It's pretty funny how a wild magic sorcerer in a low level party has a small chance to singularly kill the entire party if he fireballs himself while they stand next to him.
OPTION ONE: "You're a Wizard, Harry!" - [silence] OPTION TWO "You're a Warlock, Harry, and your patron is Voldemort..." - "Oh, man!" OPTION THREE "You're a sorcerer, Harry!" - "Great, I can skip getting killed at Hogwarts on a regular basis!"
OH MY GOD, His patron *is* Voldemort! He gets Parseltongue as an invocation and Stupefy and Expelliarmus might as well be Eldritch Blast with and without Repelling Blast
One caveat on Mage Armor over Shield: If you're a Sorcerer with Draconic Ancestry, you'll get the effects of Mage Armor for free with your Draconic Resilience class feature, so no need to waste your selection on this spell.
@@eddiemate True, it's a moot point however, since your allies would need to get rid of their regular armor for this spell to work, and it's only viable for high-dex characters anyway. Your run of the mill Fighter, Paladin, Cleric, and even the occasional Druid won't really profit from this spell, nor will your Barbarian or Monk. That leaves you with most Rangers, Rogues, Bards, Warlocks, Sorcerers and Wizards to support that way, but Wizards will probabbly have this spell themselves (because of course they would, it's their main source of protection!) Sorcerers will either have it themselves or some other form of protection (see my first comment), Warlocks have the option to get an at will cast of this for themselves, and Rangers, Bards, and Rogues will probabbly prefer a non-dispellable armor, and as soon as they can get their hands on a Studded Leather +1 this spell loses its merit anyway. It's a great spell to have if you don't have any other means of protection, and in a party that is build around this kind of protection (twin spelled Mage Armor to the Rogue and Ranger by the Draconic Ancestry Sorcerer for example would give a great AC boost overall) but in a regular party it's convenience is rather limited.
Depends on how lax or strict your DM is on enforcing verbal and somantic components. I've played with a few who dont take into account that the guards are gonna hear you saying some arcane words before you cast suggestion on their commander 😋
Ooh that’s good advice! I’m about to play in a home brewed world where magic is very watched and you have to be registered, so of course I chose a sorcerer who isn’t registered lol. Definitely going to take subtle spell!
You mean, you feel the urge to smile everytime you hear the DING? Because yes. The Ding gets me to smile. Not bark, thankfully. That would be very akward.
"No one chooses sorcery; the power chooses the sorcerer." *PC suddenly wants to multiclass into sorcery* "Okay. Despite you being a Noble who has their entire family tree mapped out dozens of generations back, and nearly your entire life being watched by your guards, somewhere in this retro-active change you gained this power"
As someone who's playing a Sorcerer long-term right now, this guide's pretty good overall but 2 of the recommendations can be rather poor. If your character is of Draconic Bloodline (or a Dwarf) then there is absolutely no reason to take Mage Armor since it will do literally nothing, definitely take Shield instead. Also Distant Spell is terrible, take a look at Empowered Spell instead if you don't like the look of either Twinned or Quickened Spell.
Subtle spell is a good way not to get Counterspelled, and to dispel/counterspell without being noticed. Probably my favorite role-playing one, and a very protective one to take in a mage-heavy campaign
subtle spell also lets you cast even while magically silenced, if your hands are bound and your mouth gagged . . . . hell even if you are effected by all three, it is a strong meta-magic, it won't be used as frequently as quickened spell or twinned spell, but when you do it will probably save your life
Besides, with the draconic bloodline this is the closest thing you can do to a Eragon inspired character, as been able to cast without the use of the old language ( Brazilian, so sorry if my translation is off ) was a big deal
@@thefracturedbutwhole5475 It also lets you cast in social situations without getting caught. With the only one spell and one cantrip per turn rule, I find quickened spell a bit underwhelming, two sorcery points for an extra cantrip isn't a very good deal compared to twinned which effectively gives you two spells per turn and lets you have two concentration spells at once.
@@thefracturedbutwhole5475 I agree with the first part, but not with the second one: it won't be used as frequently as quickened or twinned you say? I beg to differ. My sorcerer casts a Subtle Counterspell against an enemy wizard every time she can, and when the enemy looks at his hand, baffled, she says as a free action: "Sorry but... what were you doing with those movements and bla bla bla? Don't you feel a bit ridiculous? Did you sleep with the teacher to pass your exam in Invocation 1?". It is so fun to shame and ridicule the enemy.... before casting a fireball on him. Subtly.
Never played DnD(nowhere close enough, and no way to get there), but I was always a fan of it. I like to mess around with build concepts as something of a hobby, and have always preferred Shadow Sorcery for some reason, but Storm Sorcery just sounds amazing...
rudesby our last campaign gave us a level 20 sorcerer as a boss fight. He had twelve “lives”(other wizards sacrificing themselves to heal him). When he used one a wild magic surge was triggered. There was weird shit going down all fight
I love the mechanic so much I've got a room in a possible oneshot dungeon I've planned out that's so infused with chaotic magic that anyone who casts a spell inside needs to roll on the Wild Magic table. Because that has the potential to be AMAZING.
