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Hi all, I'm not sure if I'm playing Arcane Trickster wrong, or of that subclass just isn't for me, so I'd love some advice.

I'm level 4 now, and I find myself never using my spells in combat. I love trying to figure out the best ways to gain advantage for my sneak attacks, but since all my spells take a whole action to cast, I never feel like they are worth using for this purpose, when I can try to hide or go to an ally to help them fight in melee. Is there some neat way to use Arcane Trickster in unison with all the sneaking and backstabbing, or do the two objectives not quite work together?

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[-] MrKurteous@feddit.nu 3 points 1 year ago

Thank you, that sounds like some very good advice! I'll have to take a closer look at the spell list, I think it's just like you say and that I've been focusing too much on the combat spells. I'm a Tiefling with Urchin background in case that gives any more context :)

[-] atrielienz@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don't know if you're familiar with rpgbot but I generally recommend at least taking a look at it. It's got some really good advice and the creator is super nice (I've talked to them on reddit). https://rpgbot.net/dnd5/characters/classes/rogue/

Your race gives you dark vision and some fire resistance so a spell like dark vision isn't useful to your PC personally but might be useful to your party members if they don't have dark vision. Also, shield may be useful to you because it's a reaction not an action. Things like this might actually up your versatility in and out of combat.

I know I know you're not like... Playing D&D tabletop but still might be useful to have a look.

[-] MrKurteous@feddit.nu 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks, I've only looked briefly so far but it does seem like an interesting read!

[-] atrielienz@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

You're welcome! Glad I could help.

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