channel Divinity: Abjure Enemy and Vow of Enmity
Relentless Avenger: move 15’ after an opportunity attack (and hit), no op. attack provoked
Extra Attack
Aura of Protection - whenever you or a friendly creature within 10 feet of you must make a saving throw, the creature gains a bonus to the saving throw equal to your Charisma modifier (with a minimum bonus of +1). You must be conscious to grant this bonus.
Aura of Courage - you and friendly creatures within 10 feet of you can’t be frightened while you
are conscious.

Divine Magic: also gets: bane, hunter’s mark, hold person, misty step, haste, protection from energy

Spells: Attack bonus: +8, Save DC: 16
4 1st, Bane, Cure Wounds, Hunter’s Mark, Searing Smite
3 2nd, Branding Smite, Lesser Restoration, Misty Step
2 3rd, Haste, Dispel Magic

Feat: 4th level – Shield Master

Combat:
+1 Longsword; +8 to hit, 1d8 +6 damage, S
Warhammer; +7 to hit, 1d8 +6 damage, B
Long Bow; +4 to hit, 1d8 damage, P
Dagger; for emergencies

AC: 22
+1 Full Plate and +1 Shield
HP: 84
Init: 0
Saves: Charisma and Wisdom – 12 and 9; +4 to all others from Aura of Protection; Can’t be frightened; all those within 10’ of him are immune to being frightened.
Movement: 30’
Currently down:

Magic Items and Gear:
Bag of Holding – full of spare ammunition; water and food for 5 for 5 days; Healer’s kit; Rope
Potion of Hill Giant Str.
Potion of Extra Healing
2 Potions of Healing




OR

Wizard – War Mage
Edmund Blackadder

Wizard 10
Human

Str. 10/0
Dex. 14/+2
Con. 14/+2
Int. 20/+5 (bonus at 4th level and 8th level)
Wis. 10/0
Cha. 8/-1

Skills: +4 Prof.
Arcana 9
Deception 3
Investigation 9
Perception 4
Stealth 7
Thieves’ tools 6
Languages: Common and Elven

Human Traits: +1 to Dex and Int; gains Perception and bonus feat
Background: Criminal – gains Deception, Stealth, Game set and Thieves’ tools

Feat:
War caster: advantage on Con. Saves for Concentration checks; When a hostile creature’s movement provokes an opportunity attack from you, you can use your reaction to cast a spell at the creature, rather than making an opportunity attack. The spell must have a casting time of 1 action and must target only that creature.

Arcane Recovery: 5 spell slots recovered after short rest
War Mage Abilities:
Arcane Deflection: When you are hit by an attack or you fail a saving throw, you can use your reaction to gain a +2 bonus to your AC against that attack or a +4 bonus to that saving throw.
When you use this feature, you can't cast spells other than cantrips until the end of your next turn.
Tactical Wit: gain Intelligence bonus to Initiative

Power Surge:
You can store a maximum number of power surges equal to your Intelligence modifier (minimum of one). Whenever you finish a long rest, your number of power surges resets to one. Whenever you successfully end a spell with dispel magic or counterspell, you gain one power surge, as you steal magic from the spell you foiled. If you end a short rest with no power surges, you gain one power surge.
Once per turn when you deal damage to a creature or object with a wizard spell, you can spend one power surge to deal extra force damage to that target. The extra damage equals half your wizard level.

Durable Magic:
Beginning at 10th level, the magic you channel helps ward off harm. While you maintain concentration on a spell, you have a +2 bonus to AC and all saving throws.

