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Swords bard 18 dex / 12 con vs 16 / 14 con
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<blockquote data-quote="Greenfeuer" data-source="post: 9186440" data-attributes="member: 6775193"><p>What is more important, getting 18 in dex or 14 in con, as a swords bard?</p><p></p><p>Got the choice of starting with 18 dex and 12 con, or 16 dex and 14 con.</p><p></p><p>I plan to skirmish alot with throwing weapons/duel wield and such + support and spells. </p><p></p><p>Things like kinetic-jaunt and such too, for darting in and out of combat. - I am going to multiclass rogue aswell. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🙂" title="Slightly smiling face :slight_smile:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" data-shortname=":slight_smile:" /></p><p></p><p>The bard character has a very "Darkest dungeon" Jester feel to it, and kinda going for that "vibe" for how he fights/supports. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🃏" title="Joker :black_joker:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f0cf.png" data-shortname=":black_joker:" /></p><p></p><p>Most in the party is rather tanky, Bloodhunter, Cleric, BaB/ranger, Fighter/Paladin, Bladesong wizard (very tanky dwarf version) and then me, the Bard/Rogue.</p><p></p><p>By skirmish I mean, dart from front to backline, duel wield, throw daggers and stab, and stay on the move. Aswell using tons of control/dps spells, and support alot aswell, I support alot, but I do dps well too! </p><p></p><p>I fill in the bard/rogue archtype, skill monkey support/dps. - I dart in and out of harmsway and deliver harm and mayhem, then get out of dodge really. - I have tons of uility/face abitlies too, so very versitaile in my playstyle.</p><p></p><p>My fear is being nuked by save rolls, that ignore AC, and go down/die out right. Yet, Dex gives so much to my concept, yet I fear if 12 con is enough or not. I fear if 16 dex is enough too, since I am going with light armor + if I have enough AC with only 16 dex.</p><p></p><p>Medium armor is not what I am gunning for, style wise, unless it comes up in a very benefital way/I get a magic item. But I see my character more as the acrobatic jester wild card, that darts around and rely on speed and aswell trickery and spells, aswell sword/knife play to deal out death <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🎯" title="Direct hit :dart:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f3af.png" data-shortname=":dart:" /></p><p></p><p>Hope this makes good sense <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🎃" title="Jack-o-lantern :jack_o_lantern:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f383.png" data-shortname=":jack_o_lantern:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Greenfeuer, post: 9186440, member: 6775193"] What is more important, getting 18 in dex or 14 in con, as a swords bard? Got the choice of starting with 18 dex and 12 con, or 16 dex and 14 con. I plan to skirmish alot with throwing weapons/duel wield and such + support and spells. Things like kinetic-jaunt and such too, for darting in and out of combat. - I am going to multiclass rogue aswell. 🙂 The bard character has a very "Darkest dungeon" Jester feel to it, and kinda going for that "vibe" for how he fights/supports. 🃏 Most in the party is rather tanky, Bloodhunter, Cleric, BaB/ranger, Fighter/Paladin, Bladesong wizard (very tanky dwarf version) and then me, the Bard/Rogue. By skirmish I mean, dart from front to backline, duel wield, throw daggers and stab, and stay on the move. Aswell using tons of control/dps spells, and support alot aswell, I support alot, but I do dps well too! I fill in the bard/rogue archtype, skill monkey support/dps. - I dart in and out of harmsway and deliver harm and mayhem, then get out of dodge really. - I have tons of uility/face abitlies too, so very versitaile in my playstyle. My fear is being nuked by save rolls, that ignore AC, and go down/die out right. Yet, Dex gives so much to my concept, yet I fear if 12 con is enough or not. I fear if 16 dex is enough too, since I am going with light armor + if I have enough AC with only 16 dex. Medium armor is not what I am gunning for, style wise, unless it comes up in a very benefital way/I get a magic item. But I see my character more as the acrobatic jester wild card, that darts around and rely on speed and aswell trickery and spells, aswell sword/knife play to deal out death 🎯 Hope this makes good sense 🎃 [/QUOTE]
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