A fun multiclass combo is draconic sorcerer/bard. Bard because your father was a Bard. Draconic sorcerer because your father was a Bard.

I want to play an illiterate sorcerer who thinks he’s a wizard and just scribbles in a book and thinks it’s his spellbook

Warlock: "let's take another short rest!" Level 19 Sorcerer: "you've already had four this session" Level 20 Sorcerer: "I mean yes"

Jacob: The weakest clases in D&D My DM: Why do you constantly one-shot all my bosses!? and how do you manage to circumvent all my tricks!?

Subtle spell is God tier Immune to counterspell God of social casting Can cast spell in scilence zone Undetectable

Everybody gangsta until Sorcerer casts Twinned Haste on Paladin and Monk. And then casts OP cleric spells because Divine Soul is good.

Jacob: dissed heightened spell Me: I cant hear you over this dragon that just failed its saving throw.

Subtle spell is so slept on. It makes the spell effect just HAPPEN. So you give no indication that you're casting a spell at all, no verbal or somatic gestures... what im saying is that my DM realized his npcs has no trigger to cast counter-spell, so if i really need something to hit then I use subtle spell.

Petition to make Jacob host of Vsauce4 (otherwise known as XPsauce)

The best Metamagic is Subtle Spell cuz you can't couterspell a spell that you didn't know is being casted

3:44 Xp: these are considered to be the worst classes. My game: has a Warlock, bard, and sorcerer as a team

I honestly prefer classes without daily spell prep. Whilst not being that great in a mechanic sense, I think it makes the spells you select say so much more about your character. Also I believe not having to worry about what spells you'll pick everyday is more helpful for new players who don't understand the magic system yet.

that "Hey, XPsauce, Jacob here, what is the weave" just outright killed me XD

I also shoot magic missiles when I stretch in the morning.

"They don't have a way to compensate" Sorcerer: METAMAGIC NUKING FOR HIGH DAMAGE

"How to play a Wild Sorcerer" Easy.. just never cast a spell before you're able to survive a fireball and you're fine. lol

Make a human variant with the lucky feat a wild magic sorcerer to become Yoshikage Kira. You literally cannot lose.

3 words that make the sorcerer awesome. Constitution Saving Throws. Sorcerer's have constitution saving throws and can concentrate on concentration spells.

Man, I feel like you’re really missing the point. Sorcerers are really, REALLY good at being quite a few things: support caster? Now you can twin haste with no downside! Healer (aka divine soul)? Now you can twin healing word! Wanna kill someone in a crowded place? Subtle spell mind spike! Bound and gagged? Subtle spell fireball! The list goes on and on, I really think they are easily the best at being support casters without always hiding in the back.

I'm sorry Jacob but we must play different games. Sorcerer is great, Subtle Spell is the only thing in the world that makes sure when you cast a spell, NOBODY SCREWS WITH IT, namely Counterspell, but there's other stuff. Being able to just choose to 100% get a spell off is very clutch in fights with other spellcasters, which as a DM, my players encounter regularly, and Counterspell is a staple spell for casters to pick, if they can pick it. I always went 17 Bard 3 Sorc just to get metamagic for Subtle Spell. Because suddenly a Magical Secrets Meteor Swarm just happens. I didn't cast it. Who cast it? Who knows!? It just shows up! Can you counterspell it? No, what spell? What spell are you trying to counter? There was no spell.

I cast haste on two team members I cast cure wounds from 30 feat away I cast shocking grasp silently while shaking this guys hand I cast cone of cold with distance to cover 120 feet I cast power word kill on two monsters instead of just one I use my head just a little bit to be the most powerful force on the battle feild.

HEY VSAUCEtolevel3 WHERE ARE YOUR FINGERS? *Moonman plays*

“Sorcerers are a weak class.” My Half-Elf, Bronze-Dragonblooded Max charisma Lightning slinging Sorcerer that my party are already calling OP at level 7 wants to have a word.

I cast subtle blindness/deafness in the middle of a discussion. Person has no idea why he's blind all of a sudden. TWIN POLYMORPH. Those two ropers are now small turtles, I picked them up and threw them into a group of drow.

**Starts harshing on Subtle Spell with a joke** **Quickly realizes how useful it can be if, you know, you don't want people to know you're casting magic** **Becomes excited by the prospect** Never change, Jacob

Jacob and Logan both uploading on the same day what a good day!

Damn, here I was overlooking Subtle Spell and then I see all of these amazing comments that made me realize I was about to make a huge mistake (planning out my 3rd lvl for a campaign). I think it's time to justify my Chaotic alignment.

