Brennan advising another person's character design: "Obviously you CAN min/max if you want, although you might find it unsatisfying because the pursuit of total optimisation can lead to challenges feeling like hollow, inevitable victories that aren't as thematically satisfying because the struggle defines and heightens the achievement. Brennan making a character: "So I want to be able to kill God and parade his corpse from on high"
@PapaBear_Gaming
2 жыл бұрын
I think his advice is for rpg's, this character was specifically made for a level 20 one shot adventure, no character arcs to happen unless brennan really pushes the issue honestly. His advice still stands and is still correct.
@RauschIronback
2 жыл бұрын
This is where a DM needs to know his players and tailor things accordingly. If you have a highly min/max crew of players, then up the difficulty so the struggles remain real and the victories satisfying. If you know your players are not min/maxxers then ease up the encounters but keep them difficult according to their skills/abilities. The challenge of course is when you have a mix of those types of players but even that can be designed around with some creative encounter designs. Also when you have a mixed crew it's often because you have veterans and newbies mixed together. That's where the DM having a chat with the veterans asking them to "hang back and let the newbies shine" can be a fruitful discussion. And if you are a veteran, it can be a satisfying experience to hang back until the newbies get in over their head and you whip out the can of whoopass to save the day.
@walt33743
2 жыл бұрын
Honestly the thought of having a character with min/maxed stats and then making the 'feeling unfulfilled and hollow' bit a part OF the character to explore that and how it affects the character and how they interact with the world and grow as an adventurer and person dosent sound like a bad idea
@deusdamnit
2 жыл бұрын
This isn't really min-maxing, though. Even within the confines of this idea that Brennan built this character with a specific one-shot in mind, this character is suboptimal for a lot of reasons. The ability to blink and use mirror image, which he describes as his primary defense plan, isn't so overpowered that it couldn't be countered or stopped, depending on the circumstances of the encounter. The entire basis of the character is that he succeeds on the first round, because otherwise, he's in danger. The point of min-maxing is minimizing any risk to you while maximizing what you can put out. Under the circumstances, all he really did was maximize his output for one round of combat, which is what he claimed was the goal. There wasn't really much on the minimizing end, so it's possible to feel those heavy downsides if his first attack isn't successful. Which, you know, is where that satisfaction comes from, and exactly how Brennan defines the character.
@HS-iw1ed
2 жыл бұрын
If you didn't like the joke you can just not say anything my guys
@thenefariousnerd7910
2 жыл бұрын
It feels like Pentival was, at least in part, Brennan reflecting on Brian Murphy's "You are Legolas, not Bugs Bunny." philosophy of D&D and deciding to just utterly blow up his spot.
@Xavaren_1
2 жыл бұрын
Actually he’s a mix, Legolas bunny
@johnymey4034
6 ай бұрын
I read this IN Mulligan's voice! You captured his tone perfectly!
@piecewisefunctioneer
5 ай бұрын
Actually pentival is the rabbit from Monty Pythons the holy Grail
@grandchickenlord
2 жыл бұрын
Just finished watching the stream *spoilers* Brennan did one round of 9 attacks with the character, did around 700 damage, killed two enpyreans and hurt a third, and then decided “this character has done his job” and had him go to sleep for the rest of the encounter. This character was made to do one thing and did it.
@Xenirath
2 жыл бұрын
why 9? couldn't he do 6 at most? Attack action (2) + Action Surge (+2) + Bonus Gloomstalker att. (+1) + Hasted Extra Attack (+1) = 6? Where did he get 3 more from lol he's a beast
@andreymontag
2 жыл бұрын
Where is the stream?
@adrianke77
2 жыл бұрын
That was actually 820 damage. 2 base, 1 echo knight, 1 dread ambusher for first round, action surge doubles those 4 attacks, then one more from haste. Echo knight was a build change after this stream I believe, and he only realised dread ambusher and action surge stack after this stream. The build was supposed to rely on ludicrous initiative and Assassinate to have advantage on any creature that hasn't moved yet as well as all being critical hits, but stream donations with special stream rules resulted in Brennan having 9 nat 20s available which were all spent on the 9 attack rolls. Also every attack was with the maximum available level spell slot powering a Smite at the time. Damage rolls were 107+110+99+96 killing the first empyrean, then 98+82+85+78 killing the second empyrean, then 74 on the last empyrean causing some wounds.
