You Might Be an Aberrant Mind | Sorcerer Subclass Guide for DND 5e

[@jcm3949]

Hadar is a sentient star that hands out it's Arms and Hunger to every warlock so it can eat lifeforce.

[@cbdrawer9527]

You know, I never actually questioned who Hadar was. Thank you for educating me

[@slavicandroid1999]

"How did we start as professor X and end up as Martian Manhunter" Considering Martian Manhunter is considered one of the biggest threats on Earth by Superman, id take that as a compliment

[@kenshinsakuma6431]

I don’t think Superman considers professer x at all 😭( they are apart of two diffrent comic book universes/ franchise/ brands)

[@dontuserachelslurs]

​@@kenshinsakuma6431marvel and DC have crossed over many times

[@slavicandroid1999]

@@kenshinsakuma6431 I was talking about Martian Manhunter

[@veeshallkumballi2551]

​@@kenshinsakuma6431 reading isnt your strong suit huh

[@casbot71]

Being a voice in someone's head can be even more fun with the _Actor feat_ or by being a _Kenku_ with its _mimicry._ You can pretend to be someone's internal monologue, pretend that another person or thing is doing the telepathy, and as mentioned be the ever favourite voice of their God.

[@Drocksas]

Even without those, I managed to do the very first thing you mentioned with a solid deception and a rule-of-cool-rolling DM. Kind of ended up starting a Kobold uprising in the cult of Tiamat because of it.

[@FirstnameLastname-bp2pg]

And Actor increases CHA by 1, so you could go Custom Lineage, set CHA to 15, give +2 from race, then take the Actor feat for 18 CHA at Level 1.

[@StriderZessei]

That Larian burn was so hot that someone needs to cast Power Word Heal.

[@jcmohr]

That Larian shade was so hot it burned Karlach

[@researcherchameleon4602]

“What’s this? A mind that spends so little time thinking about bees? My taxidermy Seacow stuffed with bees ought to fix that!”

[@Brianna-eo8nu]

The tentacle and slime motifs are likely because of the Eldrich/Lovecraftian origins of the subclass flavor. The whole “I was exposed to a cosmic horror thing from the far realm and now my mind is altered in some way” defiantly has a Cathulu cultist vibe. Even the fishy mutations of Revelation in Flesh seem to take a page from Degon and the deep one hybrids.

[@MrWesternAUS]

What a way to go to reference the TFS version of Instant Transmission. Bonus Doofinshurtz quote: If I had a quarter every time a TFS quote/reference was used, I would have 2 Quarters, which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice

[@billmcdonald5063]

That's funny Doofenshmirtz

[@Drocksas]

So, I'm heavily biased as someone who enjoys H.P. Lovecraft stories and the Cthulhu mythos, but I LOVE this subclass. I commented this on the community post as well, but my longest-running character - currently level 17 - is (mainly) Aberrant Mind. Even started back when it was still Unearthed Arcana! (We play every other week. It's been a loooong campaign.) And YMBA's right, it's a VERY powerful subclass! I sadly haven't had a whole lot of use for it, but thanks to the psionic spellcasting and Sending, you can become a living communications hub in more social-focused games/sessions! If you funnel your spell slots into sorcery points, you can easily cast Sending upwards of 6 or 7 times as early as levels 7 or 8. And that's not even touching on the power you can wield in combat with things like synaptic static that can't be counterspelled! It plays like a dream!

[@hadesvanir8149]

What did you multi class with if you don’t mind me asking?

[@WanderingRagabond]

Easily my favorite sorcerer subclass. For when you wanna do lovecraftian stuff better than the GOOlock, or be the Dark Phoenix of your squad.

[@felipefilardimelo550]

When I first saw Arabella from BG3 coming from the shadow lands almost unscathed, manipulating vines and plants and fighting the shadows, I thought she was a Druid, but later, with all that talk with her and Withers and the "let the weave guide you" thing, she seemed more like a Sorcerer to me. That's when I realized that the things that happened in the Druid's Grove awakened her innate magical powers. Maybe she is a Druid-themed Sorcerer after all.

[@chaos9059]

The druids worship a nature deity. Arabella uses magic from the Shadowfell. Not an easy source to tap. That idol is really weird.

[@69belhaven]

Withers specifically mentions she has "the power of the decaying forest" so some kind of death or decay magic by the sound of it.

[@henryfandel4696]

LETS GO MY FAVORITE ELDRITCH SUBCLASS

[@LockerRoomChatter]

I’ve been waiting for this!!! My personal favorite Sorcerer sub class

[@PatRiot-le7rd]

"Was it you, Crawford?" LMAO! Another hilarious video. Well done!

