Melf's minute meteors AOE is a 5' radius, so it should be hitting a 10' diameter or a 10' by 10' square, not a 15' by 15'. I know not all GMs are that particular about AOEs, but it really doesn't make sense to measure what is supposed to be the radius around a point from the edges of a 5' square.
@DnDDeepDive3 жыл бұрын
Hm. Right, I suppose if I made the explosion point in the middle of a square, the diagonals technically wouldn't get hit as it would be less than half the square that was covered. Good catch.
@nicholasowens67993 жыл бұрын
@@DnDDeepDive When you target AOE spells like that you target the point between 4 squares, not the center of a square, so MMM would only hit the 4 squares around the point chosen. From DMG 251: "Choose an intersection of squares or hexes as the point of origin of an area of effect, then follow its rules as normal. If an area of effect is circular and covers at least half a square, it affects that square."
@quennedr13 жыл бұрын
Circles in dnd are squares! Or is it square in dnd are actually circles!?
@quennedr13 жыл бұрын
(Only apply a if using a grid)
@jamesschrantz96443 жыл бұрын
"I like glass cannons!" "So anyway we're starting with 19 AC..."
Haha 🤣 hilarious that they both released the same type of video at the same time 🤣 serendipity
@TheRobversion13 жыл бұрын
@@fuzzysquirrel they also did this with the anti-mage/mage hunter.
@DnDDeepDive3 жыл бұрын
For what it’s worth, I’m sure he made his last week’s vid before I posted mine, and I was finishing this when he released his, so while it may look like we’re debating/trolling each other, it’s mostly coincidental :). And also, the reality is we’d probably agree on most of the things we each talk about it, we’re just... highlighting different things 😂
@certifiedfunnyguy3 жыл бұрын
@@DnDDeepDive I feel like he comes to his conclusion with his 8 combats with one short rest as his calculation.
@Puffinbar3 жыл бұрын
It’s been a funny unintentional back and forth for the past week or so.
@bwhit79193 жыл бұрын
“We would be doing 69 damage. That’s pretty nice”
@MentalNewb2 жыл бұрын
Giggity
@jotagroovy74792 жыл бұрын
he said it so naturally
@ahsandarwish2402 Жыл бұрын
Noice*
@aceofdiamonds20023 жыл бұрын
"Let's jump into Episode 44: The Evocation Wizard, and at Level 1 our starting class is a Fighter." Me: lol
@DnDDeepDive3 жыл бұрын
I yam what I yam. >.>
@mike_yon3 жыл бұрын
Most wizards: damage is okay but to be a full member of the party, utility and support are really where wizards shine. Critlander: So anyway, I started blasting
@TheRobversion13 жыл бұрын
wizards aren't really most known for utility and support but for control.
@thedude00003 жыл бұрын
@@TheRobversion1 Support....I agree, but utility I disagree. All those lovely out of combat ritual spells just scream utility......otherwise, how would you classify Tiny Hut?
@TheRobversion13 жыл бұрын
@@thedude0000 i didnt say they arent good at it. Just saying whats the most common purpose of the wizard. Most classes can perform all 9 common archetypes to varying degrees of excellence: striker, controller, tank, healer, support, utility, summoner, skill monkey, blaster
@thedude00003 жыл бұрын
@@TheRobversion1 So, I never accused you of saying, "they aren't good at it". Not sure where you got that. However, I do disagree that wizards arent known for their utility. Control in combat and Utility out-of-combat are the two pillars of a good wizard. p.s. yes, I'm saying blasting wizards suck...change my mind.
@TheRobversion13 жыл бұрын
@@thedude0000 i said that because you disageed. In any case i do agree that if i had to pick the top 2 thing a wizard is known for its also utility. Hmm..i dont know if i'd want to change your mind because while i disagree that wizards suck at blasting, they arent as good at it either unlike sorcerers. Anyway as far as good wizard blasters, the popular captain magic missile builds (2 fighter, 1 hexblade, evoker x) are very good single target blasters. Whether that build convinces you that they are at least good at blasting as well is up to you.
@quendi55573 жыл бұрын
I already love the use of Telekinetic. It's one of my favourite new feats because it gives you an option that you can just pull out whenever you want. and you can put it on basically any class and make use of it in one way or another.
@TheRobversion13 жыл бұрын
ditto. i use it in alot of my builds.
@GaryBoyles3423 жыл бұрын
Theory about why this character started fighter: The city requires a period of service to the country, after coming of age. This service for the character at hand was in the form of being a soldier...
@Ramschat3 жыл бұрын
Nice that you're taking the effort of looking up the average enemy saving throw bonus for a given level! Bonus points for accuracy! :)
@quendi55573 жыл бұрын
Colby: taker your favourite 7th level spell Me: *Notes down mordenkainen's magnficent mansion.*
@besteger3 жыл бұрын
Dragon’s breath is a Touch spell. Throw it on the Ranger’s new pet for tasty, action-efficient goodness. Don’t forget to cast a cantrip that turn, too.
@1205888801063 жыл бұрын
Try (owl) familiar for strafing fun! Fun combo, though not OP, dragon's breath+toll the dead. Always a d12 since it was save for half.
