Level 1: Character creation

Point buy:

• STR 8
• DEX 15
• CON 14
• INT 15
• WIS 10
• CHA 8

Background: Guard

• ASIs: +2 INT, +1 WIS (restricted to STR/INT/WIS)
• Final starting scores:
  • STR 8
  • DEX 15
  • CON 14
  • INT 17
  • WIS 11
  • CHA 8
• Background feat: Alert
  • Advantage on initiative, can’t be surprised as easily, etc.
    You are basically initiative cheating from level 1.

Origin feat: Lucky

• 3 Luck points / long rest, reroll d20s for “nope, try again.”

So at level 1 you’re already:

• INT 17, DEX 15, CON 14
• Lucky + Alert
• High initiative, built-in reroll shenanigans, good saves / AC trajectory.

• Cantrips known (4): True Strike, Mind Sliver, Fire Bolt, Mage Hand
  (True Strike and Mind Sliver are your tempo and debuff glue; Fire Bolt is your clean ranged filler.)

• Level 1 spells (prepare INT mod + 1 = 4 at start):
  Put these in the book: Shield, Find Familiar, Feather Fall, Detect Magic, Grease, Longstrider.
  Prepare: Shield, Find Familiar, Grease, Detect Magic.

Role at level 1: scout/control wizard with emergency AC spike. Familiar delivers Help/flanking and triggers.

 

Level 2 (Wizard 2)

• Feature: Arcane Recovery (+ slots on short rest)
• Add 2 spells to book: Magic Missile, Tasha’s Hideous Laughter
• Prep focus: keep Shield, plus encounter glue (Grease/Laughter) and utility.

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Level 3 (Wizard 3): Bladesinger online

• Subclass: Bladesinging (martial melee weapons; Blade Song; you attack with INT instead of STR/DEX as per your table’s update)
• Add 2 spells: Misty Step, Mirror Image
• Prepare: Misty Step, Mirror Image join your core.
• Tactics: start fights with Blade Song; you’re now a mobile skirmisher with panic-button reposition.

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Level 4 (Wizard 4) — Feat: War Caster (+1 INT)

• Advantage on Con saves to maintain concentration; cast with hands full; OA-casting unlocked.
• Add 2 spells: Invisibility, Web
• Prepare: Web becomes your first great lane control.

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Level 5 (Wizard 5)

• Tier bump (3rd-level spells): The engine lights up.
• Add 2 spells: Haste, Counterspell
• Prepare: Haste, Counterspell are now staples.
• Signature single-target nuke (3rd): Laeral’s Silver Lance replaces “fly/fireball reflex” for on-brand ranged deletion.

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Level 6 (Wizard 6) — Bladesinger feature bump

• Extra Attack / subclass improvements as per 2024 update; synergy with True Strike and melee lines.
• Add 2 spells: Hypnotic Pattern, Dispel Magic
• Prepare: Hypnotic Pattern is your encounter off-switch; Dispel keeps the field fair.

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Level 7 (Wizard 7)

• Add 2 spells (4th-level): Greater Invisibility, Dimension Door
• Prepare: Greater Invisibility for surgical dives; D-Door for instant redeploys.

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Level 8 (Wizard 8) — Feat: Speedy (+1 DEX, speed/mobility benefits)

• DEX becomes 17; you get passive mobility that stacks with your kit.
• Add 2 spells: Banishment (team finish tool), Stoneskin (situational).

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Level 9 (Wizard 9)

• Add 2 spells (5th-level): Steel Wind Strike, Wall of Force
• Prepare: Steel Wind Strike is your bladesinger apex button; Wall of Force is pure encounter sculpting.

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Level 10 (Wizard 10)

• Add 2 spells: Synaptic Static (if available at your table) or Hold Monster; Teleportation Circle (infrastructure)
• Prepare: Hold Monster if Synaptic Static isn’t on your list; both play well after Mind Sliver debuffs.

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Level 11 (Wizard 11)

• Add 2 spells (6th-level): Disintegrate, Globe of Invulnerability
• Prepare: Disintegrate for hard deletes; Globe for anti-magic bubbles when pushing a choke.

