Our Top Magic Items for Barbarians, Fighters, and Paladins in D&D 5e

I'm actually watching this for my artificer.

This video was made before the Dragon’s Wrath Weapon 😋

A little surprised that cloak of displacement isn't here somewhere

This reminds me of that time back in the late 80s my DM made a cursed item called Boots of Sticking to the Ground. They worked like Boots of Striding and Springing except they would stick to the ground sending your character flying through the air as they have thier feet torn from thier ankles.

If you have a campaign involving giants you could make there only be one belt of giantkind, and a certain smith upgrades it for you as quest rewards at certain points

Is Adamantine Armor really better for a Barbarian? There are interactions in their abilities that say “Get this as long as you don’t wear Heavy Armor”. Wondering if the sacrifice of these benefits is really worth the ability to not be critically hit.

My Warforged Eldritch Knight has a Ring of Mind Shielding. Go figure. I have a robot that appears completely mindless.

The Sun Blade doubles as a touch.

Mild Shadows of Drakkenheim spoiler.

Dudes: In fantasy and history, helmets are really important.
Pluto Jackson: drops helmet into the crator

As a fighter I fight with spears and pikes

My DM home brewed "The Tempest Great Ax" 1d12+4 slashing dmg with 4d4 lightning dmg on a hit. With an optional Lightning cone attack with a range 0f 30ft that deals 2d6 lightning on a failed save. Can only be used if your str is 18 or higher and wis of 13 or higher.

I agree, the flame tongue is a great weapon for a magic weapon template.
At lower levels (5) it could start at added 1d6 and increase after a select number of levels. This could be the weapon given as starting equipment, being a regular weapon initially.

I wouldnt want those boots with my Barbarian. Well maybe for selling it of course. And then try to buy something decent. Walking speed becomes 30ft if not already. Im no Dwarf with a short leg issue so that aint helping. Speed isnt redeuced if you are encumbered or wearing armor I cant wear. Dont dont take and carry so much shit or buy a bag of holding. What are you, a hoarder? Jump 3x the normal distance. But cant jump farther than your remaining movement would allow. Well this maybe could come in handy in one or two occasions. Totally worthless for a Barbarian unless you got small legs imho. I rather would have boots which make my movementspeed exceed my basic movement speed so I can charge in and get in the enemies face asap. My Barbarian would sell these Boots of Strinding & Springing or give them to a party member.

Adamantine Armor, for a barbarian? Half plate? My barbarian would look at you if you are crazy expecting him to wear something that would restrain his free movement. No sorry wont happen. Aint there anything that suits a Barbarian at all. If I wanted to play a class covered in plate and armour I would have chosen a Paladin. Its ugly a Barbarian in half plate. What are you a fighter or paladin wannabe? So far 0 out of 2

And an other half plate set? My barbarian wouldnt want to be found death in it. Arent there any nice items that increase AC while staying true to my barbarian. There are berserkers that fought naked. I rather have a ring or something that would increase my AC and make me fight naked! Maybe studded leather armor or hide armor or an hauberk mail armor. Helmet yes and of course a (round) shield. But half plate... no.

Uncommon - Eldritch Claw

Combine this with sentinel and you will terrorize your enemies from 15 ft. away with additional 1d6 per hit whenever they get out of line.

Rare - Butcher's Bib

Want the champion subclass built into one of your attunement slots? Crit on 19 and go to town on all the fresh meat.

Legendary - Blood Fury Tattoo

Want to be a god amongst mortals? Regenerates tons of hp per hit while dealing devastating blows with added 4d6 per hit. Jealous that level 14 berserker barbarians have retaliate? Not anymore you're not, now you can hit an enemy that attacks you as a reaction. Lay waste to the monster peasant scum, you untouchable tyrant.

PHB 168, Medium Armor Master: "Wearing medium armor doesn't impose disadvantage on your Dexterity(Stealth) checks. When you wear medium armor, you can add 3, rather than 2, to your AC if you have a Dexterity of 16 or higher." :)

Give the Belt of Giant Strength to the rogue! A cleric would make good use of it too.

I prefer when barbarians didnt use magic items, though I suppose they would use Totems to create fields of protection for their village.

Jumping in dnd deala damage to yourself though...

