Our Top 5 Multiclass Dips In Dungeons and Dragons 5e 

Party: we all decided to dip in to Twilight cleric so we can give each other temp hit points all the time. DM: rocks fall and you all die horrible deaths.

Highly recommend 1 level in Order Cleric aka "Bachelor's in Management" on any caster. Heavy armor, Command, Heroism, an extra proficiency, and Voice of Authority. A build with an Order dip and Vortex Warp can drop a Swashbuckler next to a guy and have them Sneak Attack all on the same turn

My next character is based on my ADHD: a bladesinging wizard with an immediate dip into barbarian. It's not meant to be super optimized, but the idea is she can hyperfocus on spells and rages when that concentration is broken.

A 1 level dip into wizard can really help the older sorcerer subclasses. It gives you 6 1st level spells and ritual casting when sorcerers are starved for known spells.

I've played a Divine Soul Sorc. Aasimar with two levels of Celestial Warlock and he was absolutely nasty. Eldritch blast with quickend spell to throw either Guiding Bolt or Fireball along with it was just awesome

I personally think I've found a good, yet very specific multiclass dip, which would be taking your first 2-3 levels in the Shadow Magic Sorcerer, then moving along with a Rogue. Especially if you play a race that doesn't start with darkvision, this gives you a few options for low level defensive spells, ways to augment and speed up your Sneak Attack as a rogue, and a slap in the Grim Reaper's face whenever you take a fatal hit.

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Honestly I think the sorcerer is one of the best dips because with a one level dip you get a bunch of cantrips and you get access to subclass features (which include some really great spells and abilities). Not to mention access to a spell like shield.

I have had great success by taking a level of sorcerer (draconic bloodline) as a lore bard. AC increase, extra cantrips, and access to Shield.

I highly recommend taking a single level dip in artificer for any full wizard build. Starting off with Constitution Saves, Med Armor, and Sheild proficiency is amazing. Additionally, you get access to the gudence cantrip and cure wounds spells, all the while not sacrificing spell slot progression!

Dipping 1 level into Twilight Cleric and then going Gloomstalker Ranger works super well. You get the absurd Darkvision which means if your fighting at night you can be be sniping people from 300ft away with advantage as they won't be able to see you. Plus sharing the darkvision with the party means you won't be hindering your allies by being so dependent on the dark. Vigilant blessing helps you move earlier and get that dread ambusher out before enemies can react. The two just synergise so well with only a 1 level dip, you don't really need to go further as the chanel divinity doesn't really help much

I like to dip into Monk when building a high Wis character, especially druids since their armor choices aren't optimal. As a Barbarian I've also tried dipping into War Wizard just to get a familiar and Arcane Deflection. I chose a bunch of out-of-combat low-level utility spells and one Ranged Attack cantrip for flying enemies. Really opened the character to pillars of play outside of battle while still increasing his battle prowess.

Sorcerer completely forgotten even though it's easily top 3 oof I do kinda feel like this didn't need to be a Top 5 as much as it would have been better to just go through each class and give a run down of how useful it is to multiclass into Still tho, good summary~

My favorite multiclass dip was a 1 rogue -> 19 illusionist. Expertise goes a loooong way for a sneaky illusionist.

Forge cleric is a great dip for other full casters - heavy armour and shield proficiency, +1AC, some healing and a lot of very scalable spells like bless. Most characters need half decent wisdom so it's not a dump stat.

What's interesting is when you have multiclass options that synergize well with each other by virtue of shared attributes. 3 levels of Arti into Battlesmith or Armorer, paired with Bladesinger, is the same kind of output you get from Hexblade + Paladin, in that you can double down on INT for attack, damage, AC, CON conc. saves, etc.

I love the conversational style of your videos! You do a great job of sharing knowledge in a very natural-seeming way so I'm not overwhelmed by rules and systems

I love dipping rogue for Expertise. I've got a Kensei Monk with 3 levels of Swashbuckler Rogue. Emphasis on DEX, Stealth, & Acrobatics for extra maneuverability. Lots of fun with Fancy Footwork and Deflect Missles.

