![]() Starting Equipment: (with just starting equipment, Hill Dwarf is a slightly better secondary race)Įquipment Wishlist: (with this equipment, Simic Hybrid is a better secondary race)įirst, the DPR without using major resources, here are the best builds for each class: Level 3: technically Gloom Stalker for uses of Wisdom, but Hunter and Monster Slayer are otherwise equal Level 2: Dueling Fighting Style, hunter's mark spell Level 1: Magic Initiate (Druid): shillelagh spell Race: Envoy Warforged (secondarily: Simic Hybrid or Hill Dwarf)Ībility Scores: 8/16/16/8/16/8 (or 10/14/16/10/16/8 for 2 less EHP, non-Warforged also use this latter array) You can find a TL DR below with a description of my methods after. Since you have a number of criteria, I had to go through each one by importance to find the best build (or builds in this case). Take Magic Initiate feat level 1 for Shillelagh + absorb elements.Go Fighter, archetype Champion for extra attack DPR and heavy armor + shield + armored fighting style.Hill dwarf for the juicy Con and Wis + free HP.Actually having a use for my Wisdom score besides whacking with Shillelagh.Secondary goal is highest effective number of hit points, assuming a well mixed pool of damage sources.Highest average damage per round possible, using Shillelagh.All official sources are allowed and can be mixed, but UA is only allowed on a per case basis (so preferably not used), no homebrew.Each character gets a free feat at level 1, provided they qualify for that feat at level 1.I want my main damage source to be a Shillelagh'd weapon and squeeze that source for all it's worth. Typically as popular as Irish gifts, Shillelaghs also feature prominently in celtic jewelry designs, especially as small replica Irish charms for charm bracelets.I'd like to optimize my character concept: In "The Rocky Road to Dublin" the singer describes how he fashions a shillelagh to use as a striking weapon to defend himself against bandits and highwaymen. The ballad "Finnegan's Wake" is generally considered to have coined the term "shillelagh law" which refers to refers to a brawl. The Shillelagh gained fame through mentions in several well-known Irish folk songs. "Cut a stout, black thorn to banish ghosts and goblins" - The Rocky Road to Dublin ![]() ![]() Some boys were educated in the ways of the Shillelagh by the local Maighistir Prionnsa or “fencing master”. Fathers taught their sons how to fight and many young boys received shillelaghs as a significant rite of manhood. Tipperary.īy the 19th Century Shillelagh fighting evolved into a martial art. Faction fights remained a common occurrence up until the 1840s and the last recorded brawl took place in 1887 at a fair in Co. While most of these fights were purely for sport they eventually took on a political and violent edge as the years went on. During the 18th century bataireacht was practiced primarily with Irish gangs called "factions" who often fought each other at gatherings and events. The The Shillelagh was the primary weapon used in Bataireacht - a form of traditional Irish stick fighting popular in the 18th and 19th centuries. It is typically made from a stout knobbly and knotty stick with a knotty head, which can be used for gripping or striking. the Shillelagh was commonly used as a walking cane or walking stick, and can sometimes described as a cudgel. ![]() Shillelaghs are usually made from Blackthorn wood with a leather wrist strap joined to the handle. The word Shillelagh comes from the Irish phrase sail éille which translates into English as "thonged willow-stick." The Shillelagh is thought to have originated in the village of Shillelagh, County Wicklow, which was once said to be surrounded by vast oak forests.
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