Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles builds

[Amdy_vill]

ok, so I have been watching the RotTMNT show recently and want to be able to play them. some ground rules, no UA, no Epic Boons, No Artifacts, Tashas Lineages are allowed, Theros and Wildmount Starting boons are allowed, Matt Mercers Books are allowed, all of them must use the Turtle Race unless absolutely required, each tutrle need to have a base speed of at least 40, and each turtle must have expertise in stealth. with those guidelines set let's talk about each of the turtles in RotTMNT as they are very different from the normal Turtles.

Raph: the leader of the group, strongest of the turtles, like all the turtles he is faster than humans and even some vehicles, he got to have the highest hp of the turtles, despite his size he is the second-best acrobat in the team, and he needs to have the ability to make copies of his self and increases his size.

Build idea

Race: turtle

ASI: +2 Str +1 Dex or con

fighter 8 echo knight fighter

rogue 4 thief expertise in stealth and acrobatics.

Wizard 8

Feats

Moblie

Tough

Durable

Leo: the fastest of the turtles and capable of teleporting around moving both himself and others

Wizard conjuration 6

rogue 2

monk shadow 12

Feats

Mobile

Mikey: Mikey's the artist, the best acrobat of the group, and does this long-range grappling thing that I have no clue how to do in 5e or what could be flavored as it in 5e

Bard Glamour 4

Monk 16 ????

feats

Moblie

Grappler

Tavern Brawler

Don: don is the squishiest on the team, he's got to have a bunch of gear and items to help him out, he has a coll preacher point thing so paralyzing enemies is a must. he also has telepathy and can talk with animals.

Rouge 1

Artificer 19

no clue how to get telepathy on the body without 10 level wizard

Feats

Moblie

Any suggestion for improving them would be aprecated, and here is an example of the Rot turtles in action. the weapons why are using are weapons they can create from anything at will. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctJKGpk3j5U

[Angelalex242]

Why in the name of reality do people think Raphael is the leader?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA_-6v1EzYE

[kingcheesepants]

does this long-range grappling thing that I have no clue how to do in 5e or what could be flavored as it in 5e

Bard Glamour 4

Monk 16 ????

feats

Moblie

Grappler

Tavern Brawler

Don: don is the squishiest on the team, he's got to have a bunch of gear and items to help him out, he has a coll preacher point thing so paralyzing enemies is a must. he also has telepathy and can talk with animals.

Rouge 1

Artificer 19

no clue how to get telepathy on the body without 10 level wizard

Feats

Moblie

Any suggestion for improving them would be aprecated

Well there's thorn whip or lightning lure for a long range grapple, although I've not seen this version of the show so I'm not too sure what exactly you're looking for. As for how to get telepathy, you could just get the message cantrip or the telepathic feat. But if the people need to be able to respond taking rouge up to 3 and then becoming a soulknife would do the trick. Speak with animals is a 1st level spell and on the bard, ranger, druid list. You could take magical initiate bard and then get message, mending (I'm sure that Donatello has some crazy repair skills right?) and speak with animals.

[KyleG]

Why in the name of reality do people think Raphael is the leader?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA_-6v1EzYE
I know right

[LordShade]

Leonardo is the leader dude, Raph is the cynic and comedian

[Omni-Centrist]

Aww I was hoping to see a Long Death Monk Bear Totem Barbarian Raphael build. It's actually stupid strong.

[Grey Watcher]

Why in the name of reality do people think Raphael is the leader?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA_-6v1EzYE

I think it was a specific change Rise of the TMNT made to the lore. Why, I can't figure. Yeah, he's often the most interesting one to watch but that's been precisely because he ISN'T the leader and can play off of his straight-laced, goody-two-shoes, actually-tries-to-take-responsibility brother Leo.

Still, I haven't actually watched much of Rise (art style kinda puts me off), so maybe they make it work somehow?

As for the thread topic itself, there was a thread a while back discussing TMNT builds. I'll provide a link if and when I get a chance (just don't post to it, it's certainly past the thread necromancy date).

