😂😂😂 Infinity hat pulls, like Robin Williams Genie from Aladdin in the intro song.

They're mostly in line with the newer backgrounds starting since I think spelljammer, but yeah WoTC is Def leaning into 1st level feats for all

Agreed but it still uses a spell slot AND one level in a class gives you access to the entire spell list, correct?

​@@jAfr0Thunder86 Correct

Depends on the version of the feat. One of the versions the card never loses magic until used. Meaning if a month goes by before you even get into combat...you could have 30 cards stockpiled.

Its a once a day cast of 1 spell so its probably not worth iy

@@jeffreyweevers3919 but if you're already making a build around it like this video says than you'd already have it, worth it or not..

I don't think it works like that. DSS let's you use the cleric spell list as a subclass feature, but you're still a sorcerer. You don't actually have the cleric spell list because you're not a cleric.

Unfortunately I don't think it would function that way. The divine soul sorc lets you, when you learn a spell/cantrip through your spellcasting feature choose from the cleric or sorc list. It doesn't say the cleric spells are added to your list. Similar to how some features that grant spells just say you learn them, such as fey touched/magic initiate, and others say it is added to your list, such as the ravnica and strixhaven backgrounds. Since it isn't added to your spell list, but rather simply another option only when selecting spells through that specific spellcasting class feature, it wouldn't work the way you had imagined. Does that make sense?

The feat also allows you to use a deck of cards as a focus, but that sounds very fun too!

Cartomancy requires the spell to be an action. Find greater steed is unfortunately a 10 minute casting time and doesn't count for this feat.

@@haiclips3358 Oh damn you're right. At least I can cast Circle of Power with it when I know we're going up against a spellcaster.

If your campaign is likely to go to level 20 go straight barb, that capstone is hard to beat. If not, I'd consider a dip into fighter for thrown weapon fighting style, or picking up a feat to get it. Giant barb is the strongest barbarian, doesn't really need to multiclass to maintain reasonable damage. Honestly I haven't looked much into blood hunter, it's a quasi martial build, just go PAM/GWM, take some formulas that seem interesting to you, and you'll do fine. If you want your hemocraft mod to be anything at all either pick up a headband or intellect along the way (that's the best choice if you can swing it) or you'll be needing to sacrifice your AC and HP in order to bump your int. Depending on the fight you get into the potency and rapidity formulas seem to be the most useful in combat generally, just don't go up against something with a breath weapon or casting fireball and you should be ok

Name suggestion = David Hopperfield (The Rabbit Stage Magician) Race = Harengon (Rabbit out of a hat gags, bonus to initiative, rabbit hop bonus action to escape melee enemies without opportunity attacks, lucky feet for help on DEX saves) Background = Urchin (Slight of Hand proficiency for card tricks, stealth to do sneaky stuff) Abilities (point buy) = 15 (+2 racial) INT for being a wizard, 15 (+1 racial) constitution for CON saves & health, 14 DEX for armour class, sleight of hand, stealth and initiative, 10 wisdom for saves / perception, dump strength & charisma because a stage performer with no charisma is funny Class = Conjuration Wizard, ability to constantly pull things out of your magicians hat out of combat for quality RP Feat (Level 4) = Telekinetic - increases INT, gives bonus action ability to move people with your mind (enemies into fireballs, allies out of danger), gives mage hand for free and its an INVISIBLE mage hand for slight of hand shenanigans (Later levels - cartomancer for flavour!) Spells: - Cantrips Create Bonfire (by request, smoke bombs) Mage hand (as above from telekinetic) Minor Illusion (gotta have illusions for a magician, can also conjure illusion of a giant 5ft hat to hide in which will give full cover from spells requiring line of sight) Prestitidigation (Card tricks and magician stuff) Toll the Dead (needed some damaging cantrips, highest damage, also doesn't have a visible effect so can flavour it however you like, maybe throwing a playing card at an enemy that explodes into confetti doing damage) - Level 1 Find Familiar (ritual)- gives you a pet to help with magic shows, can give the help action for advantage on attacks, can pop it in and out of existence for magic shows, is a ritual so doesn't use spell slots or prepared spells Mage Armour - need it for AC and could be a magical costume change Shield - need it for AC and could be a wall of playing cards or something Absorb Elements - essential spell, can capture fire and channel it Disguise self, disguise on stage, magic trick Unseen servant (ritual)- invisible helper, useful for magic tricks, also ritual spell so don't need to prepare it Magic missile (not prepared) - Good reliable damage spell, could flavour it as playing cards Detect magic (ritual) - very useful, doesn't need to be prepared - Level 2 Mirror image (not prepared) - illusion to fit the theme, plus very powerful non concentration defensive spell Levitate - minor flight, also can immobilise melee enemies in combat, fits theme of levitating magic trick Suggestion - very useful utility, magically forcing NPCs to participate in act or do other things PYROTECHNICS - same as fog cloud but no concentration, also can blind things in combat, very fitting of theme (never used this spell but thought it would be perfect for the concept) - Level 3 Fireball - great AOE damage, can flavour it as wand of fireballs Summon Fey - Pull a fairy (or could flavour it as a magic rabbit with wings) out of a hat, summon in combat, high damage, extra protection, tricksy form does it's own magic tricks - Other spells to consider (would need to change them out with above spells) Hideous laughter, bad stage joke to force fits of laughter Fog cloud - worse version of pyrotechnics with concentration Invisibility - useful utility, magic tricks Knock - by request, occasionally useful Rope Trick - literally a magic trick, gives 8 friends a safe place to take a short rest for 1 hour Misty step - Bonus action teleport to escape, also on theme for disappearing acts Enhance ability - just very useful utility, advantage on any skill check for an hour Enlarge reduce - Not very suited to character but cool magic trick Blink - Cool magic trick, strong non concentration Counterspell - essential spell if optimising Dispel Magic - Key spell if optimising Lightning bolt - equal damage to fireball, easier to not AOE hurt your allies Phantom steed (ritual)- free spell, magical mount with 100ft move speed Tiny Hut (ritual) - free spell, protective place to long rest, could be magicians tent I may have gone way overboard, but I think it's not only a strong character build - but also I made a lot of non optimised choices to fit the flavour and theme - let me know what you think!

