The Sorcerer with the Magic Touch - D&D: Optimized #24
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- Опубликовано: 14 июл 2024
- Remember King Midas? This character is kind of like that, except instead of everything turning to gold, it turns into a quivering pile of electrified pain. Or health and well-being. Your choice!
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Character Concept:(0:00)
Levels 1-6:(6:53)
Levels 7-9:(26:39)
Levels 10-13:(37:53)
Levels 14-17:(47:53)
Final Thoughts:(52:36)
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I always felt that dichotomy of RPer/MinMaxer was kind of a trap people fall into. Even if your not calculating DPR and maximizing, you are making tactical decisions based around wanting to defeat enemies and survive.
So even if your character isnt thinking in terms of dice, canonically they are thinking about the things those mechanics are meant to represent. The terms in which you and your character use differ, but the motivation is the same... thats why i think mechanically maximized characters shoild be RPd as ambitious, hard working...
Anyway, thought this build was a great example of how a really detailed analysis of mechanics can actually create MORE role playing opportunities.
Also big fan of your channel excited to watch it growing so fast! Keep it up man!
Thanks friend - I agree completely :)
I love the idea or role play unique concepts, but I don’t really want the rest of the party to feel like my adventurer probably should have just stayed home. I think it’s optimizing that makes it possible to play a character like this for the whole campaign.
@@100sparky001 Right - I think it important to find a happy-medium. That is... I don't think I'm *super* interested in doing a whole video on a character concept that, despite my best efforts, just doesn't really bring much to combat, whether from a control/support perspective, tank perspective, or damage - I'm sure some people enjoy playing characters like that, and there are plenty of people who are fine playing with others at their table who create characters like that - it's just not very interesting to *me.* :)
@@DnDDeepDive oh and as long as i get to directly respond to you... I bet you could do an amazing optimized detective / investigator type build. Crazy perception, insight, investigation and sees through every lie...
That would open alot of RP doors!
@@williamdavis7274 zone of truth... detect thoughts...
I love the idea of an optimized build within a narrative constraint. This will open up HUGE amounts of content possibilities for you. i.e. Best underwater combatant, best horde killer, best mage hunter, best BBEG hunter - vampire, krakken, demon prince, devil, Drow matron, lich, etc. The counterplay vs. different baddies give specific direction with a balance between damage types and defense/resistances.
This is the answer. Find a fun concept, optimize the fuck out of it. So much content that's both fun/interesting and great for number crunching
This could be cool especially is Colby does a video featuring a Blood Hunter-esque character concept.
Totall agree! I designed a "mage hunter" aka caster bounty hunter that utilizes 4 martial classes to shore up weaknesses along the way. I love playing this character and have it mapped out to lvl 20. I also built a cleric around a love of bar brawling... surprisingly effective in melee combat.
I think this is the most natural way to make a character when you care about roleplaying. Not that the opposite is wrong, but this makes more sense when you have a concept to explore.
I usually come with a story/idea and then try to find classes and spells for it. So I prefer theorized builds like this.
I usually come up with a single crazy idea, moment or plan for a character. Then I try to find a way for that to make that work within the rules by picking a class (and the abilities/spells etc.)
Then I try to make a background/story for that character to make said plan likely to happen while still making a fullfledged person with needs and wants. Usually the plan changes at this moment xD
and finally I'll go in to min/max mode and pick the remaining abilities and/or spells
"You've got the touch! You got the powerrrrrrr!"
I imagine a character like this to be careful outside of combat by keeping their potentially dangerous hands 'holstered' so to speak.
When things go down, the gloves come off.
Touchy feely bugbear creep factor is through the roof. "Call me Daddy Badtouch."
I did like the self limitation. Optimizing feels best on concepts like this that need it to pull their own weight.
One of my favorite episode
Sounds like a failed experimented that blue dragon and evil wizard to fuse together into a new being who lost their memories. They now pray to the god of storms, a god they are comfortable with that aligns with their element, to help them find out who they are.
I see this guy like keeping his right destructive hand in his pocket during social encounters and then switching his pocket hands as combat starts.
