Rune Knight 5 - D&D 5e Powergamer's Tactics Room - Character Build Series
I whipped up a level 5 Martial for a Christmas one-shot, & use subclasses from Tasha's Cauldron of Everything. It didn't work! OMFG, now what? Here's the revamp. How'd I do?
Wonder Woman vs Superman - D&D 5e Powergamer's Tactics Room - Segue Series
Who wins between Wonder Woman & Superman, out of 1000 battles? I'm pretty passionate about my answer, which might surprise you! Guest starring Adelina for reactions :-)
Great Weapon Master & Sharpshooter - D&D 5e Powergamer's Tactics Room - Deep Dive Series
Great Weapon Master & Sharpshooter are among the most popular Feats in the game! But they do require some sense as to when to deploy the Power Attack. Watch for a comprehensive breakdown of when to use this devastating ability!
Heavy Obscurement - D&D 5e Powergamer's Tactics Room - Deep Dive Series
Heavy Obscurement is a pretty confusing mechanic in D&D 5e, but if you can leverage it properly, it can also be absolutely devastating! Join us for a Deep Dive into the powerful game mechanic.
A Defense of Powergaming and Optimization - D&D 5e Powergamer's Tactics Room - Video Response Series
A defense of powergaming and optimization, in response to Roll4Initiative's video titled "Why I don't 'optimize' characters", a 12-minute video that you can view here: https://youtu.be/1XSamFuL8Lo
Summon Greater Demon - D&D 5e Powergamer'sTactics Room - Deep Dive Series
Wrecking your enemies with pet Demons never gets old, but Summon Greater Demon is one of the most difficult spells to understand and leverage in D&D 5e! Join us for this Deep Dive to learn how to get the most out of your Demonic minion!
New Tasha's Caster Bump Items - D&D 5e Powergamer's Tactics Room - Review and Rating Series
The new Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything magic items which confer bumps to caster Attack Rolls and Save DCs are great at first glance, and game-breakingly powerful upon close examination. Watch for some ideas on how to leverage these items to get your wreck on!
Races Post-Tashas Cauldron of Everything - D&D 5e Powergamer's Tactics Room - Review & Rating Series
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything has had a massive impact on character creation. Join us as we take a fresh look at all of the available races and look for powergaming synergies, in light of the new rules!
Polymorph - D&D 5e Powergamer's Tactics Room - Deep Dive Series
Polymorph is another one of those spells that is really powerful but hard to optimize properly! Join us for our Deep Dive into this fantastic spell to see how to get the most out of it!
The Rune Knight - D&D 5e Powergamer's Tactics Room - Review and Rating Series
So is the Rune Knight any good? Let’s find out! This is the first of a 28-part Fighter series where we’ll be doing 3 videos for each of the 9 viable Fighter subdomains… a Review & Rating Series as an overview, a Deep Dive series to figure out optimization leverage points, and a Character Build series where I put it all together. We'll cap things off with one final video - a Showdown Series to see which is the best!
Optimized Rune Knight - D&D 5e Powergamer's Tactics Room - Deep Dive Series
What are the leverage points at which you can optimize the Rune Knight? Watch this Deep Dive to find out! This is the 2nd of 3 videos on the Rune Knight - a Review & Ratings Series to get an overview, a Deep Dive Series for optimization analysis, and tomorrow a Character Build Series where I put it all together!
Bilbron Rune Knight - D&D 5e Powergamer'sTactics Room - Character Build Series
It’s Bilbron Rune Knight! The final of 3 videos which started with a Review & Ratings Series overview, a Deep Dive Series optimization, and now ends with a Character Build Series putting it all together! Tomorrow, we start on the Psi Warrior!
Versatile Fighter Abilities - D&D 5e Powergamer's Tactics Room - Showdown Series
I created a chart to compare the power and # of uses of the Fighter Archetype abilities that offer limited uses of a menu of versatile options - the Psi Warrior, Battle Master, Rune Knight, and Arcane Archer. What I discovered was very surprising! Watch to see which slate of abilities is the best!
