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I enjoy debuffs with weapon mastery. "Mind Sliver" cantrip with topple isn't bad. Or just debuffs adding to the team dynamic is a role that most other fighters simply do not have access to in the variety of ways the EK does.

This is fair. It can be hard to pass up on subclasses that have access to extra dmg dice, even if it is in a limited quantity. Sometimes magic items can fill that void.

It is not totally fair to say champion's "subclass feature(s) kick in randomly" - some do, a good chunk of them are just solid & reliable though. Yes, if you hone in on the crit bonus to the exclusion of the others. But that initiative advantage is reliable, also, in my corner case I use that...

What fighting style(s)? +2 from "duel" can equivalent the trident to 1d10. I, have had alot of luck (if there is another martial) with protection. Those passives on that build are not sexy, but boy, having 2 of them can make quite the difference. Or protect+defense makes a tough nut. I ended...

It's tempting. I've been trying to avoid multiclassing this time around though. I guess, as an alternative, the Psy-Warrior would function similarly to the above multiclass. Except, possibly more MAD. But, it would be more feats, to fill in the versatility loss a little bit from losing the...

I considered the EK. I like the idea of occasionally sacrificing damage to use 'mind sliver' to replace an attack & then going ham with defensive + battlefield control themes. I think EK may lend itself to field control in that way? Shield master & topple & such, then start trying to make...

Also, protection+sap has been obnoxious too :) - Next attack on me.... disadvantage, trying my Paladin friend, instead?... (reaction) also disadvantage.

I might do this, the DM will stay pretty close to RAW. Though, if I put an ounce of effort into the character, i.e. keep my inspiration/battle-quips, heroic actions handy & reasonably fresh, then he seemingly has no problem handing out inspiration anyway - where he could easily stay in-line with...

Yeah, give him a little bit of Gurney Halleck. Fun little character quirk

Since using champs ability for inspiration-based support is out, what are some solid martial support builds?

Well, then battlemaster still fills this niche slightly better. Except the 2nd fighting style is pretty nice still in regards to reliability.

Bummer! Haha, back to the drawing board

So, I was rewiring how I think of the new Champion. With how versatile heroic inspiration is now I realized, you can use your once per turn inspiration on others as well. You can make a pretty solid defensive stalwart that leads by example and boosts team members. 1) Took def fighting style...

I also have assigned character theme songs which was pretty fun when our fighter used his action to 20 athletics a player out of quicksand, made his knightly antics much greater.

I actually used the 'dogpile' strategy last session because the barbarian NPC "does not like vitches". It did exactly what you said, a nice shakeup.

I'm happy I posted. There have been some really good ideas. Already enough to make some chili-grade sessions. Fortunately our group has a SOLID vet who I am relieving of forever DM status for my campaign.

I like this. I should drop some characters into a cultist dungeon pumped full of magic darkness, maybe with a way to deactivate it. I have a '24 legacy character with Devil's sight. Then it could be a sortof sadistic Darwinian test to find "the chosen one who can see through the eyes of their...

How about scenarios that have shaken up combat nicely? Like a "gentleman's challenge" or honor challenge? Or specific terrain + situation combos that have proven great? I would think fighting your way to a boat during a flash flood could be great

In the last month I have run very flavorful combat with the following elements: 1) High level NPC with dialogue prepped. 2) Party split mechanism, a trap effectively stranded the party, using up mobility actions 3) Secondary NPC motivations (NPCs cousin showed up and stole his life sustaining...

Discussion for some DM tips, tricks, scenarios for "spicing up" combat.