I'm DMing for my table at the moment, and one of my players (a guy with more experience than me in this arena) and I enjoy it so much that we've started playing "match-my-d20" for his Drow wizard (It's a world of my own, and the random magical spurts were his family's motivation for getting him trained, even though they didn't _quite_ raise to the level of a full fledged sorcerer. Plus, matching rolls is the same odds as rolling a predetermined number, with just _a bit_ more excitement). We're only a few fights in and it hasn't happened yet, but I found _THIS_ [ centralia.aquest.com/downloads/NLRMEv2.pdf ] online, and I am SO excited to bust it out...
Here's a freebie for all you 5th level sorcerers out there: Twinned Haste. It's quite possibly broken, especially if you cast it on two of your weapon-using buddies. Greater Invisibility is another great spell to twin at 7th level onwards.
Greater Invisibility I totally agree with, but Haste is super high risk, high reward. All the baddies have to do is break the sorcerer's concentration and two more of your party are useless for a round.
I played a divine soul sorcerer once and twined healing spells are so op it was awesome lol (for real though it makes having a single major healer in a very large party viable)
For 3rd level, Twin Elarge is so much fun. Helps your Barbarian or Fighter to grapple even better, or shrinks the enemy down to scale. Plus, 1d4 extra damage/less damage is always nice.
Fun fact! Tiberius aside; Travis, Sam, Liam, Ashley, Laura, Taliesin, and Marisha have altogether played EVERY class in the Players Handbook (plus Matt's Bloodhunter) except the Sorcerer. I think of all of them; Travis would consider Shadow Sorcery due to the Hound of Ill Omen and his love of Werewolves.
Wild Magic sorcerer requires a DM willing to implement it properly. I played 1-4 as a wild magic sorcerer where I only rolled when I cast a level 1 or above spell. Nothing has happened yet. I've convinced my DM to change me to a holy soul sorcerer instead.
@@scw55 That's the way it's supposed to work. Technically when you cast a Sorcerer spell of level 1 or higher, your DM can make you roll a D20 and on a 1, then you roll on the Wild Magic Surge table. If you have used your Tides of Chaos feature, you forgo the d20 roll and immediately roll on the Wild Magic Surge table. BTW, I found it hilarious (for some reason) that my first Wild Magic Surge had basically no effect since I was already blue. Either no effect or it hid the fact that I'm a Drow and prevented any prejudice based on that, depending on your interpretation of the colors involved. Either way, something normally unfavorable became favorable because I was a Drow.
I'm playing a Divine Soul Sorcerer as seen in Xanathar's Guide. All of the above plus being able to use cleric spells as sorcerer spells, as well as having a free first level spell based on what type of god blessed your soul is very nice. I'm really feeling this character, and this subclass is amazing. I wonder if once Handbooker Helper is done if they'll go onto different books.
With high charisma Empowered Spell is so useful for a damage focused sorcerer. Rerolling up to 5 dice and if you pair it with twinned spell you can reroll from EITHER damage pool. Divine Soul with Inflict Wounds? Walk up to two enemies, touch them both for 4d10 each using a single second level spell slot at level 3 (twinned spell costs 2 sorc points in this case) then burn your last sorc point to reroll up to 5 of those 8d10 to ensure some serious damage.
@@johndevlin9225 Empowered Spell is the one Metamagic that breaks that rule. The description for it actually says "You can use Empowered Spell even if you have already used a different Metamagic option during the casting of the spell."
I made a sorcerer with Wild Magic who in his backstory had rolled up the reversed aging effect so many times that people who know him or simply lived near him could often hear the phrase "DAMN IT, now i have to go through puberty again!!!"
Holy shit thank you Critical Role, My friends have been trying to get me to play and I knew absolutely nothing about how to character build for DnD. This vid made it really simple and concise for me.
The wild magic sorcerer is good for a laugh. The random role charts produce a lot amusing results. it even gives the DM a good chance to create even more weird random results!
Man I love sorcerers, the flavour has so much role play potential! I just wish they had the spells available to really let that role play opportunity shine!
I've been preparing a sorcerer. When the time comes, I plan to ask my DM's permission to re-skin any spells that aren't quite on theme (i.e. leave all the mechanics and damage types the same but alter the "flavor text" descriptions as needed).
Guys, 8 years ago when I wanted to learn how to play DnD 3.5 there was nothing like this to help me learn. I’m constantly amazed at how many online resources there now are for people just getting started. You’re doing amazing work.
@@ramen8130 How the fuck is my opinion wrong?? I was just saying which ones I perfer, sorry I don't like random bullshit in happening to my character, or the enemies or the other members of the party
I understand the dilemma. If your going to play a aoe nuker and want to up your damage potential careful gives you an edge as you don't have to be as selective with targets. However, subtle gives you more versatility with casting by elimanating the verbal component of the spell, handy for more stealthy and underhanded spell use. Imagine casting literally any of the illusion spells at a dinner party...Phatasmal force - x you have an intense desire to profess your undying love to the turkey roast, and will defend its honor! :P
WHOA! This one had colors!!! So cool! Like the length of the video too, this one was nice. Chris also makes an excellent host, his voice is really calming and gets you into thinking “this guy knows what I should do to make a sorcerer!”
