Alternate Sorcerer v3.3.0 - Patron Update!
Added 2023-04-08 16:58:10 +0000 UTCHi all! Today I’m excited to share an update for my Alternate Sorcerer project! It’s been over a year since I’ve revisited this, so I thought it was due for some TLC.
For those unfamiliar with this project, the Alternate Sorcerer is my effort to make the Sorcerer Class feel like the font of arcane power they are meant to be. While balanced, it’s my opinion that the mechanics of Player’s Handbook Sorcerer fall short of the fantasy it is trying to capture.
As always, I’m open to any constructive criticism and feedback you have!
The Alternate Sorcerer
Using a modified version of the Spell Point Variant rule from the Dungeon Master’s Guide, the Alternate Sorcerer is a flexible master of arcane magic. Combine the flexibility of Sorcery Points and a multitude of Metamagic Abilities to become the arcane artist you were always meant to be!
This version includes four elemental subclasses: Emberheart (fire), Stoneblood (earth), Stormsoul (air), and Waveborn (water). Along with Alternate versions of all the official Sorcerous Origins - now with Origin Spell lists!
As Patrons, you all also get access to the exclusive Astral Soul, Mystic, and Psionicist Origins for the Alternate Sorcerer.
Change log - v3.3.0
- General // Grammar, spelling, formatting, and art updates!
- Sorcery // Spells Known // Increased to account for Innate Arcanum change.
- Innate Arcanum // Renamed (Sorcerous Arcanum). Now these function as normal spell slots, but can be converted down into Sorcery Points.
- Stoneblood // Heart of Earth // Unarmed strike damage taken down one step.
- Stoneblood // Crushing Blow // Only works on unarmed strikes, 1d6 per SP
- Stormsoul // Stormborn // No longer requires you to cast a spell, but the range is reduced to 10 feet (instead of 15 feet).
- Stormsoul // Storm Guide // Merged with Stormborn.
- Waveborn // Heart of Water // Dropped cold resistance (moved to Watery Resilience at 6th). Limited “dark vision” to work only while you are underwater.
- Waveborn // Frozen Curse // Renamed (Curse of the Depths) now allows you to target multiple creatures by spending multiple Sorcery Points.
- Waveborn // Oceanic Resilience // Renamed (Watery Resilience). Added cold damage resistance here.
- Waveborn // Watery Form // Renamed (Flowing Form). Attached this feature to the Dash action and 1 Sorcery Point. Removed watery tendril.
- Waveborn // Primordial Deluge // Removed critical hit immunity, added a buff to your Watery Form and Oceanic Resilience.
- Spell List // Added // blade ward, command
- Spell List // Removed // ray of enfeeblement
Comments
Good point! It’d be pretty easy to convert the results over to Sorcery Points though.
laserllama
2023-05-01 00:24:41 +0000 UTCHey, you might want to take a look at changing the Wild Magic table for the ones that refer to Spell Slots and Sorcery Points, cos those will be unbalanced/won't work with the alternate sorc
Crow's Parliament
2023-05-01 00:22:03 +0000 UTCYeah, that was my thought process on Divine Command - full action, but its a free 7th-level spell.
laserllama
2023-04-09 11:08:49 +0000 UTCI just started playing a Divine Right Alternate Sorcerer a few sessions ago, so I'm delighted to see the change to the Innate Arcanum. The Divine Right subclass is awesome as hell (and inspired my character concept to a large degree), but I have to admit I was a little puzzled by the Divine Command ability. Is it deliberate that it casts Divine Word (normally a bonus action) as an action? (Of course, a free use of a 7th-level spell is nothing to sneeze at even if it takes a "bigger" action than usual, but it's a rather situational 7th-level spell.)
Jeff Potato
2023-04-09 01:20:44 +0000 UTC
