r/DnDBuilds

Basically the title, take any species and class and on top of your class ASIs/feat choice on level up you get 5 extra ones. Go absolutely wild with it, multi class, use literally anything on dndbeyond, just have fun with it.

I’m completely new to D&D and have been putting together my first character using the 2024 Core 5e rules. I’d love some feedback on whether Alston works mechanically and as a character.

Alston Folkor is a 295-year-old Forest Gnome Cleric, with the Noble background and Neutral Good alignment. He’s a Cleric of Oghma, the god of knowledge.

Mechanically, he’s built around high Wisdom and Constitution. His ability scores are STR 10, DEX 14, CON 16, INT 13, WIS 19, CHA 12. He’s got 11 HP, AC 17 with his chain shirt and shield, and +4 Initiative from Alert.

His main spells are Sacred Flame, Mending, Minor Illusion and Spare the Dying, with Cure Wounds and Speak with Animals as his 1st-level spells. He also has Divine Order: Thaumaturge.

Personality-wise, he’s a very polite and eloquent noble who genuinely believes that everyone deserves to be treated with dignity. However, he secretly believes that everyone is beneath him. His family has an important alliance with another noble family that he feels obligated to maintain.

The idea is basically a well-mannered, knowledgeable little aristocrat who will happily help ordinary people, but internally thinks he’s the smartest and most important person in the room.

I’m mainly looking for feedback on whether the character makes sense for the 2024 rules, whether anything looks mechanically wrong or unnecessarily complicated, and whether the personality/backstory gives enough to work with as a first-time player.

I’m also wondering whether Cleric is a reasonable class for a complete beginner, or whether I’m making things unnecessarily difficult for myself.

I'm joining a campaign which the DM has said will be quite challenging, so I think it's a good idea to try and optimise the character as much as I can. The campaign starts at level 1 and is aiming to end at level 20.

The general concept is a Human who uses a Glaive, eventually getting the polearm master and sentinel feats, but I'm just unsure of how to multiclass optimally or whether just to stick to one, because I think the flavour of Barbarian suits him much more, but the Fighter offers more versatility, and I'm unsure of if a multiclass will be better than the sum of it's parts or worse.

I'm thinking 1-6 in Battle Master Fighter, then 7-20 in Berserker Barbarian. My goal (mechanically at least) is to be a high damage frontline crowd controller with good defences, and I'm also looking to play something with zero magic since I normally play spellcasters and wanted to try a full martial character.

Are there any ideas I should take into consideration - does this multiclass setup seem good? Should I stick to just one of the classes?

Heya, so currently im building a wizard for a classic fantasy campaign named Ikalis, of Brain and Brawn. His schtick is he used to be a normal soldier fighter, but during a war between kingdoms he was cursed with a spell of aging, leading to him aging rapidly till a fixed point. Now he's learning magic in order to regain his youth and in doing so is becoming a wizard, but still enjoys hand to hand combat. So now he fights with his quarterstaff.

The current main setup for my level 3 guy is:

14 dex, con, and strength

16 Intelligence

8 wisdom

9 charisma

Ive got a starting feat and am thinking polearm master, it allows me to have a few more things to do for a bonus action and reaction which is nice, and allows me to use melee a bit more.

The main focus is finding a good balance in order to use my bonus actions, supposedly polearm master and maybe a little bit of flaming sphere ill do well, but im open to any ideas

Any answers are appreciated :]

Hi everyone! I'm trying to create a thematic build based on the character Khârn the Betrayer, but adapted to D&D gods and lore. I've looked into the deities, but I'm finding it really difficult to build the character because I'm very new to this hobby. Any advice?

I am in a campaign using original 5e not 5.5 and I have a bard my cha score maxed at 20 at level 8. I figured I would get resilient con at level 12 but my DM informed us that he does follow the max 20 rule for his games at that if I wanted to I could go to cha 22 at level 12 if I wanted. Would it be smart to just power increase for the rest of the campaign or are feats still stronger do you think?

Note that I have an even CON score so it would purely be to protect concentration savers and I don’t have war caster yet either so I assume I’d want one eventually but idk when

I'm looking for advice on a multiclass. I like the idea of a natural magic user making a deal for more power to bolster his own. Assuming a 1-20 campaign what is the best way to build this out? How many levels of each? Which subclasses synergize best? Feat recommendations? (other than obvious picks like warcaster) I know I would most likely start sorcerer at level 1. After that what do I do?

