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<blockquote data-quote="Arial Black" data-source="post: 7400858" data-attributes="member: 6799649"><p>My current PC is a Bar 1/War 3 (fiendish bladelock). The idea is that I use spells before raging (a pre-asskicking <em>shatter/fireball</em> later) and <em>armour of agathys</em> to get the most out of that spell because I take half damage while raging.</p><p></p><p>When I level up I will take War 4, which gets me one more cantrip and one more spell known. I will take <em>fey step</em> for those situations when I want to get in the middle of the mooks to get the most out of AofA.</p><p></p><p>The trouble is I want to be taking half damage at that point, because that's the whole point of this tactic. To get half damage I need to Rage.</p><p></p><p>But if I'm raging then I can't cast spells, so I have to <em>fey step</em> first and <em>then</em> Rage.</p><p></p><p>The problem is that casting <em>fey step</em> is a bonus action, starting my Rage is a bonus action, and I only get one bonus action. My idea won't work!</p><p></p><p>This is where the 'Totally Useless(TM)' <em>blade ward</em> actually has a use. I will take this cantrip at the same time as I learn <em>fey step</em>. I cast <em>blade ward</em> as my action and <em>fey step</em> into the midst of the mooks as my bonus action. They whale on me and take more cold damage than I take weapon damage, and on my next turn (and if there are enough mooks remaining to make it worth my while) I can Rage and attack.</p><p></p><p>Of course this tactic is only worth the spell slot if there is no other way for me to get amongst the mooks at that point; across a chasm, beyond a choke point, etc.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Arial Black, post: 7400858, member: 6799649"] My current PC is a Bar 1/War 3 (fiendish bladelock). The idea is that I use spells before raging (a pre-asskicking [i]shatter/fireball[/i] later) and [i]armour of agathys[/i] to get the most out of that spell because I take half damage while raging. When I level up I will take War 4, which gets me one more cantrip and one more spell known. I will take [i]fey step[/i] for those situations when I want to get in the middle of the mooks to get the most out of AofA. The trouble is I want to be taking half damage at that point, because that's the whole point of this tactic. To get half damage I need to Rage. But if I'm raging then I can't cast spells, so I have to [i]fey step[/i] first and [i]then[/i] Rage. The problem is that casting [i]fey step[/i] is a bonus action, starting my Rage is a bonus action, and I only get one bonus action. My idea won't work! This is where the 'Totally Useless(TM)' [i]blade ward[/i] actually has a use. I will take this cantrip at the same time as I learn [i]fey step[/i]. I cast [i]blade ward[/i] as my action and [i]fey step[/i] into the midst of the mooks as my bonus action. They whale on me and take more cold damage than I take weapon damage, and on my next turn (and if there are enough mooks remaining to make it worth my while) I can Rage and attack. Of course this tactic is only worth the spell slot if there is no other way for me to get amongst the mooks at that point; across a chasm, beyond a choke point, etc. [/QUOTE]
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