#i did a gloomstalker assassin fighter

[bhaalsdeepbat]

Anytime I say something disparaging about Astarion or that treats him like he's pixels, I have to now add, "JAIL FOR BAT. JAIL FOR A THOUSAND YEARS"

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Tav ask meme! 1, 3, and 12 for allllllll of your guys >:3c

HIIII THANK U <3 ok here we go

here’s the ask meme post btw for those. who want to also ask :)

Venali Kelvyre (Human wild magic sorcerer)

1) What would your Tav’s greetings be (at different levels of approval)?

- Negative: A disdainful “What?”, simply an arched brow, or “Make it quick.”

- Neutral: “How can I help?” “Sorry, did you say something?” “Sure, I have a moment.”

- Good: “Good to see you :)” “What do you have for me?” “Always a pleasure.”

- Romanced: Said with all the love in her heart, “There you are.” “How are you, darling?” “Anything you ask.”

3) What would their character quest be titled? Why?

A hard one to answer bc her full personal quest can’t be completed during the events of the game. So probably it would have something to do with Finally, after 7 years of searching, discovering what exactly she needs to do to rid herself of her magic. Which I haven’t figured out yet. But also she lied about being a wizard for seven years so Probably something along those lines. The Sorcerous Charlatan or something is that dumb

12) Does you Tav have any tattoos or scars? Why?

Yes to scars, no to tattoos. She has your general wear and tear of doing field work and then a side of adventuring to search for hidden information (even before being tadpoled), but most notably are the scars on her lips and forehead. She got hit by falling rubble while escaping The Ruin with her remaining friends.

My other friends under the cut

Tozra Cardove (Half-elf college of swords bard)

1) What would your Tav’s greetings be (at different levels of approval)?

- Negative: “Make it quick.” “Oh, you wanna talk?” “If you must.”

- Neutral: “How’s it going?” “Hail, companion!”

- Good: “Just the person I wanted to see.” “Aren’t you a sight for sore eyes.”

- Romance: “Lovely as always.” “Sorry, I’m a bit flustered.” “Forgive me if I swoon.”

3) What would their character quest be titled? Why?

“The Would-Be Knight” bc before being tadpoled he did play fights during festivals in Baldur’s Gate. He was well liked by those he entertained, and is actually skilled with his sword. But he is first and foremost an entertainer. Idk the rest of his story yet.

12) Does you Tav have any tattoos or scars? Why?

Yes, two slashes across his nose. His opponent, both on stage and in real life, didn’t pull his blows. It was an intentional strike that knocked him out for an important show one season.

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Mercury (Tiefling battle master fighter)

1) What would your Tav’s greetings be (at different levels of approval)?

- Negative: “Ugh, what?” “Why don’t I just drop everything?” “Talk.”

- Neutral: “Hey.” “Got something?”

- Good: “My favorite helper.” “Where are we going?” “Shoot.”

- Romanced: “Hey, love.” “You lead, I follow.” “Aren’t you a doll.”

3) What would their character quest be titled? Why?

“Her Sister’s Keeper” bc. Well I had to modify her actual lore a bit to make it work in bg3 bc she is Originally an alchemist artificer who makes potion bombs and she lost her sister in a lab accident so I kinda made her into a sort of. Mercenary fighter for the sake of bg3. Idk, she was my first playthrough and I didn’t really wanna start with a whole new chatavyer so I borrowed one of my other ones. Anyway, something to do with that.

12) Does you Tav have any tattoos or scars? Why?

Yes to both. She’s covered in tattoos of alchemical symbols because she thinks it looks cool, but she also has burn scars all over from her lab exploding.

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Clandestine (Tiefling gloomstalker ranger/assassin rogue)

1) What would your Tav’s greetings be (at different levels of approval)?

- Negative: *Disapproving Grunt*

- Neutral: “Hm?”

- Good: “Hm.” (but nicer this time)

- Romanced: “Hello.”

3) What would their character quest be titled? Why?