So im playing a 2014 game. My character is a level 4 Bugbear paladin 2 bard 2. The whole idea is I dip 2 levels in paladin and go the rest bard. My character wields a glaive because I thought it was funny to have 15ft range as a martial. But anyways as the title says I was struggling with my feat choice, mainly between great weapon master, polearm master and an asi. For those who know math better than me is it better to have the high dps but a low hit rate or the other way around

Hello, I haven't had the chance to really play or follow DnD for a few years so I'm pretty out of the loop.

My DM for the campaign I will be playing in is starting us at level 5, and will be doing a homebrew setting where we can basically play whatever we want. He said to try and make some decent characters because he plans on it being a pretty dangerous campaign that will hopefully last a long while.

I saw the Echo knight and it looked really fun, and then was like... this seems good with polearm master right? I know the echo doesn't trigger the attack itself but its still very good area denial. Then I realized I could just also pick a bugbear these days (holy moly they added a lot of playable races) and get an extra 5 feet of range and lots of other goodies.

And then I realized... wait cant I just pick like.... hexblade or really any warlock subclass and get repelling blast / warcaster once I get a single level?

I mean obviously this is pretty decent, at least for this level, and I'm sure I'm far from the first person to do this, but what the class look like anywhere after that? What should the level split be overall, and does this actually work as well as I think it does?

Also, not really sure of the stat spread I should be looking at. Like I could pretty much just go full dex/cha if I wanted to go hexblade, but I'm honestly really not sure and my brain is already fried from reading like 2000 new things that have come out in the last few years lol.

Any tips, builds, or advice would be amazing!

Hi everyone I am new to D&D ( apart from a lifetime of computer games and books ) and I am currently playing The Curse of Strahd campaign my friend is the DM and he and the other are teaching me how to play and I can honestly say that it's some of the most fun iv ever had .

Anyway I'm playing a human male fighter ( psi warrior) and we are at level 4. I want to multi class into a blood hunter ( order of lycan ) . I ask AI to help me with my build to be able to have a good chance of killing strahd and anything else in Barovia with what I have chosen. Here's what it gave me please let me know what you think and I am open to any suggestions. Thank you.

Wulfric Strongheart level 4–12

Best final build

Fighter 8 / Blood Hunter 4

Do not multiclass at level 5. Take Fighter 5 first for Extra Attack. That is too powerful to delay.

Current level 4

Human Fighter 4 — Psi Warrior

Stats now:

STR 19

DEX 15

CON 20

INT 13

WIS 12

CHA 12

AC 19

HP 48

Fighting Style: Great Weapon Fighting

Feat: Fey Touched

Spells: Bless, Misty Step

Main role: front-line commander/tank.

Level 5 — Fighter 5

Take:

Extra Attack

This is your biggest power jump.

You now attack twice per Attack action.

Best weapon now:

Halberd / glaive / longsword, preferably silvered or magical.

Level 6 — Blood Hunter 1

Take Blood Hunter.

Choose Hemocraft ability:

Intelligence

Because your Psi Warrior and Fey Touched already use Intelligence.

Take:

Crimson Rite

Best Rite choice:

Rite of the Storm or Rite of the Frozen

Avoid fire if possible, because many undead and fiends can resist it.

Good Blood Curse:

Blood Curse of the Marked

This helps you hit one enemy harder, which is ideal against bosses.

Blood Hunters use blood magic and Crimson Rite to empower weapons at the cost of their own vitality, so this fits you becoming a darker monster hunter. 

Level 7 — Blood Hunter 2

Take second Fighting Style:

Defense

This gives +1 AC while wearing armour.

Your AC becomes:

20

That is excellent.

Keep wearing:

Half plate for now, unless you find plate armour.

Best armour goal:

Plate armour

With Defense style, plate gives:

AC 19

With shield if needed:

AC 21

But for damage, stay two-handed.

Level 8 — Blood Hunter 3

Subclass:

Order of the Lycan

This is your big story level.

becomes the wolf warrior.

Use Hybrid Transformation for hard fights, especially:

werewolves

vampire spawn

undead packs

boss fights

ambushes

This gives you the “monster fighting monsters” feel and makes you very hard to kill.

