Apanthro
2018-12-14, 06:33 PM
Hey everyone, first post on giantitp. I've been lurking here for a while and have learned quite a bit. Part of this lurking included reading pretty much every post written about the trickery domain, the cleric's red headed step child. Despite my qualms regarding the archetype's effectiveness in combat I have a character stuck in my head that I absolutely have to roleplay.
I'm planning a character for dragon heist. Basically I want my kenku to be the master of mindf*ck and social intrigue. I figure at level 1 with kenku mimicry and disguise self I can follow a target around, listen to their voice for a few hours and then go physically impersonate them while saying a few phrases in their voice, such as "hey c'mere a sec!", cue ambush. Actor would do the same thing but I like the flavor and challenge that comes with having select phrases and having to stalk the person before you impersonate them. But that's only the start: With invoke duplicity I can disguise self, make an illusion clone, and then have any famous politician run naked down main street (or pin a murder on anybody thanks to touch spells).
Then if I go warlock pact of the tome, either goo or hexblade:
At-will disguise self (mask of many faces)
At-will silent image (misty visions)
Friends, minor illusion, mage hand (pact of the tome)
This seems like it could make for some fun shenanigans, especially if I can combine silent image (visual) and minor illusion (sound).
The build doesn't truly bloom until level 3 or 4, as that's when I'm able to cast use invocations along with invoke duplicity, so I'm unsure of whether to start with hexblade or cleric as well. I'd like to mostly focus on support but have the potential to be gish-like, attacking with advantage thanks to invoke duplicity while also being able to kite with eldritch blast.
I'd like to know whether or not anybody has experience with a MAD multiclass like trickery/hexblade, what other spells I should look at for greater social control, and what an ideal level split between the two classes would be. Right now I'm leaning towards 2 cleric/3 warlock/x cleric. This is just so I can do clericy things at the start, like keep the party alive at level 1, but the campaign will go past level 5 most likely (just in time for pact of the tome!).
Currently my point buy is (kenku racial included)...
Str 8
Dex 10
Con 14
Int 8
Wis 16
Cha 15
I'm planning a character for dragon heist. Basically I want my kenku to be the master of mindf*ck and social intrigue. I figure at level 1 with kenku mimicry and disguise self I can follow a target around, listen to their voice for a few hours and then go physically impersonate them while saying a few phrases in their voice, such as "hey c'mere a sec!", cue ambush. Actor would do the same thing but I like the flavor and challenge that comes with having select phrases and having to stalk the person before you impersonate them. But that's only the start: With invoke duplicity I can disguise self, make an illusion clone, and then have any famous politician run naked down main street (or pin a murder on anybody thanks to touch spells).
Then if I go warlock pact of the tome, either goo or hexblade:
At-will disguise self (mask of many faces)
At-will silent image (misty visions)
Friends, minor illusion, mage hand (pact of the tome)
This seems like it could make for some fun shenanigans, especially if I can combine silent image (visual) and minor illusion (sound).
The build doesn't truly bloom until level 3 or 4, as that's when I'm able to cast use invocations along with invoke duplicity, so I'm unsure of whether to start with hexblade or cleric as well. I'd like to mostly focus on support but have the potential to be gish-like, attacking with advantage thanks to invoke duplicity while also being able to kite with eldritch blast.
I'd like to know whether or not anybody has experience with a MAD multiclass like trickery/hexblade, what other spells I should look at for greater social control, and what an ideal level split between the two classes would be. Right now I'm leaning towards 2 cleric/3 warlock/x cleric. This is just so I can do clericy things at the start, like keep the party alive at level 1, but the campaign will go past level 5 most likely (just in time for pact of the tome!).
Currently my point buy is (kenku racial included)...
Str 8
Dex 10
Con 14
Int 8
Wis 16
Cha 15