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Play an aasimar. Be a wizard. Choose the school of Theurgy. Select the Arcana domain. Continue to spiral and disorient your allies with your circular theming

Play rabbitfolk. Take Satire Bard. Become Bugs Bunny.

I played a Death Domain Theurgy Wizard for Tomb of Annihilation. It was so cool. Basically, instead of being a worshipper of gods of death, he studied them all. Amazing necrotic blaster.

Undying light seems fairly similar to celestial warlock. Granted, I think celestial is more about healing as support as a lot of the features are swapped around and scale accordingly

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I played a Phoenix Sorc in an ongoing campaign and she wound up with awesome lore around her origins and ultimate fate (she used up all her magical ability to revive the World Tree at the campaign's end). I loved it.

Okay but imagine this. Theurgy Wizard with the Tempest Domain. You now have Tempest Domain's powerful channel divinity, with access to powerful spells for Lightning and Thunder from the Wizard Spell List So now you have a Wizard who can just decide "Nah. I'm just going to deal maximum damage on my Chain Lightning instead of rolling"

Forge Theurgy Wizard. A true tank Wizard. I don't care how big the room is--I'm immune to fire damage. I CAST FIREBALL!!"

I love playing a Phoenix Sorcerer/Fighter/Paladin that uses a whip. Reflavor the whip as a chain, and after convincing the DM to give me a cool mount, then I'm playing _Ghost Rider._

No love for the Primeval Guardian Ranger? Becoming a tanky tree was such a fun idea, but they shelved it to avoid having large-sized PCs...only to introduce the Rune Knight and Path of Giants a few years later.

My favourite unreleased subclass is Onomany Wizard My DM let me play the subclass in a one-shot. I was a multiclassed Onomancy Wizard with Grave Cleric. The concept of the character was that they would receive names from their god for people who need to die to maintain the fate of the world, with their god being The Fates (or an analogue for The Fates). It was a higher level one-shot, so it was 7th level Onomancy Wizard (for 4th level spells) + 5th level Grave Cleric. The resonances were very fun to use.

I played a fire genasi fiend warlock that broke free of their pact and was reborn as a phoenix sorcerer

I remember playing the UA Brute Fighter. I had so much fun with it. I remember being so sad when there were no plans to officially release it

Slight correction: Nourishing Fire doesn't give you temporary HP, it lets you regain HP equal to the slot's level + CHA modifier. At least, that's what it was in UA.

I see the College of Satire as being the stand up comedians of D&D.

Undying Light Warlock sounds really similar to Celestial.

I like the dice at the bottom left that represent each chapter, nice touch

Can’t wait to fail at reading the mind of the corrupt noble just to watch him loudly fart during an important meeting

I wish the College Of Satire was just really sarcastic and had an ability called Poe's Law where nobody understands what they're trying to say half the time

The Phoenix Sorcerer is Joshua from Final Fantasy 16.

Undying Light Warlock sounds really similar to Celestial

Really glad that you made this video. Ted/Nerd Immersion had a player use the phoenix subclass so he tweaked it so that it was in line with Tasha's subclasses and fixed the janky wording. Would definitely love if you did a follow up video on additional subclasses we never saw such as the archivist artificer (I know a lot of people were fuming that never got printed), brute and sharpshooter fighter, giant soul and stone sorcery sorcerer, Raven Queen and seeker warlock patrons, as well as the onomancy wizard. The Raven Queen one is probably the one I was most disappointed that we never got, but my 3.5 friends who enjoyed the truenamer class were really looking forward to the onomancy wizard subclass.

@DnDShorts, thank you so much for being you. I love your content. I don't make a lot of money but it didn't stop me from supporting Ryoko's guide. Just know you are appreciated.

I really like your videos man, please keep them coming. They are very helpful to a newish player like me and attempting DM. Thank you.

I played a Half Drow Paladin of Treachery once, he was great. He had a giant Komodo dragon as a mount. ❤

Old issues of Dragons Magazine contain many fun and off-beat character classes. Most are not very good, but a few can be a lot of fun. Classes like The Jester were just over the top.

I spilled coffee all over myself this morning, spent the day stuck in mind numbing tasks, and was feeling low. I now have new classes to play AND a new TTRPG that my remote self can play, even alone. What a turn around, thanks!

I created an oath of treachery paladin about 2 weeks ago, loving the idea behind it's abilities. Thank you so much for putting it into the eyes if the people.

Love this video and would love to see more like it. Keep up the good work. Love your content.

