advice for class build

[d00mR2183]

Hello, i'm kinda new to D&D 5E and would appreciate some help building my fighter. We decided to play Mad Mage adventure ( starting from lvl 5 ), my rolls are pretty high : 17, 17 , 16, 14, 14 ,13. I'm thinking about going all 5 lvl on battlemaster
Human ( to get 18 str and 18 con ) with Sentinel and Great Weapon Master feats or may be going for Half-Orc Champion. However i'm wondering what to multiclass with and is there any point in multiclassing.


Would appreciate any help and advice, thanks in advance :)

[LordEntrails]

I build characters for flavor. 5E the playability between an optimized character and one not optimized is not so much that it makes any character less playable and enjoyable, so I can't give you advice if you want a max DPR or utility build or...

The half-orc with relentless endurance is pretty fun. Makes for one tough character.

I wouldn't bother mutli-classing, at least not on your first 5 levels. To me, it really depends, what do you think might be fun? What's the schtick of your character? A halberd master? Or a raging tank? Or a tactical master?

[d00mR2183]

i think using Greatsword and focus on DRP with some utility, mixing it with Vengeance pala

[GavinRuneblade]

Really what are your goals; not just mathematically but in play? do you want to be a tank or a destroyer or a specialist? How much out of combat utility do you want and in what areas? Do you just do your own thing or do you want to be a force multiplier for the party?

But most importantly what rules does your GM allow? Can you use feats? Will you be getting a lot of short rests or not? How many encounters per day? What level is the campaign expected to reach and how fast? All of these change the advice.

[sorvan76]

If you're new to the 5e game and want to be a fighter, you can't go wrong with the 'Champion' archetype. Probs the simplest fighter to play in the game, but no less powerful than any other archetype. I don't think you need to multiclass, unless you fancy an exotic flavour for your character. The champion kicks *** on his/her own. :)