Just had the most amazing night ever in DND, I am a level 8 bladesinger with one level in fighter. I am dual wielding scimitars with the war caster feat. All my allies have been swallowed up and my new character appears because my last one died before this battle even started, I cast haste and bladesong on myself so my ac is sitting at a pretty 22 I attack the worm and hit. Worm misses completely without even casting shield or silvery barbs. My next turn I cast mage armor and now I have a ac of 24. The battle continues for 10 turns I have been hit once, dodged a couple nat 20s with silvery barbs and shield really helped me out. 8 spell slots down and my haste and bladesong as faded. The purple worm is looking really really ruff so I decided to finish him off with a fireball as a true wizard and everyone at the table is in aww as I a single wizard took on a giant beast and won while looking pretty good.
I am playing DnD for the first time in 30 years and I'm also playing a Bladesinger. Absolutely loving it. Playing as a pure Bladesinger and like your character there are occasions when you really excel. Be warned though, your DM will at some point drop a couple of custom spells at you sooner or later ;)
I agree the bladesinger wizard is super awesome, it does everything the wizard doesn't usually do, so you get the ability to not get hit and also have great utility and damage.
I agree the bladesinger wizard is super awesome, it does everything the wizard doesn't usually do, so you get the ability to not get hit and also have great utility and damage.
Agreed. Especially if you roll good stats.
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Seriously, per the DMG and MM, that should have been a slaughter of your entire party, especially once the rest of the group was swallowed. Not sure what I can post within site rules but even with a 24 AC it had a 55% chance to hit you on any one of its two attacks. Average damage against you (not even discussing digesting your party) of around 60 per round. Reasonable AC and HP for it’s level, though my personal opinion is that all monsters need boosts there after CR 10. And it could burrow underground at the end of its turn, resurfacing at the start (tremor sense and blind sight would have pin pointed you).
Kinda fishy there. This was a TPK that somehow got mysteriously side stepped. Congratulations on the win, but your DM might need a refresher on the monster’s stats and common sense tactics.
My next turn I cast mage armor and now I have a ac of 24.
Mage Armor: “You touch a willing creature who isn’t wearing armor, and a protective magical force surrounds it until the spell ends. The target’s base AC becomes 13 + its Dexterity modifier. The spell ends if the target dons armor or if you dismiss the spell as an action.”
You have a level 9 PC with a Dexterity modifier of +11?!? So your Dex score is 32? Ok then…
Mage Armor 13+DEX Bladesong Adds INT to AC Haste adds 2 to AC.
He needs just +9 bonus between Dex and Int: 18 and 20 is enough. These are high stats but at 9th you have at least 1 ASI + WarCaster, and extra if 1st lvl feat.
Magic Items make this easier if you consider at least one of: Ring of protection (+1), cloak of protection (+1), Bracers of Defense (+2), gloves of dex (DEX 19), headband of intellect (Int 19).
Assuming above stats.. with haste and bladesong he has 21 AC, 24 with mage armor, 29 with shield for 1 round or rely on a reroll when silvery Barbs. Yes its riddiculous for head to head melee combat for a wizard, but spends a lot of resources: at least 1 bladesong (of PB), 2 spells + many reaction spells slot he needed in just 1 fight(1st lvl spells... but still). It definitely changes the math of certain combats but also not impossible to deal with.
Seriously, per the DMG and MM, that should have been a slaughter of your entire party, especially once the rest of the group was swallowed. Not sure what I can post within site rules but even with a 24 AC it had a 55% chance to hit you on any one of its two attacks. Average damage against you (not even discussing digesting your party) of around 60 per round. Reasonable AC and HP for it’s level, though my personal opinion is that all monsters need boosts there after CR 10. And it could burrow underground at the end of its turn, resurfacing at the start (tremor sense and blind sight would have pin pointed you).
Kinda fishy there. This was a TPK that somehow got mysteriously side stepped. Congratulations on the win, but your DM might need a refresher on the monster’s stats and common sense tactics.
don't take this too strongly, but i think the way to word that next time without coming across as a curmudgeon would be something like "wow, what luck! even with 24 AC a purple worm by the book would have had a 55%..." etc etc. and if you're curious about the 'P' in 'TPK,' maybe a follow-up with a "how was the rest of the party looking after 10+ rounds of digestion? didn't feel like crawling out to lend a hand ha ha?" supportive vibes but you still get a nod from the lurkers who ran off to squint skeptically at stat boxes without commenting. oh, and definitely leave off the tactics critique so that the 'congratulations' lands genuinely.
My next turn I cast mage armor and now I have a ac of 24.
Mage Armor: “You touch a willing creature who isn’t wearing armor, and a protective magical force surrounds it until the spell ends. The target’s base AC becomes 13 + its Dexterity modifier. The spell ends if the target dons armor or if you dismiss the spell as an action.”
