I cast suggestion on a bandit leader when we were 5th level. We could have beaten the bandits easily, but we suggested that the leader “Go turn his life around and be a better person.” We were an hour outside of town, so he spent 7 hours applying to be a guard and helping people with random tasks along the way. We saw the bandit several levels later outside the town gate having stuck to being a better person.
@DnDDeepDive
Жыл бұрын
Ha ha! Npc redemption arc! Awesome!
@latios3874
Жыл бұрын
Has some real obiwan vibes. “You wanna buy some death sticks?” “You don’t want to sell me any death sticks.” “I don’t wanna sell you any death sticks” “You want to go home and rethink your life.” “I wanna go home and rethink my life.”
@Boiled_Pizza
Жыл бұрын
@@latios3874 damn beat me to it, but yeah that gives off serious obi wan vibes
@daddyjoe600
Жыл бұрын
I had my party turn random pick pocket encounter into a session of changing a poor thief into a charcoal business man. Including helping him get a wife and invest into his business and get workers.
@dragoknight589
Жыл бұрын
Fun fact: When Obi-Wan did the mind trick on Death Sticks Guy in Attack of the Clones, Death Sticks Guy actually did go home and re-think his life. He helped educate people on the dangers of drug abuse, such as death sticks.
@ElManReborn616
Жыл бұрын
Colby: because as casters, the best use of our action and concentration would be to cast wall of force Colby, as well: *proceeds to stay as far away as possible from 5th level spells
@DnDDeepDive
Жыл бұрын
As usual! But hey, Hypnotic pattern, Fear, Slow… we’re good 😉
@izitest2785
Жыл бұрын
Me: Okay now that he's nailed Four Elements monk I've seen about everything Colby: CANTRIP BUILD
@PsyrenXY
Жыл бұрын
Non-EB cantrip build at that!
@tjrooger1092
Жыл бұрын
I consider my self more of a "debuffer" play style. Death is a great and often overlooked debuff option IMO.
@johannesstephanusroos4969
Жыл бұрын
Death is the best debuff, resurrection spells are expensive! Lol
@pauljinkerson6359
Жыл бұрын
Dead mobs deal 0 dps
@MrMravetto
Жыл бұрын
Lol yes!
@dylanevans6855
Жыл бұрын
@@pauljinkerson6359 The necromancers in my campaign beg to differ!
@ghostfather1390
Жыл бұрын
@@dylanevans6855 death isn't a debuff, it is a feature
@antoniomromo
Жыл бұрын
I envisioned this character as a single parent that went back to wizard college after taking years off. All they learned were the cantrips and some control spells that they use primarily to corall rowdy children.
@gibbcharron3469
Жыл бұрын
I love this idea! I may need to use it for a character sometime soon, I love making my characters into parents.
@kingofnerds7693
Жыл бұрын
*casts Fear on actual children* Now I gotta deal with all the crying!
@antoniomromo
Жыл бұрын
@@kingofnerds7693 Do wizards get calm emotions or friendship? 😆
@Kuru25
Жыл бұрын
@@antoniomromoAnimal handling.
@gaidencastro9706
Жыл бұрын
Colby: "I've yet to see a monster this build can't rip through."
@ThreeOttersInATrenchcoat
Жыл бұрын
*aims build at Hasbro*
@barrysmith9648
Жыл бұрын
DM: "Hold my ale..."
@jonathanhaynes9914
Жыл бұрын
Rakasha
@gethriel
Жыл бұрын
@@alanthomasgramont I like easy mode. I hate it when DMs constantly insist on 5e being Dark Souls. Work is for work, not play.
@alanthomasgramont
Жыл бұрын
@@gethriel the best part of roleplaying games is that they can be anyway you want them to be. Sounds like you’re having fun.
@VenzyntRoleplay
Жыл бұрын
True story: When I was first getting into dnd, I wanted to play cleric and I literally practiced quotes for my character to say when casting Toll the Dead lol "The bell tolls for you, creature." "The grave is calling." "This ring is the herald of death." "Hear me and despair." "Your time has come."
@nem0men_901
Жыл бұрын
It's pretty damn cool
@jsbcody
Жыл бұрын
Or you can borrow the line from Boondock Saints: "Ding Dong, Motherf*cker!"
