How to Play Light Yagami in Dungeons & Dragons (Death Note Build for D&D 5e)
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Today we're building Light Yagami from Death Note in Dungeons & Dragons! If you want a Death Note in D&D 5e, and you want to get away with using it, this is the build for you!
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The reality here isn't that Tulok wanted to make a Light Yagami based char, he wanted to make a char based around the strongest skill in the game: Calligraphy
Finally. The calligraphy build we've all been waiting for.
Your Power Word Kill is “DELETE!!”
@kalebb1226
3 жыл бұрын
So is the Man-Emperor's
@ArtGuyCharlie
3 жыл бұрын
Matt Hardy build when?
Just a reminder to y'all: According to this and Tulok's Pokémon Trainer build, both Shinigamis and Pokémon Professors are fey. Do what you want with that information
@lolidontknowagoodname9572
3 жыл бұрын
I shall use this info in a Dnd game
@NGCDragoonFighter
3 жыл бұрын
Anime is in the feywild confirmed.
@dumpsockpuppet5619
3 жыл бұрын
To be fair, fae folk usually are a dangerous gamez bring a lawyer and some iron
@grootyoda7759
2 жыл бұрын
Yo professor oak, gimme that death note
So as someone who doesn't watch news (I find it depressing) I didn't realize Anderson Cooper was a real person until like a week ago.
@willowhealy453
3 жыл бұрын
same
@weirdguy1495
3 жыл бұрын
As far as reporters these days go, he's the most fair. Not saying much, but eh.
@bskec2177
3 жыл бұрын
"Our president is an obese turtle on it's back in the hot sun, flailing away as it refuses to accept it's time has come" If that's not viscous mockery, I don't know what is. It wasn't directed at me, and I still almost took damage.
@FanOfMostEverything
3 жыл бұрын
I knew that before watching Tulok. At this point, I'm not so sure.
@lt.luxray2570
3 жыл бұрын
Wait... HE'S A REAL PERSON!?
All we need now is for Light to become a true Fey in the Feywild to get their true names.
@SlugmaChops
3 жыл бұрын
That's when he just gets someone else to do it for him
Can’t tell if calling Ryuk a Shin Megami instead of a shinigami is a joke or not
@demi-femme4821
3 жыл бұрын
Demi-Fiend build when? (It'll probably just be Warlock to get Summon Greater Demon and then some fitting spells to match available skills)
@elrick44
3 жыл бұрын
I was wondering the same thing
@BlakeTheDrake
3 жыл бұрын
Same here... it's GOTTA be deliberate, though. I mean, if you actually watch Death Note, you'll be hearing the word 'Shinigami' enough to know what it sounds like, at least.
@ShadowCoH316
3 жыл бұрын
I expected more than just this comment about it but tbh I'm glad hes not getting dogpiled for it
@andrewramsey4259
3 жыл бұрын
Same
Guys, we can coffeelock this build. Warlock spell slots come back on a short rest. So with the no sleeping invocation you can just keep making short rests, getting Warlock spells, using sorcerer metamagic to break them down into metamagic points, and using them to make spell slots for your sorcerer spell slots. This can give you as many spell slots as you have the patience for!
Had this idea a couple days ago: All four characters in the Wizard of Oz. Dorothy with Toto as a beast master ranger, Cowardly Lion as a Leonin, Tin Man as a Warforged, and then there’s Scarecrow which is the difficult one. Maybe you can tackle this idea and make a video of the entire party.
@jwall1646
3 жыл бұрын
The scarecrow could be a literal scarecrow that a Druid has used the spell awaken on. I think for all intents and purposes it would just be a human with vulnerability to fire so most DMs shouldn’t mind.
@cavareenvius7886
3 жыл бұрын
We also had the idea.
@andreykuzmin4355
3 жыл бұрын
Scarecrow as a Mimic, maybe?
@ViktorTheMusician
3 жыл бұрын
Wizard of Oz honestly portrays a D&D party pretty well. For instance, the scene with the poppy fields has Dorothy and Lion succumb to sleep, while Scarecrow and Tin-Man aren't affected because of their construct nature. However they both have unique weaknesses, with scarecrow being vulnerable to fire and tin-man being petrified by rain and rust. They have to use their overlapping skills to help each other and all have very different goals that conveniently line up
@bryancidadedesouza3827
3 жыл бұрын
Damn dude this showed up at just the right time, I started playing a campaign where it was very funny that our party composition looked like the wizard of oz. We had the warforged for the tin man, a lizardfolk that fit the lion role, my bard girl who would be Dorothy, the fourth character was a very dumb goblin so he was kinda put in the scarecrow spot. (this composition was basically an accident we didn't plan on it) Too bad the lizardfolk and the warforged died in the first session, the very first combat (badly balanced) but an npc brought them back with reincarnate so now the lizardfolk is a gnome (depressed as heck about it) and the warforged is a tiefling (funny to watch him learn bodily functions)
Totally thought it was going to be School of Onomancy wizard, given that its whole thing is literally find out person's name and control them/kill them with it. But if you're no longer using defunct UAs for your builds then I guess there's no helping it. Too bad too; being a mythology and magic nerd I really liked the subclass because of its historical and real world ties.
@theoneandonly6112
3 жыл бұрын
I thought the same at first. But I like how the build turned out.
@ianmorse9381
3 жыл бұрын
Onomancy wizard is confirmed dead.
@motymurm
3 жыл бұрын
@@ianmorse9381 who cares, it's interesting, balanced, and fun to play
Every time he says "Shin Megami" instead of "shinigami," I feel pain, because it makes me want a Shin Megami Tensei or Persona character build.
@baxterbruce9827
3 жыл бұрын
Shin Megami Tensei!
@ILockhartI
3 жыл бұрын
He’s done Joker from P5
@mikhailthegreatestdragon3627
3 жыл бұрын
Demi-Fiend build when
@MisfortuneFeeva
3 жыл бұрын
i want either demifiend or tamaki tbh SMT 1 protag isnt all that interesting but id think itd be cool tho
@baxterbruce9827
3 жыл бұрын
@@MisfortuneFeeva Just... Give us SMT characters, my wish list is If... Protagonist, and at least one Heroine, one Law Hero and one Chaos Hero from throughout the series, please, I could be happy with that
Me: what am I gonna watch next Tulok: how to play Light Yagami Me: how is he gonna do this *bites into chocolate bar*
@reapermaster1233
3 жыл бұрын
This joke was Near-ly perfect
@thewomboldt7899
3 жыл бұрын
@@reapermaster1233 I was so good MMMM
@summermermaidstar756
3 жыл бұрын
should've been a potato chip
@nemohimself2580
3 жыл бұрын
Forget chocolate. I'll take a potato chip, and eat it!
This might be a fun one-shot evil NPC to throw at the characters. I am picturing a decently sized city, but not a large one and people are mysteriously dying once per day, people didn't notice at first, but over time a pattern was established that is to much to ignore. The players being adventures and having more than 100hp at the start of this quest (Wouldn't run it at low level because instant death for the party isn't fun) aren't subject to the 'quite death' prevailing the town, but as they investigate they find that the town guard/police have been compromised and that this unseen adversary is pulling the strings to have both the law and the cities criminals go after the party.
Jackie Chan from Jackie Chan advantures would be an interesting character to make assuming you build him around using the talismans
@BJGvideos
3 жыл бұрын
Ooh that would be fun. And they go out of their way in the ads to differentiate him from the real guy. What was that ad, like "Real Jackie can fight off...three ninjas at once. Cartoon Jackie can fight off TWELVE ninjas at once...on top of a moving train." "UWAAAAAAAA?!!!"
@Straven93
3 жыл бұрын
@@BJGvideos I could see monk wizard. Hell what better sub class for jackie Chan then the drunken fist. Mains spells being dragon's breath(dragon), scorching ray(pig), invisabilty(snake), haste, long strider(rabbit), fly (rooster) animate object (rat) dream, blink (sheep)
@BJGvideos
3 жыл бұрын
@@Straven93 Sounds awesome
@radiocat666
3 жыл бұрын
Time
@sandwichmonster7067
2 жыл бұрын
Talismans and improvised weapons
So one time I used suggestion in combination with silent image to make a Kobold behave, and appear to transform into a dragon who happens to be friendly to the party. After that we successfully turned all the Kobolds in the cave against their actual dragon overlord which we managed to kill the Bahumut liked our actions so much he turned that Kobold into an actual dragon as we then set up our main base there. Also, later on the dragon (gold btw) became a paladin of Bahumut which means we had the equivalent of a ancient gold dragon that had the powers of a 20th level devotion paladin on our side.
@YourBoyNobody530
3 жыл бұрын
In case your wondering we had a paladin of bahumut, and the enemy dragon was cromatic meaning it was influenced tiamat which is why bahumut liked it.
@johnwinston4610
3 жыл бұрын
Aren't both spells concentration?
@JaelinBezel
Жыл бұрын
That sounds op af
Maybe my dream of a Lelouch Vi Britannia build is closer than I thought!!