Oh and if you couldn’t tell I definitely liked it. Probably going to take chain lightning, lightning bolt, and fly as Sparky evolves. Would be cool to hear your character backstories for each character too.
Level 1 see above [sorcerer 1 (race)]
Level 2 see above [sorcerer 2]
Level 3 @17:35 [sorcerer 3 (meta-magic]
Level 4 @21:23 [sorcerer 4 (ASI)]
Level 5 @21:52 [sorcerer 5 (back-up to talk about 2nd level spells)]
Level 6 @24:03 [sorcerer 6]
Level 7 see above [cleric 1]
Level 8 @33:16 [cleric 2]
Level 9 @36:52 [cleric 3]
Level 10 see above [cleric 4 (ASI)]
Level 11 @40:43 [cleric 5]
Level 12 @44:44 [cleric 6]
Level 13 @45:30 [cleric 7]
Level 14 see above [cleric 8 (ASI)]
Level 15 @48:57 [sorcerer 7]
Level 16 @50:42 [sorcerer 8 (ASI)]
Level 17 @51:01 [sorcerer 9]
Loved the themed build. The restriction concept reminds me of Scar in Full-Metal Alchemist.
Thank you for investing in a proper microphone, so many channels have inferior sound quality. oh and thank you for the great content as well of course 😁
You're welcome! Actually, you should thank my friend Dan, who I borrowed the mic from. I really need to pay him back for this... :) Glad you're enjoying!
@@DnDDeepDive ASMR video when? 👀
@@cultivatedjerk5574 Hm... I'm not even sure where I would begin! Bard?
Great episode. I enjoy playing suboptimally at times, but having an *odd* concept that doesn't feel like you're playing a "bad" character is important. Having an optimized "bad" build is really great.
Transmutes spell seems like it would work pretty well with meteor swarm. Turn the fire part to lightning, max out the lightning portion, then empower the bludgeoned damage.
200 average damage on a failed save, 100 on a pass.
Love these artificial limited or story-limited characters!
and the concept of a sorcerer where one hand heals and the other keals is a fun concept!
I keal you!
Love the concept all for weird and unorthodox builds
My favorite sorcerer subclasses, Draconic Bloodline and Abberant Mind, have one thing in common: a biological component. You've just given me an avenue to playing the Sorcerer I've been dreaming of perfectly. I thank you my dude.
I recently found this channel through the bladesinger 2.0 video, you make such cool in-depth content and I really appreciate the level of detail you put into the builds. A touch based caster is an interesting concept and I cant wait to see what you have come up with.
Thanks! Glad you're enjoying!
I've always enjoyed the concept of optimizing for a specific concept like you have done here. Please continue with these builds as well.
I really loved this episode! Having narrative focus come before the numbers is awesome!
Whoa 24 episodes already, you’ve made so many good videos! Hearing a creative concept of a character who’s limited in the types of magic that they use is so interesting by itself, but seeing you map out the in-game mechanics of their progression as a caster just makes it even more awesome 🤩!! This is a really cool character build, thx for sharing this concept and I hope you make more like this ❤️
I’m really enjoying this video, with the character theme and concept, on top of the fun restrictions that require you to build a character in a new way while still trying to optimize. This was a really fun one
Glad I came back and watched this one. Love your limited builds
I love builds that wrap around a character! This was a really fun watch :)
This is almost exactly how I build characters. Concept first, and them try to max the living shart out of it.
This. THIS video aligns with my perception of optimization in D&D. Building around the pure math can be fun, but building around a concept is just better for fun, because it's the character YOU want to play. I actually did this with your bladesinger build; took the math you presented but changed things based on the concept of a tortle who had been enslaved by the drow. Sure he's not "optimized" but who wants to play an elf when dwarves and tortles and kobolds exist? No one thats who. NO ONE!
Thanks! (*quickly hides all of my elves under my bed*)
I love the idea of a touch spell only build like this.
While picking up Hex at level 1 and maxing Cha at level 4 is REALLY nice, you could consider Protector Aasimar for a race for this build.
Adds a lot of damage to a combat once per long rest when you take the time to set it up, and I like the idea that this "Touch" power could come from your divine origin.
