If your fighter buddy is going GWM then go Mastermind. No need for extra dps from you when he's one shotting everything.
D&D 5E [GUIDE] I Fought the Law and Won: The Rogue Guide
If your fighter buddy is going GWM then go Mastermind. No need for extra dps from you when he's one shotting everything.
Gladius Legis
Legend
The UA article finally inspired me to get off my butt and format the guide here. Long overdue, but there you go. Volo's races also included.
Gladius Legis
Legend
Not adding the Scout to the guide at the moment, since it's still playtest material, but I'll rate it as is in the comments, and you all can discuss:
Overall, Scout gets a blue rating. It's basically "spell-less ranger as a Rogue subclass." Lots of extra mobility from this subclass.
Overall, Scout gets a blue rating. It's basically "spell-less ranger as a Rogue subclass." Lots of extra mobility from this subclass.
- Survivalist: Lv. 3. Free skill proficiencies (and effectively Expertise) in Nature and Survival. Certainly fitting flavor-wise, and can't complain about what's essentially two free Expertised skills.
- Skirmisher: Lv. 3. Free half-speed movement as a reaction, drawing no OAs. Big mobility boost on a class that is already very mobile.
- Superior Mobility: Lv. 9. Extra 10 feet of speed. Always nice. With Cunning Action you get 80 feet of movement every time it's your turn. (Or 90 feet if a Wood Elf.)
- Ambush Master: Lv. 13. Free party-wide initiative buff + first-round speed buff if you surprise any foes. This pretty much makes Alert a mandatory feat for a Scout by Lv. 12, since the buff's ceiling is your own initiative and you'd like to raise that.
- Sudden Strike: Lv. 17. Lets you Sneak Attack two enemies every round. And even if there's just one enemy around, it's like getting the benefit of dual-wielding or Crossbow Expert with a free hand now available, entirely for free and with any weapon.
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Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal
I worry that once you hit 5th and get Uncanny Dodge which competes for your reaction this will quickly become second fiddle. I can see cases where you want it, but also cases where it won't help (can't move out of movement/attack range of other foes) and Uncanny Dodge will, leaving this behind. I'd put it Black.
That's the only one of the features I had input on, otherwise you really nailed my thoughts.
WarpedAcorn
First Post
I see Skirmisher being useful if you are getting swarmed or getting attacked by an enemy with multiple attacks. Uncanny Dodge would be to mitigate that one big hit that is aimed at you.
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Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal
Skirmisher is not useful at all against a foe with multiple attacks. It's triggered by them ending their turn next to you, so they get all of their attacks at full damage, vs. reducing at least one of them.
When getting swarmed IF you can move such that you are out of the range of the others it's good, otherwise from #2 on they can just swarm you in your new location.
WarpedAcorn
First Post
Ah yes, you're right. So yeah its really only useful against a swarm or if you can "kite" a really big enemy (which should be easy to do due to Cunning Action in future rounds).
thenannymoh
First Post
Great guide!
Regarding the feat Great Weapon Master...with a multiclass fighter (particularly Champion) build, this feat can really increase in value. Of course, the second bullet in the feat description requires a two-handed weapon... But the first bullet is any melee:
"On your turn, when you score a critical hit with a melee weapon or reduce a creature to 0 hit points with one, you can make one melee weapon attack as a bonus action."
With Action surge and advantage, and a second attack at level 5, you have a decent chance at at a sneak crit and then you just bought yourself another attack. The widened crit range for champion starts paying off, and those future rogue sneak levels get nasty. Not a feat for every build, but still useful for some when you need alot of burst damage.
Regarding the feat Great Weapon Master...with a multiclass fighter (particularly Champion) build, this feat can really increase in value. Of course, the second bullet in the feat description requires a two-handed weapon... But the first bullet is any melee:
"On your turn, when you score a critical hit with a melee weapon or reduce a creature to 0 hit points with one, you can make one melee weapon attack as a bonus action."
With Action surge and advantage, and a second attack at level 5, you have a decent chance at at a sneak crit and then you just bought yourself another attack. The widened crit range for champion starts paying off, and those future rogue sneak levels get nasty. Not a feat for every build, but still useful for some when you need alot of burst damage.
HermanTheWize
Explorer
Mr. Legis(or anyone in this thread), what is your thoughts on Hexblade Warlock as a multiclass option?
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Gladius Legis
Legend
You don't get Sneak Attack again with the extra attack from that feat. And that attack only comes when you either crit or kill with an attack, which means you already used Sneak Attack on your turn. That makes GWM still not worth it for Rogues, since you're adding comparatively negligible damage.
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