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Is Fighter a better option for unarmed fighting compare with Monk?
This is under the case of single classing only.
I see in a optimising site saying that Fighter is a better option than Monk even if you are building a dedicated bare hand warrior. I wonder how does ...
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How to defend allies as a Fighter at level 1?
At first level, the chance for death is fairly high especially for the squishier members of the party. A fighter comes with high hit-dice, a self-healing ability, and starts with chain mail and a ...
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As a Fairy Rune Knight, what are my options for being strength based and still having a good armor class?
The Fairy race, first printed in the adventure Supplement Wild Beyond the Witchlight, is a flying race that has the following restriction on the use of its flying speed:
Because of your wings, you ...
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What is the most damage you can do as a 17th level fighter, in 5e?
I've been given the task of trying to show as much damage as possible with a 17th level fighter in a single round of combat. My restrictions include:
No multiclassing.
No magic items.
No outside help....
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How can I optimize my dual wield fighter for damage?
Ok so I'll be concise with this but tl;dr I'm starting a new campaign at level 5 as a fighter, would like to duel wield and want to optimize myself so I deal damage and don't fall off late game. Also ...
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Given several restrictions, what's the highest amount of ranged attacks a fighter can make in one turn consistently?
I've been working on a 20th level character concept for a while and trying to optimize it for use in a future game, the requirements would be as follows:
Only 3.X WotC handbooks (No 3rd party books, ...
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Is this grappling/wrestler build viable in mid-high level combat?
Preface
I'm relatively new to dnd and this is my second character build so I'm still trying to understand the mechanics for different classes and how to efficiently stack them.
Character Inspiration
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How can I make a Dex-based one-handed duelist fighter build? [closed]
I am currently about to start a campaign in D&D 5e. We are playing Descent into Avernus and my party needs a tank. I settled on fighter as my top choice for a variety of reasons.
Stat ...
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How can I optimize my Fighter Samurai for my next campaign?
I'm about to finish LMOP 5E and move onto a homebrew campaign. With that said our DM allowed us to either keep or reroll new characters.
Currently, I'm playing a Dual-Wielding Eladrin Fighter Samurai ...
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Which is better? Improved critical or extra damage die?
One of the players in my party wants to play a multiclass Barbarian/Fighter, and is on the fence regarding which Fighter archetype to choose. He is using a Greataxe (no dual-wielding). He wants to get ...
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As a half-orc Barbarian, is it worth it to dip some levels into the Fighter class?
TL;DR: as a Great Weapon Master, half-orc Barbarian, is it worth it to take 3-4 (or more?) levels of Fighter, in order to deal more damage?
I'm going to play a half-orc Barbarian in a soon-to-begin D&...
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How to build a 4th-level Fighter in a Tier 3 party?
I got gifted a level-4 Fighter (freaking Toddy!) from a Deck of Many Things, and we're a level 10 party running through Doomvault. I'm not sure whether I should focus on raising his defense (so that ...
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When optimizing for damage, is it better for a Dex-based crossbow fighter to go full Fighter or multiclass with Rogue?
I'm trying to build an optimized character for a 5th edition D&D campaign and I really like the crossbowman fighter concept, but I had considered dipping into rogue for at least 3 levels to pick ...
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When is the Battle Master fighter's Commander's Strike maneuver worth it?
I have been playing a Fighter with the Battle Master archetype (PHB, p. 73-74), and most of my companions in my party are new to the game. I was trying to play a supportive-type character, even if I'm ...
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Looking to optimize multiple melee attacks
I'm trying to find 2 classes to hybrid into that maximize the attack-shift-attack-shift-attack style powers. I already have the fighter powers of Tempest Dance and Storm of Blows, but what other class ...
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Why is two-weapon fighting considered subpar for fighters?
I know this has been discussed before, but I've yet to find a mathematically sound explanation of why two-weapon is vastly inferior to two-handed. I could understand if there are ultimately negligible ...
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Is a stout halfling fighter with a shortbow less effective than a Medium creature with a longbow?