You have a level 9 PC with a Dexterity modifier of +11?!? So your Dex score is 32? Ok then…
a 20 in two stats and creative interpretation of fighter's +1 to defensive style? oh, weren't we all young once? :D
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Seriously, per the DMG and MM, that should have been a slaughter of your entire party, especially once the rest of the group was swallowed. Not sure what I can post within site rules but even with a 24 AC it had a 55% chance to hit you on any one of its two attacks. Average damage against you (not even discussing digesting your party) of around 60 per round. Reasonable AC and HP for it’s level, though my personal opinion is that all monsters need boosts there after CR 10. And it could burrow underground at the end of its turn, resurfacing at the start (tremor sense and blind sight would have pin pointed you).
Kinda fishy there. This was a TPK that somehow got mysteriously side stepped. Congratulations on the win, but your DM might need a refresher on the monster’s stats and common sense tactics.
don't take this too strongly, but i think the way to word that next time without coming across as a curmudgeon would be something like "wow, what luck! even with 24 AC a purple worm by the book would have had a 55%..." etc etc. and if you're curious about the 'P' in 'TPK,' maybe a follow-up with a "how was the rest of the party looking after 10+ rounds of digestion? didn't feel like crawling out to lend a hand ha ha?" supportive vibes but you still get a nod from the lurkers who ran off to squint skeptically at stat boxes without commenting. oh, and definitely leave off the tactics critique so that the 'congratulations' lands genuinely.
My next turn I cast mage armor and now I have a ac of 24.
Mage Armor: “You touch a willing creature who isn’t wearing armor, and a protective magical force surrounds it until the spell ends. The target’s base AC becomes 13 + its Dexterity modifier. The spell ends if the target dons armor or if you dismiss the spell as an action.”
You have a level 9 PC with a Dexterity modifier of +11?!? So your Dex score is 32? Ok then…
a 20 in two stats and creative interpretation of fighter's +1 to defensive style? oh, weren't we all young once? :D
Not sure where you’re getting curmudgeon from, but I promise I don’t believe a single part of the story, and neither should anyone else. The most likely answer is that the fight was a gimme from the DM, because the math just doesn’t add up. Perhaps next we’ll hear about a solo victory at 5th level vs Tiamat. Possible, certainly. An endless string of 1’s on her part and 20’s on the PC’s is always possible. As far as goes rest of the party, you’re looking at an average damage of 210 Acid over 10 rounds, no attacks rolls needed and no saving throws. Supportive is one thing, being utterly delirious is another.
Seriously, per the DMG and MM, that should have been a slaughter of your entire party, especially once the rest of the group was swallowed. Not sure what I can post within site rules but even with a 24 AC it had a 55% chance to hit you on any one of its two attacks. Average damage against you (not even discussing digesting your party) of around 60 per round. Reasonable AC and HP for it’s level, though my personal opinion is that all monsters need boosts there after CR 10. And it could burrow underground at the end of its turn, resurfacing at the start (tremor sense and blind sight would have pin pointed you).
Kinda fishy there. This was a TPK that somehow got mysteriously side stepped. Congratulations on the win, but your DM might need a refresher on the monster’s stats and common sense tactics.
don't take this too strongly, but i think the way to word that next time without coming across as a curmudgeon would be something like "wow, what luck! even with 24 AC a purple worm by the book would have had a 55%..." etc etc. and if you're curious about the 'P' in 'TPK,' maybe a follow-up with a "how was the rest of the party looking after 10+ rounds of digestion? didn't feel like crawling out to lend a hand ha ha?" supportive vibes but you still get a nod from the lurkers who ran off to squint skeptically at stat boxes without commenting. oh, and definitely leave off the tactics critique so that the 'congratulations' lands genuinely.
My next turn I cast mage armor and now I have a ac of 24.
Mage Armor: “You touch a willing creature who isn’t wearing armor, and a protective magical force surrounds it until the spell ends. The target’s base AC becomes 13 + its Dexterity modifier. The spell ends if the target dons armor or if you dismiss the spell as an action.”
You have a level 9 PC with a Dexterity modifier of +11?!? So your Dex score is 32? Ok then…
a 20 in two stats and creative interpretation of fighter's +1 to defensive style? oh, weren't we all young once? :D
Not sure where you’re getting curmudgeon from, but I promise I don’t believe a single part of the story, and neither should anyone else. The most likely answer is that the fight was a gimme from the DM, because the math just doesn’t add up. Perhaps next we’ll hear about a solo victory at 5th level vs Tiamat. Possible, certainly. An endless string of 1’s on her part and 20’s on the PC’s is always possible. As far as goes rest of the party, you’re looking at an average damage of 210 Acid over 10 rounds, no attacks rolls needed and no saving throws. Supportive is one thing, being utterly delirious is another.
It is 100% completely true, I used up almost all of my spell slots for shield or silvery barbs. And yes I did get very lucky that's why I decided to share it because it was very epic.