@davidturner5225
Жыл бұрын
"time marches on"
@robmongar7933
Жыл бұрын
Lol, oh I still do that all the time for my characters 🤣
@kraqah
Жыл бұрын
You're like a Baldurs Gate character !
@steel5315
Жыл бұрын
Something I was thinking about the other day. I find it funny that Wizards don't select their Subclass until second level bc they're in like Wizard College and the first year they haven't selected a major yet. I always imagine someone asking them "So what kinda Wizard are you" The Wizard:" Oh I'm a general studies Wizard I havent selected my major yet" Idk makes me laugh lol
@tjrooger1092
Жыл бұрын
Colby: "This build does 24d12+30 Damage for 177 damage with cantrips." Also Colby: "This is my lowest multi target damage build." Meteor Swarm: **Runs away and cries with it's 156 average damage roll**
@dukespider
Жыл бұрын
to be fair to meteor swarm it can just be thrown to somewhere a mile away and decimate an army before initiative is even rolled
@Blod1998
Жыл бұрын
What's the area of effect on meteor swarm
@dukespider
Жыл бұрын
@@Blod1998 four 40-foot radius spheres, so you can catch a LOT of things anywhere within 1 mile
@gaidencastro9706
Жыл бұрын
Instead of a linear tier list, maybe you could rank your builds on a graph in terms of how specific a situation needs to be to make them work vs how well they excell at nova/sustained/tanking in those situations.
@michabentoby
Жыл бұрын
I read this as "catnip" at first and got very confused but was totally here for the Tabaxi build ^_^
@wandrilleturle36
Жыл бұрын
To whomever it may concern : join the channel it's great 😄🥰 the sheets are clear and very useful tools if you play often 🙂 and when playing with new players who need a character to discover dnd with it's a great databank of fun premade character 🙂
@mattdodson1272
Жыл бұрын
100% I absolutely second this comment.
@Tanthalasa83
Жыл бұрын
I totally agree, although I would still love them with the drawing of the character... just sayimg...
@DnDDeepDive
Жыл бұрын
Hey thanks everyone! 🥰
@AriesBozz
Жыл бұрын
@@Tanthalasa83 👏🏾
@MrMravetto
Жыл бұрын
@Tanthalasa83 yes I agree! Throw a watermark on it for Randal and we should be good!
@danielbeshers1689
Жыл бұрын
So pleased to have a character able to put serious hurt on two enemies at once. One Toll for WotC, one Toll for Hasbro.
@Pinstar
Жыл бұрын
I set up a really nasty suggestion trap. The cult base was being guarded by two flaming skulls which we dispatched but didn't have the means to prevent them from eventually reforming. I had the idea of putting the pieces in one of the cult member's horse's saddle bags, unhooking it and using prestidigitation to make a thunderclap to startle the horse and make it run far down the road. Fast forward to combat with the cultists, I used Suggestion to say "Your horse got loose and ran down the road! Go and catch it!" which caused the cultist to run out of the room to go chase their horse, removing them from combat. Off screen, once the cultist had found and secured the horse and was riding it back, the flaming skulls in its saddle bags reformed.
@DnDDeepDive
Жыл бұрын
Ha ha! Awesome!
@Pinstar
Жыл бұрын
@@DnDDeepDive Are you going to be at Pax East 2023? I saw your panel at Pax East 2022. Just curious!
@DnDDeepDive
Жыл бұрын
@@Pinstar hoping to be!
@pkstarstorm6967
Жыл бұрын
The bard in my party cast suggestion and told an enemy to go learn to play the piano and she ran off. Later while meeting an NPC in a tavern, we found that enemy playing piano. I think about that all the time
@DnDDeepDive
Жыл бұрын
Lol
@joshuadefriese1907
Жыл бұрын
I had no idea this build was going to be saving throw or burst damage focused! What a cool build, Colby! Keep it up!
@Seraphzero0
Жыл бұрын
Colby, You are a genius brother! I love this build and totally want to use it. I love cantrip builds and this is the best I’ve seen.
@nessesaryschoolthing
Жыл бұрын
33:20 "For those casting spells that require a spell attack roll, if you miss, the target takes zero damage" Objection! The attack-roll based spell Acid Arrow (also known by the alias "Melf's Acid Arrow) clearly states that it deals half of it's initial damage when it misses its target.
@johannesstephanusroos4969
Жыл бұрын
You're correct, he was quoting a general rule, and you quoted the specific. Specific overrules general
I feel like most DMs would be like, oh, your alchemy set is your spellcasting focus? Cool. You don't need to spend a feat on that...