@scrumpors8706
2 жыл бұрын
@@Xenirath haven't done the math for his character but both gloomstalker and haste would give +2 be ause they apply to every "attack action" and he gets to take 2 attack action with action surge
@Xenirath
2 жыл бұрын
@@adrianke77 OH ECHO KNIGHT! Now it makes sense, although it would only be possible on the first round (dread ambusher), but that's what it was made for anyways so, great! Thanks for the detailed breakdown!
@Apfeljunge666
2 жыл бұрын
dunno if brennan reads this, but the gloomstalker attack applies to both attack actions on the first turn, so with a bonus action haste and action surge, this character would do 7 attacks total in the first turn.
@ronald1416
2 жыл бұрын
I think it’s 8 actually: action (2) + action surge (2) + hasted action (1) + 1 * the number of attack actions taken (3) = 8, or am I misinterpreting what dread ambusher considers an attack action?
@grantaustin7311
2 жыл бұрын
@@ronald1416 since dread ambusher is "as part of that action", haste spells "one attack only" clause still applies to it.
@wassermanlouis
2 жыл бұрын
I think you do better skipping haste, instead summoning his Echo from Echo Knight and doing Unleash Incarnation twice to get eight.
@poabott
2 жыл бұрын
Brennan thanks people for pointing this exact interaction out in this here comment section so, king, i think he might've read this (6:35 in the Streaming for Survivors VOD)
@josephdouglas5242
2 жыл бұрын
@@wassermanlouis Pretty sure he said he wasn't high enough level in fighter for a subclass.
@TheFlamespriest
2 жыл бұрын
The convo at 33:36 where Brennan mentions he has enough damage to kill 3 of him, so if he ever found 3 of him, it'd be a quickdraw scenario, reminds me of how one of my first characters died. I had a min maxed warlock, capable of similarly obliterating himself multiple times over. While exploring a dungeon I came across myself staring back at the end of a hallway. My thought process goes, "Oh no that's me. But I can 1 shot me! I need to 1 shot me before I 1 shot me!" So I roll initiative, and when the DM said I went first, I unloaded everything... Turns out, it was a mirror trap designed to reflect any damage directed at it, and I had just blown myself to pieces because I was scared of my own reflection. Was hilarious because the DM was legit taken aback, he had considered it one of the least dangerous traps in the dungeon, and had no idea what to do now that one of the PCs had blown himself to bits.
@VivaLaDnDLogs
Жыл бұрын
Can I save this as a Fable for Min-Maxing? It's literally perfect.
@s.j7423
11 ай бұрын
this is sooo funny to me
@TheFlamespriest
11 ай бұрын
@@VivaLaDnDLogs for sure
@Wretchrot
2 жыл бұрын
The chat on twitch was craaaazy. They compared Pentival to the killer rabbit in Monty Python. 🤣 Favorite comments: "Good ol' Five, the sorcafighterangerogueadin" "Bugs Bunny on Monster drinks" "Sooo, it's duck season" On the Sword of Zariel: "But does it does it have wifi?" "And as a side benefit, the sword will make Nespresso during a short rest"
@CameronRPowell
2 жыл бұрын
I love a good sorcafighterangerogueadin. Classic power-gamer multiclass. 😜
@Firegen1
2 жыл бұрын
So sad I missed that level of punnery/fuckery!
@druid_zephyrus
2 жыл бұрын
"Sooooo, Duck Season" is so flipping funny. Omgs. I'd like to try and add: "Guday, looks like _you_ took a wrong turn at Albuquerque. Shoulda gone left, mate. (winks*)" -proceeds to step into the material plane and murder
@jackandjuice
2 жыл бұрын
For the phenomenon described at 28:00 (whereby the Sword of Zariel forces a huge change of personality in an evil creature but a relatively small one in a good creature), I would like to coin the phrase "divinishing returns". I will not be issuing apologies at this time.
@badbovine7427
2 жыл бұрын
underrATED COMMENT
@kenwillison9731
2 жыл бұрын
Nor should you
@Thatoneguy-o7805
Жыл бұрын
Reminds me of numbers that approach infinity. You can approach pure divinity but never quite attain it.
@TheYeahRobert
2 жыл бұрын
I could listen to Brennan talk character creation for hours
@DnDBeyond
2 жыл бұрын
Just a ton of great insight
@scooby45247
2 жыл бұрын
honestly, hes the best character builder i have ever seen.. he could literally write books on character creation alone.. as an avid reader, i wish he would.. that would be the first thing id give new players or even veteran players before we start anything..
