Hunters mark says it adds "an extra 1d6 damage" meaning it is extra damage to the weapon, hence it also counts as bite damage RAW

Watching this, I imagined how powerful the dhampirs bite were if it would qualify for Sneak Attack. Imagine a Rogue casually healing for several additional d6 on top of Rogues defensive abilities like evasion.

@jugglejunk

2 жыл бұрын

I think if you fenagle with the rules a bit you could make the bite part of a ranged rogues attack. To my knowledge: there are no rules that say that you can't pull out your fangs and or put them back in, I've not found any rules that say that you can't substitute 1 type of ammunition for another type of ammunition, so with 3 lvls of eldritch knight fighter you can weapon bond your fangs and call them back as a bonus action and, fighter also gives proficiency with the blowgun (which is ranged and can trigger sneak attack). As for what subclass?, THEMATICALLY Phantom of course (although the amount that you would heal wouldn't be more than with a normal rogue), other options could be Arcane Trickster (all the spell combo's you want) or Assassin (if you do get surprise that would be a lot of healing and well if your DM allows the fenagling he might also give you some of those surprise rounds). You may have to take Tavern brawler to convince your DM perhaps. How would I flavor it?, granny (phantom rogue and ''former adventurer'' escaped her care facility again, loses her teeth regularly and starts beating people up with her cane (disguised blowgun and rapier) if things aren't going her way. XD

@expositionisunnecessary4651

2 жыл бұрын

Swords bard

@sha2143

2 жыл бұрын

I would imagine alot of DM's would be willing to allow that, but can never be certain.

@l3iteme

2 жыл бұрын

My dm actually allowed my friend to have his teeth have the finesse property so he could apply rogue sneak attack his build so far is 6 levels in barbarian (way of the beast to morph his bite from a d4 to a d8 and count as a magical weapon) the rest rogue for sneak attack and evasion

@stevenyoung9738

2 жыл бұрын

@@jugglejunk no way any dm allows that. The fang isnt even connected to you, how do you benefit from it. It doesnt work with sneak attack on purpose because it would be unbalanced anyhow

Love playing Dhampir but I find the spider climb more fun than the bite. I had a Dhampir shadow monk 6 / beast barbarian 3 and my favorite thing to do was drop down from the ceiling, do my 3 attacks (claws and unarmed), then shadow step back up. With all the monk mobility and darkness, it was the epitome of playing a bloodthirsty vampire.

Whenever he says "welcome home" I get all warm and fuzzy inside and I actually feel welcomed

@DnDDeepDive

2 жыл бұрын

Hurray!

I just used your nova blade singer build in a one shot curse of strad campaign. He vampire charmed me. And I one shot one my team member in my nova round and then downed another party member.

@blackbob614

2 жыл бұрын

I dealt 129 damage on my nova round at level 10. And then over two rounds dealt 87 damage to a different party member . Thank you for making my character strads new favorite servant. I felt like a god. I 1v3 my party and won while strad kinda just chilled and counter spelled anything that would have hit me.

@DnDDeepDive

2 жыл бұрын

@@blackbob614 HA HA HA HA! I can't tell you how much this made me laugh! :). I hope you and your friends aren't too salty, but this is the awesomest thing I've heard all day. Please apologize to your teammate for me ;).

@blackbob614

2 жыл бұрын

Oh I got it on video to

@blackbob614

2 жыл бұрын

@@DnDDeepDive lol my friend was like you better one shot me bro. you better one shot me! And I just casually said don’t worry I will.

@DnDDeepDive

2 жыл бұрын

@@blackbob614 Could I read this out loud in a short? I am still laughing

While it doesn't factor in the healing ability, I am quite fond of Zephyr Strike for thematic purpose. The immunity against opportunity attacks and occasional short burst of movement are great to represent the supernatural speed. It's also nice whenever you need to switch target for your taunt/grapple (not recommended to change target, but you're here to defend the real dpr anyway). Also, picturing an armored predator dragging its grappled prey over 35 feet is both terrifying and hilarious.

The real reason to take Hunter is to hit multiple creatures with one bite attack at lvl 11 thanks to whirlwind attack

@Lilidra

2 жыл бұрын

Doesn't it specify an attack roll for each creature and melee *attacks*.

@markuslang6215

2 жыл бұрын

@@Lilidra it specifies that you roll seperate attack rolls to hit, but it also specifies that it is a single attack.

@stevenyoung9738

Жыл бұрын

so because how english works it means this: you can make any number of melee attacks against any number of creatures within 5 feet of you, limited to one per creature. this is more clear but its also less readable.

@Razdasoldier

Жыл бұрын

@@stevenyoung9738 this is wrong. Multiattack (Whirlwind and volley) have the magic missile wording. It is 1 attack that targets multiple people. Since each target has a different ac you have to hit them all separate.

@stevenyoung9738

Жыл бұрын

@@Razdasoldier Whirlwind Attack. You can use your action to make a melee attack against any number of creatures within 5 feet of you, with a separate attack roll for each target. With English laws making attacks equal to the number of targets is still conveyed. Magic missile also specifies that each instance of damage is different, a spell isn't an attack so idk why you would even bring it up.

Skill Expert for +1 con and expertise in athletics and Aberrant Dragonmark +1 con and a ranged attack cantrip that uses con and a single use Shield/Abs Elements are con feats that comes to mind when starting with 17 Con at 11:16

@DnDDeepDive

2 жыл бұрын

Good options, for sure. Unfortunately, we wouldn't have been able to meet our Wis/Dex requirements for multiclassing then if we also wanted a 16 Str and a 17 Con. And tbh, my biggest regret with this build is how relatively low our Str stayed until the very end, and even then only getting to 18. With both our grapple *and* our Goading attack dependent on a good Str score, it would really hurt to have to sacrifice it to have a Con based feat, though there are some decent ones.

