Just last session I had to remind our fighter he had 2nd wind and action surge.
Watching them continually hit the guy I had Tasha’s laughter on instead of the other guy was painful. They got advantage and hit but the monster saved…
And our sorcerer still never remembers he has innate sorcery.
A background for +2 int, +1 con, magic initiate is not a poor choice for a bladesinger. It's one of the best. We can quibble over whether it's the absolute best or not, but it's one of the best.
I'd vote magic initiate as being better.
None of my choices were bad.
And I assumed a single...
Int and con is a lot better than Dex and con for a bladesinger. Like that’s really your recommendation???
I don’t agree. If there was a magic initiate background that could take strength without dex or con I’d have happily chosen it.
But since that doesn’t exist I take a background that...
I don’t think the rules require more than a single free hand for every material component and the same free hand for somatic components. Am I mistaken?
That’s an every other turn solution, right? You draw the weapon on turn 1. So you can’t stow it after the attack. Then next turn after the attack you can’t stow stow it. Repeat the process. Or am I mistaken on how weapon drawing/stowing works?
I went with con because #1 it's a very reasonable choice and #2 it comes as a standard option on the sage background for magic initiate and dex does not.
Why would I assume 6 shields in a 4 round single encounter day? Why would you waste more actions casting false life instead of attacking in...