Some dips give great benefits mechanically, some are great for in-character reasons (diversification of life experience, a character who "changed careers" early on, etc.); and there's a lot of overlap. My first character with a fighter dip was purely for backstory reasons (started out as a soldier before becoming disillusioned with...well, long backstory), but it turned out to give all sorts of tactical benefits. And there was even an in-character reasoning for some of the effects -- "yeah, I'm a bard now, but I still have the reserves of determination (i.e. action surge and second wind) I picked up in my earlier days."

I'll admit Artificer (minimum of 13 INT) is a bit unusual especially for a non-INT build, BUT don't overlook it! 1-2 levels gives you A LOT, 3 levels is a bit of an investment, but not unreasonable. 🔸1-level dip to get light & medium armor, shields, tinkers & thieves tools, couple cantrips & 1st level spells. 🔸2 levels you get a couple infusions, 🔸3 levels if you take Armorer subclass you get Heavy Armor, Smith Tools, & the Arcane Armor feature.

I love the variety of DM specific info and useful player info. You guys do so much research so I can just watch a 10 minute video and crush it. Thanks guys!

I recently finished a campaign where i played a Circle of the Moon Druid dipped into the Twilight cleric and the combo was insane!

For me, the best dip is 20 levels of Wizard. Best thing ever. Thanks for the video, dudes

FINALLY, someone talking about the Cleric dip! Some of those subclasses are really powerful and don't even need you to have Wisdom as your main stat.

The artificer is a good one to dip as well, especially for wizards. Similar to fighter, this dip you want to do at level 1 for medium armor and shield proficiency and the constitution saving throw procificiency. I really like the three levels of artificer into the artillerist dip because cannon is a great use of your bonus action and remain relevant through the entire game. You also get 4 infusion options and get to infuse two items as a level 3 artificer. Without a doubt, your party will appreciate a +1 shield, armor or weapon or a bag of holding or a pair of goggles of night. These things never lose relevance throughout a campaign. You also get some spell staples such as guidance, absorb elements, detect magic, cure wounds, feather fall, and the all powerful "shield" spell- which is nutty when you have infused +1 half plate and a shield for a base 20 AC. I think that the biggest issue with artillerist (and artificer in general) is that it doesn't scale well and doesn't have a great spell list at later levels. But dipping into artillerist and then taking wizard levels can add a lot of defensive and support utility to your character that a wizard doesn't normally get. And remember that using your cannon is not a spell, so you can now toss a fireball and then clean up the survivers with your cannon in the same turn.

Rogue dip on an archery fighter is great. Extra 2d6 per round, more importantly, bonus action disengage/dash

Taking three levels in fighter for either champion or battle master would be incredible for any melee based class! Extra crits or superiority dice would be an amazing augmentation for a paladin or barbarian!

Haven't seen the full thing yet but I want to vouch for the Fathomless Warlock, two levels and it gets you a really good bonus action, Eldritch Blast and two invocations, good on just about anything that has a half decent bit of charisma

As a follow up to this video I’d like to see what dips you’d recommend for each of the standard classes.

A life domain cleric dip on a swarm keeper ranger with leachcraft flavored spells sounds fun to me.

Bear totem barbarian dip for fighter is pretty awesome.

As a cleric if you reach spirit guardians, get resilient for the proficiency on con saves, dip 2 levels of druid and get circle of the stars to wild shape and get at least 10 on the concentration saves. The minimum damage to drop your concentration is going to be like 30. I'm playing a twilight cleric, so I also have infinite temp hp and 20 AC, also that absorb elements, goodberry, even healing word so I can prepare something else in the cleric spell list. You can get pretty immortal with that while upcasting spirit guardians, casting spiritual weapon and than using free guiding bolts. Also at 6 lvl on twilight I can fly. Grab thorn whip(which is a spell attack, no save required, and the guiding bolt might give you advantage at that) fly to above an enemy pull him into the spirit guardians they take damage from the thorn whip, spirit guardians and the fall, than you fly down 5 ft so they start the turn on the spirit guardians. Speed halved so he cant run away And most of this comes back on short rests, except of course the spells On top of that, I say that my twilight cleric is about the stars and constelations so i dont even have to justify the dip, the starty form to transform into stars its the perfect fit for my character Never seen anyone talk about this, even though to me it just seems sooooo broken

