How to Play Alphonse Elric in Dungeons & Dragons (Fullmetal Alchemist Build for D&D 5e)
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- Опубліковано 26 сер 2024
- Today we have a build for Alphonse Elric in D&D 5e! If you want to tank it up and cast spells that cater to your creative play style, this is the build for you! Throw your weight around and keep yourself and your allies safe!
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“Unlike your brother, you’re literally a huge nerd.”
That one got me
Isn't Ed just as much a nerd as him?
Edit: I had to read that over again, nevermind.
I'm pretty proud of that
WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU SAYING CALLING ME A PIPSQUEAK
Sasquatch Studios IM NOT TINY YOU SHRIVELED UP OLD HAG
@@tulokthebarbrarian2033 *WHO THE HELL YOU CALLING SO SMALL YOU DON'T EVEN SEE HIM ON THE SIDEWALK*
Wisdom is also a dump stat because you have to be pretty unwise to break the only rule in Alchemy.
"There are no rules!"
*undead abomination crawls out of your symbol*
"Theres one rule!"
@@tulokthebarbrarian2033 Have you considered building up any wrestler character into DnD? Like Brock Lesnar or Roman Reigns?
@@vellothedreepy5930 he said that he won't do real people. However, he has done Incineroar so just make that build a Varient human with tavern brawler (probably berserker Barbarian instead of storm herald) and ya good
@@tulokthebarbrarian2033 2. We can't forget a lovable female dog now can we. Also dare you to just do a whole series on just homunculus and father. Be kinda fun too.
There was ONE RULE guys. ONE.
When Tulok says it’s a Variant Human
Me: “He had us in the first half, I’m not going to lie”
Lol. I had some fun there
Twas a cheeky move XD
.... Not sure I get the joke
@@noblesseoblige319 tulok has a... Penchant for using Variant Human. A lot. And while... Technically Alphonse is a human, he's a warforged and everyone totally woulda rioted if he'd sticked to it.
Noblesse Oblige Tulok uses the Variant Human a lot for these builds and some of his viewers get annoyed with how frequently he does, so he was playing on that when he first said Alphonse was a Variant Human before revealing he was ACTUALLY gonna be a Warforged
"He can't taste food and that's technically Perception" is the most wild argument I've ever heard
Does this mean if I make a chef they'd be an excellent scout
Maybe? Perception is all 5 of them senses.
You can flavor it as him having a great sense of smell amd tracking people like a dog.
@@eduardobarros3986
"Flavor" I see what you did there.😀
It's technical and frankly inaccurate, not that I'm dissing the build or anything.
One of my folks' closest friends is diabetic with a gluten allergy. She also happens to be a damn good baker despite not being able to taste any of it (without a shot if she's willing to cheat, anyway), but I guess maybe she's just been at it so long she has Expertise in that skill~
@@Saiavinn I'm sorry to inform you, but it is you who is inaccurate on this. Baking versus Culinary are two separate cooking beasts.. Just ask that friend or any person who has gone to culinary arts and they will tell you that baking is an exact science. You're not tasting the dough, the yeast, the flour, while you are mixing, kneading, letting it proof. It's all about measurements, science and reactions. You can be a master baker and never eat a slice because you are searching for how the bread reacts to heat and the outcome. When inventing a new dish on the saute station, you are tasting everything, to combine them in a symphony. That is why any chef who goes to a culinary school has to earn a bakers mastery separate versus everything else.
Great, now I need to talk another person in my party into playing Ed so we can have both Elric brothers in our Eberron party.
Hell yeah
Also get an Artificer, a Monk/Wizard, a Red Draconic Sorcerer with Elemental Adept (Fire), and a Rogue with Sharpshooter.
Erik W. S. Winry, Ling, Mustang and Hawkeye? I’m pretty sure.
@@Munchkin.Of.Pern09 you're right about most of those, but I wouldn't give Ling any wizard levels. Just monk and a bit of fighter maybe.
The Monk/Wizard in this was supposed to be Alex Armstrong.
Erik W. S. I.... can sort of see it? I mean Alex doesn’t really scream monk to me, per say, but I sort of get it? Although actually that combo could also have been Mei Chang now that I think about it.
"Its always too soon to talk about the dog episode"
I mean, not wrong
Rip
Edd.....ward? Why does it hurt?
@@wolfmantheimpaler 😭
Literally just shed a few tears over Nina and Alexander... It always too soon.
How many years has it been at this point? Since the episode from the first series aired I mean. It will always be too soon.
