So I have a character idea that I love, but I'm not sure what the ideal way to build it is.
Basically, pick a small race, ride a Giant Frog, cast Enlarge/Reduce to shrink enemies, and swallow them.
For reference:
GIANT FROG
Medium beast, unaligned
Armor Class 11Hit Points 18 (4d8)Speed 30ft., swim 30 ft.
STR12 (+1)DEX13 (+1)CON11 (+0) INT 2 (-4) WIS 10 (+0) CHA 3 (-4)
Skills Perception +2, Stealth +3
Senses darkvision 30ft., passive Perception 12
Languages -
Challenge 1/4 (50 XP)
Amphibious. The frog can breathe air and water.
Standing Leap. The frog's long jump is up to 20 feet and itshigh jump is up to 10 feet, with or without a running start.
ACTIONS
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.Hit: 4 (1d6 + 1) piercing damage, and the target is grappled(escape DC 11). Until this grapple ends, the target is restrained,and the frog can't bite another target.
Swallow. The frog makes one bite attack against a Small orsmaller target it is grappling. If the attack hits, the target isswallowed, and the grapple ends. The swallowed target isblinded and restrained, it has total cover against attacks andother effects outside the frog, and it takes 5 (2d4) acid damageat the start of each of the frog's turns. The frog can have onlyone target swallowed at a time.If the frog dies, a swallowed creature is no longer restrainedby it and can escape from the corpse using 5 feet of movement,exiting prone.
There are 2 ways to get a Giant Frog mount: Paladin's Find Steed spell, and Beastmaster Ranger's Animal Companion.
There are 2 ways to get Enlarge/Reduce: Sorcerer or Wizard.
Note: A level 6 Lore Bard can steal both Find Steed and Enlarge/Reduce...
I think a Beastmaster is the most optimal main class because of the scaling pet HP. For subclass, Divination Wizard pops out because of Portent, but Wild Sorcerers get Bend Luck which would help with enemy saves but requires more subclass levels invested. It's too bad Haste doesn't stack with Enlarge/Reduce (both are concentration) or the extra Sorcerer levels would definitely win out...
What's the most optimal combo to make this happen? What's the best Small size class for this? Maybe Forest Gnome for the +2 INT if Beastmaster/DivWiz? Kobold for Pack Tactics since Bite and Swallow are just attacks that benefit from advantage? What's the level by level breakdown here?
Basically, pick a small race, ride a Giant Frog, cast Enlarge/Reduce to shrink enemies, and swallow them.
For reference:
GIANT FROG
Medium beast, unaligned
Armor Class 11Hit Points 18 (4d8)Speed 30ft., swim 30 ft.
STR12 (+1)DEX13 (+1)CON11 (+0) INT 2 (-4) WIS 10 (+0) CHA 3 (-4)
Skills Perception +2, Stealth +3
Senses darkvision 30ft., passive Perception 12
Languages -
Challenge 1/4 (50 XP)
Amphibious. The frog can breathe air and water.
Standing Leap. The frog's long jump is up to 20 feet and itshigh jump is up to 10 feet, with or without a running start.
ACTIONS
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.Hit: 4 (1d6 + 1) piercing damage, and the target is grappled(escape DC 11). Until this grapple ends, the target is restrained,and the frog can't bite another target.
Swallow. The frog makes one bite attack against a Small orsmaller target it is grappling. If the attack hits, the target isswallowed, and the grapple ends. The swallowed target isblinded and restrained, it has total cover against attacks andother effects outside the frog, and it takes 5 (2d4) acid damageat the start of each of the frog's turns. The frog can have onlyone target swallowed at a time.If the frog dies, a swallowed creature is no longer restrainedby it and can escape from the corpse using 5 feet of movement,exiting prone.
There are 2 ways to get a Giant Frog mount: Paladin's Find Steed spell, and Beastmaster Ranger's Animal Companion.
There are 2 ways to get Enlarge/Reduce: Sorcerer or Wizard.
Note: A level 6 Lore Bard can steal both Find Steed and Enlarge/Reduce...
I think a Beastmaster is the most optimal main class because of the scaling pet HP. For subclass, Divination Wizard pops out because of Portent, but Wild Sorcerers get Bend Luck which would help with enemy saves but requires more subclass levels invested. It's too bad Haste doesn't stack with Enlarge/Reduce (both are concentration) or the extra Sorcerer levels would definitely win out...
What's the most optimal combo to make this happen? What's the best Small size class for this? Maybe Forest Gnome for the +2 INT if Beastmaster/DivWiz? Kobold for Pack Tactics since Bite and Swallow are just attacks that benefit from advantage? What's the level by level breakdown here?