I REALLY like the dice with the timers. It's fantastic and really helps my Autistic/ADHD brain focus so I don't have to keep checking where KZfaqs lil red bar is. Thanks for your effort!

Not only do I love all of these options, but there's something very funny about having known about them or played in a game with them before. I was so hyped to hear the satire bard brought up cause that tumble is SO ICONIC

I love ALL DnD Shorts videos!

Love your vids, looking forward to when Ryoko's comes out.

These all seem really cool, and there's a few more that I really liked when I saw them. Giant Soul Sorcerer- basically Rune Knight for sorcerers. You get different powers and spells based on which giant you're descended from. Stone Sorcery- Tank Sorcerer. You get more HP and permanent mage armor, your can protect your friends, and if they get hit you can teleport next to them and literally smite them. You get smite spells added to your spell list, that seems so cool. Revised Beast Master-It's a better beast master, but the standout ability for me is that your beast levels up with you, even getting ASIs when you do. It doesn't specify, but as DM I would allow the beast to take feats instead, which could lead to some wild shenanigans, like a beast proficient in greatswords or a beast with a familiar and firebolt from Magic Initiate.

i love your channel so much! Thanks :)

Fantastic video, I liked all of these subclasses.

Loved this video. Would love to see more UA videos

These are awesome, i love hearing about weird subclasses^^

4:40 I'm actually pretty sure you CAN'T keep adding the charisma mod to Flaming Sphere each turn since Radiant soul does say "When you cast" meaning during the instance, ala fireball, or scorching ray. Also you can do that Agathys/Damageshield combo with Fiend.

I'm happy some of these are getting more love/ notice. I once upon a time played a Oath of Treachery Paladin changeling. The Jester Knight. Its essentially a better version of Trickery domain from the cleric but for Paladin and I love it for that. Two UA's I also loved were Stone Sorcerer and Onomancy wizard. Stone Sorcerer because I am all about that Hybrid life and we dont really have a proper rep for Geomancy and the like in DND outside of a few spells. Onomancy because Name magic nonsense can be REALLY interesting in how its used. I was able to play this once in a One shot the devil who dropped and in darkness (the spell) just proceeded to get blasted by me whos hiding behind a wall, hitting him with a remote fireball that does Force damage. It was wacky and I loved it.

Great video somewhere I have all of these good UA subclasses printed out in a dusty folder I lose and find to make a new character and lose again. This will save me from having to reread it constantly

Cool I'm gonna check at least one of these out

I love Theurgy Wizards. I have been running them in my games for a few years now as NPC Priests and even had a player like them so much they made one after their first character died. A Life Theurgist that made it from 3rd to 10th level before dying in a tragic mishap within the Shadowfell.

One of the PCs in an Icewind Dale campaign I'm running is a Phoenix Sorcerer who plans to multiclass into Undying Light Warlock down the line. The flavor combo of those two subclasses in particular is absolutely DOPE, plus it's absurdly viable from a mechanical standpoint.

Ummm this was your best ad yet. Great finish.

The only gripe I have with Phoenix Sorcerer is that the transformation can only be used once per long rest. Once used up, your basically just a sorcerer without a subclass for the day. I would say that to fix up the subclass is to have the transformation be used an amount of times equal to either your Charisma Modifier or your PB per long rest. Alternatively, it can still be used once but instead recharges on a short rest.

❤ Nice love to see this type of stuff.

One really fun aspect of Theurgy Wizard is it expands your choices for Spell Mastery and Signature Spells. Any cleric spells you get from theurgy count as wizard spells for you, and are written in your spellbook, so you can get things like at will Cure Wounds or Sanctuary

Awesome video! Thanks

Small nitpick, Celestial Warlock is the same as the light warlock, just with the features slightly changed and in a different order. Having healing light at 1st level and giving a 60 foot range is amazing.

I absolutely love the Phoenix Sorcerer! It would give me the excuse to play as an actual phoenix (picking Aarakocra for my race).

My personal favourite forgotten subclasses are the MTG clerics: Solidarity domain is an interesting support tank combo, Strength domain lets you be a war cleric with shileighleigh or thorn whip, Ambition is a slightly different trickery cleric, and Zeal domain is tempest domain turned up to a million (replace lightning damage with fire damage and give it haste and fireball). I love these subclasses but never see them talked about

I would love if you cover more of these subclsses.