@ExeErdna

2 жыл бұрын

Personally I could go with Durable since when you max your Con out it basically gives you a free heal of 10 even if you bite with a damage of 1. Also Piercer helps out said low rolls and help with crits. If you want to "eat" those you fight basically

@evans178

2 жыл бұрын

@@ExeErdna think Durable only give you extra healing on Hit Point Dice expending

@quendi5557

2 жыл бұрын

@@evans178 yup, it's only when rolling hit dice.

@Mr_Maiq_The_Liar

2 жыл бұрын

@@DnDDeepDive then again, expertise athletics improves grappling and strength skills far more than an 18 strength

"Know your enemy" is surprisingly easy to trigger. Any time you talk with someone you're gonna fight, or get the big bad monologing, or anything like that, chances are 1 minute is gonna pass. I found myself pulling it off consistently, especially if at least one person in your party is the type of character to stall by talking before a fight.

@Puffinbar

2 жыл бұрын

My party spent an hour or so hunting a dragon to kill it and our battlemaster got so much information, felt really good to be that prepared for the fight.

I'd go Swarmkeeper over Hunter because not only can you do extra damage (that works with Piercer and fangs) but you can alternatively use the swarm to avoid AoO by moving yourself or your enemy. And of course flavoring it as a swarm of bats is super thematic and cool! And at 7th level, you can fly!

@ragnaroknroll4803

2 жыл бұрын

Oh man I -love- this idea thematically.

@vernonhampton5863

2 жыл бұрын

I like this. But I imagine mosquitoes 🦟 instead of bats

@finalfantasy50

2 жыл бұрын

swarmhunter gathering swarm applies AFTER the attack so it wouldnt add to the bite for damage and healing and wouldnt be able to crit either

@joshuawoodfolk8202

2 жыл бұрын

@@finalfantasy50 yeah, thematically cool, but it's implying PC biting and then their bats biting afterwards. It's not really making the bite itself any stronger

@Razdasoldier

Жыл бұрын

Hunter is insane because the multiattack counts as only 1 attack according to the rules.

Personally, I’d opt for Rune Knight! w/ Giant’s Might you’d get a damage bonus every turn, extra area of attack & adv on grapple checks, not to mention bps resistance with Hill Rune!

@DnDDeepDive

2 жыл бұрын

It's a strong option.

I was waiting the whole episode for you to mention the fun of combining grapple with spider climb. Grab an opponent, drag them up a wall, then suck their blood. Thematic, creepy, and if they break free, fall damage. So much to love!

@DnDDeepDive

2 жыл бұрын

It's 100% awesome if you can pull it off, no question! The challenge, of course, is only having 20 feet of movespeed while dragging a grappled target, but if you're close enough to that wall, would be a ton of fun.

@nyteraven

2 жыл бұрын

@@DnDDeepDive Would the Ranger's Landstride work for walking on walls and ceilings? I imagine it wouldn't come up often, but I could see if you managed to pull this trick off a few times having your DM start going "The walls are slimy and hard to walk on..."

@DnDDeepDive

2 жыл бұрын

@@nyteraven I would think so

@johngarvey4448

2 жыл бұрын

add thorn whip cantrip and fling enemies up 10 towards you.

“No half-feat that gives us a Constitution bump.” Chef feat: Am I a joke to you? But seriously, a Dhampir who is a really picky gourmand could be fun RP

@ovbrook3057

2 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of Hannibal Lecter almost. "I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti"

@grendl74

2 жыл бұрын

TREATS

@DnDDeepDive

2 жыл бұрын

love it

@DnDDeepDive

2 жыл бұрын

@@grendl74 LOL! And also... EW!

@bobbyLNZ

2 жыл бұрын

I had this same build idea watching this lol

The Dhampir synergizes extremely well with the Order of the Lycan Blood Hunter. Lots of speed boosts plus the inherent wall walking, blood hunter makes good use of skills and dhampir gives 2 bonus skills, and most importantly the dhampir bite helps mitigate the Lycan’s biggest weakness- the bloodlust effect. Because you’re compelled to attack the nearest target, you can choose to use your dhampir bite for that attack; that way if you do end up attacking a party member you aren’t exactly dealing damage to the party so much as you’re redistributing hit points.

@greygramarye7872

2 жыл бұрын

Oh and depending on how your DM rules it, the Lycan gets advantage to strength checks making you a good grappler.. so can you drag enemies up a wall and drop them?

@jugglejunk

Жыл бұрын

When going Dhampir bloodhunter I quite like going with (at least 3lvls of) Profane souls the undying. Yes the rest that it gets is complete and utter garbage, but getting hp back equal to your hemocraft die aint bad. Since at lvl 7 (urgh) you get your 2nd slot, you could than go sorcerer for the rest of the build. Both the lvl 3 and lvl 7 abilities don't interfere with your Dhampir bite.

@jean-pierreoelofse792

2 ай бұрын

Redistributing hit points!😂😂😂😂my favourite comment in this section.

Havnt commented in awhile, its inspiring to see how far youve come so quickly doing what we all love!