@thejammiestjam
Жыл бұрын
This was a cool build! I feel like cantrips are sometimes under-appreciated. Nice to see you giving them some love!
@izitest2785
Жыл бұрын
Those outro scenes are simply amazing, thanks for putting them in
@SALdosry
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for videos like that, every other DnDTuber I follow is acting like the game is dead😢
@BinxyBrown
Жыл бұрын
The game is anything but dead but I would be very surprised if wotc is going to ever have the kind of player base they had in the past. They have just completely destroyed the trust that fueled good content so things like pathfinder 2e are going to pull further and further ahead of DND in terms of fun creative content and eventually the player base sizes will reflect that
@tobak952
Жыл бұрын
this, all of this!
@pauljinkerson6359
Жыл бұрын
Because it is.
@tobak952
Жыл бұрын
@@pauljinkerson6359 no, it is not... and if it dies it wont be WOTC who killed it. WOTC punched the community in the dick, but if we wanna fall over and die of anger thats on us.
@dalken_isthun
Жыл бұрын
@@tobak952 as much as I want to agree with you most people aren't super eager to, after having already getting punched in the dick, go back for seconds.
@antdueler
Жыл бұрын
As someone who is obsessed with cantrips and never running out of firepower, this build feels tailor made for me. It might help me wean off of Eldritch Blast as well lol. Amazing build as always! Thanks, Colby!
@solitariuslupus1195
Жыл бұрын
Tuesdays at my work are always super chill and relaxed. At least an hour of the night haha, thank you Colby, you're a gentleman and a scholar
@brianevans2454
Жыл бұрын
In an early campaign group used suggestion to have the necromancer they were fighting to go take a long sleep in the nearest inn. The necromancer Gradilda was so angry in my book I ended up changing the whole campaign to make her the main BBE in the setting. She kept popping up and getting stronger until the big final boss fight.
@DnDDeepDive
Жыл бұрын
Nice!
@jeffnosdivad3080
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for staying the course for those of us too weary to give current goings on a second thought. It's been refreshing.
@foggym2981
Жыл бұрын
Chill Touch is also a phenomenal cantrip to use with this build
@SwordsmanOrion
10 ай бұрын
You are probably my favorite D&D based channel. Always love to watch and see what builds you come up with and give me ideas I never would have thought of.
@McTacoDelight
Жыл бұрын
Great build, Colby. As always a bright and shining beacon amidst the mediocrity of KZitem D&D content.
@frederickcoen7862
Жыл бұрын
1) Thank you for this build! I love doing cantrip damage with my aberrant mind sorcerer, reserving slots and concentration for my control and ongoing spells (storm sphere, banishment, haste). [Bonfire is my favorite (especially when put against something flammable and left to burn)!] Toll the Dead is a great cantrip, and my Palladin/Tomelock uses it quite a lot! 2) Suggestion Story: The bard suggested the hill giant "go buy a horse". (he meant to ride, but the hill giant interpreted it as "for dinner"!) Off it trundled, leaving its ogre and goblin minions for the party to easily mop up. Nearest location with horses? The 80-man detachment of Frontier Guards bivouacked nearby. Sure, only 2HD archer types, but *80* shortbows *will* hit with nasty regularity in 5e! [Indeed, when the party followed up to check on the soldiers, they found the dead hedgehog - um, hill giant - nearby...]
@ivanfranebijelic7009
Жыл бұрын
I've been having such a blast recently playing around with Wild Shape and a Monk build, mostly revolving around Astral Self or Ascendant Dragon. There's something about a draft horse sprouting spectral arms or breathing lightning that's really funny to experiment with. From an optimization perspective, keeping high AC and movement is massive for most wild shapes, extra attack is a big boost for wild shapes without multiattack, and Astral Self keeps its Wisdom stat for the flurry of blows bonus action (that combined with Shillelagh outside of Wild Shape makes Monks much less MAD). The trick is that you actually DON'T want Circle of the Moon, because that prevents you from setting up Astral Arms and wild shape in the first turn, Shepherd seems like a good choice. Fey Touched can be used for Hex (disadvantage on strength checks + Astral Arms for decent grappling) or Bane if you're an Ascendant Dragon. I'm sure Colby can work with this base much better than me :)
@Blossom_Nova
Жыл бұрын
As always, enjoyable content! I particularly like Evoker with a Death Cleric dip for the armor class and the synergy between Reaper and Potent Cantrip But, respectfully, I reeeeeally disagree with how the build played out. To be frank, I think the Fighter levels and Artificer levels are a mistake. I recognize what we're going for here, but these are dramatic investments that do not even come close to the power of higher level Wizard spells. Given the preamble about how strong spells are and how well they scale, spending all this time to ring a little more damage out of our cantrips once a day feels like a huge waste to me, personally. No offense taken, I love these videos and I love the ideas put forth on this channel, but I just cannot imagine being level 10 and going "Wall of Force is nice and all, but I'd trade it for a little more cantrip damage" let alone delaying it to level 17. Let alone not getting to Contingency, Forcecage, etc. Sorry, Colby, I still love you, no hard feelings!
