A Distant Inflict Wounds has always made me happy.

It is NOT an April Fool's joke people, our Dungeon Dudes Delve in nothing but FACTS AND WHOLESOMENESS for their community!

Can I just mention something that I didn't hear in the video about the importance of twin spell on a Divine Soul Sorcerer that makes reviving characters EVEN MORE important? When you twin revivify and raise dead etc etc, just like all other spells, you only consume the spell components once when you twin it. That 500gp diamond you found also gets double the value when you twin raise dead.

It's easy to get overwhelmed with so many options, but always remember: Fireball will solve all the problems your other spells can't.

Me, who is playing a Divine Soul/Celestial Warlock: Please don't be an April Fool's joke, please don't be an April Fool's joke

I had two party members die to a remorrhaz in Storm King’s Thunder and I got to twin revivify them. The image in my head has always been epic and I want to get it commissioned one day.

Distant spell metamagic is amazing for the cleric spells that require touch. Being able to cast inflict wounds at 30 feet makes you feel like Darth Vader force choking enemies. Not to mention if someone goes down outside your range than a 120 ft healing word or a 30 ft cure wounds can keep you safe without having to wade into combat.

Protector Aasimar Divine Soul Sorcerer here, played in a Tier 4 oneshot recently. I don't think my DM, who I've been playing with for years, has ever hated me more than when I had 4th level Spiritual Weapon, a twinned Haste on the Monk and the Paladin (which made the boss miss no fewer than 5 attacks they would have hit on) and then Counterspelled a Circle of Death that was going to mince the whole party. Good times indeed.

In one of my campaigns, we kind of messed up our party composition, and didn't have a great healer. I originally chose the Draconic bloodline sorcerer subclass, but when it came time to level up, I talked with my DM about retraining my subclass (optional rule in TCoE), and we reflavored that my draconic scales and features actually came from Bahamut, and that this was revealed to my character in a dream sequence after we had a really tough encounter.

Anyone else miss the little intro story they would do for the subclass guides?

Dual cast Guiding Bolt is maybe the coolest visual ever.

I'm surprised you didn't mention two amazing high level spells for Divine Soul Sorcerers. Bestow Curse and Contagion are absolutely hilariously good on a Divine Soul Sorcerer. You can either use Distant metamagic to make the touch spells have a range of 30 feet, or you can use Heighten to make Bestow Curse a disadvantage save or suck spell (At higher levels non concentration spell too!). Not to mention if you get two really nasty enemies lined up next to one another you can even twin these spells to absolutely ruin those enemies day.

Playing a Divine Soul is so much fun. I had one who really was the dedicated Healer of the party. Barely any damage dealing spells, but all the heal spells and Distant Spell + Twinned Spell (we were only level 4 until the campaign unfortunately ended). Luckily my DM back then was very generous and gave us all some very specific magic items that were fitted for our characters. I had a ring that healed everybody around me for 1d6 whenever I used Sorcery Points... I miss these days ^^

Played a divine soul sorcerer tortle for a while. A hippy sort that encounter something in an ocean cave. And gained some powers. The signature being absorbing salt and water out of creatures by touch. (Inflict wounds). That can be a brutal spell twinned. And the divine favour is a big help on painful misses. Had inspiring leader as a feat. Would just hang out and tell stories.

You all thought it was an April Fools Day video but it was actually a reference to Holy Week

DIVINE SOUL SORCERER LETS GOOO

I’m playing a warlock multiclasing as a divine soul sorcerer. Those extra spell slots and favored by the gods have been clutch in the campaign.

I mixed divine soul with hexblade for for an archangel build. I also went Aasimar, and the RP is that he's inhabited by an archangel ala Supernatural style.

The Extended spell on Aid etc is a great way to make use of any leftover slots at the end of an adventuring day. Spirit Guardians note: if the enemies have a choice between stabbing you ad being torn to shreds by spirits, or stabbing your friend and not being torn to shreds by them, they probs won't go for you. So it's effective even if you're not in the very thick of combat.

