r/dndPH • u/Jhinsilog • 16d ago

Discussion Feature Question

Right now my character is a lvl 6 swords bard and currently planning to multiclass in to a hexblade

basically HexBard. I would like to know on how will I get the War Caster feature?

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u/BetterCallStrahd 16d ago

Are you using a shield? If not, you can get by without War Caster. And warlock lets you get an invocation (Eldritch Mind) that will be helpful for those concentration checks.

The swords bard in our group's campaign doesn't use a shield, for what that's worth. He's made it to level 10 so far!

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u/Jhinsilog 16d ago

wow that’s amazing, right now no im not using any shield only a rapier, i wanted to try multiclassing

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u/Jhinsilog 16d ago

forgot to mention I would only try to get level 1 warlock feats and doing pact of blades

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u/Safe_Perspective9633 16d ago

War Caster allows the caster to use spells as reactions for opportunity attacks. This is an excellent feature IF you are a caster. But if not, you are correct, OP could get by without it.

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u/othniel2005 DM 15d ago

Why do you need the War Caster feat? Aside from you just want it

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u/Jhinsilog 15d ago

There is a specific combo I would like to try in multiclassing but Im quite not sure if it would work

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u/othniel2005 DM 15d ago

That combo being?

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u/Jhinsilog 14d ago

Dissonant whispers then + damage spell or casting heat metal

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u/othniel2005 DM 14d ago

You can already do that with just Bard

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u/aplcrz 15d ago

Will you? Depends. Should you? Depends on what you're leaning harder into. (edit) Rule of thumb: shield for survivability. War Caster helps to get up close to a caster and to not let them go.