Nice use of the Majin Vegeta sacrifice, good job

Another “lost” subclass is the Love Domain Cleric, which got deleted almost immediately and replaced by the much less interesting Unity Domain

We have a homebrew Bard Class that might be worth looking at: College of Love (Troubador/ Gallant). At 3rd level, you get to pick three of the following skills or proficiencies: Insight, Persuasion, Deception, History, Martial Arms, Medium Armor. Poetic License : Also a 3rd level, you learn to inspire others to express themselves and find their passions. An ally that has a Bardic Inspiration die from you can roll that die and add the number to a Charisma or a social based Skill check; he may choose to use after he has rolled but before the Dungeon Master has ruled whether it succeeds or fails. Silver Tongue: At 6th level, when you cast the spells charm, friends, or suggestion you can choose to have either give the target disadvantage when making a saving throw to resist or making the spell subtle so as to try to make the creature unaware that it has been charmed. If the latter, so long as the commands or suggestions made upon the creature aren’t too outrageous or too far out of character, it must make Will saving throw in order for it to realize it has been charmed and become hostile as per the spell description. Otherwise it will consider its actions while under the bard’s influence an odd moment, perhaps brought on by strong drink or a momentary lapse of reason. Love’s Arrow: At 14th level a Gallant and his allies, when fighting in the cause of Love and the virtues that he believes in, can expend a Bardic Inspiration to add to a Death Save to avoid dying (having received a vision of his beloved or another dear one asking him to remain). Alternatively, if the last Death save fails upon reaching zero hit points, he or an inspired ally can roll a Bardic Inspiration die to receive an equal number of temporary hit points to try to do one last heroic deed and say an inspirational final farewell before expiring. If magically healed or bandaged before this final death, the bard or his ally stabilizes but any temporary hit points gained from this Bardic Inspiration are gone.

i LOVE the satire bard, that’s such incredible flavorful mechanics. Like that seems like so much fun

Love this video concept. Perhaps you could due all of the UA classes?

I'm running a campaign using the EGtW soon and I've been looking for a good class to assign to Leylas Kryn. That Undying Light warlock looks like a winner, so thanks!

Genie Warlock 10 plus Ranger(any subclass) Deft Explorer 10 equals upto 288 fireballs in a day, every day, forever.

I'm about to run a Witchlight campaign with a couple of friends that both took the Witchlight Hand background, and one of them asked if they could use College of Satire for their Bard. I immediately fell in love with it, and let it in.

Seeing the planeshift documents get covered wiuld be cool too!

We're creating a whole set of sub classes for the base classes for Khor The World of Many Portals. Those sub classes are EXTREMELY MARKETABLE to players & DMs who want "world-specific" subclasses that can easily be "ported" to their own worlds.

I play a Phoenix Sorcerer/Undead Warlock multiclass in our group's Eberron game! She was a runic scribe in a former life when she was attacked by a vampire, and in order to stop the transformation into a spawn she absorbed and bonded a rune of fire magic into her soul. It's a really fun character to play thematically. When she's transformed using her Form of Dread, her Mantle of Flame is black and red fire that swirls around her.

All your multiclass building videos and NOW lost subclasses!?! You're driving me CRAZY!!!... Thank you sir. Just a couple of comments... 1. Without meaning to poach your material from Ryoku... Could you find find us some more "lost" elemental subclass builds for a L5R flavored game? (A metal mage, a sea sorcerer, a wood witch, an icey enchanter... etc) 2. If the builds are OP and are all members of the same party, do they help even everything out?

Planning a warforged armoror artificer multiclassed with Tempest domain theurgy wizard and i love it!

With your homebrew suggestion for the Satire Bard, my first reaction is that it would be a little problematic because it would let players purposely do some meaningless roll to get rid of the penalty, but the more I thought about it the more that absolutely falls in line flavorwise for a kind of jester bard who will do some kind of stunt and purposely fail to play it up for laughs (like slip on a banana peel or get pied in the face). Cool video all around!

Can't believe you left out the part of Theurgy Wizard where you can just take spells from the cleric spell list after gaining all the subclass spells, and that they count as wizard spells for you! I am convinced at will Cure Wounds with Spell Mastery is the main reason it never got published.

I am actually setting myself up to play an Oath of Treachery Paladin in our next campaign. Going to have a lot of fun with this one!

I want more dragon subclasses

My first 5e character was a drunken master monk/trickery cleric eladrin. The treachery pally reminds me of that character. She could redirect missed attacks, make a duplicate, deal poison damage - and with the elven advantage feat, I was generally rolling 3 d20s and taking the best.

I’d love a pt2 to this, Ranger in particular has a couple badass unearthed Arcana subclasses we never got officially printed.

Gracias amigo, good stuff 😁😎🙌

a theurgy wizard picking arcana cleric as their domain would be the equivalent of that time Brian Cranston walked around wearing a mask of his own face.