@k0pstl9392 жыл бұрын
@@120588880106 I played a blue dragon sorc and a party member was a varient human twilight cleric w/ an owl familiar. Twinned dragons breath
@iancunningham92973 жыл бұрын
I honestly miss the channel being called D&D: O but I’m excited to watch the channel grow. I’ve been here since episode 3 😅 Keep up the great stuff man!
@johnmcclatchy89643 жыл бұрын
Action surge is really good for nova, if you want a smaller dip for your evoker Artificer also gives a lot of good features too. It doesn't slow spell slot progression, gives you some novel spells (guidance, cure wounds), shield prof, medium armor prof and con saving throw prof.
@james-ud9lp2 жыл бұрын
This is perfect this is the exact character I wanted to build for campaign I'm playing in you just earned my subscription thank you so much.
I was looking for an evocation wizard build and this just hits the spot! Thank you! Appreciate all the effort you put into these videos!
@davidc90053 жыл бұрын
would appear that Crawford's weighs in on the cantrip rule is only with relation to spells that are cast with the bonus action, this also made it into the Sage Advice Compendium. Crawford confirms here. Question: Can I misty step (bonus), fire bolt (action) and fireball (surge) on same turn? Or need action surge also be a cantrip? Crawford: In that situation, the Action Surge spell would also need to be a cantrip Crawford: The rule on bonus action spells pertains to your whole turn, not to a particular action (PH, 202). PHB p202 Under Casting Times and Bonus Action You can’t cast another spell during the same turn, except for a cantrip with a casting time of 1 action. Since Action Surge gives you a whole other action and not a another turn you can certainly cast another spell so long as you did not use a Bonus action spell. The Sage Advice Compendium also provides clarification: If you cast a spell, such as healing word, with a bonus action, you can cast another spell with your action, but that other spell must be a cantrip. Keep in mind that this particular limit is specific to spells that use a bonus action. For instance, if you cast a second spell using Action Surge, you aren’t limited to casting a cantrip with it.
@cultivatedjerk55743 жыл бұрын
For some reason, most of my 5e Wizards looked/played the same in combat. I think that’s why I enjoyed Bladesinger so much (just because it was different). It’s always good to see a fresh take. I’m hoping Colby put a spin on Evocation Wizard!
@sethmorgan68863 жыл бұрын
You really killed it on the editing this episode! The edits were hilarious
@arrowodd76953 жыл бұрын
Honestly adding a level of hexblade warlock really boost magic missile and scorching ray by a ton.
@ovbrook30573 жыл бұрын
You didn't even bring up the best part of dragon's breath - you can cast it on allies, and its an "attack" action that familiars can take!
@TheRobversion13 жыл бұрын
not just familiars, but find steeds, tiny servants, animated dead, steel defender, homunculus and primal companion too!
@adamkaris3 жыл бұрын
@@TheRobversion1 those options are all fairly expensive for a wizard to get though
@TheRobversion13 жыл бұрын
@@adamkaris well not all. The artificers stuff can be gotten with minimal investment (and not have to be MAD). Animate dead is from the necromacer. Tiny servant is on the wizard spell list.
@ovbrook30572 жыл бұрын
@JimmyK First, no, the only way to cast two leveled spells in the same turn is having two actions via action surge, or casting a reaction plus an action or bonus action. Second, you're not recasting the spell, just repeating it's effect of using the elemental breath weapon. The spell is activated with a spell slot, and while you maintain the concentration, you have it's breath weapon as an option.
@ovbrook30572 жыл бұрын
@JimmyK no, because you are casting dragon's breath using a bonus action on your turn. The rules for casting specifically prohibit the casting of a leveled spell with an action, and a leveled spell with a bonus action on the same turn. What would be legal is, for example, casting dragon's breath on your familiar, taking the dodge action or casting a cantrip with your action, and then the familiar unleashing it's breath weapon.
@ClintonJohnson13 жыл бұрын
Ah Trogdor references. Brings me back to the early 2000's
@DnDDeepDive3 жыл бұрын
I miss Homestar Runner so much.
@leebarnett26103 жыл бұрын
Absolutely Fantastic Build! (Action Surge and Telekinetic are terrific for a nova blaster) As much as I love Telekinetic for pushing folks into blasts I would however pick Alert at character creation. Going first, and not blasting your party is IMHO more important than shoving a single target into or out. I'd pick up Telekinetic at 12th Wizard pushing Elemental Adept to 16th level Wizard.
@eshansingh13 жыл бұрын
The whole point of an Evoker is that you can exclude your allies from your areas of effect. Going first is of course still good, but not nearly as important when you're an Evoker vs any other AoE blaster.
@leebarnett26103 жыл бұрын
@@eshansingh1 Your party automatically make their saves with Sculpt spell -- they still take half damage. Even half damage isn't nice to inflict on your party.
@eshansingh13 жыл бұрын
@@leebarnett2610 no. Read the ability - it explicitly states they take no damage if they otherwise would take half damage. It's way more powerful than Careful Spell, at least for Evocation spells.
@DnDDeepDive3 жыл бұрын
@@eshansingh1 ^^^
@leebarnett26103 жыл бұрын
@@eshansingh1 Crap. Mea Culpa. I was reading Careful Spell. Thanks for correcting me!
@jimmyreinstein99933 жыл бұрын
As Always your videos are top notch! Thank you for this build. Although because of you I have a problem... I want to play more D&D!