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Level 12 (Wizard 12) — Feat: Mage Slayer (+1 INT)

• Reaction pressure on casters you engage; disadvantage on conc saves you inflict; threat projection.
• Add 2 spells: Contingency, True Seeing
• Prepare: Contingency with Misty Step/Shield safety; True Seeing for anti-illusion play.

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Level 13 (Wizard 13)

• Add 2 spells (7th-level): Mordenkainen’s Sword (your on-brand sustained blade), Simulacrum
• Prepare: You’ll rotate Mordenkainen’s Sword in boss/duel fights; Simulacrum is downtime/major arc tool.

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Level 14 (Wizard 14) — Bladesinger feature bump

• Subclass defensive/offensive scaling continues; your melee and control cadence tighten.
• Add 2 spells: Forcecage (if on list) or Etherealness; Teleport.
• Prepare: Flex slot based on the campaign; Forcecage is encounter algebra.

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Level 15 (Wizard 15)

• Add 2 spells (8th-level): Maze, Mind Blank
• Prepare: Mind Blank for strategic insulation; Maze for “timeout box” on brutes.

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Level 16 (Wizard 16) — Feat: Telekinetic (Warlord path) (+1 INT)

• INT becomes 18. Bonus-action Telekinetic shove/pull defines your battlefield command: peel, align, extract.
• Add 2 spells: Antimagic Field (rarely needed but decisive), Demiplane (staging, storage, rescue).

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Level 17 (Wizard 17)

• Add 2 spells (9th-level): Blade of Disaster, Foresight
• Prepare: Blade of Disaster is your capstone cutter; Foresight for decisive advantage on you or the striker.

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Level 18 (Wizard 18) — Spell Mastery

• Choose at-will 1st- and 2nd-level spells. Stay with the plan you stated:
  Shield (1st) and Misty Step (2nd) at-will.
• Add 2 spells: Time Stop, Prismatic Wall (or table-legal equivalents).
• Prepare: Time Stop for setup plays; Wall when you must redraw a map.

Level 19 (Wizard 19) — Epic Boon: Boon of Dimensional Travel (+1 DEX)

• Add 2 spells: Fill any gaps: Reverse Gravity, Telepathy (utility capstones).
• Bonus-action short-range teleport each turn makes you unpin-able and omnipresent in the melee.

Level 20 (Wizard 20) — Signature Spells

• Signature Spells (3rd-level, 2024 rules): Keep these as your “always ready, free once/turn” picks:
• Counterspell and Haste (team-enabling and encounter-swinging).
• Final adds: Top off your book with any remaining campaign spells (e.g., Mass Suggestion, Sunburst if desired).

Always-on prepared core (adjust around these)

• Defensive/reactive: Shield, Mirror Image, Misty Step, Counterspell, Dispel Magic, Globe of Invulnerability, Mind Blank
• Control/shape: Grease/Web, Hypnotic Pattern, Wall of Force, Banishment, Forcecage (table), Maze, Prismatic Wall
• Strike/finish: Laeral’s Silver Lance, Steel Wind Strike, Disintegrate, Hold Monster, Mordenkainen’s Sword, Blade of Disaster
• Utility/ops: Find Familiar, Detect Magic, Feather Fall, Invisibility/Greater Invisibility, Dimension Door, Contingency, Simulacrum

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How to pilot the Warlord path

• Openers: Blade Song → position → Telekinetic shove/pull to align enemies into Web/Pattern/Wall lines or peel threats off allies.
• Mid-fight rhythm: Maintain Haste/Pattern/Wall as needed; Counterspell key enemy actions; Steel Wind Strike or Laeral’s Silver Lance to finish soft targets.
• Boss lines: Hold Monster after Mind Sliver debuff, or Wall of Force to isolate. Drop Mordenkainen’s Sword or Blade of Disaster to grind a locked target.
• Defense: At-will Shield and Misty Step (18th) plus Blade Song keeps you upright while you direct traffic.