One filthy combo I found was to Quicken Sunbeam, and then using that turns action to fire it again. Abit of DBZ beam action for one big turn 👌🏿

I'm so glad this wasn't an April Fools joke! I've been asking for this video for a year and I'm so happy with this end product! One thing not mentioned extensively is the pairing of distant spell metamagic and all of the touch spells. Being able to cast touch spells from a distance of 30ft or short range spells like healing word from much greater distances is potentially huge. Especially for campaigns with long sight lines such as a ocean campaign. Anyway loved the video!

For everyone looking for the April fool's joke, it's the dungeon dudes not mentioning twinned shield of faith for your fighter/barbarian.

Platinum draconic angel, divine soul sorcerer with cleric domain spells/paladin of Bahamut, who is struggling between his divine and draconic side while training to become a champion of Bahamut, and has to keep his powers hidden or become targeted by the followers of Tiamat. Best damn character I've played so far, and its only been 5 sessions.

These types of videos are my favorite. I listen to a lot of Dungeon Dudes while I'm driving. I love where you talk about character concepts and how the class would work with the races. Excellent stuff you guys are putting out. Thank you!

The scroll possibilities of the Divine Soul are huge.

“Why on earth are your sorcerer within 15f of enemies?” Yeah, that is usually what my group keeps asking me 😊 That and “What the F… are you doing 30f in front of the barbarian???”

I was thinking of making a Lawful-Good Divine Soul Sorcerer sooner or later to become this soft boy with unironic and not silly optimistic views on life. I had backstory mostly done and the personality but I needed help on mechanical part because having both cleric and sorcerer spell list as well as tons of customization options is overwhelming. Thank you for this video, I'll use it as guideline to make both RP appealing and combat/mechanic potent character!

I actually asked for that in the Sorcerer's video, because i find it really hard to build a Divine Soul Character, and this video so far is meeting all my expectations :D Thanks!

Great video guys, love how you gave the outside examples with the cleric spells ✅

A deep dive into one of the sorcerer sub-classes I'm the most interested in. Terrific!

Was so stoked to see this! I'm playing a divine soul sorc/hex warlock, and it's super fun!!!

My Protector Aasimar celestial warlock/divine sorcerer laughes and blasts with eldritch lightning-explosions while buffing and healing while soaring in the sky

Thanks guys as always! You gave me some ideas I wouldn't have thought of otherwise.

Glad I got a chance to see this. Thanks again Dudes!

Love these guys. Playing a Hexblade/DSsorcerer currently and was thoroughly helped

Omg! You both helped me so much to wrap my head around this sub-class which I normally passed by. I’m very interested in creating a mt. Dwarf sorcerer 🤙🏻

Actually playing Divine soul Sorcerer ( a little kiddo tiefling!) as my first character and it has been super fun! at lv 11 at the moment and each time I get new spell slots I need a week to decide what to pick, lol :'D Spoiled for choice! I've more or less been a swiss knife of the party with buffs and debuffs, as well as some healing (since we don't have a dedicated healer in the party). It's a subclass that I will definitely give another play in the future, there's so much potential to build a character around it.

Amazing video! Really helped me make my divine soul sorcerer, and I'm having a lot of fun. Would love a "How to Play an Aberrant Mind Sorcerer"

The Transmuted Spell from Tasha's is also a great Metamagic for a Divine Soul. I'm playing Descent to Avernus now and the ability to take Fireball and transmute the damage to non-fire damage is amazing.

I'm playing a Divine Soul Sorcerer in a Tomb of Annihilation game right now. I took Distant Spell as one of my metamagics specifically so I could use Spare the Dying at range. So far it's been a lot of fun, especially with the interaction between my Divine Soul Aasimar and the Cleric.

Wow great timing! Building one right now for a campaign. Good stuff.

This makes me excited to play. I have a divine soul sorcerer ready to go for my brothers homebrew legend of Zelda campaign. Though we have home brewed the subclass to be more along the lines of the new Tasha sorcerer subclass and gives me bloodline spells

Divine Soul Tiefling Sorcerer... Or so he thought. Turns out he was actually descended from Malcanthet, Queen of the Succubi! That was such a fun character...

Great video. I've been thinking about playing a Divine Soul Sorcerer as my next character, now I've made up my mine.

