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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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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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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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