These are actually really hard to come up with did you know! They’re a huge buff stealth build assassin with the outlander background. Idk her story yet. Maybe something about being an archer. “The Green Archer” perhaps

12) Does you Tav have any tattoos or scars? Why?

All Sorts of scars from a lifetime of picking (and winning) fights. A notable slash across his face from a particularly difficult job hunting an ogre.

[bones-and-bondage]

About the Person

Hello. I uh, I am bad at these things so here's the stuff I think people might want to know if they are interacting with me.

Kysis or kysis-the-bard has been my fandom related name for years upon years. I don't have access to my fanfic account anymore, but that started my fandom writing years and years ago.

He/They Transmasc Polyam Demisexual with a strong Gay leaning.

35 but feel older than dirt. If you are under 18, please do not interact. I discuss a lot of adult themes and fucked up shit.

D&D 2nd Edition is what I've got the most experience with but I'm starting to learn and pick up 5E... as far as D&D goes. I've got a lot more time put into Deadlands Classic and had a stable in person table for years. I've also played a good amount of Shadowrun and Vampire the Masquerade (which is what my current game is).

FFXIV is my current MMO, though I don't have much time to play or RP like I used to. I sank the most time into The Secret World back in the day. I've done my time in WoW and GW2 but know jack squat about them nor do I really care.

I've been drawing since I could hold a sketchbook, since my mother unit thrust one into my hands. She's a traditional artist, traditionally trained under a famous painter, and was always judgmental AF of everything I did. I am currently using my hyperfixation on BG3 to help me get over all my past issues with drawing and start enjoying it again-- also to learn how to do digital art, since I never really put in the effort to learn it before.

Writing used to be my entire life. I got my BA in it. I was working on getting my MFA when a series of horrible events led to me moving an entire state over, changing my entire career path, and uh, not writing for many, many years. I'm trying to get back into writing again. I've missed it a lot, but I'm not sure if I'll ever be able to enjoy it like I used to.

My main employment is in the medical field, but on the side I run an occult shop and craft things used in various occult practices. I didn't grow up in Christianity, nor do I ever intend to enter it, so don't bother. This does effect how I handle polytheistic fictional environments a lot.

I've spent over 20 minutes dead at this point in my life, if you combine all the times I've experienced it over the last 35 years. Honestly, the chronic migraines I have as a trophy are not nearly as bad as it could have been, but sometimes I just can't get shit done, so never expect regular updates or for me to keep on a regular schedule.

My OCs I'll be posting about the most:

Zaelis, the Dark Urge, Baldur's Gate 3. He is a Deathstalker of Bhaal, which officially in game I tend to build him as a Gloomstalker Ranger (6)/Rogue Assassin (3)/Fighter Champion (3), however I write him also as a Cleric of Bhaal.

Doctor Lazzaro Cosimo Giovanni, Vampire the Masquerade (v20), Clan Giovanni. He worked as a medical examiner in Venice for years before he was shipped off to Madrid in a powerplay by his Sire, whom he despises. He spends more time talking to the dead than he does talking to other kindred and it shows.

Astreux Voeviere de Durendaire, FFXIV. A quiet and reserved ex-inquisitor, hiding from his past rather than reconciling with what he did during the Dragonsong War.

[all-pacas]

I’m intrigued by multiclassing my guys in bg3 but I don’t really know where to start :V how/why did you pick the second classes you did? Do you rec it at 5th, or should I do it now at 4th?

CRACKS KNUCKLES

The short answer: synergy! There are some classes that just go really well together for various reasons. Some classes also have front loaded powers and abilities and not as great high level ones, making it tempting to “double dip.”

Same with levels. Level five is actually a HUGE power spike: it’s when most melee classes get their second attack, and when casters get 3rd level spells (Fireball! Spirit Guardians!). Personally, I never multiclass any melee before level five for that reason. Magic classes are case by case: I’m playing my particular druid as a melee fighter with magic, so I don’t care as much about stronger spells.

As for synergies — each class has a primary stat, right? So for example, let’s take Astarion. He’s gonna want high DEX. He’s a rogue, so his whole thing is hitting very hard in a burst. So, what can compliment that? Gloomstalker Assassin, that’s what!

