Zeldris is a powerful soldier for the Demon Clan and the leader of the Ten Commandments. He is also the son of the Demon King and the youngest brother to Meliodas and Estarossa. Known as the Executioner, he serves as the living will of Demon King and has the authority to select or reject members of the Ten Commandments. He is an extremely gifted swordsman with the tactical acumen and planning similar to Meliodas since he received training from Cusack and his brother respectively.
Zeldris Stats
Str 9 Dex 14 Con 14 Int 9 Wis 12 Cha 14 (27 point buy)
Str 9 Dex 14 Con 14 Int 10 Wis 12 Cha 16 (after racial and feat mod)
Class Warlock 5 (The Hexblade)/Fighter 1
The three things that I wanted to achieve in this build are:
- Tremendous Swordmanship.
- Cancelilation of Magic.
- Quickest of Reflexes.
Background
For Background, I chose Custom Background for him calling it Leader of Ten Commandments. He gains the Skill Proficiencies of Insight, Sleight of Hand, Tool Proficiency of Smith’s Tools, and Language of Celestial.
Race
For the race, I chose Mephistopheles Tiefling for Zeldris. With this race, he gains Darkvison, Hellish Resistance, +2 to Cha and +1 Int, and Legacy of Cania. Legacy of Cania gives him Mage Hand, Burning Hands, and Flame Blade.
Class
Zeldris’s class breakdown is a combination of two classes, Warlock 5 (Hexblade)/Fighter 1. It is with these classes that he gains the ability to wield his blade with the power of his charisma, level destruction via spells and swordsmanship, cancellation of magic spells, and increased damage using his signature style of dueling. This combination of classes is the best attempt to consolidate his abilities and talents at this level.
Warlock 1 is starting class for Zeldris. This class gives him the skills of Intimidation, Arcana, Pact Magic, Expanded Spell List, and the Features of Hexblade’s Curse and Hex Warrior.
Warlock 2 is where he picks up Eldritch Invocations of Armor of Shadows and Agonizing Blast. Eventually, he will be changing it out for Improved Pact Weapon.
Warlock 3 is the level that gives Zeldris the Pact of the Blade as his Pact Boon. This gives him the ability to create a blade into his hand, the weapon counts as magical for damage resistances and he can transform a magic weapon into his pact weapon. This is also where he would switch out Agonizing Blast for Improved Pact Weapon.
Warlock 4 gives him the feat of Alert. This increases his initiative by +5, keeps him from being surprised, and enemies that are unseen do not gain an advantage on attacks against him.
Warlock 5 is the level where he gets a third Invocation with that being Thirsting Blade. This gives him an extra attack with his pact weapon.
Fighter 1 is the last level for Zeldris’s build. With this level, he gains the Fighting Style of Dueling and Second Wind. This fighting style gives him a +2 damage bonus to his fighting style of one-handed swordsmanship, he also gains the ability to recover some hitpoints during a harsh fight.
With full use of Zeldris’s powers he can perform the following techniques via spells and abilities:
Ominous Nebula- Spirit Shroud +Lightning Lure + Thirsting Blade attacks
Goddo- Counterspell or Dispel Magic
Hellblaze- Green Flame Blade, Burning Hand, Flame
Dies Irae- Witch Bolt
Commandment of Piety- Crown of Madness
This combination of feats, stats, and spells makes this DND build of Zeldris the Piety a whirling dervish of destruction in Six levels or Less.
Spells
Mephistopheles Tiefling
Mage Hand
Burning Hand
Flame Blade
Warlock
Cantrip
Eldritch Blast
Green-Flame Blade
Lightning Lure
1st Level
Witch Bolt
2nd Level
Crown of Madness
3rd Level
Counterspell
Dispel Magic
Fly
Spirit Shroud
Equipment
Standard Warlock equipment with daggers, He can summon any weapon he wants.
Shout out to https://nanatsu-no-taizai.fandom.com/wiki/Nanatsu_no_Taizai_Wiki for the amazing information in making this amazing character as well as DNDBeyond for its character creation platform. Next week I will focus on creating the Archangels and some of the Goddess Clan members. My first will be Nerobasta of the Goddess Clan!
Until next week Tale-Tellers!