@gaidencastro97063 жыл бұрын
*"I cast fireball"*
@morganpetros96353 жыл бұрын
Thunderwave is a FIRST-LEVEL Evocation spell, not a cantrip. Did you perhaps mean ThunderCLAP? Also: the nice thing about Magic Missile isn't necessarily the amount of damage you can do with it; it's forcing three separate concentration checks on spellcasters, even when cast as a first-level spell. I'd keep one of these in my back pocket just for that. ;) It's basically a first-level Dispel Magic.
@DnDDeepDive3 жыл бұрын
yes.
@PerikleZ873 жыл бұрын
So what you are saying is that I as the dm should give my evocation wizards a magic item that grants them Action Surge.
@DnDDeepDive3 жыл бұрын
Yes... Wait! NO!
@jpri262 жыл бұрын
Give it to all your players
@phillipheaton98322 жыл бұрын
For damage dealing cantrips, I have always liked Chill touch. You give up 1 point of average damage, but you gain the fact that the target can't gain hit points. This choice will be important if you run into trolls later! I would prefer it if you also gave the average damage per target, which would be especially interesting when you are figuring a different number of targets from different spells, like you did with Melf's minute meteors and fireball. Fire damage: out of 818 monsters, 73 are immune, 94 have resistance, and 13 are vulnerable.
@fullmetalpoitato51902 жыл бұрын
TROGDOR!!!! Burninating the countryside, burninating the peasants. Burninating the people in the THATCH ROOF COTTAGES!
@kleptokyle67193 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the Trogdor reference!
@DnDDeepDive3 жыл бұрын
And the Trogdor comes in the niiiiiiiiiight!
@oliverneville50123 жыл бұрын
I really like magnify gravity as a 1st level blast, its obviously dm dependant because it’s dunamancy. But it’s slightly less damage than burning hands with 9 vs 10.5 average, with a much bigger area of 16 squares vs 6, a much more reliable damage type and can be cast at range already I find it much better but it also halves everything’s speed which can be super useful. It’s a con save vs a Dex save but low level monsters actually have better Dex saves than con saves Edit: oops just realised it’s not an evocation spell, still useful to have in your back pocket before lv 10 if there’s no allies in the aoe though
@B.J.Camire Жыл бұрын
Colby: ...would be 69 damage total. The 12-year old in me: Nice. Colby: That's pretty nice. 😂
@fasterpet3 жыл бұрын
I tried a nova sorc build (divine soul) with hex (feytouched) and scorching ray for amazing single target damage. it was glorious and scaled pretty well (+10.5 dmg / spell level). For comparison, hex + scorching ray (6th level) deals 73.5 dmg on average if all hit while disintegrate deals 75. So you get that scaling throughout your campaign and can pick useful/support/utility spells for your limited spells prepared/know. Also shout out to twinning guiding bolt, inflict wounds, and cure wounds. at low levels, twinned guiding bolt at level 1 deals 8d6 damage... that's the same as fireball on a single enemy....
@TheRobversion13 жыл бұрын
yup scorching ray is awesome. i've done 120 average dmg at level 10 with my shadow sorc build and 112 at level 10 with my efreeti lock build.
@IdyllicMullet6 ай бұрын
I'm building 3 characters for an upcoming campaign. Not sure which I'm gonna use yet. This inspired me to make one of them a blaster. The others are an unarmed fighter and a support bard, all inspired by you
@KrytopsyX3 жыл бұрын
In regards to the fighter multiclassing, I think a little bit the same way. What our spells are good for if we're dead or down and we can't cast them. :)
@pasqualecirone97553 жыл бұрын
I'd love to have an evoker with sculpted, sickening radiance and several holds. Biggest boss will be down in 6 rounds for sure (but will likely be done much sooner). Such a fun build though.
@TheRobversion13 жыл бұрын
solo sickening radiance can be done in 2 rounds (assuming enemy fails all their saves). with allies it can be done in 1 round. based on experience though, enemies will make their saves once in a while (especially before you get the disadvantage on all saves exhaustion) so in practice it takes about 3 rounds solo.
@quendi55573 жыл бұрын
I am a simple man, I want to summon a massive dragon, so I like Illusory Dragon. I really like Illusory Dragon when it is paired with Illusion School Wizard since I think that you could change the nature of the illusion(using normal parameters) so I would argue that you could change up the damage type.
@Now-gn1vk3 жыл бұрын
If dm doesn’t allow custom lineage what race should I pick
@DnDDeepDive3 жыл бұрын
Variant Human! ;)
@XRarehunterX3 жыл бұрын
I would love to see a screen shot of these characters sheet on something like D&D beyond so I can get a better idea of these characters
@ariashkenazi92113 жыл бұрын
Sometimes the simple options are some of the best
@StoickMcGee Жыл бұрын
Made a bugbear one (only at 4th level right now) and love it I can get an attack before the enemies, for numerous enemies use magic missile spread between three targets, plus 2d6 on each target. if more action surge repeat. If less and more powerful enemies use another spell. Our DM gives everyone 1 free feat at 1st level, so took medium armor master for a 20 AC and still retain the ability to stealth.
