Here are 3 combos that may be decent or may be rubbish IDK. I thought I would share them anyway.
I thought I would start this thread to post some hidden combos that are not immediately obvious. For example pole arm master+war caster or sentinel was a bit of an obvious combo. Not sure how good some of these are but here I go.
Thief+healing feat. Bonus action healing via use object bonus action.
Shieldmaster feat+ enhance ability (str). You ain advantage on strength checks to knock people over. Bonus points if you are proficient in con saves and/or have the warcaster feat as well.
Moon Druid+ mounted feat. Have a fighter type ride the party Druid into battle.
Necromancer Grim harvest + cleric life domain and cast vampiric touch. For one minute when you hit with vamp touch you gain half of 3d6 damage plus 5 from life domain +9 if you kill the target (grim harvest)... getting three sources of healing on one action.
two levels of warlock for Armor of Shadows, multi class wizard for Arcane Ward from school of abjuration. now you can top off your Arcane ward with unlimited Mage armors.
Cast awaken (druid or bard) on your 200 gold elephant and now you have an intelegent mount of doom that acts indepent of you and it can speak with you.
Cast Bestow curse as a lvl 5 spell so it has no concentration, then move your hex to the target. Following round cast your 5th lvl scorching ray for 7 attacks that each do 2d6 fire 1d6 necrotic 1d8 necotic for an average of 105 damage (if all attacks hit)as a lvl 10 bard.
Moondruid with sentinal feat cast flaming sphere right behind a badguy then bonus action turns into a bear and flanks the bad guy. Bad guy can't move (as long as you hit with your AOO) and you cook/claw him to death. Works with wall of fire too! Also nice trick for a cleric with bladebarrier.
Minor illusion (or major cast as a higher level, thus not requiring concentration) + hex= disadvantage on intelligence checks to make the enemies' investigation checks to disbelieve the illusions very unlikely. Add cutting words from lore bard if needed. the best illusionists are bards and warlocks.
dwgautier wrote:
Find Familiar with the open arcane trickster spell nets you advantage on attack rolls as long as your owl familiar stays alive. Makes a fantastic scout too.
Polearm Master + Duelist is basically TWF with better damage, better AoO, and a shield. Works especially well on a ranger.
Sentinel + Mirror Image, not sure on this but it looks legit. Another fun Arcane Trickster combo if so.
Riposte + Sneak Attack
Barbarian + Shield Master, kinda obvious but two-handed bias kept this off my radar for awhile
Can you explain what you mean by Sentinel + Mirror Image?
What about that combo seems particularly powerful?
Deception plus messag
Find Familiar (any familiar that doesn't provoke OAs) plus any touch healing spell means you can get the better healing to your allies from range.
That tactic can also be applied to touch attacks, but I think that's the obvious use.
Undrhil wrote:
True Polymorph + True Polymorph = Turn any object (like a rock) into a creature (like a rat), then any other object (like a diamond).
Undrhil wrote:
Disonant Whispers + Rogue = commander's strike.
mellored wrote:
How does that make it quicker?
One of the Warlock's special familiars can turn invisible at will. Thus the earliest a Warlock can do it is the earliest a Warlock can learn Contagion. Thus if Contagion can be known at lvl10, the Warlock can do it at level 10.
Contagion is not on the spell list for warlocks
Only druids and clerics get contagion as a lvl 5 spell. Thus they get it at lvl 9 character level. With the stated combo above it would take 3 levels of warlock and 9 of druid or cleric to get the combo. A bard can take all the spells needed at lvl 10, thus getting the combo sooner.
I do agree that invis at will is much better and less set up.
I thought I just had...
Could a familiar (improved or normal) just help action its master? The example would be this, the familar flies/walks up to the bad guy and uses the help action on the familiars intitiative turn. Then on the wizards initiative turn cast contagion (or any touch spell) through the familiar with advantage from the help action the familiar gave.
I'm going to reread all the areas in the book on this.. but it seems legit.
Barb 6 Eagle + FightBM 7 = early weird Divination leader.
Way more reliable/repeatable than the Contact Other Plane 5 spell.
awaken_D_M_golem wrote:
Zardnaar wrote:
gnome_in_denial wrote:
Dunno how obvious this is, but Grim Harvest + Hex. You'll be casting Hex at higher levels with Pact Magic, so the healing will increase to 10 every time you kill someone you've Hexed. It's not earth shattering healing, but it'll help you stay alive.
This is something I thought about when I was building a disciple of Orcus.
Wizard Arbjurer Shield + Armor of Agathys + Infinite mage armor casts from warlock to get the arbjurer shield back.
(Enemies should have to take off your arbjuerer shield first before they take away armor of agathys temp hp).
