How to Play Geralt of Rivia in Dungeons & Dragons (Witcher Build for D&D 5e)
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- Today we're building Geralt of Rivia for D&D 5e from the Witcher! If you want to travel the world, killing monsters, finding monsters, and just doing a bunch of monster hunting related things, this is a great build for you!
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"He's not charming, he's just hot"
10/10 meta-knowledge
Henry Cavill is hot. And so is game Geralt. But not OG Geralt. He is definitely busted...
His sexappeal is definately thanks to his actions, not his suave
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@@dresdenlancer9012 Year-old comment reply but it's implied in the books that he's at least somewhat conventionally attractive, he just has a lot of self-depreciation going on & thinks he isn't. Plus, y'know, most just see him as a mutant.
Still not as much as the games/show though.
Legit, nobody likes him, and basically nobody trusts or listens to him. If they did, most Witcher stories would never happen. He's a sexy man, but not at all good at influencing others.
"Your low charisma could hurt you when you're trying to get paid or not get Banished."
Geralt: I hate portals.
Jacob Sullivan charm person
Hey, if I saw some dude get split in half because some mage didn’t do a good enough job maintaining the portal, I’d not like them either. Hell, it’d be nearly impossible to get me to take a portal again after that.
@@coltonwilliams4153 someone's read the books!
@@coltonwilliams4153 yeah it's dangerous, I'm planning on heading to witcher school soon when covid is over
*_looks at Monster Slayer Ranger_*
He channeled in the hatred so hard that it became an ability.
He's not charming, he's just hot.
G- you smell great
Y- Geralt we're at a funeral
G- you smell great at this funeral
I wonder if he’s gone so long not giving a shit that he literally can’t be eloquent, or if he still just doesn’t give a shit about being eloquent. 😂
@@coltonwilliams4153 I feel like I would have a very similar reaction after living to 80, dying and coming back to life, then losing and recovering my memory, to be fair.
"I'm not gonna use blood hunter because it's technically homebrew and I'm sticking to official content."
That's fair.
Sure, but he used a UA and that isn't either.
@@killcat1971 But it's still WoTC. He doesn't want to use homebrew because then why shouldn't he just use any homebrew that happens to exactly fit a character he wants? Yes, Blood Hunter is not just any homebrew, it's right there on dndbeyond.com even, but still the line has to be somewhere for his channel, and I respect where he put it.
@@TaberIV he used homebrew too. The revenant.
Yet completely ok with using homebrew for backgrounds
@@crazykat322 Custom backgrounds aren't considered "Homebrew". The PHB states that you can build your own background for a character if one of the existing ones doesn't match. You choose any two skill proficiencies, up to two languages or tool proficiencies, any personality traits (which I honestly do anyway, I only use the "suggested" traits for each background as a basis) and any feat given by any background. Tulok just doesn't mention the languages, tools or background feats because they hardly ever matter for a character (I can only think of a few that would require a specific tool proficiency).
@LoudAngryJerk Revenant is also UA, not homebrew. It's a couple years old, but still published by WotC, making it legit.
A message to those who wish to play geralt:
I'm totally okay with it, many are not I am. But please. Come up with a backstory, and remember it is a game about a party of adventurers. Even Geralt ends up several times in a party. Think on that.
Preach
Also: Witchers are cool, and Geralt is awesome in part because he is a really good Witcher. Your character can also be awesome as a really good Witcher without being Geralt.
@@tulokthebarbrarian2033 Preach? I'm no reverend :P. Tbh, it's more to the DMs who hate too much on Geralt clones.
@@cenauge Agree :P.
I have been having issues with using my own character Lacey Alexis Sanchez (my avatar here) in D&D. I keep feeling like I’m holding her back, since Lacey Alexis is a powerful, bitchy, elitist military brat who’s been raised from birth on the knowledge that (as a Sanchez) she’s superior and more powerful than everyone around her for being a demigod and trained as an assassin. However, in the interest of not being That Guy, I feel like dialing back on her abrasiveness and forcing her to work with the party (though she does justify it as a type of “You’re going to see the Wizard too? Might as well follow you” which feels like a compromise) but it still feels out of character.
Directions confused:
Horse on roof.
Whoops...