Combat: (almost never uses weapons)
Dagger
Sling - +7 to hit, 1d4 damage; B, 30/120

AC: 16: Mage Armor, Cloak, Dex. and Arcane Deflection (see above)
HP: 62;
Initiative: +8
Movement: 30’
Saves:
Int. 10, Wis. 5; +1 to all others

Spells: (* will denote what spells he has per day; R denotes Ritual spell)
Attack Mod: +10; Save DC: 17
Cantrips: 5; Fire Bolt, Mage Hand, Poison Spray, Shocking Grasp, Toll the Dead
Spell Slots: 1st: 4, 2nd: 3, 3rd: 3, 4th: 3, 5th: 2
Spell Book: 6 +16 (2 per level)
1st level: Grease*, Identify-R, Mage Armor*, Comp. Languages, Absorb Elements*, Magic Missile, Protection from Good/Evil, Shield*
2nd level: Blur*, Melf’s Acid Arrow*, Misty Step*, Levitate
3rd level: Counterspell*, Dispel Magic*, Fireball*, Lightning Bolt
4th: level: Banishment, Dimension Door*, Greater Invisibility*, Ice Storm, Storm Sphere*
5th level: Cone of Cold, Bigby’s Hand*, Far Step*


Magic Items and Gear:
Spell book
Cloak of Protection: +1 to AC and Saves
Wand of the War Mage +1 (adds to spell attack and ignore half-cover when making spell attacks)
Wand of Web – 7 charges
Goggles of Night
Scroll – Mirror Image, 2nd level
Periapt of Health – Immune to disease
Potion of Healing, 2


Obo'laka (being risk-averse) gives the following boon:

Always on the lookout for danger, you gain the following benefits:
• You gain a +5 bonus to initiative.
• You can’t be surprised while you are conscious.
• Other creatures don’t gain advantage on attack rolls against you as a result of being hidden from you.

looks good so far

I think your total spell book is correct, however, you can't prepare them all each day

remember, you have to track both - you are not a Sorcerer

spell book - total spells = 22 (correct)

spells known - what you choose for that specific day = 14 (see below)

read pg 114 PHB again

spell book total 6 + 2x per level = 22 total

prepared (known for the day) = wiz level + INT = 14 of the 22
*this is another place where a high INT is very important*

make sure to note the "RITUAL" tag on spells, those don't need to be prepared, ever, since you can cast them directly from your spell book
ex:  Find Familiar

lol... I should have said "this is not finished yet"

I'm well aware of that. Each 'spell per day' will have an asterisk next to it for that day (rituals will also be noted)

totally planned on having all that there.... just didn't quite get to it last night. And I'm seeing if there's any tweaks needed.

I read through the magic section ad-nauseum last night and I'm good on all of it now with one exception: does a +1 spell focus also increase the Save DC by +1??

Couldn't find a conclusive answer to that one.

Sadly, no
Just to the attack roll
That is one feat they should have imported from PF, imo, +2 spell DC for specific schools

ok, NBD. Just wanted to ask, and I have to agree, it should. But oh well

I really like this build. I gave him a level of fighter and he's no where near as mushy (or, at least he's much harder to hit). Having the Prof bonus to Con saves is really nice as well.

whit10 wrote:ok, NBD. Just wanted to ask, and I have to agree, it should. But oh well

I really like this build. I gave him a level of fighter and he's no where near as mushy (or, at least he's much harder to hit). Having the Prof bonus to Con saves is really nice as well.

please carefully read pg 164 PHB on multiclass rules

When you gain a level in a class other than your first, you gain only some of that class’s starting proficiencies, as shown in the Multiclassing Proficiencies table.


you will note that NO classes give you their saving throw proficiencies when you multiclass into them. so you only get the save prof from your original class, never both.

only a couple classes even give skills

Fighter only gives prof in light, medium armor, shields and martial + simple weapons. (note - NOT heavy armor)

you could start as a Fighter to get Str + Con, but then you lose Int + Wis

ya know, that was always a question I had since they didn't truly come out and say it. And frankly, that one does kinda piss me off. What's the damned point in Multi-classing??

Noted on the character; but that's utter bullshit...

that would be way too easy to abuse

Saving throws are very hard (low) in this game and the DCs are scaled accordingly.

The point of multiclassing is the class abilities, not the saving throws.

That's one reason I don't think taking a level of Fighter is worth it for a mage or cleric. It just doesn't really give you anything compared to losing access to 5th level spells

I think the Mage will get relegated to a "bullpen" character for now.

A Pally will have a much better chance of surviving this and allowing others to as well (at least in theory).