@mattdeelight
2 жыл бұрын
Mulligan is a gem - fantastic both at running a game and playing. Got to check out Dimension 20 content as it is gold! Can't hype him up enough as he deserves it!
@DnDBeyond
2 жыл бұрын
We can all agree he’s a very good boy
@mattdeelight
2 жыл бұрын
@@DnDBeyond at least until his devilish smile graces his face...
@scooby45247
2 жыл бұрын
13:00 this is why i love Brennan Lee Mulligan.. he made a rabbit navy seal..
@DnDBeyond
2 жыл бұрын
A RABBIT SEAL
@wolflypackucus1543
2 жыл бұрын
I love the idea of Pentavul having multiple souls and that's how his parents got around the doomed destiny thing, but I think it would be so fitting for him to have five souls. Like "No no two isn't enough to make sure he has a fair chance, get him five" and that can also represent each of this levels really well
@pacingandmuttering5106
2 жыл бұрын
The Gloomstalker's extra attack is actually any time you take the attack action on your first turn of combat, meaning it would also proc on action surge. -Pentacle- Pentival can actually make 7 attacks on his first turn.
@sirken2
2 жыл бұрын
Yup its why ive been enjoying my gloom stalker assassin Champion MC. Large novas I know they could be larger with say BM but I liked the idea of a character have sharp eyes and knowledge for weak sports for the lower crit range.
@Wretchrot
2 жыл бұрын
Petition to make Brennan change his character’s name from Pentival to Pentacle 😂
@pacingandmuttering5106
2 жыл бұрын
@@Wretchrot oh lmao my bad
@Wretchrot
2 жыл бұрын
@@pacingandmuttering5106 I can’t stop picturing a rabbit with five tentacles instead of paws. Where would the fifth be? 🤔
@robinbruce7838
2 жыл бұрын
So also on the haste attack ?
@lebadger019
2 жыл бұрын
33:45 I love the idea of this character bumping into versions of itself and they all just start rapidly doing hand signs summoning the mirror images before escaping with blink and all of the mirror images just so confused looking at each other like "well what now?"
@joshuacollison6706
2 жыл бұрын
I love multiclass builds like this as it kind of tells a story of how a character, as time goes on, finds and becomes proficient in multiple jobs. The longterm, makeshift bard.
@lukasschrage8935
2 жыл бұрын
Love how Amy asks a question and instantly starts grinning because she already knows the answer ^^
@kui8815
2 жыл бұрын
That smile is to kill for.
@jantaine1722
2 жыл бұрын
“I know this is funny to be on the stream doing math.” We are here for you, man. This is what we are here for. Your stream of consciousness, with associated math/tables/spreadsheets is a podcast we would all listen to.
@extragarb
2 жыл бұрын
I really like this kind of character tour video for a level 20 one shot character. Level 20 characters have so much going on that this is a great way to see what they've got going on beyond what will get to be featured in the session. Fingers crossed, I hope he gets to pull off a surprise round! The assassinate auto crit is intense
@mikereed4594
2 жыл бұрын
It's so cool how both people are just thrilled to be having such a crunchy D&D conversation. Brennan is a very high enthusiasm person and he definitely knows his stuff, but this interviewer seems like she's right there with him on energy and comprehension.
@mjacton
7 ай бұрын
You seem unaware of Internet Sensation Amy Dallen. Glad you got to experience her for the first time so late in the "game," so to speak.
@Bosstoaster
2 жыл бұрын
It actually makes me very happy that Brennan is using a Matt Mercer item with this build :)
@agustinvenegas5238
10 ай бұрын
It is funny that he chose it explicitly bc it's so broken
@MrGorn25
2 жыл бұрын
What a treat it must be to play with Brennan regularly . I can't think of anyone more deserving to be popping up all over the DnD space getting to play crazy and wonderful characters!
@stingman777
2 жыл бұрын
I am still sad to not have any more Mossbrow in my life. I fell in love with that character more quickly than almost any other D&D character I've ever come across. I need more Mossbrow content so much. I enjoy so much that B.Dave tells his players to make a broken min/max character and Brennan is fully invested in it. Five's damage potential is insane. I also love that Brennan made Five 100% Bugs Bunny but with real damage and destruction resulting from his violence.
@Spetsnaz121
2 жыл бұрын
"This is exhausting, even to me" he says while I use this as inspiration to work on maps for my campaign after work. You inspire magnitudes more effort in this world than you put into it you magnificent man.