Roach?! How the Hell did you get there?!
Did Yen get annoyed at him again? Oh wait. That can’t be right. If Yen was annoyed, she’d have shoved him into a portal and dropped him in the lake at Kaer Morhen.
Happens a lot, just run away and start whistling
Farmer: My whole family has been massacred by a filthy beast... my life is ruined because that monster ate all my food for the winter... my only wish is to die so I can stay once again with my beloved wife and son.
Geralt: Wanna play Gwent?
Farmer: sure yea
No, it should be:
Farmer: *nods*
That's a LOT of charisma.
Has he done how to play Ron Swanson? If not we need to let him know that Ron is the character we need and the one we deserve.
I haven't. Probably a forge cleric?
@@tulokthebarbrarian2033 Multiclass into Ranger
I'm okay with this but Anderson Cooper should come first
Tulok the Barbrarian All of his verbal components are him grunting, or saying “listen son” to tom
@@tulokthebarbrarian2033 "Let me show you how to make a chair."
Ah, the long awaited Geralt. Now that you've done this one the most wanted build is most definitely Anderson Cooper! Give 'em what they want!
You even brought it up in the video. Legally you have to now.
You'll have an Anderson soon enough
Doesn't Geralt count? He has the hair of Cooper.
@@tulokthebarbrarian2033 HOORAY! THAT CALLS FOR A VICTORY TUNE!
@@ArcCaravan wait a second... He just said AN Anderson. Not WHICH Anderson.
"I'm not using matt's bloodhunter"
You had my interest, now you have my attention. Overall what you saying is the truth, if one piece of homebrew why not all the homebrew.
Thank you!
I read "attention" differently.
@@ArcCaravan Erection?
@@tulokthebarbrarian2033 www.dndbeyond.com/classes Blood Hunter is Official Content though?
@@DreamInSeaMajor Not exactly DnD Beyond is a third party company that can choose to showcase or include whatever it wants on their website. They just have an arrangement with WotC to be able to database and sell online access to WotC content.
I love that when you mention homebrew, you do it in such a positive way that doesn't detract from Matt and the other more popular creators, but instead mentions the smaller ones trying to make a name out there in what became a saturated field, but does not mean any less talent and creativity. We are in a great time to be players and GMs and to have so many people pushing content out. Mad respect for supporting everyone.
It's almost like they knew Ranger was lacking and went out of their way with the new UA to fix it. Odd...
Didn't they do that before in 5e?
@@ArcCaravan nope nerfed it hard in the players handbook
@@maxxcreese9911 Meant after that. Ranger Revised I think they called it.
Even if you take Revised Ranger into account, the base abilities of the Ranger are rather inflexibls. They were geared almost entirely towards exploration and the combat bonuses were still tied to specific enemies. Not to mention Beastmasters were still terrible. Being able to swap spells, having free castings of Hunter's Mark, and the special Beastmaster companions smooth out a lot of the rough patches.
@@Dramatic_Gaming I just hope that in the final version of that variant class feature they'll let you pick powerful build with +10 ft to walking speed for your earth beast companion so that it could serve as a mount for medium races.
There's some irony in the race beeing the "WIldhunt" shifter
Rodrigo Gomes caught the same thing I did....
Who else just watches these videos to get ideas for DnD characters even though they’ve never played DnD and don’t have anyone to play it with?
...just me? T_T
Ur not alone my friend lol
Check out r/lfg, or Role Gate if you want something a little less committal (Role Gate brings back the play by post style of old forums where you drop in whenever you're free, input what you have time for, and then leave)
Roll20 is another site that might be helpful if you don't have a local gaming group, but it many things it can be hit or miss.
Same friend, same
I'm glad I'm not alone on this. I own the 3 core rule books, Xanathar, and Descent into Avernus, but I don't have anyone to play with! I just keep building characters when I have nothing to do.
Me: *Finishes The Witcher series on Netflix two days ago*
Tulok: *Uploads guide to play Witcher in D&D*
Me: …Hm.
re-watching this in august of 2020 hears " I am really looking forward to DMing again now that we are in the new year" *almost spits drink* I remember looking forward to things.