@Randomdudefromtheinternet3 жыл бұрын
Could we do a Master of Elements Wizard? (The Order of Scribes wizard can change the type from spells they know, turning a Fireball into cold, acid, force, or even magical bludgeoning/slashing/piercing) (OoS is said to multiclass quite well with Tempest clerics)
@DnDDeepDive3 жыл бұрын
Definitely have the build on my "to do" list :)
@TheRobversion13 жыл бұрын
sorcs with transmute spelll metamagic maximizes the tempest cleric better.
@Randomdudefromtheinternet3 жыл бұрын
@@TheRobversion1 I mean sure, but I just want someone to use the OoS for something (not many info on the internet on what spells to get)
@WarpKL3 жыл бұрын
chronomancer can cast 2 spells if their familiar uses their mote
@philwalsworth40852 жыл бұрын
I've been wanting to make a muscle wizard so I planned on two levels fighter then x evocation wizard, running in fireballing at close range, action surging and doing it again!
@galensturupcomeau12423 жыл бұрын
You are too handsome to say "dearly beloved" at the beginning of a video. Great content as always!
@DnDDeepDive3 жыл бұрын
ha ha! Thanks :)
@drewfrankenberg64733 жыл бұрын
Colby looks like Liam O'brien prove me wrong. Also 12:00 "Mage hand can come in HANDY" I see what you did there ;)
@sillvvasensei Жыл бұрын
If you're going to dip Fighter for armor and con saves, go Artificer instead. Medium armor and shields is not bad when you have the Shield spell and DEX > STR. Also Artificer 1 doesn't delay spell slot progression because it's a half caster that rounds up when multiclassing.
@DnDDeepDive Жыл бұрын
But we were mostly going Fighter for Action Surge :)
@victorromano81553 жыл бұрын
You referenced Trogdor.. I really enjoyed your channel before... But now, I feel like we should be friends. Lol
@DnDDeepDive3 жыл бұрын
/high five!
@sovelis77273 жыл бұрын
Cool idea taking 2 levels of fighter to cast multiple blast spells in one turn. I think I would prefer to take 5 levels of wizard first just to get fireball asap, because that's the whole reason I am playing an evocation wizard, and 5th level is when fireball is at it's best. Personally, I would not recommend thunderclap as a cantrip. Generally not a good idea to be surrounded by multiple enemies as a wizard. My choice would be to take Fire Bolt for empowered evocation, but if you want to have the option of hitting multiple enemies, acid splash is a thing. Here are some of the spells I enjoyed while playing an evocation wizard to 14th level that you didn't already mention: Freezing sphere (6th lvl) is a 60ft radius, effectively letting you hit every single enemy in the fight. Magic missile, for single target damage w/ empowered evocation. Sickening radiance (4th lvl) can be good if you have allies that can knock enemies into the effect, or can grapple enemies inside it. Vitriolic sphere provides a different damage type option with same AOE as fireball. Crown of Stars (7th lvl) for sustained single target damage.
@TheRobversion13 жыл бұрын
you can replicate fireballs dmg easily by action surging 2nd level spells: upcasted thunderwave, shatter, agnazzar's scorcher and upcasted burning hands. the only issue really with taking 2 fighter is less spell slots and the aoe of the fireball (if your DM likes to play in open environments with enemies spread out). agreed on thunderclap. not a fan of freezing sphere. i'd pick contingency at 6th. magic missile is excellent with empowered evocation. sickening radiance is so underrated. most people forget that if they fail that save 6x (and you can trigger that save multiple times in a round by pushing/pulling enemies in the aoe) that it equals death with no regard for hp. crown of stars is indeed great. vitriolic sphere is actually much better at 4th level than an upcasted fireball. its 9d6 vs. 10d4 + 5d4.
@sovelis77273 жыл бұрын
@@TheRobversion1 Sure, two 2nd lvl burning hands does the "same" damage as a fireball, but you can't really compare the two. 20ft radius is 64 squares on the grid compared to ~7 for burning hands. Area of effect is by far the most important factor when doing AOE damage (obviously). This is why I recommend freezing sphere as an option. 60ft radius is 576 squares. There are fights where having this size of a blast will come in handy, and nothing up to this level comes close to that size.
@TheRobversion13 жыл бұрын
@@sovelis7727yeah i did note the aoe issue. Though shatter has decent aoe. Yeah i just never found i needed the aoe of freezing sphere (plus contingency is awesome). I guess if your combat involve lots of big maps then its worth it. For me, i'd rather use lower levelled spells if i needed aoe and use contingency at 6th. Plus my dm, generally likes constrained environments with pillars, environmental hazards, tight spaces, elevations, etc so that big an aoe doesnt matter as much.
@sovelis77273 жыл бұрын
@@TheRobversion1 contingency is awesome and definitely a better spell overall. Certainly no question about that. Yeah if you don't need the bigger area, there is no need for freezing sphere
@El-Rico2 жыл бұрын
I think I'm going to go with the dawn and sunburst option, be a bit like Gandalf, he uses a lot of light spells.