Rogues don’t get multi attack. What they do instead is hit super hard once. At level 3, Astarion can become an Assassin, which gives him extra initiative and damage to anyone behind him in turn order.

Gloomstalker Ranger, meanwhile, ALSO gives extra initiative, AND a free attack first round of combat. Pair those up, and you get Astarion at level 6 with HUGE damage on the first turn, always acting first, free first round sneak attack and a free first round extra attack. Assassins also have pretty lame high level bonuses. I mean, rogues are always fantastic, but assassins just get free disguise self. Rangers, though, get extra attack at level 5…

So, Astarion as a Ranger 5/Rogue 7 will get two attacks per turn (one sneak attack), cunning action, extra initiative, evasion, uncanny dodge, two free resistances, and on his first turn gets to go first and attack three times. Oh, and he can use ensnaring strike and Hunter’s Mark to be extra rude. Rogues and Rangers both love DEX; it’s pretty easy to bump up his Wis a bit to use ranger spells.

That’s basically multiclassing 101! Find classes that like the same stats (Warlock/Bard), or have overlap (Fighter/Paladin — Fighters don’t use CHA, but Paladins only use it for spells, so you can sacrifice it a bit). Look for fun synergies: 2 levels in Cleric gives you 1 channel divinity, Tempest Cleric gets free “maximize damage on a lightning spell,” Storm Sorcerers Exist…

But it also doesn’t have to be MinMax!! My Druid/Monk probably isn’t optimized, but I just like getting little numbers when I hit: free necrotic damage! Free fire damage from my staff! As long as any two classes share a main or secondary stat, the sky is the limit! Have fun with it!

ETA: Some combos I personally enjoy!

Gloomstalker Assassin for Astarion. LOVE this one. Level 5 Ranger to get two attacks; level 7 rogue because more Sneak Attack is always good, and so is Evasion.

Bardlock! I've done a magic build version, Bard 10/Warlock 2. Warlock 2 is fun because that's the level you get Eldritch Invocations, ie, beef up Eldritch Blast. Since it's a cantrip, it'll keep leveling up on its own. Bards don't have great cantrip damage options, so this allows them to do their thing/concentrate on a buff or debuff while still doing stupid damage. You could go higher on Warlock, but with magic classes after a while you start losing higher level spells, so it's a trade.

Melee Bardlock? I'm going to try this out in my Honor Run. Wyll really wants to be pact of the blade, but it's honestly kind of mediocre. But College of Swords Bard gets some fun buffs to their attacks, and Valor gives Wyll some better armor options. Swords/Valor get multi attack at level 6, and Blade Warlocks get one at 5; I don't think they'll stack, sadly. I'm thinking Warlock 5/Bard 7 will make him a really great debuffer.

Sorc/Cleric: I did this in my last run! Tempest Clerics get heavy armor, which does so much to keep a Sorcerer from being super squishy. And their channel divinity at level 2 means you can, once a short rest, do max damage on a spell. Tempest Clerics get lots of lightning spells and buffs to those spells. I went Sorc 10/Cleric 2, and barely buffed my WIS at all; I wasn't planning on using cleric spells, just that Channel Divinity.

Paladin/Warlock: a classic for a reason! Fun hack: Pact of Blade warlocks can attune to a weapon, meaning they use charisma as their attack stat, meaning you can ignore STR entirely and just make them tanky as hell.

