Thedagger 5emay have a low damage output, but its multiple properties more than make up for this. You can dual-wield them or throw them, and the finesse property makes this a viable weapon for a broader range of melee builds. We’d mainly recommend these for Dex-based classes like theD...
Movement in D&D can be cruel at the best of times, especially for warlocks looking to get within melee range with their (relatively) smaller health pool. Thunder step provides warlocks with an easy escape route, teleporting up to 90 feet away. A warlock can even teleport a willing creature ...
–A lot of things rely on your Unarmed Strikes, which are not Melee Weapons* and therefore cannot trigger abilities like Sneak Attack, smites or Dueling Fighting Style, all of which would up your dpr considerably. (*An Unarmed Strike attack is a “melee weapon attack”, but not “an attac...
Abilities (Stats, basically) Feats Builds can also include other things like Cantrips and Spells, depending on which class you’ve chosen to play. There are several different approaches to building a great Rogue inBaldur’s Gate 3, however. You’re encouraged to build the character you’d li...
Giant Foundling 5e comes from a 20235e book, so it’s designed to be compatible with future DnD rules. We’ll talk more about what One DnD means for feats later, but the short version is this: Giant Foundling gives you a feat instead of a background feature. ...
Prone is a ridiculously weak status condition in DnD 5E and BG3. It puts enemies on their back and grants advantage to melee attacks against them, but they can just stand up during their turn and negate the downsides entirely. That is, it’s weak for a dedicated action to apply Prone....
In this build, you'll be getting two feats - one at level 4 and one at level 11. To make the best use of these, consider taking one of the following three options. Ability Score Improvements From a strictly mathematical perspective, better ability scores are hard to beat. This option wi...
but that’s a story for another time. The problem is players are starting to notice that melee combat is the crappiest combat in D&D 5E. You’re absolutely always better off having a bow-and-spell shootout than pulling a sword. And that means the only useful monsters are the ones with...
Baldur’s Gate 3is available now on PC. In ourBG3 review, we argue that it’s the bestDnDgame ever made, and that’s partly due to all thetabletop RPGstyle options that allow you to fine-tune your squad. The feats mechanic – adapted from theDnD 5e featssystem – is a key ingredi...
VariantHuman 5e Feats: Polearm Master Sentinel Great Weapon Master Ability score improvement For a build that specializes in straightforward melee damage, get yourself a Human Fighter with a whole bunch of feats. With this build, you’ll be able to crush any enemy you encounter; slapping them ...