Rogue 3 (thief), monk 8 (open hand)
Pre-combat: use Wholeness of Body for an extra bonus action for 3 turns
Turn 1: action attack x2, flurry of blows 3x for 6 attacks.
If you have maxed strength and pick tavern brawler, each attack is +10 damage on top of the martial arts die. Easy 100 damage per turn with Manifestation of Soul and an ok wisdom score (ie + 1d4 + 3-5 per hit passively)
Yep, unfortunate that the other two subclasses really can’t compete
Go strength and tavern brawler hit like a truck 8 times per turn
Wait, why does warlock’s extra attack stack with other source of extra attack? It isn’t meant to do that, and is almost a complete upgrade over fighter 6-10/ pretty much any martial’s tier 2 levels.
Saves, starting skill proficiencies, and weapon/armor proficiencies in most cases. Some classes get those as special features though, such as heavy armor and martial weapons for war clerics, which complicates the rule.
Imo the spicier build is OHMonk 9/thief rogue 3. You lose reckless attack, but with tavern brawler’s extra 5 to-hit, accuracy is already fantastic. You lose 2 damage per strike, but gain an entire extra bonus action that is resource free. That’s two more strikes with flurry of blows, an additional topple or push check, etc.
It also gives you cunning action, which is bonus action dash/disengage without costing ki. The downside is your stats are more tight, and less AC, but I was still able to get to 20 with the right gear.
I disagree, why can’t I be a swole gnome?
I’d be shocked if wotc would allow that, they’re trying to make their own vtt
I will say that act 1 is better than the rest of the game. DoS 2 had a similar problem: incredible sandbox in act 1, linear act 2, small act 3…
I’m hoping that we get a bit of definitive edition and/or custom content options, as the game does thin out in content so much. I’m sure that I didn’t hit every quest in the game, but it was probably 40/20/15 in terms of hours per act, and I think I got most of the legendaries.
Open hand monk 9/thief rogue 3
Tavern brawler, cap str
They badly fucked up at math and made tavern brawler OP: it doubles your strength mod to hit and to damage. With 20 str, that’s 10 + proficiency bonus, you will only miss most enemies on a crit fail. Even with disadvantage you have like 80% hit chance against mobs in good armor. Stack bonus damage and it’s pretty easy to be doing 20-25 per hit.
Thief Rogue gives you a second bonus action, so you can do 4 attacks plus ki detonation completely resource free:
But you also have 10 ki per short rest! For 1 ki, you can use flurry of blows (topple, usually) to attack twice with one bonus action. Why topple? If they fail, all of your attacks after that happen with advantage. Burning ki, you can do 6 attacks, and probably pop a crit or two, for a reliable 120-150 damage along with a good chance of whatever bonus effects from the open hand maneuvers.
I usually don’t even use flurry of blows twice per turn, though, nothing my monk is next to survives that long unless they’re a boss.
Edit:
I forgot that you can spend an action once per long rest to regain ki and get another bonus action for 3 turns. So full nova that’d be 8 attacks and force 3 topple saves. It also basically requires no gear, but there are some nice bonus pieces, so you could just spec everyone this way and punch the absolute to death.
Respecs cost 100 gold, but a 1 level cleric dip is also just really nice to have
Try proton experimental (manage game sub menu in steam).
I’ve only played the release version on Linux, and it’s been running great. Maybe try Vulkan instead of directx, as well.
As for performance, I set the frame rate cap to 30 on my deck and left everything else at default. I’m also running off an sd card
This feels like a pretty tame way to use unlimited freecast, honestly. By the time you have everything you need, there are only a few fights left that it’s worth using on, as well.