I play a Half-Orc champion so have fortunately been able to take the "Prodigy" feat which gives me one area of expertise. I was wondering if there is any other way of gaining additional expertise in other skills- or as a champion am I pretty limited? I'm dead set on getting to level 20 with her for my four attacks in one turn 😏- so multi-classing is out of the question.
If you've got high enough Dexterity and your DM is happy for you to do it you could also take a level in Rogue; you might not got much out of the combat benefits (as the d6 Sneak Attack is only for Finesse or Ranged attacks), but you get thieves' tools proficiency, one additional skill proficiency, and you can choose any two skills (or the thieves' tools) to gain expertise on.
I took a level in Rogue as a College of Lore Bard, which has me on sixfour expertise at level 6.
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I took a level in Rogue as a College of Lore Bard, which has me on six expertise at level 6.
Out of curiosity where did the extra expertise come from? 2 from level 1 rogue, 2 from level 3 bard, 1 from the practiced expert feat. Did you go variant human and take the feat at 1st as well?
I took a level in Rogue as a College of Lore Bard, which has me on six expertise at level 6.
Out of curiosity where did the extra expertise come from? 2 from level 1 rogue, 2 from level 3 bard, 1 from the practiced expert feat. Did you go variant human and take the feat at 1st as well?
Whoops, I meant four, I'll have six in a few more levels and eight total I think.
Still, four expertise has made a huge difference to my bonuses, though in practice the higher those get the lower I seem to roll. 😡
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If you've got high enough Dexterity and your DM is happy for you to do it you could also take a level in Rogue; you might not got much out of the combat benefits (as the d6 Sneak Attack is only for Finesse or Ranged attacks), but you get thieves' tools proficiency, one additional skill proficiency, and you can choose any two skills (or the thieves' tools) to gain expertise on.
I took a level in Rogue as a College of Lore Bard, which has me on sixfour expertise at level 6.
This is actually a great advice. One level dip in Rogue is really valuable for a Fighter who is not going to the Heavy Weapons route -- remember you can still use Finesse weapons with STR and get the benefits of Sneak Attack.
My favorite build all-time was a dwarven fighter who embodied the classical battle master of tactics, having lots of battle maneuvers and Shield Master feat. Mechanically, one simple dip in Rogue granted me expertise in Athletics to boost even more my shield shove signature move and the 1d6 extra damage of Sneak Attack was just icy on the top. Flavor-wise we considered he learned how to be a cunning warrior by fighting side by side with our actual Rogue of the party. Super cool!
I play a Half-Orc champion so have fortunately been able to take the "Prodigy" feat which gives me one area of expertise. I was wondering if there is any other way of gaining additional expertise in other skills- or as a champion am I pretty limited? I'm dead set on getting to level 20 with her for my four attacks in one turn 😏- so multi-classing is out of the question.
New UA has a feat called Practiced Expert, which gives you Expertise, prof in a skill and +1 in a ability score. It’s awesome.
Ahhh that's awesome! I never noticed it before!
If you've got high enough Dexterity and your DM is happy for you to do it you could also take a level in Rogue; you might not got much out of the combat benefits (as the d6 Sneak Attack is only for Finesse or Ranged attacks), but you get thieves' tools proficiency, one additional skill proficiency, and you can choose any two skills (or the thieves' tools) to gain expertise on.
I took a level in Rogue as a College of Lore Bard, which has me on
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Out of curiosity where did the extra expertise come from? 2 from level 1 rogue, 2 from level 3 bard, 1 from the practiced expert feat. Did you go variant human and take the feat at 1st as well?
Whoops, I meant four, I'll have six in a few more levels and eight total I think.
Still, four expertise has made a huge difference to my bonuses, though in practice the higher those get the lower I seem to roll. 😡
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This is actually a great advice. One level dip in Rogue is really valuable for a Fighter who is not going to the Heavy Weapons route -- remember you can still use Finesse weapons with STR and get the benefits of Sneak Attack.
My favorite build all-time was a dwarven fighter who embodied the classical battle master of tactics, having lots of battle maneuvers and Shield Master feat. Mechanically, one simple dip in Rogue granted me expertise in Athletics to boost even more my shield shove signature move and the 1d6 extra damage of Sneak Attack was just icy on the top. Flavor-wise we considered he learned how to be a cunning warrior by fighting side by side with our actual Rogue of the party. Super cool!