@jackalope2302
2 жыл бұрын
Wizard (Conjuration [Knightmare Frame])/Warlock (Fey [C.C.])
Having Light smile at the same time as your pun about taking a big "L" was some really nice editing
First use of the Pact of the Tome. Kinda surprised it took this long, caligraphy being a thing and all.
@researchinbreeder
3 жыл бұрын
But what if Tulok said "archfey lol"?
WOOOOOOOOOOOO! YEAAAAH BABY! That's what I've been waiting for. That's what it's all about!
Power Word Kill, the character. Having Invisibility works on a metaphorical level, I like it.
It would be interesting to see a Killgrave how to build. I can see either enchantment wizard, or goolock, or some really MAD combination of bard/wizard/warlock.
Dungeons and Dragons is a fun game where anything is possible! Which means you should be able to make a build for Anderson Cooper! What about it?
@tulokthebarbrarian2033
3 жыл бұрын
Honestly, right now I feel like we need a party dude
@phantafalconpunch
3 жыл бұрын
@@tulokthebarbrarian2033 michelangelo?
@ohlookaflower.5961
3 жыл бұрын
Wow, these connections are getting thinner and thinner.
@tiresias702
3 жыл бұрын
I think tulok should build rick Sanchez as a challenge
@ADdude
3 жыл бұрын
@@tulokthebarbrarian2033 Spuds MacKenzie?
I would love to see some Inuyasha/Yashahime builds I'd start with Sesshomaru, I guess then Inuyasha and fallowed by Kagome.
@derrickhaggard
3 жыл бұрын
I still want to see a Gardevoir build. And the perfect Gardevoir build is Protector Assimir that is a duel Unity Domain Cleric/Psy-Knight Fighter.
Ah my first anime I ever called my favorite. Thank you tulip for the flashbacks. Also my favorite intro.
@fyrewolf7805
3 жыл бұрын
tulip?
"Aspect of the Moon" Fitting, considering his name is written as "Moon Yagami"
I literally just finished the last episode of death note not one hour ago and now this pops up in my feed.
Idk if you take suggestions from the comments but I would LOVE to see a Harry Dresden Build! Wizard detective is such a cool concept!
Dude this is what we've been waiting for!
high int, high char, human, warlock pact of the tome.
Dang, I wanted Joseph for the nest Jo-Jo build. I guess I'll just have to stick with open hand monk with divination wizard for now.
@gaeriefire2762
3 жыл бұрын
don’t forget the magic initiate feat for thorn whip
I literally looked for this like 3 days ago. Thank you!
i’ve been waiting for this my lord
I've been waiting for this for too long
Never saw this one coming but I love it, especially since I've been thinking about making a feylock
Based on your videos I've seen, Feylock's look the best for role play. Never would've guessed
"Taking a Big L" sounds like a trashy Death Note Yaoi doujin.
@reapermaster1233
3 жыл бұрын
Link?
@mikhailthegreatestdragon3627
3 жыл бұрын
Sauce?
@alphaxtitania5597
3 жыл бұрын
I think you guys misunderstand. I said it sounded like one, not that it actually was one. I know it NNN, but let's not be so desperate that we forget how to read.
@aeskww
3 жыл бұрын
@@alphaxtitania5597 it was a joke, they both were joking
@Delta-ef5uo
3 жыл бұрын
@@aeskww pretty sure that dojin does exist if you're brave enough to look for it.
I gotta say, this is one of your most clever builds thus far (I rank it up there with Ice Climbers), and I love it
*Pushes glasses up by the bridge* Akchewaly subtle spell means Light doesn't need somatic components to make motions so he doesn't need to write which makes it inaccurate to the source. Kidding(shoutout to the algorithm). Good build. I was surprised how well Light fit to a warlock. It felt pretty obvious
After one year, I finally subscribed by just Seeing Light
I’m going to recommend a character so I can help the algorithm Senator Armstrong
@darkdrgon2136
3 жыл бұрын
I'll get in on this, how about Ilyana Rasputin, Magick. More swordmages please :)
@reapermaster1233
3 жыл бұрын
Near and nico
@rararasputin8608
3 жыл бұрын
NANOMACHINES, SON!
@rararasputin8608
3 жыл бұрын
The mother of all omelettes, we can't fret over every egg.