Came here looking for this comment
I don't know what I'd want to see more - a party of Tulok's Geralt, Alucard, Trevor Belmont, Jonathan Joestar, Van Hellsing and Guts in Curse of Stradh, or a party of Tulok's various Rangers - Geralt, Kratos, Link...
I feel like he needs to change Link up now because of UA’s revision of Ranger
"Toss a coin to your Content Creator, oh valley of plenty"
CZcams back in the day “toss a ad to your creator o ad revenue a plenty”
Tulok: *disses bards*
Bards: "Toss a coin to your Witcher and a pan at this man's head."
I really appreciate you making a "drinking game" family friendly by just making it water and saying you will get "super hydrated". I literally never heard someone say that before before you tulok
Eh, I don't really drink, and everyone could stand to be more hydrated
If I'm around children I'll do something similar
Some gamers I watch will occasionally do a drinking game to various games but they'll start off by saying that the choice of drink is up to the viewer. Some people even do stuff like pushups.
Here's my Version.
I didn't want to dump Charisma, especially when we can get two spell classes that use it.
Charisma isn't just talking well or being charming. Intimidation, Persuasion and Deception are all based on charisma as well.
Anyone who can lock themselves alone with a king in his chamber, accuse them of sleeping with their sister and then having her killed and live to tell about it is all kinds of charismatic.
We dump INT but bump it with an ASI
I suggest using point buy for this one but if you are going standard:
15 Strength
10 Dexterity
14 Constitution
8 Intelligence
13 Wisdom
12 Charisma
Variant Aasimar
2 charisma 1 wisdom ability increase
darkvision
resistance to necrotic and radiant damage (yep, you're a witcher 'arry)
speak celestrial (elder speech)
Celestrial Legacy: know the light cantrip. *1st (baby's first igni), Lesser Restoration *5th (heals you or an ally from the blinded, deafened, paralyzed, or poisoned condition once per long rest.)
and Daylight *7th (idk, call this quen for vampires maybe?)
Background: Folk Hero
Skill Proficiencies in land vehicles, Survival and one other skill (Arcana, Medicine or Nature could work here but I went with History)
Artisans Tool proficiency - Alchemists Supplies.
Equipment
Chain Mail
2 Matial Weapons - Take 2 Great Swords and silver one as soon as you can afford it.
Light Crossbow and 20 bolts - swap this for a hand crossbow as soon as you can.
A set of Alchemists Supplies
Leve1 1 - Fighter
Take Animal Handling and Athletics.
Take Great Weapon Fighting
Second Wind
Level 2 Fighter
Action Surge
Level 3 Figher
Eldrich Knight
Weapon Bond (bond with your swords)
Take firebolt (igni) and gust (yrden) for your first two cantrips
Take Thunderwave (aard) Shield (quen) and charm person (axii) as your first three spells
Level 4 Fighter
ASI or Feat
Take the Athlete feat
Increase Srength to 16
absorb elements (heliotrope)
Level 5 Fighter
Extra Attack
Level 6 Fighter
ASI or Feat
Take Great Weapon Master
Level 7 Paladin
Divine Sense (Witcher Medalion)
Lay on Hands
Level 8 Paladin
Fighting Style, Take Defense for the extra AC
We're here for the Smites.
You can prepare 3 new spells and know a bunch of good ones.
pick two from Command, Compelled Duel, Heroism, detect evil and good, Detect Poison and disease, Detect Magic and Protection from good and evil
Pick a Smite (searing, thunderous or wrathful)
I tend to go with protection from evil and good (yrden) , detect evil (more witcher medalion stuff) and wrathful smite but you do you
Level 9 Paladin
You get Divine Health making you immune to disease (Witcher Mode Fully Engage)
Sacred Oath - Go Oath of the Crown
Champion Challenge - Each creature of your choice that you can see within 30 feet of you must make a Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, a creature can’t willingly move more than 30 feet away from you.
Turn the Tide. As a bonus action,. Each creature of your choice that can hear you within 30 feet of you regains hit points equal to 1d6 + your Charisma modifier if it has no more than half of its hit points.
Since this means Compelled Duel and Command are now always prepared and don't count against your number of prepared spells allowed, if you had those prepared pick a couple new ones.