In regards to the "poopy" spellcasting of the Sorcerer, they got it first. The original idea was to be an introductory wizard, just like fighter was the introductory martial class.

Sorcerers are superior to wizards because then you can be an idiot without it conflicting with your stat block! I didn't meant to start a war in the replies, I was just trying to make a joke. Play and build your characters in the way that you find fun!

How to play sorcerer, in my group. Friends:“Hey could you do the thing?” Me:”... twinned spell, Haste” Friends:” I use my samurai ability to have advantage on all attacks this turn, elven accuracy so I roll three dice and take the highest, sharpshooter, and with haste that’s another round with my multiattacks... is it not dead yet? Action surge... not dead yet? Ok other friend who also has haste, it’s your turn” Other friend: “Alright, now I roll to do more bullshit” Also friends: “Why don’t you do more in fights?”

Aberrant Mind and Clockwork Soul patch up some of the “spells known” issue of sorcerers. I think they should really add errata for other sorcerers to bring them up to it.

I am a cleric. I never change my spells from what I have chosen. Then my DM doesn't care either about that. So yeah I don't really choose from spells each day. And no one cares.

The thing I love about the level 20 ability is that if you were multiclass into Warlock for three levels you get two level two pact slots which can be converted into four sorcery points and regain those slots on a short rest. This is basically the level 20 ability but with the added bonus of all of the Warlock features like invocations and some patron abilities with complete spell progression because you get level 9 spells at level 17.

Sorcerers: Constitution saving throws, so you can actually concentrate on your spells. (It also helps you make your death saving throws, which will probably help with your d6 health pool) Casting spells silently. Casting spells in silence zones. They can't counterspell you if they don't see you casting anything. Casting spells while hiding without revealing yourself. Casting spells while tied up and gagged. You're more slippery than an arcane trickster. You're a charisma based spell caster who can cast spells without speaking or moving your hands. You can charm, *and* Charm *_at the same time_*. They've got some really cool things going for them, they just need a _little_ more to push them over the edge.

The thing I’ll say is that even though you have a limited amount of spells, if you play your cards right you can have a lot of things that you can do. We usually have one combat a session, but I’ve been playing a level 5 sorcerer for a while and have barely ever repeated my combos

Jacob: What is the "weave" Me: it's me... and all of the other anime watchers...

Fun Fact: You essentially get the Sorcerer's Level 20 Capstone early if you just take 3 levels of Warlock.

The warlock and bard are considered weak? Since when?! That's just a meme, the bard is very versatile, any party would love to have one. The warlock not only gets really cool and unique abilities with their invocations, but they have a huge amount of flexibility when it comes to backstory, and the patron allows for some really cool stuff, that's powerfull both mechanically and roleplay wise. And I actually really love the sorcerer, though that's why I won't try to defend it. Edit: I realize you showed the power of both classes immidiately after I posted this comment.

Sorcerer is literally EZ-spell. It's great to put a new player into a caster role, since they don't need to worry about spellbook, preparation, super limited slots, etc.

"Bards, Warlocks and Sorcerers [...] are most commonly referred to as the weakest classes in D&D." 1. character: Ranger 2. character: Warlock 3. character: Bard 4, latest character: Sorcerer Should I just stop playing D&D or something?

Realistically, around 75% of all sorcerers probably kill themselves by accident the first time they figure out they've got magic.

How to play Cleric? Please? With a contract by Asmodeus, on top?

Your inflection for Vsauce is literally so perfect it's freaking me out a little bit

That VSauce joke was god-tier

03:40 - I disagree. Warlocks, Bards and Sorcerers are only weak if you don't know what you are doing - which is true with any spell caster really. That said, a Sorcerer/Warlock multiclass is not even hard to play. Just pop darkness, quicken, and Eldritch Blast. OP made easy.

Finally! My favourite class has a how to!! Sorcerer is the best class, fight me.

Currently my favorite class I’ve played, I’ve played monk, rogue, warlock and sorcerer. Love my WM sorcerer!!

I personally love playing sorcerer. Sure you may not get as many spells but the metamagic can give you a lot of variations plus the new stuff they added in Tasha's is pretty awesome like the metamagic to change a spell's element. This fireball? Well now its ACID!

