Going by the cannon year one manga I'd also have to argue that he has the alchemist feat because he makes his own poison and tear gas even going so far as to use egg shells to hold them. also it mentioned that he did multi class as a scout meaning having three levels in rogue
You don't need the rest to make those things by the book. It's what downtime rules in Xanathars guide is for, fun fact! The rest is interesting though! Hope you enjoyed it!
I actually built this in D&D Beyond while I was watching your video. He's brilliant even without getting to Level 20 (since most campaigns usually only end at level 10 anyways), though personally I'd select Blind Fighting for his Ranger Fighting style rather than Duellist or Defence. Now hear me out, when they first meet Priestess asks him "Do you have some ability that lets you see in the dark?" To which he responds "No, I've just practiced." Blind Fighting I think is the best way to replicate not having Darkvision, but not being totally useless in a fight in the darkness.
@@chadwilliams9381 I won't say it's impossible but I barely have time to make new builds patrons vote on unfortunately lol, maybe if I ever have the time!
Loading Crew confirmed his alignment is Lawful good. His motivation is "kill the goblins so they don't make another one of me" Also, those filthy disgusting GOOOOOOOBPLPLPLINNNNNSSSSS!
Alignment is a finicky thing unfortunately! It all comes down to viewpoint, which is why alot of people in the circles I'm with on the internet don't even bother using it anymore really. If that's what the creators think he is that's awesome though! (Also yes, making monsters monstrous again was a wonderful side-effect of this manga!)
social skills aside, he really is Lawful Good. The first chapter/episode painted him like a jaded emotionless avenger since it's based on Priestess first impression but pretty much anyone he has relationship with kept him on the lawful side, especially his teacher hell, he still feel bad for killing the Witch girl years later
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed him, though since he was one of my first builds he could definitely be improved upon now. Maybe I'll give him a re-visit!
I'm intrested in this because I tryed making a general goblin/kobols hunter. Personally I went hill dwarf hunter ranger with short swords and took gobliniods, beats, monstrositys and kobolds as flavored enemy. Then took horde breaker, escape the hoard, whirlwind attack and stand against the tide since quantity is way more important then quality of attacks agianst little guys.
Thanks for the comment! Love the idea of a pure hoard-breaker, such a neat set of abilities if your DM works with you! Yup, there are dozens are excellent builds out there for anti-swarms, but Goblin Slayer himself is a bit more versatile and his whole "rage" concept was what drilled into me the idea he had to be a barbarian. Honestly, if I was going to take this concept and improve upon it, I'd probably go Variant Human, Rogue Scout 4, Zealot Barbarian 16 and simplify things. So many fun ways to build characters in the game, makes it a joy to keep dabbling with them.
Just a few quick things to note about Sneak Attack. 1: You get an additional d6 roll for every other level. So a Sneak Attack at lvl 1 would be 1d6, at lvl 3 would be 2d6, at lvl 5 would be 3d6, so on and so forth. Keep that in mind if you're starting at a higher level or if/when you lvl up in a campaign. 2: Sneak Attack can trigger for both finesse weapons and ranged weapons, not just finesse. Meaning you could get it with that crossbow of yours. 3: Some features allow you to guarantee advantage under certain circumstances on your attack roll, thus triggering Sneak Attack. Such as Steady Aim (optional Rogue feature, ask your DM about it) and Assassinate (Assassin archetype feature), so keep that in mind during combat.
@@drac109 Not a problem at all! Sneak attack stacking with rage for some nasty damage output is always a good time. Reckless is also a way to guarantee your sneak.
The thieves cant is actually quite accurate for goblin slayer. At one point in the light novels goblin slayer has to get some supplies from a rather shady black market and uses it and his connection with his old master to get them
Love this build 15 zealot barbarian, 2 rouge and 3 hunter ranger... it works fantastically and I took the idea of half orc because they'd never see it coming to have one of their own murdering them ohh so well.
A bit delayed due to the pain of Vegas crashing repeatedly. But at least it's here and with a proper video background now! Let me know what you all would like to see next!
@@johnathanpetreman6701 Yu would be so difficult. But I'll start researching into the ever-expansive Nasuverse to start work on her! Yuji is definitely next.
I interpreted it as a DM slipping Goblin Slayer's player a piece of paper offering him a one off critical sucess death saving throw/ rage in exchange for dying at the end of the rage, just to avoid a TPK. They were in a BAD spot before then.
