Aether Warden Fighter Build – Solasta 2

Here is what your Fighter will start the game with at Level 1:

• Weapon Proficiencies – Simple Weapons, Martial Weapons
• Armour Proficiencies – Light Armour, Medium Armour, Heavy Armour, Shields
• Saving Throw Proficiencies – Strength & Constitution
• Skill Proficiencies – Any 2 from Acrobatics, Animal Handling, Athletics, History, Insight, Intimidation, Perception, Survival
• Smithing – You can craft arrows and bolts with Smith’s Tools
• Fighting Style – Choose one from:
  • Archery – Gain a +2 bonus to ranged weapon attack rolls
  • Defense – While wearing armour, you get a +1 Armour Class bonus
  • Great Weapon Fighting – When you roll a 1 or a 2 on a damage die for a melee weapon wielded in both hands, you can reroll the die. You must use the new roll.
  • Shielding – When wielding a Shield and a nearby ally is attacked, you can use your Reaction to give +2 Armour Class to the ally.
  • Two-Weapon Fighting – When using two melee weapons, you add your Ability Modifier to the damage of the second attack.
•  Second Wind – Use a bonus action to regain HP equal to (1d10 + character level)

• Resourceful (Heroic Inspiration) – Once per Long Rest, you can reroll a failed roll.
• Extra Skill Proficiency – Humans can freely choose one additional Skill to assign.
• Versatile – Choose an Origin Feat:
  • Quick – I recommend choosing Quick, giving you an extra 5 metres of Movement Range.
  • Skilled – Another great option that gives you three additional unrestricted Skill choices.

• Allows you to further improve Strength, Constitution and Dexterity scores.
• Proficiency with the Animal Handling and Survival Skills.
• You can use the Herbalism Kit to craft potions.
• You get the Savage Attacker Origin Feat, which rerolls all weapon damage dice and chooses the highest result. This is a significant boost to your average damage right out of the gate.

Strength – 16

Strength increases the damage and accuracy of your melee weapon attacks, so it’s the most important ability score for the Fighter class.

Spend 14 of your basic points on Strength, then 2 points from the Wanderer Background to bring it up to 16.

Dexterity – 14

Dexterity is used to increase your Armour Class (unless you wear Heavy Armour) and also helps with a variety of Saving Throws. It’s also used to determine the accuracy and damage of bow/crossbow attacks. Putting a few points here is worth it, particularly if you plan to wear Medium Armour.

Constitution – 16

Having a high Constitution score ensures you have plenty of HP, which is important for a melee build like the Fighter, as you’ll normally take a lot of attacks from enemies. For the Aether Warden, this is even more important because Constitution will be used to determine the efficacy of your spells.

Spend 15 of your basic points on Constitution, then 1 point from the Wanderer Background to bring it up to 16.

Intelligence – 10

Intelligence is not important for the build. We left it at 10 to avoid debuffs on Intelligence Saving Throws.

Wisdom – 10

Just like Intelligence, we left Wisdom at 10 to avoid Saving Throw penalties.

Charisma – 8

Charisma is not important for our build. Just ensure someone else in your party has good Charisma, so they can handle the Charisma Skill rolls in dialogue.

 Important: The Even Number Rule:

• Every second point in an ability score over 10 adds +1 to that ability modifier, which is what actually improves your dice rolls.
• This means that increasing a score from 10 to 11 makes no difference, but increasing it to 12 will add a +1 buff to any rolls made with that ability.
• Therefore, we will usually avoid leaving any abilities on an odd number.

Skills: Fighter Class

• Athletics – Your character is better at physically demanding tasks like climbing, jumping and swimming.
• Acrobatics – Helps you to stay on your feet in tricky situations, like when walking on ice.

Weapon Mastery Proficiencies: Fighter Class

The Fighter already has Proficiency with all martial weapons in the game. But your choices here allow you to specialise in three weapon types, gaining an extra passive ability when using those weapons.

• Greataxe – One of the best melee weapon types available. Allows you to make a secondary melee attack against a nearby enemy after hitting the first target.
• Longsword – Can be used to impose Disadvantage on an enemy’s next Attack Roll.
• Heavy Crossbow – Can be used to push enemies away from you, potentially knocking them off a high ledge for extra falling damage.

Skill: Human Ancestry

You can choose a different option here if you want.

• Stealth – You are harder to detect when sneaking around.

Languages

You can pick whatever you want here. Just try to have as many of them covered by your party as possible.

 Action Surge

• Regain an Action.
• Recharges on Short or Long Rest.

 Tactical Mind

• Expend an Action and a Second Wind charge to activate Tactical Mind for 1 minute.
• While active, add a bonus 1d10 to all ability checks.

Aether Warden Spellcasting

• You gain Spell Slots, allowing you to cast spells. They replenish after every Long Rest.
• You can choose 2 Cantrips and 3 Spells from the Wizard Spell List.
• Every subsequent Fighter level allows you to learn 1 more Wizard spell, with the option of replacing an additional Wizard spell or Cantrip that you already learned.

Mythology of Might

• When you cast a Wizard spell or cantrip, you use your Constitution Modifier instead of your Intelligence Modifier for spellcasting Attack Rolls and Difficulty Class.
• You can cast spells without a spellcasting focus (allows you to cast even with both hands holding a weapon or shield).

 Annoying Bees

• Impose Disadvantage on the target’s Concentration Saving Throws
• Use this before attacking a troublesome spellcaster for a very high chance to stop their ongoing spell.

 Poison Spray

• Deals 1d12 Poison Damage on hit.

 Shield

• Adds 5 to your Armour Class when you are about to be hit.
• Also protects you against Magic Missile.

 Expeditious Retreat

• You can use Dash as a Bonus Action while the spell is active.
• Don’t be fooled by the spell’s name. This is great for chasing down fast enemies.

 Thunderwave

• Deals Thunder Damage in an area in front of your Aether Warden.
• Knocks enemies back, potentially knocking them off high ledges for extra falling damage.
• Enemies will attempt a Strength Saving Throw to halve the damage and resist the knockback.

Ability Improvement:

• Put 2 extra points into Strength, bringing it up to 18.
• This will make your melee attacks more accurate and damaging.
• Alternatively, you can put the points into Constitution to improve your Spellcasting and give you more HP.

 Protection from Evil and Good

• Aberrations, celestials, elementals, fey, fiends, and undead have Disadvantage on attack rolls against the target, and cannot Charm, Frighten, or Possess them.
• You can cast this on yourself or an ally when you’re about to have a big fight with one or several of the aforementioned creature types.
• Dungeons tend to have a lot of undead, so this spell comes in handy more often than you might expect.

Extra Attack

• You can attack one more time per turn when you use attack or shove.

Feat

• Choose a Feat or improve an Ability score.

Arcane Strength

• When Concentrating on a spell, your Strength and Armour Class are increased
• Scales with the Spell Slot Level.

Feat

• Choose a Feat or improve an Ability score.

Indomitable

• Once per Long Rest, you can reroll a failed Saving Throw. You must use the new roll.

Earthen Succor

• Casting a spell heals you.
• The amount of healing depends on the Spell Slot Level.

Extra Attack

• You gain another attack, allowing you to attack three times per turn with your attack or shove actions.

Feat

• Choose a Feat or improve an Ability score.