@KatanaKamisama3 жыл бұрын
You seemed pretty dismissive of the hexblade dip. But 1 level of Hexblade allows you to add Prof bonus to Magic Missle, and with the ability to action surge you can delete a boss in one turn. IF they TRY to cast shield, merely counterspell. Since they've already used their reaction to shield they can't counter your counter unless they have mage backup. If you burn your 2 highest level slots on Magic Missile, you will one round most standard bosses. IMO that is a fantastic back pocket trump card for a character that defaults to AoE. For the record Empowered Evocation + Overchannel on a 5th level magic missile would be 7darts *(4+1+5) = 70, and if you added a hexblade dip, you'd be looking at 112 damage per 5th level slot. For a total burst of 224 damage as a single target opening burst. This is also guaranteed damage. No save, no attack roll. If you have a pocket healer to drop a 6th level Heal on you... it might be something to consider.
@androlgenhald4763 жыл бұрын
Sound pretty strong. Maybe that will show up in his single target damage build?
@DnDDeepDive3 жыл бұрын
Not dismissive, just not what I wanted to focus on for this build. Definitely a powerful consideration.
@Fr4nZeR3 жыл бұрын
I wonder How you added 28 to 70 and ended with a 100+result.
@KatanaKamisama3 жыл бұрын
@@Fr4nZeR 7 bolts * 6 proficiency = 42. 42+70 = 112. Last I checked. You'd need to be level 17 overall which means your proficiency bonus would be +6.
@KatanaKamisama3 жыл бұрын
@@Fr4nZeR I'm not sure where you got 28 from.
@white_bread1265 Жыл бұрын
I'd absolutely love to see a sustained damage build with this, especially since I believe RAW the level 14 feature applies to all damage rolls
@jb75953 жыл бұрын
One point for not multiclassing is that some of us play with DM:s that aren't very cool with it. We're a group all new players, enough to keep track of without multiclassing hehe
@thomasw90333 жыл бұрын
Thunderclap not thunderwave
@androlgenhald4763 жыл бұрын
Haha, I kept wondering if he would catch that
@DnDDeepDive3 жыл бұрын
Too many low level aoe spells with "Thunder" in the name!
@honorablevalor63373 жыл бұрын
As a person that is completely incapable of not multiclassing I will now add two levels of fighter to every wizard build. Who needs Wish anyways?
@snazzyfeathers3 жыл бұрын
Alternatively if you're just looking for the CON profiency and better armor to boot you could just put one level in Artificer. Buuuut action surge is just too good to pass up. I wish some spellcasters could cast two spells in one turn
@TheRobversion13 жыл бұрын
agreed. most tables don't play into wish levels. all of my builds (theorycrafted/played about 30+ of them) start as 2 levels of fighter. but to be fair my table almost never plays into tier 4 and the few times we did our DM banned wish and simulacrum (since these were broken, braindead choices) so there was no point really not to multilclass.
@TheRobversion13 жыл бұрын
@@snazzyfeathers you can do the dissonant whispers + warcaster combo if you really don't want action surge. but yeah it's too good to pass up. artificer doen't really bring much to the table with that dip. you could just start sorc if you really wanted the con prof and wanted to avoid multiclassing for actual power stuff like action surge.
@LikeButton72 жыл бұрын
Wish is a 9th lvl spell. You get that at 17. You still get wish
@georgejohnson54183 жыл бұрын
Nobody going to talk about how this guy looks exactly like how Caleb Widogast would look as a Scourger?
@DnDDeepDive3 жыл бұрын
Ooo, that's a first. I like it! :)
@TheRobversion13 жыл бұрын
nope. everyone knows him as homelander.
@nope-bv6cu2 жыл бұрын
Elemental adept also has a nice small boost that any 1 rolls become a 2 so that might not add all that much but it will double the minimum damage you deal effectively which if you have lot lot dice to roll can be a nice little boost.
@TheRobversion13 жыл бұрын
Lol. i wonder what Treantmonk will say about this. haha. btw the recap for Aneria is a great idea. and yes agreed on starting fighter and multiclassing is fun. that's the way to go imo for any build. any build can make use of a fighter 2 dip. regarding aoe blasting, i'd personally prefer aoe control unless the aoe blast spell is also good single target dmg. if the aoe spell isnt taking out the bbeg along with the minions, then tactically it's better to just control everyone 1st or use better single target blasts. IMO going well balanced is inefficient. that's what your party members are for. versatility isn't essential in 5e. hyperfocus and being excellent in one thing brings more benefit to your party/improves the party's performance.
@quendi55573 жыл бұрын
True, the recaps are worth watching.
@KingSwiftieTV Жыл бұрын
Get Wish, wish that you are immune to necrotic damage, boom overchannel EVERY SINGLE SPELL! Or I think it was the Husk Warlock spell in that last video that made you immune to necrotic damage. Just two options I am sure people here prolly have more ways to negate necrotic damage.
@shaundenehy46813 жыл бұрын
Sickening radiance is an overlooked 4th lvl evocation spell.
@TheRobversion13 жыл бұрын
yup. with a forced move build and/or party members with forced movement, it's doable to 1 round kill the bbeg with this. i've done a 2 round kill solo with this. my only issue with it to be honest is it's a con save.
@EdAllen Жыл бұрын
One thing I haven't heard you mention in the CON vs DEX save comparison for blasting spells, is that CON is nice when the targets are evasive and can zero out damage on a DEX save.
@atran37853 жыл бұрын
"so anyway I started blasting"
@Shadow1The3 жыл бұрын
i love this man, thank you for the upload i might just use it too
@quendi55573 жыл бұрын
Quick Note: the necrotic damage taken due to overchanneling ignores resistances and immunities.
