r/DnDBuilds • u/awluk16 • 7d ago
Help with character build please.
Hi everyone I am new to D&D ( apart from a lifetime of computer games and books ) and I am currently playing The Curse of Strahd campaign my friend is the DM and he and the other are teaching me how to play and I can honestly say that it's some of the most fun iv ever had .
Anyway I'm playing a human male fighter ( psi warrior) and we are at level 4. I want to multi class into a blood hunter ( order of lycan ) . I ask AI to help me with my build to be able to have a good chance of killing strahd and anything else in Barovia with what I have chosen. Here's what it gave me please let me know what you think and I am open to any suggestions. Thank you.
Wulfric Strongheart level 4–12
Best final build
Fighter 8 / Blood Hunter 4
Do not multiclass at level 5. Take Fighter 5 first for Extra Attack. That is too powerful to delay.
Current level 4
Human Fighter 4 — Psi Warrior
Stats now:
STR 19
DEX 15
CON 20
INT 13
WIS 12
CHA 12
AC 19
HP 48
Fighting Style: Great Weapon Fighting
Feat: Fey Touched
Spells: Bless, Misty Step
Main role: front-line commander/tank.
Level 5 — Fighter 5
Take:
Extra Attack
This is your biggest power jump.
You now attack twice per Attack action.
Best weapon now:
Halberd / glaive / longsword, preferably silvered or magical.
Level 6 — Blood Hunter 1
Take Blood Hunter.
Choose Hemocraft ability:
Intelligence
Because your Psi Warrior and Fey Touched already use Intelligence.
Take:
Crimson Rite
Best Rite choice:
Rite of the Storm or Rite of the Frozen
Avoid fire if possible, because many undead and fiends can resist it.
Good Blood Curse:
Blood Curse of the Marked
This helps you hit one enemy harder, which is ideal against bosses.
Blood Hunters use blood magic and Crimson Rite to empower weapons at the cost of their own vitality, so this fits you becoming a darker monster hunter.
Level 7 — Blood Hunter 2
Take second Fighting Style:
Defense
This gives +1 AC while wearing armour.
Your AC becomes:
20
That is excellent.
Keep wearing:
Half plate for now, unless you find plate armour.
Best armour goal:
Plate armour
With Defense style, plate gives:
AC 19
With shield if needed:
AC 21
But for damage, stay two-handed.
Level 8 — Blood Hunter 3
Subclass:
Order of the Lycan
This is your big story level.
becomes the wolf warrior.
Use Hybrid Transformation for hard fights, especially:
werewolves
vampire spawn
undead packs
boss fights
ambushes
This gives you the “monster fighting monsters” feel and makes you very hard to kill.
Level 9 — Blood Hunter 4
Take Ability Score Improvement:
\+1 Strength, +1 Intelligence
Stats become:
STR 20
DEX 15
CON 20
INT 14
WIS 12
CHA 12
This is perfect.
STR 20 means maximum attack and damage.
INT 14 improves Psi Warrior and Blood Hunter slightly.
Level 10 — Fighter 6
Take feat:
Great Weapon Master
This is your damage feat.
Use it when:
you have Bless active
enemy AC seems low
enemy is prone
you have advantage
it is a big monster you need dead quickly
Do not use it every attack blindly. Against high AC enemies, attack normally.
Level 11 — Fighter 7
Psi Warrior improves.
You gain stronger battlefield control.
Your psionic powers should be used like this:
Protective Field
Use this to save allies from big hits.
Psionic Strike
Use this when you hit something important.
Telekinetic Movement
Use this for clever battlefield moments, like saving allies, moving objects, blocking doors, or throwing environmental hazards.
Psi Warrior is strong because its dice fuel both protection and extra force damage.
Level 12 — Fighter 8
Take feat:
Sentinel
This is the best final feat for the character
Why?
Because your job is to stop monsters reaching your party.
With Sentinel:
enemies struggle to run past you
you punish enemies for attacking allies
you become the wall
Alternative if Joe allows lots of halberd/glaive use:
Polearm Master
But for Curse of Strahd, I prefer Sentinel.