Final core stats (no items)

By level 20 (ignoring tomes/gear):

• STR 8
• DEX 16
• CON 14 (solid enough, you’re not supposed to be a barbarian)
• INT 20
• WIS 11
• CHA 8

Feat summary:

• Origin feat: Lucky
• Background feat: Alert (Guard)
• 4: War Caster (+1 INT)
• 8: Speedy (+1 DEX)
• 12: Mage Slayer (+1 INT)
• 16: Telekinetic (+1 INT)
• 19: Boon of Dimensional Travel (Epic)

All legal for 2024 rules, all stacked toward max INT, good DEX, stable CON, and your “telekinetic warlord” theme.

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So what bullshit can this thing pull off solo?

Now to the fun part: what this thing can do alone, no party crutch, just you, your sword, your spellbook, and a bad attitude.

I’ll stick to high-level / level 20 behavior, because that’s where the dumb really shines.

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1. Near-untouchable duelist

Your defensive stack, solo:

• High base AC from DEX 16 + Bladesong + no armor tax
• Shield (1st-level) as Spell Mastery: at-will, no slots, +5 AC whenever you feel like it
• Mirror Image, Greater Invisibility, Misty Step at-will
• Lucky to reroll that one attack / save that would actually matter
• Mage Slayer to punish enemy casters who try to out-magic you in melee

Against any mundane melee bruiser, you functionally say:

“You can try to hit me, but you’re burning through attack rolls, not HP.”

Solo, that means you can take on “this is meant for a whole party” melee threats and just grind them down.

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2. You cannot be pinned down

Mobility solo is disgusting:

• Speedy feat: higher base speed, better battlefield movement
• Boon of Dimensional Travel: bonus-action teleport every round
• Misty Step via Spell Mastery: at-will “oh look, I’m over here now”
• Dimension Door / Teleport / Demiplane / etc in your slots if you feel like overkill

Any attempt to:

• Grapple you
• Surround you
• Lock you in melee

Fails, because you simply teleport out, then Blade Song back in where you want to be.

Solo that means:

• Kiting dragons or giants
• Climbing impossible terrain fights
• Staying at the right distance to control or dissect enemies without ever trading hits you don’t approve of.

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3. Battlefield commander… without a battlefield

Even solo, Telekinetic turns you into your own personal Warlord:

• Bonus-action shove/pull every round (no hands, no checks, just “move”)
• You can:
  • Yank enemies off cliffs / ledges / platforms
  • Pull them into your Web / Hypnotic Pattern / Sleet Storm / Wall of Fire / Gravity Well nonsense
  • Push melee threats back out of range, then step in on your own terms

You don’t even need allies to exploit this. The environment is your teammate.

Examples of solo bullshit:

• Tight bridge?
  You stand at the middle, Blade Song up, Telekinetic shove + Repelling/positioning + control spells → things just fall.
• Narrow hallway?
  You drop Web/Hypnotic Pattern, use Telekinetic each round to drag anything that saved back into the mess.

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4. Insane mixed offense: melee + spell weave

Because you’re INT 20 and Bladesong is letting you use INT to attack:

• You’re swinging with full caster stat to hit and damage
• You still have:
  • Steel Wind Strike as your Jedi anime teleport stab ability
  • Laeral’s Silver Lance for ranged surgical target destruction
  • Blade of Disaster for obscene crit-fishing single-target blender mode
  • Mordenkainen’s Sword for sustained, concentration-based chopping

Solo, that gives you:

• Burst turns: True Strike → Steel Wind Strike, or Hex / debuff into Blade of Disaster
• Sustained damage: Laeral’s Silver Lance + melee follow-ups, plus at-will cantrips if you need to conserve

And thanks to Lucky, you can rig key hits / saves in your favor when it actually matters.

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5. Encounter deletion by control alone

Even with nobody to “follow through,” you can solo many encounters simply by making them not function:

• Hypnotic Pattern: mass stun the battlefield; pick things off one at a time
• Wall of Force: jail the big threat; erase its minions, then focus it 1v1
• Banishment: send something away while you clean up
• Maze: park a brute off-plane while you deal with everything else
• Forcecage (if allowed): “you sit there and think about what you’ve done”

Solo, that looks like:

Round 1: Hypnotic Pattern, 70% of the encounter is now ornamental.
Round 2+: You walk between statues and either kill them or bind them with other spells as they wake up one by one.