I'll shut up about the Saves issue. Not worth the argument

...but I also figured out a few solutions to the issues I was noticing with the mage, he's up there as well, I'll decided when we have a 'party' more together

both look solid for sure

so far.... it's just you and Alan. nobody else has responded

both characters should be done and ready to go (unless I'm forgetting mundane items)

alternative character that I want to play when Adder buys it (which I will probably work for; I like this guy so much better)

Necromancer

Frank

10th level Wizard
Mountain Dwarf

Str: 12 +1
Dex: 14 +2
Con: 18 +4 (+2 at 4th level)
Int: 14 (19) +4
Wis: 12 +1
Cha: 8 -1

Dwarf Traits:
Darkvision 60’
+2 to Strength and Constitution
Poison Damage Resistance and Advantage on Poison Saves
Proficiency with Battle Axe, Hand Axe, Throwing Hammer, Warhammer
Proficiency with Medium and Light Armor
Proficiency with smith’s tools
Languages: Common and Dwarven
Stone cunning. Whenever you make an Intelligence (History) check related to the origin of stonework, you are considered proficient in the History skill and add 8 (double prof. bonus)

Background: Sailor
Athletics and Perception, gaming set (dice)

Skills: +4 Proficiency
Athletics 5
Investigation 8
Medicine 5
Perception 5

Wizard Traits: Necromancer
Arcane Recovery: 5
Grim Harvest: At 2nd level, you gain the ability to reap life energy from creatures you kill with your spells. Once per turn when you kill one or more creatures with a spell of 1st level
or higher, you regain hit points equal to twice the spell’s level, or three times its level if the spell belongs to the School of Necromancy. You don’t gain this benefit for killing constructs or undead.
Undead Thralls: At 6th level, you add the animate dead spell to your spellbook if it is not there already. When you cast animate dead, you can target one additional corpse or pile of bones, creating another zombie or skeleton, as appropriate.
Whenever you create an undead using a necromancy
spell, it has additional benefits:
• The creature’s hit point maximum is increased by an amount equal to your wizard level.
• The creature adds your proficiency bonus to its weapon damage rolls.

Inured to Death: Beginning at 10th level, you have resistance to necrotic damage, and your hit point maximum can't be reduced. You have spent so much time dealing with undead and
the forces that animate them that you have become inured to some of their worst effects.

Feat:
Warcaster; 8th level
Advantage on Con. Saves for concentration checks; can use reaction on AoO to cast a spell of 1 casting time or less; can cast with weapons/shield in one/both hands.

Spells: Attack Mod. +9, Save DC: 16
5 Cantrips; Chill Touch, Fire Bolt, Mage Hand, Toll the Dead
1st level 4, 2nd level 3, 3rd level 3, 4th level 3, 5th level 2
Spell book: 14 per day
1st: Absorb Elements*, Burning Hands, Comp. Languages, Magic Missile, Long Strider*, Ray of Sickness*, Shield, Thunder wave
2nd: Blindness/Deafness*, Blur, Enlarge/Reduce, Misty Step*
3rd: Animate Dead (bonus)*, Counterspell*, Dispel Magic, Fireball*, Fly, Vampiric Touch*
4th: Arcane Eye, Dimension Door*, Greater Invisibility*, Ice Storm
5th: Bigby’s Hand*, Contact Other Plane, Enervation*, Negative Energy Flood*

Combat:
Battle Axe +7 to hit, 1d8 +1 damage, S
Warhammer +7 to hit, 1d8 +1 damage, B

AC: 18
Armor: +1 Half Plate, Dex bonus
Movement: 25’
HP: 82
Initiative: +2
Saves: Intelligence and Wisdom: 8 and 5; Con: 4/advantage on Concentration checks


Magic Items and Gear:
Headband of Intellect – 19 Intelligence (attuned)
Wand of the War Mage +1
Armor +1 – Half Plate
2 Dispel Magic Scrolls – one written into spell book
Wand of Magic Detection
2 Healing potions – basic type
Explorer’s pack and all spell ingredients x2
4 days rations and water