Level 9 — Blood Hunter 4

Take Ability Score Improvement:

\+1 Strength, +1 Intelligence

Stats become:

STR 20

DEX 15

CON 20

INT 14

WIS 12

CHA 12

This is perfect.

STR 20 means maximum attack and damage.

INT 14 improves Psi Warrior and Blood Hunter slightly.

Level 10 — Fighter 6

Take feat:

Great Weapon Master

This is your damage feat.

Use it when:

you have Bless active

enemy AC seems low

enemy is prone

you have advantage

it is a big monster you need dead quickly

Do not use it every attack blindly. Against high AC enemies, attack normally.

Level 11 — Fighter 7

Psi Warrior improves.

You gain stronger battlefield control.

Your psionic powers should be used like this:

Protective Field

Use this to save allies from big hits.

Psionic Strike

Use this when you hit something important.

Telekinetic Movement

Use this for clever battlefield moments, like saving allies, moving objects, blocking doors, or throwing environmental hazards.

Psi Warrior is strong because its dice fuel both protection and extra force damage. 

Level 12 — Fighter 8

Take feat:

Sentinel

This is the best final feat for the character 

Why?

Because your job is to stop monsters reaching your party.

With Sentinel:

enemies struggle to run past you

you punish enemies for attacking allies

you become the wall

Alternative if Joe allows lots of halberd/glaive use:

Polearm Master

But for Curse of Strahd, I prefer Sentinel.

Final level 12 build

Fighter 8 / Blood Hunter 4

Stats:

STR 20

DEX 15

CON 20

INT 14

WIS 12

CHA 12

Feats:

Fey Touched

Great Weapon Master

Sentinel

Spells:

Bless

Misty Step

No cantrips unless Joe gives you a feat or magic item later.

Best gear to hunt for

Priority order:

Magical halberd, glaive, greatsword, or longsword

Plate armour

Magic cloak/ring of protection

Anti-vampire relics

Holy symbol / sun-based item

Silvered backup weapon

Potions of healing

More holy water

Anything that prevents charm, fear, or necrotic damage

Keep your fear immunity amulet. That is huge in Barovia.

Best combat routine

Before hard fight:

Bless

Crimson Rite

Hybrid Transformation

Then:

Attack twice.

Use Great Weapon Master when you have Bless or advantage.

Use Psionic Strike on important hits.

Use Action Surge when something must die now.

Use Protective Field to protect the cleric, bard, rogue, or Ireena.

Use Misty Step to reach Strahd, escape traps, or save an ally.

My final advice

This build makes the character:

very hard to kill

strong in melee

good against bosses

useful to the party

perfect thematically as a cursed wolf-warrior commander

The key choice is simple:

Fighter 5 first. Then Blood Hunter. Then return to Fighter.

That gives you the strongest version of the character by level 12. Flair

So I'm new to dnd, but I am familiar with bg3. I want to play dnd and am looking for a group to do a campaign with. I've been workshopping a character in my mind. Here's what I've got so far.

My characters name is Oz (this is a nickname for the character), and he is a drow from the Underdark. Oz was born to a moderately important drow family. being a male, he was looked down on as a lesser but was given the chance to prove himself to his family. Being abused physically through extreme training and emotionally and psychologically from his family is general. He had learned to be quite reserved. His family hated him because he seemed different. He wasn't as ruthless as they were known to be. One day, during an expedition in the underdark with his sisters, they try to kill him, thinking that he is a waste and a drain to the family. His sisters leave him for dead, thinking that he was done for after their attempt ( I haven't figured out exactly what happened yet). Barely alive, but still trying to survive an entity saw his perseverance and is impressed with what he could be molded into. Oz makes a pact with this entity to survive and escape this life.

Oz's goals are to join an adventurers group to explore the wider world. His patron grants him power, but tempts him to be more like his drow family. My goal with this character is to try to make a neutral character that can easily lean into becoming a good heroic underdog. Or depending on how people react to him being a drow and depending how my rolls go with social interactions, he could slip into the teachings of his family.

What do you guys think? Would love to see any comments and suggestions.

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Preciso de dicas na construção e level up. Tirei bons atributos. Começamos no nível 3. Estou indo de human eldritch knight. Peguei alert and lucky como orinal feats, multiclassing is not available. Quero usar duas hand crossbows como armas principais e conseguir o máximo de dano possível.