@MultiCommissar10 ай бұрын
The best Crowd Control is death.
@joshuatran15563 жыл бұрын
The sad part is that all of this is pretty much power crept by the new UA Classroom of Chaos classes, which are all completely combat oriented with very strong internal synergies
@lord66173 жыл бұрын
9:36 I mean, you can get the armor bonuses by going dwarf, or tortle, or lower armor bonuses by going something like dragonborn, etc. Also fighting style - blind fighting - criminally unmentioned. You can't blast what you can't see, which counts for enemies as well as yourself.
@sha21432 жыл бұрын
Have you considered using a Simulacrum for something like this? It would have it's own use of overchannel and action surge. So you could basically double all your potential damage.
@DnDDeepDive2 жыл бұрын
I never really get into simulacrum stuff. I talk about it one episode, but can't remember which, but it's basically to say "yes, this could be super powerful IF you have a bunch of snow and money and time to build one and can ensure that it doesn't die OR you have a wish spell," but I guess I generally steer clear from that kind of thing in my builds because there's a lot of "ifs" there that I don't necessarily feel like I can just assume every character will be able to do, ya know?
@sha21432 жыл бұрын
@@DnDDeepDive Fair point, it's not exactly a consistent thing. I got the idea off of reading a post where someone had a 14 evocation wizard/2 fighter/3 assassin rogue. They said they used they used a simulacrum on a surprise round to cast steel wind strike 4 times for double max damage, at double range because of spell sniper feat. Since it has an attack roll as part of the spell, the feat and assassin levels give 60ft radius and auto crits. Max 5 targets for casting though. Sounded like a fun combination though.
@teijotso8672 Жыл бұрын
28:15 you can see it... hes holding back the grin... HES TRYING SO HARD
@chrisjacobs47163 жыл бұрын
For the algorithm!
@unnefer0013 жыл бұрын
For the algorithm!
@clarioneversole90132 жыл бұрын
Overchannel builds most of the time: EXPLOOOSION! (collapses unconscious) This build: Darkness beyond twilight and crimson beyond blood that flows, buried in the stream of time is where your power grows. I pledge myself to conquer all the foes that stand before the gift bestowed in my unworthy hand. Let the fools that stand before me be destroyed by the power you and I posses, DRAGOOOOOON SLAAAAAAAAAAY! (collapses unconscious)
@k2k4 Жыл бұрын
I thought it was dragon slave? Also Lina is best blaster always casts maximized empowered heightened fireball at 9th level.
@binolombardi3 жыл бұрын
39:40 Sculpt spell does not protect the wizard from its own spells. It says other creatures. It specifically says “When you cast an evocation spell that affects other creatures that you can see, you can choose a number of them equal to 1 + the spell's level.”
@TheRobversion13 жыл бұрын
yup. i think he was confusing it with careful spell metamagic.
@DnDDeepDive3 жыл бұрын
Truth!
@Almighty_Mage3 жыл бұрын
Wow I missed that and it completely ruins it for me. I was picturing a mad mage in melee range that crushes a fireball in his hand and detonates a fireball on himself
@TheRobversion13 жыл бұрын
@@Almighty_Mage i accidentally did this with a melee wild magic sorc. I was casting a quickened spell then I rolled on the wild magic surged table and casted a 3rd level fireball on myself. Thankfully i didnt have allies around and i just hit a bunch of enemies and myself. Then i reacted with an absorb elements to negate most of the dmg. Since i casted another 1st level spell, i was forced to roll again on the surge table. I got the 4d10 lightning dmg to 3 creatures of my choice. Then i used my action to booming blade + absorb elements dmg one of the enemies that was left standing. Good times. ;)
@jaredfranco88002 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@DnDDeepDive2 жыл бұрын
Hey thanks! :)
@SpiderWaffle3 жыл бұрын
18:55 and 21:30 You mean Thunderclap I'm pretty sure, not Thunderwave, Thunderwave is a L1 spell.
@DnDDeepDive3 жыл бұрын
Too many Thunders! :P
@darkboyx73 жыл бұрын
if you want less investment the artificer dip 1 could be great as you'll retain your spell slot progression and also get the con save prof and medium armor + shield profs.
@TheRobversion13 жыл бұрын
yeah but hes after the powerful action surge.
@Ahglock3 жыл бұрын
The best crowd control is death.
@TheRobversion13 жыл бұрын
agreed. can't do anything if they are dead.
@quendi55573 жыл бұрын
Not saying you have to I just think it would be interesting to see how you would handle optimising a single class character. When I plan out characters more often than not it is a single class so I would find that really interesting to see what you can do with that.
@DnDDeepDive3 жыл бұрын
Oh I've done several, it's just not my usual go to. See Bladesinger, Death Cleric, Ranged Fighter, Hexblade, Bear Totem Barbarian, some of the builds in the Team-Up episodes, etc. etc.
@quendi55573 жыл бұрын
@@DnDDeepDive Cool, may check them out.
@jakubkucharczyk52553 жыл бұрын
I think Simulacrum would do wonders with this build. Considering you'll be character level 15 when you get access to level 7 spells, costly material component should not be a problem. Simulacrum takes its turn immidiately after the wizard who created it, so it can just mirror whatever you did for doubling the effect. Also, during long adventuring days, doubling your spell slots would also address the problem of spell slots depleting too fast.