It should help deter enemies from attacking you since you will keep shield hp so ur temp hp from armor of agathys will last longer and everytime you are hit an enemy will take 5 dmg.
This is great. What about synergistic combos between two party members?
Demosthenes2054 wrote:
I'm not sure if this one counts as obvious or not...
War Caster (AoO with a spell) + Pole Arm Master (AoO when entering melee range) + Eldrich Blast / Repelling blast = AoO pushes enemy back 10ft when they close on you.
Made better with Sentinel (that's the one that reduces speed to 0 on an AoO hit, right?). a single melee opponent won't be able to reach you.
Bear barbarian / cleric. Cast warding bond on all your allies, and then rage.
Or warding bond + ancient paladin 7.
dwgautier wrote:
FrogReaver wrote:
OK, how about this? Armor of Agathys + Warding Bond. Cast AoA using, say, a 4th level slot for 20 tHP. And cast Warding Bond on yourself (you wear both rings so that the damage loops, dividing in half each time). Get hit for 16 damage -> take 8 (deal 20) -> take 4 (deal 20) -> take 2 (deal 20) -> take 1 (deal 20). You just dealt 80 damage using no actions and you still have 5 tHP left, so you can do it again dealing at least another 20 damage.
BlinkBlink wrote:
IxidorRS wrote:
Take the Lucky feat and be a Wild Sorcerer. Whenever you use Tides of Chaos to give yourself advantage on an attack, skill check, or ability check, you can also throw Lucky out there, probably after you resolve the advantage roll. This way, if you roll two lousy dice with advantage, you still have a chance to get a good roll out there.
SterlingRat wrote:
Sentinel doesn't work with War Caster because War Caster allows you to cast a spell in place of making an oppotunity attack. And Sentinel requires you to hit with an opportunity attack in order to stop movement. Now, it would work for making either opportunity attack, it just won't drop the target's speed to 0 if you replace the opportunity attack with a spell.
M_Aurelius wrote:
Hold Person + Barbarian
All attacks that hit a paralyzed enemy are critical hits. Barbarians get extra damage on critical hits.
Cleric/Druid/Bard + Find Familiar
Owls flyby attacking using Contagion for extra long range Win Button.
Rogue + Find Familiar + Sentinel
Your familiar Helps you giving you advantage on every attack. If an enemy attacks your familiar, they provoke an attack from you which gets your sneak attack damage added to it.
Lawolf wrote:
mellored wrote:
party synergy (maybe)
- Monk unloads ki on BBEG, leaving him stunned and dropped his weapon/wand/spellbook
- Owl Familiar flies over, swoops down on Gadget, grabs it, races away. With Flyby Attack, no counter-attack. (Also works with other familiars, I suppose.)
I read about this one:
A diviner wizard can use magic jar on any days where his/her portent roll is sufficient to succeed on the Charisma saving throw to not die.
The Compelled Catch 22
Paladin
Compelled Duel
Polearm Master
Shield Master
Comelled Duel to give disadvantage on a creature if it attacks someone other than you
Shield Master to shove the target 5' away from you after attacking it
Polearm Master so that the target either attacks someone else at disadvantage or walks into your reach and takes a Polearm Master reaction attack.
I'm pretty sure that feeblemind allows you the opportunity to command pretty much any undead with the Necromancer's level 14 ability.
Has anybody mentioned Paladin's Crusader's Mantle + Necromancy Wizard? (Ok, "non-obvious" in multiple ways...)
Elfcrusher wrote:
IxidorRS wrote:
Elfcrusher wrote:
MaplessManiac620 wrote:
Ha! Evil Vengeance Paladin/Necromancer is one of the few multiclass builds that actually appeals to me.
When is there going to be a "Death" Cleric?
EDIT: Hey! Whaddya know?
More Paladin Necromancer goodness: Aura of Vitality is one of the few (if not only) healing spells which doesn't explicitly fail to work on constructs or undead.
Aura of Hate + Lifedrinker gets you double Charisma mod damage added to your melee attacks with your Pact Blade. This could be early as 12th level depending on how you feel about Invocations. With the feat you could be doing up to +25 damage with each heavy weapon attack.
My Knight of Orcus concept just got a lot more interesting.
Scying + Divination.
You can replace the die roll of any creature you SEE.
You can help the paladin sneak into the palace while you sit in the tavern.
mellored wrote:
whitishknight wrote:
Barbarian/Paladin, lots of rage bonuses to melee, agument damage with smite. Paladin spells arent really used. Add two level of fighter for action surge, and wreck on a nova with auto-advantage, and double smites
Danny_Montanny wrote:
Half orc assassin.
Half orcs deal extra damage on critical hits. Assassins auto-crit if they get the drop on people.
