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Message: <blockquote data-quote="994125010" data-source="post: 6736487" data-attributes="member: 6801382">17 15 13 12 11 9 Variant Human Defender/FighterI would go with a Shield and Quarterstaff18 STR 14 DEX 12 CON 15 INT 11 WIS 9 CHA OR18 STR 14 DEX 12 CON 11 INT 15 WIS 9 CHA (If you don't mind being WIS smart instead of INT smart. This will also help with saving throws more)Wear medium armour for an AC of 14 + 2 + 2 (shield) = 181. Take the Polearm Mastery Feat at 1st level (Variant Human)2. Take the Dueling > Protector > Defensive Fighting Style        Dueling adds that +2 to your bonus action attack and opportunity attacks. Isn't it great that a quarterstaff works        with the polearm master feat? It's like you're wielding a 1d10 weapon (1d6+2) with a shield.3. Become a Battle Master at 3rd Level         Disarm, Goading, Shove, Distracting are probably your best bet for manoeuvers.        The first three are good defensive ones to protect your party. Distracting helps their attacks        Be aware that your allies will have disadvantage attacking prone enemies so consider that.4. +2 STR at 4th level        This is +1 damage to attack and bonus action attack and opportunity attack for a total of +3 per         round. It becomes +4 at 5th level compared to not raising it)5. Take Shield Master at 6th level        Now you have +4 to DEX saves and Evasion-esque reactions as well as 5+prof Athletics        checks to shove6. Take Martial Adept at 8th level        You now have 25% more dice per short rest and probably all the manoeuvers you want.After 8th level, unless you really, really, really, like Extra Attack (3), I'd recommend multi-classing into something else.The 10th level features for Battle Master is more manoeuvers and d10 SD but you already got some manoeuvers at 8thlevel and an extra die. 9th level Indomitable is just a poor feature honestly.Personally, I'd go with Rogue 2 instead of taking those levels. With that you get 1d6 Sneak attack (which can apply toopportunity attacks as well), Expertise (Athletics so you can really shove when you need to), Cunning Action (for whenyou need to Disengage and shove someone off your wizard). At 11th level, I would continue with Rogue since 2d6 SAis nice compensation for not getting that third attack from Fighter (yes it's less than another 1d6 + 7 but the SA canbe applied to opportunity attacks too).Alternatively, if you know that you'll be going to 11+ levels with this character, consider going with the Hunter Rangerafter Fighter 8. You'll probably need to play with the array to allow you to multiclass but going this route would be goodtoo as you get:    1. Another Fighting Style    2. Hunter's Mark (1d6 to your 2-4 attacks each round? yes)    3. Horde Breaker giving you a 4th attack for free OR Colossus Slayer giving you 1d8 damage per turn (it's like SA in    that it works on opportunity attacks.At 12th level, both of these routes will still let you get Resilient (WIS).If you went with the Rogue route, at 16th level you could still take Observant for a potential 28 Passive Perception ifyou also took Expertise in Perception and used the second Ability Score array I suggested above. (+3 WIS +10 fromExpertise Perception at 16th level, +5 bonus from Observant Feat and base of 10)</blockquote>

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