@wandrilleturle36
Жыл бұрын
🤩 I remember asking for the artificer initiate shenanigans a few month ago, this is brilliant
@b33mack44
Жыл бұрын
I wasn't the wizard, but we met the BBEG early in the campaign and while he was trying to a spell scroll of truth speaking to have a 'honest' conversation with us the wizard cast suggest and had him give him his scroll. Afterwards the BBEG realized what happened and tried to kill us. In the scramble of us trying to get away, the wizard successfully cast suggestion on him again telling him a friend in town was lookin for him and he needed to go find him. As he was walking away, our ranger who had mostly gotten away shot him in the back and set him on us again. It was a very messy scramble but hilarious to know that our DM kept rolling nat 1's to stop suggestion.
@marinecor23
Жыл бұрын
"Hello. Hello. Hello. Welcome to another episode of sleepy time DnD videos that I'll watch again closer to the weekend when I want the build"
@jasonwhite1696
Жыл бұрын
With your caveats you are right - this is a solid damage build because it's doing good damage on a bad save with a good damage type, and you can just spam Silvery Barbs and Web and other stuff with your actual slots. Good stuff! I saw this build and assumed it was an Eldritch Blaster; Toll the Dead spammer was way cooler and makes for a super cool "Mystic Theurge".
@josephrichardson69
Жыл бұрын
Colby!!!!! Yaaaaaaaaaaaaasssssss!!!! This is fantastic. This shows your love for the game despite current stuffs. That's all I will say about that. I love this. I can see this concept so clearly. Have you ever met someone who has oversold themselves? This is that guy! "I studied under the most prestigious mages and I can bring down the rage of the nine hells on our enemies!!!!!" .... casts cantrip. I understand what youre doing with this build but I can see sooo many fun role play opportunities. I say again, this is fantastic.
@SamXala
Жыл бұрын
Love to see again the Alchemist Artificer being used in a build, I'll like to see it again in the future as the main class/subclass :)
@DesperoVitae
Жыл бұрын
I want to try this build so badly. I recently played a Death Cleric and they're a lot of fun, but maximizing their power like this is incredible. I'm surprised that you didn't go Pact of the Tome Warlock, but this is still really cool!
@DesperoVitae
Жыл бұрын
Also, I'd love someone else to try this, but my Death Cleric played himself off as a Peace Cleric. One who felt that only truly evil people needed to be brought back as zombies to work off their evil deeds. One who loved peace so much as a concept that the violence needed to achieve it was irrelevant. One whose only goal was a quiet, peaceful (mostly dead) world.
@horbi3683
Жыл бұрын
I am so happy that you've let the Alchemist shine like no other subclass could in this context, thanks 🙂
@The_Gnome_Chomskee
Жыл бұрын
I’ve kinda been doing this with my clockwork soul sorcerer. He doesn’t do much damage but he definitely keeps his party pretty safe on their misadventures. Clockwork Soul also gets Aid, which is great when three people go down in combat.
@RyuuJinLee
Жыл бұрын
Great video, I was actually looking into something like this! Also, the grizzled look really fits you!
@jimmyreinstein9993
Жыл бұрын
Hey Colby. Thank you for continuing to make DND content despite what WOTC is doing with the OGL. Some of us in the community like myself will be sticking to DND since we are too busy to learn a new system. Anyway, keep up the great work and making content for us.