@Typical7
2 жыл бұрын
brennan talks, everyone listens
@DnDBeyond
2 жыл бұрын
We absolutely do
@elbruces
2 жыл бұрын
Brennan saw Zac absolutely crushing it in aCoC and thought to himself "next time I get to play, I'm playing a rabbit."
@Rabhadh-RhymesWithJava
2 жыл бұрын
I've got to say, Harengon are an absolute blast to play. I'm playing a Harengon Glory Paladin with 2 levels in Rogue named Merde, and it's so fun to be able to zip halfway across a battlefield to act as a combat medic.
@riccardoconti6682
2 жыл бұрын
"Merde", just as "shit" in french? XD
@A_T216
2 жыл бұрын
^^^ exactly what I was going to ask lol, did you mean it that way?
@Johnjon1058
2 жыл бұрын
I’m very new to the dnd scene but just imagining a 13 year long campaign going on and still not being level 20 is mind blowing
@starbomber
2 жыл бұрын
I love how Pentival's voice really sounds like Brennan is channeling AJ Picket. (Or maybe more like The Sniper from TF2, either or.)
@aydennso
2 жыл бұрын
In the session where he uses five, he deals 826 damage in one round. Also, he threatened asmodeus saying he's gonna kill him. When I was watching this, I was pretty convinced he could probably one shot asmodeus.
@Kreidian
2 жыл бұрын
One recommendation I would make to Brennan, see if you can make sure one of the bonus minor properties of the Sword of Zariel is to make it a finesse weapon, then you can add your sneak attack damage to the roll for even more damage!
@facundoperez2766
2 жыл бұрын
Guau! Thats really cool. And if it were a finesse wepon he wouldnt need the gauntlets of ogre power. So maybe he could get more damage by taking anther magic item that raises his dex. That would get his armor class and his initiative higher. Meybe even get his dex to 20 since it is so important to this character
@ElendX
2 жыл бұрын
I don't think that's one of the minor properties described in the sword of zariel minor properties unfortunately
@sleidman
2 жыл бұрын
That's a property of the moonblade not the sword of Zariel unfortunately.
@Matisyahuwu
2 жыл бұрын
I haven’t watched a lot of D&D beyond streamed content, and I don’t truly know who Amy is, but I can’t think of anyone more quintessentially “D&D nerd and visibly excited about it” and I love it.
@ld6782
2 жыл бұрын
If it wasn't for D&D, I think Brennan could have become a real life Lex Luthor.
@VivaLaDnDLogs
10 ай бұрын
Except he hates capitalism 😂
@ShaneDavisDFTBA
2 жыл бұрын
I love videos with Amy Dallen because the Death bookend to the right and the Strangers In Paradise books on the left make me smile every time.
@OfficialPizza
2 жыл бұрын
Love that Brennan and I make characters the same way. I start with what mechanics seem the most fun to me, and work backwards to what kind of person would have those powers!
@LocalMaple
2 жыл бұрын
I’m having fun with a Fairy. Rune Knights can still cast spells. Like the racial spell Enlarge. And by DMG, the enemies’ weapons have the damage calcs, not the enemy’s attacks, but you have disadvantage on weapons 1 size larger. So by level 5, you can grow to Huge, wield Huge weapons with 3x the regular size damage, and if you want have 4x on Gargantuan weapons. So by level 17, you’ll grow to Huge normally and have access to Gargantuan once a day without disadvantage. I’m thinking of multiclassing War Magic, for access to Silvery Barbs to give yourself advantage (or cancel out weapon disadvantage).
@DnDBeyond
2 жыл бұрын
Love this!
@LocalMaple
2 жыл бұрын
@@DnDBeyond My first character was a Rogue-Ranger. A slippery little guy who could Zephyr Strike, Planar Warrior, have his Tressym Kitten Familiar use Help, and stack Sneak Damage on Booming Blade. Most of the party questioned that multiclass, and how strong it was compared to the Druid, the Sorcerer, the Barbarian… They saw me as a mixed grab bag; Jack of All Trades, master of none. Then I was challenged to a 1v1 cage match against a Chain Devil. A CR 8 monster that grapples with each hit (max 1), before the DM doubled its HP and Hasted it. When I was character level 8-9 (started the session 8). That monster made my party members shudder when the DM explained everything he and it did after the fact. _I wasn’t even bloodied._
@druid_zephyrus
2 жыл бұрын
My Duergar, Moss Slimerock, also is a runeknight. Was for a one shot, so I made him Shrek. But now it is a campaign and he has made a cousin out of the 2 headed giant god of daily movement of the Sun. And before the God remembered it was a God, Moss had made him into a Valor Bard. Moss's favorite weapon is his Wand of Conducting. Huge + belly button+ Wand of Conducting= DM lets me pick the music to play for the game. Hence why I made him Shrek. Orchestral version of All Stars :p
@seanfields2576
2 жыл бұрын
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe action surging as a Gloom Stalker gives you two bonus attacks, one with each attack action. So really, this build gets one more attack than Brennan said.