The Dhampir Tank - D&D: Optimized #64 Level 1:(see above) [fighter 1, fighting-style & race] Level 2:(see above) [fighter 2] Level 3:(@13:22) [fighter 3 & subclass] Level 4:(@19:57) [fighter 4 & ASI] Level 5:(@22:04) [fighter 5] Level 6:(@22:32) [fighter 6 & ASI] Level 7:(see above) [ranger 1] Level 8:(@30:38) [ranger 2 & fighting-style] Level 9:(@35:20) [ranger 3 & subclass] Level 10:(see above) [ranger 4 & ASI] Level 11:(@39:42) [fighter 7] Level 12:(@41:43) [fighter 8 & ASI] Level 13:(@42:30) [fighter 9] Level 14:(see above) [ranger 5] Level 15:(@47:00) [ranger 6] Level 16:(@47:30) [ranger 7] Level 17:(@48:52) [ranger 8 & ASI]

@Ouch193

4 ай бұрын

Thx

I JUST built this guy! I used Rune Knight because I wasn't going for pure tank. Also splashed rogue 2 and barbarian 1 to get Unarmored Defense and Cunning Action. More of a hit and run version of this build. I also looked at magic items, and the Blood Fury tattoo is amazing for high level play. It's Legendary, so definitely talk to your GM and don't expect it until mid teen levels, but it's so perfect for this character.

I think you can make a bite crit a statistically significant occurance. With an expertise grapple you can assume a grappled state, with followup shove-prone bonus action (with shield expert), and then your final extra attack (advantaged bite). You might consider shield expert instead of piercer for this reason, it gives you an evasion dex save and a bonus action which you can use to get that followup shove prone.

Love seeing the growth of the channel. Keep it up! Your videos are awesome!!

I swear, I was expecting a "Pun Intended" at 7:57 when you said "Right off the bat." 🦇

@DnDDeepDive

Жыл бұрын

ha ha - missed opportunity!

a dhampir plasmoid that grapples could be really flavorful and fun, sure you would lose almost all of the stuff from plasmoid, but you could flavor it like you were a gelatnious cube.

Seeing your notifications after I clock out of work is always a big pleasure, you keep me company during my commute. Big love from italy

@DnDDeepDive

2 жыл бұрын

Ciao!

Just got through the intro. Absolutely love that you're doing a War Vampire. Such a cool take on it

I would love to see Colby do a self-healing tank build with the warlock's pact of the chain and: GIFT OF THE EVER-LIVING ONES Prerequisite: Pact of the Chain feature Whenever you regain hit points while your familiar is within 100 feet of you, treat any dice rolled to determine the hit points you regain as having rolled their maximum value for you. This has the potential to be optimized so much.

@Trial88

2 жыл бұрын

Celestial warlock seems like the best option to me. Mostly because it’s spell free healing and bonus action. Can be combined with rage if you’d like. Just depends on what else you’d want to do with that build. Emerald Dragonborn and bear totem for resistance to every damage type maybe?

Fun little quirk of the Dhampir is that if you replace your race with it, you keep flying speeds. I’d just talk to your dm and ask to get a flying speed to simplify things (it’s overpowered, but it’s worth an ask). Then you could fly your opponent up into the sky while grappling to drop them. This deals a few d6 of damage, might force them prone, and then you can attack at advantage.

As for the whole "magic weapon spell targets a weapon" as mentioned earlier in the video, Dhampir fangs count as a simple melee weapon, so the magic weapon spell can be applied to them, same as the Holy Weapon spell which is a very comical image.

@bootybuh

2 жыл бұрын

Nope, the feature says "fanged bite" which is a verb, which cannot be "touched" - so magic weapon (and holy weapon) with super strict RAW does not work. If they had just said "fangs" it would be inline with other natural weapons like Leonid Claws, but they did it weird and messed it up.

@LeonJagerWulf

2 жыл бұрын

@@bootybuh That is the flimsiest argument for not allowing someone to do something cool I've ever heard. Saying a vampire/dhampir isn't able to touch their own teeth in their mouth because the opening sentence of the ability is describing it in a manner that makes it clear that it is specifically with your fangs is just pedantic. If you were trying to argue that someone couldn't use Booming Blade or GFB on the fangs I would agree as they aren't worth 1sp, HOWEVER, the very next line states they are a simple melee weapon and therefor can be affected by spells such as magic weapon/holy weapon/elemental weapon and abilities such as Dedicated Weapon and Path of the Kensei as well as the Hunter ranger's multi-attack (so long as you have enough uses of it for each target).

@Cynndora

2 жыл бұрын

@@bootybuh "Your fanged bite is a natural weapon, which counts as a simple melee weapon with which you are proficient."

@bootybuh

2 жыл бұрын

@@LeonJagerWulf You missed my point. The feature does not say the fangs, mouth or teeth are the weapon. It says the 'fanged bite' - which is a verb - is the weapon. You cannot "touch" a bite. (Just as you can't touch a 'jump') It certainly is pedantic, and I'm not suggesting everyone should enforce this rule for their table. I'm simply pointing out another oddity due to how the rules are written. If the rules were written consistently, this feature would not have been written this way, but it is. RAW : The action counts as the simple melee weapon, not the associated body part, so you cannot target it with those spells.

@bootybuh

2 жыл бұрын

@@Cynndora Yes, the "fanged bite" not "fangs" "mouth" or "teeth" - the action of biting using your fangs. You cannot target the action itself, and because they wrote this rule weirdly (compare against Leonid Claws,) by strict RAW it cannot work with magic weapon.