I would stick with wrathful smite and detect evil and grab detect magic for more witcher medalion fun
Level 10 Fighter
War Magic (when you use your action to cast a cantrip, you can make one weapon attack as a bonus action.) for a bit of sign and smash.
Take Gust of Wind for some better aard action
Level 11 and 12 are both ASI slots. One for Fighter one for Paladin. Pick in whichever order you wish.
I started with
Level 11 Fighter
and picked up web for more yrden
and bumped charisma up to 16 for more power to the paladin spells.
Then take the other ASI, for me that was Paladin
Add two more spells to your prepared spells list (I went with Heroism and Thuderous Smite)
Also bump Intelligence up to 10 to finally take that out of the negative.
Level 13 Warlock
Patron - Hexblade
Hexblades Curse
Hex Warrior - you already have your swords bonded, use this on your crossbow.
We finally get new cantrips. Take Friends for Axii and Blade ward for more Quen
Level 14 Warlock
Edrich Envocations
Take Beguiling Influence for proficiency in Deception and Persuasion
Take Devils Sight.
With eyes like those they better be good for something.
You also get 3 more spells:
Take Armor of Agathys and Hellish Rebuke for more yrden action and Hex to start really stacking damage with your pokey sticks.
Level 15 Warlock
Path of the Tome
Take Guidance, Vicious Mockery and Resistance because Geralt is more than a dude who plays with swords.
Take Shatter giving aard more bite.
Level 16 Warlock
ASI. More Charisma = More Power.
Take Thunderclap (aard) giving you a cantrip for every sign.
Add blur to make quen a bit more potent.
*somewhere in these last couple levels we also got an extra paladin spell to prepare, take detect poison and disease.
Level 17 Fighter
Indomidable
Level 18 Fighter
Eldrich Strike
True Strike
Scorching Ray for a bit more Igni
Level 19 Fighter
Extra Attack
Burning Hands for even more Igni
Level 20 Fighter
ASI - I bumped Strength to 18 here but you can put this wherever you feel you need it most at this stage.
How strong is it?
With 160 HP and AC 17 you don't look like a tank but neither does the real Geralt.
You have a ton of buff and defensive signs, a pool of 20 lay on hands points, turn the tide and second wind plus resistance to necrotic and radiant damage, immunity to disease and the alchemical know how and indomitable will to keep in the fight far longer than most.
With 3 attacks, hexes, smites, great Weapon Fighting, Great Weapon Master and a bit of offensive signage you can do a lot of damage. and with action surge you can do it twice.
The weaknesses are that because the build dumps INT, your fighter spells are a bit weak, but your paladin and warlock spells are pretty good.
It also has the common problem of having a lot of concentration spells. But That is kind of the nature of signs so it is what it is.
You probably should be sticking to spamming the cantrip versions most of the time anyway, using the more powerful versions only in an emergency. You've got 2 big swords, a crossbow and a whole lot of smiting monsters to do.
Note: you also have the option to forgo the Paladin ASI level for an extra fighter level if you'd rather pick up a 3rd level spell like fireball, counterspell or fast friends etc. I didn't but you could.
I like the cut of your jib, fellow!
This makes me want to build your version and the video version to see which I like better.
Love this though, it looks like a pretty strong build, with lots of role-play potential
I like this better than the video build tbh.
I think that this makes less sense flavorfully for Geralt than the build given in the video but then you shouldn’t really be trying to place the same character in DND so is that a problem?
I don't think dumping Intelligence is a good idea for Geralt. You're not going for booksmart, you're aiming for someone good at history, nature, arcana, and religion. The build you have absolutely works, but I definitely agree Geralt should dump Charisma. He is not good at convincing people to change their minds, or honey-coating anything he says. He is blunt & dry, but people listen to what he says because he's right. Well, sometimes they listen. Too many don't.
Charisma is convincing the King to confess without locking the King's advisors outside. Charisma is being able to talk someone into doing something because of the way you say it.
Jaskier can talk people into throwing coins Geralt's way because of the way he says it. Geralt, by comparison, is lucky if he can convince the person who hires him to pay him at all.
Still like your build!
* tulok putting new ranger ua to work *
"oh yeah, it's all coming together."
THANK YOU! You guys listened to the comments asking for Geralt. Awesome.