I came up with an apparition sorcerer origin. Concentration while unconscious, spell casting while unconscious, out of body observations/spell touch, and possession of targets like magic jar without the jar.

for the oath of treachery, at lvl 20 you can get advantage on your attack that deals 20+20+20 dmg, thats only if you dont count your str modifier and smites (20 dmg for the 2d10 when advantage + 20 because of the level + 20 because of the icon of deceit)

Very interesting video, the only Sub-Classes mentioned that I would like are: Undying Light Warlock, Phoenix Sorcerer, and Theurgy Wizard. The other 2 are not my style/preference.

There was one I remember that was like favored soul I want to say for a sorcerer that eventually was workshopped into Divine Soul, IIRC that was a really cool subclass. Firet level was domain spells from one cleric spell list, So a massive amount of extra spells for sorcerer. Also gain light and medium armor. 6th level was an extra attack. 14th level was at will wings that come out as a bonus action. 18th level was when you cast a spell from your chosen cleric spell list you regain chr mod+ spell level hit points. This sounds like a really weird subclass that could lead to all sorts of crazy shenanigans at high level play.

Mordenkainen’s codex of allies did a fantastic revamp of Collage of Fools Bard that I use for my Jester character in Curse of Strahd

We've got a campaign rolling up, DMs let me roll up the Theurgy wizard, but hes also been chilled with my multiclassing into Cleric. Only doing a single dip for the domain. But shes rolling up the beauty and fate UA. Hyped AF

when you mentioned Theurgy Wizard, you was basically describing Elminsters class from the Forgotten Realms area that has Myth Draynor in it

oh that add was a great chuckle

As a Dark Pit main and a paladin player in DnD I appreciate his theme playing on the paladin part.

I wish we got a Phoenix Sorcerer that worked like Pathfinder 1e's take on the concept, where you can make your fire spells heal your allies

I really like the stone sorcerer. It is the melee sorcerer we never got to see.

Did anyone else consider that a lv.20 life domain theurgy wizard can cast cure wounds infinitely, basically becoming the greatest healer ever with both the lv. 1 and 17 heal bonuses from the cleric? I love this LOL

I once played a multiclass undying light warlock/Phoenix sorcerer it was so much fun. It took so much to keep him down lol

I've seen mention of Way of Tranquility Monk, but haven't seen it in any books. Closest thing to it I found was Way of Mercy, but they're still quite different

Phoenix soul sorcerer is so fun with Transmute Spell and Elemental Adept. Ignore fire resistence on powerful fiends and dragons, and make EVERY spell a fire damage spell with a few sorcery points.

Another one I recently actually wrote an update for is the Stone Sorcerer. Also Raven Queen Warlock.

I was really hoping this was going to feature the Path of the Depths Barbarian. It was one of the most fun Barbarian subclasses I’ve played, not because it was particularly powerful but just so flavorful. There was nothing that put you in the nautical vibe like manifesting a spectral anchor and dragging enemies toward you.

The Treachery Paladin is basically Talion from Shadow Of War. Thank you a lot for finding me something I could play easily without needing to multiclass Ranger,Warlock, and Fighter or needing to look at Homebrews.

I'm still waiting for my Lore Master Wizard subclass, Scribes took a lot of features from this subclasses but is not the Lore Master that I want to play, I want a wizard subclass master in spell penetration, modifying spells and expertise in knowledge skills The cooncept of this sublclass is awesome, I want to play a Lore Master since they appear for the first time many years ago

Not going to lie, I didn’t even know you had tier for games. Would have loved to join, but the slots are currently full. Still enjoying the Ryoko content regardless. Keep up the great content and May the dice forever roll the way you want them.

For a build using the Phoenix Sorc, Elemental Adept is mandatory to make sure everyone gets burned by your flames (cept those that are immune).

I have actually always looked at these when I was making a character, we even have had a Pheonix sorc in a game

I think you missed the implication of the Phoenix sorcerer to be kind of melee. You cast a few things like flame blade, fire shield, mage armor and shield ready to accompany all of that. Then you go into melee, where you can deal really good damage with flame blade, have a good AC and if they hit you they take a ton of damage from your Phoenix abilities and fire shield. And if they kill you, you deal a bunch of damage while dying and come back with 1 hp and then bail out to cast scorching ray, firebolt, and fireball from the back lines.

I loved the stone sorcerer, it was flavoursome AF.

I would be interested in seeing a lost subclass for each class in the future. I didn't even know that these existed.