Ive been wracking my brain the past few days on how to build a character with a "healing factor", something like this. What I've came up with is: Dhampir -for the bite Witherbloom background -for wither and bloom (and theme) Long Death Monk -bite damage is a d6, touch of death, extra attack, piercer feat From 6th level on, I'm a bit stuck. I'm between Druid and Warlock. Spores Druid seems thematically in line, plus Symbiotic Entity bumps bite damage, but not healing but gives temp hp. Aside from that, wildshaping into a wolf, bat, giant spider and so on, fits my idea of a vampire. Warlock on the other hand, offers Hexblade's Curse -bonus to damage and healing by extention, plus expanded crit range, and more healing if the target dies. And spells that are both helpful and thematic like shield and vampiric touch.

Colby's voice is so calm and decorous that I feel like putting his videos on just before bed isn't inappropriate ... Ment in the nicest way of course. 🙂

Dude you're killing it. Really like your channel

I just found this channel and I love the videos. I’ve almost finished all of your optimising build videos

@DnDDeepDive

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks and welcome!

This is now my favorite build of yours. Would love to see that max damage vamp build too sometime down the line.

BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD, and by the Blood God I MEAN ME

Love the music. Very thematic and I am super pumped for the build

@michaeledwards2052

2 жыл бұрын

I actually laughed out loud when I first heard the music!

My wife and I are reading Dracula together and this build is a dream character for me now haha

Also, "empowering" the bite comes AFTER the attack role, so you could save it for crits for maximum effectiveness!

Love it. It's timely for Halloween and makes me feel sooo much better about my own builds. My first character was a similar build. An Adventure League Dhampir fighter barbarian. My own solution to ranking was trip attack. I was thinking about Ranger but being new didn't realize Dhampir wasn't AL legal and had to scrap it. And fog? 🤯 Genius 🥳

When an optimizer makes a sub optimal class for class for optimal fun and flavor! Really knocked this on out of the park and this is one of the first times I've been sold on a theoretical idea of a class by level 2, normally we kinda need to see like 6-11 to Really do what you want but this is fun from level 1 😁 your doing great!

@DnDDeepDive

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed :)

I play a shadow monk Dhampir, and i love teleporting from darkness on the ceiling, i find you can usually convince your DM to make them do a perception check to spot you, so if have have good stealth its great, plus it is just thematically AMAZING!!

Very nice! I have seen some approaches on centering builds around Vampiric Touch, which hard to really make work. But this is far better!

@DnDDeepDive

2 жыл бұрын

I considered trying to find a way to add Vampiric touch, but needing a high spell ability to hit made it really really MAD. Decided to just lean into the bite :).

Had another player go dhampir wizard in a recent tomb of annihilation campaign. During the Acererak fight he’d spend each turn biting an ally for the ability check bonus. Combined with the bard’s bardic inspiration he was able to counterspell nearly everything Acererak had. It definitely helped that the barbarian had him grappled prone lol.

The auto captions render goading as "goating," which makes for the great line of "empowered goating bite attack" in this episode -- another great episode!

@DnDDeepDive

2 жыл бұрын

Ha! Thanks :)

This is my favorite build yet!

@DnDDeepDive

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

Excellent video! I was honestly expecting a dhampir conquest paladin build though.

Resilient Feat in Dex will help you with Fireballs. Also if you read D&D lore Silver is one of the best metals for conducting magic. Coat your teeth with Silver magic sigils & you'll get your magic teeth & +1+2+3. Dhampir Undead Warlock. I'm playing this build right now. Instead of focusing on piercing damage I focus on Necrotic damage. 1) At level 14 you heal for 1/2 of all Necrotic damage dealt & 100% of all piercing. This build doesn't do a lot of damage & it doesn't heal a lot. However, this build is durable. Between the temporary HP & the heal from all of your attacks you're very hard to kill. 2) Pact of the blade gives you a magic weapon, +1, +2 magic weapon options, & x2 attacks with Invocations. 3) At level 12 you add your Cha to all attacks. 4) Get expertise in the History skill & use your bite bonus to gain untold knowledge from anyone you bite. Bite target -> gain knowledge (History) on your enemies -> use the knowledge gained to progress the campaign.

Fun fact for people who haven’t thought about it. The bite can count as a monk weapon. So you can scale the bite like other monk weapons. Don’t need to kensei for it. Added that in because I seen he mentioned it in the video lol.

@DnDDeepDive

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed - Kensei would only be required to get that weapon to be magical.

Oh nice, I recently made a vampire themed subclass for the Blood Hunter and this grapple + bite strategy will be very nice to use!

Love the concept!

Been looking forward to a Dhampir build!

I just wanted to say thank you as I actually go to use this video of yours for character inspiration. Fresh DM who loves a bit of homebrew and let me start with an Insignia of Claws (fangs) that lets my bite count as radiant dmg

I played this build during a one shot at level 8 with a beast barbarian dip instead of Ranger, using the claws as my main weapon rather than the bite, which I used more situationally. I got to grappling strike one guy with my claws, drag him up a 60 ft high wall using a special rule we had in place for movement, with him kicking and screaming the whole way, before biting to recover what little damage he scratched me with and then dropping him to his death, it was awesome.

This was fun and very thematic. I hadn't realized the Dhampir used Con to hit and damage on their bite. Although it wouldn't add healing damage, coating your teeth with poison as a bonus action could be a lot of fun if you took the Poisoner feat.

@jamesbaker2092

2 жыл бұрын

Do not put poison in your mouth, that is a bad idea

@jugglejunk

Жыл бұрын

@@jamesbaker2092 There are items and classes that make you immune to poison.