You’re not just killing monsters; you’re turning fights into private puzzles.

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6. Strip-you-naked-in-a-cell scenarios

You’ve been obsessed with the “naked with a chair leg” test, so yes, even then you’re a menace.

Assume:

• No gear, but you still have class features, feats, and spells (book somewhere reachable eventually).

You still have:

• Cantrips: Fire Bolt / Mind Sliver / utility to harass and work problems
• Telekinetic: bonus-action shove/pull with your mind, no hands needed
• Lucky: reroll key skill checks / strikes / saves on your way out
• Misty Step (once you get your spells, and then at-will at 18) to slip through bars/windows/line-of-sight gaps
• Blade Song using any improvised weapon (chair leg) as your focus + martial weapon analogue

You can:

• Bait guards
• Shove them into each other / into hazards
• Grab a weapon or stick on round 1 and immediately be an Int-based blender
• Use teleportation plus control spells to exit the facility and leave it a physics experiment

The only other class that laughs this hard at “you’re stripped and jailed” is a truly optimized monk. You’re in that category.

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7. Anti-caster terror

Between:

• Mage Slayer
• High INT + high save DCs
• Counterspell, Dispel Magic, Globe of Invulnerability, Mind Blank
• Your mobility + Telekinetic control

You’re a one-person “caster suppression squad.”

Solo vs a spellcaster-heavy encounter, you can:

• Close distance safely using teleports
• Force them into melee so Mage Slayer turns on
• Counterspell their real spells, beat them on initiative (Alert + high Dex), and lock them down with Hold Monster / Blade of Disaster / Laeral’s Silver Lance

The wizard duel fantasy? You’re the bad ending for the other one.

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8. Long-haul endurance

With:

• Arcane Recovery (extra slots on short rest)
• Spell Mastery (infinite Shield and Misty Step)
• Potential Signature Spells at 20 (e.g. free cast of Haste + Counterspell or other 3rd-level staples)

You can solo multiple encounters per day while using very few actual slots:

• Low–mid fights: solved with cantrips + Shield + Misty Step + Telekinetic + one control spell
• Big fights: you layer your serious slots, but still don’t have to blow everything every time

You’re not “one nova and done.” You’re an all-day problem.

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So yes, corrected for 2024 rules:

• You hit INT 20 without cheating
• Dex sits at a healthy 16
• Con at 14, supported by Shield/Mirror/teleport spam so your actual HP loss is low
• You get Lucky, Alert, War Caster, Speedy, Mage Slayer, Telekinetic, Boon of Dimensional Travel all legally

And solo, this thing can:

• Out-duel most martials
• Outmaneuver most monsters
• Out-control most encounters
• And walk out of “you wake up in a cell with a chair leg” scenarios in a way that would make a DM question their life choices.

Other options:

Shared baseline (all 4)

All of them are:

• Bladesinger wizards, 20 INT / high DEX build
• Core feats already taken:
  • 4: War Caster
  • 8: Speedy
  • 12: Mage Slayer
• 16 is where they diverge into their “path” feat
• 20: Boon of Dimensional Travel because of course nothing is allowed to pin them down

So they all get:

• Dumb AC with Blade Song + Shield
• Solid DPR from melee + cantrips + Steel Wind Strike + Laeral’s Silver Lance + Blade of Disaster nonsense
• Stupid mobility & reaction economy
• Wizard spell list filth

Then level 16 feat defines their role.

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1. Path of the Warlord – Telekinetic

Feat at 16: Telekinetic

Role: Battlefield commander / controller / shover of idiots

What they do:

• Use Telekinetic shove every round to:
  • Pull enemies into kill zones
  • Push them off cliffs / out of cover / out of melee with the squishier ‘singers
• Stack this with:
  • Control spells (Web, Sleet Storm, Wall of Force, etc)
  • Steel Wind Strike & mobility to always be in the smartest place

On the field, this one is:

• Calling positions
• Collapsing flanks
• Fixing bad ally positioning by shoving enemies or clearing space

This is the one that makes the fight look choreographed.

