The Smiting Bladesinger: D&D Build #163

Bladesingers can't be Paladins too, can they!?

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Intro 0:00
Hit Point Press 5:34
Level 1 7:59
Level 2-6 13:33
Level 7-9 27:59
Level 10-13 33:21
Level 14-17 40:51
Final Thoughts 46:13
Outtakes 51:13

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[DnDDeepDive]

Hey friends - just FYI, I'm out of town this week so probably won't be as responsive to comments here as I usually like to be - sorry, I'm not ignoring! Hope you enjoyed the show :).

[_Body]

Tortle: Stop
*Enemies don't stop
Tortle: Hammer Time
Enemies: Oh oh oh

[hericn]

I've been playing an Eladrin Bladesinger, mostly based on Bladesinger 2.0, for almost 2 years now.
I was living the dream:
- Teleporting myself, friends and foes with fey step, vortex warp and dimension door;
- Asking for the blessing of the Queen of Air and Darkness when casting my shadow blade and dancing through the shadows to oblitarate my enemies;
- Summoning the Feys from the courts of Barovia to help me in blattle;
- Riding my illusory Stead on the battlefield;
- Protecting myself and my friends turn after turn with silvery barbs, shield and counterspell
- Scouting through the eyes of my raven familiar.

I had everything.... UNTIL TODAY! When you (YES YOU, COLBY!) came with an even more awesome build!
The sheer image o a tortle hiting his hammers on his own shell to start a bladesong, not as a soothing melody, but as a thundering warsong gives me goosebumps. What an amazing character!

Thank you once more for sharing this with us.
I hope you and your family have an great week!
See you next tuesday!

[OGPedXing]

I did this recently with the goblin race due to their disengage feature. It was awesome imagining this little green guy whirling around the battlefield, bringing the smackdown. Then i realized. Yoda. I made young Yoda 😂😂

Edit: ...and you made Master Oogway 😂

[floofzykitty]

I now want to play a Tortle that was always told he was "too slow" to be a Bladesinger and now he's this Kung Fu Panda-esque being that is just unreasonably fast and tanky.

[dallinlowe]

Played a fairy Bladesinger (styled after Peter Pan) and my GM gave me a Scimitar of Speed. Man did I have fun with this thing! Turn 1 was Bladesong and Haste on myself, followed by a weapon attack with the hasted action. Each turn after, I could use almost any combination of spells and attacks/movements I wanted. Had 80ft movement including flying, had an action, hasted action, and bonus action, and an AC off the wall. Bladesinger is one of the most busted subclasses ever created.

[Naturjoghurt]

Hey Colby
I've been a player for a couple of years and started as Dungeon Master last year.
First found you in a Dungeon Dudes Video. Been Watching your videos for a couple of weeks now...
Always listening to your soothing voice while driving to or from work.

I thought I might leave a comment for the algorithm.
Keep up the amazing work.

[keithpowell]

I was surprised to not hear a story arch on this build. The flavor of a bladesinger paladin would be so interesting to explore! A very fun thought experiment, though! I work night shift and listen to your videos to stay awake on the drive home, great way to keep the gears spinning!

[Camo]

I really feel like the ‘use weapons as spellcasting focus’ part of War Caster should be a class/subclass feature. Artificers, Rangers, Paladins and maybe War Clerics, Bladesingers and Hexblades should get that automatically. Primarily the half-casters, to help give them a little bonus over full-casters. Those that study the use of martial combat and spellcasting should have extra abilities with combining them.

[Ramschat]

This might be the most Colby character ever

[chance]

My DM was amazing and allowed me to get ahold of the Illusionist's Bracers on my Bladesinger. I'm a Goblin, and Bladesingers were always meant to be basically Jedi, so now I can go full tilt with Shadow Blade (Lightsaber) fun. Yeah, I'm Yoda.

Illusionist's Bracers - When you cast a cantrip, you can use your bonus action to cast the cantrip a second time.

Obviously, using this to double cast Booming Blade. DM also supports using Booming Shadow Blade, so right now at lvl 5 I can get two Shadow Blade attacks with Booming Blade damage added. In a couple of levels (cause multiclass) I'll have 3 attacks with Shadow Blade per turn. I've done this math, and it's still not quite as good as Animate Objects, so I don't feel bad... I'm just excited that I get to live the Jedi Bladesinger dream.

[grantstratton]

Colby, I love the creativity of your builds. I confess when you asked for a raise of hands, my reaction was pure anxiety. The thought was, "that multiclass would make me really, really MAD! What's my dump stat, Colby? WHAT'S MY DUMP STAT?!"

I was really relieved that you answered that question almost immediately, with Dex--'cause we're playing a Tortle.

[Treebohr]

Dual-wielding light hammers? I immediately imagined that one guy from Andor who works in the belltower. That dude was committed to his job, and while he wasn't singing, music was at least sort of involved!

[BLynn]

The Smiting Bladesinger: D&D Build #163
Level 01 (see above) [wizard 1 & race]
Level 02 (see above) [wizard 2 & sub-class]
Level 07 (see above) [wizard 5]
Level 10 (see above) [fighter 2]
Level 14 (see above) [fighter 4 & ASI]

[phatcritz]

Sir, that indeed was a deep hammer cut. I had to look up from my desk job just to be present in the moment..

[chrisobrien]

Oath of the Singing Sword immediately came to mind. As always, loved the video. Not even just on particular builds, but watching your videos has really helped my creative side come out for character builds.

[chiepah]

My fiancée is going to love that book! I already have her birthday present for next year bought, thank you Colby.

[mitchhaelann]

Nice to see more love for the BladeTortle. Loved the build!

[justinhenley]

I am also a bladesinger fan and I am currently in a game as a Blood Hunter/Bladesinger build. I notice that there is barely any blood hunter builds on YouTube. I’m a dual wielder reborn undying profane soul blood hunter with a fire (phoenix) affinity and 2 levels into bladesinger. Being able to use my swords to cast my spells and healing when I kill an enemy has been great. I hope to see more blood hunter builds on YouTube in the future since there are a lot of combinations. Love your videos!

[ArceusShaymin]

Hey, Colby! I was going through the D&D: Optimized playlist in the background and noticed that some videos were missing! On a quick look, it seems that entries 118, 121, 126, 128, 146, 152, 153, 154, and 161 are currently not included in the playlist.