[prynnehesters]

Oh I feel like I need to post my honour mode strats lol as they are...something

My builds were as followed (I switched between characters a lot but my end party was sh, gale and astarion (only respeced sh out of all of them)

Tav: halfling sword bard (noble background)

Gale: abj wizard 11/white drac sorcerer 1

Sh: life cleric

Astarion: assassin 4/gloomstalker 6/2 fighter

Lae'zel: bm fighter (left party @ creche after fighting inquisitor)

Karlach: originally moon druid, then bm fighter after lae'zel left

Wyll: fiend lock

Halsin: oaA paladin

I did not use Jaheira, did not get Minsc, killed Minthara

My main strategy was splitting my party 3-1 and going at it lmao. Also the gloomstalker assassin build goes nuts. Thief monk also goes nuts

I honestly might do more nuts builds in the future but I didn't really enjoy my random build run that much. My ranking of my 6 runs are as follows:

2nd run-Tiefling storm sorcerer romancing karlach

Tactician- gnome oathbreaker romancing shadowheart

Honour mode- halfling sword bard romancing astarion (lol)

1st run- half elf lore bard romancing gale

evil Durge human spore druid romancing minthara

Seludrine drow goolock romancing astarion (tried a lot of weird builds this run)

I honestly might just do nuts builds in the future and see how that goes. My friends told me I just need to solo the game lol

Yeah. Taking a break then playing resist durge probs. When they update the next time

[goddamnmuses]

"Alt"

Send me “alt!” and I’ll introduce you to a character I’ve rped in the past, want to play in the future or are currently playing somewhere else!

I literally just did one of these saying listing my alternate muses list would be too easy.. as that list was basically inspired by this meme.. but I'm already struggling.. but! Rp'd currently somwhere else kinda as they're my current D&D Character.. Cloak of Clouds the Tabaxi Gloomstalker Ranger, Rogue Assassin, Fighter Battlemaster. (I got carried away multi-classing)

(The wings are a magical cloak that turn into wings)

[tabletopbrainrot]

My face when my phone has done nothing but ding in the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers jingle all day

Now then uhhhh... Weekly recap?

Sunday game:

Our replacement for our Owlin Monk has showed up, they're an Assassin Rogue/Drakewarden and they're suspicious as hell. My dragon hating Drow is already barely stomaching one dragon in the party, now we have Spooky Toothless and their pet noble.

Now why is this suspicious you ask? They're from the capital city, so far behind enemy lines that there is no reasonable explanation for how they got there... And hunting displacer beasts sure as hell ain't it.

Our Drow Monk got feebleminded and unfeebleminded in the span of like two sessions. She's basically a cat when at 1int

Our Witch( hag wizard) is so low on resources that it's not funny, I don't think we could squeeze a spell slot out of her if we tried.

Kobold Paladin is just chilling, also might be the key to reintroducing a lost magic used by the divine to create souls to the world.. where did souls come from before this? Great question couldn't tell you if you had a gun to my head

Me? Drow Fighter also just chilling nothing to say other than, tried to earn the trust of a Gloomstalker(Explorers Guide to Wildmount creature, not the really good ranger subclass) after one tried to once again kindnap the Owlin didn't go so well sadly..

(Dog)Centaur Ranger helping us navigate this mess of an underground labyrinth, can't really say anything bad is happening to him he's just rolling survival really.

When this session ended we had found an abandoned minecart station full of intricate clockwork, and at the far end there was a shadow dragon seemingly stuck in a time loop? Or causing one? It pings as Winter Fey, Dragon, and Undead to the ranger. The party wants me to do something given my alleged Winter Court affiliation. So yeah that'll be fun

Tuesday game:

Aka I swear hand on a holy book of your choice it's not Fate

No session this week so a recap of last, we basically hot dropped into the center of the Woad warrior tribe our Fighter is from, and things were hell chaos creatures being vomited out of multiple purple worms, and an impenetrable barrier keeping anyone from escaping.

Our Illithid friend remarked about how dangerous it was for the choir to be away from the capital city, and offered to get us into the central command worm in exchange for allowing them to evacuate the choir. We agree even though we know this will make our lives harder and get ported into the worm and lead into a kill chamber with a red dracolich under the control of a Illithid wizard with a Roman name I can't even remember off hand.

