I plan on going for College of Swords but I am not sure to go with hexblade or battlemaster or forge cleric/ war cleric. Though I am leaning on battle master or hexblade. The theme for my character is sword. This sword oriented spells and good swordsmanship
I'm not sure where this multiclassing comes in. Why College of Swords Bard + something else, rather than pure Bard or pure something else? And how many levels of Bard do you want, and what level is the campaign this character is for is expected to reach?
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We are supposed to reach 20. I do not know how many levels of each since this is just my second time multiclassing. As for why multi classing our DM wants us to get out of our comfort Zones and forced everyone to multiclass
Well, if it's mandatory what are the rules? Are you allowed to stay single-classed until you get your 2nd attack at lvl 6, for instance?
edit: also, are all the multiclassing rules in place? Warlock is easy since it's a Cha requirement and Str or Dex for Fighter shouldn't be an issue, but Wis for Cleric might matter.
Hexblade would be my recommendation. Being able to use Charisma for Attack and Damage would pair well with a Sword Bard. Would also give you an amazing ranged option for when you need it.
Thank you all alot. But now I have a friend telling me that Bladesinger is a better option
The Bladesinger has two advantages, but the Hexblade has more. The Bladesinger can use their Bladesong, and it will automatically scale for you even if you stop taking levels in Wiz, but the real advantage to Bladesinger requires you to go a full 5 levels into Wizard, which will severely slow your Bard progression, and you will be stuck juggling Dex, Int, and Cha, so the same problems as the Cleric.
Hexblade let’s you focus almost exclusively on Cha, gives you a little Short Rest mechanic which will pair nicely with you taking better advantage of Song of Rest. Also, you would only need to dip 2 levels into Warlock to get some of the most useful benefits of the Warlock Class and Hexblade subclass.
All in all, if you want to start Bard and do a Multiclass, your best bet is one or two levels in any Warlock, or Sorcerer subclass, or the Paladin base class since they don’t get a subclass until 3rd level, and I would recommend against dipping that far unless you have to. (Two levels of Sorcerer and the Metamagic Adept Feat will be a nice combo.)
This is why I'd like to know the terms of this mandatory multiclassing. At what level does it have to have happened, and how many levels are required in the secondary class?
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The theme for my character is sword. This sword oriented spells and good swordsmanship
If this is the case have you looked into Fighter Samurai or Rogue Swashbuckler to multiclass with your Sword Bard.
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I plan on going for College of Swords but I am not sure to go with hexblade or battlemaster or forge cleric/ war cleric. Though I am leaning on battle master or hexblade. The theme for my character is sword. This sword oriented spells and good swordsmanship
I'm not sure where this multiclassing comes in. Why College of Swords Bard + something else, rather than pure Bard or pure something else? And how many levels of Bard do you want, and what level is the campaign this character is for is expected to reach?
Want to start playing but don't have anyone to play with? You can try these options: [link].
We are supposed to reach 20. I do not know how many levels of each since this is just my second time multiclassing. As for why multi classing our DM wants us to get out of our comfort Zones and forced everyone to multiclass
Well, if it's mandatory what are the rules? Are you allowed to stay single-classed until you get your 2nd attack at lvl 6, for instance?
edit: also, are all the multiclassing rules in place? Warlock is easy since it's a Cha requirement and Str or Dex for Fighter shouldn't be an issue, but Wis for Cleric might matter.
Want to start playing but don't have anyone to play with? You can try these options: [link].
Cleric is going to have MAD issues, needing STR and/or DEX for attack and AC, WIS for cleric spells and CHA for bard spells.
Hexblade does not have these issues because all you need is CHA and maybe 14 DEX to go with medium armor.
Paladin might not be terrible either depending on what you want, and of course Fighter is always good for a character focused on weapons.
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Thank you all alot. But now I have a friend telling me that Bladesinger is a better option
Hexblade would be my recommendation. Being able to use Charisma for Attack and Damage would pair well with a Sword Bard. Would also give you an amazing ranged option for when you need it.
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The Bladesinger has two advantages, but the Hexblade has more. The Bladesinger can use their Bladesong, and it will automatically scale for you even if you stop taking levels in Wiz, but the real advantage to Bladesinger requires you to go a full 5 levels into Wizard, which will severely slow your Bard progression, and you will be stuck juggling Dex, Int, and Cha, so the same problems as the Cleric.
Hexblade let’s you focus almost exclusively on Cha, gives you a little Short Rest mechanic which will pair nicely with you taking better advantage of Song of Rest. Also, you would only need to dip 2 levels into Warlock to get some of the most useful benefits of the Warlock Class and Hexblade subclass.
All in all, if you want to start Bard and do a Multiclass, your best bet is one or two levels in any Warlock, or Sorcerer subclass, or the Paladin base class since they don’t get a subclass until 3rd level, and I would recommend against dipping that far unless you have to. (Two levels of Sorcerer and the Metamagic Adept Feat will be a nice combo.)
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This is why I'd like to know the terms of this mandatory multiclassing. At what level does it have to have happened, and how many levels are required in the secondary class?
Want to start playing but don't have anyone to play with? You can try these options: [link].
If this is the case have you looked into Fighter Samurai or Rogue Swashbuckler to multiclass with your Sword Bard.
Check out my Disabled & Dragons Youtube Channel for 5e Monster and Player Tactics. Helping the Disabled Community and Players and DM’s (both new and experienced) get into D&D. Plus there is a talking Dragon named Quill.
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