I attempted to fix lack of options for my Sorcerer's by having sorcerer's in my campaign use the optional Magic Points rule from the DMG. Then, on top of that, you get to combine your spell points and your magic points into one pool. Now you have one resource to keep track of as you level, and it gives you way more options. Want to cast more low level spells than anyone in the game? DO IT. Want to burn through all your resources/points and Meta-Magic EVERY SPELL but having far fewer spells? DO IT. Want a healthy mix for variety? DO IT. It lets Sorcerer's be the long rest daka daka casters I feel they were always meant to be, let's Warlocks shine on a short rest and through flexibility with invocations, and really really rewards those Wizards who prepared with all their variety of options but more limited castings. It's uh ... It's worked out pretty darn well so far. Also it makes Wizards shine at higher levels again (cause let's be honest, 5e nerfed magic from ye olden days) because they now have more high level slots than sorcerer's (as per the magic point rules limiting castings of level 6-9 spells to once each per long rest). Now I know what you're thinking. One level 6, 7, 8, and 9 spell per long rest? That's insane! Yeah? So is being able to belt out over sixty first level spells per long rest if you so choose to use your points that way by that level. Like I said, play testing it in my group so far and its working out quite well.

“These three are in my experience the weakest classes in d&d” Me: yeah, definitely hehe *remembering that my 4 player d&d group has these three classes in my group and slowly realising how much we suck at the game*

Imagine this: expend a bunch of lower level spell slots, and exchange them for sorcery points which are turned into a super high level spell slot. Them get even more sorcery points, and use metamagic to cast fireball at max damage and give disadvantage on the saving throw, and its cast at a much higher spell slot than you should have. Combine this with the grave domains channel divinity to give the enemy vulnerability to the next damage it takes, and you could probably one shot most people.

Me, realizing that me newbie player is playing a sorcerer TOMMOROW

I'm the type of DM to change the level 20 ability of the sorcerer to all sorcery points or you roll a dice & plus your charisma mod. So yeah

Love playing a Divine Soul sorcerer and getting to cast inflict wounds at a range of 30 feet with distant spell... fun times

The unearthed arcana for class features variants solves a few problems for the sorcerer Adding more uses for sorcery points, allowing a spell to be changed on a long rest and more meta magic options.

I can see the sorcerer being a good introduction to playing a mage for new players who need to learn the game first before going crazy with options

I love sorcerers they're great simple casters with no surprises so you know exactly what you can do all the time but still a little flex on how you do it. It's like being a magic toolbox rather than a disorganized magic workshop, yes you don't have all the tools of a big workshop but you have all the basics and with a little elbow greese you can do anything, as opposed to a big workshop with all the tools but you always seem to forget where something is or what something dose or how many of a thing you actually need, etc.

Just finished watching Logans vid and I find this, very niiiice

A true sorcerer would know you subtle spell power word kill. Just to give someone a brain aneurysm, unnoticed.

"Can sorcerers even detect thoughts?" Yes we can, that combo is why I've picked him baby! (and also because I can silently dominate person which is very cool when you want an ally in enemy camp)

10:24 You've said yourself that disadvantage/advantage is sort of the whole thing that 5E runs off of. Heightened spell is not only useful, but great roleplaying wise.

Sorcerer's are my favorite class due to how intensely mechanical you can become with combat. If you choose the right spells at the levels, and survive long enough, you literally become a one man army. Unlike the wizard who must prepare spells everyday and have a huge list, the Sorcerer doesn't need that much effort AND YET you can still rise to the occasion and slaughter whole hordes. Also, especially with the extra subclasses, you do so much damn damage it's not even funny.

"man I really need to learn how to control this" ~you've just given me inspiration!~ level one sorcerer child. (like 10) one day I just sneezed and leveled my entire home.... No one really could teach me how to properly control it, and I saw the looks people gave me. Like I was a walking fireball target. (make em a wild mage)

The sorcerers ability to exchange spell slots for sorcery points and vice versa is incredibly cool, because then you can exchange high level spell slots for more lower level spell slots, or multiple lower level spell slot for a higher level spell slots. You could even get a 3rd level spell slot at level 3. That's awesome. Plus, it's a BONUS action, so you could make all sorts of cool plans. It's very flexible. However, I do agree that the sorcerer isn't that powerful, which is why I actually made a revised version that gives you am extra spell every other level, two spells for each level up to 5 based on your subclass, and the ability to "prepare" metamagic every long rest.

Okay so first off, you gotta pick Divine Soul Sorcerer from Xanathar's Guide to Everything for those sweet sweet Cleric Spells. Then go around Casting Inflict Wounds with Distant Spell

Jacob: mentions school of invention Me: *flashbacks to how useless school of invention is for wizards*

i have a little list of thing to improve for sorcerers, in the 2 subclasses in the PHB at least Dragon Bloodline : pls give more habilities that relate to your dragon type, there is only one... and make the last hability cost less, its too expensive for what it does Wild Magic : _just... let them activate Wild Surge whenever they want..._

Nailed the Vsause impression

SORCERER GANG RISE UP

I was thinking this morning when you were going to do Sorcerer

Subtle spell is also good for when your characther can't do verbal and/or somatic components, like If their are handcuffed, gaged, in a silence spell or even underwater

*Gets slapped * “I gotta testify come up in the spot looking extra fly”

Jacob, Logan And DavvyChap upload video on the same day? *Palpatine voice "A suprise to be sure but a welcome one!"

