6/11/2023 0 Comments Tanky 5e homebrew classes![]() With Compelled Duel (Paladin Spell) you draw the target to you. At the same time it allows you to attack it with advantage as a bonus action on your next turn, as long as you stay within 5 feet of it.ģ. Using Unwavering Mark (Cavalier Fighter feature) when attacking a creature imposes disadvantage on the creature’s attack rolls against anyone but you. It’s perfect for keeping the big bad boss away from your party.Ģ. Champion’s Challenge (Crown Oath Channel Divinity) allows you to force a creature to stay within 30 feet of you. Go for this build and you will embody the textbook definition of “tank”. And even if that happens, you can heal yourself. All of that while riding on a warhorse for additional HP, speed, and damage.īetween disadvantage for the enemy when attacking anyone other than you, buffing for your allies, and riding a warhorse while wearing heavy armor, it’s really difficult to land a hit on you. ![]() You also burn them with the radiant damage of your racial trait. To put it plainly, you are a wingless angel who gets the attention of baddies with a combination of spells and features granted by the Crown Oath you made as a paladin. This mounted knight designed by the Dawnforgedcast is as tanky as they come. Drop to 1 HP instead of 0 if you want to (and you’ll want to).ġ) Scourge Aasimar Crown Paladin – Cavalier Fighter (Multiclass) Enemies will go straight to you, drawing them away from your party.Ĥ. Reckless Attack lets you attack with advantage, but it also means enemies attack with advantage against you. And because you get advantage on every attack roll with your Reckless Attack barbarian feature, your chances of hitting a critical are higher.ģ. Score a critical hit and your Savage Attack trait allows you to reroll for extra damage (already doubled from the crit). Ability Score Increase of +2 on Strength and +1 on Constitution. ![]() The Half-orc has racial traits that mesh well with the barbarian features, not to mention it’s also thematically tailor-made. Why is the Bearbarian such a great tank? Not only can it withstand lots of damage, but when lunging blindly into battle, enemies have advantage against it, which makes it hard to ignore.įor this particular build, Half-orc is the go-to race. Unlike other warriors, barbarians don’t wear armor (not that they need it), and like The Hulk, the angrier they get, the more powerful they become. It has the highest hit dice in the game and resistance against all types of damage except psychic. This bulky mass of anger can take pretty much any kind of punishment thrown at it. Nothing says “come at me, bro” quite like the Bearbarian. This makes tanking a whole lot easier and a lot more fun.Ĭircle of the moon, D&D 5E Shapeshifting Druid:Ģ) Half-Orc Barbarian – Path of the (Bear) Totem Warrior Think of it as having 126 Temporary HP in addition to your class’s HP Maximum. You will eventually be able to turn into a mammoth as many times as you want, even if it drops to 0 HP. Turning into a large beast makes you bigger and faster useful for providing cover or running between rivals to trigger their opportunity attacks and draw fire away from your allies.ĥ. If it drops to zero, you still have fresh HP from your class.Ĥ. When you shapeshift into a beast, you take that beast’s HP Maximum. You also get +2 on your HP Maximum every time you level up after taking the feat.ģ. Throw in the Tough feat at level 16(when you cap out your Constitution) and you’ll get a boost of 32 more Hit Points. Hill dwarves get +1 on the Hit Point Maximum every time they level up.Ģ. Dwarves get an Ability Score Increase of +2 to Constitution. If you are planning to tank with a Moon Circle Druid, go for the Hill Dwarf to make it the most durable. Big enough to take the hits and cover the party. In other words, they become furry (or feathery) damage sponges. See, these nature mages can turn themselves into beasts with high challenge ratings, better AC’s, and higher HP caps. For the most part they tend to be cannons of awesomeness with the integrity of a sheet of paper, but not the Moon Circle Druid. ![]() We hardly ever think about spellcasters as tanks. The Moon Circle Druid: for when your tank needs to go beast mode. We’ve prepared a list of the three sturdiest and most powerful builds for tanking in D&D, 5th Edition. They must be sturdy, and they must hit hard. “Tank” tends to be a tricky term to define But no matter what the game is, the tank’s objective is always the same: keep enemies away from the party, buff allies, and survive attacks from all directions. We are talking about the characters that take massive damage and deal massive damage in the front row. Those characters that soak up all the damage while drawing off the enemy.Ĭharacters that can shrug off the hits and look back at their enemies with a smirk on their face that says: “is that all you got?” It’s time we talk about one of the most important roles to fill in every party of adventurers. ![]()
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