Mage Armor for any sorcerer that isn't Draconic Bloodline, otherwise, Shield Spell for sure. Sorcerers were my go to arcane spell casters, now they aren't too much anymore but I still love them.
in earlier editions, where wizards were worse, sorcerers really shined. When you manually had to prepare 1 shield, 1 web and 1 magic missile, and your slots werent flexible. Used the shield, never again that day. Sorcerers didnt have to deal with any of that.
Ah the wild sorcerer, that feeling when your DM says ‘make a dex save’ with a wild sorcerer in your party at level 1, and you know that it’s time to roll up that cool rouge backup character
I play a Wild Magic Sorcerer. Upon the first fight with her new companions, she sapped the health of the groups halfling druid and became a potted plant. Wasnt her proudest moment
He really is kind of zen and chill, no wonder they snagged him with as chaotic as they all can be. now I want him to be on the show and put his zen with Caduceus' zen.
Good starter guide, worth pointing out that the mage armor suggestion doesn't apply to draconic sorcerer as they have innate armor equal to what you'd get with mage armor.
Highly recommend subtle spell, RAW you could remain hidden casting spells into combat, and if you are restrained for any reason (manacled or swallowed being 2) as long as you have your arcane components you can cast spells! Incredibly useful to get out binds!
Still love the sorcerer from my first DM game. He was a changeling runechild, and disguised as a turnip farmer. "Magic Missile" became "Throwing a turnip". It was hilarious and noone was the wiser until the end.
I love these videos so much, whoever thought of this is a friggin hero! I show these videos to the kids I volunteer for in my youth teamwork and creative thinking/writing program at my local YMCA. I live in Canada so no 826LA :(
Chris Lockey . . . .Chris Lockey where have i heard that name before. DUDE!!! Back in the machinma days! You had a show for machinima but i cannot remember the name of it. Fuck it's good to see you with the Critial Role crew!!!
Finally, my favorite class. What a coincidence that I just retired my sorcerer with draconic blood at level 20 after she saved the world. I already miss my hero with dragon wings.
Subtle spell is always overlooked and it is pretty great since you can cast while in stealth and not give away your position as well as being able to cast while in a silence spell
Playing a Divine Soul as my first ever full caster class... been loving it! Can't wait for my next feat to take magic initiate feat to be able to cure wounds through a familiar!
My husband is playing a wild magic sorcerer. He ended up surging 4 times in a row in one of our fights. He became blue, tiny, glowing and levitating. Basically he was a glowing smurf that slowly levitated away. Happily our paladin got polymorphed into a giant ape that got distracted by the little blue light and chased after it, eventually cluching the light to it's chest. For a wonder, we did manage to get though the fight without us all getting snotted into an untimely demise. It was great!
yeah, the draconic resilience is basically that but permanent, for any other origin you could go nuts, double up with mage armour AND shield if you so wish, relying on cantrips to deal damage, your party might hate you, but hey, survivability is taken care of..... i like the sound of the divine origin (from xanathar's guide to everything), purely because you can double dip between cleric and sorcerer spell lists and grab both guiding bolt and witch bolt (witch bolt has a range of 30ft, add spell sniper to double the range to 60ft, and then empower the spell with the metamagic 'distant spell' to double it again to 120ft, with the war caster feat, which gives you advantage on concentration saves it becomes incredibly difficult to knock you out of it), later on your fire and radiant damage dealing spells are empowered by a charisma bonus and you also get a flying ability at level 14 and an instant heal as a bonus action at 18th level (regain hit points equal to half your hit point max, only usable after you fall below half your max health) take guiding bolt (4D6 radiant at level 1), fire it at level 9 (=1D6 for every level after 1st, so add another 8D6) + divne origin bonus damage on radiant/fire spells (up to +5), add favour of the gods (add 2D4 to any attack or save, once per long rest) and you are almost assured one good hit. sorcerers are insane, and depending on origin and spell allocation, ridiculously versatile.
@@knuckles543 Hell, Wild Magic was fucking hilarious because every use of the sorcerery point got a new roll on the Wild Magic table (which saved my bacon quite handily with Strahd by making 'Fire' spells not allowed to be cast)
@@Alucard13211 that one is terrible for me, i have a form of the wil wheaton dice curse (first initiative roll was a 3 , first attack roll was a 4) so relying on the luck of the dice is a perilous decision (i typically roll for shit, which is as mildly hilarious as it is annoying, a cleric needs good healing rolls damnit). the effects on the wild magic table are weird and wonderful, but i'm just gonna end up as a tree or a chicken if i cast anything worthwhile). or blue...
@@knuckles543 terrible idea to have witch bolt, it's generally regarded as one of the worst spells after the first few levels as it is only the initial attack that gets the up cast extra dice, after that the constant beam that uses up an action is just 1D12 damage, there are way better concentration spells to take that don't require an action to use each round.
I’ve been trying out the Giant Soul Sorcerous Origin (it’s currently in the playtest phase) and I think it was a lot of cool stuff to offer by means of features and lore! Definitely would recommend for those that aren’t a huge fan of the squishiness of sorcerers.