*sees official warforged*
"You were the chosen one!"
You were supposed to TAKE balance from the game, not leave it in only slightly higher than usual AC!
You were my favorite, juggernaut. I loved you.
James Bearden he was the juggernaut, bitch 😥
@@jamesbearden3468 preferred envoy personally. Hate the new warforged
Personally I like the new Warforged. To me, it mixes the best of both
Fabricate is such a beautiful spell for an alchemist.
"Water: 35 liters, Carbon: 20 kg, Ammonia: 4 liters, Lime:1.5 kg, Phosphrus: 800 g, salt: 250g, saltpeter:100g, Sulfer: 80g, Fluorine: 7.5 g, iron: 5.6 g, Silicon: 3g, and 15 other elements in small quantities. [...]
Humans are pretty cheaply made.”
As long as your have the proficiency, you can make just about anything through your "alchemy."
Heck, as far as D&D's concerned, with true polymorph you could make your own city population out of frickin rocks.
Of course, in D&D you can also cast Wish to resurrect your dead mother....
Some canons just aren't compatible...
Well, we now know how the wish works out.
Holy shit... Al IS a Zelda boss! I never noticed that before!
Right???
this is al,not ed.
@@TheSpencermacdougall Sorry been years since I watched it, or talked about it.
Darknut boi
"Its always too soon to talk about the dog episode." Damn right
10:10 To elaborate a little you indeed cannot look it up in a UA, that specific knowledge has been passed down the Armstrong family for generations and nowhere else.
Be careful playing this: your campaign endgame relies on another party member blowing a Wish spell to bring you back after you Banish yourself.
I was expecting Transmutation Wizard, but considering the subclass gives you a Philosopher's Stone, i can see why not.
Sounds like the perfect class for Envy
The look on my dm's face, when he figured out that my pc's build was this. At that time we were already level 8 so he didn't make me change. I had planned this character for months. So glad I'm not the only one. Great video. And this build is a solid choice. Even if my pc doesn't get nuggets
The look on mine when I snuck in the piccolo build. He litterally focused my guy a whole session and I ended with 4 hit points. It's too good.
You guys should probably either ok this with your dm or do one on something they haven’t seen
I mean, honestly, to me it matters less that you make a build based around an anime character and more just how ludicrously op said build would be. The only downside to this build for the dm is potential arguments over what sort of shaping shenanigans you can and cant pull off. It doesnt really seem like a game breaker otherwise.
@@chrishubbard64 we came up with limitations. He made a sort of wild magic table. And I'd have to roll on the table to see how solid constructs would be. It was pretty good
i've been abusing the notification button for a whole minute, now, the real request
Bugs bunny from spacejam in dnd
Definitely needs the Athlete and Lucky feats
Toon Force is really hard to make in any game. The ability to negate damage by claiming it’s funny is wacky.
@@LocalMaple If anime characters need all stats at 20... acme characters can just put an infinity symbol as HP
@@LocalMaple Isn't that just the cutting words ability from college of lore bards?
Trickster Cleric maybe? But what the frak would his race be?
And he's literally a huge nerd, unlike his brother.
Burn ward, we have an emergency victim.
You say that like it was an insult rather than an accurate description
"Unlike your brother, you're literally a huge nerd."
Ed: "WHO ARE YOU CALLING SO LITTLE THEY CAN'T REACH THE TOP SHELF?!?"
NGL I was just casually scrolling through the comments and was like "I don't remember making this one"
"But its always too soon to talk about the dog episode"
Me: *brokenly* oh..
Now i can finally have a build to deal with that prideful shadow sorcerer with dwarfism my group has had trouble with
Hopefully this helps
This just makes me want to see how you would build Toph from avatar the last airbender
Binging ATLA right now, just finished season 1
@@tulokthebarbrarian2033 honestly anyone from that show would be hype to see a build for.
@@tulokthebarbrarian2033 Uncle Iroh please. Nothing would make me happier.
@@piorfino Seconded.
@@piorfino amen!
I’ve been looking for this build forever, I’m so excited
It's pretty fun. And not as complicated as the video length might suggest.
Tulok the Barbrarian it seems great to play
Me: he's gonna troll us by saying he's a variant human isn't he?
You know me so well
Welp, he was
Just started. Calling Warforged Monk. In part.