D&D 5e Powergamer's Tactics Room Review & Rating Series: New Spells from Tasha's Cauldron of Everything!
I already discussed my opinion of the new Tasha's Cauldron of Everything Summon spells, but what do I think of all the rest? Watch to find out!
10:45
https://youtu.be/gaBfp82H0EA
My D&D YouTube channel, Bilbrons & Dragons
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxbubmFuZ_fNGSif081zaAA
D&D 5e Powergamer's Tactics Room Review and Rating Series: Tasha's Magical Tattoos
Tasha's Cauldron of Everything introduced a new sort of magic item -- the Magical Tattoo! Are they any good? Watch to find out!
9:13
https://youtu.be/thsUx6UHUZU
My D&D YouTube channel, Bilbrons & Dragons
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxbubmFuZ_fNGSif081zaAA
D&D 5e Powergamer's Tactics Room Showdown Series: Tasha's Magical Tomes
Tasha's Cauldron of Everything introduced Magical Tomes for Wizards! Which one is the best? Watch to find out!
10:26
https://youtu.be/2NVuD67RW88
My D&D YouTube channel, Bilbrons & Dragons
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxbubmFuZ_fNGSif081zaAA
D&D 5e Powergamer's Tactics Room Review and Rating Series: Tasha's Martial Feats
Tasha's Cauldron of Everything introduced several cool new Feats for martials, and I rated 2 out of 6 as Superior! Which ones? Watch to find out!
11:32
https://youtu.be/Rj9yllqs_NQ
My D&D YouTube channel, Bilbrons & Dragons
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxbubmFuZ_fNGSif081zaAA
Theorycrafting vs Playtesting - D&D 5e Powergamer's Tactics Room Metagaming Series
Is research better than experience? Millions of dollars supports one over the other, but the answer may surprise you!
3:18
https://youtu.be/wwNpm_asSp4
My D&D YouTube channel, Bilbrons & Dragons
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxbubmFuZ_fNGSif081zaAA
Rune Knight 4 / Dao Warlock 1 - D&D 5e Powergamer's Tactics Room Character Build Series
I whipped up a level 5 Martial build for a Christmas one-shot, and wanted to use subclasses from Tasha's Cauldron of Everything. How did I do?
(Character Sheet in video description)
19:23
https://youtu.be/EgFQbvEDR8c
My D&D YouTube channel, Bilbrons & Dragons
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxbubmFuZ_fNGSif081zaAA
Rune Knight 5 - D&D 5e Powergamer's Tactics Room - Character Build Series
I whipped up a level 5 Martial for a Christmas one-shot, & use subclasses from Tasha's Cauldron of Everything. It didn't work! OMFG, now what? Here's the revamp. How'd I do?
12:23
https://youtu.be/0FgiNZX49ME
My D&D YouTube channel, Bilbrons & Dragons
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxbubmFuZ_fNGSif081zaAA
Wonder Woman vs Superman - D&D 5e Powergamer's Tactics Room - Segue Series
Who wins between Wonder Woman & Superman, out of 1000 battles? I'm pretty passionate about my answer, which might surprise you! Guest starring Adelina for reactions :-)
10:02
https://youtu.be/wZAJGU2kAcQ
My D&D YouTube channel, Bilbrons & Dragons
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxbubmFuZ_fNGSif081zaAA
Fighting Styles - D&D 5e Powergamer's Tactics Room - Review and Rating Series
Fighters, Paladins, and Rangers get one Fighting Style to choose from... better make it count! Which ones are the best? Watch to find out!
Notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yTjmy_Bn6S5Prr1ROCakZyNW4QfYL4JQ-HPFrNRpjFA/edit?usp=sharing
9:53
https://youtu.be/IVyQJUWd0z8
My D&D YouTube channel, Bilbrons & Dragons
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxbubmFuZ_fNGSif081zaAA
Great Weapon Master & Sharpshooter - D&D 5e Powergamer's Tactics Room - Deep Dive Series
Great Weapon Master & Sharpshooter are among the most popular Feats in the game! But they do require some sense as to when to deploy the Power Attack. Watch for a comprehensive breakdown of when to use this devastating ability!
Notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1O6MYFC8FNApv8r9NyBhS-_LG1R5uHRHnj3U6f1TXrnk/edit?usp=sharing
8:19
https://youtu.be/t9wpn9IJzf0
My D&D YouTube channel, Bilbrons & Dragons
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxbubmFuZ_fNGSif081zaAA
Heavy Obscurement - D&D 5e Powergamer's Tactics Room - Deep Dive Series
Heavy Obscurement is a pretty confusing mechanic in D&D 5e, but if you can leverage it properly, it can also be absolutely devastating! Join us for a Deep Dive into the powerful game mechanic.
Show Notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d5nGlgd3eOY5UfNq_6TWzqlYMY-yleLi1kzz__NbOiY/edit?usp=sharing
16:22
https://youtu.be/VYilUmoXCPs
My D&D YouTube channel, Bilbrons & Dragons
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxbubmFuZ_fNGSif081zaAA
A Defense of Powergaming and Optimization - D&D 5e Powergamer's Tactics Room - Video Response Series
A defense of powergaming and optimization, in response to Roll4Initiative's video titled "Why I don't 'optimize' characters", a 12-minute video that you can view here: https://youtu.be/1XSamFuL8Lo
Show Notes so you don’t have to watch if you don’t want to: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1g-CObaOn7vY_Sac3GEn6NqP1sr-sqv1gk4qc6gLfxhc/edit?usp=sharing
11:20
https://youtu.be/8fKKyaaQE3Q
My D&D YouTube channel, Bilbrons & Dragons
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxbubmFuZ_fNGSif081zaAA
Summon Greater Demon - D&D 5e Powergamer'sTactics Room - Deep Dive Series
Wrecking your enemies with pet Demons never gets old, but Summon Greater Demon is one of the most difficult spells to understand and leverage in D&D 5e! Join us for this Deep Dive to learn how to get the most out of your Demonic minion!
Show Notes so you don’t have to watch if you don’t want to: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ihfDI2KJJWYw5CMf7b2aRuX_1x_KQCPWFCROhKkgfaI/edit?usp=sharing
22:12
https://youtu.be/GJ4dmvcPvYc
My D&D YouTube channel, Bilbrons & Dragons
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxbubmFuZ_fNGSif081zaAA
New Tasha's Caster Bump Items - D&D 5e Powergamer's Tactics Room - Review and Rating Series
The new Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything magic items which confer bumps to caster Attack Rolls and Save DCs are great at first glance, and game-breakingly powerful upon close examination. Watch for some ideas on how to leverage these items to get your wreck on!
Show Notes so you don’t have to watch if you don’t want to: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E_X8Jkk4GZz9Mb9gVbZAjlKk6gNcTQ9b78lKTyZcNs4/edit
7:43
https://youtu.be/xTHa41DIWZ4
My D&D YouTube channel, Bilbrons & Dragons
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxbubmFuZ_fNGSif081zaAA
Races Post-Tashas Cauldron of Everything - D&D 5e Powergamer's Tactics Room - Review & Rating Series
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything has had a massive impact on character creation. Join us as we take a fresh look at all of the available races and look for powergaming synergies, in light of the new rules!
Show Notes so you don’t have to watch if you don’t want to: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EiTGD4DL670ad1e9ytqZCoPDa3drSIQGH7eHehzBllw/edit?usp=sharing
or
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EiTGD4DL670ad1e9ytqZCoPDa3drSIQGH7eHehzBllw/edit
25:51
https://youtu.be/RlGA-hCg_qk
My D&D YouTube channel, Bilbrons & Dragons
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxbubmFuZ_fNGSif081zaAA
Polymorph - D&D 5e Powergamer's Tactics Room - Deep Dive Series
Polymorph is another one of those spells that is really powerful but hard to optimize properly! Join us for our Deep Dive into this fantastic spell to see how to get the most out of it!