Three of my favourite characters have a multi-class dip from 1-3. My Monk has a 1 Barbarian dip. Rage has been crazy on a Monk. I have often functioned as the group's DD and tank. By level 18 (17/1), I had around 310 HP with a Constitution of 22. Tons of HP+ high damage+ Evasion= Good time. My Swashbuckler took 2 levels of Tempest Cleric. He mainly uses Booming Blade and eventually obtained a Lightning damage weapon. I can now max out my entire damage roll if I want. At our current level, that's 3D8+5D6 (which I often save for a critical hit). I've also run a Scout Rogue+ Gloomstalker Ranger. Spells have been huge on a Rogue (I've saved us from a potential TPK twice by playing the "Hiding Healer"). Hiding in darkness, using better armour/weapons, marking things, extra proficiencies... It has been a good time.

I really appreciate these videos. They've actively contributed to making my own and the characters of my players more interesting and fun.

The other thing I love about dipping into Cleric is it's super fun to add flavour wise. Almost any character can justify gaining a level in a Cleric Domain relating to their area (for example a Druid being so good at protecting Nature that they are gifted a level of Nature Cleric, or a Bard getting a level in Trickery Cleric)

I'm currently playing a wizard that dipped into wild magic sorcerer for one level. While I can't access meta magic, I have 4 extra cantrips, access to Tides of Chaos, and the wild magic element has COMPLETELY CHANGED OUR CAMPAIGN (we're using DM Coach's wild magic home-brew; it's awesome). It's a silly dip, but has added loads of flavour and so much fun to our game :)

I like to combo Battle Smith Artificer with Arcane Trickster and putting Repeating Shot on a ranged weapon. Not having to worry about ammunition is priceless.

You can take 3 levels of battle Smith or armorer articifer and then go bladesinger and now all your spells and melee attacks can use your int mod. This will greatly delay when you can get your 2nd attack, but you've got plenty of spells you can rely on in the mean time.

got a backup char that has 2 dips that will become full multiclass. we are lvl 7 atm, so he is 4 lvl's oathbreaker paladin, 1 lvl in Shadow Sorc and 2 lvl's in Undead Warlock. ofc he also got a story as to why he have those classes, as i like to not only make it work but also have a reason of why to have those classes.

Honorable mention: 2 level Divination Wizard dip. Beside Portent obviously, even as an other spell caster you can cast any 1st wizard ritual spell (and there are a ton) you know without having to memorise it...and you can add new spells to your spellbook from scrolls. If there's no wizard in the party, this dip can be awesome.

Excellent vid, and well timed too. I have an IRL group that I'm currently running through LMoP who are currently going through Wave Echo Cave, and am going to be transitioning them to ToD(both with heavy homebrew), and I restricted multi-classing for the first campaign because pretty much all of them are new to d&d, but once we get into Hoard of the Dragon Queen imma give them the option to multiclass. In preparation for this, I've been sending them your guys's videos. Thanks for all you guys do!

I've been having a blast with Rogue 3/Cleric 8 in a campaign I'm playing in. Always having access to disengage or dash on a caster is AMAZING. The sub-classes in question are Mastermind and Knowledge Domain. I also got to have a blast with pairing 3 levels of Gloomstalker with 5 levels of Barbarian in a one shot. Running around as an invisible Barbarian is a terrifying concept.

I personally love grabbing a couple of levels of tempest cleric with a storm sorcerer. It can allow you to be a very tanky and mobile caster with the capability to really nuke with the channel divinity and chain lightning at high levels and with the metamagic to change damage types of spells you can do a lot of damage.

