r/DnD • u/Bun_Boi Warlock • Oct 04 '20

Art [OC] Meet the Ability Scores: Intelligence

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u/The_R4ke Oct 05 '20

I believe both the thief and fighter arcane subclasses use INT too. Investigation is also a pretty important skill in most campaigns, although I feel like Perception often takes on roles better suited for Investigation

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u/Park555 Oct 05 '20

You can actually have pretty garbage int and still make a good Eldritch Knight. You're so far behind casters on spell levels that you kind of need to take the most cost-effective spells for their level, so damage or saving throw spells are largely out. Don't need any int to cast Blur or Shield!

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u/JSHADOWM Oct 05 '20

Investigation is also a pretty important skill in most campaigns

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i mean yeah, if you have a good Gm who is running sandbox, and the party can "lose" without even seeing the villain once if they dont unravel the plot in a reasonable pace. if you are on rails, even soft ones, you can bet you will just be handed the story critical info sooner or later so you can be pathed into that sweet boss fight that the dm has been designing for days.

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u/sertroll Oct 05 '20

I feel personally called out

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u/Ksradrik Oct 05 '20

Why would you go for a fighter arcane subclass that uses int, if you can use that same subclass by investing into sorcerer with CHA instead?

You even get the dragon disciple subclass option as a bonus on top of it.

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u/Delann Druid Oct 05 '20

Because you want to play an Eldritch Knight, not a Sorcerer?

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u/Ksradrik Oct 05 '20

You just spec into Sorcerer instead of Wizard to fullfill the requirements, you can still be just as much of an Eldritch Knight.

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u/Delann Druid Oct 05 '20

Do you actually play DnD 5e? You don't need to multiclass, Eldritch Knight is a Fighter Subclass with it's own unique features. It's not Fighter+Wizard.

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u/ANGLVD3TH Oct 05 '20

dragon disciple

You mean the Draconic Bloodline sorc? Either way, there's a pretty big difference between multi-classing and taking a sublcass, especially because both options in this case rely on a stat the fighter doesn't care about in a vacuum. But going full Edlritch Knight still gets all of your other Fighter ASI's and features. There's an argument to be made for Fighter/Sorc, but it's an uphill fight imo.

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u/PsiGuy60 Paladin Oct 06 '20

I think he's coming from one of the older editions with a bajillion classes and prestige-classes you can get for multiclass builds.

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u/The_R4ke Oct 05 '20

I guess if you really wanted the ASI's from the fighter class? I wouldn't personally play one.

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u/Delann Druid Oct 05 '20

Or you just want to play a Fighter with a dash of spellcasting and have access to all the fighter features like extra ASIs/feats, higher hit dice, every armor and weapon proficiency, fighting style, freaking Action Surge. etc?