I like the idea of starting as a rogue and some barbarian levels for the redeye moments but I feel like a lot of the rest of this could be explained easier with the fighter archetype battle master with its various maneuvers instead of trying to asspull his skill set out of a scatterbrained build. Like as an evasion tank instead of constantly leaving combat and reentering which he doesn't really do the riposte maneuver is closer to his relentless fighting style in the thick of things, as well as the sweeping attack maneuver for those wide scything swings that tend to take out more than one goblin while the camera banks around in slow motion. Likewise the second wind bonus action could be used for that fall 7 times get up 8 thing GS has going for him without having to IC handwave magic and it OOC clashing with rage. To say nothing of it's level 7 skill "know your enemy" where you can learn about your foe by watching from a distance as he does before every nearly encounter in the series.
There's always tons of ways to make a character! I went over several different ideas in the video, and certainly had plenty of other ideas as well. If you wanted to be more mechanically superior there's *alot* that could be changed, honestly. I just went with focusing on the thematic! With the skillset I have now, I'd honestly go with scout/battlemaster/zealot multiclass, personally.
Always tons of ways to make a character. He also has the benefit of being the character that's being played that somehow is able to refuse the luck of the dice. ;) So I built him more around the idea of what he's seen doing than what he's listed as. Though there is some ranger in there!
Honestly Oathbreaker or Oath of Vengeance could work really well from a roleplay perspective; Paladin's just need that good charisma and poor GS doesn't strike me as someone with high charisma lol. Thanks for watching, hope you enjoyed!
I came in thinking this would be mostly fighter with perhaps a bit of ranger but now I can confidently say I was wrong You nailed the scrappy but tenacious vibe of our favorite GAWWBLIN slayer who uses every trick in and out of the books to kill those disgusting GRAWWWWWWBLLIIINSSS
Instead of Defensive Duelist or Shield Master for the last feat, I'd take Sentinel, so you can: - impale that pesky goblin that jumped the poor newby next to you (reaction attack when an enemy attacks someone adjacent to you) - cut the legs of any goblin who dares try to escape your wrath (goblins in d&d can disengage as a bonus action, so being able to ignore that AND stop their movement is paramount)
Definitely a viable option! There's also a few solid options now for fighting styles or subclasses (this video is quite old now by 5e build standards), such as taking Cavalier as a fighter subclass, etc.
Always fun to know things like that! There's dozens of ways to build any one character, especially in D&D where the DMs ruling overcomes anything we may plan for! Thanks for the comment!
i love this build, but i don't know if anyone has pointed this out, but Goblin Slayer isn't a player character, he's an NPC who the "gods" (players) can't make move the way they want, which is kinda why those dice scenes happen, they show that he goes against the god's dice.
I really liked your goblin slayer build, imma be using it next week, so thanks for that. One thing, you could use a little bit of background music, because the video is a bit long...but other than that i liked it
Some of my newer works (that I can't do too much of due to sickness, bloody throats do not make good audio content) have some background music on low in the background. I've learned quite a few editing tricks to help with the visuals and avoiding unfair copyright claims, as well! Thanks! I recommend if you use this build to make him a Scout/Battlemaster/Zealot with all the new options and knowledge I have. Hope you have fun!
Certainly did! Though very different worlds, and very different builds, and systems. Since I believe in the series GS is basically none of the classes I chose for him lol. Since he has the plot power of going "no" to bad dice rolls of his player.
I respect your concern for roleplaying but I would have been a shameless degenerate and maybe taken Variant Human. Now what feat would I have taken? Not sure...maybe Lucky early and I could worry about picking a second feat down the line.
Horse hair, not so much humanoid as far as I've learned. There's a pretty significant difference in tensile strength. Though who knows what I said in a video years ago lol
@@HeartLockHexwell the tensile strength of human hair is actually quite strong either way, actually stronger than most rope, and half the tensile strength of steel
As stated in the video this isn't literally Goblin slayer. It's a character build based on him that would be usable in Faerun or another classic fantasy setting using the dnd system. Thanks for the comment, glad you enjoyed!
Hot take: Goblin Slayer is a straight ranger but they're playing with the heroic rest rules so everytime he gets knocked down and disregarded he just takes a short rest.
Hey, I have a new character build idea for you. Dragon-hunting alpha werewolf. Specifically, an Underworld Lycan-esque werewolf. The kind that can push past a beating, survive hellfire and all sorts of other crazy stuff. Ignore the fact that there's a level cap completely by taking it up to level 100. This would be more of a homebrew wet dream for a nerd.