I did enjoy this theory craft workshop. While not optimized for damage i can see where this can be fun given a DM that is going to work with your need for short rests and limited damage range & type. Looking forward to more of these kinds of videos. Hey if you put the links to the other videos into the graph sheet it would be great to check them out on the fly. Keep up the great channel much appreciated.
Good idea!
It's super amazing what you did with this restrictions, I can really relate to how you do your characters and your mind set when it comes to this sort of things
Thanks!
I like theses sorts of things cause the challenge of it and figuring out the extremes of a type or a theme help navigate actual choices.
Unique concepts are amazing!
Found your videos yesterday because I was brainstorming for a character of mine (I also kind of limiting myself there, I don't even know if it will work out), and I enjoy them a lot. I also really enjoy this idea of going with a certain narrative, I like it to be good at the game, and sure doing a lot of damage is awesome, but I feel like the RP/stroy telling possibilities that are made possible by a build like this are really worth it!
Looking forward to future videos!
Thanks! Glad you're enjoying!
Definitely love this idea for generating character concepts. Here’s my comment to feed the algorithm!
Just listened to it as a Podcast, I really like the idea of having a build be based around a roleplaying restriction, instead of the other way around. Would definitely love to see some more types of builds like this as well!
I actually really liked this build! I've always enjoyed that you take character-building first over the DPS and numbers which is a great thing to do. All of your videos so far feel like you've put in so much work behind them and we all appreciate that hard work coming forth. The build is great, and it can add a nice touch to roleplaying and character development as time goes on. I really enjoyed the video.
Thanks, much appreciated, and glad you're enjoying :)
@@DnDDeepDive Thank you for the response! I look forward to your next video, regardless of what it is. I appreciate that you take time to get your DMs on board in "Slidin' into my DMs" to answer some questions the community has as well as asking some of the bigger questions like the Multiclassing one you just posted. Keep up the creative flow, but don't feel bad about taking a break every now and again. Recalling from experience on my end, if you overwork yourself too much, you won't get ample rest. Stay hydrated, stay creative, and enjoy your day.
Unused 9th Level Spell Slot: 😚
Sorcerer/Cleric Build with Inflict Wounds: 😈
I like your builds, optimized or not, they give me ideas.
Good job!
Still one of my favorite builds you have done! Coming back to comment for the algorithm
I like putting a little RP into the optimization machine. I think you have covered the majority of the top tier sustained damage builds at this point, as seeing what can be done with some self made restrictions seems fun.
God I love Tuesdays! New content from both you and Dungeon Dudes, highlight of my lockdown week. I enjoyed the conceptual build approach, it's what I encourage for my players (tho I just optimize my own pc's and justify later) and the self limiting aspects of it would definitely get you first dibs on personalised treasure at my table. Yep, more builds like this please. I'd also be interested in how you would build the Gloomstalker / Assassin multiclass. I know it's become a trope but I'd love to see your version.
Admittedly, I did a Gloom/Assass in episode 5 but... it also happened to be a sorc, pally, and fighter as well... I know I know, but it's so hard to resist all that nova damage! You could, of course, always pair it back to be more reasonable :).
I absolutely loved this episode
This was amazing. Please keep doing builds like this!
Glad you enjoyed! I'll try - I admit it can be hard to pull myself away from my normal "I just want the best numbers no matter what!" mentality, but I enjoy the exercise :P. I think you might like next week's episode...
@@DnDDeepDive Ive liked every episode at this point, I'm sure you can keep your episode like ratio at the top of my spreadsheets.
Lol Love the run in with Mr. Rogers :D
I like the idea of these videos, also opens up some more for you to talk about in the future
I've binged your content from episode 1 for a few days now, and I really love your content. My favorite was the support bard build. Would it be okay to ask if you can optimize a build that debuffs enemies and controls the battlefield, like an evil mastermind kind of vibe.
Thanks - glad you're enjoying! Will add to the list!
This concept is awesome! Please do more content like this!
Definitely have been trying to, and adding more all the time - you'll likely enjoy tomorrow's vid! :)
@@DnDDeepDive I'll be looking forward to it then!
very interesting concept I love it so more
Keep these coming.