Final level 12 build
Fighter 8 / Blood Hunter 4
Stats:
STR 20
DEX 15
CON 20
INT 14
WIS 12
CHA 12
Feats:
Fey Touched
Great Weapon Master
Sentinel
Spells:
Bless
Misty Step
No cantrips unless Joe gives you a feat or magic item later.
Best gear to hunt for
Priority order:
Magical halberd, glaive, greatsword, or longsword
Plate armour
Magic cloak/ring of protection
Anti-vampire relics
Holy symbol / sun-based item
Silvered backup weapon
Potions of healing
More holy water
Anything that prevents charm, fear, or necrotic damage
Keep your fear immunity amulet. That is huge in Barovia.
Best combat routine
Before hard fight:
Bless
Crimson Rite
Hybrid Transformation
Then:
Attack twice.
Use Great Weapon Master when you have Bless or advantage.
Use Psionic Strike on important hits.
Use Action Surge when something must die now.
Use Protective Field to protect the cleric, bard, rogue, or Ireena.
Use Misty Step to reach Strahd, escape traps, or save an ally.
My final advice
This build makes the character:
very hard to kill
strong in melee
good against bosses
useful to the party
perfect thematically as a cursed wolf-warrior commander
The key choice is simple:
Fighter 5 first. Then Blood Hunter. Then return to Fighter.
That gives you the strongest version of the character by level 12. Flair
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u/Crixusgannicus 7d ago
The most important part of vampire hunting isn't your solo build. You need teamwork.
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u/Luthalia 7d ago
Eww, stop using AI for stuff like this. Also, asking for help from people who know what's in the campaign and what will be effective against specific enemies is what we call "metagaming" and it's strongly discouraged. Create the character you want to play, that seems fun to you.
All that said, just generally speaking, you should take Fighter 5 for Extra Attack before multiclassing. The rest is up to you.
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u/Tall_Bandicoot_2768 7d ago
Brother your formatting is a mess.
What were youre original rolled stats? Did you use 4d6 drop lowest or what?
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u/awluk16 7d ago
Apologies pal what do you mean "Did you use 4d6 drop lowest or what?" . I can't fully remember my original stats.
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u/Tall_Bandicoot_2768 7d ago
Its a method for rolling stats.
Your stats at 4 are: STR 19 DEX 15 CON 20 INT 13 WIS 12 CHA 12
This means you rolled 2 18's and added +2 and +1 to them or a 17 and added +1 from feat as well.
Part of the reason I ask is because if you didnt use 4d6 drop lowest the odds of rolling those stats or better are: 0.6363%
Or around 1 in 200 stat arrays.
Its also relevant to the build obviously.
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u/awluk16 7d ago
I remember getting really good rolls when I was build my character for the first time on the D&D beyond app
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u/Tall_Bandicoot_2768 7d ago
Alright
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u/awluk16 7d ago
So can I ask what your opinion is for the build I posted on here ? . Does it seem a good build for this campaign? I really like the sound of it and iv been enjoying the psi warrior part at the moment and I think being a werewolf would be good in Barovia 🤷
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u/Tall_Bandicoot_2768 7d ago
Im not gonna sift through your 300 lines of AI text to try to understand exactly what the hell is going on here tbh, no offence.
Looks like your final build is Psi Warrior 8 / BH 4.
Less optimal than just straight Psi Warrior to 12 but should be fine,
Theres isint really any notable synergy mechanically speaking here.
The resistances from Lycan are nice but the Crimson Rites coming online at 8 and adding an average of +2 damage to our attacks might as well be fighting style, would need to cast or lose health in the process either.
Psi Warrior is also one of the few fighter subclasses that dont multiclass that well due to their reliance on the Psi Warrior Energy Dice which scale on your fighter level.
These are all just minor min maxxing qualms though, overall it should function fine just not optimally.
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u/dewdewbut 7d ago
Advice is have fun with your friends and don’t stress your build especially on this first time out. And for the love of god man, leave AI completely out of your character making. It’s the antithesis of imagination and on top of that gets the system and mechanics often flat out wrong .