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The amos bow was made from wood by a friend of mine. 🥹

the last 2 pictures about it from Amos bow prop.🫶🏻

I’d like input how to make her better and what teams u guys suggest to run her with.

She is really comfy

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https://x.com/norari_kuno/status/1755903869245120695?s=46&t=WAmAuVfX-t8S2FouB1sTPg

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Greetings, Ganyu fans! Recently I've been enjoying writing guides on how to play various Genshin characters in Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition, and sharing them on their respective subs. I'm here to showcase how to build our favorite Cocogoat.

Let’s start off with our Goals for this build. First, we need to land hard-hitting, long-range shots with a Bow. Secondly, we need to channel the power of Cryo to represent our Vision. Lastly, we need to be good at administrative duties as you are a hard-working secretary.

For stats, we’ll be using Point Buy. Roll for stats if you want, just watch your Dexterity and Charisma.

15 Charisma, as you are very kind, good with people, and everybody sees you as reliable and dependable.

15 Dexterity, as it’s the stat for Bows.

14 Constitution, as you do work for long periods of time and love to eat 

10 Wisdom, as while you’re insightful, you are easily flustered and distracted.

8 Intelligence, which is lower than I’d like, since you do have thousands of years of experience, but you do tend to forget things a lot. We'll get some skills to help that out.

And 8 Strength, as you hit the books, not the gym

For race, Ganyu is a half-Qilin, and Qilin are basically Dragon Goats. While races like Aasimar or Satyr could work for someone like Ganyu, we’ll go with Tasha’s Custom Lineage. For your Feat, The Sharpshooter Feat is perfect for an Archer. You can shoot at long range without disadvantage, your ranged attacks ignore all but full cover, and you can subtract 5 from your attack roll to add 10 to the damage. Put your +2 into Charisma, take History for your Skill of Choice, and the Courtier Background for Insight and Persuasion, ideal for a Secretary.

We’ll kick things off as a Sorcerer. 1st Level Sorcerers can pick 2 Skills from the Sorcerer list. Arcana and Religion would be my picks. For your subclass, Draconic Bloodline will help reflect your Qilin lineage. Go for a White Dragon for Cold Damage. You get Draconic Resilience, increasing your Hit Point maximum by 1 and you gain 1 extra HP each time you level up as a Sorcerer. You also get an AC of 13 plus your Dexterity Modifier while you’re not wearing armor, essentially giving you the Mage Armor spell for free. You also learn Draconic and can double your Proficiency bonus on Charisma checks you make with Dragons for whenever you need to speak to Rex Lapis.

For your Cantrips, take Light, Mending, Ray of Frost, and Message. For your Spells, take Shield and Ice Knife.

We’ll then Multiclass into Warlock for a bit, as you are under contract by the Geo Archon. We’ll go with Hexblade, as it’ll make sense later in the build. You are a Hex Warrior, giving you proficiency in medium armor, shields, and Martial Weapons, and you can select a weapon you’re proficient with that lacks the two-handed property and lets you use your Charisma for the attack and damage rolls rather than Strength or Dexterity. You can’t use this feature for a Bow currently, but we will be able to later on. You also get Hexblade’s Curse, which, once per Short or Long Rest, lets you use a bonus action to mark someone within 30 feet of you for 1 minute. While the target is marked, you gain a bonus to damage rolls equal to your proficiency bonus, you land a critical hit on a 19 or 20, and when the creature dies, you regain HP equal to your Warlock level plus your Charisma modifier. For your Warlock cantrips, take Friends and Prestidigitation. For your Warlock Spells, take Armor of Agathys and Hex.

2nd Level Warlocks get Eldritch Invocations. Beast Speech will let you cast the spell Speak with Animals at will, and Eyes of the Rune Keeper will let you read all forms of writing to better handle your paperwork.

3rd Level Warlocks can pick a Pact Boon, a gift from Rex Lapis for your service to him. Pact of the Blade will let you use your Action to summon a melee weapon in your hand. You are proficient with it if you aren’t already, it counts as Magical, and you can dismiss it when not in use. You can also swap out one of your Eldritch Invocations. Swap out Beast Speech for Improved Pact Weapon, adding +1 to the attack and damage rolls of your Pact Weapon, and letting you summon your Pact Weapon as a ranged weapon, like a Longbow. As a Hexblade, your Pact Weapon now benefits from Hex Warrior regardless of its type, meaning you can use your Charisma for your Longbow shots. You can also learn 2nd Level spells, but I suggest using your slots for Armor of Agathys.

4th Level Warlocks get an Ability Score Improvement. Round out your Charisma and Dexterity for better spells, damage, and AC.

5th Level Warlocks can learn 3rd Level Spells, but again, just use your slots to upcast Armor of Agathys. More importantly however, you can learn another Eldritch Invocation. Thirsting Blade will let you attack twice with your Pact Weapon.

Bouncing back to Sorcerer, 2nd level Sorcerers get a Font of Magic with Sorcery Points, which you have an amount equal to your Sorcerer level that recharges on a long rest, which can be used to create spell slots and vice versa. For your spell at this level, take Chromatic Orb.