Chris? In front of the camera?
Okay, who rolled on the wild magic table?
I'm sorry but I thought you said Christ
Is that Christ?
In front of
t h e c a m e r a?
deffdefying I don’t think we could afford the services of a lich
Who is he?
Matthew Evans Chris is the content producer. Among other things he’s a Grade A Photographer.
He also is super sweet and loves talking to critters at CR events!
Wild Magic? I think you mean "Jesus take the wheel!"
Talk to your DM about letting your divine soul sorcerer roll on the wild magic table
This guy is so zen, so soothing! He should of done the Monks segment.
Absolutely the coolest Handbooker Helper host, all of that information just felt naturally absorbed, directly in my brain.
I need him to read the entire PHB. His voice is so soothing.
yes pls
Well chances are he probably often plays a sorcerer in DnD.
*should HAVE done
“Unless you blew up your party, then you sent your damned self...”
It's pretty funny how a wild magic sorcerer in a low level party has a small chance to singularly kill the entire party if he fireballs himself while they stand next to him.
I DIED.
Blown up my party in one game afyer casting my first spell xD
@@riverseverywhere So did everyone else in the party
Instructions unclear, killed an entire tavern with a necrotic wave
So that’s what Chris looks like...
Dope
Same
You mean hella adorable?
The JemmaGrl I agree with that too lol
love his hair.
I thought it was Voldemorts brother, but loved the guys jib.
OPTION ONE:
"You're a Wizard, Harry!"
- [silence]
OPTION TWO
"You're a Warlock, Harry, and your patron is Voldemort..."
- "Oh, man!"
OPTION THREE
"You're a sorcerer, Harry!"
- "Great, I can skip getting killed at Hogwarts on a regular basis!"
Technically, all of this is true...
(O ... O)
OH MY GOD, His patron *is* Voldemort! He gets Parseltongue as an invocation and Stupefy and Expelliarmus might as well be Eldritch Blast with and without Repelling Blast
“You're a Warlock, Harry, and your patron is Voldemort.“
*Looks at Deathly Hallows*
@@kaleidoslug7777 Expelyeranus sounds worse than the killing curse...
"You're a druid, Harry!"
-"Oh boy, I can turn into a Hippogriff!"
Hagrid: "YOU WOT M8"
One caveat on Mage Armor over Shield: If you're a Sorcerer with Draconic Ancestry, you'll get the effects of Mage Armor for free with your Draconic Resilience class feature, so no need to waste your selection on this spell.
You can boost the AC of your allies though.
@@eddiemate True, it's a moot point however, since your allies would need to get rid of their regular armor for this spell to work, and it's only viable for high-dex characters anyway. Your run of the mill Fighter, Paladin, Cleric, and even the occasional Druid won't really profit from this spell, nor will your Barbarian or Monk. That leaves you with most Rangers, Rogues, Bards, Warlocks, Sorcerers and Wizards to support that way, but Wizards will probabbly have this spell themselves (because of course they would, it's their main source of protection!) Sorcerers will either have it themselves or some other form of protection (see my first comment), Warlocks have the option to get an at will cast of this for themselves, and Rangers, Bards, and Rogues will probabbly prefer a non-dispellable armor, and as soon as they can get their hands on a Studded Leather +1 this spell loses its merit anyway.
It's a great spell to have if you don't have any other means of protection, and in a party that is build around this kind of protection (twin spelled Mage Armor to the Rogue and Ranger by the Draconic Ancestry Sorcerer for example would give a great AC boost overall) but in a regular party it's convenience is rather limited.
And if you are a mountain dwarf,you can wear med armor.
If you have an RP heavy game, I cannot overstate how good Subtle Spell is for getting out of Social encounters going badly
Depends on how lax or strict your DM is on enforcing verbal and somantic components. I've played with a few who dont take into account that the guards are gonna hear you saying some arcane words before you cast suggestion on their commander 😋
Or, sneak attacks.
@@ericawatts5886 no they won’t.
Its also counterspell-proof
Ooh that’s good advice! I’m about to play in a home brewed world where magic is very watched and you have to be registered, so of course I chose a sorcerer who isn’t registered lol. Definitely going to take subtle spell!
That little ding always cheers me up. Is it like that for anyone else?
I feel like one of pavlov's dogs every time I hear it.
You mean, you feel the urge to smile everytime you hear the DING?
Because yes. The Ding gets me to smile. Not bark, thankfully. That would be very akward.
The whole intro is absolute gold but that ding is the sweet cherry on top
I want it as a text tone
I wanna know who's actually making that 'Ding' sound! Who's with me?
"No one chooses sorcery; the power chooses the sorcerer."
*PC suddenly wants to multiclass into sorcery*
"Okay. Despite you being a Noble who has their entire family tree mapped out dozens of generations back, and nearly your entire life being watched by your guards, somewhere in this retro-active change you gained this power"
You could always make the excuse that so and so may have had *ahem* relations not mentioned in such documents
You could say that a certain event in your life awoke latent potential that was always residing in you per the chance of wild magic
Was literally looking up stuff about creating sorcerers when the notification popped up. Perfect timing!
Lucky!