We spend time whittling away at the dragon in our various ways, including our Woad Fighter burning an ability to reroll key events allowing me to crit a shot from my Spelljammers main cannon (20d10+4d8 my DMs face was such a meme, literally slap it on a sticker I swear)

Unfortunately for us the keyword of Dracolich is infact lich so even after all that and our Hobgoblin Irish king with no serial numbers filed off with a dragon slaying sword beating on it, it still gets back up. However our Squidly friend goes full Senate on the wizard and stabs him in the back telling him Caesar sends his regards and breaks the Dracolich's phylactery. Session ends before we see this choir, we'll deal with this next time.

Lancer:

⚠️⚠️We're playing Stolen Crown I can't really spoiler tag so you've been warned⚠️⚠️

• We stop one Ragnarok themed Mecha Kaiju assault, only for two more to kick off, despite us being very dumb we did decide to not split the party and sadly could only directly help one clan that was under attack. Cue Eikþyrnir, which would have had so much advantage, and could have collapsed the caves we were in, except one two many things first of all being I don't care about your Razor Swarms DM I have a Tempest Charged Blade, two we have a Manticore, Three our Sherman is going to use the full reactor or else.

So our Manticore swapped places with Eikþyrnir, and I ran up and Structured it with one swing, triggered executioner and hit the Silverhoof with the back swing and Molten Wreath. Bless our Death's Head's heart, the lad is in constant suffering after getting Gallagher'd by Jörmungandr last session but did pop Eikþyrnir which basically let us take our time, also fuck hornets all my homies hate hornets.

The underground Kaiju fighter clan is saved temporary reward get!

• Cue mysterious radio broadcast, The guerilla insurgent that still thought they were fighting Seccom reaches out to negotiate, we agree to meet.

The DM improvises us a whole narrative clock check system trying to get this person to understand that times have changed and if the people of Sparr really wanted out of Union while it would take time the request would be honored. This whole scene mostly consisted of our single actual Union employee being fed information from the two mercenary Sparraboos known as Coyote and Vermin.

Despite Foundry's best efforts we pass and flipped Yennval's most radicalized guerilla.

• Which leads to us being warned about Huginn and Muninn and having backup in the form of an ace pilot, Yennval is redirecting power somewhere we have to stop this.. now if you've seen my last post... And I repeat who are you people? You'll know that I've been using a liberal interpretation of how [Total Strength Suite I] works, meaning I've been running, dashing, throwing a cover halfway through the second dash, then using [Xaioli's Ingenuity/Tenacity] for more movement by breaking the rock, triggering it again and hitting another target on the map to reset my counter to break the power poles while the most epic of ace combat dogfights is going on in the background.

Unfortunately we didn't stop Yennval from doing her thing, now like some unhinged 3D vtuber concert she's rising from her hidden bunker on the back of a spaceship shouting some unhinged shit..

I don't wanna kill this local god entity I'll be real, and I feel like that'll polarize the locals, but uhhh she's been off her gourd for over 500 years and something's gotta give.

Next session tomorrow the DM is hype and so are we, I think they've found this shit blog too from the meme so by all means expand anything you think I skimmed too much.

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DCMK / DND Crossover Time:

(Since I’ve been thinking way too much about this figured I’d finally post it) (●'◡'●)

Shinichi / Conan: Sorcerer (with some inquisitive rogue levels). Originally had human stats, got a Nat 1 on perception and insta-killed, DM allowed Shinichi to continue on the condition he was cursed. Now has halfling stats because Conan is a VERY lucky kid and just tiny in general. Still trying to figure it out. Half the party doesn’t know.

Ran: Paladin. What more do I need to say. She protecc and attacc, because this bi queen can do it all. Aasimar because she’s a literal angel.

Haibara: Wizard. Straight up. She’s a smart, intuitive person who now controls her own magic and knowledge. Gnome stats because she’s really crafty and helping Agasa out, but probably actually half-elf as Shiho.

Heiji: Warlock (with some fighter levels). Lol his patron is his dad sucks for you Heiji. Half-Orc because they’re my favorite along with halflings.

Kazuha: Cleric with a level or two in Monk. She’s an all-powerful girl with an affinity for spirituality and the super-natural. How else did she and Heiji escape from the mermaid island cliff? Human!

