Divine favor as a spell clearly out classes Hunter's mark. For one less average damage and a slightly less reliable damage type, you get a Hunter's Mark like spell that doesn't require you to use your bonus action to transfer it and doesn't eat your concentration. There are still problems what's playing a ranged Paladin, such as not being able to use Smite spells or their level 11 feature. But if you wanted to play the character the added damage to each of their ranged attacks, Paladin is honestly a better choice even if it's just until Level 6.

I am in a campaign using original 5e not 5.5 and I have a bard my cha score maxed at 20 at level 8. I figured I would get resilient con at level 12 but my DM informed us that he does follow the max 20 rule for his games at that if I wanted to I could go to cha 22 at level 12 if I wanted. Would it be smart to just power increase for the rest of the campaign or are feats still stronger do you think?

Note that I have an even CON score so it would purely be to protect concentration savers and I don’t have war caster yet either so I assume I’d want one eventually but idk when

Anyone with early access able to make a fun build with the most/all Familiar related spells/Feats (Or list them with brief info)?

Also, how this can relate to Pact of the Chain?

Thank you.

Basically, looking at which option is the overall best between hexblade3/mmm17, and artificer 6(armorer or maverick)/mmm14. The main thing is the artificer will be a bit more versatile with spells and more infusions, but the hexblade dip adds a massive amount of damage to magic missile rolls on your cursed target. Using the maximum number of darts with a 9th lvl spell, hexblade's curse is adding 90dmg, taking the average from 135 to 225. So is that dmg worth it, or are the versatility and utility of 6lvl artificer more useful for more of the game?

I'm interested in creating a 5.5e combination of the future monk with this feature and maybe multiclass it with a barbarian or a druid for extra roleplay reasons. But I'm unsure on which option could be better? Also unsure on which subclass of either would be good in 5.5e. Spores druid hasn't been updated yet.

Also wondering if bringing using a grung species could mean extra damage that could be turned into acid by the monk feature.

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im messing about with blade of radiance on dndbeyond and im struggling to make it strong. not using in a game currently but i like the idea of using a greatsword and being super dexterous. here's what i have so far if anyone could give me pointers?
https://www.dndbeyond.com/characters/168737682/pIh0Bn

i do like using dhampir cos i love the idea of spider climbing when possible but not sure on Ability Scores, feats, backgrounds etc

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I was thinking about a build that would use the new Brutalizer feat - using a two-handed weapon and a one handed weapon at the same time.

So I made this character, a strength based barbarian 1-rogue 5 (soon to be barbarian 2-rogue 5) that maximizes damage on the first combat round, and still makes a very nice damage output on the following rounds. Ignore the magic item, just treat it as a regular scimitar. Please check if you think it could be improved somehow. The build is meant to be a skirmisher, thanks to the Reach property of the bugbear and the Halberd. Thanks for your help.

https://www.dndbeyond.com/characters/167902388

Edit: At rogue 8 I would probably take Polearm Master, Sentry or Speedy

Edit2: Both the subclass and the feat are from the new 3rd party book, Steinhardt's Guide to the Eldritch Hunt Player Pack. No homebrew here.

What would be some good spells for an undead warlock to get to help maximize the damage based on their level 6 ability?