@guiltytrinity6016
3 жыл бұрын
@@rararasputin8608 “Don’t fuck with this senator”
Since I knew that Light was a star student, I thought he was going to be an Order of Scribes Wizard (from the Unearthed Arcana), but since you were focusing more on his charisma, my next guess was going to be a College of Whispers Bard, never even considering the warlock (mainly because I'm a little iffy about playing warlocks since they only have four spell slots in total). But having him as a warlock makes a hell of a lot of sense with Ryuk as his patron. Also, we have our first warlock with a pact of the tome. I have a tortle warlock I want to make with an archfey patron and post of the tome, so I'm glad to know they get extra cantrips because those spells go quickly.
I wonder what you could do with a Sosuke Aizen(Bleach) build. It would cool to see.
I thought about stating light as a D&D character. I made him a fiend warlock because I felt they were more death-associated without being martial like the hexblade. I also made him an asimar because they get an invisible spirt guiding them like Ryuk, on top of all of the other thematic reasons.
Def expected him to be full mastermind rogue, and that the death note itself would just be a super op magic item
Never watched this show, not big into animu in general, but thanks to this I've seen the kana for "POTACHOP" more times than I care to count :P
I don't really have a good joke about Light being a half-orc, but I've never let that stop me before so let's go Pros: free intimidation and darkvision, better strength and a little extra con, relentless endurance lets you survive on your crazy low con. Plus half-orcs are hot. Cons: This build is all about mental stats, and half-orcs don't give you any boosts to that, and you lose out on a feat. Verdict: half-orcs are hot, play a half-orc Light
@OrangeyChocolate
3 жыл бұрын
This half-orc joke is not funny, please stop trying to force it.
One of my favorite builds in awhile
This is so much cooler than the typical eldritch blast warlock.
Big fan of that last joke. Thanks for the video!
"Taking a Big L" is the title of my Deathnote fanfic.
i realllly wanna see tulok do Janet from The Good Place. she can summon literally anything, teleport into her own pocket dimension, has access to every single piece of information to ever exist about anyone or anything, and in season 3 we see her in physical combat. i just wanna see how he'd interpret her.
"Don't be suspicious. Don't be suspicious!" Oh...It might be fun to make a build for the Among Us Impostor.
@phantafalconpunch
3 жыл бұрын
Changeling Assassin Rogue (So you can disguise yourself as the other crewmates and murder them when they least expect it)
@justforlawlsandtrolls
3 жыл бұрын
@@phantafalconpunch Naaah, assassin doesn't really fit the character, personally I needed to multiclass into warlock to gain the sabatoges and vents
@STORMB999
3 жыл бұрын
How about Swashbuckler Rogue 6/Shadow Sorcerer 14? Swashbucklers have the ability to always sneak attack if the target is within 5 feet. Shadow Sorcerers can cast Darkness with sorcery points and still see (sabotage lights), teleport 120feet as a bonus action in dim light/shadows (vent) and have enough spells to mimic other sabotages. You also don't die easily since imposters cannot be killed during the game and since you're a sorceror, you have high charisma for deception and persuasion. This pairs well with the rogue's expertise too.
Man, I love your videos and I'm from Brazil. I wrote this comment by google translator and I wanted to be able to understand what you say, so I wanted to ask you to subtitle your video in Portuguese if you can
I understand why you chose warlock though my first instinct would have been Divination Wizard. Divine Soul Sorcerer made a good deal of sense for multiclassing. Keep up the good work.
*Light Yagami* A variant human warlock (with levels in sorcerer) and seemingly a normal -- well, other than being a *genius* -- high school student, but in reality, he's a serial killer dubbed Kira by the guards of the city; he aims to be a god, killing criminals as well as anyone who could stand in his way.
@ale-xsantos1078
3 жыл бұрын
Funny thing is In D&D he might actually become a god with the amount of worshipping he would be getting
This video came up on my notifications feed I honestly thought. He was going to use the keen mind feet
Been waiting MONTHS for this one.
I would have suggested just going full Warlock and taking the Metamagic Adept feat for the metamagic options. From my understanding, you might not even need to do that with some of the things coming in Tasha's...basically swapping out components of the spell, so it's writing the name in the book.
I love pact of the tome, and I’m kicking myself for not thinking light’s build would have it.
Great videos! Have you ever thought about building Eddie Riggs from the Brutal Legend game?
that sponsor integration though.....so fluid
Hey hey hey hey hey.... He does not come as Conan does, sword in hand. He is not a thief, nor a reaver or a slayer. He lacks gigantic melancholies and gigantic mirth, undeserving to tread the jeweled thrones of the Earth under his sneaker wearing feet. But still, this is a fun build.