Watchers paladin 7 could get you an aura of prof mod bonus as well. And with twilight cleric 1 you could get advantage. with 20 cha and 20 dex you would have a minimum initiative of 37 and a maximum of 47 with only your features. It's a little overkill though, it might be worth the initiative hit and swapping swashbuckler for assassin or thief which can have more benefits from a high initiative. Or you could swap out paladin for sorcerer [quickened spell to set up of a powerful spell] or whisper's bard [full caster progression with a limited sneak attack like feature using its inspiration]

Flavor is free ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ if you like the flavor of one subclass but the mechanics of another, you can easily change the flavor to match

Once per short rest actually. So a very nice option to dip into

@@haiclips3358 Thank you for the correction! I haven't dipped into spell casters yet, but would defo help with those wisdom saves

What is crossbow expert contributing to the build?

@@collinw9792 it allows ranged attacks to be used within 5 feet without disadvantage

@@glitchking666 ok I thought that might be it. If you aren't going to be using the attack granted by CBE, gunner is another option that does the same thing but also boosts your dexterity, so it can be more valuable than CBE

@@collinw9792 very true but not every dm allows that feat , but if you can get it use it

@@glitchking666 fair, I've never met a DM that wouldn't allow the feat, but yeah if a dm chooses to not allow a character option it would not be allowed lol

I would probably go Glamour or even Lore for the earlier magical secrets and additional skills

How is it broken though? Except for specific multiclassing, it's not an overly powerful feat. I'd put it about on par with something like metamagic adept. This forces you to prep your spell you want quickened at the beginning of the day, metamagic adept can quicken whenever, and it's certainly not a broken feat

​@@collinw9792 Broken might be an exaggeration, but I'm thinking not and at the very least, it is unprecedented. It's problematic in relation to the current meta of how these things are normally accessed with multiclassing. It gets you a magical secret that you can change every day with only a 1 level investment in the other class. Previously you had to invest a bunch of levels in the other specific class [or committing a magical secret] if you wanted to gain access a spell, which over half the time is a fixed asset [a known spell], -and you also get to cast it with your regular casting stat if there is a DC or Attack bonus is involved- The free metamagic for it and the cantrip are the cherries on top

I don't think that works. You would be limited to the only cleric spells you choose from the subclass as they become sorcerer spells for you. The divine soul sorcerer subclass feature let's you use the cleric spell list when choosing sorcerer spells. But you are not a cleric and therefore don't have access to the cleric spell list through this feat.

@@haiclips3358 yeah, probably doesn’t work but imagine

There are a thousand bard cleric builds that could work, making a specific build would need some more parameters. What's the goal of the build for example?

@@collinw9792 Great Question! A teacher, a story teller, a cantor and a historian. An Ethos driven champion for the continuation of a promise.

@@LawrenceDomkowski you can flavor any abilities/classes as those things, I was more asking what mechanically you were wanting to accomplish. Maybe being good at history, maybe being good at religion, maybe being a pacifist, what are the mechanical goals for the character?

@@collinw9792 Mechanically, I don't know about mechanically, but the model I'm seeing is Gene Wilders character in the 1979 movie, The Frisco Kid. Starring Gene Wilder and Harrison Ford.

Probably rapier with the dueling style. It's going to be the best weapon for you, and also fits the gentleman rogue flavor of this build. Dual welding scimitars could work as well, but not on the round you use your card, and that makes your bonus action occupied every round for only maybe 1dpr increase. This character will not be doing a lot of damage in combat, it is primarily going to be doing spells. If you're able to reliably proc the extra damage from the blade cantrips as he said use them over extra attack, if you are not able to reliably do so and only get the extra dice every other round or so (maybe using your rabbit hop to make them want to move in to melee with you) then it will do equivalent damage at lvl 5, so really up to you. Not good damage either way, you aren't primarily a damage dealer, you're a bard.

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Yes, you just need to choose and prepare the spell early, not in the moment. It's a fun feat