@texteel
Жыл бұрын
Ive played a similar character right at new years. Death 1 / necro 6. He didnt give up his beliefs as a cleric of teh Mourner, he was more like a stereotypical grave cleric, as in safeguarding souls and those who would mess with them. This also meant that lesser necromancy - animate dead and summon undead - were totaly fine, because they only dealt with the corporeal. My fireball always did bad dmg, but the zombies were surprisingly effective
@TheRealZiktus
Жыл бұрын
Great build as usual! My players had a great Mass suggestion moment a few sessions back. They had to take a fire giant stronghold and the bard had readied mass sugestion to cast it once he was in range of enemies. The sorcerer thunder stepped into the middle of all the giants, taking the bard with him and triggering mass suggestion taking 4 out of 6 fire giants out of the combat.
@bobbyLNZ
Жыл бұрын
I loved the combat medic! And this build rocks! Gives me "dark mage begrudgingly fighting for the good guys and learning life lessons along the way" vibes
@authorindisguise5173
Жыл бұрын
I played around with making a cantrip-focused build a while back, which was also a death cleric and wizard (but with bladesinger). The justification was getting around the Net extra attack restrictions with cantrips that didn't involve attacks. Sapping Sting is a necromancy spell that can make an opponent (or two) prone, which, along with the Net, is a heck of a lot of sustainable control. Unfortunately, it is Con save (yuck) and somewhat questionable access-wise as a Dunamancy spell (My justification is death cleric says "any spell list" and your death-cleric-self can teach your wizard-self the spell, since the text indicates it's possible for non-Chronomancer to learn if you happen across it.) Toll of the dead was a back-up and was the plan A for high-con-low-wis enemies or if you just want a bit more damage.
@johannesstephanusroos4969
Жыл бұрын
Brilliant, my guy. Reminds me of my OP blaster Druid in 3.5e, who alternated sunbeam for the blinding effects and undead annihilation, and moonbolt, for the wizard killing Strength drain effect
@jamesmullen3068
Жыл бұрын
I would really like to see the multi target builds with both their per enemy AND their original numbers.
@MrJonVogt
Жыл бұрын
Agreed. This would be a very helpful way to compare builds if it doesn’t over complicate the tier ranking system
@carsonm7292
Жыл бұрын
Interesting build. I would point out that Slow CAN be saved against after the initial fail-targets retry their save at the end of their turn.
@DnDDeepDive
Жыл бұрын
Good catch!
@caseycoker1051
Жыл бұрын
I found your channel through the recent videos of you learning Pathfinder, and I'm glad I did. I really enjoy listening to your thought process on these deep dive builds. These kinds of super optimized builds may not be my favorite things at the actual table, I love them conceptually, and I love the idea of trying to come up with story justifications for your mechanical choices as a thought exercise haha. Definitely going to check out more of your builds!
@wandrilleturle36
Жыл бұрын
It's Colby Time !
@Pookey802
Жыл бұрын
I really liked the concept of the build. That you can focus on support and utility and still be able to do decent damage with just a cantrip.
@DrScott-i9r
Жыл бұрын
This is one of those builds that I have 0 interest in playing, but I find the process to be fascinating.
@ExplosiveFloofBall
Жыл бұрын
You used death cleric for the artillerist
@shaulkramer7425
Жыл бұрын
I'm sure I'm not the first to notice, but Colby's jawline is heroic.
@DnDDeepDive
Жыл бұрын
😏
@enigmaticrage812
Жыл бұрын
First time seeing your channel, i only clicked on it bc I was helping my player make a cantrip blaster build a couple days ago
@Notsogoodguitarguy
Жыл бұрын
Before watching the video - warlock with Eldritch Blast and Agonizing Blast as a base. With things stacked on top. Edit: Now that I've watched the video, I am glad I was wrong. Also, I know it will hamper casters a little, but I find the wording of the spellcasting rules. Why don't they just say: "On your turn, you can only cast one cantrip and spell. The only exception to this rule is casting a spell as a reaction." Yeah, this will kill Action Surge if you have spells as bonus actions, but it is way more clear and easy to understand. A cantrip is a spell, so if you want, you can cast two cantrips. But a spell isn't a cantrip, so you can't cast more than one spells. I think this would be a fine change. Simple, easy to remember.
@bossarugamer
Жыл бұрын
Literally just finished watching the stars druid build. needed to refresh myself since I have a friend who just started playing one. Forgot it was Tuesday.