One of my favorite multiclass builds is to take 5 levels of battlemaster fighter (for multi-attack) and then take rogue levels to eventually become a swashbuckler. You're going to be a dex based melee fighter and for manuevers you want brace and riposte. The way sneak attack is worded, you only get sneak attack once per turn (not once per round). So by taking reaction attacks, you do get sneak attack on those as long as they are triggered on someone else's turn. Brace let's you take an attack if anyone steps into your range and riposte lets you take an attack if anyone misses an attack against you. If you really want to dial this up to 11, be a bugbear also get the sentinel feat. Your long limbed racial trait plus the brace manuever will work just like a polearm master build does with sentinel. Additionally, your high initiative bonuses will allow you to go first allowing you to utilize the bugbear's "suprise attack" racial bonus to deal an additional 2D6 on your first hit.

Also two other favored dips of mine are war magic wizard particularly on the eldritch knight and the armorer as they need all the spell slots the can get. The other favorite is monk 1 on almost any druid as it's form of unarmored AC tends to be better than any standard armor druid can wear and reqs almost no focus into dexterity at all

I like the last minute end note to artificer+wizard. I was thinking of that most of the way. Then again I've played that and loved it.

I'm currently playing a Aberrant Mind Sorcerer that took a 3 level dip into Fathomless warlock, so much flavour and shenanigans to be had, plus some really good combos with spells. Also having 5 2nd lvl spell slots has been a lot of fun.

Nice job, guys! Very informative.

A 2 level dip in Moon Druid can be really good especially with the less Tanky builds. Monks in general benefit from Wildshape and a Wizard with the added health pool plus armor and shield proficiency is great (especially on an abjuration Wizard)

In my current campaign, I've dipped my Evocation Wizard into 2 levels of Fighter; lets me equip the acid/poison resist Chain Shirt our group found without hindering my spells, and of course, *ACTION SURGE FIREBALLS.* Plus just that little extra couple of HP from Fighter. Though my first use of Action Surge actually ended up being a Lightning Bolt instead of a Fireball... because the enemy we were fighting had a surprise Fire Immunity that I found the hard way.

I LOVE my Genie Warlock with 3 levels of eloquence bard. My lowest persuasion and intimidation checks was 23.

We just TPK’d in my group last night so I am looking for a new character to play. This is the perfect time for this video to drop!

I think people underrate a 1 level dip into Divine Soul Sorcerer. Access to sorcerer & clerics spells give you the best selection of arcane & divine spells. - 4 cantrips is crazy utility for any class. Guidance is a must have, the other 3 are based on your playstyle. - 2 spell slots of 1st level & 2 spells known. Guiding Bolt, Healing Word, Shield of Faith, Shield, Absorb Elements, Magic Missile are all great options. - Bonus spell known via Divine Magic/Affinity. I usually choose Bless (Law) or Cure Wounds (Good) but again depends on your playstyle. - 'Favored by the Gods' is one of the best lvl 1 abilities in 5e imo. I almost exclusively use this for saving throws but you add 2d4 AFTER you found out you failed to change the outcome. Use this to hold concentration, save vs hold person/mind control, use it on a death save as well since you don't have to be conscious to use it. Recovers on short or long rest so you can use it multiple times a day. This dip is amazing for warlocks for the extra slots, as well as paladins, bards, or any other any class that wants healing, shield/absorb elements spell, and wants a bonus vs failed saves.

Druid 2 is an amazing dip. The wild shape feature even used purely out of combat is amazing, and the optional rule of expending a use for find familiar as well.

I somehow never had the thought of making a Bladesinger fighter, and that being the first one y’all mentioned had me unreasonably excited, as someone who loves the wizard class.

My paladin did a 2 level dip in barbarian for Reckless attack and danger sense. Felt really good for the increased chance for crit and improved dex saves.

Monks can be paired super well with a lot of classes. At first level you already get an AC boost, extra weapons, ability to use Dex instead of Str, and a bonus action attack. Second gives you more movement as well as even more things to do with your bonus action. And third gives you deflect missiles along with subclass features. Clerics, Druids, Rangers, Rogues get the most out of it, but an AC boost, extra move, and bonus action dodge is useful no matter what

Even thought they don’t mix very well, I’m playing a mostly eldritch knight with 3 levels in clockwork soul, and am having a ton of fun. I use clockwork soul spells to warp the battle to my needs, and then come in swinging with eldritch knight.

Hexblade is my favorite class, because of versatility. I'm looking a Rouge dipped into 3 Hexblade.