Minotaur Wild Magic Sorcerer/Drummer Bard :P
If you want to throw a fireball around Careful Casting is a better Metamagic. But Quickened and Twinned are pretty solid.
As someone who's playing a Sorcerer long-term right now, this guide's pretty good overall but 2 of the recommendations can be rather poor. If your character is of Draconic Bloodline (or a Dwarf) then there is absolutely no reason to take Mage Armor since it will do literally nothing, definitely take Shield instead. Also Distant Spell is terrible, take a look at Empowered Spell instead if you don't like the look of either Twinned or Quickened Spell.
You could say that's... Sorcery
Subtle spell is a good way not to get Counterspelled, and to dispel/counterspell without being noticed. Probably my favorite role-playing one, and a very protective one to take in a mage-heavy campaign
subtle spell also lets you cast even while magically silenced, if your hands are bound and your mouth gagged . . . . hell even if you are effected by all three, it is a strong meta-magic, it won't be used as frequently as quickened spell or twinned spell, but when you do it will probably save your life
Besides, with the draconic bloodline this is the closest thing you can do to a Eragon inspired character, as been able to cast without the use of the old language ( Brazilian, so sorry if my translation is off ) was a big deal
@@thefracturedbutwhole5475 It also lets you cast in social situations without getting caught. With the only one spell and one cantrip per turn rule, I find quickened spell a bit underwhelming, two sorcery points for an extra cantrip isn't a very good deal compared to twinned which effectively gives you two spells per turn and lets you have two concentration spells at once.
@@thefracturedbutwhole5475 I agree with the first part, but not with the second one: it won't be used as frequently as quickened or twinned you say? I beg to differ. My sorcerer casts a Subtle Counterspell against an enemy wizard every time she can, and when the enemy looks at his hand, baffled, she says as a free action: "Sorry but... what were you doing with those movements and bla bla bla? Don't you feel a bit ridiculous? Did you sleep with the teacher to pass your exam in Invocation 1?". It is so fun to shame and ridicule the enemy.... before casting a fireball on him. Subtly.
i have a half elf storm sorcerer that i am having a great time with. "Hey, guys. You can all fly now." Favorite person in party now.
Never played DnD(nowhere close enough, and no way to get there), but I was always a fan of it. I like to mess around with build concepts as something of a hobby, and have always preferred Shadow Sorcery for some reason, but Storm Sorcery just sounds amazing...
Wild magic surges are maaaaaaybe my favorite game mechanic of all.
rudesby our last campaign gave us a level 20 sorcerer as a boss fight. He had twelve “lives”(other wizards sacrificing themselves to heal him). When he used one a wild magic surge was triggered. There was weird shit going down all fight
I love the mechanic so much I've got a room in a possible oneshot dungeon I've planned out that's so infused with chaotic magic that anyone who casts a spell inside needs to roll on the Wild Magic table. Because that has the potential to be AMAZING.
I refuse to stop trying to shoehorn that table into every homebrew magical mechanic I invent. It’s too good to be restricted to one subclass.
I'm DMing for my table at the moment, and one of my players (a guy with more experience than me in this arena) and I enjoy it so much that we've started playing "match-my-d20" for his Drow wizard (It's a world of my own, and the random magical spurts were his family's motivation for getting him trained, even though they didn't _quite_ raise to the level of a full fledged sorcerer. Plus, matching rolls is the same odds as rolling a predetermined number, with just _a bit_ more excitement). We're only a few fights in and it hasn't happened yet, but I found _THIS_ [ centralia.aquest.com/downloads/NLRMEv2.pdf ] online, and I am SO excited to bust it out...
Unearthed Arcana released the Invention School for the Wizard, once again the sorcerer becomes pointless.
Here's a freebie for all you 5th level sorcerers out there: Twinned Haste. It's quite possibly broken, especially if you cast it on two of your weapon-using buddies. Greater Invisibility is another great spell to twin at 7th level onwards.
Greater Invisibility I totally agree with, but Haste is super high risk, high reward. All the baddies have to do is break the sorcerer's concentration and two more of your party are useless for a round.
I played a divine soul sorcerer once and twined healing spells are so op it was awesome lol (for real though it makes having a single major healer in a very large party viable)
@@Dragon_Sparkles m
my druid life cleric would have a word to say with you
For 3rd level, Twin Elarge is so much fun. Helps your Barbarian or Fighter to grapple even better, or shrinks the enemy down to scale. Plus, 1d4 extra damage/less damage is always nice.
Fun fact! Tiberius aside; Travis, Sam, Liam, Ashley, Laura, Taliesin, and Marisha have altogether played EVERY class in the Players Handbook (plus Matt's Bloodhunter) except the Sorcerer.
I think of all of them; Travis would consider Shadow Sorcery due to the Hound of Ill Omen and his love of Werewolves.
Travis did in the harry potter one shot i think
@@Crabmanager
Yes he did, he didn't know what sorcery points were or how to use them though...
@@Crabmanager He did, but I was referring to the main story lines, not the one shots lol.
@@realafan888 ah that makes sense
Weird take, but should Nott die, I can see Sam taking Sorcerer entirely because it would directly fuck with Liam and also fuck with Travis a bit.