Been playing a Divine Soul Sorcerer for a year and a half, currently level 14, came to check out what tricks I’ve been missing. Turns out, I’m killing it with Twin Healing Word and Heal, and extended spell Aid and Death Ward as my signature moves haha. Great advice throughout though, wish I’d rolled better so I could have more feats

Thank you i been hoping for this video!

You are very easy and fun to listen and you dispense wood wisdom. Thank you dudes!

Love the idea of the necro-sorc. I normally rank Sorcs dead last among casters. But that concept and the ability to pick up Hex really changes the class.

Great video... Spirit Guardians plus Empowered Spell sounds very tempting!

this is my favorite subclass, I had so much fun playing it

I'm currently playing a drow divine soul in Dungeon of the Mad Mage. The versatility the cleric spell list brings is just awesome, and I was glad to see them focus on that. Candidly, I feel like I'm still grappling with how to make the character more optimal (not perfectly optimal; I chose drow as opposed to something like Aasimar for RP reasons) so I appreciate the good tips here. The problem I've been facing is that I'm the party's only full caster, so I end up filling a LOT of roles: healer, blaster, and defensive magic. Took drow high magic as a feat so I could get levitate and dispel magic, plus detect magic on command. Twinning toll the dead has been an effective combat move. I haven't quite been able to make darkness work for me like I hoped I could though.

I love playing healers and the talker this is one of my favorite subclasses

Love you guys! Very helpful information.

My Lightfoot Halfling Divine Soul Sorc. He is taking the lucky feat. The oldest child who has just been all around lucky. He really seems like he’s favored by the gods. Never recognizing how he gets everything he wants and life just works out for him.

Loved this video, I would request a similar one for the armorer Artificer that was just added for Tasha's. I'm going to be playing one soon and there is alot to look at. I liked how with this video you covered a subclass and talked about the options and how they synergized. Also I'm not finding nearly enough content out there about the Artificer in general, and what I can find is all old stuff before Tasha's.

Good video! I've played a divine soul from 3 to 13, and you hit most of the major points I'd cover. Nice idea with Spirit Guardians! I'm getting my wings next level and hadn't considered how that would interact with the spell. I'll have to look hard at that one. I agree that twin spell is incredibly potent with a divine soul, and not just in combat. For example, my character has changed the trajectory of a campaign with a well-placed twinned resurrection. They were NPC members of royal families from neighboring kingdoms whose deaths helped set off the events of the campaign. BBEG was trying to start a war between them. Since this is a campaign that's very heavy on the story, their return will definitely have far-reaching consequences, not just for the campaign arc but for society as a whole.

I’ve always wanted to play as Necromancer (witch) who’s character backstory was based on seeking knowledge of resurrection so they could bring their loved ones who had burned at the stake, back from the dead. I had been considering multiclassing as a wizard/cleric as I’m greedy and wanted the arcane power of the wizards damage but the divine power of healing like the cleric, and had never even thought of Sorcerer until your video you made a few weeks ago ranking sorcerer subclasses and briefly discussing divine soul sorcerer! Since looking into it this is definitely the road to choose for my character as it has all the spell flavour I wanted for them that worked perfectly with their backstory.

Even if your just playing a cleric, picking up Metamagic Adapt and getting Twinned Spell with Distance or Extended Spell is a really strong option. Variant human for the win!

Oh god(s?), thank you! My prayers have been answered!

All your videos are on point!

I've been hoping to see this exact video from u Gentlemen... 👍

And I was looking into playing one soon. Awesome timing

for a feat to synergize even more with the cleric touch range spells would be ritual caster or magic initiate for access to the wizard spell list, which then lets you take find familiar. presto, your owl swoops to within 5 feet of your target, and you can now pass your touch spells into your target from the safety of 100 feet away.

I'm currently playing a Divine Soul Sorc... it's awesome. If you want to add a bit of versatility to it, just dip into Cleric, you get the utility cantrips (Guidance, Thaumaturgy, Mending), you get to prepare some 1st level cleric spells and you can also get Heavy Armor Proficiency with some Domains, besides shields and other lighter armors. Flavour-wise, it also combines well with that divine connection.

I appreciate that you guys mention that the Tasha’s race rules are optional, but it could be cool if you went into a bit more detail on interesting race options for those of us who aren’t using those optional rules.