Silent image could also be paired with suggestion to make a harmful task seem non-harmful. Like, "hey, go walk over that totally real bridge"
Hey Tulok! First time commenter. I would love to see your take on Snake-Eyes or Storm Shadow from G.I. Joe. Love the channel, keep up the good work, man
Well this is well-timed, I'm currently mid-way through re-watching Death Note
Please do a build for Silver Samurai from Marvel Comics.
Tulok: Roll initiative Not Light PC: *rolls a 2* Tulok: You're taking a big L Not Light PC: Don't threaten me with a good time. Tulok: The shadow dancers will go first in the initiative order
12:26 I'm now officially only referring to Detect Evil and Good as Detect EGG
Honestly was expecting order of scribes wizard but this is a pleasant surprise
>See a new Tulok build in my notifications. It's Light Yagami. >CALIGRAPHY
"I don't know what a Shinmagami is" That's probably because its pronounced Shinigami
Now Ryuk. I need it.
Take a drink of water every time he says Shin Megami, stay hydrated.
A lot of your videos are great & good builds too with the 5e. Still waiting on a Assassin's Creed character build. Maybe Ezio, Altair, Connor or even Edward!
First up, love the vid and this works VERY well. However, I'm going to echo a question below. If you want to, could I ask why the School of Onomancy wizard didn't end up being the solution for this one? Curious about the thought process here and I love when you explain why you didn't choose certain options in the end.
i liked the subtle SMT reference
I'm now imagining Light Yagami as Santa Claus.
IT EXISTS 😂 YESSSS. i literally had this as a nickname in highschool bc of my.. moral standing on crime.. i was watching dnd and the dude talked about the 100 sided dice then did a joke about waiting so long he could watch death note and the question instantly popped up in my brain of such a video existed and here i am
2:44 - You can switch the skills around for Clan Crafter or City Watch. City Watch is the most in character, in this case
I think you could do another build of a kid that wields a notebook of ultimate power; Maxwell from Scribblenauts
> create Bard. Race doesnt matter. > reach 14th level, with Knowledge College > learn Contingency, Reincarnation, Magnificent Mansion and maybe Death Ward as you have Arcane Secrets > Continge Reincarnation on "your death" condition. Remember your race doesnt matter? Thats because it changes sometimes > Dont forget to brake the rules as Contingency only works with spells of "1 action" casting duration and Reincarnation needs to be casted for 1 hour > cast Magnificent Mansion on a wall of some medium vehicle, maybe an aerostat > you almost know how to build Doctor Who in D&D5e, the last thing you need is to multiclass into Artificer Artillerist 6 and get Evasive feat, so you can Run when necessary and cast both with Sonic instruments and Screwdiver.
A way to fix Light's range could be picking Summon Greater Demon at level 4. You can store it inside a Ring of Spell Storing and put the ring inside a random notebook or simply wear it while writing the names. By level 20 you should be able to summon multiple demons(preference being ones with invisibility) and then all you have to do is order them to kill the people whose names are written in the book by replicating the cause of death. If you fail a roll you can still charm the demon with one of the many charisma spells of this build and if the demon is already too far away you can just claim that Kira sent it to punish his enemies.
Love what you do dude! Do you think you can do How to Play Snake Eyes in DND!
"I wouldn't know, I went to a fake school. The debt was real though... please join the patreon" 🤣
Oh man, I want both!
Could you do Harry Dresden from the Dresden Files?
There’s an invocation that is the opposite of the death note, it’ll save a creatures life if they write their own name in the book
While watching, I’m going to take a potato chip. And EAT IT! There that will appease the Algorithm
Remember: Saying that you take a potato chip and eat it is technically a Deception roll, not Intimidation.
I WAS JUST THINKING I WANTED NEAR ON THIS
Heck yeah Light!
Calligraphy is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural
Man, this build is really all that and a bag of chips
Nice build
I didn't see this coming, nice work, Tulok. Makes me wonder how you would build L.
@thecharmer5981
3 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure it would just be an inquisitor rouge
@ethanvincent1447
3 жыл бұрын
@@thecharmer5981 I don't know, these things are never that simple.
Prediction before watching: Straight up 20 levels of Warlock for Pact of the Tome and Power Word Kill. Not sure what Patron Ryuk would count as, so I’ll just guess Undying because of its death-based themes?
@loganrenfrow2544
3 жыл бұрын
Fairly close actually
Great build great banter s rank episode
So ... I would prefer L, but they basically have the same stats. and different allignment. Ok maybe L is more Intelligent and Light have more Charisma, but for the rest they are similar.
Did you have SMT on the brain? It's shinegami, shi-ne-ga-mi. One word, and only one M.
100% agree with all this.