Today D&D Daily is here to share their unique character build—The Star. This character just wants to know if fame and adoration from all are too much to ask?

Check out D&D Daily's video about The Star build HERE.

If you want to play The Star in one of your campaigns, you're gonna need to first be a College of Glamour Bard. Second, your race will need to be either a Custom Origin Lineage or a Variant Human. Finally, take the Actor feat.

Background

The Star grew up in a very rich household. He was part of a noble family and as such, was trained in dancing, singing, acting, and musical instruments—you name it, he knows how to do it. Growing up in this rich house, he wanted to spread his music and his showmanship to the world. All he wants in life is to be famous and adored by everyone. Is that really too much to ask? He wants everyone to know his name, and he wants to be the center of attention in every room he walks into. His life goal is to be a shining star in this drab and gray world.

Personality Traits

The Star will do whatever it takes for him to perform. If meeting an adventuring party and going on quests is what gives him inspiration for his next grand performance, then he will 1000 percent go with them. The Star loves to perform of course, and everything to him is a performance. From conversation to combat, he is a performer in every way. The Star is a very fickle character. His mood, motivation, and alignment can all change on a dime depending on the situation. He'll do whatever it takes to win over his audience.

His aesthetic would be visually way over the top. Super bright colors. And he would know everything about fashion. He would try to be the major trendsetter. If there's one word to describe him, it would be flamboyant. The Star does not have the best concept of money, wealth, or poverty. If someone told him they were hungry and couldn't get food, he would look at them like they were stupid and explain that they can just trade their money for food at the market.

The Star is going to be desperate for attention. He's going to die for it, and he is going to need it at every moment. If he isn't the center of attention, he'll make a fuss. When he's performing, he's going to be very obsessive over the people that like his performance and those that don't. If someone doesn't like his performance, he's going to do everything he can to make sure they like his performance. He'll kind of pull off stalkery vibes in those circumstances.

In Combat

The Star is going to use his Mantle of Inspiration, transforming himself into an even more beautiful person and giving his teammates more mobility and a defensive buff. He is also going to use Mirror Image as a defensive spell to help him stay out of harm's reach. And like all Bards, he is going to use Vicious Mockery to insult his enemies and destroy their will to fight.

Out of Combat

The Star is going to be the face of the party of course, and he's going to try to get all the attention. He might also get extra recognition because he's such a famous performer. If he doesn't get this extra recognition, he'd probably be pretty pissed. If in one of their previous quests, he and his party were able to slay the hill giant that was oppressing a town, he would make sure to sing and dance describing in full detail how he slayed the giant on his own.

In Downtime

The Star would always be trying to perform and finding new ways to make his performances even better. He might be learning new instruments, or he might be learning new ways to incorporate his spells into his performances.

Key Mechanics

The first and foremost key mechanics for The Star is that all of his spells would be somehow related to his amazing performances. For example, he could use Dancing Lights for lighting and ambiance. He could use Prestidigitation for special effects. He could use Thunderclap to keep a good beat during his performances. He could use Silent Image for a fog machine. He could use Mirror Image to make himself his own backup dancers (because who wants to use other people). And he could use Enhance Ability to keep his performances at their peak. I can also see him taking spells for when people don't like his performances or don't want to come. If somebody doesn't think his comedy routine is funny, he'd use Tasha's Hideous Laughter, and now, they're on the floor dying of laughter. Somebody doesn't want to come to his show? Suggestion! Now you have to come. If somebody doesn't like listening to his music, Shatter or Deafness so now you don't get to hear anymore. Sucks to be you. You should have liked my performance. Shame on you for your distaste.

He then has his Enthralling Performance, which if he performs for at least a minute, he can charm a number of creatures in the audience to where they idolize him. This is how he would build up his amazing fan base. At sixth level, he gets his Mantle of Majesty ability, which allows him to cast Command as a bonus action, which is huge for both in combat making people waste their turns and out of combat making people just do what he wants.

His performance and most of his abilities are going to rely heavily on his Charisma, so make sure to max that stat.

Weaknesses

The weaknesses of The Star are that he is squishy, and he has a low AC. Because he wouldn't have a terribly high Dexterity and because he wouldn't have a terribly high Constitution, he's just not going to be that great when he starts getting hit.

His second weakness is that he would probably be really easily triggered in conversations and out of combat. Talking to somebody if they've never heard of him or if they don't like his performance, he would just flip out on them. This might mechanically be represented with a low Wisdom score.

Using as an NPC

As an NPC, you could have him be a famous performer, and then let the PCs come into his performance and decide if they like The Star or not. Whether they like him or not, they'll just have to suffer the consequences. Potentially, if everyone in the audience loves his performance but the party isn't vibing with it too much, he might get really obsessive and either stalk them or try to hurt them depending on how triggered he gets. I would focus on this being a situation where The Star is really trying to get the party to like him. He'd be obsessing over them and stalking them and always trying to do things to get them to like him. Whether it be mini performances just for them, buying them gifts, or just trying to solve little problems that they have—anything that he could do to get their favor would be his ultimate goal.

Another way to use him would be him performing to save up money for a cause. This cause could be something that is really important to the party, so they could be aligned with him really well, or it could be for something absolutely and utterly pointless and ridiculous.

A unique way to use this character is as a DM NPC that pops up and follows and stalks the party just to get his muse for his next performance. Maybe he follows them on their next quest just to see what an adventure is like, and probably as he follows them, he'd perform for them. And if they don't like his performance then he'd be a real nuisance.

As an NPC, The Star is going to be especially amazing if you are a DM with musical talent. You can write these songs or stories and perform them for the party. So if you have musical talent and want to experiment with it in D&D, this is an NPC to run.

Key Note

The real key note to hit with The Star is that every moment is a grandiose performance, and he's going to use his skills to make it that way. He wants to be the center of attention, and he's going to do everything in his power to have it that way.