Zardnaar wrote:
Warlock casts hunger of hadar, wizard casts wall of fire in a circle around the black sphere. Anything that makes it out takes a bunch then gets pummeled by the fighters then gets punted back in by repelling blast or thunderwave.
Found a new one a few weeks back.
Shieldmaster feat+enahance ability is kind of an old one but hex can be added to the mix. You get advantage to knock them over they get disadvantage on the opposed check. Once down pummel on them,
FuelDrop wrote:
Half orc racial only adds 1 extra damage die. So you are most likely looking at 1 extra d8 or d6.
Not really worth playing half orc just for that.
Mediium size grappler build (probably bear totem barbarian in rage)+ enlarge person/growth potion = Can grapple and knock prone Adult dragons (IE huge size creatures)
Get a healer involved with sufficent distance for heals as well = Enraged DM as plot point dragons die.
IxidorRS wrote:
mellored wrote:
The difference is a railgun's not just going to be picked up by the BBEG you threw it at.
Store all Spell Glyph you want in a demiplane room.
Here is one my Ancients paladin and another player's Warlock stumbled on... Ensnaring Strike and Hex. With ensnaring strike, they get an initial Str save, but every turn after the initial save is not a save to escape, they use their action to make a str check to escape, which hex can give disadvantage on. Granted, it's 2 concentration spells so one character can't do it alone, but we had the Big Bad fail the initial save at the end of one of our AL games, then he failed the Str check 3 times while everyone shot him with ranged weapons. I even had my channel divinity snare ready to go in case he did manage to break out with disadvantage, but he never did.
Zardnaar wrote:
Sniper (or spell sniper?) + assassin, fire an attack, spell, (or a skill feature?) from insanely long range. Instantly KO enemy with ridiclous damage.
Familiar + Misty Step + Drill
Drill a hole in a wall/door. send familiar through (bat and spider work well), switch senses to the eyes of the familiar and cast misty step to enter the area beyond the wall.
Hex works well with anything which makes an enemy use an ability check, especially if the ability check is non-negotiable, unlike a grapple check which allow them to use either Athletics or Acrobatics. So, how to best use it?
Well, there are several scenarios:
If you know you are going to pick a fight with someone, throw Hex out there and choose Dexterity. Initiative is a Dexterity ability check and will have disadvantage when they roll.
If you are trying to sneak past a guard, throw Hex out there (from your hiding place?) and choose Wisdom. Perception with disadvantage equals -5 to passive perception.
Being chased by a mook and facing a wall? Throw Hex and choose Strength, then go climb that wall and hope you don't botch. They will have disadvantage on the climbing checks to follow you, assuming they don't have a climb speed somehow.
Interrogating someone and they won't talk? Give them Hex and choose Constitution, then dunk their head underwater. When they start failing Con saves to breath, I bet they start talking (or the DM is a prick.)
Contingency: Hex - Intelligence on an enemy searching your lair.
Hex a bad guy who is starting to get chatty and choose Charisma, before they can start using Persuasion or Deception on you. (This one works best with Subtle spell from the Sorcerer's Metamagic feature, I think.)
Crossbow Expert + Sharpshooter + Battlemaster Fighter = Big damage as early as level 4. Use trip attack to knock over monster (1d6 + DEX + 1d8), run over to get within 5 feet so you have advantage then use the bonus action hand crossbow attack with sharpshooter power attack (1d6 + DEX + 10), rinse and repeat. With archery fighting style, sharpshooter's power attack should hit nearly every time thanks to advantage.
get a half orc wrestlng shaman + give it a halfling assassin, Boom. Stealth bomber
Here's a few I've pulled off with my Druid.
Moon Druid
Conjure Minor Elementals (Magmins)
Shapechange into Earth Elemental, throw magmins.
Result: Rock Tank firing living explosive rounds.
Conjure Animals (sea creature)
Shapechange into Water Elemental, carry chosen animal within you and whelm.
Result: Water sharknado
Note: I'm not sure, but you may be able to house a water weird inside you using you as a water source.
Conjure Fey Creatures (Pixies)
Pixies cast shapechange on allies. Cast fly on allies if any Pixies still have a spell to cast.
Shapechange
Result: A squad of flying Tyrannosaurs.
Bane + anything that gives Disadvantage = roll d20 twice, use the worse roll, and subtract MORE from that !
My group's new Bard did this to a Troll who was Restrained by another players' attack. It COULD NOT get out of the tangle, and the PCs just backed away 20 feet and covered it with arrows.
When the troll went down (< 0 HP), one guy ran up and smacked it with a lit torch for 1 HP Fire damage to shut off its Regeneration.
(Had I thought of it, I would have described the porcupine-troll ... but I didn't think of it until the next morning.)
Glyph of warding plus raise dead or resurrection. If the guy who normally raises is dead his team can take him to the designated area to effectively raise or resurrect himself.