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@@jeffersonian000 That sounds super flavorful! I imagine yours is the leader of the pack. Especially with an AOE howl like that.

@@RulesAsWrittenCharacterBuilds We started at lvl1 getting stranded on a world (called “Neverland” by the locals) that’s the corpse of a god, it’s a Steampunk style Spelljammer game (an Artificer’s paradise). The first thing I did was found a mercenary company with the other player characters called the Troop Garou (ie, the Werewolves). His name is Alvas Lupo, ie, White Wolf. Our moto is “That which doesn’t kill us … should run.” We are currently at lvl7, and have liberated four towns/cities from forces oppressing those trapped here with us (spell jamming ships trying to leave explode at 20,000 feet altitude). At each location we recruit a local chapter of the Troop, leaving behind a garrison while taking volunteers with us. We are nominally working for the Industrial Guild (an alliance of races that control commerce between city states in the Scraper Kingdom) and fighting on their behalf against the Brewers (dwarves controlling steam tech clockwork automatons). Other factions we’ve encountered are the Arboreal Empire (treants, all the trees are sentient, I made a deal with them so that they transmit coded communications for us via Semaphore), the Gung-ho Guns (a monastery of gun fighting Monks with artifacts that merge melee weapons with firearms), the Dark City (Necromancers), the Atlantean Confederation (all the aquatic races living at the bottom of a sea sized lake), and the Vampirates (vampire spell jamming pirates that are allowed to leave the world after they “tithe” sentients to the Mycelium, a sentient fugal colony that is trying to move Neverland so it can invade another planet and is the BBEG of the story). There are more factions we haven’t met yet. Sourcing food is difficult because almost every living thing on the world is sentient. Cheese and milk products from the mammal races, Thri-Kreen produce mead from their honey, there are small vegetable plots that are difficult to keep alive without magic because the world is in perpetual twilight. We eat mostly Goodberries and drink bone broth like it’s coffee, which we call “Larry”. We are having a blast.

@ That’s awesome, you don’t always see players so invested in their games, so it’s good to hear someone be so into it. Make my DM heart soar haha. I also love that you’re in a steampunk setting and you’re playing a werewolf.

@@rayindc2074 I definitely overthought this one! Now I’m just picturing a Captain America style werewolf with a shield and claws. Thank you for the clarification!

@@mattlockshin4744 You’re totally right! I must have gotten caught up in the flavor and assumed it was a dual wield esque feature. But reading it again you’re absolutely right, it says nothing about that. Thanks for the clarification!

@@Bardaffo77 Yeah it’s definitely a “hit me not my friends” kind of build!

@@ProfessorArgus That would be awesome! Makes me think of Fable 1, with the escort quest through the woods, then one of the merchants you are escorting turns into a werewolf halfway through.

@@sohkaswifteagle2604 Thank you for the feedback! I did mention during my ending summary that a Bladesinger’s greatest strength is still the wizard spell list, as well as the drawbacks of the small hit point pool. I’m not sure I would call a 27 AC useless at high levels. Reducing a boss monster’s hit chance to 45% is pretty respectable. Not to mention magic items like Rings or Cloaks of Protectin, Bracers of Defense, Staffs of Power, etc; possibly bringing it above 30. Even without CME, three attacks with an upcast Spirit Shroud and +10 damage is competitive with most melee damage builds At the end of the day, a character is what you make it. If you want to play a blade singer who mainly casts spells do it. I like playing melee builds, so my blade singer will be buffing themself and swinging. Thanks for the comment!

@@willbforcexd8731 Yeah it’s a potent race! I gotta make a monk with one next time.

@@nightangel6868 Thank you so much! I have a great time making them, so I’m glad you enjoy them. :)

@czcrossman Thanks Zack! :)

@@BTrillJ Thank you!

@@jasonlarsen5380 I’ve never heard of that before, which racial features do you get? Do you pick and choose from each species, or is it its own species option?