[@marcusblacknell-andrews1783]

I’d recommend the “Inscrutable” characteristic from Theros. Imagine a Tabaxi Sorcerer with the Mind of a Sphinx.

[@samhill6831]

Aberrant being of aberrations. The unfathomable and unending darkness of the void. THATS why the goo theme etc. you don’t get magic omelets without breaking a few space kraken eggs.

[@Warforged644]

It’s Joever, my mind might be aberrant

[@deanospimoniful]

Use your mental powers to make everyone else sneezefart and then you're on a level playing field.

[@pranakhan]

Interesting sub, even if Cthulhu seems to be the only representation of cosmic horror that is explored for some reason. I made a character who re-flavors many of these abilities as he draws his powers from the energy that constitutes Nyarlathotep. His "Revelation in Flesh" manifests as his body appearing to be like a negative photograph; distorted slightly in space-time by seeming taller & leaner than he is, almost 2 dimensional at certain angles

[@rickxhoshinji]

4:54 I wasn’t expecting this meme to be in the Aberrant Mind video.

[@firebreathingsnapdragon3344]

“The strongest Sorcerer subclass.” Clockwork Soul would like a word with you.

[@danielwinter4740]

Love this channel so much never miss an upload

[@neon-rc6lc]

Currently playing the sub class in my campaign and loving it. It literally blew my DM’s mind.

[@zinniaferguson461]

Hello Mr. Ymba, just wanted to say excellent work on the video as usual. In addition, I really appreciate you being a multidisciplinary nerd. D&D, anime, AND comics? My kind of guy. Keep up the good work.

[@AndrewJohnson-oy8oj]

Psionics in D&D came during a time when there was a short fad in psionics-based fantasy novels. The most popular being the "Children of Hastur" series. (Hastur being a sentient star which awakened psionic powers in sentient beings on the planets which orbit it. Sound familiar at all?)

[@WAMTAT]

Psionics is my favorite feature

[@Dungeonmage49]

I honestly learn more about the classes through these than reading the books

[@PenguinDnD]

Awesome great job one of my favorite subclass

[@qn3x622]

BEEN WAITING FOR THIS

[@thereal_ce0172]

my favourite subclass of my favourite caster, been waiting for this video for a long time. Ty YMBADND. Also, congrats on the world anvil sponsor!

[@nonamegiven202]

yep you got to love this subclass, granted i love the eldritch stuff so it's quite literally made for me, and it's made even better with Tasha's also giving you the Telekinetic and Telepathic feats. Like sure you're not going meta with them (not that Aberrant Mind is needing any help) but they add to it's flavor so well while only being half feats to boot.

[@nonamegiven202]

@@dantevoss9305 they're feats not (sub)class features.

[@bthsr7113]

THIS is more in line with tapping into the dark other that I expected from the Profane Soul. Much more freaky.

[@Person-Man67]

You made this just as I was working on my new Aberrant Mind sorcerer.

[@syrupchugger421]

Didn't realize how cool...and somewhat creepy...this subclass is. I'll have to try it out. Thank you

[@Tsukuyomi_99]

Nice ive wanted to play this

[@l33tmaster]

Friends, country men, fellow watchers of this amazing intro to DnD subclassess! Lend me your ear (eyes)!! I call fourth to bring a subclass to the table. CIRCLE OF STARS Druid. Mostly cause I don't really understand it and cause I think it sounds cool! 😆 Thank you for your time.

[@felipefilardimelo550]

For homebrew videos, I'll stick with the Druid-themed Sorcerer that I was asking you to make, but I also think we also need more Artificer subclasses, I would love to see some ideas from you. Thanks from Brazil

[@mythmakroxymore1670]

Yeah you can easily powergame this subclass, or you can make a Drow Interplanet Janet with Crown of Stars, Dancing Lights, Melf’s Minute Meteors, and Faerie Fire. Drow entertainer is great synergy statwise, and additional dex and charisma means you can blast people for allies to clean up. Finally, her mental discussions allow her and her troupe to pull off feats which require radio silence and some means of communication. You have a crossbow, tie a rope to it and let the rogue climb up while you let him know when and if trouble is coming to spot them, thanks to Telepathic Speech and 120 ft of Darkvision. Whether you slotted stats for combat, for exploration, or for roleplay, the Interplanet Janet build is a valuable asset to any team.

