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How can I make my grappler build better either for grappling or for fighting in general? (feddit.ch)
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Hei all!

Been playing my Orc Rune Knight Fighter for a while now and it has been a blast! He grapples basically anything that the DM throws at us including an Owlbear and a Giant (rune knight, fuck yeah). Of course, sometimes he grapples successfuly, sometimes he doesn't.

I think the build is pretty solid but surely there are ways to improve. I'm not sure if I want to keep grappling that much or if I want to go more the direction of brute force fighting.

I've been playing with a warpick and a shield to get that juicy +2 for AC and use it to steamroll enemies but not sure if I should keep the shield.

Current stats at level 7:

  • STR: 20
  • DEX: 14
  • CON: 16
  • INT: 12
  • WIS: 15
  • CHA: 14

I already took the "Skill Expert" feat to get expertise in Athletics and now have a juicy +11 in that skill. If I activate my frost rune, I get another +2 on top of that.

So, any ideas for fighting styles, multiclassing, ASI, feats, weapons or anything else that could make him even more of a badass while fighting?

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[-] cam_i_am@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

A player in our party recently got a magic item that can boost your athletics and double your move speed once per day. I didn't get how useful it could be until I saw him grapple an evil priest and just fucking drag him from one side of the map to the other.

Turns out grapple + double move speed + dash action is super awesome for getting enemies out of position and screwing up their formation.

So my recommendation is to look for ways to boost move speed. This quora post lists some ways: https://www.quora.com/What-are-all-the-ways-to-increase-movement-speed-in-D-D-5e

I'm sure you can find more if you talk to your party members or DM though. Off the top of my head, Glamour Bards have an ability that lets the whole party move up to their movement speed as a reaction. Then there's Haste obviously. Ask your party if they have any spells or features that can make you fast ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

[-] bearwithastick@feddit.ch 2 points 1 year ago

I'll make sure to check with them! Looking through Feats right now to see if there is something to boost speed.

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