Or just remove the Elven lineage requirement altogether and call it Accuracy. "Half-Elf Tortle" is nonsense cringe

@@jeffhovinga1758 @TegwenYT and @Bardaffo77 clarified in the comments here that Spell Mastery only works for spells with a casting time of 1 action. So turns out Shield and Misty Step don’t work. Bummer huh?

@@Bardaffo77 Good choices! I totally missed the new requirement that the spells must be an action, I guess my head is still a little stuck in 2014. Thanks for the comment!

@@jeffersonian000 That’s an awesome character! I really want to try a light cleric/ Sun Soul monk multiclass sometime for the aesthetic.

@@RulesAsWrittenCharacterBuilds I do have a small Aasimar Sun Soul 18/ Bladesinger 2 build that I built for a “Littles” one-shot (a “Littles” game is where everyone plays a small character). Being able to stack Wis, Int, and Dex on a character that shoots lasers with their hands is a great concept, but we do points buy, and it’s difficult to cap three stats with a non-Fighter build. If I were to rebuild her in 2024, I would go Monk 12/Wizard 4 to net two epic boons, or just go straight Monk to net a 24 Dex and Wis.

@@jeffersonian000 Wow, a Bladesinger/Monk must be impossible to hit. Getting mage armor probably helps keep that wisdom low too. Yeah that Monk capstone is hard to pass up on, same as the Barbarian one.

@@The482075 That would fit perfectly here! Sea turtles are cold blooded after all.

@@The482075 Same! I always end up making mostly gish builds for the channel haha.

@@ovoss89 Thank you for the comment! Let me know if you get the chance to play it!

that extra feat could be weapon mastery for a light weapon with nick. that gives you back your bonus action and you still make 3 attacks.

@@ericrbacher9371 I see where you are coming from! I had the same hang up when I was theory crafting a hoplite character that used a spear and shield plus polearm master. If the visual doesn’t look right, it’s hard to get invested in a character. But with quarterstaffs there is a wealth of one handed technique videos out there to give examples of how it might look. I personally like the visualize it as an attack action diagonal swing downward, from shoulder to hip. Then rotate the wrist and jab with the opposite end. And that position also sets you up for the extra attack being an upward and diagonal swing along the same path as the first attack. Also it pays to remember these weapon types in the PHB are extreme generalizations. What the rules call a quarterstaff can be anything from a 6 foot long Bo staff, to a 3 foot long Tanbo. At the end of the day, flavor is free. So as long as the rules allow it, we can visualize and flavor the characters actions in whatever way makes sense to us.

@@ericrbacher9371 That would be a good direction to go, dual wielding almost like a TMNT Rafael aesthetic. Unfortunately with that Nick attack, there’s no way to attack with Intelligence. So we’d need some Dexterity or Strength investment.

Oh shoot you're right! Can't believe I missed that. Thank you for the correction!

@@soubigo No worries, the 2014 rules were good fun, I don’t blame you at all. Good luck out there!

I think the whole point here was to build a very different Bladesinger who does not need to rely on Dex at all. Two weapon fighting and the new Nick property will not work with Shillelagh and a quarterstaff or club. I think this is a different take, and may not be as powerful for straight damage, but gives some nice other benefits.

@@Brandonrod that sounds like a fun build, full on martial with light armor and weapons. At that point you don’t even need Shillelagh. What would you do for you origin feat?

@ alert bc u would have a 17 dex and 18 dex when u take duel wilder. Then I would stop at dex and do the next two ASI to get int to 20 assuming you want a good dc for spells since in the end of the day you’re a wizard.

@@elhombredequeso That was the goal! Thanks for the comment!

@@ericpeterson8732 thanks for the feedback! I thought the possibility of dumping Dex made it worth a revisit. But it’s definitely a subclass that’s been done a lot!

Do you mean the same 2024 wizard that has no new subclasses? The 2024 PHB invalidates everything that came before, causing buying the previous books to retroactively be wastes. Not to mention, the gap widened significantly, J Craw is anti-race mixing, and Ranger got nerfed into the ground.