Great work Tulok! I’ve been looking forward to this build.
Yeah, everyone has lol. It better be a hit
Nice build honestly I thought you would use the Monster Slayer Archetype from Ranger.
>0:18 "loathed in the fictional world"
> gets more play than a Street Fighter cabinet
My buddy was trying to make this. I'm glad I found this so I can help him out with it. This is an amazing guide! Thanks Tulok
Been waiting awhile for this one. Great build!
Gerold of Rivia also known as “Hides-His-Pain”.
Alright alright. Time to go hardcore: Ainz from Overlord.
Just make a level 40 wizard/cleric multiclass with all stats at 20.
@@FelineElaj int wis cha should be at 30
I agree, he should definitely make the Overlord from those two videogames. I want a character based entirely on having a goblin army.
3.5 called. They want their bone boi back.
I agree!
Yyaaasss!!!! One of the ones I requested 😁 super happy, thank ya!
You're welcome!
Always wanted to play him! You captured him perfectly
Damn the show's action looks really good
The fight choreography is dope
Only the camerawork is averadge
matheus cintra your spelling is below average.
Ouch, what a roast
Not my main language
Just finished the tv show def gonna be playing him
It was pretty great
Finally, I have be curious. Keep up the good work.
I was actually looking for this, thinking you'd already have made Geralt. I'm really happy it's here!
After turning out to be DIO a week ago, He finally arrives
You're still charming, im just trying to not comment the same thing every video, i'd like to see something like Lady from dmc3 (possibly an artificer?)
Havent played it, but maybe?
@@tulokthebarbrarian2033 COME ON! You haven't played Devil May Cry 3??? that's a nerd sin!
I would really like to see lady as a d&d character
@@KurtAngle89 It's a strange case of the sequel being better than the original.
@@SpiralDownward Well, third game in the series and technically prequel, but yes, it's better. Now i stop nitpicking.
Not so strange overall with games, would've been with movies, maybe
This is a great build and I’ve been looking forward to this build for a long time. The only build that I think will rival this one would be the Lich King
Happy 2020 Tulok! Love this build!
Same to you!
Thank you. I needed this 3 weeks ago but there is always next time.
We've had Dante before. Now we need Vergil and Nero >_
I'd say that this is a pretty good build. The only thing I personally might do differently, is to go for the Monster Hunter subclass for the fighter from the Gothic Heroes Unearthed Arcana.
It gives you some extra proficiencies (if you didn't have them already), Superiority Dice and some nice abilities to spend them on, especially Sharpened Senses and Superior Willpower.
It also gives you Detect Magic as a ritual, and one free Protection from Evil and Good per long rest. The level 7 ability, Monster Slayer, really caps it off, since it allows you to add an extra Superiority Die to damage rolls, and it maxes out the damage from those dice against aberrations, fey, fiends and undead, really making you deal massive damage against the targets you hunt.
The forced sign puns had me in stitches; also a great build!
At first I was sort of set off when you said you weren't going to use blood hunter but your small talk about smaller creators made a lot of sense, serious respect for doing that
Nice build!
Love to see how you’d make Harry Dresden.
Depends what book he does.
He's more of a Sorceror given how much he throws force and fire around, and is almost a Sorlock by the new ones once he gets the (spoiler) Mantle.
Love the build! Just watched the first ep of the Witcher on Netflix today. Cant wait to try the game soon!
You ever think we can get an "uber ninja" type build? Im talking the guys dressed like ninjas who say they're ninjas but dont know the first thing about stealth (like Raiden from MGS, Ryu hayabusa, Joe Musashi, Genji, etc...)
Yes! I asked for this video a few weeks ago but i thought it got brushed over cuz there wasn’t any response. I’m so glad this got made anyway, definitely going to play a Witcher build in my next campaign
Another nice build, man! I could never get myself to copy someone else's build exactly (because RP #1 goal for this chronic roller if the number 1), but you really helped me think of D&D 5th in a new way. I'm currently enjoying a grappletastic Brute Fighter/ Oath of Heroism Paladin that plays like a badass hero of legend because of concepts I've gotten from you. (Punch, Grab, Holy Stab) You really helped me build the character I had in my head just by thinking outside the box.
Honestly wasn't expecting Druid as one of the multiclasses, but you somehow make it work! Think you'll be able to make builds for Yennifer, Triss, adult Ciri, and just as a joke, Jaskier (Dandelion)? I think builds for Vesimer and the other witchers of the Wolf school (and the other schools) would be the same as this.
Make this a hit and I'll probably have to
What do I think of this build?
Hmmm....
Fudge
I didn't expect to see shifter used for toxicity, really cool take on a dope build. I tend to swear by the blood hunter, but I love this option
Awesome vid! I haven’t gotten a chance to watch the Netflix series yet, but I am looking forward to the chance. Keep up the good work!
Dammit, just when I thought I'd get that song out of my head you make this!
Jokes aside, I love this build! I might try it out sometime, though I might swap the cavalier subclass to battlemaster, since either one works really well.
I'm surprised Monster Hunter wasn't the Fighter archetype.
@@ArcCaravan Isn't that the ranger subclass though?
@@Drocksas Ranger is Monster Slayer, Fighter is Monster Hunter. If I got the name wrong, it's the one from the Trevor Belmont build.
@@ArcCaravan ah, alright. I wasn't familiar with it; I'm barely 6 months into playing myself, and that must've been an older unearthed arcana
Cayde-6 from Destiny.
It's an excuse to make a Warforged Rogue/Ranger
Love Geralt. Love the build . Witcher is amazing. You are Awesome.
Great build man.
A Wildhunt Shifter huh....oh no
Ciri:**Sigh** Ahh shit, here we go again *Pulls out sword and starts up the Witcher main battle theme*
Lelelelele
Bararatahila bararatahilaaa
& now that he's out of the way on to Goblin Slayer! Let's slay sum GAwBliNs!!! (grimjack)
Yeah, doing Alexander Anderson from Hellsing instead
Goblin slayer is shown to be a ranger fighter multiclass. Obviously favored enemy goblins and then just pick whatever else you like and find enjoyable
@@tulokthebarbrarian2033 AAAAAAAAAAAAAMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN
aw come on, it starts to get gud by the 4th ep
This will be my first BG3 character build. Thank you
Thanks for the video and build
Ornstein from Dark Souls
Not Smough?
@@tulokthebarbrarian2033 either works
And considering the fact that Ornstein is pretty fast making him more elusive and hard to hit, especially after you kill Smogh. I'd consider him more lethal
@@tulokthebarbrarian2033 Can people ask for both? And Mega Man?
> Witcher's are monster hunters
> We literaly have subclass called Monster Slayer
> "We are gonna use Hunter"
Monster Slayer plays more like an Anti Spellcaster than a Monster Hunter tho
Buddy. I thought the same thing. I was like bro, monster slayer and hex up you can deal 4d6+13(assuming you have 16 str) at level 3 ain't bad, and lets say at level 6 you go war cleric then you attack.
4d6+14, 3d6+14, 3d6+13 for some fun damage.
I love your sense of humor
Thabk you Tulok. A unique build and in my humble opinion the beat geralt buils I've seen so far. But now you''ve markee yourself. And I vote for my favorite character....
Renfri. ^^
Last week was a soft “G” and this week a hard “G”
How many people got on your case about that 😂😂
Dude, *I'm DROWNING!!* How can i be a Witcher when I'm too *HydRaTeD!*
Hahaha. That rant about Matt and Anderson gives a lot of context/volume to your tweets :D
Good stuff my man!
Yay you did one of my ideas!
Your videos are always amazing still rooting for Scrooge McDuck build hehe made my own and its a blast kinda curious how my fav character builder would make him
I would love to see Scrooge McDuck!!! Though I guess it's an indiana jones build really
Ok, now you just have to make a Speedwagon build. The Sirfetch'd one.
Lol. I'm actually working on it.
The only Sirfetch'd I know of would be best represented by a Kenku Dexterity Fighter with a rapier and shield.
@@powerhouseofthecell9758 sirfetch'd is clearly holding a lance
everytime you upload, your video is the first thing in my sub box, and i must say, it's quite favorable that way
I think one variation one could make to this build would be to use the Eldritch Knight subclass instead of the Cavalier subclass, giving you arcane capabilities without having to use a level in Druid.
Just found the channel yesterday and I'm loving the content!
I love this up until Cavalier it doesn't really fit Geralt. In 99% of cases Geralt fights on foot as a normal fighter and not on horseback. I feel he should be a Battle Master, Eldtrich Knight, or Monster Hunter. Any of those 3 archetypes bring things that work for Geralt as a character much more than Cavalier.
Battle Master brings maneuvers which are things Geralt uses all the time specifically Disarming Attack, Evasive Footwork, Parry, and Riposte he uses these a lot. In addition there is Know Your Enemy which is something that works very well with Favored Enemy and is something Geralt would intrinsically have. He'd be able to see certain creatures and based on information he has on that type of creature or similar creatures he could deduce certain traits of that creature.
Eldritch Knight works well seeing as Geralt is a fighter who uses magic. It brings Weapon Bond which would work well since Geralt depends on his sword/s so much. It has War Magic which would let Geralt use a cantrip and still make a weapon attack which works with him Geralt could then use Aard(Gust) to knock back an enemy that could get an opportunity attack and then go and attack a different enemy. And Eldritch Strike is something he'd learn after years of experience using his signs and fighting. The only downsides to Eldritch Knight is it uses Intelligence and not Wisdom and the other 2 archetypes are better for Geralt imo.
Monster Hunter what else can I say this UA class is literally Geralt. It has Combat Superiority which brings things to the table that Geralt needs. Such as Superior Willpower Geralt has a strong mind and is resistant to things that affect his mind, Sharpened Senses Geralt is very perceptive and has strong senses so this further enhances his perception, and Precision Attack/Sharpened Attack are added bonuses. Hunter's Mysticism gives a free use of Protection from Evil and Good along with another language. Next we have Monster Slayer letting you expend 2 dice when adding damage to an aberration, fey, fiend, or undead you add the die maximum so that's 16 damage. And finally we get Improved Combat Superiority making those Superiority Dice D10's.
All in all this is a great Geralt build up to Fighter 3 where it uses an archetype that doesn't quite work with the character and makes the build miss out on things that match Geralt far better.
Since I'm converting a character from Palladium Fantasy to D&D, this is good to know. I'm going with Monster Hunter, as it is closest to what the original character is.
Where do I look for that monster hunter archetype?
@@TheAethelwulf1972 it's on the Wizards of the coast website. Gothic heros ua article. But I've taken the liberty to send you the link dnd.wizards.com/articles/features/gothic-heroes
@M1ManOwaR glad that helped you.
Built him as I would without Bloodhunter. Love it.
Kinda would love you to do Saint-14 from Destiny 2 (or at least your 2 cents on mine lmao).
Keep it up, Tulac!
perfect timing just binged the netflix yesterday
I have watched about 30 of your videos in the past two days i love these and cant wait till i can play obiwon in a game :) Suggestion Eragon from the Inheritance series.
Question: Why didn't you go with the Monster Hunter Conclave? Woulda had even more flavour rolled in.
What can you do for an Attack On Titan build, perhaps Levi or Mikasa? Hell, how could you incorporate Titan-shifting abilities?
I'm new to playing D&D, if my GM/DM allows this i'd be more than happy to use this build. Thanks for the info
This was a epic build.
For me I'm gonna make my own Witcher OC *(don't fuckin judge, if I'm gonna be Geralt of Rivia I'd just go play the Witcher 3)* so, I'd just go for a Fighter/Ranger multiclass, Eldritch Knight at 3rd lvl fighter keep going until lvl 5 Fighter for the extra attack then go into Ranger until 3rd lvl to get the Monster Slayer archetype then mix and match as I see fit until lvl 20, my race would be Variant Human slightly homebrewed to get redish orange cat-like eyes and Darkvision, my spells would be Burning Hands for Igni, Shield for Quen, Hold Person/Hold Monster for Yrden, Charm Person for Axii, and Thunderwave for Aard, my background would be Outlander with the Bounty Hunter origin, and my fighting styles would be Dueling and Defence, I'm choseing Dueling because Longswords are versatile weapons and by Witcher lore Witchers like to have a free hand to cast their signs, Defense for the extra armor point, seeing how this is my own Witcher OC, I don't really need a horse, but I'll talk to my DM about buying one during the campaign when I can, so yeah, I made this build a bit simpler 😊👍, also if I could be a Witcher in real life I'd very much would like to be in the School of the Wolf 😄
Nice, nice but when we are gonna have the final weapon against evil, the promised one, Ash Williams.
Fighter, Rogue Swashbuckler, Warlock, Paladin, Valor Bard?
I have no idea!!!
But he better have a chainsaw arm and a Boomstick. That'd be GrOoVy.
@@FirstnameLastname-kn5sw I was actually thinking in a Fighter/Artificer, if you see army of darkness he bulid a mechanic hand, gun powder, and modify his car in a war machine, and in evil dead 2 he chop his hand and modify a chainsaw into a prostetic hand, and maybe sprinkle a little of paladin to have protection against the evil.
I've been waiting on this build. I honestly thought you would go variant human ranger/warlock but this works too
Nice build
Good stuff
Thanks!
Pst, Tulok, Matthew Merser's stuff is about to be made official in DnD, in around... March
Kenny McKinney so in fact Tulok is talking out of his ass once again....
@@jonulfheinn7853 I am from the future; Blood hunters are still homebrew
Scotts Barbarossa Logic yah it’s fucking weird your commenting on a 5 month old post......bet your life sucks, I’ll be praying to Jesus for you
40k 40k 40k!
I hope this video gets that many views too!
I was looking for this thismorning
"I only want to use Wizards of the coast approved materials"
*Uses playtest unearthed arcana*
You should Do Arthur Morgan from RDR2. I'd really like to see a cowboy build.
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*THE DOCTOR*
From Doctor Who, any regeneration or just The Doctor in general. I'm thinking Lore Bard with maybe some levels in Cleric and Artificer.
Are Time Lords Aasimar?
Leomund's Tiny Hut but it's Mordenkainan's Magnificent Mansion on the inside.
Mage Hand+Knock= Sonic Screwdriver?
But how does regeneration work?
Maybe this is too on the nose, but a changeling? That way, you can "die" and come back as someone different.
Also, Artificer is an official class now, so that's probably the closest thing to a sciencey type.
@@Moh4a4d Clever! I like it.
Honestly loved this one! Would love to see your attempt at something like Cloud from Final Fantasy VII.
High elf would be amazing, the natural intelligence and wit of Geralt is shared with the high elves and so are half elves, +2 charisma, he's naturally hot, and the variety of ability skills show the rigorous training that the witchers go through (INT/DEX)
I have an idea. The main character from Hollow Knight, (the vessel/ghost) what will he be? Insect person? Warforged, since he is a "golem" kinda little dude? What classes? Eldritch Knight?
he does spooky ghost stuff, but is mostly a melee warrior. Probably either EK or like.. multiclass shadow sorcerer.
Maybe even paladin
I’m thinking some levels in Hexblade Warlock, the rest into Chanpion Fighter. Warforged kind of works for the race.
So we’re just gonna ignore the fact that there’s a ranger subclass called “monster slayer”?
Also Tulok is real horny for fighters. I understand, it’s the best multiclassing class, but I don’t know if it was necessary for this build, just for the sake of more build variety.
Alternate build: 10 levels of bladesinger wizard, 7 levels of Monster Slayer Ranger, 3 levels of of alchemist Artificer. Take a few feats like poisoner, slasher, or mounted combatant, and you're good to go. Spells are burning hands, charm person, thunderwave, shield, and magic circle.
A great build; that unearthed arcana does come in handy here. I would probably take a level in Rogue though, for expertise in perception and investigation; really make those Witcher senses work for me.
Brilliant idea with using wildhunt shifter too.
“I’m really excited to start DMing again now that the new year has started”
Ouch.
I love how you acknowledged all the “enthusiastic” critters out there
Can u do WHITEBEARD from One Piece
One Piece is gonna be down the line... so many episodes
@@tulokthebarbrarian2033 ok and thanks for doing what u do its amazing i still use the BOWSER build and i love it His name is Rohan the wanderer he has silver dragon blood in him
Love toss a coin to your Witcher. Been stuck in my head for about a week now.
Did he just make Geralt a "Wildhunt" shifter... oh, that is too perfect :3