I love sorcerers, especially wild magic sorcerers. Rolling on a random table makes for such funny moments
I made a Wild Mage Drow and the first Wild Magic result was, "Your skin turns a vibrant shade of blue..."
Wild Magic sorcerer requires a DM willing to implement it properly. I played 1-4 as a wild magic sorcerer where I only rolled when I cast a level 1 or above spell. Nothing has happened yet. I've convinced my DM to change me to a holy soul sorcerer instead.
@@scw55 That's the way it's supposed to work. Technically when you cast a Sorcerer spell of level 1 or higher, your DM can make you roll a D20 and on a 1, then you roll on the Wild Magic Surge table. If you have used your Tides of Chaos feature, you forgo the d20 roll and immediately roll on the Wild Magic Surge table.
BTW, I found it hilarious (for some reason) that my first Wild Magic Surge had basically no effect since I was already blue. Either no effect or it hid the fact that I'm a Drow and prevented any prejudice based on that, depending on your interpretation of the colors involved. Either way, something normally unfavorable became favorable because I was a Drow.
Encouraged character relevant spell choices over min-maxing. 10/10
I'm playing a Divine Soul Sorcerer as seen in Xanathar's Guide. All of the above plus being able to use cleric spells as sorcerer spells, as well as having a free first level spell based on what type of god blessed your soul is very nice. I'm really feeling this character, and this subclass is amazing. I wonder if once Handbooker Helper is done if they'll go onto different books.
Divine soul is a amazing! I loved my sorcerer/cleric. I only stopped playing her a few weeks ago and I miss her so
Twinned spell Healing word can come in so clutch it is crazy.
lol *Fireball 6th lv then heal guards you accidently singed.*
Also death ward, is the best spell once you get to a high enough level. And bonus if you twin spell it. So clutch
Idk about additional books, but totally agree with you on Divine soul sorceress. It's just too OP compared to the other options.
"I encourage violence."~Tiberius Stormwind, from Draconia, 2015.
This guy should make more videos! Great job man!
YESSSS
With high charisma Empowered Spell is so useful for a damage focused sorcerer. Rerolling up to 5 dice and if you pair it with twinned spell you can reroll from EITHER damage pool. Divine Soul with Inflict Wounds? Walk up to two enemies, touch them both for 4d10 each using a single second level spell slot at level 3 (twinned spell costs 2 sorc points in this case) then burn your last sorc point to reroll up to 5 of those 8d10 to ensure some serious damage.
I’m afraid you can only use one metamagic on a given spell. Twinned inflict wounds is still awesome though.
@@johndevlin9225 You can use Empowered Spell even if you have already used a different Metamagic option during the casting of the spell.
@@johndevlin9225 Empowered Spell is the one Metamagic that breaks that rule. The description for it actually says "You can use Empowered Spell even if you have already used a different Metamagic option during the casting of the spell."
I made a sorcerer with Wild Magic who in his backstory had rolled up the reversed aging effect so many times that people who know him or simply lived near him could often hear the phrase "DAMN IT, now i have to go through puberty again!!!"
Like I learned some stuff about sorcerers but more importantly your voice is really soothing
True, nearly fell asleep 😴
I bet he is shredded under that sweater!
Thirsty ass 😒
What a great episode! And the elusive Mr. Lockey!
Don't you mean Mr. Low Key :-D ?
I'l see myself out ...
The Lovely Mr. Lockey
Wow! This is by far the best Handbooker Helper video yet! And I'm not talking about content - it just feels so natural! Megaprops to Chris!
I love critical role
The baggy jumper/shirt thing, the soothing voice, the bald head.... Chris looks like early Matrix Neo. Chris is The One!!
Honestly, make this guy do more videos! I see his genuine-self and he's so relaxing to listen to, it makes me want to keep watching.
Chris' voice is so relaxing. That was a Very well done explanation of the sorcerer. Nice Job!
Mage Armor "can" be good - but it's worthless to a Draconic Bloodline Sorcerer.
or a Dragonborn with the "Dragon Hide" feat
or a lizardman or tortle or mountain dwarf
Or a Dragonborn draconic bloodline sorcerer with dragon hide.
Holy shit thank you Critical Role, My friends have been trying to get me to play and I knew absolutely nothing about how to character build for DnD. This vid made it really simple and concise for me.
1:33 Eyes of the wild magic caster really encapsulates wild magic.
Good luck in your new endeavours, Chris, and thanks for all the awesome shots!
The wild magic sorcerer is good for a laugh. The random role charts produce a lot amusing results. it even gives the DM a good chance to create even more weird random results!
Man I love sorcerers, the flavour has so much role play potential! I just wish they had the spells available to really let that role play opportunity shine!
I've been preparing a sorcerer. When the time comes, I plan to ask my DM's permission to re-skin any spells that aren't quite on theme (i.e. leave all the mechanics and damage types the same but alter the "flavor text" descriptions as needed).
He did most of the Blightshore lore, and surely a big part of the race/option Marisha is now playing with Laudna... :)
This was so engaging and cool! Honestly I think this is the best one yet. Great job, Chris!