I hear you. Getting rid of half-elves and half-orcs in favor of orcs and goliaths was a terrible decision. And I get that you don't like the 2024 revisions. But the four wizard subclasses are good and not a hybrid subclass like bladesinger. He could have done a conjuration wizard or even a transmutation wizard and I would be more interested. Like PAM, XBE, hexblades, bladesingers are the optimizers' default picks, and I'm tired of them.

@@bponcho414 I didn’t notice that! Still getting used to these new spells I guess. Thanks for the comment!

@RulesAsWrittenCharacterBuilds No worries, me too tbh. I just wish it scaled, like at all, lol

@ same! Especially when Conjure Minor Elementals scales like crazy.

@@bponcho414 World Tree is an awesome subclass! I was going for more of a mundane warrior aesthetic here, but I definitely think I’ll do something with World Tree in the future!

@@ovoss89 Devil Death Knight! I like it! I was say gonna if you start level 1 in warlock then you wouldn’t need the Magic Initiate Wizard origin Feat. But then you miss out on heavy armor from Paladin, so that might not be worth it. Actually after some thinking, you could do without Tough at level one, and then at level 7, warlock level 2, take the Lessons of the Old One’s invocation to get an extra Origin Feat, and take tough then.

@alexandredeberdt4066 Yeah the damage is nuts here! Next time I get to play in a high level campaign I’m gonna bring this build for sure. Paladin/Warlock is famous for a reason it seems!

@@brynwtsn thanks for pointing that out! I didn’t mention the scaling of the spell because I’m trying to keep the run times down. But it’s an important clarification. The damage increases with spell slot levels 5,7, and 9. At 18:50 I was referring not to the to hit, but to the damage modifier. It was at a +13 because using Aura of Hate, and Great weapon master, we are adding our charisma (+4)twice and our proficiency (+5)once. So +13 total. Our to hit modifier would be a +9 at this point. Thank you for the comment!

@@pwog my new video, Arthas Menethil actually does that pretty well! It’s got chill touch, and Spirit Shroud, both of which shut down healing for a turn! The Super Saiyan Conqueror video also uses Spirit Shroud.

Bro chill 🤣 You are telling him to learn to draw or pay an artist, which he may not know or cannot do, just enjoy the video, don't be rude

@@Irokutarabelmont I understand where you are coming from. I reached out to some artists whose work I admire when I was planning to start the channel. However commissioning four art pieces a month for my weekly uploads would be hundreds of dollars. I work full time to support my family, so I definitely can’t afford that. And the channel is too small for any artist to be interested in a sort of exposure compensation for their art. As for learning to make the art myself, I’m already stretching my time a bit alongside my real world responsibilities to make the channel, so I can’t attempt to learn a new skill and make these videos. But thank you for the feedback! In a perfect world I would love to partner with an artist, but realistically it’s not feasible at this point in time.

Are you an “artist” or are you taking offense on behalf of a theoretical one?

@Xenochrome If you don't see the harm ai is causing in visual media, your scope is much too small. You're the kind of person that would ask to pay for art in exposure, aren't you?

@@Macchiavelie My bad, I’ll have the next one balanced better. I was rushing to get this one out so I didn’t check it properly. Thanks for your support!

I have head phones and had no issues hearing him, the violin isn't really that loud

@@RulesAsWrittenCharacterBuilds NO worries, it sounds fine to me, not sure what the issue is

@@obrien1121 Those sound really fun! I’m trying to get better at Full Casters, so that might be just the thing!

@@InsightCheck Thank you so much for the support! I’m gonna be doing another lightning themed character down the line, something martial, so keep an eye for it!

@@WilliamPeters-f3s tempest cleric makes such a good Lightning caster!

@RulesAsWrittenCharacterBuilds Yep Lv.16 & not dead yet

@@WilliamPeters-f3s That's real good! I've only gotten up to that level twice, once with a battle master fighter in Princes of the Apocalypse, and again with an Eldritch Knight/War Wizard in Storm King's Thunder.