Agasa: Artificer. Just an artificing gnome dude. (NPC)

Sera: Monk. The only thing that’s straight (ha) - forward about her. Half-elf, half-orc (it explains her little fangs).

Sonoko: Bard because I love her and her flamboyancy. Elf noble. (NPC)

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Kaito: Arcane Trickster Rogue / Bard multiclasser. A flashy yet sneaky moonlit thief. Changeling (Chikage - rogue) but also Half-elf (Toichi - bard). He’s always having identity crises.

Aoko: Barbarian. She just seems like she would know her way around stuff but not always attuned to the social graces of those around her. Or ranger. Either way, go off baby girl. Human (1/4 orc).

Akako: Warlock, demonic patron. Girl sold her soul to the devil and likes it. Elf? Tiefling? Who knows but she’s really rocking it.

Hakuba: Wizard because he’s a nerd. Absolutely an elf, super stuffy.

Nakamori: Barbarian. He has in-canon rages lol. 1/2 orc.

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Bonus:

Kogoro: Monk, drunken master subclass. Just trying his best. Human. (NPC)

Eri: Paladin, Aasimar, done with your shit.

Sato: paladin, half-elf.

Takagi: fighter, human.

Megure: fighter, dwarf.

Amuro: Tiefling Paladin.

Akai: Ranger-Rogue multiclasser. subclass is gloomstalker ranger and assassin rogue respectively. Same as Sera, half-elf, half-orc. Sneaky but also very good at ranged combat. Foil to Gin.

Gin: Ranger-Rogue multiclasser. same as Akai, except more obviously evil. Drow / Dark elf because it explains his (beautiful) white hair and why he covers up so much of his skin with his hat and trenchcoat lol.

Vodka: Rogue, dwarf.

Vermouth: ??? Goddess???? Demi-god???? Can do whatever she pleases.

Kids: they’re too little to have a job picked out!! However, Genta as orc / half-orc, Ayumi as human, and Mitsuhiko as elf/half-elf. Mitsuhiko is clearly a budding wizard.

[utilitycaster]

Updated Class Choices in Actual Play: main PCs

Original post here, I’m just doing the whole thing again instead of reblogging or something like that. Since making this post I’ve fully caught up with NADDPod and RQG and there’s been several new D20 seasons, so LET’S GO

potential spoilers for anything that isn’t a one-shot in Critical Role, TAZ Balance or Graduation, NADDPod, RQG, Relics and Rarities, and all D20 seasons. Also for reference: I’m counting Trinyvale and The Mavrus Chronicles as main campaigns, as well as all the D20 sidequests.

If a player or a PC leaves/character dies mid-campaign the character still counts as a main PC, as does that player’s replacement if the player themselves didn’t leave (eg: both Scanlan and Taryon are considered main PCs for CR campaign 1).

In a couple cases I did have to guess regarding what the base class was, for characters who were multiclass builds from the start, and I’ll note that.

Rusty Quill Gaming is pathfinder rather than D&D, and subclasses don’t fully line up (as for classes, most do and I’m counting Cel’s class as Artificer/Alchemist subclass in D&D).

In the case of subclass or class changes, which has happened a few times in D20 in particular, I’ve noted the change

Keep reading if you want the actual information!

Fighter is the most common, with 11, plus two multiclass dips into fighter. And, like D&D at large, human fighter is a very popular race/class combination. Champion is the most common subclass, with four characters (Magnus from TAZ, Hardwon from NADDPod, Fabian from Fantasy High, and Veros from Relics and Rarities). All but Fabian are humans, at least to start off, and Fabian and later Hardwon are half-elves. Bertie from RQG likely would have been the champion archetype in D&D as well. There are two battlemasters (Boomer and Jet, both from D20), and then it’s all over the place. The multiclassers are both barbarians multiclassed into battlemaster (Grog and Amethar). Of the fighters, one multiclassed into a rogue, one into a bard, and one (Jet) switched into fighter having originally been a rogue.