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2. Path of the Duelist – Defensive Duelist

Feat at 16: Defensive Duelist

Role: Single-target tarpit & duel monster

What they do:

• Park on the scariest melee threat and say:

  “You fight me. Nobody else.”

• Add Defensive Duelist on top of:
  • High DEX
  • High INT
  • Blade Song
  • Shield
• Turns enemy weapon attacks into “sorry, no” on reaction, repeatedly

Their job:

• Lock down bosses, champions, big bruisers
• Make sure nothing with a sword, axe, claw or tentacle gets past them to the rest of the group

This is the one who stands in front, spins a sword around, and makes martials cry.

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3. Path of the Mind – Telepath / Face / Infiltrator

Feat at 16: Telepathic (or equivalent table-legal telepathy/social feat)

Role: Interrogator, scout, information engine

What they do:

• Telepathy for:
  • Silent coordination mid-fight (“focus that one,” “fall back,” “wall going up”)
  • Pairing perfectly with your War Caster / counterspell / reaction play
• Out of combat:
  • Party face via high INT + social magic
  • Infiltration, interrogation, lying, reading, manipulating

In combat they still bladesing and murder things, but their value spikes when:

• You need someone to run ahead unseen
• Coordinate silently
• Turn encounters into ambushes instead of fair fights

This is the spy / handler / interrogator

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4. Path of the Storm – Damage / Artillery bent

Since 16 is open here, a few choices depending on taste:

• Elemental Adept (if you lean hard into one damage type like fire or lightning)
• Or a save/defense feat like Resilient (Wis) if your DM is fond of charm/hold/fear
• Or even Tough if you want the “I refuse to fall over while I nuke things” angle

Let’s call this one:

Feat at 16: Elemental Adept (Lightning or Fire)

Role: Designated nuker / finisher

What they do:

• Specialize in one element (e.g. lightning or fire)
• Use:
  • Laeral’s Silver Lance
  • Chain Lightning / similar
  • Shaped AoE and save-based bursts
• Ignore resistance to their chosen element via the feat
• Focus on deleting clusters or finishing wounded big things that the others locked down

This is the one who says:

“The rest of you isolate it. I’ll erase it.”

Level 1: Character creation

Point buy:

• STR 8
• DEX 15
• CON 14
• INT 15
• WIS 10
• CHA 8

Background: Guard

• ASIs: +2 INT, +1 WIS (restricted to STR/INT/WIS)
• Final starting scores:
  • STR 8
  • DEX 15
  • CON 14
  • INT 17
  • WIS 11
  • CHA 8
• Background feat: Alert
  • Advantage on initiative, can’t be surprised as easily, etc.
    You are basically initiative cheating from level 1.

Origin feat: Lucky

• 3 Luck points / long rest, reroll d20s for “nope, try again.”

So at level 1 you’re already:

• INT 17, DEX 15, CON 14
• Lucky + Alert
• High initiative, built-in reroll shenanigans, good saves / AC trajectory.

• Cantrips known (4): True Strike, Mind Sliver, Fire Bolt, Mage Hand
  (True Strike and Mind Sliver are your tempo and debuff glue; Fire Bolt is your clean ranged filler.)

• Level 1 spells (prepare INT mod + 1 = 4 at start):
  Put these in the book: Shield, Find Familiar, Feather Fall, Detect Magic, Grease, Longstrider.
  Prepare: Shield, Find Familiar, Grease, Detect Magic.

Role at level 1: scout/control wizard with emergency AC spike. Familiar delivers Help/flanking and triggers.

 

Level 2 (Wizard 2)

• Feature: Arcane Recovery (+ slots on short rest)
• Add 2 spells to book: Magic Missile, Tasha’s Hideous Laughter
• Prep focus: keep Shield, plus encounter glue (Grease/Laughter) and utility.