So glad that y'all mentioned action surge and casting, especially with yall being a decently high viewed channel. Maybe this will help to educate people on the made up rule of "only 2 spells per turn", which is especially frustrating since it's *never* been a rule and instead is just people misquoting the actual rule with bonus action spells.

One level in divine soul sorcerer is pretty good as anything charisma related. As you can pick between 4 cantrips that are either from the Sorcerer or Cleric spell list, 2 spells that are also either sorcerer or cleric + 1 spell that is based on the alignment from the sub class itself, plus the feature "favored by the gods" which gives you 2d4 to any saving throw or attack roll you failed once per short rest. The short rest part makes it really powerful. It is great on warlocks as it gives them 2 first level spell slots to use their low level spells still, but also great on paladins and bards as it gives them access to the spells shield and absorb elements

I've been considering dipping into fighter for my trickster cleric. That double action with duplicity and duel wielding + all the little bonus action goodies

I have enjoyed several wis based rangers with cleric dips, although the stat reqs for ranger usually make it tough to use heavy armor, but war, nature, and arcana really make those builds hum with extra attacks, a dif fighting style from the ranger and making magical ranged attacks easier to come by. It also allows some of the summon spells to work really well, shoutouts to the fey wanderer and the revised beast master ranger who enjoy these options a lot because of the high wisdom focus

Don't forget the 2nd lvl of warlock. Eldritch invocations are awesome. Also, two levels of druid are awesome as well. Many of the druid subclasses are quite strong

Paladin with a dip in sauce were for extra free spell slots and a lot better spells so you have four extra Smith’s

I scrolled till the page had to load additional comments and was really sad to see not a single suggestion for Ranger. Ranger with the Deft explorer option from Tasha's is amazing. 1 skill, med armor, martial weapon, and shield from base ranger. 1 language from Favored enemy, 2 more languages and expertise from deft explorer. All for 1 level. Helps fill in all the gaps in your caster's resume.

1 level dip into fiend warlock is actually really solid for a dip simply for the fire resistance

It was expensive in terms of spell progression but my all time favorite multiclass was 3 Rogue into illusionist wizard. The Arcane Trickster mage hand always gave me a on-brand ie: sneaky option for my bonus action and the expertise made him amazing at what he did best.

One great choice for spellcasters is a 2 level dip into tempest cleric, whose channel divinity allows you to maximize the damage on a lightning spell, most notably Witch Bolt, which not only can be twinned, but also has the some of the best damage scaling in the game.

1 level of Artificer for a Wizard lets him heal, doesn't cost spell slot progression, gains him light and medium armor, and more access to spells including level 1 healing which can be upcast all the way up.

yay! I've actually been waiting for another multiclassing video (:

One that really worked for me is a 2 level dip in Monk for the Ranger - particularly with Tasha's additional "Dedicated Weapon" option If you want to be a martial ranger and lean into DEX and WIS, you get a lot out of weapons, AC, and magic without wearing armor

My current campaign my party is at level 8 and I’m playing a battlesmith artificer (6) and a dip into bladesinger wizard (2). The synergy between the two has been *chef’s kiss*. The extra bonus for concentrating on spells, bonus to AC and combined with infusions like Mind Sharpener the only real downside is my bonus action at the beginning of an encounter is in higher demand.

Bit more specific, but the Sorcerer/Warlock dips are very compatible. As a Sorcerer, two levels into Warlock gives you a consistent, high versatility, good damage cantrip and invocation options. Bonus points if you do it as a Hexblade or Great Old One 'lock. As a Warlock, a one or two level dip into Draconic Sorcerer gives you permanent Mage Armour, Con saving throw proficiencies, more magic in the early levels, and possibly some Metamagic. Really solid combo.

3 levels of Battle Master Fighter + sharpshooter feat made my Battlesmith Artificer an unstoppable force. Those 3 lvls + feat means I can always dish out some of the best single target damage in the group, while saving all of my spells/infusions for utility and heals. Also, Battlesmith lets me use my Intel mod for my bow attacks... so I get to pump all my points into my main stat and still be good at martial combat. So I have a lights out sniper who can also heal/buff, but also serve as rogue when necessary (lockpick prof + Gloves of Thievery Infusion). All that, and you also get a freaking robot knight to command who can block for you or save allies...

