5E Challenge/Theorycraft

[Mickdeman3]

Hey everyone I was looking for some help on this challenge I had for 5th edition.

The goal is it deal every single damage type except for piercing, bludgeoning, and slashing in one attack without using consumable items or spells with component costs like Glyph of Warding.


Bonus points:
Multiple attacks to deal all types
Not using UA


What I have so far is..
Race Fallen Aasimar - Necrotic
Frost brand - Cold
Bard 3 College of Whisper - Psychic
Barbarian 3 Path of Zealot - Divine
Monk 3 Fist of Four Elements - Fire
Ranger 3 Horizon Walker - Force
Cleric 8 Trickster - Poison

Stuck on Acid, Lightning, and Thunder

[tieren]

Take 2 levels of paladin instead of the zealot levels, can pump a divine smite through any attack for the radiant damage, make the attack as part of a thunderous smite casting to get the thunder damage.

Also I would swap the trickster cleric levels to Nature cleric for more choice in the element (lightning in the present case), and just add poison manually if you want it.

[Bjarkmundur]

Absorb Elements and call it a day? :P


This is way out of my league, but I'm looking forward to seeing the finished build, especially in terms of playstyle.

[Man_Over_Game]

Pick up Booming Blade, get fire damage from Searing Smite.

[Mickdeman3]

Need my bonus action to turn my weapon damage into force from ranger.

One of the restrictions is being unable to use consumables so applying poison is a dead end :(

[Man_Over_Game]

Need my bonus action to turn my weapon damage into force from ranger.

One of the restrictions is being unable to use consumables so applying poison is a dead end :(

Sure, but there's no restriction that says you have to do it all in one turn. Turn 1, cast Searing Smite. Turn 2, Attack with Force (and Searing Smite bonus)

[th3g0dc0mp13x]

The goal is it deal every single damage type except for piercing, bludgeoning, and slashing in one attack without using consumable items or spells with component costs like Glyph of Warding.

What I have so far is..
Race Fallen Aasimar - Necrotic
Frost brand - Cold
Bard 3 College of Whisper - Psychic
Barbarian 3 Path of Zealot - Divine
Monk 3 Fist of Four Elements - Fire
Ranger 3 Horizon Walker - Force
Cleric 8 Trickster - Poison

Stuck on Acid, Lightning, and Thunder

Interesting you have some solid stuff in here.

Acid: Absorb elements(Geist makes a good point.)
Cold: White Dragon mask at less then half hp
Fire: Branding Smite (BA turn before current.)
Force: Ranger Horizon walker 3
Lightning: Javelin of Lightning
Necrotic: Race: Fallen Aasimar
Poison: Spore Druid 2
Psychic: Whisper Bard 3
Radiant: Paladin 2 Divine smite
Thunder: (Booming Blade)

That's all I've got, I can't think of anything for acid that stacks with this.

[GeistInMachine]

Fallen Aasimar - Necrotic (Necrotic Shroud)
Frostbrand - Cold
Paladin 2 - Radiant (Smite)
Paladin 2 - Fire (Searing Smite)
Spore Druid 2 - Poison (Symbiotic Entity)
Spore Druid 2 - Acid (Absorb Elements)
Whisper Bard 3 - Psychic (Psychic Blades)
Horizon Walker 3 - Force (Planar Warrior)
Nature Cleric 8 - Thunder (MI Booming Blade)
Nature Cleric 8 - Lightning (Divine Strike)

Comes in at Character Level 18

[Mickdeman3]

How are we consistently procing absorb elements for acid damage? :0

[th3g0dc0mp13x]

How are we consistently procing absorb elements for acid damage? :0

We can't. or We stab ourselves with primal savagery.

[GeistInMachine]

Cold: White Dragon mask at less then half hp


If we don't like using absorb elements, and we use the mask

Fallen Aasimar - Necrotic (Necrotic Shroud)
1/2 Health Dragon Mask - Cold
Lit Torch - Fire
Paladin 2 - Radiant (Smite)
Spore Druid 2 - Poison (Symbiotic Entity)
Whisper Bard 3 - Psychic (Psychic Blades)
Hexblade 5 - Thunder (Booming Blade)
Hexblade 5 - Force (Eldritch Smite)
Hexblade 5 - Acid (Elemental Weapon)
Nature Cleric 8 - Lightning (Divine Strike)

Comes in at Character Level 20

Need the torch since its nonmagic, which is required for the Elemental Weapon spell

[Mickdeman3]

Booming blade might not work.
Damage occurs if they choose to move.

Hoping to have all the extra damage appear in one attack action with as little set up as possible

[Mickdeman3]

Loving the Lit torch!!

[GeistInMachine]

Booming Blade does thunder on the initial attack when it scales at level 5+

[Mickdeman3]

Oh. I missed that!