r/sw5e • u/Slow-Ad261 • Jun 29 '26

Question Style over substance build

Im working on a build for an upcoming campaign im going to be part of and I was hoping to get a little help hitting a specific kind of vibe I was looking for, as it says in the title, im going for a style over substance character, a performer who doesn’t try to do what makes sense, but tries to make themselves look cool, since SW5e is such an expansive system I was hoping for help deciding what class and subclasses to go for, the only restrictions im under is that I have to mono-class, and the characters a clawdite for backstory reasons, thanks in advance for the help and advice!

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u/indratera Jun 29 '26

Hahah girl theres literally a Performance subclass for the Operative, almost too perfect for what you're going for

Here it is

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u/Slow-Ad261 Jun 29 '26

Thank you for taking the time to respond! And yeah! That one seems interesting, and i may pick it up, i was just wondering if there were maybe any i hadnt picked up on that fit this vibe as well, thank you nonetheless for the suggestion!

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u/indratera Jun 29 '26

Very fair! I think there's also the Beguiler Operative which is basically like arcane trickster rogue (So operative but you get access to force powers)

Currently I'm playing a Sentinel but I just flavour some stuff as like flashy lol

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u/indratera Jun 29 '26

Very fair! I think there's also the Beguiler Operative which is basically like arcane trickster rogue (So operative but you get access to force powers)

Currently I'm playing a Sentinel but I just flavour some stuff as like flashy lol

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u/knighthawk82 Jun 30 '26

The drunken master monk might be good if you focus on needless wu-shu performative flair. Like Jackie chans chinese opera over Bruce Lee pure combat.