Originally Posted by Roach141
Hey folks - big noob here. laugh
I need some help with my first character and I just don't know how to do it. I would be really glad, if some of you experienced people could give me some advise!:)

Short summary:

My Character is a Dragonborn that sees himself as a "true" Dragon. He is physically strong with a two-handed axe and sets enemies and the world around him on fire. (at least in the endgame :D)
He is intimidating and very selfish (after all, he's a dragon and is above the petty struggle of the plebs :D)... soooooo how can I make that happen without ending up in an utter trash-tier?

If I become an Eldritch-Knight i have a feeling that my "burn everything to the ground"-side is lacking. As far as I've read they dont really have access to "good" fire spells. Later on I would like to have aoe flame stuff, not just a little fire bolt. laugh
Does the feat with the sorcerer spells help me there? But afaik the feat only gives me the super basic spells without that aoe potential later on.

On the other hand I could start with berserker (because I would use 2h-weapons only anyway and rage sounds like a cool addition) and then multiclass into sorcerer. (Draconic Bloodline sounds super fitting) But in order to get more interesting fire spells than just a bolt, would I not spread myself out too thin with 2 classes?
Or would be wizard the better option? I really only care about fire and want the most fire spells possible (without neglecting my 2H-weapon stuff too much) laugh

In terms of stats, I thought of putting max points in Strength and then split the majority of points between Charisma (mainly just for intimidation) and the stat that boosts the fire damage.. Would that be intelligence? Because I've read that sorcerers have something to do with charisma?:D That was confusing me.

A lot of questions, because I only recently got into D&D, so any help is very much appreciated! smile
Have a nice day peeps!
If you want to support "true dragon" part of your character, then Sorcerer would be most obvious choice. All true dragons are spellcasters (and yes, i rely on older lore, where this is actually true for 100% of all true dragons). And casting spells as sorcerer is best way to support your characters delusions about being true dragon.
Of course still wouldn't make him a true dragon.
And alas, taking how shitty polymorph spell designed for 5th edition - can't turn yourself into the dragon either... that is until level-17... which you can't get in game anyway.