dnd 5e 2014 - Role-playing Games Stack Exchange For an intelligence based gish there's really only 4 options: Arcane Trickster Rogue, Battle Smith Artificer, Bladesinging Wizard, or Eldritch Knight Fighter An Arcane Tricksters is a great dual wielder because a bonus action attack is another opportunity for Sneak Attack and is an OK melee damage dealer because of said Sneak Attack
How to optimize a Gishy [Fighter Mage] Character? [closed] A solid “gish-in-a-can”, the duskblade from Player’s Handbook II gets a very useful ability to channel touch spells through an attack Unfortunately, their spell list is really limited (and goes only to 6th-level spells), and the really good feature (full-attack spell channeling) doesn’t come until 13th class level, which is very rough
dnd 5e 2014 - Role-playing Games Stack Exchange Steel wind strike 's spell description (XGtE, p 166) states: You flourish the weapon used in the casting and then vanish to strike like the wind Choose up to five creatures you can see within range Make a melee spell attack against each target On a hit, a target takes 6d10 force damage Now, we know that steel wind strike isn't a melee weapon attack Attacks can either be a melee or a
Good final class for GISH (high BAB and 9th-level spells)? I'm going for a "gish" build combining spell casting and martial abilities My initial thought is Eldritch Knight, but I think there may be something some combo of things that is better I would like to push BAB as high as possible, and possibly also gain some of the lost fighter bonus feats, but also 9th level spells are a must
What are all the dual progression prestige classes? A small note, technically classes that progress full or 3 4ths Base Attack Bonus and Spellcasting ability are considered dual progression classes, such as the Abjurant Champion or the Eldritch Knight The logic being that they are progressing both martial ability and spellcasting ability However, there is an extreme amount of "Gish" prestige classes, so I suspect there would be too many to list
dnd 5e 2014 - Role-playing Games Stack Exchange I'm planning on playing a Paladin Warlock in an upcoming game and I've picked the Oath of Vengeance, and Great Old One Patron Pact of Tome I've made my backstory (island home sunk when invaded by
dnd 5e 2014 - Role-playing Games Stack Exchange This is especially the case with Gish builds that don't exclusively rely on weapon attacks: they can cast spells or cantrips vs high AC enemies, so they're unlikely to attack enemies that are hard to hit in the first place
Is Booming Blade that unbalanced? How could it be rebalanced? Needless to say, I'm kinda bummed by this change since the whole gish appeal of this character concept was based around being able to use these cantrips, since playing a melee character with a single attack, only 1d6 at Sneak Attack and the very limited magic items we have would suck hard; I would feel stupid using a single attack when I could
What are martial classes? - Role-playing Games Stack Exchange What are martial classes in the context of 5e? Is there a consensus on what the terminology means? Are martial classes something that you have to specify to make yourself understood?