Love your content! I literally started this video 23 seconds after you posted it.
Thanks! Enjoy :)
I like the idea of RP based builds but I love your mechanic based builds as well. In this vein of builds I think a no save/irresistible build would be cool. So spells like Magic Missile, Heat Metal, Maze, Otto’s Irresistible Dance, effects that don’t require attack rolls or saving throws, they just happen with spells/effects that save for half being acceptable but less desirable.
love that you stick to your restrictions
Love coming up with a concept like this and then making the character fit the bill rather than trying to come up with a zany justification for an optimised hexlock sorcerer paladin assassin multiclassing. More please.
Yes. Always make fun builds. Their are so many places for min/max'd optimized munchkin builds. We need more places for fun builds!
How about both!? :)
I absolutely adore this kind of build, because it helps players have access to weird character concepts, even if apparently they are not so good. It's still optimization after all, but starting from the character concept 😃
I like the theme builds. Should definitely keep it up.
I usually don’t like background music because it makes it harder to hear the speaker, but I like the Celtic music you usually play.
Love this idea for videos, setting up some artificial constraints is a cool idea, and will open up some more diverse builds 😁
i love the concept of this character, it's very unique
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed :)
I love the idea of themed/constrained characters! Even more than the “plain” min-maxed ones!
This build reminds me a lot of Moira from overwatch, nice job keep up the good content.
While I do enjoy your best possible character videos based on numbers, this idea of optimizing characters within a certain set of rules is much more appealing to me it’s like playing on hard mode.
Great video. Occasionally I will build a character by seeing how mechanic X combines with mechanic Y, but more often than not I start with an idea like this and then see how best to fulfill the concept. I’m not an optimizer (stupid maths) so I think it’s great you made a video like this.
Hope you continue to make videos like this along with your regular builds.
Thanks!
Loved the video! That’s how i make my character most of the time!!! Like my current character, whos a paladin with no paladin lvl. Trying to get most paladin feature elsewhere. Lay on hand= aasimar healing hand, channel divinity= scourge aasimar transformation. Smite= blade lock eldritch smite.
The only thing i cant find so far is the aura of protection. Something to help me and/or my party to saves on spell
I love doing builds and seeing builds done off of a story. DMs tend have more buy-in on characters that are story driven craziness. Aaaannd they tend to have more fun especially in situations they aren't specialised into.
Im glad you didn't try to go storm sorcerer. The tempest cleric is a better storm sorcerer than the storm sorcerer.
agreed. and any other sorc with tempest cleric is generally the better combo. i consider storm sorc to be the worst sorc subclass.
I know I'm late to the party, but just found your channel! I don't know how this would affect the overall build, but thematically, I feel like it's a gem! A single level dip in Warlock would give you access to a 1st level spell slot that comes back on a short rest, great for farming some Sorcery points, but most importantly, you'll be able to grab Hellish Rebuke! Couple this with Transmute Spell for 1 Sorcery point to lightning, upcast when you can, it'll benefit from your extra damages, and gives you a great use of your Channel Divinity to maximize the damage! It still falls within the constraints you've put in place, even further that by only using it when someone hits you with a melee attack. Keep up the awesome videos!
I also enjoy the concept builds. Not just pumping up the damage builds.
I would love to see more like this. Potentially a race build where you build a character around a particular race you really like and find a way to use it to the best of its ability.
To be fair, I'm an optimizer also. But I love gnomes and I wanted to use one as a tank, so I built a gnome barbarian which does suprisingly well on the mental saves due to the advantages from the gnome feature.
Name for this character: Sparky MacJazzhands
I love building characters that way. I usually build a story and imagine what he does and how and then try to figure out what classes and race work best to make that story work. This was a fun build. I would probably let myself use spells like thunderwave and thunderstep since they all radiate from me so it's like transferring the energy to the ground and letting it spread
Love the premise! This is how I like to build my characters: come up with an interesting premise and them min/max it. Sure my folk hero wrestling champ isn't as strong as a fighter/barbarian, but he's interesting and fun to play and he's full of folksy wisdom! Great videos, keep up the good work :)
Thanks!
