D&D 5E Race/Class combos discussion Thread

[Weiley31]

So I'll be upfront: despite some of my participation in some really great topics here, I've yet to play DND. I plan on changing that and am eagerly excited for my first character. And now my mind is coming up with all kinds of idea.

So how bout it fellow adventurers, what are some race/class combo ideas your excited to try or play? Will you experiment with Reskinning/UA/3PP? And if so, what options will you choose ?Some ideas I plan/thought of/excited to play as are:

Warlock:
Black/Tuxedo Cat Tabaxi Hexblade. (With the Lucky feat)
Human/Half Elf Pact of The Tome Raven Queen Patron

Barbarian:
Path of The Beast Shadar-Kai( reskin the tail natural weapon as Cenobite chains)
Path of The Beast Half-Elf reskinned as a Fey so I can have an excuse to play a 3.5 Ragewalker

Paladin:
Human Oath of The Valkyrie
DriveThruRPG.com (5E Compatible.)

Fighter:
Human Battlemaster
Warforged Rune Knight

Revised Ranger:
Duhallan(reskinned Half-Elf) Beast Conclave with the Animal companion being a black Horse.

For now that's what I have. And yes, while I'm fully aware stuff relies on DM approval, this thread is meant more for fun/for realizing new ideas ya never knew you wanted to try until now.

So have at it my fellow adventurers!

 

[MNblockhead]

Generally, I've stuck to pretty "old school" combos and haven't been a fan of "newer" player race options like Tieflings, Dragonborn, etc. That said, for the few Adventurers League sessions I've taken part in, and for some games I played with my kids, I've branched out.

One of my favorite combos has been Tortle Barbarian.

Less exotic but very fun was a Dwarf I played that I started with a level of fighter and then switched to bard. There is an entire backstory behind that, which I won't bore you with here, but playing a heavy-armor clad bard with my Dwarven-fighter version of vicious mockery was a lot of fun.

I'd also like to play a lizardman moon druid, but haven't had the opportunity yet.

 

[Tony Vargas]

Running gag in my group for like 10 years, but....
Warforged Warlock...

"Phased Eldritch Blast in the 40-watt Range....
...take 43 fire/force/radiant/necrotic damage…"

So, what 5e Patron would best represent Skynet?

 

[Weiley31]

Running gag in my group for like 10 years, but....
Warforged Warlock...
View attachment 117559
"Phased Eldritch Blast in the 40-watt Range....
...take 43 fire/force/radiant/necrotic damage…"

So, what 5e Patron would best represent Skynet?

Probably the Ghost in The Machine patron from the 5E Modern UA.

 

[Weiley31]

Running gag in my group for like 10 years, but....
Warforged Warlock...
View attachment 117559
"Phased Eldritch Blast in the 40-watt Range....
...take 43 fire/force/radiant/necrotic damage…"

So, what 5e Patron would best represent Skynet?

Publication:UA Modern Magic - Dungeons and Dragons Wiki

dnd-wiki.org

 

[Undrave]

Publication:UA Modern Magic - Dungeons and Dragons Wiki

dnd-wiki.org

Here's a direct link to the actual UA

https://media.wizards.com/2015/downloads/dnd/UA_ModernMagic.pdf

 

[TwoSix]

Currently playing or planning on playing:

Eladrin Valor Bard
Elven Warmage (found here: Warmage Redux)
Lizardfolk Prime Element Druid (found here: )
Human Infusionsmith Artificer, reskinned as a WoW enchanter for a friend's game set in Azeroth (found here: )

 

[Salthorae]

Warforged Rune Knight

Oo, that sounds like great flavor/fun. I'm playing a dwarven Rune Knight in an online game and about to multiclass from a Human Giant Soul Sorcerer to Rune Knight in a level or two in another online game.

I guess I'm just a sucker for the runes

I'd really like to play some of the new UA subclasses from the psionics, but what I really want to play is

Wood Elf:
Twilight Cleric

Human:
Wildfire Druid

 

[Fenris-77]

I'd like a chance to run a Tabaxi Gloomstalker in an urban campaign using the UA Ranger upgrades.

Or I could just write the plot of Cats into a module and everyone can play a Tabaxi. Big Tabaxi, little Tabaxi, Tabaxi that climb on rocks, the whole schmozzle. Not the stuff of nightmares at all.

 

[RogueJK]

Less exotic but very fun was a Dwarf I played that I started with a level of fighter and then switched to bard. There is an entire backstory behind that, which I won't bore you with here, but playing a heavy-armor clad bard with my Dwarven-fighter version of vicious mockery was a lot of fun.

Heavy Armor Bards are a hoot. A 1 level Fighter dip is one option, especially for a Valor or Swords Bard that wants to be in melee. But a caster-focused Lore Bard with 1 level of Life Cleric, focusing on buffs, debuffs, and control spells, works even better.