Maybe
Called Warforged at least
Never have I realized I've wanted something so much until I've recieved it
He actually did it, the absolute madman😂
Cant stop wont stop
Tulok the Barbrarian pls don’t stop😂
Alphonse Elric is my favorite anime character and one of my favorite fictional characters of all time. Seeing this in my recommends made my day. Thank you, good sir. :)
At the end of the video, could you add a breakdown of the levels? Like "10 levels wizard, 10 levels fighter"? Would help me personally when I make some of your builds. Could be a good addition for the pros/cons list
This one is brilliant btw!
"So nobody rains on your parade"
Mustang build guide confirmed?
*Me when Tulok uploads*
What a day! What a lovely day!
Speaking of... "Mad Max" d&d actually sounds badass AF
You should play Descent Into Avernus, it has a whole section dedicated road max style vehicles
Maybe? Theres just not a lot of driving mechanics I can do in a build other than land vehicle proficiency
@@tulokthebarbrarian2033 true use of cavalier?
@@tulokthebarbrarian2033 That's fair
v13kobold isn't that basically just Dark Sun?
I would love to see a Walter build from Hellsing
Still waiting to see Lord Ainz Ool Gown on a pool.
Sorry, theres a lot of anime back up, I can only binge so fast
D&D isn't ready for one of the "Supreme Ones" 😁
Too OP!!! The Supreme one would need to go WAY past lvl 20 imo!
But this is Tulok we’re talking about, rules are meant to be broken!!!
For start, we need to go beyond 20 int and find shenanigans that let him have an absurd number of high level necromancy related spells. He really isnt that powerful outside of those two areas relatively speaking as he was an rp build. If he were an epic encounter he would be obnoxious in the extreme as the dm would have to play him as abusing the heck out of every situation for maximum cheese as thats how he plays. He gathers as much intel as he can, studies your skills and standard strategies, and counters them hard. As for class? He is way past lich. Im pretty sure he counts as beyond demilich as he is a super secret lich class that involves being a master of spellcasting. So no clue what you could do with that.
Can’t wait for more FMA characters so I can make my Amestris TTRPG
Sounds awesome. 5e mechanics? Will character creation be a similar approach to this series or maybe some homebrew?
I’m so incredibly happy about this. I recently marathoned all of FMA:Brotherhood and it was wonderful. Good stuff, and great spell selections.
“...I start with mechanics and work backwards with justification.”
That’s fair.
This is honestly a great build. I love Alphonse.
I like that Variant Human has become a dang meme on the channel. It's the best.
I have an idea. You could easily make Rin Okumura as a tiefling since they can look as much or little like a typical tiefling as you want, but they do need to have at least one visual tell that they’re a tiefling, like say... a demon tail.
You know, it's actually a pretty cool build. It's a lot of utility spells that don't deal a lot of damages and are only useful in very specific situations but the fact that you are resilient and versatile means that you can last long enough through any encounter to actually find the opportunity to use one of this spell in a life saving way. Badass transmuter warforged who knows how to cast fist is definitely on my list of interesting build to consider for futures games.
here's an unusual build:
the beheaded from dead cells, a fighter who's proficient in just about every weapon known to man, has a bunch of weird spells and traps, carries an estus flask and is also technically undead, technically a construct
personally i say revenant for accuracy, but vhuman is probably going to be useful for something
oh and the homunculus rune, whatever you do, you need to try and recreate the homunculus rune
Cells or souls?
Great video! I've been watching your channel for a while now and this is the first time I've written a comment, I have 3 requests for some builds
1: Talion from shadow of war
2: Doom guy
3:Shay cormac from assassins creed
Doomguy in March!
What a wonderful build! Keep up the good work and I look forward to more content from ya. Have a good weekend!
This build is absolutely *perfect* for the Warforged gunslinger/wizard bounty hunter I want to make. Thank you so much!
I could almost hear _Brothers_ playing in the background.
Had to go and listen to it after this, of course.
YO WAIT DO PERRY THE PLATYPUS PLEASE, I WOULD GENUINELY LOVE TO PLAY AS HIM
This has given me major inspiration to put an Alchemist NPC in my game! Thanks my dude ✌️✌️✌️
The recent UA's Way of Mercy for the Monk, I could see being somewhat good for Dr. Marcoh. Not entirely, but it's definitely a path of sorts to create a "Dr. Marcoh" type character.
I'd love to see Scar, Roy Mustang, Armstrong Family [Major General Armstrong (Ice Queen) & Major Armstrong (Strong Arm Alchemist)], & possibly King Bradley
And while I know that you mainly do Player Character Builds, I'd love to see you tackle a "BBEG" & create a "Father" type "BBEG"
You never really realize how kick ass the Transmutation spells are until you look at them.