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Level 3 (Wizard 3): Bladesinger online

• Subclass: Bladesinging (martial melee weapons; Blade Song; you attack with INT instead of STR/DEX as per your table’s update)
• Add 2 spells: Misty Step, Mirror Image
• Prepare: Misty Step, Mirror Image join your core.
• Tactics: start fights with Blade Song; you’re now a mobile skirmisher with panic-button reposition.

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Level 4 (Wizard 4) — Feat: War Caster (+1 INT)

• Advantage on Con saves to maintain concentration; cast with hands full; OA-casting unlocked.
• Add 2 spells: Invisibility, Web
• Prepare: Web becomes your first great lane control.

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Level 5 (Wizard 5)

• Tier bump (3rd-level spells): The engine lights up.
• Add 2 spells: Haste, Counterspell
• Prepare: Haste, Counterspell are now staples.
• Signature single-target nuke (3rd): Laeral’s Silver Lance replaces “fly/fireball reflex” for on-brand ranged deletion.

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Level 6 (Wizard 6) — Bladesinger feature bump

• Extra Attack / subclass improvements as per 2024 update; synergy with True Strike and melee lines.
• Add 2 spells: Hypnotic Pattern, Dispel Magic
• Prepare: Hypnotic Pattern is your encounter off-switch; Dispel keeps the field fair.

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Level 7 (Wizard 7)

• Add 2 spells (4th-level): Greater Invisibility, Dimension Door
• Prepare: Greater Invisibility for surgical dives; D-Door for instant redeploys.

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Level 8 (Wizard 8) — Feat: Speedy (+1 DEX, speed/mobility benefits)

• DEX becomes 17; you get passive mobility that stacks with your kit.
• Add 2 spells: Banishment (team finish tool), Stoneskin (situational).

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Level 9 (Wizard 9)

• Add 2 spells (5th-level): Steel Wind Strike, Wall of Force
• Prepare: Steel Wind Strike is your bladesinger apex button; Wall of Force is pure encounter sculpting.

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Level 10 (Wizard 10)

• Add 2 spells: Synaptic Static (if available at your table) or Hold Monster; Teleportation Circle (infrastructure)
• Prepare: Hold Monster if Synaptic Static isn’t on your list; both play well after Mind Sliver debuffs.

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Level 11 (Wizard 11)

• Add 2 spells (6th-level): Disintegrate, Globe of Invulnerability
• Prepare: Disintegrate for hard deletes; Globe for anti-magic bubbles when pushing a choke.

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Level 12 (Wizard 12) — Feat: Mage Slayer (+1 INT)

• Reaction pressure on casters you engage; disadvantage on conc saves you inflict; threat projection.
• Add 2 spells: Contingency, True Seeing
• Prepare: Contingency with Misty Step/Shield safety; True Seeing for anti-illusion play.

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Level 13 (Wizard 13)

• Add 2 spells (7th-level): Mordenkainen’s Sword (your on-brand sustained blade), Simulacrum
• Prepare: You’ll rotate Mordenkainen’s Sword in boss/duel fights; Simulacrum is downtime/major arc tool.

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Level 14 (Wizard 14) — Bladesinger feature bump

• Subclass defensive/offensive scaling continues; your melee and control cadence tighten.
• Add 2 spells: Forcecage (if on list) or Etherealness; Teleport.
• Prepare: Flex slot based on the campaign; Forcecage is encounter algebra.

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Level 15 (Wizard 15)

• Add 2 spells (8th-level): Maze, Mind Blank
• Prepare: Mind Blank for strategic insulation; Maze for “timeout box” on brutes.

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Level 16 (Wizard 16) — Feat: Telekinetic (Warlord path) (+1 INT)

• INT becomes 18. Bonus-action Telekinetic shove/pull defines your battlefield command: peel, align, extract.
• Add 2 spells: Antimagic Field (rarely needed but decisive), Demiplane (staging, storage, rescue).

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Level 17 (Wizard 17)

• Add 2 spells (9th-level): Blade of Disaster, Foresight
• Prepare: Blade of Disaster is your capstone cutter; Foresight for decisive advantage on you or the striker.

