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Multi-Class Character Builds in Dungeons & Dragons 5e (The Barbarian)

Dungeons & DragonsHello fellow Nerdarchists, some of you might know me from the Nerdarchy YouTube channel, my name is Art Wood. I’ve been privileged enough to have been asked by the guys to write a few articles for you regarding multi-class character builds in Dungeons & Dragons 5e.

Now, I don’t claim to be an expert by any means, but I do know what’s worked for me as far as helping my friends build awesome characters and other players as well. I’m going to address this series by doing one article at a time focusing on each character class one by one as they appear in the Player’s Guide. I also want to point out I will not be focusing on character race or backgrounds, as I feel those are more for a “role-play” choice, however I do know that some races lend themselves to be a bit more potent with certain builds. Backgrounds however are mostly a player and role-play decision.

So, let’s get started with… The Barbarian

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Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition Optional Warforged Builds

warforgedMost people I have spoken with feel that the warforged presented in the Unearthed Arcana: Eberron is lacking.  So you can choose of of these options with your Dungeon masters approval of course.   I think  each of these grants a little extra flavor to the race and balances them  nicely in comparison to the other races  in the players handbook.  A big thank you to Art Wood for coming up with these for us.

Optional Warforged Types…

Mithral Body (Warforged Only): Your body is composed of Mithral plating and wood Making them light and agile. You gain +1 to your Dexterity.

Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition – Mounted Combat

mounted CombatWith the feat  “Mounted Combat” you gain advantage on attack rolls when attacking targets smaller than your mount (including on a charge). Not  just the damage, but being knocked prone is a huge disadvantage  when fighting mounted combatants as they can knock their foes prone almost at will.

Prone targets (p.190-191 PHB) must spend their movement action to stand up and only move half their movement  after they stand. Also, attacking a prone target gives you advantage on the attack  roll to anyone attacking them.

Mounted Combat in Dungeons and Dragons

D&D Character Builds

Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition – Dark Myth a Custom Campaign Setting

dungeons and dragonsHello, my name is Art Wood. Some of you may know me from the Nerdarchy YouTube groups. Dark Myth is my first endeavor to create a role-playing game all my own. Currently I have taken the core story and theme mechanics and transferred it over to Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition rule set.

Before that I had spent about three years off and on working on the game mechanics using a percentile based rule system all my own. I had included  crafting as well as a unique system of “Corruption” dealing with the Darkness in my world slowly trying to corrupt
and change the inhabitants into demonic and twisted monstrosities.

Dark Myth a Custom Campaign Setting