Apenas phb 2024 está liberado

14 (+2) str

19 dex

14 con

19 int

11 (+1) wis

8 cha

The current plan is to be a Githyanki so I can have medium armor prof off the rip, then use a feat at 4 to get heavy armor prof

20 levels of wizard is the goal, because I want to do the absolute strongest necromancy possible, otherwise I'd go level 1 fighter and then 19 wizard.

So, that all works, but what I'd REALLY like is to be a skeleton under the armor.

I know there's the revenant race, and some skeleton homebrew, but these all negate your racial features, which world cost me the armor proficiencies.

Does anyone have some flaw feat ideas or other ways to replicate being a skeleton, if only for the flavor and fun?

I'm trying to plan out a build for a Swords Bard character, and I'm unsure which feats would be best. I would ideally like to run him as a more martial character.

The stats I rolled are 10/14/14/14/13/18, before any background bonuses. The plan is to use the charlatan background.

Any help would be appreciated.

Its our first campaign ever we have a human fighter who is fat a noble dragonborn paladin who wears a top hat a criminal warforged soulkife rouge a high elf circle of the moon druid farmer a noble changeling cleric and religious kalashter sorcerer

Hello! I'm making a Bladesinger wizard for a campaign and I want to multiclass into Fighter but I'm not sure which Fighter Subclass to take. I first though Eldritch Knight, but that would compete with Bladesinger for magic. Echo Knight also calls to me. I do know I want a more combat focused character with the Bladesinger magic. I've also though of other Multiclasses like Cleric but a Fighter multiclass makes more sense. (I plan to do it Bladesinger lvl.6, and the rest into the multiclass). Any tips or general opinions?

"Hey everyone, we’re moving up to level 7 soon, and I’m thinking about changing up my character build. I love the flavor of the Glamour Bard, but with our current party composition, I’m feeling pretty useless in combat. Since we only have one frontline melee member (our Barbarian), the movement from Mantle of Inspiration rarely gets used. On top of that, we've hit a lot of random encounters and bosses that are flat-out immune to charm/fear or just keep beating my save DCs, completely shutting down Mantle of Majesty.

Hypnotic Pattern has landed a few times, but overall combat hasn't been very engaging for me. I’m thinking about multiclassing to shift my role. My stats are Str 8, Dex 17, Con 14, Int 8, Wis 10, Cha 18, and I have an item that mimics the Shield spell, so my AC is okay.

What does picking up a warlock class look like

What does a fighter multiclass look like

What did I leave out? Ask me more questions

Hi everyone! I’m playing a homebrew game in the Ravenloft setting. I’m playing a cowboy/rodeo man from a traveling fair in the mists. My goal is to make a ranger/warlock build around debuffing/buffing as my party as two other dmg based martials. Let me know what you think could be good!

Stats: (I rolled incredibly good for this character)
STR: 12
DEX: 15+1 =16
CON: 14
INT: 12
WIS: 16
CHA: 16+2 =18

My chosen race is Dhampire for story reasons and thus I was wanting to play the new undead patron subclass for warlock and the hallow warden ranger. their “transformations” would be flavored as my vampirism growing in strength. Btw weapon choice doesn’t matter flavor wise. I’m starting ranger 1, then starting to take levels in warlock

Because my DM is ruling that Shillelagh works with the warlocks repelling blast and agonizing blast, I was thinking of dual wielding with a club, or use a quarter staff as my main weapon. I love the topple weapon mastery, along with causing fear through my two subclasses, knocking them back with RB (Shillelagh on the weapon), AND maybe castings of Ensnaring Strike would be super cool. I think it would also be rodeo like that when the monster is restrained with Ensnaring Strike I could try and wrap them with chains the next round?

Let me know if there’s any cool combos or other options I should consider!

So the time has come once again where someone wants to DM a new campaign which means I get to use one of my 100 characters I make whenever I'm not worlbuilding for my campaign. So my favorite character that I've created is Sylva Witherspore, a way of the long death monk multiclasses with a a spore druid. I never really thought about the playability of the character since I'm kind of a forever DM so I just write the backstory before thinking about anything else, I told my soon to be DM about this character and he liked the idea, but he brought up the fact that it might not be as strong and I agreed. I never really cared about my character being super strong or about minmaxing my stats as I love roleplaying but I don't want him to be... useless?
(Also he's a firbolg if that helps)