@jamesbaker2092

Жыл бұрын

@@jugglejunk Magic items maybe, but I can't think of a single subclass

@jugglejunk

Жыл бұрын

@@jamesbaker2092 Monks become immune at lvl 10. Of course getting a periapt proof of poison (non-attunement item) doesn't require you gimp your character just for the sake of using a gimmick. It's unfortunate that resistances and immunities don't transfer if/when you get turned into a dhampir otherwise Grung would be another option.

Oh wow! Awesome build. Love the idea of the sealf healing bite! When I heard Constitution score at 20 I immediately thought two things: the ultimately SAD character that uses one stat for attacks and survivability and, tied to that; the Eco night: of course this would not be for a taking character, but combining this with the gloomstalker option from the ranger as well... a lot of enemies would be missing some chunks in that nova first round of combat. With a con +5 you could make 5 attack from your shadow. And then some more with the gloomstalker surprice round... would totally keep blind fighting + fog combo and consider falh feats like piercer and crusher if we get the unharmed fighting style as well.

Fully expected Swarmkeeper with bats, but Hunter fits very well. Also, Randall killed the art this week, jeeeeez.

So I hadn't looked into dhampir much before. When you first started describing it I actually immediately thought grave domain cleric. First level fighter, three levels of grave domain so that you can pick up path to the grave and spirit guardians. I would also work in war caster so now our stacked constitution means we do not lose concentration on Spirit guardians, bonus that guardians damage does not work off our proficiency bonus, pretty much ever. We are a face tanking cleric that acts as an area denial and once we have the extra attack feature we can run up to that big bad take some heavy damage while maintaining spirit guardians then drop a path to the grave and empowered bite to double that bite healing with the additional advantage of being able to cure wounds ourself if needed. If we push cleric to level 5 we can get vampiric touch and we probably won't lose concentration on it thanks to war caster and deal some brutal 3d6 damage healing half. Additionally the DM pretty much is not allowed to crit on anyone which I feel like is at least as valuable as preventing a hit. My idea probably does not protect my friends quite as well but I think may be a bit harder to take down while also providing healing and come on a dhampir that worships death. Soooo meta!

@Trial88

2 жыл бұрын

Spirit guardians requires five levels in cleric, but I do like that a lot actually. Two levels in fighter for action surge that way you can path to the grave and attack on the same turn. Sounds like a fun npc to me

@dynestis2875

2 ай бұрын

How tf is 3d6 single target damage at 5th level considered brutal? The wizard is now slinging fireballs around.

I theory crafted a Dhamphir Order of the lycan Bloodhunter. A Lycan on the ceiling just seemed to good to pass up.

I personally thought a Dhampir Barbarian would be awesome! It makes sense! There no walls or city guards to protect you out in the wilds!

Too sick to go to chemistry class, not too sick for the latest episode of D&D:O.

Shoot! Ive been waiting for this one for what feels like ages! :)

Kensei Monk Teeth are simple weapons that can be used with Deft Strike. They are also count as monk weapons, so scale with Martial Arts. At level 17 as a Kensei Monk (1st ASI +2 Dex | 2nd ASI Piercer | 3rd ASI Fey Touched (Wisdom) | 4th ASI +2 Widom) Round 1: Bonus Action: Hunters Mark (Fet Touched), + Attack: 1d10+5+1d6 + Extra Attack: 1d10+5+1d6 Round 2: Attack: 1D10+5 + Deft Strike (1D10) + Hunters Mark (1D6) average of 19-20 (19.5, technically) piercing damage (all of which is piercing that you can heal), Extra Attack: 1d10+5 + 1D6, Bonus Action: 1d10+5 + 1d6 + 1d10+5 + 1d6 Then take 3 levels of Fighter (Battle Master for maneuvers or Champion to start crit fishing which combines well with Piercer) Or 3 levels of Ranger (Hunter for Colossus Slayer or Gloom Stalker for Dread Ambusher) In terms of when to take what classes, if going Fighter - start with it to get the extra starting HP, then go Monk 6 to get extra attack and Deft Strike then decide depending on how quickly you want to scale your Martial Arts. If going Ranger, I would probably go Monk to 6 then decide depending on the value of the extra D8 and spell slots (more Hunters Marks etc). If you take Ranger or Fighter, that Round 2 now looks like: Attack: 1D10+5 + 1d10 (DS) + 1D6 (HM) + 1D8 (CS or DA) for an average of 24 damage that you can heal. Extra Attack: 1D10+5 + 1D6 (HM) Bonus Action: FoB 1D10+5 + 1D6 (HM) + 1D10+5 + 1D6 (HM) Average Round damage of 66 (not factoring conditions from BM maneuvers, stunning strike or crits). If you took Fighter, you could Action Surge for an additional 24-25 (24.5) damage, bringing your damage for the round up to 90-91 (90.5). If you managed to land a Struning Strike in there, you get ADV on your attacks. If you took Champion, you crit on a 19 or a 20. Meaning you have a 19% chance to crit and bring piercer into play (as well as double down your Martial Arts, Deft Strike, Hunters Mark). I would probably pick up the Superior Technique fighting style, so you also have a D8 maneuver you can use. Meaning IF you land a stunning strike on your first attack, the remaining 3 attacks have a 19% chance to Crit (more or less a 1 in 5 chance). So potentially your damage output looks like Attack: 1D10+5 (stunning Strike) + 1D6 Extra Attack or Bonus Action FoB: 1D10+5+1D10(crit)+1D10(piercer) + 1D10(DS)+1D10(crit) + 1D6(HM)+1D6(crit) + 1D8(maneuver)+1D8(crit) for an average of 48-49 (48.5) damage that you can heal... which is pretty nutty.

so I had this idea rattking in my brain, a weapon Master build that utilizes the pact of the blade feature without being a Hexblade, I imagined her as a Kalshtar that would morph between the numerous Warrior souls in her(utilizing the invocation mask of many faces) , each weapon+ magic would be asscoiated with a certain soul. Most of the weapons luckily utilize strangth aside from ranged.