@briannelson27
2 жыл бұрын
yes, and depending on the interaction of gloomstalker and haste, a potential 8th attack.
@crazypatchy1
2 жыл бұрын
I loved the energy of this dive into the character. Amy is a great host, and Brennen is great in everything
@JohnConnor365
2 жыл бұрын
I'm getting in the comments Brennan! You should have a passive insight of 24. While you have the sword you get advantage on insight (wisdom) checks. Having advantage should give you a +5 on the passive score. May your eyes cleave through any deception.
@abbyg5794
2 жыл бұрын
is that true? i've never heard that before! that is awesome if so
@JohnConnor365
2 жыл бұрын
@@abbyg5794 PG 175 under passive checks: "If the character has advantage on the check, add 5. For disadvantage, subtract 5. The game refers to a passive check total as a score."
@IceMetalPunk
2 жыл бұрын
So he can kill an ancient red dragon -- on average! -- in the first round of combat, before the dragon even sees him.... but will effectively die to any combat with any enemies standard for a level 20 character to battle if he takes any hits 😂 He's a bunny-shaped glass Aussie cannon.
@kalipassion04
2 жыл бұрын
Super happy to see Brennan with DnD Beyond. It is about time. Well done everyone. Wait Robbie is gonna be there. Lord let's go!!
@DnDBeyond
2 жыл бұрын
Check Brennan out in our miniseries Battle for Beyond!
@cazygohan94
6 ай бұрын
I deeply love that Brennan plays dnd for a job and then has a home game for 13 years he dosent stream im happy he does what he love to do
@ChazTheYouthful
2 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah, I worked with this type of build for 14th level play backup. It's just a nasty piece of work that makes mostly martial a damage machine. Monk dip, gloomstalker, arcane archer or battle master, there are so many variations on super bouncy death rabbit.
@NevTheDeranged
Жыл бұрын
Amy's smile of joy as Brennan describes the absolute broken build is dealing radiant damage.
@Hamlethater
2 жыл бұрын
I would like to point out that if Amy did her math the quickly without a calculator she is super impressive. Also, I hope she has a nice day.
@Tomorrow_lauren
2 жыл бұрын
Five's voice is very much giving Rhys Darby vibes. I can see him in a Taika Watiti D&D movie 😆
@trevorford8702
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you. That’s exactly what I was thinking!
@D.C._Nowak
2 жыл бұрын
I’m currently playing a Harengon paladin/sorcerer in a gladiatorial combat one shot (it’s a short game like 10 sessions) and that’s probably my favorite character and now favorite character race.
@fledgling9097
2 жыл бұрын
gloomstalker ranger ability is connected to the attack action, so it should be 7 attacks with action surge, still only 1 attack with haste though.
@abbyg5794
2 жыл бұрын
assassin rogue + gloomstalker ranger is so good its arguably too powerful i love it so much (you could also take 3 levels of warlock, get devil's sight, and cast darkness, and just never be seen again)
@jax9771
2 жыл бұрын
I think this might have been inspired by Ally Beardsley’s Liam Whilemina, who was this exact build and did so much damage
@nacl_
2 жыл бұрын
Assassin rogue and gloomstalker is a well known combo, unfortunately it only really shines when you add bugbear sneak attack onto it so this build is already one foot behind the starting line
@JarrekAsF
2 жыл бұрын
Love Pentivals Backstory. Cannot wait for the stream!
@Pieguy123456789100
2 жыл бұрын
Never thought I’d see this, but I clicked immediately
@DnDBeyond
2 жыл бұрын
Welcome to it!
@tryphenarose
2 жыл бұрын
If you fight yourself, mirror image won't trick you since you have true sight.