[@adamrutkowski892]

as someone who will start campaign playing psychic...yea psychic magic is rly funny like no component all the time ( unless you under fear efect or something) and some of the most flavor full spell for madling in enemy mind

[@RandallAndStrat]

I think a lot of the goo theme for this subclass comes from the abberation that it most closely models from, especially at those higher levels: aboleths. Older than the gods, bastions of psionic might not unlike the mind flayers, and secreting a mucus that transmits a disease that turns the skin of humanoids into goo and forces them to breathe water instead of air.

[@legendofgrimsby3290]

These videos are a ritual that I would dearly miss

[@knightghaleon]

I’ve usually mixed this with chain warlock so I could cover the rogue’s escape route with the imp, or with the whispers bard for extra creepy stuff.

[@wrightcore3367]

Despite my fear of all things aberrant, the Aberrant Mind is my favorite subclass in all of D&D. The spells kick ass, the theme is rad, it’s all so awesome! Now I need to play this one again.

[@fearthepiggaming2998]

Hell yeah they're doing my favorite sorcerer LETS GOOOOOO

[@Avigorus]

Mind alteration was so much more broken back in 3.5... they didn't have to deal with a charmed creature realizing it had been manipulated the moment the spell duration expires for a start, and at the highest levels it was possible to rewrite someone's memories so hard a freaking _wish_ was required to undo it (if you wanted to actually alter their personality you left it open to a remove curse doing the job), if the never-formally-updated pizza cutter 3.0 dark book was allowed.

[@Kutterkaleb]

I love your content so much!!! Can’t wait to see Wildfire Druid when you get around to it! 🤩

[@veeshallkumballi2551]

Literally just created a final boss using this class, no way you uploaded it the next day

[@AtelierGod]

I’d say if you don’t see a use for the Calm Emotions spell but still want to keep the Psionic theme swap it for Mind Spike.

[@samuelgeyman]

PLEASE do Eloquence Bard next, it's my favorite subclass for sheer party face fun

[@serhantasc8323]

My aberrant mind sorcerer is wreaking havoc with "Subtle" Detect thoughts, Suggestion, Mass suggestion and Modify memory.

[@pappajudas9267]

The sorcerer that slowly turns into a lovecraftian abomination.

[@Enderl4ne]

5:48 how does psyonic sorcery make your spells un counterspellable? Does counter spell rely on verbal/somatic components?

[@youmightbeadnd]

Yes. Without seeing the somatic components you cannot be counterspelled. Same for greater invisibility, or magical ambush abilities that let you cast unseen.

[@Scrublord96]

It also gets an extended spell list as well.

[@KalinaHitanaVTuber]

While I'm personally unaware of what Hadar is, our group came damn near close to meeting it in our campaign

[@genma200sj]

definitely the strongest sorcerer subclass.

[@shadowldrago]

I'm surprised Aberrant Mind doesn't have any psionics. Like, if the "use Sorcery Points to cast" made the spell count as psionic rather than magic, it would arguably be stronger. Sure, you gotta provide the spell components, but you can't Counterspell psionics, and it gets around Magic Resistance.

[@BigChucka419]

7:21 That was the Exandrian moon Ruidis, not Mars,

[@majorasmask5523]

God, I miss Bloodragers.

[@NoahLarsson-rea-iz5xz]

Yay best psychic subclass

[@Paul_aka_Paul]

HECK YES! P B and J otter noodle dance!!!!!! 14/10

[@bradwillis7415]

Love it!!

[@Fomonyn]

I love the idea of a call centre full of abberant mind sorcerers that kick you ass when you dont buy their product 😂😂😂😂

[@Vox_80]

i've play this class before, the character was literally just a paranoid schizophrenic the whole time.

[@textoffender3410]

5:49 a components pouch (from adventuring gear) already contains every spell component that doesn't have a coin cost associated with it (even the ones that expire), +a spellcasting focus will let you ignore those components if you're wielding properly.

[@Dragongamz1]

Well the transition from Professor X to Martian Manhunter isn't that much of a stretch considering J'on J'onzz is one of the strongest telepaths in DC Comics

[@TheDrumMajor]

Welp, I’m convinced that I need to make a new character for future use.

[@atahanselekoglu_]

you should do instinctual warrior barbarian! :)

[@gudboah4688]

Ah yes, the kwisatz haderach subclass.

[@VantanaTheOne]

Popped up on my home screen early

[@ShugoAWay]

Yeah not sure why they didn't have any of the psyonic options in bg3 as they fit so well

[@christurner5791]

Which is a rad ability. Which is a rad ability. Jokes aside this video is great! ^^

[@casbot71]

What... 18th level is great but the 20th capstone is Meh...? That means *2 level dip* time! 2 levels in Divination Wizard gives portent, which is not only powerful metagaming but fits in perfectly with the flavour of the class. And there's the option of one of the other charisma based classes [Hexblade, Paladin, Bard] with better armour, so you won't be so squishy.