I'm building an archer fighter and have been considering making his race that of stout halfling because the halfling race gets +2 DEX and the "stout" subclass gets +1 CON, which seems perfect for an ...
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How can I make a fighter that maxes out damage dealt? [closed]
One of my players wants me to help him make a very strong fighter (with or without multiclassing as long as it includes at least 1 level of fighter) capable of dealing a lot of damage. He saw the Pal5/...
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What's the maximum (average) damage that can be dealt in one round by a 20th level character with at least two levels of Fighter?
What is the most effective way to use a level 20 character's (with two or more levels in fighter for Action Surge ability) in order to maximize single target damage done in one round?
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Effective build for Eldritch Knight? [closed]
I'm pretty new to D&D, having just created my first character a few days ago. I want to build an Eldritch Knight Tabaxi Fighter, and I'm not too sure on the best way to do that. Here are my stats: ...
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Darts are awesome? Seriously? Darts?
It's my understanding that the dart is the optimized fighter's weapon of choice. In a traditional Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, 2nd Edition campaign that's run as much as it can be by the rules-as-...
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When is it optimal to dip two levels of Barbarian into this human variant fighter build?
I'm possibly going to play a variant human fighter in my next campaign with the GWM feat at level 1. I'm going to specialize Champion and I'm not sure when I should go for reckless attacks. Should I ...
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Which is mathematically more valuable for my fighter, Archery or Dueling? [closed]
I have a fighter with really high rolls, 18 strength, 17 dexterity, 17 constitution. I'll eventually be getting 18 in all three of those, I'm currently level 4. I have a warhammer and a heavy crossbow....
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Is a dual-wielding Eldritch Knight fighter workable?
As I understand it an Eldritch Knight has the ability to cast a spell and attack as a Bonus Action.
Two-weapon fighting allows you to attack normally with one hand and take a Bonus Action to attack ...
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Improving crit chance for a non-evil fighter
I'm looking to build a fighter that fights with a scythe and want to maximize his crit and damage, with more crit then damage if they conflict at any point.
I read that the best thing out there for a ...
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How can I specialize in tripping/disarming people with a spiked chain?
I'd like to make my fighter character better; my goal is to focus on tripping, but reach, more damage, and disarming would also be good improvements. He's a level 2 human, with the Improved Trip, ...
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How to optimize an 'arcane archer'-ish half-elf sorcerer?
I'm not normally an optimizer, but my group is switching from Pathfinder to 5e, at least temporarily.
My plan for the character in Pathfinder was to become an Arcane Archer (prestige class) at level ...
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Twin hand crossbow Fighter: is this build valid?
The Sharpshooter feat includes an interesting feature: you can choose to take -5 penalty to hit with a ranged weapon attack to increase its damage by 10. Normally, I'd dismiss the trade-off as too ...
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How does an Fighter (Eldritch Knight) 20 compare to a Fighter 10/Wizard 10 for both damage dealt and durability?
With the release of the PHB we have the Eldritch Knight fighter archetype as an innate, class-driven way for the fighter to compete with the wizard in the AoE department. This prompted a discussion ...
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How can I build a tank out of the fighter class?
I need to build a tank for a party limited to the classic four: cleric, fighter, rogue, wizard. He should have following abilities:
Prevent other party members from harm in direct martial ...
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Which Fighter (TWF Fighter vs. Great Weapon Fighter) is better optimized for Dealing Damage?
With Basic's release the Fighter is given six different Fighting Styles to choose from at level 1. Each fighting style offers a solid mechanical benefit to the fighter, but both Great Weapon Fighting ...
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How good is the Combat Patrol feat for a Fighter/Rogue?
Currently, I'm playing a character with three fighter and two rogue levels. I'm a part of two-man party in which the other player is Cleric. Shadowdancer Prestige Class always intrigued me so I went ...
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What are the advantages and disadvantages of dual wielding in 13th Age?
Our normal 4e encounters group is running a 13th Age playtest session, and I'm creating a Level 1 fighter character based on Adam Jensen from Deus Ex: Human Revolution. I'm skimming the rules and the ...
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