Easy. Order of the Lycan Bloodhunter paired with Path of the Beast Barbarian. How much you put into either depends on whether you want to lean more into being unkillable(Barbarian) or capable of dealing damage and hunting things down(Bloodhunter). as for your power fantasy craving, IDK about your DM or gaming group, but our table has a rule that's based on 2C Gaming's Epic Legacy rulebooks(which I highly recommend for anyone), where it's all one campaign world(DM'd by all people at the table so others can take breaks and play) over the course of millenia, and while there is no level limit(meaning your character could take the time to become level 20 in every class if you survived long enough), Your character can die of old age unless they have a feature that prevents it. Additionally, Epic characters and mythic/deific enemies are a real possibility, and someone who is level 20 in every class will always lose to someone with even a single epic level. It's not that a level 20 is weak, it's that Epic level is that much stronger, as they are capable of killing a god in their true form(Yes, you could try kill Asmodeus' True form at Epic Level; chances are you'd fail tho). On top of that, Mythic and Deific enemies are often on an even higher tier, and choosing to become Epic Level is about your only shot against such threats... yet, the moment you gain your 10th Epic level... You fade into the canals of history in one way or another, depending on which class you took epic levels in. Never to be seen or played by again... such is the price of ascended power.
It's been a long time since I made the video, but its very much just a "version" of him to fit better in Faerun. Though I didn't separate it nearly as much as I should of compared to my later videos lol. Thank you, hope you enjoyed!
Quick question: You use the primal path of the Zealot, so you are using Xanathar's guide to everything. Is there a reason you don't use primal knowledge at barbarian level 3 for an additional proficiency bonus? I think you can stack it with primal path as well. Edit: Oh just realized Primal Knowledge is from Tasha's Cauldron of Everything... Still would you recommend it?
This video is quite old yes, if I recall Cauldron was still in the works at the time. But in any case, I don't see why not! These builds aren't on rails, pick and choose what you like for inspiration!
I'm pretty sure the guy wears Playe Armor, so maybe we should replace the Barbarian and Ranger Levels with a Brute Fighter as you would do more damage and at 9th Level you get Indomitable which basically being too stubborn to die.
Plate is far far more metal than what good ol gobbie slayer wears. Would interfere with his stealth and manuverability as well. But as always build them as you like! This is just meant to give ideas.
Oooh that would certainly be interesting. A build from just straight up mythology sounds like a fun deviation from my normal! Thanks for the idea and comment!
@@HeartLockHex if you do do it I will definitely watch it!!!! Also look at the fate series for historic people to dabble with. Do u dabble in class creation for just a question?
@@Sneuxfox I design subclasses yes, they're in my Xardia supplement book I'm slowly working on for my world. I had fun using fate for Artoria and Yu Mei Ren builds. Ironically in my newest video for technoblade there's some Greek mythology references since he used it alot in his roleplay.
That's a very good character building, focused on roleplay options matching mechanic options to build the Goblin Slayer. Just one think I disagree and want to point out, too: The Goblin Slayer motivation is not purely vengeance, as he truly believes that eliminating Goblins from the world is a worthy life goal and that the world will be a better place for it. You can surely presume that this world view comes from trauma, but nevertheless it is not something done for pure self-serving satisfaction. Also he never trained as a rogue in his life. He's a prime example of a fighter through and through, with Ranger just enough to get the Favored Enemy feature. No lockpicking, no sneak attacks (until he met the cleric he always fought solo and never been stealthy). For all the tactics he uses, the specialization w/ the tactical dice has it covered.
Can always build him however you think is best really! I find ranger as a whole relatively pointless as a class personally, as I find most of what they can do I can do better with other combinations (ie. Scout Rogue + Any spellcasting/martial combo really). Thanks for the comment!
I' would call Goblin slayer extremely cunning due to all the new and outside of the box methods he comes up with and employs to tackle problems and he does actually maintain his equipment but prefers the stink for practical reasons
Not sure what you're referring to but cunning is a very vague term. Don't think I ever said he wasn't creative and quick witted. Thanks for the comment, hope you enjoyed!
If you don't own the books then the options won't pop up for you unfortunately, aside from that I'm not sure what could be wrong. Maybe make sure content sharing is enabled, if you're in a campaign looking to play the build! Thanks for watching!
Just a quick question, where did you pick up Goblin from? You have halfling as your racial language, and under common as your background exotic language. From my sources, haunted one doesn't offer two languages.
It's been quite a long time since I worked on this but haunted one is 2 skills, 2 languages. So I'd assume there. Ranger also offers a language of your favored enemies. Thank you for the comment! Hope you enjoyed the video!