Give the fighter the ring of spell storing with a couple of absorb elements, a shield or 2, and hunter's mark for even more damage. Especially if they were to get say a flame tongue or helm of brilliance

Give the barbarian a 5th level Armor of Agathys...

You guys need to stop giving your Barbarians sets of half-plate. You are massively NERFING them.

Half-plate is heavy armor. Barbarians CANNOT Rage while wearing heavy armor.

Periapt of Wound Closure is a fantastic item for martial classes. Double your Hit Dice rolls and stabilised when you drop to zero HP. Super Clutch!

My DM awarded my Tabaxi Fighter a Dancing Sword that he found set in Stone. And allowed me to flavour the Blade into a Schimitar. Cause it fit my Character better. It's so fun! As I fighter I get to attack so many times thanks to it!

Can the ring of spell storing use cantrips?

How about Faerie Fire in that ring of spell storing?

For the flametongue I’ve gone with whatever weapon they pick does a different type of damage, for example a axe is freeze, a short sword is acid, etc

I play a lvl 10 paladin. I just traded a Ring of spell storing to our barbarian to compensate him for his share of a ring of invisibility that we found. The ring of spell storing was loaded with the spells blur and

Me: says in best Edna voice NO Capes

Gotta give credit to the Cloak of Displacement when you're REALLY trying to improve your AC.

My 21 AC Rune Knight / War Cleric wears one, and after he used Bane on 3 Huge Constructs, we proceeded to finish the fight without my character taking a single hit.

Giant Belts are the worst Magic items to give a Martial. It's pretty much a spit in their face. Why invest in your Str if you're going to get one of these items? It doesn't make sense, it's wasting ASI and race choices.

Azuredge how about it !!!

As a low level Dwarf Paladin/Fighter, The Javelin of Lightning weapon was absolutely amazing to use. Tip: Remember to grab it asap after you throw it at an enemy!

The 1 thing that bugs me so much about magic items why is flamtouge rare and icebrand very rare. They should both be rare.

They had me with the first 90% of the video title lol

I wish there were more spear magic weapons

You guys not both saying, "and we are the dungeon dudes" lowkey hurt

My paladin just got Flame Tounge short sword and broke his Oath so I'm looking at 5d6 + str!!

Books the Orc uses a lightning javelin, but almost never hit with it.

I disagree that STR-based classes feel rewarded by a giant strength belt. They feel shat on. Once they get their two or three feats that make their playstyle work (sentinel, X-master, etc), and sink their points into Strength, getting it to 20... they are rewarded by an item that tells them "you could have sunk your points into constitution, lol, your strength is already 21/23/25/27/29".

Winged Boots are far superior to striding boots

Helm of Brilliance should be set off by fire breath. Theatrically it's stupid if it doesn't.

The dragon when they see a character in adamantine armor:

"I wish I knew how to crit you."

Guardian emblem is pretty cool. It’s adamantine armor that can be used on party members at range and yourself three times a day. That’s pretty sick for a Paladin wanting to be tanky and supportive

It was interesting to see the Mantle of Spell Resistance and Belt of Dwarvenkind on here - those are two items I have on my Changeling Bard of Swords. The belt is fun to drag out in drinking contests against intox saves, and when Defensive Flourish and the Shield spell can easily give me a minimum AC of 28, saving throws are the weakness. (Hence why I'm looking to upgrade the Mantle of Spell Resistance to the Spellguard Shield)

I edited the helm of brilliance so that only one gem blows up per fail. Because otherwise is really really sucks, because I usually use a lot of casters in my games

I have a massive shield with both ranged and physical attacks (think captain america). I've applied flame tongue so it lights up as it spins through the air.

Javelin of lightning + early lvl Tempest Cleric= 😁

Late to the party, but I just wanted to point out in regard to barbarian adamantine armor, that Barbarians have moved away from just hitting things and have a lot of resources other than rage for managing their hp. So the critical hits still make us fall into the same issue as other classes, that the sudden unexpected jump in damage causes plans to change. It the adamantine armor in a couple of cases would have changed the outcomes of key battles where I was tanking on a knifes edge and that sudden drop made me think that I might be miscalculating this.

I never see people talk about Black Razor... that weapon is BUSTED in the hands of a melee character

My DM rolled a Holy Avenger on a loot table, and my heavily religious Blood Hunter is going on a full arc to gradually unlock it's power! I'm super happy with the arc so far.