Theory Build #2 Mt. Dwarf Bard

[ZorroGames]

Following up the Barbarian build I took up Bard.

Only... being a mountain Dwarf I tweaked it to a ST build with armor.

This begs a Fighter 1, Paladin 2, or Hexblade 4 dip. Or a Cleric or Sorc dip.

For ease of conversation assume Fighter 1 then Bard - a War Drummer.

ST 13+2=15
DE 10
CO 14+2=16
IN 8
WI 12
CH 15

I considered a traditional Dex build but the heavy armored Bardic Chevalier aspect convinced me to break the stereotypical mold. 🤯

So I know some people may roll their eyes but that is okay. My Half elf Templeton Peck will have a Bardic skills after dipping Hexblade. 🤪

Thoughts on how to play this character?

Locally AL Bards exist in only one case I have seen so far.

[leogobsin]

I would really consider whether you want to go Fighter or Cleric for your 1 level dip. Both will get you heavy armor, which seems to be the main thing you're looking for from multiclassing, A fighting style would be nice and Fighter's saving throws are probably better than Clerics, but Second Wind may not be that helpful at low level and is only gonna get worse and you level up. On the other hand, Cleric lets you keep up your spell slot progression and most of the heavy armor (really everything but Nature) have strong 1st level features. I'm not necessarily gonna say one is better than the other, it depends heavily on what you want to do, but definitely something you should think about.