I rolled very well on my stats, so I’m not sure if I should go two-handed, sword-and-board, or dual-wielding. Right now, since I’m such a low level, I plan to use a shield until Tier 2 when I can get better armor.
I was thinking of going to Level 6 in Paladin for the aura, but I’m not sure where to go after that.
The group includes a monk, ranger, and cleric.
A Whisper Bard could be a good choice for the added melee damage. Two levels of Warlock would give me a familiar and Eldritch Blast. Is there anything else I should consider? Thanks for reading my post!
I would recommend against dual-wielding. I assume with your choice of Shilleleigh as a cantrip you want to use Clubs, but the spell takes a bonus action to cast, so would require multiple rounds of setup to use in combat for two weapons. I think the best route would be either just using the quarterstaff on its own or quarterstaff + shield, but as Xalthu pointed out you may want to wait until you have Warcaster for the latter
IMO, so many 17's added on a char lvl 1 makes the campaign so unbalanced; and it seems this character lacks in ""flaws"". The DM should add a Tarasque after your party reaches LVL 4, to make it fair.
This is the reason as a DM I have never allowed rolling for stats. Point buy or standard array only. My very first character in 5e was an Arcane Trickster Rogue, and for stats I rolled 18, 18, 18, 16, 13, 12. My stats were so good compared to the others at the table, that I actually felt bad about it. I know there is a much-loved tradition in rolling for stats, but I think it causes some problematic balancing issues.
This is the reason as a DM I have never allowed rolling for stats. Point buy or standard array only. My very first character in 5e was an Arcane Trickster Rogue, and for stats I rolled 18, 18, 18, 16, 13, 12. My stats were so good compared to the others at the table, that I actually felt bad about it. I know there is a much-loved tradition in rolling for stats, but I think it causes some problematic balancing issues.
Thank you.