@DnDDeepDive

2 жыл бұрын

cool concept!

Tavern Brawler gives you that Con boost but also fits thematically since you can flavor your unarmed strikes as claws

Nice love the video keep up the good work this build is pretty good

Colby and I seem to be on similar pages, like half your videos in the last month have been similar to what I've been building xD I'm looking forward to what you have to do with Fizbans You can make your bite a magic weapon, with an Artificer, Bladelock invocation, or Forge cleric dip. Love me some hextech dentures.

@DnDDeepDive

2 жыл бұрын

Great minds!

Havent watched to even see the concept yet but last night i was trying to figure out the bite a bit. So I was able to get the bite to average 26.5 damage with only one thing needing a “talk to your dm” its still 24.5 if not War cleric 14, gloom stalker 6. Take hunters mark and the unarmed fighting style from a feat. In the first round of combat your bite can deal 4d8+1d6+5 Another option, though way stupider is battle master 3 /scribe wizard 17. Unarmed fighting, any maneuver, and transmute your spirit shroud to piercing damage from ice knife. Bite deals 6d8+5 for 32 average damage. Also you get action surge while being a full caster so thats cool

This was so fun and so badass. Nice job Colby!👏👏 😏 Going to use this build for a badass NPC in my homebrew if I ever get to DM it. Actually I also added your Leonin control freak as well. The backstory I thought up for this build just fit in so perfectly with 1 of the subplots I have in mind! 👍😁

@DnDDeepDive

2 жыл бұрын

My apologies to your future players!

@greypilgrim9967

2 жыл бұрын

@@DnDDeepDive 🤣 well if it makes you feel less guilty, the "control freak" would actually have a high likelihood of becoming an ally (becoming the Archmage for a friendly sovereign) assuming they succeed at the task at hand 😏😁 The Dhampir would definitely be an enemy though haha

@DnDDeepDive

2 жыл бұрын

@@greypilgrim9967 That *does* make me feel better :).

while not the same I love the concept of a dhampir that smites through their fangs. while you can't regain hp from the smite damage a dhampir paladin fighting against the undead seems so thematic to me vengeance also fits and gives you hunters mark for added piercing damage to your bite

If you have an Artificer in the group, you can have them make you Howling Wolf item to make sure you have the sound effect!

Coming back to this just after the wonders multiverse the multiverse. The baleful scion on strike of the Giants (hill giant does weapon damage) both complement the Dampier‘s bite and add to the healing.

You could say it is *spooky* how good this build is at shrugging off damage.

@DnDDeepDive

2 жыл бұрын

lol

If you wanted to get another martial arts dice, you can take martial adept feat to gain +1 superiority die and 2 extra options for maneuvers

Ha this is great I'm playing a character right now that's soo similar I just went the route of using crossbows at range bite when I cant get out of melee and having a Dex/Con build. Piercer feat is a big one for that since it buffs piercing which is my damage for both. Extra damage from giants might (rune knight fighter). and of course favored foe from ranger. for context: Race: Dhampir of course lvl 4 fighter Rune Knight (really want to get multiattack but the stuff I wanted from ranger was more important) lvl 1 ranger (plan to get a few more levels in this)

Colby! You should team up with Tulok the Barbarian and optimize on of his homebrew subclasses!! My vote is for Wire Weaver Artificer!

An easy workaround for the magic bite... Grillz, you have waxes and plaster for the molding of the teeth/fangs and blacksmiths and jewelers can easily pour molten soft metals. And ta-da Grillz.

@andyspillum3588

7 ай бұрын

The Second I unpaused the video you mentioned it. Awesome. I feel like a dumbass

@DnDDeepDive

7 ай бұрын

ha ha!@@andyspillum3588

Watching how roles change over the years makes me feel old. These days a tank is basically a masochistic meat shield. Very durable, calls all the damage to itself. When I first started playing, creatures targeted the 'tank' for an entirely different yet valid reason. The desire to survive. Much like actual tanks in the military, the old Tank character was durable as hell but always featured one ridiculously hard-hitting attack. DPS wasn't the order of the day but rather the ability to shrug off mobs and wade into melee to utterly wallop something. Also, in older rule sets 'taunting' was typically achieved via a social check, typically persuasion, bluff or intimidation to demoralize or provoke your enemies. At my own table this sort of play is highly encouraged, as it facilitates RP.

Nice! Just in time for Halloween!

I wrote a Dhampir Swarmkeeper who's entire build was purely trying to replicate the Vampire monster. Swarm of Bats is totally rad imo.

My dhampir is a path of the beast barbarian. Starting with Tavern Brawler. Second feat is Magic Initiate for spell attacks. Shocking Grasp, Chill Touch for ranged, and Chromatic Orb for versatility.