@JackalSon1
2 жыл бұрын
I don't know if anyone bothered to look up the Minor Beneficial Properties table for the Sword of Zarial but even some of these are pretty great. 01-20 While attuned to the artifact, you gain proficiency in one skill of the DM’s choice. 21-30 While attuned to the artifact, you are immune to disease. 31-40 While attuned to the artifact, you can’t be charmed or frightened. 41-50 While attuned to the artifact, you have resistance against one damage type of the DM’s choice. 51-60 While attuned to the artifact, you can use an action to cast one cantrip (chosen by the DM) from it. 61-70 While attuned to the artifact, you can use an action to cast one 1st-level spell (chosen by the DM) from it. After you cast the spell, roll a d6. On a roll of 1-5, you can’t cast it again until the next dawn. 71-80 As 61-70 above, except the spell is 2nd level. 81-90 As 61-70 above, except the spell is 3rd level. 91-00 While attuned to the artifact, you gain a +1 bonus to Armor Class. I'm excited to see his character in action but also interested to see which of these properties he gets (assuming he's rolling for them). I think an extra proficiency would be probably nice, he's already immune to disease, not being able to be charmed or frightened could be very useful depending on the enemies they'll be facing, a third damage resistance would be very nice especially for something more common than Necrotic and Radiant, like fire or poison. Casting extra spells from the sword is ok but I don't know how useful it is to this build, and one more point of AC might be ok but his AC is already so low it wouldn't make much difference. But yea this build is insane and ridiculous and I can't wait to see it.
@emilymitchell6823
2 жыл бұрын
Like Brennan, this … Sorogunerfigadin(??) is a grab bag of chaotic talents
@BibbiCodex
2 жыл бұрын
Brennan always handles himself so well.
@KillItAndBurnIt
2 жыл бұрын
I'm glad someone else is also into mechanics first character building! I've felt so alone :P
@turoni314
2 жыл бұрын
Amy has the kind of smile that adds years to your life
@XanderMander006
2 жыл бұрын
I hope that the charity stream mentioned for this Sunday (March 20th) will be recorded/posted, because my Sunday is going to be pretty busy.
@DonkThePlonk
2 жыл бұрын
Be aware that the Sacred Weapon feature from devotion paladin takes an action to activate and makes the weapon shine bright light. So it might be hard to have it active for the assassination round (unless you have some way to get around it).
@eainjones9509
2 жыл бұрын
I would go so far as to say this makes getting surprise against enemies nearly impossible unless you're going in invisible.
@PoftSarade
2 жыл бұрын
I had to do a double-take while watching because the homebrew setting he mentioned has the exact same name as the homebrew setting I have been developing for the last 6 months of my life. All that work and I'm gonna have to change the damn name.
@gabepatton9851
Жыл бұрын
i've watched this all the way through twice now, just so informative and also engaging.
@tylerswanson2922
2 жыл бұрын
If he had taken Swashbuckler for the Rogue subclass, the bonus to initiative would've been even higher 🤣🤣 wild
@FlatOnHisFace
2 жыл бұрын
... and lost the reason for doing it. The assassinate ability is the purpose of the high Initiative.
@FlatOnHisFace
2 жыл бұрын
For as intelligent and well-spoken as Amy is, I'd hate to reduce her to physical appearances, but she really has a brilliant smile.
@SirPigglezWorth
2 жыл бұрын
Perfect Rendition of Glass Cannon.
@denmoore92
2 жыл бұрын
Is Five Australian? This is such a hilarious character and can’t wait to see this in action
@13sampepper
2 жыл бұрын
watching this makes me think that this must’ve been what it felt like for ancient societies to see math being invented
@DlOisDOOMSCROLLING
2 жыл бұрын
i recently stumbled into the dnd side of youtube and i absolutely love the energy in this video
@Gingy911
6 ай бұрын
I’m playing a character named Jesper the Initiaknight in a pirate-themed campaign who has a +26 initiative. He has a 20 in dex, 18 in charisma, and 16 in wisdom. He’s got the alert feat and the subclasses Gunslinger, Gloomstalker, and Swashbucker. He’s also a harengon. He’s only level 13.
@dennyduane
2 жыл бұрын
Aimee good to see you hosting again. Big fan.
@jojokaler2449
2 жыл бұрын
Have never felt so proud of myself that I have broken a character more than Brennan, swap a level of paladin for Echo Knight fighter for two more attacks, swap Herangon for Bugbear for an extra 2d6 to a single attack, and taking into account you don't have enough spell slots for max divine smite on all of those, it brings the average damage (assuming everything hits) to 833 for a single round.
