1/7/2024 0 Comments Unearthed arcana sharpshooter![]() Just because you hit hard doesn’t mean you can do it all. Damage is great, but in addition to a DPS character, a party needs a tank, support, and someone on crowd control. It is also important to note that this build focuses on damage output. There is nothing wrong with that build and it is quite powerful, however, this Arcane Archer build delivers more bang for your buck when compared to it. The traditional archery fighter build with a variant human usually consists of a Battlemaster fighting style then taking Crossbow Expert at 1st level, followed by the Sharpshooter feat at 4th level. Human Variant Buildġst Level - Take the Archery fighting style and the Sharpshooter feat.ģrd Level - Take Arcane Archer feat with Bursting arrow and Grasping arrow.Ĥth Level - Take Martial Adept feat with Precision attack and Menacing attack. ![]() ![]() ![]() The numbers below are based on point buy, with a Strength of 12, Dexterity of 16, and Constitution of 16. Also, no multiclassing, since that is a topic for another time. No GWM feats, builds than ends in ‘lock, or Lucky feats here. Let’s take a look at one of the most OP builds you can create with the variant human race. I may be looking to do an incredible amount of damage while you are building yours to be the primary support for the party. Then this build won’t work for you but that doesn’t mean one of us is wrong. Maybe you only play primary spellcasters. All builds, not just variant human builds, are usually based on how you want to role play your newly minted hero. The build I think is the most OP can be found below, but I’m sure there’s plenty of people that feel differently, and there is nothing wrong with that. Various builds provide you with the chance to do great things at the 1st level and then when combined with another feat at this 4th level can throw off game balance…well as much as you can throw it off in the 5th edition. Once again, there is a great deal of debate, this time regarding what the most powerful variant human build is. We are creating the most optimized build possible for our character, with the focus on lower levels so that we can be a superhero out of the gate. You can have the ability to fly if you want (don’t even get me started on that) so yeah, I want the chance to take the Great Weapon Master feat if I’m giving up those traits.īut enough of that. No one would play the race at this point, because who the hell would give up the chance to get at least two points of ASI and the plethora of traits the other races have available to them. Saying the DM should remove some feats to ensure that the character won’t have the chance to take them and therefore throw off the party balance on the surface makes sense, but you can make a great case for so many of the feats having the potential to be abused that you could effectively eliminate almost half the available feats. Yes, at its core the variant human has the potential to be OP at 1st level, but it depends on the value you place on racial abilities and feats, along with how you use them. I know it may seem like a copout saying that both sides are right, but both make a compelling argument and each has pieces that make sense. So is one side right and the other just blind to the consequences of the variant human race being taken?īefore I share my opinion on this matter, I want to state for the record that this post is about the optimum low-level build when taking the variant human race, not to spend too much time exploring the reason that both sides of the argument are correct. The common refrain is that the DM can always use their discretion and rule that certain feats are not allowed at the 1st level, eliminating the opportunity to take advantage of the system. The counter-argument is that while certain feats are always going to be overpowered (looking at you Lucky feat) the human variant race itself isn’t bad, and if anything, it may underperform when compared to the racial bonuses the others get. Many believe that allowing a character to take a feat at 1st level is an unfair advantage compared to the rest of the race options. The Variant Human is once of the most controversial races in the game today.
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