The Clockwork Sorcerer Tank: d4 #90

Our D&D 5e character build this week is an attempt to make a protection-focused tank out of, yes, a Sorcerer. Come see how we did :).

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Character Concept:(0:00)
Level 1:(7:14)
Levels 2-6:(15:52)
Levels 7-9:(32:02)
Levels 10-13:(40:31)
Levels 14-17:(46:06)
Final Thoughts:(51:31)
Outtakes:(53:56)

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Master Tank Comparison:

Music Credits:

[Ivy-vvzj]

The way Colby says "welcome home" always brings an enormous smile to my face.

[NexusNoxCS]

This and Treantsmonk's are my favorite dnd optimizers channels. And it's really not because of the math or theory craft. It's because of the attitude. Colby and Chris are so genuine and welcoming and it just makes it feel like you're just chatting with a friend. And it really warms my heart to hear "welcome home, this is where you belong."

[JudeCranberry]

Literally refreshing the page waiting for this one, super excited

[grendl]

Anyone thinking about becoming a subscriber, I have to say that I cannot recommend ENOUGH doing so. Not only are the written breakdowns terrific and you're supporting an awesome channel, Colby also sometimes posts some crazy slash fiction.

Ok, so that last part might be untrue, but the rest isn't.

[theFunkyThumb]

I love specializing as a character. Thats why you're my first stop for new character builds when i jump in a session. Its great. Like i just started playing your Ice Mage build, and its been fantastic, save for the part where we got captured and the captain has some magic dampening item and im trying to stealth without proficiency and have an 8 strength lol. Im getting carried, but boy when im out ill be super useful again

[EnchantedCharm]

love the interaction between armor of agathys and the sorcerer's bastion of law. by reducing the damage your armor takes, you effectively prolong its duration, allowing it to deal way more damage over more impacts against you

[Zarsla]

Alt point buy numbers:
Str- 8
Dex - 10
Con - 14
Wis - 10
Int - 14
Cha - 15
Give
+2 to Con, +1 to Cha.
Gives +3 con mod, +3 Cha mod
At 1st ASI get +2 int for +3 int.
Only drop Str.

[jormungandthemidgardserpen]

I'm probably gonna steal this build and modify to suit my tastes, thank you very much.

Hexblade dip sounds delicious, btw. And i think that it might work as a narrative tool with one condition: ancient warforged.

Okay, let's say that we are ancient warforged found in a forgotten dungeon. We come online for the first time in X hundreds/thousands of years, our memory block is damaged, personality fragmented. But we don't know about it. So, we kinda try to piece our identity together, we know ancient forgotten artificer ways and we create a set of armour. Except, when we do that, we figure out that the armour is sentient and it's us, another us, with different personality and totally different set of skills. This creates disorder in ourselves. And therefore, fighting our contradictory nature, we instinctively are trying to establish order around us to avoid chaotic environment, where our disorder thrives, thus preventing our mission/goal/desires to be achieved/pursued.

[MikeydactylGaming]

My alternative version of this which is a bit* more "pure" Sorc.

Tortle STR-based Clockwork Soul Sorc. Pure Clockwork Soul outside of a 2 level dip in Pali. Your goal is to invest in Strength, use your staff for attacks (hence investment in STR), take Warcaster at level 4, and use Booming Blade + Smite to make enemies stick to you with pure damage.

Luckily there are SO many excellent spells on the Clockwork Soul spell list that require 0 saving throws so we take the minimum 13 in CHA and just pump up our STR and CON.

Warcaster + High CON + Proficiency allows for safe casting of Haste essentially allowing us to get multi-attack without a investment in a martial class, along with the other numerous benefits. We can also TWIN this to boost another martial in the party.

Eventually we can get Crusher and pull off the "Catch-22" for HUGE burst. We can use AoA + Haste + Aid all at once to do massive amounts of tanking. And we can use metamagic to twin amazing concentration spells and protect that concentration extremely well. I love my Clockwork Soul tank!!

[Olav_Hansen]

33:40 the silence spell is also insanely effective, and is single handedly the best antimage spell in the game when a sentinel is in your party.

[swhithorn]

I am making a stained glass warforged clockwork soul sorcerer and was looking for some inspiration, and I absolutely LOVE the thematic awesomeness of the armorer artificer for this. I think I'll forego the tank route in favor of making a literal glass cannon instead, but this is why I love this channel: even if the build isn't quite the route I am looking for, there is always a Font of Inspiration to be drawn from.

[dmin]

I love when Colby says "If you love creating new and some what powerful characters, this is where you belong." Thank you so much for having us who love playing DnD with not so powerful characters! I love the videos you put out, keep up the good work!

[justinjohnson]

I've been playing a Clockwork Sorc/Dao Lock Earth Genasi for almost a year and have used so many of these ideas for him as well as your "Shredder" spike growth tactics. Anyone considering a build like this one, I can't begin to recommend it enough. Being a sorcerer that's so well rounded is one of the most rewarding characters I've made.

[vangyang]

Not saying the art is bad, it’s amazing. But, there’s a big missed opportunity. Should’ve had the shield as a huge Clock (Pocket Watch)

[deadpoolrwbyfan]

I seriously can never get enough of this channel. I’m gearing up to use a tweaked Psi Knife in my group’s upcoming campaign.

[WRARRior]

This is definitely top 3 of your builds for me. I love the concept and flavor of this character. Awesome job, and as always; the plant is looking great.

[marshallwilver]

Interesting build. Love the fact that you upload on Tuesday’s. I’m a gm for a pizza joint and on Tuesday’s I go open at a store that’s about an hour from my house and these vids are the perfect length for me to listen to on my way home. One of these vids even in a round about way inspired the build for my current character in the campaign I play in. I’m playing a divine soul sorcerer/hexblade warlock that uses a similar combo to your nature cleric sustained dpr build. My go to combo is spirit guardians with eldritch blast+agonizing blast+grasp of hadar to pull them. Also took telekinetic feat to bonus action push a second target in. Also took haste to buff the party paladin and monk for the combats I feel like I should stay back and play the healer/buffer role. Also I like making the other dudes feel more powerful. I’m the only experienced pc in the party so I don’t wanna always steal the spotlight. :)

[Iztacmizton]

This video came out just in time when I needed a new tank build that I haven't done before! Thanks!

[stumpywest]

Bless your sneeze at the end, very interesting build 😊😊

[Bruh-kgnw]

HELL YEAH my fav sorcerer subclass by far. Thanks Colby!