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I'd love to see a new updated grapple guide. New classes, races, rules clarifications, and spells have come out since the last one was made.

You don't need strength to wear heavy armor. But, if you don't want to have reduced speed, you need either 15 strength or to be a dwarf. You do need 13 strength if you want to MC paladin, though.

What Mello said. Animate is a powerhouse. The tiny objects offer great damage output, and can really block your enemies, unless they want to eat a ton of opportunity attacks. If there is a large or huge object around it can also be useful for blocking a hallway or something, but its more...

Wizard is a great choice for this party, and doesnt have great multiclassing options, other than maybe a 2 level dip at some point. You can't really be a buffbot because of the concentration requirements. Diviner, Conjurer, and Necromancer are all great choices. Conjurer really wont come...

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Well the OP started off by talking about undying light warlock and oathbreaker, one from UA and the other from DMG. I'm just saying you can throw shillelagh on top of that if you want and avoid the need for any STR at all.

Why not both? Undying Light Tomelock with GFB and shillelagh? GFB does scaling damage with x2 cha right off the bat.

Mechanically, it looks really solid. I would probably take inspiring leader over heavy armor master. However, Oathbreaker + Undying light warlock would be a hard sell if your DM cares at all about the class lore.

Yea, I also like Pali 2 / Favored Soul X. Pali 6 gets you that tasty +cha to all saves, though, and if you are an oath-breaker Pali 7 gets you + cha to attacks. I think either one works well.

I don't think barb is that lackluster after 5. More rages, more rage damage along with some great features like feral instinct and brutal critical. But really any sensible mix of the 3 classes you listed will work well mechanically. I would do whatever sounds the most fun to you. You could...

I'm pretty unequipped to talk about viable tank strategies so I will take your word for it lol.

I can speak from experience, fairy fire + horde of skeletons = massacre.

Yeah, warlock 2 / sorc 18 is probably the best build for this strategy. FS or draconic, either will work, but FS probably edges Draconic IMO for just the spell list. As an aside, I expect favored soul will be nerfed when the official version comes out. I expect they will remove the extra...

At level 11 Eldritch blast -> quicken -> Eldritch Blast becomes insane. 6d10+6xcha. Throw on Hex for another 6d6 and you are looking at one of the best damage options in the game.

Storm doesn't give you free spells anymore as of SCAG. I know it seems sub-optimal because you get armor and extra attack from pali anyway, but i think spiritual weapon is just that good. Its a bonus-action cast, no concentration required, every round repeating 1d8+cha. Obviously you have...

Doesn't have to be, but the features make it possible and 2x attack + quick spells makes it attractive. You can also ignore your extra attack feature (or use a bow) and just hang back and enjoy the extra spell list and better armor.

yea. I don't see why it wouldn't work, unless your DM decides that fear or command is not "willingly moving"

Take a look at fighter 2 / Pali 6 / Favored Soul 12 Lots of smites, +cha to all saves, start fighter for con saves, quick spells, spiritual weapon when you run out of metamagic, twin haste, heavy armor, action surge, gets you level 6 sorc spells with a top level slot of 8.

Yeah, that's legit.

Looks good. To be honest, warcaster is probably not that big of a deal. You can free action stow / grab a weapon, so it really only gets in the way of your reaction spells.