@TheRobversion13 жыл бұрын
yup. simulacrum is OP. aside from wish, it's arguably the most powerful spell in the game.
@davidhamer78203 жыл бұрын
It's nice to be home.😊
@TheMindBullets2 жыл бұрын
Woah! What is this wizardry @1:24??? You make the blanket appear on the left side of the screen without us even realizing you were casting a spell!
@DnDDeepDive2 жыл бұрын
Prestidigitation!!!
@jeffadams9807 Жыл бұрын
I Like The Spells: CLOUD OF DAGGERS or MAGIC MISSLE, Upcasted To 5th Level, Then ACTION SURGE & Cast CLOUD OF DAGGERS or MAGIC MISSLE Agin... U Don't Have To Roll To Hit With Them...
@DnDDeepDive Жыл бұрын
You would like this build :) - kzbin.info/www/bejne/hGm3g3ePndOUrNk
@jeffadams9807 Жыл бұрын
@@DnDDeepDive After Watching This Video, I LOVE This Build, Thanks For Sharing... Any Character Build Video U Make, I Save & Watch...
@mikecrane20933 жыл бұрын
Meteor Swarm was called for, and Meteor Swarm was delivered. 20d6 fire + 20d6 bludgeoning damage will take the wind out of just about any armies sails! Go! Go! Evoker Wizard! edit: posted this before I watched the vid and saw you took two levels of fighter (no 9th level spells). Would still get Meteor Swarm, but not until 19 which is beyond the scope of these builds.
@TheRobversion13 жыл бұрын
to be fair, he stil gets access to it theoretically and tbh any 9th level spell is usually out of scope of this builds so meteor swarm doesnt even matter practically. 90+% of tables dont play tier 4. and even if he did, he'd probably take wish anyway.
@1205888801063 жыл бұрын
08:08 OR...you get good initiative and the first round is where you lay down the control/hurt/...as applicable. I recommend chronurgy or war magic with gift of alacrity. But alert/weapon of warning/...are decent alternatives. lvl 4 war school: if I roll average, i'm at 21 initiative. (1d20+1d8+3 dex mod+4 int mod) a nat 1 is 10, and a nat 20 is 35 initiative. (35 is of course a little crazy but we're looking for percentages guaranteed first.)
@1205888801063 жыл бұрын
2nd point: Arcane abeyance and giving the bead to you familiar AND multiclassing fighter means 3 fireballs (or other flavour) per round. Resets on short rest, though you do lose the empowered rolling.
@AnoNYmous-bz2ef3 жыл бұрын
Oh man. Thanks for this. I've been scratching my head trying to figure out how to make a Red Mage(Final Fantasy) themed build. I couldn't find a way to turn the Sorcerer into a partially viable melee fighter for when they run out of spell slots.
@TheRobversion13 жыл бұрын
booming blade.
@AnoNYmous-bz2ef3 жыл бұрын
@@TheRobversion1 The damage isn't the problem. The survivability is. (I don't like Draconic nor does it make sense for a Red Mage to be one.)
@TheRobversion13 жыл бұрын
@@AnoNYmous-bz2ef i dont like draconic either. Well i never found survival to be an issue in 5e. Its just a question for me of whether you can deal enough dmg to be an effective striker. are you playing with competent controllers? Maybe you feel this way because you arent playing with competent controllers? Or did you mean you wanted to make a tank when you said melee?
@anxander84383 жыл бұрын
@@AnoNYmous-bz2ef Tough feat? If AC is the problem maybe Eldritch Initiate: Mage Armor?
@coolman42027 ай бұрын
I’m finally being a player and want to play a blaster!
@hadeszero45263 жыл бұрын
it would hurt your friends and your allies. So the enemy is safe good lol. 7:25
@The_Gnome_Chomskee2 жыл бұрын
You know it’s a DDO build when it starts with the class opposite of the intended class ;)
@lord66173 жыл бұрын
probably mentioned elsewhere, but fear imposes disadvantage on ability checks. If your enemies fail their initial save against illusory dragon, they aren't likely to "investigate" it successfully, as investigate is an ability check. Also re: overchannel - have you considered you should instead be playing a half orc for this build, because of the built-in death ward? Otherwise get a friendly cleric to cast death ward on you. Imagine playing a half orc with Death Ward on - just go back to back to back overchannels and don't care.
@johnathonelliott5303 жыл бұрын
Your videos are amazing as always! Question for you though. Take a look at Vitriolic Sphere. It is a 4th level evocation Wizard spell from Xanathar's that has a 20 foot radius and its duration is instantaneous. If you upcast it to a 5th level spell, on a failed Dex save, it does 12d4 acid damage and it does 5d4 acid damage at the end of the target's next turn. If you overchannel Vitriolic Sphere, does both the 12d4 and 5d4 acid damage get the max damage benefit? Or just the 12d4? Been loving Tales of Aneria! Looking forward to the next session!
@DnDDeepDive3 жыл бұрын
Thanks! I’ve though about Vitriolic sphere quite a bit. The damage is nice, but for this build, focused on burst I wanted to get things that did all of their damage instantly, so as to not give them a chance to act :).
