Hello from my edgy as possible drow Assassin Rogue/Gloom Stalker build.
Edit: To elaborate a little… Assassin Rogue gets automatic sneak attack crits on everyone they go before in initiative on the first round. Gloom Stalker gets initiative bonuses, plus an additional attack that does an extra d8 of damage on the first round. (Plus some other nice stuff). If you’re feeling really spicy, take Ranger to 5 for Extra Attack and dip 2 levels of Fighter for Action Surge to get 5 guaranteed crits, one of which gets Sneak Attack and one of which is your extra d8 Gloom Stalker attack.
I’m doing that build too, but going Monk instead of Fighter. You can Flurry of Blows on the surprise round instead of action surge (which is worse), but you can also flurry of blows more each short rest than action surge.
It’s overall worse, but Monk is more fun than Fighter. I’m only level 5 still, so probably going 3 Rogue/ 5 Ranger/4 Monk initially, but might respec at level 11 to try the 3 Rogue/3 Ranger/6 Monk split.
Hello from my edgy as possible drow Assassin Rogue/Gloom Stalker build.
Edit: To elaborate a little… Assassin Rogue gets automatic sneak attack crits on everyone they go before in initiative on the first round. Gloom Stalker gets initiative bonuses, plus an additional attack that does an extra d8 of damage on the first round. (Plus some other nice stuff). If you’re feeling really spicy, take Ranger to 5 for Extra Attack and dip 2 levels of Fighter for Action Surge to get 5 guaranteed crits, one of which gets Sneak Attack and one of which is your extra d8 Gloom Stalker attack.
I’m doing that build too, but going Monk instead of Fighter. You can Flurry of Blows on the surprise round instead of action surge (which is worse), but you can also flurry of blows more each short rest than action surge.
It’s overall worse, but Monk is more fun than Fighter. I’m only level 5 still, so probably going 3 Rogue/ 5 Ranger/4 Monk initially, but might respec at level 11 to try the 3 Rogue/3 Ranger/6 Monk split.