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Level 18 (Wizard 18) — Spell Mastery

• Choose at-will 1st- and 2nd-level spells. Stay with the plan you stated:
  Shield (1st) and Misty Step (2nd) at-will.
• Add 2 spells: Time Stop, Prismatic Wall (or table-legal equivalents).
• Prepare: Time Stop for setup plays; Wall when you must redraw a map.

Level 19 (Wizard 19) — Epic Boon: Boon of Dimensional Travel (+1 DEX)

• Add 2 spells: Fill any gaps: Reverse Gravity, Telepathy (utility capstones).
• Bonus-action short-range teleport each turn makes you unpin-able and omnipresent in the melee.

Level 20 (Wizard 20) — Signature Spells

• Signature Spells (3rd-level, 2024 rules): Keep these as your “always ready, free once/turn” picks:
• Counterspell and Haste (team-enabling and encounter-swinging).
• Final adds: Top off your book with any remaining campaign spells (e.g., Mass Suggestion, Sunburst if desired).

Always-on prepared core (adjust around these)

• Defensive/reactive: Shield, Mirror Image, Misty Step, Counterspell, Dispel Magic, Globe of Invulnerability, Mind Blank
• Control/shape: Grease/Web, Hypnotic Pattern, Wall of Force, Banishment, Forcecage (table), Maze, Prismatic Wall
• Strike/finish: Laeral’s Silver Lance, Steel Wind Strike, Disintegrate, Hold Monster, Mordenkainen’s Sword, Blade of Disaster
• Utility/ops: Find Familiar, Detect Magic, Feather Fall, Invisibility/Greater Invisibility, Dimension Door, Contingency, Simulacrum

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How to pilot the Warlord path

• Openers: Blade Song → position → Telekinetic shove/pull to align enemies into Web/Pattern/Wall lines or peel threats off allies.
• Mid-fight rhythm: Maintain Haste/Pattern/Wall as needed; Counterspell key enemy actions; Steel Wind Strike or Laeral’s Silver Lance to finish soft targets.
• Boss lines: Hold Monster after Mind Sliver debuff, or Wall of Force to isolate. Drop Mordenkainen’s Sword or Blade of Disaster to grind a locked target.
• Defense: At-will Shield and Misty Step (18th) plus Blade Song keeps you upright while you direct traffic.

Bladesinger 1–20

Character Creation (Level 1)

Point Buy:

• STR 8
• DEX 15
• CON 14
• INT 15
• WIS 10
• CHA 8

Background: Guard

• Ability Score Increases: +2 INT, +1 WIS
• Final scores at level 1:
  • STR 8
  • DEX 15
  • CON 14
  • INT 17
  • WIS 11
  • CHA 8
• Background Feat: Alert
• Origin Feat: Lucky

Cantrips (4):

• True Strike
• Mind Sliver
• Fire Bolt
• Mage Hand

Level 1 Spells

In spellbook:

• Shield
• Find Familiar
• Feather Fall
• Detect Magic
• Grease
• Longstrider

Prepared at level 1 (INT mod + 1 = 4):

• Shield
• Find Familiar
• Grease
• Detect Magic

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Level 2 – Wizard 2

• Feature: Arcane Recovery
• Add to spellbook:
  • Magic Missile
  • Tasha’s Hideous Laughter

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Level 3 – Wizard 3 (Bladesinger Online)

• Subclass: Bladesinging
• Add to spellbook:
  • Misty Step
  • Mirror Image
• Common prepared adds: Misty Step, Mirror Image

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Level 4 – Wizard 4 (Feat: War Caster)

• Feat: War Caster
  • +1 INT (INT 17 → 18)
  • Advantage on Con saves to maintain concentration
  • Can perform somatic components with hands full
  • Can cast a spell as an OA
• Add to spellbook:
  • Invisibility
  • Web

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Level 5 – Wizard 5

• Access to 3rd-level spells
• Add to spellbook:
  • Haste
  • Counterspell

Optional key pick at this tier for the build concept (if available at your table):