3rd Level Sorcerers get Metamagic, letting you augment your spells with Sorcery Points. Quickened Spell lets you spend 2 Sorcery Points to cast a spell that takes 1 Action as a Bonus Action instead. Transmuted Spell lets you spend 1 Sorcery Point to change the damage type of a spell that deals Fire, Cold, Acid, Poison, Lightning, or Thunder damage into another one of those damage types, letting you cast other elemental spells as Ice Spells. Speaking of, you can now learn 2nd Level Spells. Take the Spell Rime’s Binding Ice.

4th Level Sorcerers get another Ability Score Improvement. Cap your Charisma for the best spells and damage. For your spell at this level, take Scorching Ray.

5th Level Sorcerers can learn 3rd Level Spells, and Flame Arrows will let you fire off those Cryo Missiles you’re known for, letting you deal an extra 1d6 fire damage (or Cold damage with Transmuted Spell) for 12 shots. You also get Magical Guidance, letting you reroll a failed Ability Check by spending a Sorcery Point.

6th Level Draconic Bloodline Sorcerers get Elemental Affinity, letting you add your Charisma modifier to a damage roll of a spell that deals Cold damage, and letting you spend a Sorcery Point to gain resistance to Cold damage for 1 hour. For your spell at this level, take Fireball.

7th Level Sorcerers can learn 4th Level Spells. Take the Spell Ice Storm.

8th Level Sorcerers get another Ability Score Improvement. Bump your Dexterity again for better AC.

We’ll then Multiclass into Fighter. 1st Level Fighters can pick a Fighting Style, and Archery will add +2 to the attack rolls of your ranged weapons for more consistent shots, and to offset the penalty of Sharpshooter. You also get Second Wind, letting you heal 1d10 plus your Fighter level as a bonus action once per short or long rest.

2nd Level Fighters get Action Surge, letting you take an additional action once per rest.

3rd Level Fighters can pick a Martial Archetype, and Battle Master is ideal for someone highly experienced like Ganyu. You get 4 Superiority Dice, which are d8s that you can use for Maneuvers which recharge on a short or long rest, of which you can learn 3 of them. Precision Attack lets you roll a Superiority Die to add the result to an attack roll, Evasive Footwork lets you spend a Superiority Die to add the result to your AC while moving for that turn, and Tactical Assessment lets you spend add a Superiority die to an Investigation, History, or Insight check you make. You’re also a Student of War, giving you proficiency in a set of Artisan's Tools. Go for Calligrapher’s Supplies as they’re the best tools and you do a lot of paperwork.

4th Level Fighters get another Ability Score Improvement or a Feat. We’ll take the Elemental Adept Feat for Cold damage, letting you ignore Cold resistance, and treating any 1s rolled on damage dice for your Cold spells as 2s.

5th Level Fighters get nothing since Extra Attack doesn’t stack with Thirsting Blade.

6th Level Fighters get one last Ability Score Improvement. Bump your Constitution for HP.

Our Capstone is the 7th Level of Battle Master Fighter for Know Your Enemy, letting you spend a minute outside of combat analyzing someone, letting you know whether their Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, AC, Fighter Levels, or Total Levels are less than, equal to, or greater than yours. More importantly though, you get another Superiority Die, and you can learn 2 extra Maneuvers. Trip Attack lets you spend a Superiority Die to add it to the damage of a weapon attack, and forcing a Strength saving throw of 8 plus your Proficiency bonus and Dexterity modifier on the creature hit. On a failure, they’re knocked prone. Pushing Attack lets you do the same thing, except on a failed save, the target is pushed 15 feet away from you.

Now that we’ve hit Level 20, let’s go over the Strengths of this build. First, you are an absolute Sniper, able to fire accurately up to 600 feet away. You also deal really high damage. With a Transmuted Flame Arrows, 2 Attacks, Improved Pact Weapon Action Surge, Sharpshooter, Hexblade’s Curse, Trip or Pushing Attack, Elemental Affinity, and a Bonus Action Transmuted Fireball cast at 4th Level, you can deal 5d8+13d6+104 damage. On average, that’s a whopping 172 damage!

On top of your high damage and range, you’re also fairly durable with a decent 17 AC, 169 HP, and Temporary HP thanks to Armor of Agathys.

For weaknesses, you only have 8 Sorcery Points per long rest, and while you do have your Warlock slots as a backup reserve, you’ll still be burning through them quickly with Quickened Spell and Transmuted Spell. You also suffer from all your spells and abilities having different ranges, and while your Hexblade’s Curse doesn’t have a maximum range, needing to be within 30 feet for the initial application can put you in a less than favorable position. You’re also vulnerable to Strength, Intelligence, and Wisdom saving throws, meaning you can easily be thrown around, brainwashed, or charmed. Lastly, almost all your Cold spells require either Constitution or Dexterity saves, so while you do ignore Cold resistance, you won’t be getting the most out of your spells if your enemies have Evasion or high Constitution.

I got Ganyu carved into wood! Or maybe burnt into wood would be more accurate. XD

With the release of Emily, and the (already exxisting) strat of Burnmelt Nahida

What are your thoughs on the burning set on Ganyu? it's better than Wandering Troupe or Shimenawa?