Use Reckless Attack so that enemies have an easier time hitting you while increasing your damage output. Rage reduces the damage AoA takes, so that it lasts x2 as long. A good example of this would be a Barbarian 1, Warlock X, using Armor of Agathys. The psychopathic tank is someone that wants people to hit him. Or you can do Life Cleric 1, Divine Sorcerer 3, Warlock X, focusing on healing yourself through your Chain healing invocation. For example, Life Cleric + Heavy ARmor Master + Divine Sorcerer can bond to two allies at once, reducing their non-magical weapon damage by 3 when he receives his portion. The martyr focuses on using relationships with Warding Bond with some form of damage mitigation.

There's a few ways you could play around this, my examples being a group support/martyr, or a psychotic melee tank. Now that I think about it, Barbarian Zealot Cavalier Multiclass instead of homebrew? Magic Initiate Cleric?ĭownside to this all, the absolute mountain of jokes about being the gimp. Have an ability to take conditions from others (poison, DoT, Blinded, etc) onto yourself. Possibly throw some cleric/paladin like abilities for fanatical flavor and spell choice.

I was curious about doing something like blend Eldritch Knight and Cavalier to make a partial caster who wants nothing but to take the hits and counter, using Con for almost everything or. If his stress gets too high, he reaches a euphoria and just lays the pain for friend and foe indiscriminately. The lower his health, the better his damage and healing he can dish out. A truly fanatical sadomasochist who enjoys bleeding out his enemies as well as taking the pain for his party. If anyone hasnt played the Darkest Dungeon in game there is a character called the Flagellant. I'm curious if there are homebrews or just fun builds that might focus on things like being the party tank, benefitting from taking hits or even harming yourself to gain buffs.

Darkest dungeon flagelant