Show Notes so you don’t have to watch if you don’t want to: https://docs.google.com/document/d/11v0jWp3DDFbmSYMa7NjVd0lajUvxl_OOPe686qZlKfA/edit?usp=sharing
or
https://docs.google.com/document/d/11v0jWp3DDFbmSYMa7NjVd0lajUvxl_OOPe686qZlKfA/edit
Synergy Chart by Flute:
https://www.flutesloot.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/FlutesLoot-Beasts-1.0-Polymorph-Beast-Shape-Beast-Companion-Familiar.xlsx
18:58
https://youtu.be/Z74J4_v-lyI
My D&D YouTube channel, Bilbrons & Dragons
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxbubmFuZ_fNGSif081zaAA
The Rune Knight - D&D 5e Powergamer's Tactics Room - Review and Rating Series
So is the Rune Knight any good? Let’s find out! This is the first of a 28-part Fighter series where we’ll be doing 3 videos for each of the 9 viable Fighter subdomains… a Review & Rating Series as an overview, a Deep Dive series to figure out optimization leverage points, and a Character Build series where I put it all together. We'll cap things off with one final video - a Showdown Series to see which is the best!
Show Notes so you don’t have to watch if you don’t want to: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1LN0SsSGq9nbM0dmMvBIAfEtmoPqm0uT6zpjJ3sJ1nMA/edit?usp=sharing
or
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1LN0SsSGq9nbM0dmMvBIAfEtmoPqm0uT6zpjJ3sJ1nMA/edit
13:26
https://youtu.be/EGNgZzCo3Zw
My D&D YouTube channel, Bilbrons & Dragons
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxbubmFuZ_fNGSif081zaAA
Optimized Rune Knight - D&D 5e Powergamer's Tactics Room - Deep Dive Series
What are the leverage points at which you can optimize the Rune Knight? Watch this Deep Dive to find out! This is the 2nd of 3 videos on the Rune Knight - a Review & Ratings Series to get an overview, a Deep Dive Series for optimization analysis, and tomorrow a Character Build Series where I put it all together!
Show Notes so you don’t have to watch if you don’t want to: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/14PL7F2f2xpJ7Wyw0gCB8qaY_NXPM9suAP9rDks5elf0/edit?usp=sharing
or
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/14PL7F2f2xpJ7Wyw0gCB8qaY_NXPM9suAP9rDks5elf0/edit
22:17
https://youtu.be/w_IFeN_RhCI
My D&D YouTube channel, Bilbrons & Dragons
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxbubmFuZ_fNGSif081zaAA
Bilbron Rune Knight - D&D 5e Powergamer'sTactics Room - Character Build Series
It’s Bilbron Rune Knight! The final of 3 videos which started with a Review & Ratings Series overview, a Deep Dive Series optimization, and now ends with a Character Build Series putting it all together! Tomorrow, we start on the Psi Warrior!
Show Notes so you don’t have to watch if you don’t want to: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13mKPO5kgJ_mCMXhnQLnzB7sPo8k9a1t07_0r_frHHDI/edit?usp=sharing
or
https://docs.google.com/document/d/13mKPO5kgJ_mCMXhnQLnzB7sPo8k9a1t07_0r_frHHDI/edit
22:57
My D&D YouTube channel, Bilbrons & Dragons
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxbubmFuZ_fNGSif081zaAA
Versatile Fighter Abilities - D&D 5e Powergamer's Tactics Room - Showdown Series
I created a chart to compare the power and # of uses of the Fighter Archetype abilities that offer limited uses of a menu of versatile options - the Psi Warrior, Battle Master, Rune Knight, and Arcane Archer. What I discovered was very surprising! Watch to see which slate of abilities is the best!
Show Notes so you don’t have to watch if you don’t want to: https://docs.google.com/document/d/18bijGxOjlaWWAyjrGF_JPtlyOl-hMllO0LtAn5bZV60/edit?usp=sharing
or
https://docs.google.com/document/d/18bijGxOjlaWWAyjrGF_JPtlyOl-hMllO0LtAn5bZV60/edit
7:34
https://youtu.be/AuC1_3Yuy10
My D&D YouTube channel, Bilbrons & Dragons
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxbubmFuZ_fNGSif081zaAA