@justmonica9253
2 жыл бұрын
Harengon is probably better than bugbear. Yes, bugbear gets more damage, but you lose 6 initiative. There would be a 30% chance you've lost assassinate by picking bugbear over harengon. I wouldn't risk that.
@jojokaler2449
2 жыл бұрын
@@justmonica9253 the crit part of assassinate is dependent on the creature being surprised which doesn’t have anything to do with going before them in combat. But I agree bugbear is suboptimal, upon further review half orc is the best because of savage attacks
@justmonica9253
2 жыл бұрын
@@jojokaler2449 Surprised is absolutely dependant on going before them. Surprised is a condition that you lose at the end of your turn. Once their turn has passed they are no longer surprised.
@jojokaler2449
2 жыл бұрын
@@justmonica9253 "Any character or monster that doesn't notice a threat is surprised at the start of the encounter. If you're surprised, you can't move or take an aclion on your first turn of the combat, and you can't take a reaction until that turn ends. A member of a group can be surprised even if the other members aren't." I don't see that in the description of surprised in the PHB. In fact its kind of ambiguous as to when surprise is over. I've always played/seen it played that its taken off when the round is over.
@justmonica9253
2 жыл бұрын
@@jojokaler2449 It's been covered in Sage Advice, you are no longer surprised when your turn ends. 'Rules answers: November 2015' specifically.
@frodomolecule779
2 жыл бұрын
I could listen to that man talk about D&D all day long... Brainiang... I love you!
@oniminikui
2 жыл бұрын
I have made 2 harengon characters, and I love them both!
@eleishar18
7 ай бұрын
Long campaigns, sweet memories. Many years ago, I played a D&D 3.5 campaign from level 1 to 22 or 23, and other from level 4 to 21, they were really long.
@jubilee7019
2 жыл бұрын
Treachery paladin would've been a good choice to get the advantage during combat
@AtomikaBlerd
2 жыл бұрын
I love how bonkers Harengon are with their initiative bonuses. I built one named Quik Asa Bunny that had a +30 because, why not?
@@AtomikaBlerd There's a Paladin that also gives you your proficiency bonus worth of a bonus to you and your allies as an aura. So 36.
@davethefunyunnight9053
2 жыл бұрын
Five is the hare in The Tortoise and the Hare. Now we need a tanky Tortle that focuses everthing on damage over time to be Fives opposite!!!
@connoreicher7780
2 жыл бұрын
I love hearing Alister Ash come to life again in this new character!!!
@alexbucsp
2 жыл бұрын
I can't believe my biological dad is in DndBeyond
@DnDBeyond
2 жыл бұрын
Blessed reunion
@HeirophantCarneus
2 жыл бұрын
Sup hustler lmao
@Hungover52
2 жыл бұрын
Oh, he tweaked it (not sure if link is older, or stream is) but Sorceror went from 7 to 6, and Fighter went to 3 for Battlemaster. Manuever dice.
@CameronRPowell
2 жыл бұрын
He tweeted about making this change! "Small follow-up: I went down one level of Sorcerer and popped up to Level 3 Fighter for Battle Master - The maneuvers more than make up for the lost spell slot! 😬" twitter.com/BrennanLM/status/1504895166162759680
@vhwadsworth
2 жыл бұрын
Just checked your character sheet as at now, and you've pretty much built the same assassin that I built for my mate - save she's doing a campaign up to (I think lvl 12). Interesting note on the Paladin aspect, hadn't stuck that in but she's currently a lvl 9 Harengon (Gloomstalker / Assassin / Echo Knight). Personally I'd say the Gloomstalker / Assassin are the core as Dread Ambusher with Execute is crazy fun. Really enjoying it.
@basically_aaron
2 жыл бұрын
I have a level 20 wood elf fighter/rogue/ranger that can do a little over 850 damage on his first turn and over 400 every round after that
@lejandario7779
2 жыл бұрын
Your poor DM
@basically_aaron
2 жыл бұрын
@@lejandario7779 lol he knew what I was doin when I was doin it. Luckily it was for a one shot tie in to our campaign and not the main story. I do love that I can kill a tarrasque in one turn tho
@neonkult6142
Жыл бұрын
Amy's smile is relentlessly infectious.
@ttt5020
7 ай бұрын
Not sure if they mention this, but after a 500 damage surprise turn.. he then gets his normal turn at an average of 27.5 initiative- most likely taking another full turn immediately after! No action surge, gloomstalker, or auto crit, but still 3 more attacks (if hasted) at advantage.