I could listen to this man for an hour talking bout dnd
I like how in depth he went, felt like he could've gone deeper, but still explained more than most other HBH episodes
Guys, 8 years ago when I wanted to learn how to play DnD 3.5 there was nothing like this to help me learn. I’m constantly amazed at how many online resources there now are for people just getting started. You’re doing amazing work.
My first sorcerer was a draconic one that worshipped Bahamut. Unleash the power of Dragons!
Chris: "I pick Mage Armor 9 times out of 10"
Draconic Resilience: "Am I some kind of joke to you??"
Claire Deming but who doesn’t use wild magic lmao
@@ramen8130 I perfer Draconic Bloodline or Shadow Sorcery
Wolvesbayne 156 then your opinion is wrong I guess
@@ramen8130 How the fuck is my opinion wrong?? I was just saying which ones I perfer, sorry I don't like random bullshit in happening to my character, or the enemies or the other members of the party
@@ancientreddragon5617 "I Don't like random bullshit happening" What a hilarious thing to say on a D&D discussion lmao
Careful spell and subtle spells are my personal go-tos. But it is so hard to choose...
Subtle spell and a high deception go great together. "Where did that fireball come from?" "I dunno, I think he did it! Lets geddim!"
I like Twinned and Subtle as my first selections.
@@seraphicninja -- That and it's great for when you need to do hands-free magic. Say, when you're tied up in some gross necromancer's basement. :3
People don't realise that subtle spell let's you cast while tied up or gagged.
I understand the dilemma. If your going to play a aoe nuker and want to up your damage potential careful gives you an edge as you don't have to be as selective with targets. However, subtle gives you more versatility with casting by elimanating the verbal component of the spell, handy for more stealthy and underhanded spell use. Imagine casting literally any of the illusion spells at a dinner party...Phatasmal force - x you have an intense desire to profess your undying love to the turkey roast, and will defend its honor! :P
Uh, this dude is so chill and VERY good at explaining things. I love this video.
I like this guy
WHOA! This one had colors!!! So cool! Like the length of the video too, this one was nice. Chris also makes an excellent host, his voice is really calming and gets you into thinking “this guy knows what I should do to make a sorcerer!”
I would highly recommend Subtle spell metamagic, bing able to cast a spell with neither vocal or somatic components can be very useful and great fun.
Ooo, i like this guy. I would listen to him talk about basically anything.
We need a game with the crew!
Mage Armor for any sorcerer that isn't Draconic Bloodline, otherwise, Shield Spell for sure. Sorcerers were my go to arcane spell casters, now they aren't too much anymore but I still love them.
in earlier editions, where wizards were worse, sorcerers really shined. When you manually had to prepare 1 shield, 1 web and 1 magic missile, and your slots werent flexible. Used the shield, never again that day. Sorcerers didnt have to deal with any of that.
Ah the wild sorcerer, that feeling when your DM says ‘make a dex save’ with a wild sorcerer in your party at level 1, and you know that it’s time to roll up that cool rouge backup character
I love taking a 1 level dip into sorcerer as a bard player. Really opens up my options with both cantrips and divine soul gives me 3 baller spells.
"You dead! I win-"
BAM!
This is definitely the best shaved head sorcerer player who's ever been a part of Critical Role ;)
I haven’t seen Chris Lockey on camera since the Machinima Respawn days. Good to have you back buddy!
Totally unrelated, but I like that sweater 😊
This is gonna sound super weird, but he looks like he gives great hugs.
It’s the floppy sleeves, really.
I'm excited to have the opportunity to destroy my party with a Wild Magic spell. :)
I’ve been waiting for this video for so long and it just so happens to come out of my birthday. What a wonderful day.
Yessssss...this is *my* class. I feel most connected to this class than any of the others - I was so excited to see this episode!!
I play a Wild Magic Sorcerer. Upon the first fight with her new companions, she sapped the health of the groups halfling druid and became a potted plant. Wasnt her proudest moment
He really is kind of zen and chill, no wonder they snagged him with as chaotic as they all can be. now I want him to be on the show and put his zen with Caduceus' zen.
I would absolutely love to see this guy play in an episode as a sorceror.
I knew Chris Lockey only from Machinima, more specifically machinima respawn, seeing him with critical role just makes sense
This guy is actually a sorcerer and you can't tell me otherwise
The Duke of Hurl is magical.
Divine soul with subtle casting... Geas
Good starter guide, worth pointing out that the mage armor suggestion doesn't apply to draconic sorcerer as they have innate armor equal to what you'd get with mage armor.
Highly recommend subtle spell, RAW you could remain hidden casting spells into combat, and if you are restrained for any reason (manacled or swallowed being 2) as long as you have your arcane components you can cast spells! Incredibly useful to get out binds!
"Then you sent ya damn self. And don't say we didn't warn you." This whole episode was great and that last line made it all the better lol
sorcerer is one of the best classes
Once played with a wild magic Sorcerer in the party, 10/10 would do again. The rare sudden chaos is worth it.
Love they are getting other people to do this, Chris is very chill :)
Still love the sorcerer from my first DM game. He was a changeling runechild, and disguised as a turnip farmer. "Magic Missile" became "Throwing a turnip". It was hilarious and noone was the wiser until the end.
