u/Nepheronia

First things first, weather and NPC moods/attitudes are going on some of them, I know that for sure.

But this is a lot of dice I have to spare and I'd love some creative ideas for what other things I can put on die faces (specifically d6s). Maybe some of them are numerical but I'm guessing most won't be.

I was thinking I'll set aside a couple to write player names on so I can randomise targets easily, maybe a die to determine whether a monster attacks undefended, unconscious characters instead of being strangely nice about avoiding them, but I have no doubt plenty of you probably have great ideas.

I just really wanna talk about craftsmanship and tool use in D&D, you know?

Decided to make a Heroic Inspiration support TWF Champion build using a Human (Resourceful/Musician/Tireless Reveler) and currently finding that while I'm dealing out lots of attacks, they don't hit hard. I'm only Level 4, so obviously staying Fighter for Extra Attack is mandatory, but after that I wanted to try to get a way to pump my damage, which is most easily achieved via Hex/Divine Favor/HM.

In 5.5e they closed off the ways to get these spells via feats as far as I can tell, and while Enspelled Weapons are a thing I don't know how easily I'll be able to depend on my DM to grant access to them.

If I can't rely on an Enspelled Weapon, or simply end up having to put them aside for other attunement items as the adventure continues, is a dip worth it to boost the Fighter power, and if so then when, and should it just be a 1 level dip, or 2?

I see the pros/cons as follows:

Paladin - 1: Divine Favor needs no concentration so as a melee martial I don't need to worry about dropping it, maybe I could pair with Shield of Faith if need be. Only 2 spell slots, not much else beyond the spells. 2: 1 free use of Divine Smite, a third Fighting Style after TWF and Defense from Champion. Blind Fighting maybe, or Blessed Warrior for Guidance and... something else?

Ranger - 1: An extra skill, 2 free uses of Hunters Mark, 2 spell slots, not a great array of other spells and HM needs concentration, which can be dicey as melee martial. 2: Expertise in a skill, a third Fighting Style after TWF and Defense from Champion. Blind Fighting maybe, or Druidic Warrior for Guidance and... something else?

Warlock - 1: 1 spell slot for Hex each Short Rest, which a Fighter wants to take often anyway. Blade Ward as a good cantrip, though between it and Hex that's a full round written off. I guess either Pact of the Tome or Pact of the Chain as the Invocation. 2: Recharge a Hex slot even without a SR basically, and take Tough, Lucky (or False Life for an effective +12 HP?) and Magic Initiate as origin feats instead of the Pact invocation, so I can gain emergency Shield as well.

Are any of them worth delaying later Fighter levels? Finding a good jumping out point after Level 5 is hard, because 6 is a feat/ASI, 7 is +1 AC via Defence fighting style, 8 is another feat/ASI, 9 is Indomitable, 10 is a free re-roll every turn for Champion, 11 is another Extra Attack and 12 is a feat/ASI again.

My current character is a soldier who has a live-in housekeeper/carer who helps him recover from battlefield injuries, and I would like to build her as a backup character, due to his long-term injuries she carries most of his gear and is something of a Sherpa/packhorse when he travels with the party.

Since she's a simple lass she's not really trained in fighting, so would be more about unarmed fighting, or improvised fighting, but I can flavour things however I need to. She'd be level 3-5 since she's my backup. Primarily 5.5e but can use older subclasses, spells and feats if not yet reprinted.