The timing of this video could never be better. :) And just multi-class my paladin and our next game is tomorrow. 🤗

really huge fan of spirit guardians. Great mileage with my divine soul sorcadin.

The best Option for a spell which got me into the idea of playing a divine soul is a twinned life transference. You still take 4d8 of dmg but you now heal 4 Times as much instead of twice, now that is what I call worth it.

OMG! Another video from the Dungeon Dudes! My drow Divine Soul Sorceress of Lolth thanks you very much for the advice! I think DS is an amazing support class: let's not forget Twinning Shield of Faith, Extending Mage Armor, but also Heightening Contagion is not bad at all... ok, the last one is not ver supportive...

I'm currently playing a Changeling Divine Soul of the chaotic affinity. It is super fun and very flexible; last session I spent most of a combat in the midst of the melee, ACd up with Mage Armor and Haste on myself, Shillelagh (magic initiate feat) and green-flame blade, quickening Cure Wounds when someone went down and swinging away with two actions. Imitation gish? Maybe, but very satisfying

I waited for this greatly. So a great thanks for you dungeon dudes for another great video. I thought a ton about this great subclass which I had not yet a chance to play. I personally think the best metamagic for cleric spells is distant spell. Cause, the contenders are extend and twin right? So, extending aid? That's exciting? No it's not. Yeah so you can give a 3 players the ability to take another hit, without using resources, in the right circumstance. Not a big deal at all. Twin- Healing word- a spell for raising Ko'd people. The amount of times you have two party members down in the same mkment is small. It's a good use, no doubt, but niche. Death ward? A fine spell, but really- two of your party members got knocked out and now are on 1 hp. Casting something like hypnotic pattern or slow is much cheaper and will increase survivability by far. I do not really think there are good cleric spells to twin until heal and harm. Maybe sanctuary is interesting. That said, twin is a must because of polymorph/haste. Not because of divine spells. Distant spell take 3 spells to a whole new level(and costs 1 sorc point only)- Cure wounds- combined with beacon of hope, you can easily apply this hard applying spell and heal tons of hp- you are not always in touch range to a needing party member. Even without beacon of hope, this is good. But admittedly the worst use for distant. Inflict wounds- terrific. You can now apply from afar and to flying foes, a spell that scales greatly, and offers no saving throw but depends on hitting. Well divine souls are wonderful at sticking such spells- favored of the gods and seeking spell metamagic are great for it, not to mention empower spell that can increase damage. Also- no magic resistance, no legendary resistance. It's an underrated damage spell made fantastic with distant. Bestow curse- when added with range, it's an improved hold monster. Wis each turn like hold monster, but it does not go away after succeeding. And only 3rd level. Downside if 30ft range against 90ft range. I'll take it. It can be upped to 5th level(as hold monster) , to be non concentration! I think while these are not the most powerful options among the entire sorc-clr list, these are the most benefiting options fron applying metamagic to divine spells. So I would pick distant and twin for a divine soul, and then really have a hard time at 10th between seeking, empowered and subtle.

Multiclassing with 1 level dip in Order cleric makes this the best support in the game. Combining voice of authority with your meta magic is so fun and feels incredibly powerful. Start sorcerer for constitution save prof then take one level in order cleric. If you have a 14 dex you can have an 18 ac with scale mail and shield. Take shield spell and shocking grasp for a melee attack and you can survive anywhere on the battlefield

I have a circle of the stars druid and took the meta magic feat with twin spell. That has come in clutch saving party members before. Chalice form + Healing spell of choice + Twin spell :)

Oh hell yeah, I was just thinking of playing a Divine Soul Sorc/Fiend Lock that's descended from Avernus and flavor it as divine and demonic sorcerer magic but I don't know much about DSS, but I love the Cleric so let's buckle up Dudes.

They should have given Divine Souls Sorcerers Bloodline Spells, but instead of a single list they can choose a Domain from the Cleric list and gain those spells. This represents which type of Deity favors the Sorcerer.

