Let's Build a 5E Character Together ... PART VII

[Mongobear]

Let's try and build a 5E character together ... again!

Poster #1 will choose Race, and any sub-race if applicable.
#2: Alignment
#3: Background, and alternate background feature, if applicable.
#4: Personality Trait
#5: Ideal
#6: Bond
#7: Flaw
#8: Name and gender
#9: Ability score assignment - use the 15/14/13/12/10/8 array, apply racial bonuses
#10: Racial choices (eg. if race is Variant Human, choose feat, if race is Half-Elf chose bonus skills, if High Elf choose a Cantrip, etc); if race doesn't allow optional choices, skip this step.
#11: Class at 1st level, and any class-related choices (eg. known spells for Sorcerer, fighting style for fighter, etc)
#12: Class at 2nd level, and any class-related choices
...
#30: Class at 20th level, and any class-related choices

All choices must be legal. For this game, let's keep it to all official WotC material except UA. Traits, Ideals, Bonds and Flaws can be made up, using PHB guidelines. You may not have an Ideal that's opposed to your Alignment.


The three-post rule applies (don't post unless at least 3 people posted since your previous post)

Let me start.

#1: Race: Half-Orc

[CantigThimble]

#2 Alignment: Neutral Good

[Vorpalchicken]

#3 Background: Sailor

[Specter]

4) Personality Trait: I will always long to return to the sea.

[lunaticfringe]

#5. Glory. I must earn glory in battle, for myself and my clan.

[Mongobear]

Flaw - Once someone questions my courage, I never back down no matter how dangerous the situation.

[Naanomi]

Kaloch of The Fire Islands, Male

[Vorpalchicken]

Str 14+2
Dex 13
Con 15+1
Int 10
Wis 12
Cha 8

[Mongobear]

Str 14+2
Dex 13
Con 15+1
Int 10
Wis 12
Cha 8

OMG! Finally a character that wont multi-class into Warlock just for cheese!

[Biggstick]

We're missing a bond....


Bond: In a harbor town, I have a paramour whose eyes nearly stole me from the sea.



Now wouldn't it be interesting to have this character start at level 1 as a Warlock instead? The paramour being the patron of course. ;)

[Vorpalchicken]

OMG! Finally a character that wont multi-class into Warlock just for cheese!

The Fire Islands must be known for their spicy food and not their sorcery.

[CantigThimble]

Ranger

Barbarian 1

Survival, Nature

[Mongobear]

Fighter 1

Two-Weapon Fighting Style
Action Surge
Second Wind

[Gastronomie]

Rogue 1

New Skill: Stealth
New Proficiency: Theives' Tools

Expertise: Athletics, Perception (from Sailor)
Sneak Attack
Theives' Cant

(Sneak Attack works with shortswords, even if you use STR for attack rolls and damage. Sneak Attack combos well with two-weapon fighting, while Reckless Attack from Barbarian 2 gives you advantage on attacks, making it easier to pull off)

[Vorpalchicken]

Fighter 2
Action Surge (for reals)

[PapaQuackers]

Ninja'd :smallfrown::smallfrown::smallfrown::smallfrown:

[Tauguy628]

Fighter 3: champion archtype (for crit fishing with twf)
I see a surprisingly viable build coming together here.:smallbiggrin:

[Mongobear]

Fighter 2
Action Surge (for reals)


Fighter 2

Second Wind

We have a Ninja situation here.
PapaQuackers needs to redo their level choice before we can continue, unless we just ignore it since we have moved on already.

[Foxhound438]

barbarian 2

cause dat reckless attack

from here I would recommend mostly fighter levels if we're doing a crit fisher

[Gastronomie]

Barbarian 3 (Bear Totem)

(The main reason is actually so people won't take Berserker...also, you get one more Rage, which makes Reckless Attack better)

[Foxydono]

Barbarian 4

Feat: resilient dex

[Anonymouswizard]

Rogue 2, because we can still get Assassin.

[PapaQuackers]

Rogue 3:
Thief

Now I can also watch the world burn.

[Bruno Carvalho]

Fighter 4:

+1 Str, +1 Dex

[JackOfAllBuilds]

Rogue 4

ASI: Wis +2

(Getting mind####ed by spellcasters is no fun.)

[Foxydono]

Fighter 4:

+1 Str, +1 Dex

Did you realize the character already has 14 dex due to the resilient feat?


EDIT: I'm not sure if this is allowed, but you could take +1 str and +1 wis. In this case JackOfAllBuilds could take Resilient Feat Wis instead! Just a suggestion though, you can leave it like it is as well :)

[Willie the Duck]

Fighter 5. We finally have extra attack.