Very fun build - and pretty unique! The concept of it seems like a ton of fun, and one that I'm definitely considering in a way I wasn't before. It's a fun challenge to see what can be done with that bite attack One option I'm surprised you didn't consider is going Barbarian, though - a 1-3 level dip could come in very handy in a lot of ways. While 21 base AC at the end is very nice in heavy armor, maxing out CON first means that you're not going to be that far behind even with unarmored defense (with a switch from 16 STR to 16 DEX starting), you'd get a base AC of 20 - and could bump it up further. It'd be a more situational rage than most builds (since you'd be losing out on Hunter's Mark and Absorb Elements when used), but I think the damage reduction could be very much worth it - especially if a DM would allow you to use Favored Foe while raging (which I know is iffy rules wise, but something I'd allow personally). And obviously the rage could come in handy with getting advantage on grappling checks, counteracting the slightly lower STR score. I mention it because to me, it seems like a lot of the levels post fighter 6/ranger 3 don't bring *that* much - they help, certainly, but I don't know if they'd bring as much as incorporating barbarian into the build. The swords bard alternative could be interesting as well - though you'd need to lose out a good bit on STR to get the CHA score needed for multi-classing, picking up 5 levels in bard after lvl 9 would be pretty tempting. 3 uses of blade flourish per short rest seems like it'd help with survivability a good bit (using it on empowered bites obviously, and with the AC boost). And with that, if going for a full "how far can we push it", a level in hexblade could help too - hexblade's curse would add dmg to the weapon attacks (healing more), crit more, and you'd gain the shield spell (which I would personally theme as temporarily phasing into a misty form). All told, I think Fighter 6/Ranger 3/Bard 5/Warlock 1 seems like it could be a challenge to the current version - with 2 levels to round out where it best fits. (I'd probably do Ranger 4 for a feat, and Warlock 2 for invocations - mask of many faces and devil's sight both feel pretty thematic for a vampire character)

@jugglejunk

2 жыл бұрын

I agree, although 3 in warlock to get the max healing invocation from chain pact would also be thematic and mechanically sound for the build.

@mattgopack7395

2 жыл бұрын

@@jugglejunk If your DM allows that, Gift of the Ever Living Ones would certainly be nice. But it's notable that RAW, it does not work unfortunately :( (The reason given being that 'dice rolled for dmg -> dmg dealt = amount healed' and 'dice rolled for healing' are mechanically different - according to Crawford).

@jugglejunk

2 жыл бұрын

@@mattgopack7395 That wasn't what I was referring to. Yes I agree that gift of the ever living ones doesn't ''maximise'' your damage for the sake of extra healing. It does however make it far more effective for your teammates to use healing spells on you, which is of course still a very good benefit as well as all the other things that you get from the pact boon and 3 lvls in warlock. It was meant to be as an addition not in addition. (it adds to the build as a whole not to the mechanic specifically) (I know it's a bit of a convoluted and perhaps pedantic to continue arguing, but I consider it an important distinction, for the sake of brevity however I'll leave the thread like this. If you want to continue the discusion let me know.)

This pleases me to observe.

Another great build! I would love to see a ranged ancestral guardians tank build! Maybe with some echo knight thrown in! It could be reach or thrown or even a ranged weapon build!

@JSephH76

2 жыл бұрын

@@gamecavalier3230 That wasn't the idea. The idea is to hold the reach weapon yourself with pole arm master. You put your echo next to the enemy and attack. Then if the enemy tries to attack one of your allies it has disadvantage on the attack and your friend has resistance to the damage. And if they try to leave to attack you instead they take an opportunity attack from your echo or an opportunity attack when they come in range of your reach weapon. The whole point is to keep your echo close to the enemy and away from you

@JSephH76

2 жыл бұрын

@@gamecavalier3230 Also it's a tank build not a sustained damage or nova damage build

@JSephH76

2 жыл бұрын

@@gamecavalier3230 Also if they attack your friend you use your reaction to reduce the damage by 2-4d6 and possibly damage them for doing so. So their only real option is to try to get to you. And the idea of the build is figuring out how to stop them from getting to you. The echos or attacking from range or using a reach weapon with pole arm master and sentinel are ways to do this.

@JSephH76

2 жыл бұрын

@@gamecavalier3230 I'm not even sure you read the original comment. Firstly. I'm getting the disadvantage and resistance from the ancestral guardian barbarian subclass which I stated in the original comment. Secondly, you have to remain within 30 feet of your echo or it disappears at the end of your turn. Thirdly the whole reason to use the pike is for the combination of reach and pole arm master and sentinel. Which. Again. I just explained. That way if an enemy tries to get to you you can stop them before they can attack you. I dont think you're understanding literally anything I'm saying here.

@JSephH76

2 жыл бұрын

@@gamecavalier3230 Also. Yes you can absolutely make opportunity attacks with the echo.

The "know your enemy" thing encourages (entraps?) metagaming like putting the bathroom light switch on the outside of the bathroom encourages (Entraps!) sibling rivalry. And I will die on either of those hills

just found this channel and for some reason i feel like he is the louis rossman of dnd

Zephyr Strike would aid a grapple build. Bonus Action. ONLY verbal components. No opportunity attacks for upto 1min(conc). [Once during spell duration] Advantage on one wpn atk(bite) + d8Force damage + bonus 30ft movement (drag targets farther without op atk)

26:40 I love how the first boss battle is against a young white dragon... and then there's the Dragon of Icespire Peak book just hanging there in the basket.

@DnDDeepDive

2 жыл бұрын

*wink*

Awesome!!

I knew you were going with collossus slayer as soon as you said ranger.