@madmagemurdock349
2 жыл бұрын
Incredible! Crack Bunny is the best Bunny! Also don't worry Brennan I'm here in the comments
@trent.slaterslater9005
2 жыл бұрын
you can actually do more damage by setting up a prismatic wall in spherical shape, then you can use gravitational based magic to pull the person through and then dropping the effectively doing 700 damage on average and you can technically with certain items even double that by having the prismatic wall do double damage, making the total outcome 1400 damage on average.
@eainjones9509
2 жыл бұрын
Even assuming you have two people to set this up with reverse gravity and prismatic wall, plus an exactly 100ft ceiling to set this up with, you're unlikely to deal 700 damage. If a creature fails every single save against all 20 times they would be falling through the prismatic wall, which is already a big assumption at the level you have these spells, the damage enemies are going to be taking is 50d6+20d6 twice. The average damage for that total trip is 506, again assuming total failure on each save and a 100 foot ceiling. Now what is nice about that strategy is there's not a limit besides space on how many enemies you can do this to.
@Zach-rw6jf
2 жыл бұрын
I cannot WAIT to see this one shot
@jchagasla
2 жыл бұрын
The undisputed baron of level 20 one-shots.
@Firegen1
2 жыл бұрын
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾😅
@billpecoraro8421
2 жыл бұрын
omfg i love the "worse or better" zim reference
@JackOfHearts42
2 жыл бұрын
How to go first: Harengon. Chronurgist lvl2 with Gift of Alacrity (+Int, +1d8), Swashbucler Rogue lvl3 (+Char), Twilight Cleric lvl1 (Advantage), Battle Master lvl3 with Ambush (+1d8), Watcher Paladin lvl8 (+ proficiency), Gloomstalker lvl3 (+Wis). Alert Feat (+5), 13,14,8,14,14,14 stats from 2 paladin feats & access to those classes. Total: 2d8+25 (2+2+2+2+5+6+6) with advantage. *this assumes Herangon & watcher paladin can stack, which maybe it can't? Please correct me or add suggestions on this thought experiment.
@crownlexicon5225
2 жыл бұрын
I would like to voffect Brennan on something here. Dread ambusher grants an extra attack when you take the attack action in combat on the first turn. Action surge gives you an extra action. This means if you action surge to use 2 attack actions on the first round, gloomstalker ranger 5 means 6 attacks. Haste would be a 7th.
@ThomasUfnalCrowlake
2 жыл бұрын
I've loved Amy since her Shield of Tomorrow days and I love her in this role, too.
@monkeychicken27
2 жыл бұрын
Loved the interview and the breakdown of character creation, with a different goal. Can we get more videos of this, please? I may have to browse. THIS video
@christhewritingjester3164
2 жыл бұрын
lol, man that big ol' goofy grin on her face is exactly how I look listening to him right now. I love that she is geeking out with him on this.
@RileyDeveau
2 жыл бұрын
Glad I’m not the only one who voices my Harengon like that
@jameswebb4545
2 жыл бұрын
If all three of the ‘other Harengon’ have the same abilities and weapon then Mirror Image won’t make a difference as True Sight negates the Mirror Image as you can see through illusions with True Sight.
@betteryou7hanme
7 ай бұрын
I want expanded lore on The Sword of Cereal more than I have ever wanted anything.
@Zach-rw6jf
2 жыл бұрын
Scene: Five standing at the bar, drinking Guy who wants him dead sneaks up behind, swings his axe at the back of Five's head Axe goes right through him, camera cuts to POV from the bar countertop Mirror image fades away, guy looks confused, followed by shock Guy's body falls away in 8 pieces, revealing Five standing behind him Five steps over the pile of body chunks and grabs his drink
@Arcenture
2 жыл бұрын
Feels like his Rightous Indignation is just getting warmed up.
@VivaLaDnDLogs
Жыл бұрын
Love that even Brennan has trouble keeping track of all Pentival's nonsense.
@Shade0007
2 жыл бұрын
All I can think hearing of this character is a goated moment in Hellsing abridged "Gods assassin! saint guillotine! The purest priest!" 🤣♥️
@ChaniTsunami229
5 ай бұрын
Amy is EATING brennan up it’s adorable
@anotherwesley7661
2 жыл бұрын
I see you with that Watership Down hat tip, Mr. Five
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