Recent content by tagwort

Thematically, I think people get too hung up on the "traveling performer" concept, when bards can be so much more than that. The historical origin's been mentioned already, but there's also a lot of examples of bards in mythology that fit a variety of unique concepts but are still pretty...

Starting a new campaign soon and I'm leaning towards Warlock (it's between that and bard) for my next character. I'm going for a charmer/illusionist type of concept. Problem is, I know our party's gonna be all focused on damage, so I wanted to support through some control spells, and I'm not...

Some thoughts on these two: While I expect most Arcane Tricksters focus on haste for damage, I feel that magical ambush at level 9 gives Arcane Tricksters a unique edge on control spells compared to non-sorcerer casters. While definitely lacking in quantity and level of spells known, they could...

Well I'm not personally set on anything because everything seems fun to me (except wizard which does not appeal to me at all, despite arguably being the strongest mechanically). At the moment I'm choosing between Arcane Trickster vs one of the CHA casters, depending on whether my party needs a...

What class/subclass would you personally choose (for fun and/or effectiveness) for a character designed around "trickery" magic to confuse and control enemies? It seems like there's a large number of ways to go about it with 5th ED classes: Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Land Druid, Trickery Cleric...

I disagree with this. A shadow monk/rogue being able to run from any creature (without even needing to hit them) would free up my bonus action, which already competes with Flurry of Blows, Shadowstep, and Cunning action. Without Mobile, I'd never want to Shadowstep offensively (making use of...

Thank you very much! You are right, it's probably best to follow my gut and choose fun over optimization. I am hesitant to drop Alert, though. Can an assassin afford to be inconsistent with initiative rolls? I feel like I'd get super frustrated successfully pulling off perfect surprise ambushes...

I'm fairly new to D&D, but I've been plotting out different ways I can build my character. It's still early enough that all my options are still open, but the prospect of choosing a Feat at level 4 has me a bit anxious about weakening myself in the long run. Specifically, I'm multiclassing...