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Just had the most amazing night ever in DND, I am a level 8 bladesinger with one level in fighter. I am dual wielding scimitars with the war caster feat. All my allies have been swallowed up and my new character appears because my last one died before this battle even started, I cast haste and bladesong on myself so my ac is sitting at a pretty 22 I attack the worm and hit. Worm misses completely without even casting shield or silvery barbs. My next turn I cast mage armor and now I have a ac of 24. The battle continues for 10 turns I have been hit once, dodged a couple nat 20s with silvery barbs and shield really helped me out. 8 spell slots down and my haste and bladesong as faded. The purple worm is looking really really ruff so I decided to finish him off with a fireball as a true wizard and everyone at the table is in aww as I a single wizard took on a giant beast and won while looking pretty good.
I am playing DnD for the first time in 30 years and I'm also playing a Bladesinger. Absolutely loving it. Playing as a pure Bladesinger and like your character there are occasions when you really excel. Be warned though, your DM will at some point drop a couple of custom spells at you sooner or later ;)
I agree the bladesinger wizard is super awesome, it does everything the wizard doesn't usually do, so you get the ability to not get hit and also have great utility and damage.
Agreed. Especially if you roll good stats.
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I worship JUSTIN BUCKNER
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Me and about 4 friends started Dnd at our school and apparently it's really popular now so yay!
Im gonna make a cult of Buckner thread soon.
AGAIN, Thanks for reading!
Seriously, per the DMG and MM, that should have been a slaughter of your entire party, especially once the rest of the group was swallowed. Not sure what I can post within site rules but even with a 24 AC it had a 55% chance to hit you on any one of its two attacks. Average damage against you (not even discussing digesting your party) of around 60 per round. Reasonable AC and HP for it’s level, though my personal opinion is that all monsters need boosts there after CR 10. And it could burrow underground at the end of its turn, resurfacing at the start (tremor sense and blind sight would have pin pointed you).
Kinda fishy there. This was a TPK that somehow got mysteriously side stepped. Congratulations on the win, but your DM might need a refresher on the monster’s stats and common sense tactics.
Mage Armor: “You touch a willing creature who isn’t wearing armor, and a protective magical force surrounds it until the spell ends. The target’s base AC becomes 13 + its Dexterity modifier. The spell ends if the target dons armor or if you dismiss the spell as an action.”
You have a level 9 PC with a Dexterity modifier of +11?!? So your Dex score is 32? Ok then…
Its not impossible:
Mage Armor 13+DEX
Bladesong Adds INT to AC
Haste adds 2 to AC.
He needs just +9 bonus between Dex and Int: 18 and 20 is enough. These are high stats but at 9th you have at least 1 ASI + WarCaster, and extra if 1st lvl feat.
Magic Items make this easier if you consider at least one of: Ring of protection (+1), cloak of protection (+1), Bracers of Defense (+2), gloves of dex (DEX 19), headband of intellect (Int 19).
Assuming above stats.. with haste and bladesong he has 21 AC, 24 with mage armor, 29 with shield for 1 round or rely on a reroll when silvery Barbs. Yes its riddiculous for head to head melee combat for a wizard, but spends a lot of resources: at least 1 bladesong (of PB), 2 spells + many reaction spells slot he needed in just 1 fight(1st lvl spells... but still).
It definitely changes the math of certain combats but also not impossible to deal with.
Good fight never the less!!
don't take this too strongly, but i think the way to word that next time without coming across as a curmudgeon would be something like "wow, what luck! even with 24 AC a purple worm by the book would have had a 55%..." etc etc. and if you're curious about the 'P' in 'TPK,' maybe a follow-up with a "how was the rest of the party looking after 10+ rounds of digestion? didn't feel like crawling out to lend a hand ha ha?" supportive vibes but you still get a nod from the lurkers who ran off to squint skeptically at stat boxes without commenting. oh, and definitely leave off the tactics critique so that the 'congratulations' lands genuinely.
a 20 in two stats and creative interpretation of fighter's +1 to defensive style? oh, weren't we all young once? :D
unhappy at the way in which we lost individual purchases for one-off subclasses, magic items, and monsters?
tell them you don't like features disappeared quietly in the night: provide feedback!
Not sure where you’re getting curmudgeon from, but I promise I don’t believe a single part of the story, and neither should anyone else. The most likely answer is that the fight was a gimme from the DM, because the math just doesn’t add up. Perhaps next we’ll hear about a solo victory at 5th level vs Tiamat. Possible, certainly. An endless string of 1’s on her part and 20’s on the PC’s is always possible. As far as goes rest of the party, you’re looking at an average damage of 210 Acid over 10 rounds, no attacks rolls needed and no saving throws. Supportive is one thing, being utterly delirious is another.
It is 100% completely true, I used up almost all of my spell slots for shield or silvery barbs. And yes I did get very lucky that's why I decided to share it because it was very epic.