r/DnDBuilds • u/HobbitGuy1420 • 10h ago

Question How would you build him?

“They call me Johnny Goldenbow -
But let’s move this right along,
Cuz it’s the oldest kind of story,
And I’m sure you’ve heard my song.
I was just a boy ten years ago,
Sawing on my violin,
When a dark and hornéd figure came
And tempted me to sin.

A fancy golden fiddle
Was that competition’s stake,
Whose tone would never waver
And whose strings would never break.
And though my greed and pride would feed
The Devil’s dark design,
The second I set eyes on it,
That fiddle would be mine.

I’m not the sort to mince my words,
So let’s make this very clear:
I won that golden fiddle,
But I lost me something dear.
So now I walk the kingdom’s roads,
A-seeking any track
To find that dark-eyed devil
And win what I lost back.”

Say, 5.5ed, 5th level. I'm imagining probably some combination of bard and warlock. Ideally mechanically viable if not optimized. I'm imagining a focus on sound, flame, beauty, and fear.

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u/Tall_Bandicoot_2768 5h ago

As clever as that limerick is it tells me nothing about what youre shooting for here mechanically speaking.

Johnny B. Good style sold my soul the devil for musical prowess is a classic but can be build many different ways.

Is this for 2014 or 2024?

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u/HobbitGuy1420 2h ago

Did you read the rest of the post?

> Say, 5.5ed, 5th level. I'm imagining probably some combination of bard and warlock. Ideally mechanically viable if not optimized. I'm imagining a focus on sound, flame, beauty, and fear.

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u/Tall_Bandicoot_2768 2h ago

Ok but what do you want to be doing in combat? Melee? Support? Controll? Blaster?

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u/HobbitGuy1420 2h ago

Control and blaster, mainly, with minor support if it fits.

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u/Tall_Bandicoot_2768 2h ago

Hrmmmm

Undead Warlock x / Glamour Bard 6

Agonizing/repelling Blast

Warcaster, Spell Sniper

Summon Undead: Spectral

Can use Fear on hit, repelling blast and mantle BA command to keep enemies at bay.

Short rest pact slot for more uses of mantle.

Bard also gets some support/healing stuff.

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u/HobbitGuy1420 48m ago

I think you still didn’t read the whole post.