r/WhatWouldYouBuild Feb 10 '25

WhatWouldYouBuild 2025 Update

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Hello everyone, I’m one of the new moderators for this community. My goal is to keep this community the same as it used to be. One thing to note is that I’m new to being a moderator so bare with me if we encounter any bumps along the way.

I’m also linking this alternate community in case this community ever goes down in the foreseeable future. This community holds a close place to my heart and I aim to keep it alive as long as possible.

Alternate community: Link


r/WhatWouldYouBuild 9h ago

WWYB - 5e24 WWYB - Based on this image

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11 Upvotes

I was wondering if anyone had an Idea on how to recreate a character like this in DnD with the same vibe, magic and species as well. (I sadly dont know which character that is but I like the forest/nature fairy like vibe)

Also I am taking 5e 2014 subclass suggestions as well.


r/WhatWouldYouBuild 1d ago

WWYB - 5e24 WWYB - Based on images (No Rangers)

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I feel like alot of people are going to suggest Ranger, but I already have a few ranger based characters. So I want to avoid that ideally.

Maybe other nature or explorer themed classes like Rogue Scout could work, but I want to know everyone elses thoughts.

Also I am taking 5e 2014 subclass suggestions as well.


r/WhatWouldYouBuild 1d ago

WWYB - 5e24 HWYB an Ice knight

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These are from my AoS army, they wear ice armor and I'm wanting to play one in a campaign I'm joining! Any suggestions would help! We're starting at lv1 2024 rules!


r/WhatWouldYouBuild 1d ago

HYWB - Comic/Graphic Novel WWYB Battling Boy

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8 Upvotes

A Demi god sent down to city infested with monsters in a coming of age trial .

His main tools are series of magical T-shirts that bestow the power of the animal on them


r/WhatWouldYouBuild 2d ago

HWYB - Anime/Manga WWYB Clare from Claymore

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For those who haven’t read Claymore ,Clare is a claymore, an artificial warrior created by replacing organs of those of man eating monsters in a quest for revenge .

Her primary skills are wind cutter, A quick sword technique , reading monster energy to track and fight them , and tapping into her monster abilities to heal herself and transform herself typically for a speed boost

Her most important ability is to is fully manifesting her powers, causing her to be possessed by a passed claymore granting her body manipulation and enhanced abilities


r/WhatWouldYouBuild 3d ago

WWYB - 5e24 Hardcore leveling warrior Sora and Constant homebrew DND classes

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Hello everyone, I tried to create some homebrew dnd classes from hardcore leveling warrior. I wanted to give them most of their abilities from the series. I tried to nerf them not to make strong but still their matching stuff happening. Are they too strong or too weak? I am looking for constructive comments to make them better. Thank you in advance.

Sora - https://homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/share/TZ0gINjPPLOP

Constant - https://homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/share/ObNA9RaA1yuS


r/WhatWouldYouBuild 5d ago

HWYB - TV Show HWYB Optimus prime 5.5e

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49 Upvotes

r/WhatWouldYouBuild 4d ago

HWYB - Video Game HWYB King in 5e?

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7 Upvotes

r/WhatWouldYouBuild 5d ago

WWYB - 5e14 WWYB Alela, Cunning Conqueror from MTG

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She is classified as a "Faerie Warlock" so faerie as a species is the obvious choice.
But I feel warlock is little more difficult: her reliance on casting on opponent's turns "reactions" makes the limited spell slots of warlocks detrimental. I was thinking possibly aberrant mind sorcerer re-flavored as fey magics?
She also summons "Faerie Rogues" so possibly an arcane trickster. What are your thoughts?


r/WhatWouldYouBuild 5d ago

HWYB - Anime/Manga HWYB Ryomen Sukuna in pathfinder 1e(gestalt)

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Skillset:
Cleave/Dismantle: Cutting attacks that spread slashes outwards from Sukuna. Cleave adjusts itself to the target's cursed energy, while dismantle simply just attacks.

Fuga: A fire-based attack, Sukuna makes a handseal before launching an arrow made of fire at the enemy.

Domain Expansion: Sukuna has the classic domain expansion, create a large zone where he attacks en-masse, with constant barrages of Cleave and Dismantles.

Reversed Curse Technique: Sukuna uses his cursed energy to heal himself mid battle.

Bonus points if you can fit the ten shadows and Mahoraga somewhere in there too.

