Vedalken Guide 5e

Which 5e Classes Work With Vedalken?

Vedalken are clearly intended for caster classes as they lack STR, DEX, and CON. The INT casters are lukewarm on having WIS as a secondary stat, but WIS casters will likely never care about the INT boost. The vedalken racial traits do offer some good utility and won’t be wasted on any build. Vedalken Dispassion seems to be a sort of anti-spellcaster trait, so building a spellcaster that specializes in taking down other spellcasters looks like a pretty good direction for the vedalken.

Artificer: Artificers are happy as long as they see a +2 INT bonus. Vedalken Dispassion helps when fighting other spellcasters, and Tireless Protection offers you the chance to get some skill or tool proficiencies you may not normally have access to.

Barbarian: Barbarians need STR to be effective.

Bard: None of the vedalken’s ability score increases interest bards.

Cleric: WIS helps with the cleric’s spellcasting, Vedalken Dispassion helps with avoiding nasty effects, and the rest of the racial features compliment any build nicely.

Druid: WIS helps with the druid's spellcasting, Vedalken Dispassion helps with avoiding nasty effects, and the rest of the racial features compliment any build nicely.

Fighter: Vedalken don’t come with STR, DEX, or CON, rendering them a terrible choice for a fighter.

Monk: WIS is the saving grace, but monks really want to see DEX. Monks do come with some good defensive options so Vedalken Dispassion makes them even more durable. Once you get the monk’s Stillness of Mind you have proficiency and advantage on a bunch of saving throws.

Paladin: Paladins are very multi-ability dependent, so not seeing STR, DEX, CON, or CHA is bad news.

Ranger: Rangers do most of their damage with weapons, so the WIS doesn’t help too much in that regard. STR or DEX is very important for this class.

Rogue: Rogues are desperate for DEX which is sorely lacking here. However, Tireless Precision and Partially Amphibious would be great for all the sneaky things rogues get up to if you can stomach losing out on ability scores.

Sorcerer: Sorcerers need CHA to be effective.

Warlock: Warlocks need CHA to be effective.

Wizard: +2 INT is just about all you need for your average wizard build. Vedalken Dispassion helps when fighting other spellcasters, and Tireless Protection offers you the chance to get some skill or tool proficiencies you may not normally have access to.