There's 2 fighting styles that fighter doesn't have access to: blessed warrior and druidic warrior only available to paladin and ranger

I took 1 level of wizard on my Druid. 4 rituals permanently available without eating up my Druid spell preparations, plus magic missile and disguise self. Also 3 cantrips: minor illusion, mage hand, message. None needs intelligence to be higher than requisite 13, and all spells the Druid cannot usually access. Really strong utility/support additions for just 1 level dip.

Great Video! Would love to see a follow up style video with "our top X favorite 10th level multiclass builds". If you had to make a 10th level character that was multi-classed - what would it be/how would it be constructed. (Could do same at level 7 and level 13).

Flawless intro. Well done 👍

Good list. As a proud optimizer, multiclass dips are a bread and butter of my builds. i'll share my own top 5 dips: 1. hexblade 1-3 2. fighter 1-2. rune knight or battlemaster are the best subclass picks if you want to take 3 levels. 3. sorc 1-3 (this i think was the big miss from your vid as metamagic helps any spellcaster and quicken spell enables so many combos). i'd point out divine and wild as the best dips among sorcs. 4. cleric 1-2 with twilight, peace, tempest and grave being the best dips. 5. fathomless 1-3 which is a great way to access a consistent useful bonus action for cha based classes that can also be used for speed reduction combos.

I always think the Moon Druid is criminally overlooked as a multiclass dip. So many classes seriously benefit from a bonus action wild shape. Rogue sneaking around? Become a spider for a bit and sneak attack off the ceiling. Raging barbarian need (even) more HP in a pinch? Wildshape into a bear. Add some clutch healing, great cantrips like guidance/mending/shape water, and some reasonable debuffs/utility spells, and you become able to handle almost any situation. I get the challenge of MAD and narrative justification, but the abilities are pretty sweet.

Rogues are my favorite class, and I’ve had the most fun pairing them with Warlocks personally. My favorite combinations are that of an Arcane Trickster who later takes Pact of the Chain to easily equip an Owl familiar that can aid you with consistent sneak attack, plus you gain access to a decent amount of spells from the warlock list that are often really helpful in boosting Rogue abilities. Besides that there is also the “HexBuckler” who quickly turns into a melee damage dealing BEAST with access to insane movement options and again very useful spells :)

Sorcerer is actually one of the strongest 1 level dips for self-protection. You get Shield, Silvery Barbs/Absorb Elements, and your Sorcerer subclass. Many of the best Sorcerer subclasses give you limited use reactions at level 1 which affect dice rolls. You can take your pick between removing advantage and disadvantage PB times per long rest, adding a bonus to your own saving throws (or attack rolls if you're nasty) once per short rest, or giving yourself advantage on a saving throw (or attack/ability check) a DM's number of times per long rest (minimum of 1). Divine Soul also lets you pick up Bless on top of this, and mix and match any other Cleric spell that you want more than Absorb Elements if SB isn't available in your group. No character doesn't want this package of protective abilities. Even a Barbarian can still use the subclass features while raging.

One of my all time favorite characters was one I made based off the Green Arrow. 3 levels Assassin Rogue/7 levels Battle Master Fighter. Specialized in Archery, obviously. Auto crit against surprised creatures with Superiority Dice, then an extra attack + Action Surge, plus getting the Disengage/Dash/Hide Bonus Action. Using a Longbow to hit from across the battlefield then hiding as a bonus action to a +11 stealth if you’ve used your background to gain a stealth proficiency and then used the expertise skill to turn it into expertise.

A 2 level dip into *Divination Wizard* if you can justify the minimum Intelligence stat (13) is great on any character just for the protection from _the dice gods._ Portent is basically luck rolls that you can preplan, saving that high or low roll for the right moment. And if you add in the Second Chance Feat and are a Halfling, and then in addition to Halfling luck take Bountiful Luck, ... the DM may throw dice at your head.

