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#1 CbgH Jul 23, 2015 15:51:31	Hey guys,   Trying to design a character that is centered around the rule "Climb onto bigger creature" from page 271 of the DM Guide.  The idea behind the character is survivability and great grappling abilities.    Does anyone have any suggestions?
#2 Coyote81 Jul 23, 2015 17:41:25	You could make a strenght based Rogue for Expertise in Athletics(Giving you double proficency bonus to the test), and then switch to Barbarian since they get advantage of Strenght based checks, like athletics.    But the Level in Barbarian might not be needed if you take the grappler feat, which will also help prevent large creatures, taht you can't climb on from automatically escaping your grapple just because your a smaller size.   Read this thread for more infomation http://community.wizards.com/forum/player-help/threads/4142801
(Reply to #2) CbgH	Thanks.   The Grappler feat was errated. creatures 2 sizes bigger don't automatically escape. (never did actually but whatever).   I was looking at the rogue. The extra damage looks nice, but one attack per round is a hinderance. *shrugs* Also none of the subclasses really lent to the grappler.
#4 CbgH Jul 23, 2015 18:39:19	I should mention   The party is    Monk  Paladin Barbarian Me   Level 3
#5 Coyote81 Jul 23, 2015 20:07:31	The rogue was for only 1-2 level to get expertise and possibly cunning action, otherwise you would level 18 into Barbarian With Totem warrior working very nicely into a grappler build.   I can just picture a frothing at the mouth halfing, gone into a frenzy stabing a dragon in the back of the head over and over again, holding onto dear life with his little legs.
#6 CbgH Jul 24, 2015 12:30:12	Haha, yeah it's what I picture too. But replace dragon with pretty much everything the halfling fights.