Dude I love Full Metal Alchemist, this makes me so happy you did this, thanks man
I love what you did with the statues of Armstrong bit.
Interesting build, defensive builds can be really cool. Would love to see a Beast (x-men) build, or a Scorpion (marvel) build. I'm sure you have ever expanding list, keep up the good work
Shout out to the mad lad who predicted that it would be Al based on the phrase "big little brother".
Really neat build with this one. It all fits very nicely.
Bruh I literally just started full metal alchemist so this was the literal best timing,also can you do Deku next
Building Captain Falcon would be something I’d probably use for my next character
"It's always too soon to talk about the dog episode, so we won't be doing that" heh
I just started rewatching this, as it was my 3rd or 4th anime ever
This and Daredevil are all I've been waiting for
Great video! I’d love to see All Might from My Hero Academia. I want to see a different approach in compare to what I got.
Holding off on the One For All squad, but will be doing more MHA soon
Tulok the Barbrarian Awesome, thanks for the response. I shall be awaiting them eagerly.
Calling it. Momo is an Artificer.
@@MaJunior00 The Lemur?
@@ProfLoomis Momo Yaoyorozu is the girl with the creation quirk.
Expert trolling at 1:37
Well done (both the trolling and the video in general) as always
Love the Poll in the vid! Great way to communicate with your followers!
For DnD Beyond Users, Sage background works for most settings. Take advantage of the proficiency substitution feature.
Yeah, Alchemical Anime is cool and everything, but I have a need for grim-dark, politically bent justice.
JUDGE DREDD.
Judge Dredd, Tulok. You can do it.
Variant human battlemaster fighter/Order domain cleric works nicely
In the system Mutant Chronicles, Bauhaus (a faction) actually have enforcers that resemble Judges from the Dredd-universe pretty much 1-to-1 :P
@@Zer0Dakilla you said grimdark and DIDN'T ask for a *SPACE MARINE!?!?!* For shame.....
I never thought a UA-cam vid could disappoint me so much until you said variant human.
Not only do I love the premise of this series so much but the jokes making me laugh within the first minute keep me coming back for more.
Hearing you mention Bugs Bunny in this episode makes me wonder how you would play Bugs Bunny or Mickey Mouse or even the Animaniacs Warner Sibs in DnD! I’d love to see that!! Great video!
this is the one i have been waiting for
Transmutation Wizard I'd say is more flavorful and fits better, despite it being one of the weaker subclasses for Wizards. But hey, that's what Creativity and weapons are for.
You sure? Abilities up to level 10:
Really slow alchemy (works but is bad)
Magic stone that gives people buffs (not really)
Learns Polymorph (nope)
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this is really spot on the only thing i would honestly change is to put a fire ball or fire bolt in the spell list somewere to do more dammage as far as spells go.that would mean giving up something that would be more useful outside of combat and i can not really think of anything to get rid of. all in all this is a great non combat build with some good combat options
FMA Scar should make an interesting episode. A former warrior monk with two alchemical arms. A monk/caster build would be fairly unique.
Building Character: Natsu from Fairy Tail
(Probably a build similar to axel, leaning farther from sorc)
I'm using your Jeany build on our current complain. We are now in Borovia with those vampire things, and boring villages where everyone is scared to go outside, aaaaand me, a blue guy, who shoots lightning and scream : ABSOLUTE POWER, while flying around. We are traveling with an catgirl druid, who can turn itself into big dinosaur, and at the last sessions we had, our team was flying on a dinosaur's back and that's was something.
Well, why am I typing this? Thats why, to tell you, your jeany build is HUGE. Thanks to all your work, you are absolute legend.
And btw, if you reading this, can ask you for some broken builds?
Now I want an actual Iron Giant build.
Finally, you've done the ULTIMATE BEST BOY
You need to do Roy Mustang! I would love to attack people by just snapping at them🔥🔥🔥
This is a fantastic gish character! This is just a good build overall, let alone a good adaptation of Al from the show.
Hey Tulock, I don’t know if you’d be interested, but I’d love to see you mess around with a Pathfinder 2e build or two. I think it would interesting to see what you could make with the ridiculously modular system. Great job as always!
I always recommend people start a Pathfinder channel. I'm sticking to 5e, it's what I know the best, but theres definitely room on the internet for another TTRPG builder, and the Pathfinder/Starfinder systems have SO many options.
