Dungeons And Dragons Campaign [full] [discontinued On The Forums]

Kyelas: "They probably have the mental ability of a zombie, so maybe if we can find the correct bait... But I doubt they'd all fit. We may need to take them out one-by-one."

 

Also, addressing the lack of a tank, I can cast the spell Sanctuary, which makes me far harder to hit as long as I don't attack anything in return. (This is OOC knowledge, since you never told Erevan IC about our want of a tank, and I haven't physically responded with this info. I can say this in game if necessary though.)

 

Kyelas: "How can we bait a ghoul? I think they like eating humanoid beings like elves or humans... But we cannot sacrifice someone. We could also find someone heavily armored enough to take a lot of blows while we pick them off, but where do we find THAT?"

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How many spell slots do you have? That's slightly important.

 

Actually, with 18 AC (when I have my shield out), my Warding Flare thingy (allows me to give enemies disadvantage), Sanctuary (forces a Wis save every time they want to target me with an attack), and healing spells, I'd say I'm not a bad tank at all...

 

Only, 2 left unfortunately. Enough to cast sanctuary, and heal myself one time. Warding Flare doesn't cost slots, though I only have 4 uses per long rest. Actually, if I just use my actions when I'm not healing to Dodge, all attacks on me have disadvantage anyway, unless I have to stop and heal. So in short, I can be really hard to hit... Also due to some complicated lore bullsh*t, elves cannot be paralyzed by Ghouls or Ghasts.

 

Hmm... How much HP?

 

Lol, I just realized, Erevan can literally become an agility tank mage...

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28, I'm still at full health.

 

Yep. Clerics are generally supposed to be in the back-lines, casting spells at range, and yet you can tank...

Unless the dice hate you.

 

THE ONE REASON I USED GHOULS WAS I WAS COUNTING ON THE FACT THAT YOU DID NOT KNOW THEY COULD MOT PARALYZE YOU! EFFING META KNOWLEDGE

Ghasts still can tho

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Also I guess a ranger could half-work as a tank, a melee fighter to say the least

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I've actually seen quite a few Tank Clerics, especially War Domain

 

But the funny thing here is that the cleric domain I'm playing is generally regarded as a sorcerer-emulating glass cannon...

Not really... the reason for this lack of paralysis dates back to an elven legend regarding the origin of ghouls, so I'd think it's something most elves would've learned growing up...

 

Ti'Lin:"I have sanctuary, but I need a focus for that."(shit I still don't understand)

 

Yevor: "If you need a focus, you can borrow my wand. Wait, does that- WERERAT!"
Initiative: 14 + 2 = 16

 

Relax, it's only CR 2. It could be, say a... *checks MM* A Death Knight.

(I was looking over the monk character sheets... Does anyone think that the Monk's level abilities are a bit OP? Seriously, one of the "archetypes" (As I'm calling them) has an ability at level 17 or force a CON save to avoid the target being dropped to 0 HP. Basically a level 17 monk of that type can one-shot an ancient dragon... If he's lucky due to the CON modifiers of those things.)

 

Interestingly, that move, the Quivering Palm technique, is the only "save or die" ability in 5e. However, it takes 2 turns to execute fully, and Legendary monsters have an ability called Legendary resistance, which lets them automatically succeed on any saving throw 3 times per day.

 

Well then... Oh well, they still take the 10d10 necrotic damage... And I can use Step of the Wind to gtfo after the attack since I'd get +30 movement from unarmored movement, meaning the bonus action dash will give me a movement range of 120 ft... Which puts me out of range of everything except the dragon's breath. However, the Evasion ability would cause half damage if I fail the saving throw, and I can reroll it as well thanks to Diamond Soul...

 

Still costs two of your actions, which isn't actually very damage efficient at that level... it also costs a ton of ki, and Diamond Soul just gives proficiency, not the ability to reroll.

 

Checked the sheet, you can, it just costs 1 ki.

I mean, the whole plan is a total of 5 ki and, at level 20, you have 20 ki. Well, it's more useful if you're fighting... *1 hour of skimming the MM later...* A... Death Knight..?

 

Don't get me wrong, QP is pretty great, but it's just not such a great option in giant boss fights, and works better there as a desperate "all or nothing" attack... anyway, I see more value in it in the fact that the initial activation can be declared without the knowledge of the victim, and the "kill" part can be triggered weeks later, from any distance. Suppose you want to assassinate someone... just "accidentally" crash into them in a crowded place (which would probably count as an unarmed strike), activate quivering palm, then later activate the kill at your leisure.

 

Initiative: Rolled 11 +1DEX =12

 

Initiative : 2 + 3 = 5