Hello everybody First of all, excuse my English, I have only a limited command of the language.
To my concern, I have a great character idea (as far as a DM will go for it), but I don't know what class is suitable for it. I would like to play a Spellcaster who plays with the thoughts of his enemies (creates visions, plays them against your real allies), causes psychic damage and can cast spells like Black Tentacles. In short, madness can be used as a tool and weapon, similar to the Great Old One of H.P. Lovecraft.
To the background story: My character (human being) is actually a god (or god-like being (tendency evil)), but as a punishment for his deeds (I don't know exactly which ones, e.g. not doing his duty) he was deprived of his power and travels around the Sword Coast as a mortal. He himself has no exact memories of his real being, but he has visions and hears voices (Background Haunted One), which tell about his real identity, respectively ask him to do things. But the more powerful he becomes, the more he can remember what happened before. His ultimate goal will be to cast off the shackles of mortality and become a god again (very, very, very likely at the end of the campaign :-) ).
What is your opinion, could it work with this story / idea?
I guess my question with the Warlock idea would be, who is the former god's new patron? And for a cleric, you usually channel down the power of a god. Which god is supporting him? Same idea as the patron.
If he is "unlocking" the potential within himself, that he always had -- That suggests to me a class that doesn't need outside power, but the power comes from within. To me, depending upon what he used to be the "god of," that sounds more like a sorcerer (god of storms - storm sorcerer, god of magic - wild magic, that kind of thing) or a bard (god of music or arts), or possibly a barbarian (god of combat) or druid (god of nature). With these types of characters, the powers come from within, rather than from someone else.
I think the first thing I would do is figure out what the god's "profile" used to be, and build from there. And then personally, I would avoid any class that requires outside power, so to me cleric, warlock, and possibly paladin (depending on how your DM interprets it) are not on the table. Also, wizard would be out because of all the study -- he wouldn't need to study to unlock his own power (at least as I am picturing it).
Regarding the "area of responsibility" before disempowerment, I was thinking of some kind of god of insanity or manipulation (for example Loki (or DnD related: Beshaba, Goddess of Misfortune)). With the warlock I have also played with the idea that it is either a remnant of the character's previous power or another god who still helps (out of love or loyalty).
With the Sorcerer, I couldn't really choose an Origin, I like the Shadow Origin the most.
Addendum: Ok, looked at the Illusion Wizard, looks pretty damn strong and I like the potential possibilities this subclass offers. Thanks again for the tips.
It sounds to me like this would work as a Great Old One Warlock, and their "Patron" is essentially them tapping into their own locked power. The Great Old One in particular focuses on spells and abilities related to madness and psychic abilities, and also includes Black Tentacles as a spell. You call out Lovecraftian Great Old Ones specifically in your request, and that's exactly what the GOO Warlock is based on. I think the specific spells this subclass gives you access to like Dissonant Whispers and Phantasmal Force are perfect for what you're going for, and if you take the Misty Visions Eldritch Invocation it opens you up to having much more versatile illusions that you can use at-will.
Hello everybody
First of all, excuse my English, I have only a limited command of the language.
To my concern, I have a great character idea (as far as a DM will go for it), but I don't know what class is suitable for it.
I would like to play a Spellcaster who plays with the thoughts of his enemies (creates visions, plays them against your real allies), causes psychic damage and can cast spells like Black Tentacles.
In short, madness can be used as a tool and weapon, similar to the Great Old One of H.P. Lovecraft.
To the background story:
My character (human being) is actually a god (or god-like being (tendency evil)), but as a punishment for his deeds (I don't know exactly which ones, e.g. not doing his duty) he was deprived of his power and travels around the Sword Coast as a mortal. He himself has no exact memories of his real being, but he has visions and hears voices (Background Haunted One), which tell about his real identity, respectively ask him to do things.
But the more powerful he becomes, the more he can remember what happened before. His ultimate goal will be to cast off the shackles of mortality and become a god again (very, very, very likely at the end of the campaign :-) ).
What is your opinion, could it work with this story / idea?
Hey Kotath
Thanks for your advice.
I guess my question with the Warlock idea would be, who is the former god's new patron? And for a cleric, you usually channel down the power of a god. Which god is supporting him? Same idea as the patron.
If he is "unlocking" the potential within himself, that he always had -- That suggests to me a class that doesn't need outside power, but the power comes from within. To me, depending upon what he used to be the "god of," that sounds more like a sorcerer (god of storms - storm sorcerer, god of magic - wild magic, that kind of thing) or a bard (god of music or arts), or possibly a barbarian (god of combat) or druid (god of nature). With these types of characters, the powers come from within, rather than from someone else.
I think the first thing I would do is figure out what the god's "profile" used to be, and build from there. And then personally, I would avoid any class that requires outside power, so to me cleric, warlock, and possibly paladin (depending on how your DM interprets it) are not on the table. Also, wizard would be out because of all the study -- he wouldn't need to study to unlock his own power (at least as I am picturing it).
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I'm thinking illusion wizard, the spellbook is a dream journal of their visions
Hello everybody
thank you for your feedback.
Regarding the "area of responsibility" before disempowerment, I was thinking of some kind of god of insanity or manipulation (for example Loki (or DnD related: Beshaba, Goddess of Misfortune)).
With the warlock I have also played with the idea that it is either a remnant of the character's previous power or another god who still helps (out of love or loyalty).
With the Sorcerer, I couldn't really choose an Origin, I like the Shadow Origin the most.
Addendum:
Ok, looked at the Illusion Wizard, looks pretty damn strong and I like the potential possibilities this subclass offers.
Thanks again for the tips.
Now that is cool and not something I had thought about.
I think you're going to find that people here, being creative, can come up with almost any class/subclass for this.
WOTC lies. We know that WOTC lies. WOTC knows that we know that WOTC lies. We know that WOTC knows that we know that WOTC lies. And still they lie.
Because of the above (a paraphrase from Orwell) I no longer post to the forums -- PM me if you need help or anything.
It sounds to me like this would work as a Great Old One Warlock, and their "Patron" is essentially them tapping into their own locked power. The Great Old One in particular focuses on spells and abilities related to madness and psychic abilities, and also includes Black Tentacles as a spell. You call out Lovecraftian Great Old Ones specifically in your request, and that's exactly what the GOO Warlock is based on. I think the specific spells this subclass gives you access to like Dissonant Whispers and Phantasmal Force are perfect for what you're going for, and if you take the Misty Visions Eldritch Invocation it opens you up to having much more versatile illusions that you can use at-will.
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