@brysonflippin151
Жыл бұрын
Loving the outtakes keep doing this please.
@skecchi3201
Жыл бұрын
Taking a huge step back from WotC products for a while (me and my friends are moving to pathfinder 2e), but still going to like and share your work with others! You're an amazing person and thank you for all of the work you put in
@androlgenhald476
Жыл бұрын
I would definitely add Chill Touch to this build. The added range it gives, plus being able to benefit from advantage, means it would probably be more effective than TTD at least 50% of the time.
@1manApocalypse_CP
5 ай бұрын
Not to mention stopping them from regenerating hit points giving disadvantage to undead.
@tylerflaumitsch1368
Жыл бұрын
Really like this build Colby! The only challenge, or mistake, that I see in the build is surrounding the use of the “tool” as a spell casting focus. Arcane foci are used to replace material components that have no stated cost. Toll the dead does not use a material component as such using the tools as a focus to get the intelligence modifier bump is irrelevant.
@MrMravetto
Жыл бұрын
Yeah I agree, it says you can turn an infusion into a spellfocus too, so why can't your 'bell' work for that feature without the feat?
@Dananator101
Жыл бұрын
Build suggestion: Totem Barbarian + Warlock, aiming to combo Barb's resistances with Armour of Agathys to punish enemies for hitting you. Bonus points if you get a taunt ability to encourage enemies to hit you.
@gmchris3752
Жыл бұрын
One of the strongest things about this character is that in a campaign with few long rests and many combats (either because you just can't complete a long rest or if your using gritty realism rules where a long save takes an inconveniently long time) they are still an effective combat caster! It's a narrow niche, but one that can be hard to fill.
@jbsmarine
7 ай бұрын
Aways thought about this... bout to watch. Sounds good in theory craft. Thank you so much always.
@ellisraynor228
Жыл бұрын
I love this build so much. We appreciate what you do my friend. Keep up the good work.
@tobak952
Жыл бұрын
thank you for keeping the stellar DnD content comming amidst all the chaos, this is what the community needs!
@giobbo1
Жыл бұрын
Awesome as always. I love your builds. My my favorite cantrip currently: Wildfire druid 6 / genie warlock 2, Race Faery. Flying at least 10ft up to the target: Thorn Whip 2d6 piercing + 4 Fire(djini wrath) + 1d8 Fire (enchanded bond) + 1d6 bludgeoning and prone condition for falling.
@justthecraft
Жыл бұрын
I get so gitty when i see these videos. One of the few highlights in my week.
@fgcggggc2870
Жыл бұрын
Really cool build, thank you ❤ As a suggestion: it'd be cool to support 3rd party creators, and mage hand press has this cool class "warmage", class which uses cantrips and masters them to a perfection. I think it'd be cool to see a vid about this class in the future. Or magus from benjamin huffman... oh huh, I'm getting ahead of myself, sorry. Anyway, great vid, thank you for your work and for your "welcome home", it alone gives me so much joy each and every time ❤
@fly1ing891
Жыл бұрын
The warmage is such an awesome class. I made a rogue-type character using mostly that class and the mobility cantrips from the same books, as well as a couple Bladesinger levels because adding double your INT to your AC is fun
@jwarner1469
Жыл бұрын
This was such a great and complex build to achieve solid Cantrip damage, great job! I'd have gone about it somewhat differently, though. 2 levels in Fighter, 8 levels in Draconic Sorcerer, and 10 levels in Evocation Wizard with Transmute, Twinned, and Quickened Spell, and Elemental Adept (Acid) you can reliably get to 16d6(turning 1s into 2s)+32 while only using 2 Sorcerery Points to Quicken Acid Splash, up to 24d6+48 with Action Surge.
@johngleeman8347
Жыл бұрын
Very cool application of the cantrip boosters.