@@tulokthebarbrarian2033 Dang. Still, fair enough. The amount of stuff Pathfinder 1e pumped out is enough to put anyone off. Thanks for replying :)
Question, why not use uh, Theurgy mage for forge cleric?
Allows for some extra AC and immunity to fire, can't remember if it also gives you the forge clerics ability to build items out of equivalent gold and all, but feels like it'd have worked well?
I still think war magic fits really well, just curious!
Thanks for another awesome build man!
He's not really religious, which hasn't stopped me from doing Cleric before, but intelligence feels more in line with Al than wisdom
Sidenote I'd think it works thematically too with "stepping into the realm of the gods" and the atheistic nature of Ed at least lol
@@tulokthebarbrarian2033 I mean use the Theurgy Wizard subclass, it takes some cleric spells, which might work in the build, but mainly it gets you some ac and resistances, as well as possibly giving you a very alchemy centric level from the cleric domain.
I wasn't suggesting to use cleric sorry, I guess I wasn't clear.
It’s extremely busted and most dms won’t allow it.
You're the best :,) I'm just rewatching Brotherhood now!
I don't know a damn thing about dnd and I was lost like the entire time, but man is this video interesting as hell regardless
Love how honest you were at the “I’ll fight you in the comments “
it’s actually implied that he learns alkahestry. he works with mei to trap envy and at the end of the series he goes to xing to learn it.
Haven't watched more than one second of the video, but gonna guess warforged transmutation wizard/artificer multiclass! :)
close but no
@@minokakio6758 Yep... I tihink it was mostly wishfull thinking. As he says, alphonse is a pretty punchy boi. It's a shame the alchemist class for the artficer is so objectively terrible xD (mechanically, not flavour wise).
This episode is proof that you have no excuse to not do an Iron Giant build. The REAL Iron Giant. Please! I would love to see you do that video.
I want to see morgana next that should be fun
I might be biased here, but I’m interested in how you’d handle Doppio/Diavolo. KC isn’t known for its rushes, so astral self is pretty much off the table.
Trolling the fans with the variant human...had me rolling on the floor 🤣
Now we only need alchemical arts passed down through the Armstrong line for generations!
I think I can make something extra cool out of this. Replacing some of the spells with others. I was thinking monk four elements, but as I look at that I realize it wouldn’t fit that well.
Man I wish there was a FMA table top game. I’d love to play around with the alchemy system legit. And the varieties of play styles would work too! Guns, melee, and the abundance of different styles of alchemy! You don’t even need to have seen truth to be a powerful alchemist, Roy mustang with his modified ignition gloves is a great example.
Its been a year but who Cares.
From what ive read from/about it the new Avater: Legends rule Set might be what your looking for.
Afaik it has more Open actions (relying on Training, pushing your luck etc.) that can be described however you Like (i.e. bending the Earth to get somewhere high for Avatar and transmuting whatever is around you for FMA).
Also: one Problem with Putting FMA in DnD is that you basically NEED spells for Most characters which means you can run Out of spellslots even though Alchemists are only ever Limited by their surroundings and creativity. Avatar: Legends (once again afaik) doesnt have This Problem
@@norikwiese8900 I’ll have to look into that!
@@negativejam2188 you should be able to easily find the quick Start Guide online. Kickstarter Backers already have the full PDF but i dont know when that releases Outsider of KS
I really want to play a Warforged Warlock. I know that doesn't work for Alphonse, just saying that's probably my next character.
Would love to see the Doom Slayer from Doom or Reinhardt from Overwatch.
He has already done Reinhardt, actually. I'd also love to see Doomguy tho
I did Rienhardt and Doom Guy will be out with Doom Eternal
Tulok the Barbrarian I am now moister than an oyster. Thank you. And I love your hair (both head and face hair).
Hopefully you'll do a series for this like you've done before with star wars. Hopefully scar or Roy mustang will be made one day.
Roy would just use fireball and nothing but fireball
Keninja Greninja why use any other spell when fireball is an option though? Lol
For you savvy players. Theres a race called animated armor that's homebrew. Pretty interesting.
Don't forget the War Caster feat exists so that makes concentration a low con
You know who else wears huge armor, the emperor of man, who you should do a video about maybe?
Alphonse is adorable and precious. This is not debatable.
My suggestion for a future build: "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows!"
Really liked this one, but SO HYPED for next week!
King/Armor King from Tekken.
Going for the glory.
Would love you see you do one for Major Armstrong as well!