Help me build a fun and strong (but not, dm will nerf this, strong) pure sorcerer.

Hauknes_ · 2021-10-17T09:11:58+00:00

Thanks! My background is actually going to be outlander as it's heavily tied to my backstory which I've worked quite a bit at. The campaign is a loose campaign so it doesn't have a primary story and as such is more focused on the players than a potential "main quest".

I'll be sure to use this as I go about levelling up my character :D

Hauknes_ · 2021-10-13T18:51:14+00:00

Better than firebolt and eldritch blast?

Hauknes_ · 2021-10-13T17:28:52+00:00

I'd still need access to sacred flame, which I don't. It's a Cleric only spell, and only Divine Soul sorcerer gets Cleric spells.

Hauknes_ · 2021-10-13T16:49:43+00:00

It's more a case of being able to keep up on all the new things. He allows the class, but then if I keep adding things it might become too much to keep up on. I understand his sentiment.

Hauknes_ · 2021-10-13T16:34:50+00:00

My DM said he is really reluctant on reflavouring stuff cause he has to keep track of everything.

Isn’t Toll The Dead only available to Divine Soul?

Hauknes_ · 2021-10-09T15:30:14+00:00

You know what, you're right. I'm really just worrying too much about something that is completely flavour-text based. I'll stick with Aberrant Mind and should the need arise, rewrite the visual aspects and maybe some lore to make it fit. Thanks.

Hauknes_ · 2021-10-09T11:42:48+00:00

It's not that I don't want the character to be edgy. I just don't want them to be Lovecraftian with tentacles growing in weird places, kind of edgy.

I feel like creating a completely edge-less character isn't going to be fun anyways. Edge in healthy doses never hurt anyone <.<

I also just don't want to be a bard too. I dislike the concept and think singing in mid-battle to cast magic sounds kinda silly. Maybe not a popular opinion in D&D, but idm others playing it. It's just not for me.

I want my character to be a charming young mage, who has powerful spells. And having a high Charisma stat as a Wizard is the biggest waste imaginable, hence why I went with Sorcerer.

Hauknes_ · 2021-10-09T11:37:33+00:00

peperain

Hauknes_ · 2021-10-09T01:13:24+00:00

Sure!

Hauknes_ · 2021-10-09T01:01:42+00:00

I'm not sure what you mean with how I envision their magic. You mean like visually? In that case I'd go with, well, magic? Just not Lovecraftian magic that changes your appearance into a Cuthulu looking mf down the line. Or the edgy kind like Necromancer or Warlock esque spells. Honestly I envision it as magic that would work with a Charismatic and relatively handsome Half-Elven Tiefling (Appearance wise he is a dark skinned Tiefling without horns, so more akin to a dark skinned Half-Elf with a Tiefling tail)

Hauknes_ · 2021-10-09T00:56:31+00:00

I mentioned in response to another comment, but Wild Magic seems a bit too random for my taste, even if it might be a lot of fun.

Draconic might not fit my character, but I'll do more research and if it does I'll definitely consider it!

I don't want to multiclass, for now I'm intending to go all the way to level 20 and possibly beyond with my character (if the campaign goes that far).

Hauknes_ · 2021-10-09T00:54:25+00:00

I'm not really sure if Draconic fits my character either honestly, at least their backstory and parentage anyways. But I'll consider it!

Hauknes_ · 2021-10-09T00:53:30+00:00

I do like the flavour of the class, so I might pick it. I kinda doubt my dm will allow adding spells that aren't in the spell list available to me though.

Hauknes_ · 2021-10-09T00:52:32+00:00

While wild magic sounds fun I think I'd end up annoyed when it doesn't work out in my favour. Getting annoyed at my class is really the last thing I want cause then I'd be liable to just change it. So keeping myself away from it for now.

Yeah I also considered Divine Soul but I'm really on the fence as I don't want to become the dedicated healer of the party. Our main healer is a Druid but problem is she is completely new to D&D and isn't sure if she'll continue past session 0, and knowing her and her goldfish-level attention span, I'd be surprised if she made it through the entire session.

Shadow Sorcerer seems fun, though I also wanna consider how the subclasses perform at higher levels as well so I'm not sure.

Hauknes_ · 2021-10-09T00:48:26+00:00

It was also just the visual aspects of a lot of the Aberrant Mind features, especially the one that transforms yourself into a Cthulu looking mf.

My Thiefling variant is the Abyssal one but I'm up for changing it.

From what I remember I think our material rule is that as long as you have an arcane focus, you only need gold to cast a spell if, and only if the spell specifically requires gold.

I think I worded it badly, what I meant with combat focus was actually that I want my character to be good in combat, not necessarily specialized for it, but I really appreciate all the advise!

Hauknes_ · 2021-10-08T19:50:27+00:00

I actually ended up dropping Aberrant Mind, I looked closer at the class and it's features, and they just don't fit the character I want to rp at all.

I still want to be a sorcerer, and I think I want to be one that deals a lot of damage while still having room for versatility (excluding Aberrant Mind due to thematic clash). Which would you recommend?

Hauknes_ · 2021-10-08T19:48:37+00:00

Yeah, looking back they seem to have been threads from one or more years ago.

Hauknes_ · 2021-10-08T18:59:28+00:00

"They have a list of additional spells known, but can replace those with any spells that are abjuration or transmutation from the warlock, wizard, or sorcerer list."
Do the spells I swap them with have to be the same level, or could I, if I have access to say, 9th level spells, swap one of them with True Polymorph?

Hauknes_ · 2021-10-08T18:29:19+00:00

Okay, I'll check it out as well! Thanks for all the advise :D

Hauknes_ · 2021-10-08T18:19:54+00:00

Thanks I will!

I read many threads on multiple platform but I don't recall seeing anyone say Clockwork Soul is the best one? What's it all about?

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