First of all: Thank you for the fantastic work that you put in every video! The multiclass in Ranger is amazing and i've really appreciated the fog cloud + blind from a thematically and power side. The hunter choice is great as you said, but i would suggest another route from a different point of view: hunter matches perfectly the predatory aspect of a vampyre, and i love it, what about a Swarmkeeper for the Swarm of Bats? it's 1d6 instead of 1d8 piercing damage and with less survavibility from the second hunter feature, but with more control, fly speed (from your bats ahahaha) and a mage hand cantrip in the form of the swarm that could be fine. It's only a suggestion ofc, during the video i figured in my mind this dhampyr who jumps in the fog killing is foes, and i thought about the swarm of bats!

@DnDDeepDive

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I love the idea, but I believe RAW the bats wouldn't enhance your bite (and thus give more healing etc.) as we're told the healing only comes from the bite attack you make and the swarmkeeper damage comes "from the swarm." Obviously your DM may rule otherwise :).

@Mauriano1979

2 жыл бұрын

@@DnDDeepDive omg you are right !

I went for an Oath of Vengence Paladin Dhampir. Yes I found a good story so that he is engaged in his tenets. Can basically burn Channel infinity for the +10 for one minute and get right in the middle of the fight. Then if he gets below half he will start going on with advantage. More than anything he is built for being tanky and always hitting. Might be good to take Sentinel. Also a 1 dip into Undead Warlock (Not undying) so that you can have the Divine Smite Fright Bite.

if you can grapple them you can also rag them up a wall and drop them with your spider clime 35 speed!

Week 1 of requesting the Horizon Walker.

It’s Morbin time!

This is amazing. But I think I'm gonna go with monk(kensai)/ranger(hunter) simply because kensai is my favorite, bit also I can make a solid dex/con/wis build with long sword and a fancy suit so I can look like Alucard from castelvania or Selene from underword

What if we used this Dhampir to create a constitution based spellcaster? At 4th level, we can take the Aberrant Dragon Mark feat, and use constitution to cast 2 spells, a cantrip, and a levelled spell. Importantly, that spell is always a constitution based spell for us, even if we use spell slots to upcast it. Since we can take 2 spells, I would learn Chill Touch and Chromatic Orb. Chill Touch is thematically on point for necrotic damage and then preventing others from healing, and Chromatic Orb so your 1 spell has some versatility. So, At level 6, be a sorcerer 4 and a Cleric 2. Taking a note from the Lightning Mage build. You will have a constitution score of 18 at this point. So you upcast and twin Chromatic Orb, make it deal max damage with lightning. So it deals 40 damage and potentially hits 2 creatures for a total of 80 damage. Of course you could also go custom lineage to get this combo going at level 1 instead of waiting 4 levels. But Then you don't get the Dhampir's bite attack. I just like the feeling of a sorcerer that uses their constitution, their *bloodline*, to cast spells.

I had an idea for a similar build. Except mine is a High Dex Melee Battlemaster build that uses a rapier. Eventually picking up the piercer feat. And finishing in rogue

Wow man I’ve been messing around with a Dhampir tank these past few days. I get off work and see this in my recommended 😂😂

@DnDDeepDive

2 жыл бұрын

/high five

Love the character concept! The fog cloud is an especially great touch for a stalking vampire feel. How do you feel about an alternative version with beast barbarian? I don’t think you can combine the beast bite with empowered bite and you can’t cast spells, but beast barbarians get magic bites at lvl6 as well as more health and resistances. The main draw for me would be that beast bites have an indefinite amount of self-healing with a bigger damage die as long as it’s below half health, so you could heal yourself back up with the beast bite then heal even further with empowered

@DnDDeepDive

2 жыл бұрын

Worth considering - having resistance to most damage would be a big boon to survivability, but not being able to get the rage bonus for our Vampiric bite would make me sad (Strength-based attacks only). Some fun synergy though!

@jamesmullen3068

2 жыл бұрын

I love the fog cloud

@mrjek01

2 жыл бұрын

I get a real Underworld Michael Corvin vibe. Beast barb is from a werewolf and also biten by a vamp for dhampir lol..rage is the transformation to that sweet look.

@jugglejunk

2 жыл бұрын

@@mrjek01 So a vampire furry?🤣

@mrjek01

2 жыл бұрын

@@jugglejunk if you haven't seen underworld, you would have to lookup pics of the hybrid form of Michael. Definitely not a furry.

After grappling you can shove prone too, so there is your advantage.

This is great. I would love to player a Dhampir with 6 levels on Fighter (Battle Master), 11 levels on Blood Hunter (Lycan), and 3 levels on Ranger (Hunter).

There's also the option of using strength on your bite. Con is optional. - your hp wouldn't go so high, but your grapple/battle master saves would be better, and you have the option of complimenting it with traditional weapons. Also means you could take the heavy armor master feat real early. There's always options in d&d 🙃

@DBebeful

2 жыл бұрын

I think Con is not optional, because a word, 'can' is missing for the sentence. Vampiric Bite says: You add your Constitution modifier, instead of your Strength modifier, to the attack and damage rolls when you attack with this bite. If it would be optional, the sentence should look like: "You CAN add your Constitution modifier..."

Bear totem Barb could be a good multiclass to give more damage resistance and advantage on grapple checks and Dex saving throws. Reckless attack is also kind of a taunt in its own right. Then take the grappler feat, maybe a level of rogue or ranger for the expertise/canny to further boost athletics, or just take the skill expert feat. After all, what's more vampire than a raging bloodlusting monster lifting you by the throat with one hand before it bites you?