Languages: Besides Common, Halfling is our native tongue.A +1 to CHA is also great, hitting our main mental stat as well. Our martial attacks will come from DEX, as will our armor class. Ability Score Increase: Adding a +2 to DEX is amazing for a lot of builds, and Edward is no different.Let’s see what the halfling racial choice will do for us: Speaking of Al, just go Warforged if you’re bending this build to fit him. Training constantly against the living armor that contains his brother’s soul, Ed has plenty of practice fighting opponents that are bigger and stronger than he is. Lightfoot Halfling is the way to go!Įdward is on the short side for his age, and his fighting style reflects that perfectly. But, like some of the other fun builds before, we’ll be using a thematically suitable racial choice for the Fullmetal Alchemist. Like most of the builds on this blog, you would be well within your rights to stat Edward as a regular old human. Let’s take a look at how to get started with Ed! Because the brothers’ combat styles are similar, I’ll toss in the occasional tweak so you can build Alphonse if you’re feeling like playing as the Luigi of anime. While both characters are integral to the plot of FMA, we’ll be focusing on Edward for this build. Seeking the philosopher’s stone, an item which lets the user bypass the requirement of equivalent exchange, the brothers left Risembool with a promise: To return when they had regained their former selves, and wipe away the sins of the past. The brothers trained hard, spending the remainder of their scarred youth learning all that they could about alchemy, combat, and how to get their bodies back. Thanks to his friend Winry, Edward was fitted with automail prosthetics, metal limbs that connect to the nervous system to allow natural motion. Mangled and maimed, the brothers knew that they had made a grave mistake. Desperate, Edward sacrificed his right arm in order to bind Al’s soul to a suit of armor, tethering his brother to the physical world and allowing him to exist on as a disembodied voice inside of the armor. In keeping with alchemy’s law of Equivalent Exchange, Edward lost a leg, and Alphonse lost his entire body in the process. Ed and Alphonse were armed with just enough knowledge of alchemy to be dangerous, and so they conspired to transgress alchemy’s most grave law: Human transmutation is strictly forbidden.Īttempting to resurrect their mother, the transmutation went off without a hitch… resulting in a horrifying abomination that took the place of their mother. After their father left them at a young age, their mother suddenly fell ill, and eventually passed away. As the elder brother, Edward had a natural talent for alchemy, impressing his mother and tutoring his younger brother with his ability to grasp alchemical concepts and formulae. I highly recommend watching Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood or reading the manga in any case, one of the all time greatest works in the genre (my humble opinion, of course.) After the break, we’ll jump right in!Įdward and Alphonse Elric were born in the small town of Risembool. Spoilers will be in effect for Fullmetal Alchemist & FMA: Brotherhood, but I’ll try not to ruin too many of the fun twists and turns. Get your chalk circles and philosopher’s stones ready, Buildies! Today’s the day that the much-requested Edward Elric, the Fullmetal Alchemist, is brought into D&D 5th Edition! I’ve been looking forward to this one for a good long while, and I’m so happy that many of you let me know that you wanted him too. You can’t gain something without losing something first… but if you can endure that pain and walk away from it, you’ll find that you have a heart strong enough to overcome any obstacle… ‘ ‘There’s no such thing as a painless lesson.
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