@shuriken188
Жыл бұрын
I made a character build a couple months back whose sole purpose was to get as many cantrips in the end as possible, prioritising higher cantrip per level choices earlier on. This was by no means a practical build, the sole objective was to find out how many cantrips one can get without magic items or DM shenanigans. Trust me, real simple build, barely any switching around necessary. Current total cantrips in brackets: 0 - Race (1 cantrip if you pick right) 1 - Sorcerer 1 (5 cantrips) 2 - Cleric 1 (8 cantrips) 3 - Wizard 1 (11 cantrips) 4 - Artificer 1 (13 cantrips) 5 - Bard 1 (15 cantrips) 6 - Druid 1 (17 cantrips) 7 - Warlock 1 (19 cantrips) 8 - Warlock 2 9 - Warlock 3, Pact of the Tome (22 cantrips) 10 - Warlock 4, Magic Initiate feat (25 cantrips) 11 - Rogue 1 12 - Rogue 2 13 - Rogue 3, Arcane Trickster (28 cantrips) 14 - Paladin 1 15 - Paladin 2, Blessed Warrior (30 cantrips) 16 - Ranger 1 17 - Ranger 2, Druidic Warrior (32 cantrips) 18 - Fighter 1 19 - Fighter 2 20 - Fighter 3, Eldritch Knight (34 cantrips) I did a *lot* of scouring rules and classes for this one. If this build were even slightly more reasonable, it might be better to drop something like Ranger, taking Rogue 4 and Fighter 4 to get those juicy ASIs... which you'll be dedicating to feats that give cantrips, of course. Why wouldn't you. Switching out Warlock 4 for Rogue 4 or Fighter 4 and taking Magic Initiate would result in a net loss of 1 cantrip from reaching Warlock 4, which is not even slightly acceptable. Don't even joke about that. Levelled spells killed my father, you know.
@jeroen92
Жыл бұрын
What would toll the dead casted through alchemist supplies look like? Alchemical bombs that make a loud ringing noise and then eat away at their flesh with necrotic acid?
@michalberanek2783
Жыл бұрын
let me make a prediction *ELDRITCH BLAST* Huh, I was proven wrong Oh, I'd thought it was supposed to be sustained damage. I wondered what he'd use quickened spell for…
@yambab
Жыл бұрын
Refreshing to have some regular content from my favourite d&d content creators.
@vinspad3
Жыл бұрын
So when you said 'Web' something clicked in my head. You could alternatively also hit them with Chill Touch if they *do* have high Wisdom or if they are restrained and you have advantage on an attack.
@vinspad3
Жыл бұрын
Or if you're juuuuuust beyond 60 feet.
@vinspad3
Жыл бұрын
Also, i agree that you maybe should update that multi-target sheet to 'per target'? But only if it's not much work because multitarget is only a few builds.
@stephenfitzpatrick5776
Жыл бұрын
At about 32:28 you said slow can't be shaken off or saved against after the initial fail. It's clear there were some editing cuts, so perhaps that was supposed to be in reference to hypnotic pattern. To the best of my knowledge, slow does offer additional saves on subsequent rounds (but correct me if I'm wrong). Slow is also a personal favorite of mine, so I would love to find out that it's better than I thought. Great video, btw. Excellent presentation and I love your self-imposed restrictions - we have very similar preferences. Keep up the good work!
@ssbwin
Жыл бұрын
Love your this series! idk how many episodes I've watched but every time I'm secretly hoping for a spell weaver/spell crafter build. my main thoughts are order of the scribe wizard with repeat metagic adept feat but I feel like there might be a good argument for taking some levels in divine soul sorcerer but I really don't know if that's a good way or not..
@ralphtiff8559
Жыл бұрын
I wanted to lyk that I appreciate your avoiding the recent mob scene so much that I sat through your ad read midroll when I am normally a skipper. I'm not sure exactly how much it helps, but together with my like, share, and comment it's the best positive reinforcement I can afford. Hopefully the algorithm rewards you more than the click fishers.
@DnDDeepDive
Жыл бұрын
Hey thanks :)
@darkfograven570
Жыл бұрын
Very exited for this one
@MrShaunDupont
Жыл бұрын
My first ever campaign, I used suggestion on a Young White Dragon, "Why don't you fly home and stay there!" as we were dying, and this was our last hope. It worked! But, not long after the 8 hours expired, the dragon returned to the nearest town, it then forced the town people to give up the name of the Bard who had wronged it, capture him and deliver him to the dragon, or else the dragon would destroy the town and all the folks in it. One very important persuasion check later (while handcuffed by the town folks), the Bard convinced the city to not deliver him to the dragon, but to let him and his party kill the dragon instead. And so it happended, that a level 3 party, killed a young white dragon, and became heroes and local legends. And oh yea, the white dragon was rolled as a random encounter, but it's the most memorable thing from that campaign for most of the players to this day.