I suggest you continue illustrating optimized builds with contrived circumstances. You'd be surprised how many people will latch onto this concept because it keeps us from overshadowing our casual table. More unique builds and concepts are always appreciated.. just keep it optimized! My personal favorite contrived concept: I implore you look into the gnome/kobold/small battlesmith artificer dual wielding lances. We all know how underwhelming TWF is. But is 1d12+5x3 with the piercer feat really so bad? And if your table allows, dip mutant blood hunter (TWF, 1d4 lightning per attack), have 19 base INT (feytouched for hex or hunter's mark), enjoy 24 INT by level 20.
Probably my most requested build! Well, that or Beast Master - planning on talking to my DMs today about mounted combat to get at some of the questions surrounding it...
Neat, I like the idea of creating a character that is within a framework that is limited in a concept but still functionally optimized within the restrictions. I have a character I've been wanting to create with-in D&D. It is based on a City of Heroes character and is kind of a Shadow empath using shadowy tenticles for control while doing psychic damage. Wanting maybe a deep one or great old one warlock with aberrant mind Sorcerer. Anyway I like this kind of twisty build.
Illusionist’s Bracers from Ravnica allow you to cast the same cantrip twice using both your Action and Bonus action. Though it is rare item, it will let our character keep all our sorcery points and spell slots. I think it’s the best magic item for this build
We also could use distant spell metamagic instead of quickened (May be we could say that this is the only way how our character can deliver magic not through touching someone) and become this monk of the radiant soul style guy who is throwing shocking grasps at his enemies who are unlucky to come too close to us
Anyway, this build is amazing and seems really fun to play. Thank you!
Like many before, enjoyed this one. Liked the concept and the fact that a couple of your builds have focused on cantrips for the damage output; leaves plenty of spell slots to be more magically active in non/pre/post battle situations.
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed :)
Just an interesting thought, but transmuted could possibly work for spirit shroud since you can choose cold when casting it then change it to lightning for the sorcery point if you wanted to do so, also have to agree with @shuriksokol on the bracers
Absolutely love the video. A bit of a heads up though, you can use heavy armor without the strength requirement, you just lose 10 feet of movement
Right! Thanks for the reminder.
The idea of optimizing with one hand tied behind your back and ending up hanging with the bard locker and the monger with major restrictions is very cool.
The Chidori/Raikiri build
If you went for fire damage, you could take celestial warlock 6 and Draconic 6. Both add charisma to fire damage. If you take Shillelagh at warlock 3, tome, and attack with green flame blade, you are adding a total of 3x charisma
I like it! As long as you were ok hitting things with a weapon! :)
I had a very similar idea before and it's on my list to play one day. One main thing I plan on doing thoigh is Divine Soul because Inflict wounds is great and access to all cleric stuff.
For metamagic I would take distant spell because then the spells with touch can have a range. Kind of a cop out slightly, but still limits me to touch spells
Really liked this one. I actually just finished a similar build but dipped into warlock instead of cleric. Only built it out to level 10, but kept the lightning theme with draconic sorcerer.
I started sorcerer and picked up crusher feat at lvl 1. Lvl 2 I went Genie warlock to add bludgeoning damage to one attack. Neat interaction with booming blade as it pushes enemy away. After that raced to sorcerer 6 for modifier damage then took 2 more levels in warlock to get pseudodragon familiar to deliver my shocking grasp and be a target for dragon breath spell. Finished off with 7th level sorcerer to get 4 level spells.
Can’t say enough how much I like optimizing these gimmicks builds. Hope to see more like this
This may have been mentioned, but why not go for a divine soul mountain dwarf? Medium armor, access to cleric spell list, etc.
I love this! I enjoy the usual pure mechanics builds because they are fun to think about. But having a theme and implementing it in a cool effective way is awesome and can be implemented easier at the table with a few tweaks for personal preference. Would love to see more themed builds! Given you've done quite a number of pure damage builds there's a good set of options to compare new ideas to, and even tanks etc have some comparisons (though I'd love to see more defensive builds!).
