In Six or Less #100 Esdeath (Akame Ga Kill!) DND Builds

Esdeath is the ruthless and sadistic general of the Empire, feared for her overwhelming power and unshakable belief in survival of the fittest. As the leader of the Jaegers, she wields her terrifying Imperial Arm, Demon’s Extract, granting her the ability to manipulate ice at will, freezing both foes and entire battlefields with ease. Despite her brutal nature, Esdeath possesses a deep, almost obsessive love for Tatsumi, revealing a rare glimpse of vulnerability beneath her otherwise merciless persona. This build of Esdeath focuses on overwhelming her enemies with devastating ice-based attacks while asserting complete dominance over the battlefield, embodying her philosophy that only the strong survive.

Esdeath Stats

Str 10 Dex 14 Con 12 Int 8 Wis 14 Cha 14 (27-point buy)

Str 10 Dex 14 Con 14 Int 8 Wis 14 Cha 16 (after racial and feat mod)

Class Cleric 1(War Domain)/Sorcerer 5(Draconic Bloodline)

The three things that I wanted to achieve in this build are:

1. Overwhelming Frost Powered Destruction.
2. Fearsome Close Quarters Combatant
3. Faster than Frozen Foes.

Background

For Background, I chose Giant Foundling for Esdeath. This represents her upbringing of only the strongest survive. She gains the skills of Intimidation, Survival, the Languages of Giant and Elvish, the feat Strike of the Giants: Frost Strike, and the Background Feature of Strike of the Giants.

Race

For Race, I chose Custom Lineage for Esdeath. With this race, she gains + 2 to Cha. Size: Medium, Variable Trait: Athletics, and Feat: Fury of the Frost Giant (Con +1). This feat gives her +1 to her Con, Born of Ice and Frigid Retaliation.

Class

Esdeath’s class breakdown is Cleric 1 (War Domain)/Sorcerer 5 (Dragonic Bloodline). It is with these classes, that Esdeath gains access to martial weapons training and multiple attacks, impressive defenses and hardy toughness, and incredibly powerful spells that she uses to freeze and overwhelm her foes. This combination of classes and feats is the best attempt to consolidate her abilities and talents at this level.

Cleric 1 is the starting class for Esdeath where she gains access to the beginnings of her martial training as well as the ability to attack multiple times in a round. At this level, she gains Proficiencies in Insight and Persuasion, Spellcasting, Divine Domain: War Domain, Bonus Proficiencies of martial weapons and heavy armor, and War Priest.

Sorcerer 1 grants her access to the starting stages of her Demon Extract Teigu abilities. I used the optional features of Additional Sorcerer Spells, Metamagic Options, Sorcerous Versatility, and Magical Guidance as well to increase this Esdeath’s build power. At this level, Esdeath gains Spellcasting, Sorcerous Origin: Draconic Bloodline, Dragon Ancestor: White Dragon, and Draconic Resilience. Draconic Resilience is key here since it enhances not only her hp but also her AC without the need for armor.

Sorcerer 2 is where Esdeath gains the ability to gain more spell slots with the feature Font of Magic.

Sorcerer 3 grants her the ability to modify her spells with the feature of Metamagic. The metamagic options selected are Transmuted and Quickened Spell. Allowing her to cast spells as a bonus action while changing the damage type to cold damage.

Sorcerer 4 grants Esdeath increased toughness, potent unarmed fighting potential, and the skill to use anything as a weapon with the feat Tavern Brawler. This feat gives her +1 to Con, proficiency with improvised weapons, a d4 to her unarmed strikes, and a bonus action to grapple a foe when an unarmed strike or improvised weapon strike is landed on a foe.

Sorcerer 5 is the final level for Esdeath giving her access to 3^rd level spells that mimic some of her more potent abilities as well as the optional feature Magical Guidance. With Magical Guidance whenever an ability check is failed she can spend 1 sorcery point to reroll the d20 and has to keep the new roll.

With full use of Esdeath’s powers, she can perform the following techniques via class features and abilities:

• Mahapdama- Quickened Spell Metamagic + Haste Spell + Melee Attack + Haste Attack
• Intuition– Magical Guidance/Guidance spell

This combination of feats, stats, and abilities makes this DND build of Esdeath an unstoppable force of icy devastation, freezing her enemies in their tracks and crushing them beneath her bewitching yet unyielding might in Six Levels or Less.

Spells

Cleric

Cantrip

Guidance

Mending

Spare the Dying

1^st Level

Divine Favor

Guiding Bolt

Healing Word

Inflict Wounds

Shield of Faith

Sorcerer

Cantrip

Blade Ward

Frostbite

Prestidigitation

Ray of Frost

Shape Water

1^st Level

Ice Knife

2^nd Level

Flame Blade

Rime’s Binding Ice

Snilloc’s Snowball Swarm

3^rd Level

Fireball

Haste

Equipment Warhammer, Scale Mail, Shield, Holy Symbol (Emblem), Light Crossbow and 20 bolts, Explorer’s pack, and Giant Foundling Starting Equipment. Pick up a Rapier of Wounding to represent her melee weapon.

Shout out to https://akamegakill.fandom.com/wiki/Akame_Ga_Kill!_Wiki for their incredible information in making this amazing character as well as DNDBeyond for its character creation platform. Until later Tale-Tellers!

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