@richardstewart8240
Жыл бұрын
Xanathars stated that there is a glass rod included in Alchemist supplies. Rods are valid items to be used as Arcane focuses. Additionally the enhanced Arcane focus infusion is specifically used to turn a mundane rod, staff, or wand into an arcane focus. You don't need to take the extra feat to make this work.
@fasterpet
Жыл бұрын
This is a pretty awesome build! Good job!
@joshuahampton6141
Жыл бұрын
What a timely video! I'm just about to start playing my control/support oriented evoker wizard this week. I'm even planning on eventually dipping into cleric for story reasons later on, or possibly Paladin (I rolled really well for stats). Planning on applying some of the things I learned here to that build, though to be fair, I'm focusing specifically on control spells that also have a damage component (ala Rime's Binding Ice, etc.) to get the most out of those evoker features. Still, glad to know there are some other routes! I hadn't REALLY considered Artificer seriously, but after this video I just might.
@chipthebard
Жыл бұрын
Sooo cool! Really going to roll this. Amazing. It's always been my problem with want to play casters. Especially sorc.
@bartlettmeeks
Жыл бұрын
as an OLD gamer (started in 1978) I remember the OG Queen of the Demonweb Pits had a bit where any Cleric spells 3d lv or below (maybe 2d?) were powers gained from their internal faith instead of directly gifted by the gods. I like that idea and have used that as a house rule ever since. PS- Great Job!
@animefan3794
Жыл бұрын
Easy explanation of why your cleric multiclasses into Alchemist Artificer. Their god of death, Haber, is also a god of agriculture and chemical warfare. To quote the hymn of his church as was first documented by the group of Bards named “Sabaton” Father of toxic gas, and chemical warfare His dark creation has been revealed While over no man’s land, a poisonous nightmare A deadly mist on the battlefield. (Song title is simply “Father”)
@otisvo3663
Жыл бұрын
Bruno does put on an amazing show! Brother, you look like you could use a nap, and I mean that empathetically, no troll here. I did like the idea of "single target" damage info... It sets a expectation that is a little easier to achieve.
@zardok11
Жыл бұрын
I really like the right-ups you put out for your patrons! They're great for when I don't have time to watch through the video for specific parts. Have you thought about adding a synopsis of your final thoughts section to them? I think that'd be useful in builds where you found there were alternate paths that maybe didn't work as great but were still fun and functional.
@varietasVeritas
Жыл бұрын
Having a ton of cantrips can be fun. If your dm allows you to burn through iron bars with acid splash, or poison a cup of wine with poison spray cantrips can be great. Hexblade 3 pact of the tome Death cleric 1 Aberrant mind sorcerer 16
@J.sh_CDN
Жыл бұрын
For a Cleric to Wizard, perhaps you could also roleplay as a Cleric of a weak God, so they aren't able to give you more power as you level up, so you research power and magic yourself either to: 1. Gain more power to help your God also become more powerful, or restore them to their original power 2. Become more powerful and leave your God in the dust behind you as they aren't making your any more powerful
@marquisdelaz
Жыл бұрын
When the vibe is so close I know when the black and white edits are coming. This video.
@shadowman4829
Жыл бұрын
I see/used suggestion few times, and one of them was incredible - the orc chief killed his entire camp, which makes a battle 90% easier. Also once DM used spell against us and we get a one player unconscious because of this
@WolfHreda
Жыл бұрын
Thankfully, the one time I used Suggestion, it was to end a combat in which we were outmatched. We then burned that enemy's home down around him. He one shotted my Drake Companion and downed our Paladin.
@dwgautier
Жыл бұрын
At higher level with this build, fire shield is a great way to damage your targets with your move action. Have the spell precast before fights (when you can) and trigger AOOs with your move action, hopefully damaging your targets so now your Toll the Dead spell will be at full power.
@timhampton7528
Жыл бұрын
Build idea: Evoker focusing on sculpting sickening radiance and bestow curse at a non-concentration up-cast. Kryptonite build!
@hightechredneck8450
Жыл бұрын
Sickening radiance is a very underrated spell… especially with an Evoker who can sculpt around your pals.
@RK9th
Жыл бұрын
Alternative title: Cantrips CAN rip
@reylann2965
Жыл бұрын
I used suggestion a combatant in the first round of combat to remove a heavy hitting bandit from combat. He is now a member of the party as our bard convinced him through a very silvery tongue to join us.
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