Great video. I still find that the Divine Soul shines much more as a backup healer than as the main healer for a party, in which case you should probably just go Cleric or Druid.

extend spell plus spiritual weapon works quite well. also now on the cleric spell list with Tasha's: aura of vitality

distant spell metamagic is also super useful, as sorcerors are kinda squishy, so using spells like inflict wounds that have a range of touch, from 30 ft away is super useful

The Lore Bard in my group has Spirit Guardians. Oh man that spell has been clutch in several combat encounters especially when she up casts it and her dice roll really well in damage!

Great video, thanks dungeon dudes.

I have a divine soul in mind as the base for a homebrew world so I am definitely saving this video! Zelda? I love Zelda!

yaaaasss more specific subclass build guides!!

Quicken Spell is incredible if you have access to Vampiric Touch, letting you hit twice with it on the first turn. Otherwise Glyph of Warding can be so potent, letting you stack up multiple spells that would normally require concentration such as a glyph of flying while twinning greater Invis on yourself and others.. Brutal!

Hey Dungeon Dudes, great video! I love the Divine Soul Sorcerer! Just clarifying one thing here: I don't think Metamagic Adept works well with the Sorcerer. In the description of Sorcery Points it says "You can never have more sorcery points than shown on the table for your level". So I think these 2 extra points are wasted. Thank you for the video! I love it!

There are two cleric spells that benefit greatly from Distant Spell: divine word, word of radiance. These are probably the only two area of effect spells whose area can be increased by distant spell.

I’m about to play a Fallen Aasimar Divine Soul Sorcerer/Fiend Warlock! This video’s timing couldn’t be better

I tried making one once, and wanted to do everything. Heal, blast, support. Made me lose interest in Sorcerers with their limited spells known, but now I know I could have specialized and probably enjoyed it more.

I'm planning on making a cross class oath of redemption paladin/divine soul sorcerer. So spirit guardians will most certainly be on my spell list.

I have been playing a divine soul Aasimar for the last 2 years. I'm level 12 right now with 10 in sorcerer, 1 in war cleric, and 1 in hexblade warlock. my character is leaning very heavily into the angel side of her heritage so she's all fire and brimstone, with heavy armour and melee combined with healing and long-ranged magic.

I played a Kobold Divine Soul Sorcerer who was a devout follower of Bahamut. The feat I took was Magic: Initiate Wizard to get find familiar. That let me deliver touch spells, as a lot of the healing spells are, at ranged with my flying scarab beetle.

Great video! Just missed the opportunity to showcase your spell lists at different levels, just like with the shadow sorcerer

I'm playing a Oath of the Crown Paladin/Divine Soul Sorcerer. Twin Spell on Warding Bond is also a DELIGHT.

fun note, extended spell aura of vitality, which i've been doing on sorcadin for a while now(even mounted!) but now it's on cleric spell list thx to tasha's enjoy the sweet sweet healing.

I love the divine soul sorcerer, life cleric 1 divine soul sorcerer 19 gives you the armor you need to wade into the mix of things and be there to support your group. I actually did a girl cleric/sorcereress who was blessed by two divine being of similar alignment and their powers combined created an 'invincible' character as her defenses combined with the ability to spell blast spiritual weapon, spirit guardians and toll the dead in a series of turns overwhelmed most single boss type opponents.

The extended Aid idea is a great idea and will help me deal with the fact that I'm worried my sorcadin is going to have closer to sorcerer hp.

Sorcerers are my favourite class, and divine soul is my favourite subclass. I know you guys don't dip into dual classing in these vids, but may I suggest the single level of life domain cleric. You get added armour, extra spells, and a bonus to your healing spells. Thematic as hell.

I'm playing a divine soul sorcerer and it's amazing, I have to say it's not the strongest build, but I'm having the most fun I've ever had with a character for a long time. Also, twinned spell guiding bolt is op XD

Mine has a negative con and is also known as "The twink of Sarenrae" lol but he heals and hits like a truck, Twin Spell Guiding bolt and being able to Distant spell Cure Wounds has been a game changer.

Hey thanks, starting within next month a new campaign where I plan on playing Divine soul. Lot of good tips with perfect timing :) (planning dragonborn divine soul of bahamut)

nice review of a powerful but difficult subclass! so much potential for interpreting the character, and so many choices to make - - - - unrelated = was wondering about April Fool Day if you might go into "arcane trickster" or "trickery domain cleric"