@@bjarnesommerlundhansen9633 Thank you!

One of my favorite spell changes for 2024!

@@ExploringtheBuild I’m Right there with you! I’d love to figure out a build using Witch Bolt, Booming Blade, and some sort of knock back. Maybe a tempest cleric!

@@71co0k I’ve had a lot of people recommend the warlock for Witcher!

Thank you for the comment! Yeah you're right, full cantrip damage isn't significant at all. But I still feel like you need a cantrip that matches your character's theme just to have a free attack option. I definitely agree that the fighter dip felt awkward. I mainly went with it over Cleric or Druid so I wouldn't need a 13 Wisdom. That and the Defense Fighting Style makes the medium armor even better, I just can't stand having a low AC on my characters. I would have gone fighter first, but then the character would have no lightning spells at 1st level, and also proficiency in Strength saves instead of Charisma, which didn't feel right. But if you're starting at 3rd level than I'd say definitely start in fighter for the extra 4 Hitpoints! I did think about Elementalism, I wouldn't say that it replaced Gust, so much as its just a new spell. Gust can force movement, whereas Elementalism only creates the aesthetic effects. I think you're right about the Elemental Adept thing, especially once Transmuted spell becomes an option. I assumed it was kind of necessary for full casters, but looking back you make a good point about just swapping to a different element depending on who you are fighting. Thanks for the feedback, like I said I don't play alot of Full Casters, I usually go martial and Unga Bunga my way around, so I need all the advice I can get!

Thank you! Y'all were right, it definitely makes a big difference.

That is so awesome to hear! I'm glad it was level 5, already having extra attack, celestial revelation, and some slots to smite! Let me know how the secondary campaign goes!

Thanks for the support! Warlock video coming out on Monday!

@@squartallovertheplace Thank you so much! I’ll keep the videos coming every Monday!

@@chriscain8515 Unfortunately Magic initiate doesn’t let you choose Half-Casters like Artificer, Paladin, or Ranger. It’s even more stringent in 2024, only allowing Wizard, Cleric, and Druid.

​@RulesAsWrittenCharacterBuilds I think Chris is referring to the artificer initiate feat from Tasha's. I found it lackluster but it would work to give us alchemist tools and a couple of spells

@@ericpeterson8732 Ahh I see. I hadn’t considered that feat. I don’t think I’d want to sacrifice an ASI for it though. However I’m definitely missing the potions in this build. I didn’t brew potions at all when I played Witcher 3, so that must be why I didn’t think of them when I was making it.

@@zachmarlow2117 It does now, as of the Mordenkainen book. I’m Volo’s guide to monsters it was only once per combat. But you know how Volo is always getting stuff wrong.

@@robertmiller6817 Thank you! Im excited to keep putting out videos. Sounds like a fun campaign, I like how 5th edition works in so many different genres.

@@JonDewey-cf1wz Definitely a good option to have in your back pocket!

@@Kingdoms_and_Kobolds Thank you! I have a tortle wizard coming out in 3 weeks! So keep an eye for that!

@@JustaScribble yeah this definitely isn’t a utility build, more of a stab till the fights over haha.

@@hackthedungeon That would probably be more balanced, but as it’s written it doesn’t have that restriction.

@@RulesAsWrittenCharacterBuilds Sorry, it does say that in Volo's guide, but it doesn't say that in Mordenkainens. I don't have Mordenkainens, so I was going off of Volo's.

@ Oh gotcha! See I don’t have Volo’s so that makes sense haha. I wonder why they buffed it?

@@RulesAsWrittenCharacterBuilds good question. The old version also said "when you surprise a creature". So it only worked if your party had a surprise round. It may be a case of overcompensation.

@hackthedungeon Yeah they are definitely moving away from features that rely on surprise. It’s a shame because I always liked that mechanic. The new version, with disadvantage on initiative, doesn’t seem all that impactful.