I love these videos so much, whoever thought of this is a friggin hero! I show these videos to the kids I volunteer for in my youth teamwork and creative thinking/writing program at my local YMCA. I live in Canada so no 826LA :(
I just started building a sorcerer when I saw this. I also appreciate the big sorcerer sleeves!
Chris Lockey . . . .Chris Lockey where have i heard that name before.
DUDE!!! Back in the machinma days! You had a show for machinima but i cannot remember the name of it.
Fuck it's good to see you with the Critial Role crew!!!
wow, his voice is amazing. It's like, the diction is sharp but smooth.
This is my favorite Handbooker yet.
Finally, my favorite class. What a coincidence that I just retired my sorcerer with draconic blood at level 20 after she saved the world. I already miss my hero with dragon wings.
Chris seems like a cool dude. 10/10 would share chocolate with him
for .5 seconds i thought it was orion in the thumbnail, but i was pleasantly surprised to see chris :)
Subtle spell is always overlooked and it is pretty great since you can cast while in stealth and not give away your position as well as being able to cast while in a silence spell
Playing a Divine Soul as my first ever full caster class... been loving it! Can't wait for my next feat to take magic initiate feat to be able to cure wounds through a familiar!
Very helpful! I enjoy the 5min format cuz there’s a lot to sorcerers! Great job!
My husband is playing a wild magic sorcerer. He ended up surging 4 times in a row in one of our fights. He became blue, tiny, glowing and levitating. Basically he was a glowing smurf that slowly levitated away. Happily our paladin got polymorphed into a giant ape that got distracted by the little blue light and chased after it, eventually cluching the light to it's chest. For a wonder, we did manage to get though the fight without us all getting snotted into an untimely demise. It was great!
There is absolutely no reason for a Draconic Sorcerer to take Mage Armour.
yeah, the draconic resilience is basically that but permanent, for any other origin you could go nuts, double up with mage armour AND shield if you so wish, relying on cantrips to deal damage, your party might hate you, but hey, survivability is taken care of.....
i like the sound of the divine origin (from xanathar's guide to everything), purely because you can double dip between cleric and sorcerer spell lists and grab both guiding bolt and witch bolt (witch bolt has a range of 30ft, add spell sniper to double the range to 60ft, and then empower the spell with the metamagic 'distant spell' to double it again to 120ft, with the war caster feat, which gives you advantage on concentration saves it becomes incredibly difficult to knock you out of it), later on your fire and radiant damage dealing spells are empowered by a charisma bonus and you also get a flying ability at level 14 and an instant heal as a bonus action at 18th level (regain hit points equal to half your hit point max, only usable after you fall below half your max health)
take guiding bolt (4D6 radiant at level 1), fire it at level 9 (=1D6 for every level after 1st, so add another 8D6) + divne origin bonus damage on radiant/fire spells (up to +5), add favour of the gods (add 2D4 to any attack or save, once per long rest) and you are almost assured one good hit.
sorcerers are insane, and depending on origin and spell allocation, ridiculously versatile.
@@knuckles543 Hell, Wild Magic was fucking hilarious because every use of the sorcerery point got a new roll on the Wild Magic table (which saved my bacon quite handily with Strahd by making 'Fire' spells not allowed to be cast)
@@Alucard13211 that one is terrible for me, i have a form of the wil wheaton dice curse (first initiative roll was a 3 , first attack roll was a 4) so relying on the luck of the dice is a perilous decision (i typically roll for shit, which is as mildly hilarious as it is annoying, a cleric needs good healing rolls damnit).
the effects on the wild magic table are weird and wonderful, but i'm just gonna end up as a tree or a chicken if i cast anything worthwhile).
or blue...
or just go mountain dwarf and prance around in medium armor from the get go :V
@@knuckles543 terrible idea to have witch bolt, it's generally regarded as one of the worst spells after the first few levels as it is only the initial attack that gets the up cast extra dice, after that the constant beam that uses up an action is just 1D12 damage, there are way better concentration spells to take that don't require an action to use each round.
He looks like a skinny quieter fester, I love it
Me: *has a campaign coming up where I've already gotten my DM excited for my Bard character*
*sees this video*
Me: Do I HAVE to be a Bard?
I’ve been trying out the Giant Soul Sorcerous Origin (it’s currently in the playtest phase) and I think it was a lot of cool stuff to offer by means of features and lore! Definitely would recommend for those that aren’t a huge fan of the squishiness of sorcerers.
Haven't seen this man since the 'ol Machinima days. Good to see him again C:
Chris is the embodiment of that misterious librarian within a fantasy monastery.
I just learned how to build a Sorcerer from Patches lol. Another great episode, Chris is amazing and so chill.
I've always found it a bit odd that Sorcers still have to use material components, or at least the same ones as wizards.
I want this guys sweater. It looks so comfy!
I love how Fireball on yourself has a 5% chance of having a 2% chance of happening, and it's still mentioned in every Sorcerer conversation.
Such a charismatic presenter! Will make a good sorcerer.
"Then you sent your damn self." LOLOLOLOL