Side note: This build is obviously best if your campaign starts at higher levels imo. However while the damage of those first cleric levels is sadly pretty static, your AC and utility options go way up so they are not a waste by any means! If the campaign is going to be 1-11 or so it would definitely be worth a discussion with the DM to try and work in some magic items during those levels to make the damage feel more substantial.
"And maybe even in game, this might be like my right hand does damage, and my left hand heals"
Oh, Moira from Overwatch, got it.
I really like the self-limiting idea. I am working on a character using this idea. The backstory is a little complex but involves magical lightning hitting my character's hands. He was a tailor, so crafts gloves to keep his magic from affecting others and takes off his gloves during battle. He is part of the underground that helps protect dragons from being hunted to extinction. Thanks for the ideas!
This sounds like a great Captain America wielding Mjlonir build!
I love this character and wanted to throw a custom concepts in as well for any who wants to use it. It sounds like some sort of entity has taken up residence in the sorcerer's body and has created a sort of Symbiotic relationship with them. Keeping the host alive with spells and taking... something in return. I can see the character moving and leaving a trail of lightning behind them, an echo of their movements.
At level 7 when you get your shield, a cool V shaped metal shield would allow you to flavor a nice Jacob's Ladder between the top points, which would be cool. The cleric could be explained as a deeper connection with the entity inside of the character and using that connection to help unlock their full potential.
I love how these videos start off with heavy metal riffs and then transition to soft-spoken ASMR.
😂😂 When I was looking for intro music from the free RUclips library, I was unable to resist the one called “Cthulhu” 😉
It would be interesting to optimize around a race, e.g. a bugbear to see what you can do with the longer reach. There are some cool options out there and it would break up the run of custom lineage.
The build would have to change quite a bit, it might also be possible to pull off a similar build using Primal Savagery as your primary cantrip. It would definitely have a different feel to it, but I think it would be really interesting to try to make it work!
I'll agree with what seems to be most in the comments and say I really do enjoy an optimized build around a specific concept like this. As to whether you do more builds like this, I'd only say I would hope you only do a build if you're truly interested in it. I've seen other concept builds that perhaps were requested by viewers and you could tell the person doing the build really wasn't that into it. What that led to was the build not receiving the same level of thought and care which meant it had pretty significant holes. Thanks for what you do!
Thanks! I'll use this as my guidepost/mantra going forward ;)
Agreed, unfortunately optimizing builds can push some people away, but for those of us that like the numbers and the spreadsheets, it’s way better when you’re into it.
Just because it doesn’t deal intimate damage doesn’t mean it’s not interesting.
Really nice video! I wont make this build. Bit i learned a lot of Good tactics that i can use with one of my present characters.
I like the idea of constrained optimization.
It could be interesting to simulate some non-optimized characters as a comparison baseline. If people are interested, I could start running some lvl 1-20 simulations for the official example characters and post it in the reddit. What say you?
The touch condition is a really tough one, seeing how incredibly few damaging touch spells there are in DnD. I think I would work with my DM to let me reflavour ranged spells as touch spells. Since this is a straightup nerv mechanically, I think most DMs will allow it and might even work with you to give you some advantage to compensate.
Marvellous.
The only other cantrip I know of that is elemental damage and touch is primal savagery, from the druid list. It is a d10 acid instead of a d8 lightning, but idk if it's worth a sorc point to get 1 more damage on average.
29:39 I feel it is important to mention that inflict wounds is based on your wisdom, so you are much less likely to hit with it
All I can think about is a way of mercy monk with like a two level dip in Hexblade for hex.
I live when you commit to a theme or a conceptearly on and stick to it all the way through. I am still waiting for a shileilegh build.
For the magic touch guy, I knew during the level 6 damage report that you were going tempest cleric 8 because I was just looking at that for my dragonborn.
Love the idea! Bonus points if you call your character Barak. Means “lightning” in Hebrew. :)
i think you just made Cole Macgrat from Infamous...I LOVE IT
I know I'm a year and a half late lol, but unless it got a reprint and they changed it, I think bestow curse only does one of those options, not all of them. Still a good spell, but much more situational.