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Death Knight
🕑 Added 2024-01-19 19:19:16 +0000 UTC-----CHARACTER CREATION & LEVEL 1-----
Starting Class: Paladin
Subclass: Oathbreaker
Note: You cannot start the game as Oathbreaker. You have to break your Oath by performing an action that goes against its tenets. Please visit the Oath of Vengeance Paladin Pure Build for details on that starting subclass. I do not recommend Ancients or Devotion to start for this build.
Best Race: Half-Orc
Background: Haunted One
Skills: Insight, Intimidation
Starting Stats:
- STR = 16
- DEX = 10
- CON = 14
- INT = 8
- WIS = 8
- CHA = 17
Respec Stats Before Breaking Oath:
- STR = 14
- DEX = 12
- CON = 14
- INT = 8
- WIS = 10
- CHA = 17
Unlocks:
- +1 Channel Oath Charge
- +3 Lay on Hands Charges
- Lay on Hands
- Heal a creature 2xLVL, 4xLVL, or Cure of all Diseases and Poisons
- Divine Sense
- Spiteful Suffering
--------------------LEVEL 2--------------------
Paladin 2
Fighting Style: Great Weapon Fighting
Unlocks:
- +2 Level 1 Spell Slots
- Divine Smite
- +2d8 Radiant Damage
- Extra +1d8 Radiant Damage to Fiends and Undead
- +1d8 Radiant Damage per upcast (Capped at 5d8)
- Can be activated when you land a Melee Weapon Attack
- Choose Spell Slot to expend
- Does not expend Spell Slot on miss
Prepared Spells:
- Thunderous Smite
- +2d6 Thunder Damage
- Pushes target 3m
- Chance to knock target Prone
- Searing Smite (Concentration)
- +1d6 Fire Damage (+1d6 per upcast)
- Target takes 1d6 Fire Damage per turn. Lasts 10 turns
- Condition ends if target succeeds a Constitution Saving Throw
- Wrathful Smite (Concentration)
- +1d6 Psychic Damage
- Chance to Frighten the target
- Divine Favour (Concentration)
- +1d4 Radiant Damage to Weapon Attacks for 3 turns
- Heroism (Concentration)
- Gain immunity to Frightened
- Gain 5 Temporary HP each turn
- +1 target per upcast
--------------------LEVEL 3--------------------
Multiclass: Warlock
Subclass: The Fiend
Unlocks:
- Level 1 Warlock Spells
- +1 Warlock Spell Slot
- Dark One's Blessing
Cantrips:
- Eldritch Blast
- Friends
Spells:
- Arms of Hadar
- Hex
--------------------LEVEL 4--------------------
Warlock 2
Unlocks:
- +1 Warlock Spell Slot
Eldritch Invocations:
- Agonizing Blast
- Devil's Sight
Spell:
- Burning Hands
--------------------LEVEL 5--------------------
Warlock 3
Unlocks:
- Level 2 Warlock Spells
Pact Boon: Pact of the Blade
- Pact of the Blade
- Bind Pact Weapon
Spell:
- Darkness
Note: Level 5 Oathbreaker unlocks Always Prepared Darkness, so make sure you have a party member that can cast Darkness alongside the Death Knight, as this will be replaced next level. Instead, you can go ahead and take Armor of Agathys here.
--------------------LEVEL 6--------------------
Warlock 4
Feat: Great Weapon Master
Cantrip:
- Poison Spray
Spell:
- Misty Step
Replace Spell:
- Remove Darkness
- Armor of Agathys
--------------------LEVEL 7--------------------
Warlock 5
Unlocks:
- Level 3 Warlock Spells
- Extra Attack (Deepened Pact)
Eldritch Invocation:
- Repelling Blast
Spell:
- Fireball
Note: Consider replacing a spell with Hunger of Hadar.
--------------------LEVEL 8--------------------
Paladin 3
Unlocks:
- +1 Level 1 Spell Slot
- Divine Health
- Immunity to Disease
- Hellish Rebuke
- Inflict Wounds
Channel Oath Abilities:
- Control Undead
- Dreadful Aspect
Prepared Spell: Any
--------------------LEVEL 9--------------------
Paladin 4
Feat: Ability Improvement (+2 Charisma)
Unlocks:
- +1 Lay on Hands Charge
--------------------LEVEL 10--------------------
Paladin 5
Unlocks:
- +1 Level 1 Spell Slot
- +2 Level 2 Spell Slots
- Extra Attack
- Darkness
- Crown of Madness
Prepared Spells: Any
--------------------LEVEL 11--------------------
Multiclass: Cleric
Subclass: War Domain
Deity: Talos
Unlocks:
- War Priest
- +3 War Priest Charges
- Divine Favour (Always Prepared
- Shield of Faith (Always Prepared)
Cantrips: Any
Prepared Spell: Any
--------------------LEVEL 12--------------------
Cleric 2
Unlocks:
- +1 Channel Divinity Charge
- +1 Level 2 Spell Slot
- Guided Strike
Channel Divinity Ability:
- Turn Undead
Prepared Spell: Any
--------------------GEAR--------------------
Important Items:
- Necromancy of Thay
- Hag's Hair
- Hag's Eye