[@blaringsea8923]

The Clockwork Soul Sorcerer would like to know your address.

[@noldewit3352]

Have you done arcane archer? I’d love to hear your opinion

[@Notwilliamr]

The Peanut Butter and Jelly Otter deep cut

[@FirstnameLastname-bp2pg]

7:37-7:41 Oops

[@kubiakpella]

Oathbreaker Paladin pls

[@wulras6745]

this explains a lot abt imogen

[@Avigorus]

Obvious follow-up is obvious: the AM's fraternal twin, the Clockwork Soul.

[@axelschakram3516]

Can we by Chance have a You might be an Alchemist?

[@Bloodxbeast666]

Day 4206969: still no wildfire druid. Rations are running low, but we will persevere till we see that glorious day!

[@timothyh5632]

Ah yes, better pact of the Great Old One

[@jasonking4004]

Wild that inalso sneeze farted in 5th grade

[@DerrickBarrows]

Which is a rad ability...which is a rad ability....

[@deanospimoniful]

BEES!

[@nextgenstatus]

well i mean since manhunter can do most of what professor x can do, it was always manhunter subclass

[@RenoKyrie]

Some back story for Aberrant Mind Sorcerer A Sorcerer who got their powers by Kuo Toa A Sorcerer who got teached by Flumphs how to become a Psychic A Sorcerer born Psychic because a Gem Dragon want to see more Psykers existing

[@SimplexStorm]

LETS GOOOOO

[@McCbobbish]

Aberrant mind who uses their psychic powers to cheat at fantasy poker

[@scrubyt2668]

I'm so confused why the Aberrant Mind Sorcerer is absent from Baldur's Gate 3, it's literally directly tied to the main plot point of the game

[@issecret1]

Bacause all the characters are aberrant mind sorcerers by default

[@mrselfdistrucht5565]

Hah. I just watched Dapper Snapper aberrant mind sorcerer build. 😅 Now this. I love it.

[@GusBelling]

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[@195rws]

day one of asking for spore druid.

[@itsgamertime1108]

Day 1 of asking for the Fighter: Brute subclass

[@kingsim9288]

How is that not a subclass in BG3!?😅

[@deanospimoniful]

Larian had the choice of continuing to add more features ad infinitum, or actually release 1.0.

[@puckgaming-YT]

10 minute gang l l [/

[@puckgaming-YT]

It 11 minute now none of y'all ten min gang

[@Ivel1oss]

I guess I'll have to start my own thirty minute gang :(

[@shadetheskeleton1634]

Will you one day go over the schools of magic in one video or keep pretending they don’t exist?

[@Giosuke_Giogashikata]

Not original in the slightest, but someone needs to play a Goblin Aberrant Mind Sorceror. The mind goblins are real, and they are coming for your testicles.

[@absolutleynotanalien8096]

Omega is lower than alpha...

[@youmightbeadnd]

Its an x men reference...

[@absolutleynotanalien8096]

@@youmightbeadnd I know.

[@absolutleynotanalien8096]

@@youmightbeadnd But I didn't know alpha level mutants was a thing until this minute.

[@casbot71]

Advice: If anyone ever says they're an Alpha, ask them _"is that some sort of furry thing?"_ Do they dress up as a wolf.

[@engibones5948]

never make a psionic character in decent into avernus, there are straight up rules for them and i made a character who was all about his pisonics.

[@bradwillis7415]

Elaborate please

[@engibones5948]

@@bradwillis7415 Decent into avernus has a whole set of rules for using pisonics down there due to all the deal making and shit, telepathy is not safe down there, who ever rules that area can just connect in, not even sendings are safe. 90% of devils have telepathy, so me going down there was being a small fish, but as I got stronger it was fun dominating them though the shit they were tormenting me with at lower levels.

[@engibones5948]

@@bradwillis7415 in decent into avernus there are rules for pisonics, stuff like sending and telepathic communication can be spied on by who ever owns the terroritry you are in. All devils have telepathy, so when you are down there be careful. It was fun in the end when I was fucking darth vadering a demon that tried to enter my mind once.

[@engibones5948]

@@bradwillis7415 Apparently i cant cause every time i try it gets deleted by someone

[@bradwillis7415]

@@engibones5948 Oh...weird...