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<blockquote data-quote="Esker" data-source="post: 7624458" data-attributes="member: 6966824">I guess another option for the changeling valor bard would be to take spell sniper at level 4 to get booming blade and to be able to use it with a whip. It's less reliable as a hit-and-run tactic than Mobile, since the &quot;run&quot; part doesn't work against enemies with reach, and we're limited to a d4 base, but it would work decently well. But booming blade isn't really that great until level 5 anyway, so missing out on the ability to use it at 4 isn't that major a loss. We get cutting words instead of combat inspiration; hard to judge that one. We have other reactions for self-defense, so maybe we'd rather have combat inspiration to protect the party.At level 5 it definitely hurts to have taken that dip, since 3rd level spells and font of inspiration are both such a big deal. So that somehow manages to be both the point where the key tactic for the multiclass build comes online and a low point of the build.Level 6 is almost a dead level for the valor bard, since we can't use extra attack with booming blade (though we do get to pick another 3rd level spell) so here we're pretty glad for the dip. Level 7 is also a high point for the multiclass build, since we can get magical secrets. As good as polymorph is, I'd rather get to pick those two spells known from any class.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Esker, post: 7624458, member: 6966824"] I guess another option for the changeling valor bard would be to take spell sniper at level 4 to get booming blade and to be able to use it with a whip. It's less reliable as a hit-and-run tactic than Mobile, since the "run" part doesn't work against enemies with reach, and we're limited to a d4 base, but it would work decently well. But booming blade isn't really that great until level 5 anyway, so missing out on the ability to use it at 4 isn't that major a loss. We get cutting words instead of combat inspiration; hard to judge that one. We have other reactions for self-defense, so maybe we'd rather have combat inspiration to protect the party. At level 5 it definitely hurts to have taken that dip, since 3rd level spells and font of inspiration are both such a big deal. So that somehow manages to be both the point where the key tactic for the multiclass build comes online and a low point of the build. Level 6 is almost a dead level for the valor bard, since we can't use extra attack with booming blade (though we do get to pick another 3rd level spell) so here we're pretty glad for the dip. Level 7 is also a high point for the multiclass build, since we can get magical secrets. As good as polymorph is, I'd rather get to pick those two spells known from any class. [/QUOTE]

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