Overall it's less of a shadow blade rogue than an AT rogue who happens to have shadow blade as one of their spells.Yes, and as neat as the quickened booming blade trick is, it requires a lot of sorcerer levels. Readying a second booming blade would require dropping concentration on shadow blade. It isn't a second booming blade with a second sneak attack, it's quickened booming blade with a readied sneak attack. Vanilla Level 11 20 dex Rogue with a Scimitar does QBB at 12 (sorc 5/rogue 7) with 3rd level Blade With QBB based, 4 caster levels earns 4.5*1.14 * 2, or 2.57 DPR/caster levelĬrit Fisher with no spell slots at 12, just a scimitar, does: With QBB based, 6 Rogue levels earns 4.5*1.14 * 2/2 + 3.5*3*2.29, or 4.86 DPR/rogue level (assume you can hit odd-level slots). With crit fisher, 6 Rogue levels earns 3.5*3*2.32, or 4.06 DPR/rogue level (cannot hit level 5 slots, starts with level 3 already). With crit fisher, 4 caster levels earns +4.5*2 damage at 1.27 multiplier, or 11.4 DPR, or 2.85 DPR/caster level. Champion 5 costs lots of precious spell slots, but has a good alpha-stroke Bladesinger/Hex works on 1 foe/rest and delays the ramp up to round 2. Setup for (2) is Champion 5 or Bladesinger 6/Hex 1 and a bonus action. Setup for (1) is a bunch of sorcerer levels, which gives slots to feed quickened metamagic, plus higher level slots for a better shadowblade. If we add in an advantage-less bonus action (scimitar of speed offhand) at 75% accuracy, the multiplier hits x2.32, similar to (1). (2) with 19-20 crit scales sneak attack dice by x1.47 to DPR. (1) with 20 crit and elven accuracy scales sneak attack dice by x2.29 to DPR. With (2), if I get a 19-20 crit range and elven accuracy, crit-fishing sneak attack becomes viable each attack has a near 100% chance of landing, and a high chance of critting. Which is pretty nice.ġ) Exploit quickened booming blade to get 2 sneak attacks/round.Ģ) Grab extra attack (via Fighter 5 or Bladesinger 6) to get 2 Shadowblade attacks. The thing about Shadowblade is that it multiplies the value of extra attacks, which the Rogue doesn't have.Yes, but it also grants advantage in dim light/darkness. Despite efficiency of slots:damage, it may have the least endurance. The champ trickster has only 2 2nd level slots/day. Now we scimitar (assume advantage) for 1d6+sneak+dex then ready an action to extra attack 2x.Įach 1d6 sneak is then 3.5*1.27 + 3.5*1.47, yielding 4.8 DPR per rogue level. Now, scimitar of swiftness gives you an alternative to QBB. This beats out Sneak Attack crit fishing with 2 attacks per round. Getting extra attack, or enough metamagic to quicken, rules out enough rogue levels to leverage both.Ĥ caster levels earns +4.5*2*1.27/4=2.9 DPR per caster level with 2 SB taps. I cannot figure out a way to combine both. And getting 3 is a bit tricky (SB only gets you 2). The booming blade "2 sneak attack" trick is tempting.Ĭrit fishing with 3 attacks is 1.61*3.5/2 or 2.8 per rogue level. Or just keep up rogue +3.5*1.47=5 ish every 2 levels, and +11 from SB after another 6. Then +AT 2 gives +1 casting level and 3.5*1.47 (5.1) DPR. Way faster ramp up.Ĭan drop Bladesinger 2 next for +1d8 Shadowblade damage (x2 x1.27 dpr, x2 with ASl 11.5 DPR) and bladesong. Same as crit fishing BS, weaker shadowblade, but full speed round 1 and action surge for off-turn sneak attack. Solid.Īnother option is Bladesinger 6/Hex 1/AT 5. Next rounds quickened BB (48), ready action attack 3d8+3d6+5 (29) for 77.Īfter that +2 rogue gets us +7 DPR. 3rd level shadowblade (3d8), booming blade (+2d8), sneak attack (+3d6) for 48ish damage. Sorcerer 6/Rogue(AT) 6 has 3d6 sneak attack, 4th level slots. I'm playing with trying to use shadowblade effectively on a rogue caster gish.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |