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[pikachu17]

Is there a good homebrew 5e class or subclass that's all about controlling fate? Things like making your opponents shoot themself in the foot if they miss, making them trip and take damage if they move, as a high level give your allies the displacer beast trait avoidance, Etc.

[GiglameshDespair]

I don't know of any homebrew class like that, but all that could be done with existing materials.

Monk lets you catch and return projectile attacks, Booming Blade is a cantrip that damages enemies that move, Blur is a second-level spell that is pretty similar without being disrupted when hit.
Alternatively for the flavour of making an illusary copy of yourself, the second-level spell Mirror Image does that as well.

A trickery cleric gains Mirror Image in their cleric spells, so a trickery cleric/monk would be less MAD and achieve your three examples.

[Kagus]

Well, I mean, there's also the Lucky feat, being a Halfling, and Diviner wizards if you want control of fate.


I do remember seeing one homebrew that basically just expanded upon the Diviner's abilities, but then we get into the discussion of what a "good" homebrew is... I'd also need to remember the name of it.

[scriver]

A... Diviner-ish sorcerer subclass, maybe?

[Egan_BW]

Wild magic Sorcerer has a few abilities to mess with fate.

[Persus13]

Monk lets you catch and return projectile attacks, Booming Blade is a cantrip that damages enemies that move, Blur is a second-level spell that is pretty similar without being disrupted when hit.

Drunken Master monks also get an ability that allows them to redirect a missed attack from an opponent into another enemy.

[pikachu17]

Blur is a second-level spell that is pretty similar without being disrupted when hit.

Uh, avoidance, not displacement. Avoidance is pretty much Evasion, but better.

[Hanslanda]

This is a moot question as the game was a long time ago but what's the best build for a sneaky Doppelganger that doesn't suck in a sword fight?

[pikachu17]

This is a moot question as the game was a long time ago but what's the best build for a sneaky Doppelganger that doesn't suck in a sword fight?

What doppleganger? The Eberron changeling? If so, how sneaky we talking? If you are okay not being that sneaky, a dex-based Battle Master Fighter would probably work. If you want to be really sneaky, a bard of swords or valor may be what you want.

[IcyTea31]

That, or a swashbuckler rogue.

[Hanslanda]

I meant the monster race.

Doppelganger

And the original concept was to be a quartermaster on a pirate ship. So he'd need to be suitably stabby, but also socially adept to act as a face and acquire supplies. I went with the Thug variant Fighter for sneak attacks but he ended up awful at everything.

[scriver]

YOUR TIME HAS COME PRIMATE

[Kagus]

So I just realized an amazing loophole, but I'll never be in a campaign where I'd be able to make use of it myself... So, here we go.

If you're in a setting where you need to root out a circle of hedge wizards or evil warlocks or whatever, rather than run around on an investigative sleuth quest that could take weeks, just use this one simple trick to get the information you need.

First, it's vital that your character has a background as a pirate... If not, you'll need to find a willing and moderately trustworthy pirate that can do the legwork for you.

Next, you'll need to get two fresh pies. Meat, fruit or vegetable, doesn't matter... But you'll need pies.

Once all the parts are in order, you'll need to find an area with enough space to work comfortably. Hold a pie in each hand out in front of you, and shout "Arrr!".


Congratulations! You have now found the circumference of The Circle, and will be able to work out the rest from there.

[Cruxador]

This is just like the results you find when you have a tech problem and try to find solutions in whatever sites Google throws at you.

[Mephisto]

That's why I never call my groups of evil wizards a "Circle". We're the Hexagon of Evil, or the Nonagon of the Nine Hells, or <insert other named 2d shape here>.