[Foxydono]

Fighter 6: dual wielder feat

[Vorpalchicken]

Fighter 7
Remarkable Athlete

[Gastronomie]

Fighter 8, +1 STR, +1 DEX.

What we have so far:
Level 16
-Fighter 8
-Rogue 4
-Barbarian 4

18-16-16-10-14-8

Base AC 16, +1 with Dual Wielder.

It's not exactly optimized, but I get the feeling this guy is actually not bad at all.

[Anonymouswizard]

It's not exactly optimized, but I get the feeling this guy is actually not bad at all.

Certainly more optimised than most of our attempts.

Anyway, Fighter 9 (AFB, so if I need to make a choice tell me), we might hit Extra Attack (2) at this rate!

[lunaticfringe]

Fighter 10

Defense Fighting Style

[CantigThimble]

Fighter 11

3 Attacks!

I'm not sure if we want +2 str or medium armor master for the last feat (or just rogue 5 for uncanny dodge).

[Foxydono]

I do:

Fighter 12, +2 strength!

[Bruno Carvalho]

Can someone post the finished character sheet here? I got a bit lost...

[Gastronomie]

Can someone post the finished character sheet here? I got a bit lost...

This has ended to be surprisingly good.

Kaloch of The Fire Islands
Fighter (Champion) 12 / Rogue (Thief) 4 / Barbarian (Bear Totem) 4
Neutral Good Half-Orc (Male, Sailor)
Personality Trait: I will always long to return to the sea.
Bond: In a harbor town, I have a paramour whose eyes nearly stole me from the sea.
Ideal: Glory. I must earn glory in battle, for myself and my clan.
Flaw: Once someone questions my courage, I never back down no matter how dangerous the situation.

Stats: 20-16-16-10-14-8
Skills: Athletics (double prof), Perception (double prof), Nature, Survival, Stealth
Saving Throws: STR, DEX, CON

AC: 17, +1 with Dual Wielder
HP: 180

Fighting Styles
-Two-Weapon Fighting
-Defense

Feats
Resilient (DEX)
Dual Wielder

I think the "Bear" should be re-fluffed for "Killer Whale" or "Shark" or whatever suits him better as a former sailor (that's allowed in the PHB), but apart from that, he seems like a thematic, savage yet cunning pirate-ish character with dual wielding and nice defenses. Though he is not an 100% optimized character, he is actually pretty damn good.

[Mongobear]

This has ended to be surprisingly good.

*snip*

I think the "Bear" should be re-fluffed for "Killer Whale" or "Shark" or whatever suits him better as a former sailor (that's allowed in the PHB), but apart from that, he seems like a thematic, savage yet cunning pirate-ish character with dual wielding and nice defenses. Though he is not an 100% optimized character, he is actually pretty damn good.

Id say this is probably the most functional character to come out of this activity so far. Maybe the Wizard/Sorc Fire Genasi because of sheer spellcasting power. Also, having Unarmored Defense and Defense fighting style is the only hiccup I can see, but all he needs is a good Breastplate or better and he will be fine.

[CantigThimble]

What he really needed was the mariner fighting style!

[lunaticfringe]

Or he carries a Shield, which is Armor, for when things get FUBAR. He has Extra Attack(2), so during some fights he might prefer more Defense. That was my line of thinking. None of the other options were really blowing my skirt up.

[lunaticfringe]

What he really needed was the mariner fighting style!

Yup, but no UAs.

[CantigThimble]

Yup, but no UAs.

I know, I just find it kind of funny that we made a character with the sailor background who just so happens to be perfect for the mariner fighting style.

[Foxhound438]

Or he carries a Shield, which is Armor, for when things get FUBAR. He has Extra Attack(2), so during some fights he might prefer more Defense. That was my line of thinking. None of the other options were really blowing my skirt up.

get one of those spiked shields off of the guys in HotDQ

[JackOfAllBuilds]

Don't forget "Menacing", he is racially trained in intimidate.

I agree, defense is a placeholder for Mariner, being that he is a sailor.
Also lets not forget he's prof in medium armor and shields, so he could wear a breastplate when not swimming.

I love the double dip of Second Story Work and Remarkable Athlete
He gets +Str mod and +Dex mod to any running long jump (20+5+8, so we'd probably have to dash that round to not fall), and +Dex mod to any running high jump (3+5+3=11)

Crit-fisher as a champion (19-20) TWF, sneak attack, savage attacks, reckless attacker. I love it all
(1d6+5+2) * 3(or 4 if no cunning action),+2d6/round, extra d6 on any crit.

[Tauguy628]

Our pally/sorcerer/warlock was also a build that was somewhat viable.:smallbiggrin:
Link to next thread: http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?502493-Let-s-build-a-character-together-a-5E-interactive-game-take-9-with-a-plot-twist!