EDIT: Link (https://forums.giantitp.com/showthread.php?599126-How-to-Teenage-Mutant-Ninja-Tortle&highlight=Ninja+your+tortle)

Also, a YouTube channel called Tulok the Barbarian does various fictional characters as D&D characters and I think he has done all four turtles by this point. He uses UA, so you probably can't use them all as-is, but it's a handy source of ideas if nothing else. (I don't agree with all of his builds but ideas are ideas.)

EDIT: Other link (https://youtu.be/Mr2_KuyFTmc)

I don't think either of these sources had Rise in mind, but you might find some ideas you can still use.

[Lvl 2 Expert]

Why in the name of reality do people think Raphael is the leader?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA_-6v1EzYE

That's a bit like asking why people think Picard is the captain, or why they say [insert random new canon Star Wars knowledge that contradicts something from Legends]. In the series OP is trying to model Raphael is the leader.



I've only seen the pilot episode myself at the time, so I'm pretty far from an expert in this version (I'm still stuck in the first live action movies basically, man part one was well made for what it is), but do they really feel like level 20 characters? In most continuities I would estimate them closer to maybe level 4-8 or so, barely worthy of the titel superhero, but with enough of a boost to reliably beat all but the strongest of regular humans (let's say Casey Jones, Shredder usually has some mystical ninja boosts himself) one on one.

[Amdy_vill]

Leonardo is the leader dude, Raph is the cynic and comedian

In RotTMTN Raph is the leader until the last 5 seconds of the show, the last lines of the show are splinter make leo the leader, and that's it, so for all intents and purposes raph is the leader. since people keep bringing it up raph has often been the leader, in the first arc of the first run of TMNT comics raph was the leader and a large amount of TMNT media has the leader role bouncing between them.


That's a bit like asking why people think Picard is the captain, or why they say [insert random new canon Star Wars knowledge that contradicts something from Legends]. In the series OP is trying to model Raphael is the leader.



I've only seen the pilot episode myself at the time, so I'm pretty far from an expert in this version (I'm still stuck in the first live action movies basically, man part one was well made for what it is), but do they really feel like level 20 characters? In most continuities I would estimate them closer to maybe level 4-8 or so, barely worthy of the titel superhero, but with enough of a boost to reliably beat all but the strongest of regular humans (let's say Casey Jones, Shredder usually has some mystical ninja boosts himself) one on one.

by the final fight, they are defiantly at least lv 15-18 character, the show ends with remove for them to grow but they are a lot stronger in this version than in many others. shredder in this version is closer to shredder from when worlds collide than the normal power of shredded. April is probably the weakest member of the mad dogs(what the turtles call themselves ) and she is probably a lvel 8-12 character with some high level magic items

[x3n0n]

Why in the name of reality do people think Raphael is the leader?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA_-6v1EzYE

FWIW, the rap song from the first TMNT live-action movie makes the same mistake, which may have some weight for people of a certain age. :)

"Splinter's the teacher so they are the students
Leonardo, Michaelangelo, and Donatello
Make up the team with one other fellow
Raphael. He's the leader of the group"

https://genius.com/Partnerz-in-kryme-turtle-power-lyrics

[CMCC]

That's a bit like asking why people think Picard is the captain, or why they say [insert random new canon Star Wars knowledge that contradicts something from Legends]. In the series OP is trying to model Raphael is the leader.



Not quite. Picard is part of a new show with new characters. The issue here is that an established cannon has been messed with - which causes confusion. Raf isn't the leader. It makes zero sense for his character to be the leader. And any iteration where he is the leader instantly makes him a new character and not the actual Raphael of TMNT. And in that latter case, you should just create new characters.

Now get off my lawn!


FWIW, the rap song from the first TMNT live-action movie makes the same mistake, which may have some weight for people of a certain age. :)

"Splinter's the teacher so they are the students
Leonardo, Michaelangelo, and Donatello
Make up the team with one other fellow
Raphael. He's the leader of the group"

https://genius.com/Partnerz-in-kryme-turtle-power-lyrics

This blows my mind. I had this song memorized 30 years ago and never noticed this mistake (or if i did, I have since forgotten). Especially since the movie explicitly states that Leo is the leader. Odd writing choice.