Hey guys I really like the idea of the order of scribes wizard and was looking to dip into a life or tempest cleric for just a level or 2 for heavy armor and heals.
does anyone have any other suggestions of a class or subclass I can dip into to either buff my wizard or just make it more fun to play with some cool ideas?
i really dont want to venture more than 2 levels into another class but would be willing to do 3 if you’ve found something really cool.
I appreciate any and all replies and feel free to talk my ear off :)
Tempest Cleric is the obvious one for their Channel Divinity. Another trick people enjoy is starting with a level of Artificer at level 1 for CON save and armor proficiencies without losing spell slot progression. Artificer would also not require having a 13 WIS which is a tertiary stat for Wizards.
The Tempest Channel Divinity is still a strong draw for Scribes, though. It's one of those "Is this broken?" combinations.
Artificer could be a good choice. They have a couple of healing options and you could use the infusions to enhance your wizard's equipment. Plus, their spellcasting is Int based and their spell slots round up when considering multiclassing.
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As a scribes wizard you probably want to give priority to Intelligence then Dexterity/Constitution in some order
That fits very well with a one level dip into Artificer. It has the same spellcasting ability and gives you access to a decent number of prepared spells for a single level as your Intelligence will be good. Also you add your Int bonus to the healing from Cure Wounds so you will get just a little bit more out of it than you would from many Cleric dips - unless you compromise on the ability scores to boost your cleric abilities.
You do only get Medium Armor but if you have Dex 14 - and you probably want that anyway - that is not too much of a difference and it avoids the whole issue of also needing a good Strength score for heavy armor. It does give you Shield proficiency which helps.
Cleric dip is obviously also good but in many ways the Artificer feels a more natural match to the ability scores you want anyway. I quite like taking the first level in artificer for the Con save proficiency which is very nice for concentration checks and takes the pressure away from needing a feat to help with that if you use a lot of control spells.
Hexblade x2 levels, handy invocations and armor upgrade. 3rd level nets tome for more cantrips or the often underrated chain for extremely useful familiar
otherwise i agree on artificer, I feel a strong mechanic synergy between artificer and scribe, if only the level cap didnt make it impossible to scribe 11+\artificer 14+ but no 9th level spells!?
currently running an npc that made it to level 25, he runs a magic shop.
Hey guys I really like the idea of the order of scribes wizard and was looking to dip into a life or tempest cleric for just a level or 2 for heavy armor and heals.
does anyone have any other suggestions of a class or subclass I can dip into to either buff my wizard or just make it more fun to play with some cool ideas?
i really dont want to venture more than 2 levels into another class but would be willing to do 3 if you’ve found something really cool.
I appreciate any and all replies and feel free to talk my ear off :)
Tempest Cleric is the obvious one for their Channel Divinity. Another trick people enjoy is starting with a level of Artificer at level 1 for CON save and armor proficiencies without losing spell slot progression. Artificer would also not require having a 13 WIS which is a tertiary stat for Wizards.
The Tempest Channel Divinity is still a strong draw for Scribes, though. It's one of those "Is this broken?" combinations.
Artificer could be a good choice. They have a couple of healing options and you could use the infusions to enhance your wizard's equipment. Plus, their spellcasting is Int based and their spell slots round up when considering multiclassing.
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As a scribes wizard you probably want to give priority to Intelligence then Dexterity/Constitution in some order
That fits very well with a one level dip into Artificer. It has the same spellcasting ability and gives you access to a decent number of prepared spells for a single level as your Intelligence will be good. Also you add your Int bonus to the healing from Cure Wounds so you will get just a little bit more out of it than you would from many Cleric dips - unless you compromise on the ability scores to boost your cleric abilities.
You do only get Medium Armor but if you have Dex 14 - and you probably want that anyway - that is not too much of a difference and it avoids the whole issue of also needing a good Strength score for heavy armor. It does give you Shield proficiency which helps.
Cleric dip is obviously also good but in many ways the Artificer feels a more natural match to the ability scores you want anyway. I quite like taking the first level in artificer for the Con save proficiency which is very nice for concentration checks and takes the pressure away from needing a feat to help with that if you use a lot of control spells.
Hexblade x2 levels, handy invocations and armor upgrade. 3rd level nets tome for more cantrips or the often underrated chain for extremely useful familiar
otherwise i agree on artificer, I feel a strong mechanic synergy between artificer and scribe, if only the level cap didnt make it impossible to scribe 11+\artificer 14+ but no 9th level spells!?
currently running an npc that made it to level 25, he runs a magic shop.
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