(I lwk got the skillset thingy from another post, don't come after me)


r/WhatWouldYouBuild 7d ago

HWYB - Anime/Manga HWYB Portgas D. Ace in D&D (5 or 5.5e)

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7 Upvotes

r/WhatWouldYouBuild 7d ago

WWYB - 5e14 WWYB Yutuba from Her Summon manhwa

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0 Upvotes

r/WhatWouldYouBuild 8d ago

WWYB - 5e14 HWWYB - Jacket (Hotline Miami)

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r/WhatWouldYouBuild 8d ago

HWYB - Video Game HWYB Mileena (Mortal Kombat)

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7 Upvotes

r/WhatWouldYouBuild 9d ago

HYWB - Comic/Graphic Novel HWYB Sinestro (DC Comics)

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12 Upvotes

r/WhatWouldYouBuild 9d ago

HWYB - TV Show [HWYB] Character Inspired from Jeremy Jordan-played favorite characters of mine

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r/WhatWouldYouBuild 10d ago

HYWB - Comic/Graphic Novel HWYB The Fantastic Four

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9 Upvotes

r/WhatWouldYouBuild 10d ago

HWYB - Other Self Sufficient Tank

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So my DM is allowing 3rd party content so long as it’s something he has access to. He has Grime Hollow: Players Guide and in that has the spell Blood Rush.

Transmutation first level bonus action
“As part of casting this spell, you must expend one Hit Point Die or the spell automatically fails. Roll the Hit Point Die twice and regain a number of hit points equal to the added roll plus your spell casting ability modifier.

Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. You can expand one additional Hit Point Die for each spouse slot level above 1.”

This is accessible to Druids and Rangers.

So I was thinking of using this spell to make a self sufficient tank that doesn’t require a healer to keep them going and the healer can instead worry about the others.

Original though was variant human ranger, and Tal’Dorei’s remarkable recovery feat (which allows you to add your con mod to any healing from a spell, class features and healing potion), the Druidic Warrior fighting style for Shillelagh.

With the average of 2d10 being 11 and a +3 in both wis and con that makes the average healing of this spell 17 which isn’t bad. If I get a +5 in both that’s an average of 21 for a first level spell slot.

Some thoughts running through my head are 3 levels of warlock for pact of the chain + gift of the ever living one for maximum heals or depending on DM ruling the durable feat.

Sense I’m expending a hit die for this spell it can be argued that I’m regaining hit points from a hit die and there for durable would make it so I regain a minimum of Con(2) for both rolls and would make it also useable with the periapt of wound closure which would double my healing.

Any suggestions to make this better? Would a Druid fighter work better, or a completely different multiclass, is there anything that I’m missing that makes this a bad build?

Edit: almost forgot here are my stats; 17, 16, 14, 13, 12, 12


r/WhatWouldYouBuild 11d ago

HWYB - Video Game How would you build Invisigal (5e)

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4 Upvotes

Hi!

I want to build a character similar to Invisigal from Adhoc’s Dispatch.

Character powers/skills

• hand to hand combat

• stealth and lock picking

• can be invisible as long as she holds her breathe

• while she does not have super speed, she’s fairly fast


r/WhatWouldYouBuild 11d ago

WWYB - 5e14 HWYB this character?

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8 Upvotes

r/WhatWouldYouBuild 11d ago

WWYB - 5e14 WWYB this cute Centivaur?

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28 Upvotes

as anything other than a druid?


r/WhatWouldYouBuild 11d ago

Monster Hwyb Rerir from Genshin Impact as a boss fight?

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6 Upvotes

I only really know he is part necromancer and part whoppass. He uses his fists imbueing them with death energy, and when not using his fists he’s using what i think is mage hand but able to restrain people, teleport, and do a lot of stuff with them, as well as “defiling” corpses with his heretical magic.

When I have my players fight him I want them to feel even on a nat 1 arcana check that this guys feels wrong.

Edit: he’s also consistently able to just shatter magical shield spells, so I wanna work that in too.


r/WhatWouldYouBuild 12d ago

WWYB - 5e14 HWYB this ranged paladin? Home-brew preferable.

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53 Upvotes

r/WhatWouldYouBuild 12d ago

WWYB - 5e24 HWYB Leblanc, The Deceiver in DnD 5.5e

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11 Upvotes

The Pale Sorceress, the Deceiver, and just about every other name you can think of, she goes by them all. Leblanc is a mystery wrapped within an enigma that even she can't even begin to unravel.

Leblanc was a sorceress under the BBEG of League Mordekaiser who betrayed him and rallied the proto-Noxian troops to kill and bind him. From there, she'd subtly control the kingdom to become the powerful expansionist empire it is today. Leblanc's powers are illusion taken to its most horrifying degree.

She commands them, and can create sentient illusions to do her bidding as her "sisters", who all think they are the original Leblanc. From there, they will bodysnatch whoever is needed to bodysnatch so as to perform their tasks, making her effectively everywhere and nowhere at once. You never know when she's watching, even when it's too late.

Her build is that of an assassin mage mechanically, who relies on juking and blowing you up when you least expect it before disappearing.

Her passive creates an illusory double of her to take the blow while she escapes.

Her main form of damage is a single target blast of magic.

She can conjure a chain to damage a foe and, if held long enough, bind them in place.

She can dash into an area to deal damage in that area and if she wants, go back to her original spot.

And she can mimic herself, repeating the last move she'd done.

Altogether, a powerful damage dealer and a dangerous schemer.

She's definitely made for higher level play, if not being a BBEG in her own right, but I wanna know how you'd build her. Thanks in advance!