Wasp
2020-08-17, 12:33 PM
Hi everyone!
I really like social skill monkeys that are sneaky and could fit in a heist movie or a cold war spy movie - characters that go "undercover" or simply pretend to be someone else. And I love to combine that with Magic (or Psionics, see below) - meaning my favorite things in 5e are:
a) Mask of Many Faces/Disguise Self (or Changelings)
b) Mage Hand Legerdemain, and
c) Subtle Spell
for doing magic stuff sneakily.
To get all three things effectively you normally have to get AT, Warlock and Sorcerer, which may not be optimal --- for basically anything everything else...
But as someone pointed out to me, the UA on Psionics (yeah, yeah, I know this is not going to see print, but I think I may be able to use it anyway) does contain
a) the Psionic Soul Sorcerer who gets this ability at first level:
Psychic Sorcery. When you cast a spell, you can use your mind to form it, rather than relying on words, gestures, and materials. To do so, roll your Psionic Talent die. The spell then requires no verbal component, and if you rolled the level of the spell or higher, the spell doesn’t require somatic or material components either.
which is like 1/2 to 3/4th of "subtle spell" for just one level of sorcerer instead of three (I am assuming the ability does apply to non-sorcerer spells as well).
b) the Telekinetic Feat that gives you
- Increase your Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
- You learn the mage hand cantrip. You can cast it without verbal or somatic components, and you can make the spectral hand invisible. If you already know this spell, its range increases by 30 feet when you cast it. Its spellcasting ability is the ability increased by this feat.
- As a bonus action, you can try to telekinetically shove one creature you can see within 30 feet of you. [yada yada yada..]
which gives me basically a Psionic Mage Hand Legerdemain, without getting 3 levels of Rogue.
So therefore I was thinking of playing a Warlock (to get the Mask of Many Faces as I feel it's more helpful than Changeling as the ability to change your whole appearance including clothes is quite strong) and do a 1 level dip of Psionic Soul Sorcerer - but haven't thought of much else? I was kinda thinking Tome Celestial maybe? And maybe Half-Elf for Sills and Darkvision? What would you do with this?
Rules are Point Buy and every source allowed (obviously). Starting Level would be 1 going to 12 but maybe beyond.
I really like social skill monkeys that are sneaky and could fit in a heist movie or a cold war spy movie - characters that go "undercover" or simply pretend to be someone else. And I love to combine that with Magic (or Psionics, see below) - meaning my favorite things in 5e are:
a) Mask of Many Faces/Disguise Self (or Changelings)
b) Mage Hand Legerdemain, and
c) Subtle Spell
for doing magic stuff sneakily.
To get all three things effectively you normally have to get AT, Warlock and Sorcerer, which may not be optimal --- for basically anything everything else...
But as someone pointed out to me, the UA on Psionics (yeah, yeah, I know this is not going to see print, but I think I may be able to use it anyway) does contain
a) the Psionic Soul Sorcerer who gets this ability at first level:
Psychic Sorcery. When you cast a spell, you can use your mind to form it, rather than relying on words, gestures, and materials. To do so, roll your Psionic Talent die. The spell then requires no verbal component, and if you rolled the level of the spell or higher, the spell doesn’t require somatic or material components either.
which is like 1/2 to 3/4th of "subtle spell" for just one level of sorcerer instead of three (I am assuming the ability does apply to non-sorcerer spells as well).
b) the Telekinetic Feat that gives you
- Increase your Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
- You learn the mage hand cantrip. You can cast it without verbal or somatic components, and you can make the spectral hand invisible. If you already know this spell, its range increases by 30 feet when you cast it. Its spellcasting ability is the ability increased by this feat.
- As a bonus action, you can try to telekinetically shove one creature you can see within 30 feet of you. [yada yada yada..]
which gives me basically a Psionic Mage Hand Legerdemain, without getting 3 levels of Rogue.
So therefore I was thinking of playing a Warlock (to get the Mask of Many Faces as I feel it's more helpful than Changeling as the ability to change your whole appearance including clothes is quite strong) and do a 1 level dip of Psionic Soul Sorcerer - but haven't thought of much else? I was kinda thinking Tome Celestial maybe? And maybe Half-Elf for Sills and Darkvision? What would you do with this?
Rules are Point Buy and every source allowed (obviously). Starting Level would be 1 going to 12 but maybe beyond.