Sorc + Paladin = Oh my god why does this Scorching Ray hurt so bad?!?!

Take the Feats: Magic Initiate and War Caster, for your Sorcerer. :-)

I played Sorcerer for literally the first D&D game i ever played. None of the people there had any idea how to play since it was our first time(except for the DM, who had played the game once before) and failed miserably

I mean twinned and quickened spell for meta magic is the most fun when you can meme out way too many spells in one round of combat.

"Metamagic" "Top tier in Brawl" Hehehehehe

I had to watch this twice because I was so giddy at how well you did the Vsauce section that I didn’t catch what you were actually saying. Your mannerisms were on point, well done!

Jacob: Sorcerer, Warlock and Bard are the worst classes Ranger: Am i *not* a joke to you?

Petition to frame that yellow nerf axe that has been in Every. Single. Video.

11:01 Wow Dat Tension! Da tension of "is he gonna look it up?" pulling against/with "CAN a sorcerer do that?" Sharp stuff!

Love the way you 'sauced' it up man!

Sorcerer meta magics tend to fall into 2 ways of play. Combat focus or Tactical focus(this includes social interaction.) You can be come a insane blaster, a subtle influencer, or split down the middle.

Ok so I played a sorcerer for an entire campaign and I have to say, that if you understand the class and know what you’re doing it can be devastating. Also subtle spell is a real mvp because you can’t counterspell something you can’t see coming if your bbeg just so happens to be a mage.

Subtle stops counterspell...

Also, slight thing Paladin/Sorcerer is one of my favorite multiclasses. Any charisma caster works with sorcerer though. So Bard/Sorcerer and Warlock/Sorcerer are also on the table if you want to go crazy.

Nobody: Literally nobody: Not a single person in the dnd cosmos: Jacob: XPsauce

The XP SAUCE bit was very well done.

Divine Soul sorcerer healers are freakin’ amazing. Twin that Healing Word. And if need be, your Revivify. Then chuck a Toll the Dead as an uplifted middle finger to the baddies. High level? Twin that Heal. Want to lay down the pain? I heard you like Blight. Both of you. BOOYAH to your TPK-happy DM. Downside is that the DS sorcerer doesn’t really hit its stride til 4th or 5th level. Til then you’re either a crap healer who can do a bit of blasting or a healbot that can only spam cantrips for damage due to spell selection issues. But hey, it’s a tradeoff.

I agree with the cross class option. I recently played a Warforged Paladin who had a Clockwork Amulet who multiclassed in a Clockwork Soul Sorcerer and I never regretted it. In fact, it helped me finish off the BBEG.

Me: Does anything Parents: 0:43

hurricane katrina? more like hurricane tortilla

IMO Sorcerer subclasses should be a much bigger part of the character and have more class features. Like, the source of your magic abilities should play a huge part in what your magic abilities are. And the "wild magic" aspect should in some way be incorporated into the base class. Oh and you should be able to regain sorcery points over a short rest somehow, like spend hit dice to regain SP.

i play almost exclusively sorcerer and paladin because i love them with all my heart, i totally get why you don’t like the sorcerer and all of these were super valid and it was super funny love your content

Sorry, but Empowered Spell is amazing. Best ability for ensuring that your debuff spell works. Twinned is also amazing, double up and haste or polymorph 2 party members, or debuffing 2 enemies with slow or a hold person/monster spell is great.

Logan: "These three classes are widely regarded as the weakest classes in DnD" Ranger: Laughs maniacally, then starts to cry Monks are also are a little weak Also, if many people think that those three are the weakest classes they have never been on r/3d6. Warlocks and sorcerers are necessary for some of dnds most insane builds looking at you sorcadin and hexadin (literally better at smites than paladin). Also, bards can have a amount of spells prepared rivaling the wizard at high levels, especially lore bards.

Hey man et. al, I’m gearing up for my first campaign. Been loving your videos... very funny and looks like you guys have a blast making them. Felt compelled to leave a comment because the last few have been making me laugh in a way that I thought not possible today. And then you pop up with “Hey, xpSauce.” Fucking brilliant. I know this video is a year old but I’ve seen some recent ones and you still got it going on. Keep up the great work!

I know the videos been up for a while but the whole Vsauce Bit was so well done i loved it

I don't like how you downplay the meta magic it's a massive part of how Sorcerers play.