This is why i love the tempest cleric with a fighter 2 dip so much. Most casters will expend their 2 3rd level slots in that one action surge, but not the tempest cleric and his trusty maxed call lightning. Just cast spiritual weapon 2 or call lightning 3 the previous turn then bring down 70 damage out of nowhere... at lv 7. Cast maxed Call lightning - action surge another maxed lightning bolt - bonus action strike with your existing spiritual weapon 30 + 30 + 1d8 + modifier

3 levels of bard on a shield master build paladin. Expertise on athletics, made him +17 to knock guys prone, and lore bard cutting words just to make sure. Oh the extra spell slots for smiting was nice too.

I’m currently playing a Light Domain Cleric (7)/Circle of Stars Druid (2.) Dragon Constellation starry-form to help my CON saves and I blast away!

Taking the first level in Artificer and the rest in Wizard is pretty fun. D8 dice maxed, Medium Armor, INT and CON save instead of INT and WIS. Also you get Cure Wounds, Faerie Fire, and the entire Artificer Spell list available as scrolls (with an Arcana check) moving forward.

I’m currently playing in a level 12 campaign, and I’m playing a (6 soul knife rogue, 6 bladesinging wizard) halfling. And he is a blast to play! Especially with magic items boosting his charisma score to match his dex and intelligence

petition to call a 2 level dip a double dip

Video could not have more perfect timing, just started my campaign

I made an open hand monk with 1 lvl light domain cleric. I know Monks need their keypoints but one lvl in created an extra disadvantage option with it costing ki, an extra buff through bless, etc.

1 level of Artificer before going full Wizard is pretty damn amazing.

I'm playing a Way of the Open-hand Monk with three levels into Fighter-Battle Master right now and it is an awesome experience.

My first character is a Spores Druid with a Trickery Cleric multiclass dip - a deep gnome shroom-peddling drug dealer praying to Waukeen for a good hustle. It's been a little clunky with all the class features requiring actions to activate, though I'm chalking that down to inexperience. We're currently lv 12, and I've found my niche as utility-support - Disguise Self, Blessing of the Trickster, Gaseous Form and Wild Shape make exploration a breeze, while Halo of Spores and its related nastiness helps the party wear down enemies in combat. Big shout-out to my DM for waiving concentration on Invoke Duplicity, as it's allowed me to be so much more creative with it!

I think Hexblade is definitely the standout Warlock multiclass (especially for paladins or bards) but really a LOT of the Warlock subclasses offer some useful first level abilities. Fiend warlocks get free temp HP anytime you kill an enemy, Great Old Ones get short range telepathy, Celestials get a free bit of healing (as a bonus action), Genie’s get a free mobile shelter/hiding place. Any of which can be pretty useful to almost any character/campaign. And my personal favorite underdog, the Fathomless basically get Spiritual Weapon, without a spell slot. Which is just an EXCELLENT option to regularly utilize an open bonus action (who doesn’t want to make an additional attack each round?) and, though a bit clunky to pair with hex, is very potent in a big boss fight where you have a couple rounds to get them both running at the same time.

I think a 2/3-level dip in warlock is super powerful as a default, 2 invocations that drastically change your character, potentially 2nd level spells that come back on short rests. even with 13 charisma most of the spells that warlocks can take will be effective as they don't need saves or attacks to be made. Examples: devils sight and the darkness spell make you very effective in combat and sneaking around in the dark, hex for extra damage, mask of many faces for infiltration, Eldritch mind for concentration, Eyes of the rune keeper for lore. Then if you take pacts into account you can get some potent combos going on. Wizards get a better pact familiars, barbarians can never be unarmed with pact of the blade, and sorcerers get a lot more spells with pact of the tome. Lots of potential going on

A College of Valor bard gains really good benefits by dipping into 2 levels of fighter. With Second Wind they gain a self-healing option that's not a spell and with Action Surge they can take the Attack action and cast a spell with a casting time of 1 action, and then use Bardic Inspiration to inspire their allies.

I've found that a 2 level dip into bard is pretty good - you can get some healing spells to keep people from making death saves, you get a few uses of your inspiration, and you get jack of all trades at level 2