• Laeral’s Silver Lance as the primary 3rd-level single-target damage spell

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Level 6 – Wizard 6 (Bladesinger Feature)

• Subclass improvement (extra attack interaction per 2024 text)
• Add to spellbook:
  • Hypnotic Pattern
  • Dispel Magic

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Level 7 – Wizard 7

• Access to 4th-level spells
• Add to spellbook:
  • Greater Invisibility
  • Dimension Door

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Level 8 – Wizard 8 (Feat: Speedy)

• Feat: Speedy
  • +1 DEX (DEX 15 → 16)
  • Movement / mobility benefits per feat
• Add to spellbook:
  • Banishment
  • Stoneskin

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Level 9 – Wizard 9

• Access to 5th-level spells
• Add to spellbook:
  • Steel Wind Strike
  • Wall of Force

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Level 10 – Wizard 10

• Add to spellbook:
  • Synaptic Static (or Hold Monster if Synaptic Static isn’t available)
  • Teleportation Circle

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Level 11 – Wizard 11

• Access to 6th-level spells
• Add to spellbook:
  • Disintegrate
  • Globe of Invulnerability

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Level 12 – Wizard 12 (Feat: Mage Slayer)

• Feat: Mage Slayer
  • +1 INT (INT 18 → 19)
  • Reaction attack when creatures cast spells in reach
  • Disadvantage on concentration checks against your damage
• Add to spellbook:
  • Contingency
  • True Seeing

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Level 13 – Wizard 13

• Access to 7th-level spells
• Add to spellbook:
  • Mordenkainen’s Sword
  • Simulacrum

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Level 14 – Wizard 14 (Bladesinger Feature)

• Subclass improvement
• Add to spellbook:
  • Forcecage (if available) or Etherealness
  • Teleport

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Level 15 – Wizard 15

• Access to 8th-level spells
• Add to spellbook:
  • Maze
  • Mind Blank

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Level 16 – Wizard 16 (Feat: Telekinetic)

• Feat: Telekinetic
  • +1 INT (INT 19 → 20)
  • Bonus-action telekinetic shove/pull (5–10 ft, per feat text)
• Add to spellbook:
  • Antimagic Field
  • Demiplane

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Level 17 – Wizard 17

• Access to 9th-level spells
• Add to spellbook:
  • Blade of Disaster
  • Foresight

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Level 18 – Wizard 18 (Spell Mastery)

• Spell Mastery: choose one 1st-level and one 2nd-level spell to cast at-will
  • 1st-level: Shield
  • 2nd-level: Misty Step
• Add to spellbook:
  • Time Stop
  • Prismatic Wall

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Level 19 – Wizard 19 (Epic Boon: Boon of Dimensional Travel)

• Epic Boon Feat: Boon of Dimensional Travel
  • +1 to any ability score → +1 DEX (DEX 16 → 17)
  • After taking the Attack or Magic action, you can teleport up to 30 ft to an unoccupied space you can see
• Add to spellbook:
  • Reverse Gravity
  • Telepathy

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Level 20 – Wizard 20 (Signature Spells)

• Signature Spells (two 3rd-level spells you have prepared):
  • Recommended for this build:
    • Haste
    • Counterspell.

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Common “Always Prepared” Core (Adjust Per Campaign)

Defense / Reaction:

• Shield
• Mirror Image
• Misty Step
• Counterspell
• Dispel Magic
• Globe of Invulnerability
• Mind Blank

Control / Shaping:

• Grease or Web
• Hypnotic Pattern
• Wall of Force
• Banishment
• Forcecage (if available)
• Maze
• Prismatic Wall

Strike / Finish:

• Laeral’s Silver Lance (if available)
• Steel Wind Strike
• Disintegrate
• Hold Monster (if taken)
• Mordenkainen’s Sword
• Blade of Disaster

Utility / Operations:

• Find Familiar
• Detect Magic
• Feather Fall
• Invisibility / Greater Invisibility
• Dimension Door
• Teleportation Circle / Teleport
• Contingency
• Simulacrum