Found a HMC with a surface atmosphere pressure of 24,103,504 atmospheres. That's about eight times the pressure found at the Earth's core.
Also a ringed Water World with NO atmosphere. I figured this might be a bug with the Stellar Forge engine as I'm pretty sure water with no atmosphere would boil off into space.
So been thinking about doing an Honor Mode run (I know, late to the party).
What's needed for the "trick stack" is 2 White Sorc for Agathys and 2 Abjurer for Ward.
But since the surface then applies to ANY party member who has Abjurer, is there any reason you can't kit out an entire party with it?
I.E. your primary character goes 2/2/X Sorc and Abjuration, then the other three go 1/2/X Sorc and Abjuration. The primary sets up the field and Extend, and gives the entire party hundreds of stacks of AW, limited by spells slots and sorcery points.
So for the investment cost of three levels, you could add massive damage reduction to every single party member. So a 6/3 OH Monk Thief could take a 2/1 split of Abjuration/Sorc to benefit from Arcane Ward while still being an offensive powerhouse.
Or is this just too tedious and overthinking HM?
I'm trying to build a character who tosses people around.
I'll likely pick Tavern Brawler as the first feat, but I'm not going for Monk this time around.
So the question is, with Athletics being the check, which 1 level dip at the start would bring the most to the character?
Fighter gets Proficiency, Con Saves and a fighting style.
Barbarian gets Proficiency, Con Saves and twice per rest Rage giving Advantage on Strength checks.
Rogue gets Proficiency, Expertise and Sneak Attack.
I'm also thinking of picking the Halfling just for the lulz. A super-strong shorty manhandling people. I'm leaning Barbarian just for that reason but curious what's best mechanically over the long haul.