Rule of thumb, but you should really never aim to have a Con stat that's below a 12 before racial modifiers. If anything, that build looks extremely underpowered.
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Alright; what would be a good stat distribution if that one is underpowered? For the record, I was aiming at having a higher Strength than normal for a Draconblood, with the trade-off being slightly lower Charisma.
Basically what IamSposta already recommended- strength is the single least-useful stat for a sorcerer unless you want to multiclass into Paladin. The only thing strength is good for is bonking someone with your staff, and if you're resorting to that you're already FUBAR. Especially with 10 Con- you've only got 7 HP at 1st level and 5 HP per level after that- that's not much.
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Find your own truth, choose your enemies carefully, and never deal with a dragon.
"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
I was considering spec'ing into a class with heavier armor and weaponry; it seems like a good idea to have a fallback option if enemies get too close. I wasn't able to calculate my characters using a physical dice; had to rely on a table I found online to calculate my character's stats, so maybe I counted wrong? Quote:
"In D&D 5th edition you get 27 points, the lowest score is 8 and the highest one is 15. Also, the cost varies depending on the score."
That being said, if you think I need to make some adjustments, then let me know. Sorry if I come across as stubborn; just trying get everything sorted out, more or less.
You don’t need to reference the table and calculate it yourself. In the character creator you can select “point buy” and it does it for you.
If you plan to multiclass into Paladin then you will need both Str and Cha. If not then you won’t. If you are doing it because it’s what you want to do then go ahead. If you want to do the most “optimized” thing, get your Cha and Con as high as you can, Dex next, then Int, then Wis, and then dump Str because if you never plan to swing a sword, you will never need it.
I tried looking around for something else, but I couldn't find anything; I think my browser is out of date, cause I did find a calculator, but it said I needed to get my computer up to date before I could use it.
Are you using the DDB character sheet? Right in the Ability Scores section of the character creator it lets you pick between Standard Array, Point Buy, or Custom.
As long as you are using the free stuff, or have purchased the material from this website, they have a character creator that makes the whole process as easy as multiple choice.
The whole point of the dragonborn race was to give players an option for playing a half-dragon that was balanced for play with others. Half-dragons are substantially more powerful than dragonborn and are a template that's supposed to be added to another race and thus get all of that race's abilities as well. Too powerful for a player character.
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Alright, thanks for the input; I guess I'll be taking either a Dragonborn, or homebrew a Draconian.
I'll leave this topic open if any wants to comment; more suggestions are always welcome, and with this epidemic going on, it's not like I'll be able to play for quite a while, so there's no need to rush.
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Rule of thumb, but you should really never aim to have a Con stat that's below a 12 before racial modifiers. If anything, that build looks extremely underpowered.
Find your own truth, choose your enemies carefully, and never deal with a dragon.
"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
Alright; what would be a good stat distribution if that one is underpowered? For the record, I was aiming at having a higher Strength than normal for a Draconblood, with the trade-off being slightly lower Charisma.
Basically what IamSposta already recommended- strength is the single least-useful stat for a sorcerer unless you want to multiclass into Paladin. The only thing strength is good for is bonking someone with your staff, and if you're resorting to that you're already FUBAR. Especially with 10 Con- you've only got 7 HP at 1st level and 5 HP per level after that- that's not much.
Find your own truth, choose your enemies carefully, and never deal with a dragon.
"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
I was considering spec'ing into a class with heavier armor and weaponry; it seems like a good idea to have a fallback option if enemies get too close. I wasn't able to calculate my characters using a physical dice; had to rely on a table I found online to calculate my character's stats, so maybe I counted wrong? Quote:
"In D&D 5th edition you get 27 points, the lowest score is 8 and the highest one is 15. Also, the cost varies depending on the score."
That being said, if you think I need to make some adjustments, then let me know. Sorry if I come across as stubborn; just trying get everything sorted out, more or less.
You don’t need to reference the table and calculate it yourself. In the character creator you can select “point buy” and it does it for you.
If you plan to multiclass into Paladin then you will need both Str and Cha. If not then you won’t. If you are doing it because it’s what you want to do then go ahead. If you want to do the most “optimized” thing, get your Cha and Con as high as you can, Dex next, then Int, then Wis, and then dump Str because if you never plan to swing a sword, you will never need it.
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Wait, where can you do that? I just used the table from this site: https://thekindgm.wordpress.com/2017/12/16/determining-ability-scores/
I tried looking around for something else, but I couldn't find anything; I think my browser is out of date, cause I did find a calculator, but it said I needed to get my computer up to date before I could use it.
Are you using the DDB character sheet? Right in the Ability Scores section of the character creator it lets you pick between Standard Array, Point Buy, or Custom.
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Wait, are you saying that there's something like that on this site?
… Son of a *****. That would have saved me a bit of trouble. I had been manually calculating with pencil and paper.
As long as you are using the free stuff, or have purchased the material from this website, they have a character creator that makes the whole process as easy as multiple choice.
Hit Collections—>My Characters—>Create Character
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Alright, I'll see what I can do; I'll leave this topic open, if anyone wants to post anymore suggestions.
You may want to take a look at this build by Treantmonk:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeTYXJNzbqM
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and NEVER cut a deal with a dragon!
If 3rd party stuff is allowed in your game how about using a draconian from Dragonlance:
https://thetrove.net/Books/Dungeons & Dragons/5th Edition (5e)/3rd%20Party/Homebrew/Dragonlance%205e%20v2.3.pdf
Alright, I'll keep your suggestions in mind.
Kinda wanted to ask; would a half-dragon work? I've heard that they are still usable in 5e.
Half-Dragon is a template that DMs can apply to monsters/NPCs. With DM approval it is theoretically possible, but not RAW.
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The whole point of the dragonborn race was to give players an option for playing a half-dragon that was balanced for play with others. Half-dragons are substantially more powerful than dragonborn and are a template that's supposed to be added to another race and thus get all of that race's abilities as well. Too powerful for a player character.
Find your own truth, choose your enemies carefully, and never deal with a dragon.
"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
Alright, thanks for the input; I guess I'll be taking either a Dragonborn, or homebrew a Draconian.
I'll leave this topic open if any wants to comment; more suggestions are always welcome, and with this epidemic going on, it's not like I'll be able to play for quite a while, so there's no need to rush.