@TheRobversion13 жыл бұрын
tbh i can see it being interpreted 2 ways: 1. it says "when you cast" so it can only be the dmg dealt during your turn. 2. it also says " you can deal maximum dmg with that spell" and the secondary dmg is still part of the spell's dmg. I'd rule it as the 2nd one. this is tier 3 high level stuff. won't be a big difference maker as enemy's hp scale rapidly at these levels as more higher CR monsters are largh/huge (which takes up more space in the vitriolic sphere anyway). Adding 7.5 secondary dmg isn't OP.
@bskec21773 жыл бұрын
Thunderwave is a first level spell, not a cantrip. You have it confused with the cantrip "Thunderclap". Not a bad melee damage spell for an evocation wizard/fighter, but straight wizards usually want to get out of melee instead of casting a damage cantrip.
@DnDDeepDive3 жыл бұрын
Truth!
@chuckgreen89892 жыл бұрын
Following along with the build guide, at level 3 you keep referring to Thunderwave as a cantrip. You do mean ThunderCLAP, correct? Do you suggest taking both?
@Ramschat3 жыл бұрын
I think that melfs minute meteors only hit a 2 by 2 squares area. The reason is that I think when you choose a point, it means choosing a vertice on the grid (where four squares meet)
@DnDDeepDive3 жыл бұрын
Right - just pinned a comment about this - good catch.
@TheGImp12143 жыл бұрын
So i heard from another youtuber why your beginner guides didn’t do so well. If you spam upload videos the algorithm just shuts you down and doesn’t recommend any of them. But if you upload one every few hours I don’t know the actual time the guy said it takes a while the algorithm favors it more.
@DnDDeepDive3 жыл бұрын
Yeah I mostly wanted to get those out to have something for new players to turn to and to hopefully build on... one day :). I didn't expect them to blow up, but hope that once I can dedicate some time to adding to the series regularly it'll get some traction.
@chrisjacobs47163 жыл бұрын
I did notice something like that as well. I only received notifications for the first two and had to search for the other three.
@samuel2000LoL3 жыл бұрын
@@chrisjacobs4716 yeah me too, I received the notification only for the second video
@gaidencastro97063 жыл бұрын
Is using Action Surge to combine Mind Sliver and a Saving throw Spell (like Fireball) worth it, or is it better to cast 2 Fireballs?
@DnDDeepDive3 жыл бұрын
I think it all depends on the likelihood of them making their save, but generally two fireballs is probably better, especially if there are multiple targets :)
@gaidencastro97063 жыл бұрын
@@DnDDeepDive Okay.
@TheRobversion13 жыл бұрын
a more interesting combo with action surge is: evard's black tentacles + fireball black tentacles will deal dmg (not as much s fireball, 3d6 but it's sustained) and create difficult terrain. however, the mathematical kicker here, is it'll apply the restrained condition. the restrained condition will impose disadvantage for dex saving throws for your action surged fireball (most likely resulting in a fail) that this combo warrants consideration for blasting over just casting 2 fireballs. to illustrate: evards 3d6 (+3d6 sustained) + 8d6 (most likely failed save fireball) vs. fireball 8d6 (failed save) + 4d6 fireball (made save) 2 fireballs will still be better burst wise but once you get to a 2nd instance of dealing evard's dmg, it now exceeds 2 fireballs (plus it can assist in making the fireball you cast on turn 2 harder to save against).
@davidhamer78203 жыл бұрын
Small correction. Thunderwave is a 1st level spell not a cantrip so you can ignore 2 allies.😊
@DnDDeepDive3 жыл бұрын
I meant to say Thunderclap >.>
@S1leNtRIP3 жыл бұрын
What do you think about the Scribes Wizard + Tempest Cleric 2 build? Max damage on one blast spell once per short rest. You can max out a Meteor Swarm once per day and have it deal lightning damage for 240 to four 40’ radius spheres.
@DnDDeepDive3 жыл бұрын
Lots of fun stuff to do with scribes and changing up damage types - Tempest Cleric is a great option!
@Rodrik183 жыл бұрын
This only partialy works. You would be able to transmute the FIRE damage and maximize that, but the bludgeoning damage would still be 20d6. That is still good, and it works wheras you cant Overchannel a 6th or above (even with upcasting), but its a bit less than 240 per target.
@S1leNtRIP3 жыл бұрын
@@Rodrik18 The way I read it (and tried to confirm with people online) is that it changes the damage of the spell to the damage you want...meaning all! But either way! It's still pretty brutal!
@S1leNtRIP3 жыл бұрын
@@DnDDeepDive Don't slow down spell levels, and get heavy armor! It's got promise! ;)
@TheRobversion13 жыл бұрын
@@S1leNtRIP agreed. rodrik must be thinking of transmute spell metamagic from sorc.
@alex2legit3 жыл бұрын
TROGGGGGGDORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
@alangalantin86143 жыл бұрын
maybe its time to change the destiny of my lvl 2 fighter o.O
@FitLovejoy3 жыл бұрын
Overchannel (2nd time in a day) + Death Ward when you're about to go down anyway... *WIN*
@FitLovejoy3 жыл бұрын
@@DnDDeepDive I love it. Very situational, but a great middle finger in a clutch moment will certainly have the table cheering and going wild.
@arcanerecovery25672 жыл бұрын
picking this feat up later once you already have Mage Hand gives you a 60 foot range instead of 30 feet.