[edit on Nov 28 per an anon ask - Magnus is actually a Battlemaster despite Big Champion Energy! which means of the fighter-as-main-class, we have 3 each of champions and battlemasters, and Bertie from RQG which is pathfinder, and then one each of gunslinger (Percy), eldritch knight (Theo), arcane archer (Hungry Dave), and echo knight (Henry)]

Cleric is next up with 10, plus three characters who multiclassed into cleric. There’s no clear favorite for subclass - grave is the only domain with two characters (Caduceus and Efink) and the rest vary. Two characters, Kristen Applebees and Zolf Smith, have changed domains (and deities) over the courses of their respective campaigns. All but one of the dwarven main characters in actual play has been a cleric, and there have been a few humans, but otherwise it’s again pretty scattered. The multiclasses have also not shown a clear favorite (1 war, 1 city, 1 tempest). Note: I considered Fia and Saccharina both to be multiclasses into cleric, as well as Bob; no cleric base classes have multiclassed into another class. All the multiclasses into cleric are other spellcasting classes (wizard, sorcerer, and bard).

Barbarian and rogue are tied with 9 characters each, plus one multiclass into barbarian and three into rogue.

Barbarian: three berserkers, two each of ancestral guardian and zealot, and one each of wild soul and storm herald. There are two half-orcs and otherwise no race preference. As mentioned, two multiclassed into battlemaster fighters; there’s also a multiclass from barbarian into sorcerer (Fitzroy) and artificer (Gorgug). The lone multiclass into barbarian is Moonshine Cybin, a druid.

Rogue: there are two arcane tricksters, two inquisitives, and two swashbucklers, plus an assassin, a mastermind, and Sasha Racket who in D&D would probably be a thief. Thanks to D20 being like “toy is a race now” it’s hard to say what the overall race breakdown is, even counting all A Crown of Candy characters as human variants, but there are 1.5 goblins (Nott/Veth being the 0.5) and three confirmed humans (Ruby Rocks, Sasha Racket, and Marcus St. Vincent). Of the multiclasses into rogue, two are rangers who chose the assassin subclass (Vex and Liam Wilhemina) and one is a fighter (Magnus Burnsides, subclass not clear). The two rogues who multiclassed are Vax, who took levels in vengeance paladin and one in druid, and Ruby, who took levels in shadow sorcerer. (note: Jet Rocks is counted as a fighter as she gave up her rogue class entirely, but she was a rogue to start)

Bard is next with 8 characters, all but one of whom (swords) is a lore subclass, with one multiclass into bard. Fig Faeth was formerly a college of whispers bard, but switched into lore during Fantasy High Live. There are two tieflings and two fairies from D20, who I believe use elf stats, plus a high elf, a human, a gnome, and an aasimar. The multiclass into bard is Fabian Seacaster, a fighter; the multiclasses from a bard base class are Fig (into hexblade) and Bob (into city cleric).

Druid and Paladin are the next most common, with six characters; there is one multiclass into druid and two into paladin (and Vax is responsible for most of this)

Druid: The only repeat subclass is circle of the shepherd (Kugrash and Lillith) - the rest all again all over the place, and all six have different races. The multiclass into druid is the aforementioned Vax (rogue and paladin); the only druid to multiclass out is the aforementioned Moonshine (into barbarian).

Paladin: two oath of devotion (one of which, Ricky Matsui, switched to oath of redemption), one oath of the ancients and for a while, vengeance (Beverly), one oathbreaker (Cody “Night Angel” Walsh) and two are from pathfinder and difficult to determine from a D&D standpoint (Grizzop, of Artemis, and Azu, of Aphrodite). The races are completely all over the place again. None of the paladins have multiclassed, but there are two multiclasses into paladin (Vax and Fjord, a rogue and warlock respectively, into oath of vengeance and oath of the open sea, also respectively).

We have a four-way tie for next most common, with five each of ranger, sorcerer, warlock, and wizard.

Ranger: two beast master, two gloomstalker, and a hunter. There are two half-elves (Vex and Nyack) and no other real patterns. No one has multiclassed into ranger, but Vex and Liam W. both as mentioned multiclassed into assassin rogues.

Sorcerer: three draconic, one storm, and one wild magic. Two are human, and there are no other preferences for race. One (Saccharina) multiclassed into tempest cleric, and there are two multiclasses into sorcerer, both from battle classes (Fitzroy, a barbarian, into wild magic, and Ruby, a rogue, into shadow).

Warlock: three are hexblades, because let’s face it that class is extremely cool, one is a celestial warlock and one is a genie. No significant race overlap (technically, Lapin Cadbury uses the human stat block, and Iga is human) (I am assuming pactwraiths have revenant stats but like. who knows). The common ground for multiclassing into warlock is “Emily Axford likes to play hexblades”, with both Fig and Sofia taking levels in it; Fjord is the only warlock to multiclass out, into oath of the open sea paladin.

Wizard: two transmutation, one divination, one necromancer, and one chronurgist. Two are high elves, with no other preferences for race; Fia is the only one to have multiclassed (into war cleric) and no one has multiclassed into wizard.

And finally, tied for last but with four each, we have monk and artificer.

Monk: no subclass overlap until Sofia switched to Way of Shadow, but three are humans and one is probably a human equivalent (bittyfolk from Tiny Heist) - the subclasses represented are Cobalt Soul, Drunken Master, Shadow, and Long Death. No multiclasses into monk (like ranger, monk doesn’t offer too many benefits in a multiclass dip) but Sofia Bicicleta took a level in hexblade warlock.

Artificer: despite not being made official until relatively recently, this caught up, thanks to Zonk Verbena Zirk Vervain. Three are either alchemists or probably the equivalent thereof (Taryon is based on the UA version but is pretty clearly not a gunsmith, and Cel’s class is technically Alchemist, not Artificer, but Artificer with the alchemist subclass is probably the closest 5e equivalent), and one is an artillerist; no race preference. None have multiclassed, but Gorgug (barbarian) has taken a level in artificer.

And finally, there is one Bloodhunter, Mollymauk Tealeaf/Lucien is his name, murdering Cerberus Assembly members is his game.

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several other fun facts from the giant list I made to do this:

Number of characters who have switched races or bodies during their campaign: 3

Number of characters who have switched deities/patrons during their campaign: 7

Number of characters who have briefly not had a class while their party was mid-level, with said change representing a major turning point for their character, but then came back stronger than ever having addressed the negative behaviors they learned from a seafaring father figure and having acquired a new plot-relevant weapon, and immediately multiclassed into a class that uses charisma for spellcasting: only two but it’s weird it happened twice

Number of characters whose first name or nickname is a food or drink: 6

Number of characters whose first name or nickname is a food or drink from A Crown of Candy: 0

Number of characters who typically go by only one name (ie, actively do not use their last name or any titles): 18

Number of characters who go by a given name and title/descriptor (eg: Adjective Firstname, Firstname the Title, Firstname of the Place): 8

Number of characters with three-part names (first, middle, last): 2

Number of characters with four-part names (first, two middles/a two-word nickname, last): 3

Number of characters with no name: 1

Percival Friedrickstein Von Musel Klossowski De Rolo III: but you can call him Percy

[horizonwalkers]

When you played/DM’d for gloomstalker did you use PHB ranger or revised ranger? I’m considering building a gloomstalker/assassin/paladin for a oneshot just to have a lil fun

a. that build sounds terrifying, congrats.

b. i’ve played with both. my gloomstalker built with revised ranger is even more op bc of the advantage on initiative and honestly, that kind of makes it less fun?

also in general, i have strong ranger opinions to the degree where i’ve sort of made my own version of the ranger class (it’s really just a plucked apart version of all of the different versions of ranger wotc has released) and i think my favorite completely ‘canon’ ranger, is the base ranger using tasha’s hideous cauldron’s variant traits and trait replacements. I don’t think it fixes some of my issues with lvls 10-20 of ranger (which i modified in my weird ranger), but i think it’s well balanced, it has good flavor that separates rangers from archer fighters or scout rogues, and is fun!