Order of Scribes Wizard in Tasha's Cauldron of Everything | Nerd Immersion 

I can hear the voice of Davvy Chappy in this sentance. 😄😆

ESPECIALLY THE WIZARD

And it's great

Oh god now I hear it too XD

I hear Jocat from his crap guide to Fighter video

Blinding used to cripple most spellcasters. This one can just go, "Oop, I'm good."

Now do this and have a familiar you brought out to be in another location and cast touch spells if need be. 🤔

5. Someone rolls you like a hamster in a ball

What’s resilient sphere?

@@morridin7766 4th level evocation spell

Oo! Good catch!

@@NerdImmersion Thank you sir :)

@@mrbeats7166 Seems like they traded the spell cost halving for massively increased speed. Which is fair.

You could argue that it cuts out the ink cost, which going by transcribing into back up is 1/5 the cost of standard 50gp/level (as transcribing to back up costs only ink and 10gp per level)

@@TheCinderfang very good catch with the unwritten rule, there. I'll keep that in mind.

Exactly, and especially the various close-ranged spells, including Lightning Lure, which could allow for some insane ragdolling shenanigans

You could just get a familiar? It has a few more restrictions but it can also be more versatile

@@aydan-taylorrome1029 As near as I can tell, spellbook can't die. And you could do both.

@@aydan-taylorrome1029 it is immortal, the familiar will just die, you could even just hide out of combat and cast spells thru it,

Yeah, Ted tends to see things in terms of "how many more dice can I roll for damage?" Manifest Mind is a superior version of the Trickery Domain's Duplicate.

Yeah all the new magic spellbooks requires attunement.

Or cloudkilling them.

@@Adurnis Cloudkilling with force or psychic damage

No, Summoning up Demons, then letting them loose in said dungeon because you are nowhere near where they can do you harm. That is best in life!

Not to mention I don’t really think people understand how useful copying a spell into your book at 2 minutes/Level is. You could copy in shield or absorb elements in the time the average person takes a leak in.

@Tommaso Grillo hey, Divine Soul Sorcerer + Life Cleric can now use Aura of Vitality at lvl 6 and heal 40d6+100 HP! (20 times 2d6+5)

@dobatag Aura of Vitality is now a Cleric Spell (expanded spell list, from the new book), and so Divine Soul Sorcerers can take it from the cleric's Spell list

@@jerseydragon8233 having backup books juuust in case has never been easier! Also, imagine a circle jerk of these wizards taking completely different spells and just giving eachother their spellbooks to copy within minutes.

@dobatag Aura of Vitality + Disciple of Life + Extended Spell metamagic at lvl 3 will heal 2d6+5 20 times. 20(2d6+5) = 40d6+100 A character must be, at least, lvl 6 (Sorcerer 5 / Cleric 1) to do this. Or just get the new metamagic feat.

Its alao like having a free arcane eye too

@@mcullennz It's nowhere near as good as arcane eye for scouting since it's not invisible and has a 300 foot range limit, but for no concentration or resources, that's still not bad.

But only if you multiclass as a Ranger...

But he forgot to mention that it is not good for scouting since it glows and can't pass through closed doors and you can cast fireballs from it but just a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus

@@inMYtimeOFneed92 That's still good for scouting. Even if your enemies know it's there, you can immediately cast a big gun spell without the possibility of counter-attack. They can't even counterspell you because they can't see you casting. If your party follows along a short distance behind the manifested mind, you can safely scout out areas just ahead of you to avoid ambushes, and allow you to get the jump on enemies instead by starting the combat with a major spell effect.

You can technically open doors by casting spells through it that will open them, assuming that the doors are not actually locked, in which case there is still Knock.

And you are adding 299’ range to your spell. For ex. Cloudkill only has a range of 120’, so now you are targeting 400’ or so away. Much safer. I did like a previous comment of cloudkill with psi damage, the enemy might believe it was a ghost and run

@@inMYtimeOFneed92 So what if it glows? Even if the enemies see it, unless they have Dispel Magic prepared, there's not a damned thing they can do about it. Unlike a familiar, they can't attack it and make it go away. And if you can't think of anything worthwhile to do with the 3-6 spells the manifest mind would allow you to cast through it per day, you might as well just hang up your wizard hat now and take up farming.

Just cantrips alone would be fun. - Conjure your spectral book and send it into a room full of ghosts and cast sword burst as you move it throughout the room. - Conjure it as a scholar from the past and use minor illusion cantrip to produce wails or screams as you send it floating through the streets to terrorize a village. - Conjure any form and use it to extend the range of dancing lights, move it up the road to a castle gate; a spiraling column of text with three orbs of light swirling around it, all while you sit back and observe telepathically. - Use it to manifest mage hand and carry a ransom note, bribe, or head of a guard to a noble inside his office chambers. Use your bonus action to move the manifested mind, your action to control the hand, and no action to observe sight and sound what is happening. So much fun can be had.

Party: Alright, time to head to the dungeon and defeat the monsters. Wizard: No need, I took care of them while I finished my tea. Just grab the wheelbarrow for all the loot.

@@karpmageddon4155 Wizard : *casts Tensors Disk through the mind* So nevermind, I got that too.

@@bskec2177 Wait. If you do Tenser's through the mind, can you finally ride the disc without some contrived platform thing?

The first trick of the gods of trickery is tricking people into becoming their clerics

@@Taurungames hahahaha

*ouch*

Oof

I don't think it would change the amount of damage just the type. So 8d8 necrotic would just become 8d8 fire

@@moby517839 I meant it as that the change would be the equivalent of 16d8 max fire because treants are vulnerable to fire damage

Ok I see

Had this exact same thought yesterday lol. "Don't forget to cast alarm before taking a long rest!" Or just "Would you like me to cast alarm for you?"

yeah, but most DMs never consider destroying it, like wear-n-tear of nonmagical equipment when injured in combat

@@elf-lordsfriarofthemeadowl2039 I once had a dm destroy my spellbook in the first 5 minutes of the dungeon. We were locked in so I had to run around like a headless chicken for the next two hours. The only thing keeping me from being useless was packing a longbow as an elf

Always have a backup, even a tiny pocket size spellbook with a few basic spells.

@@harperthegoblin of your spell book is distroyed you still know all your prepared spells

yeah, Grimoire Infinitus is a perfect match

@@Wreckur4203 if i ever get to be a pc in the wildemount setting, I will be a scribe wizard searching for this tome.

It does require concentration if you want to use its senses, right?

@@RasmusVJS nope, you just do it. It doesn't even require an action.

@@chrish3969 Oh, you're right, seems they removed that part from the UA version.

Remember you only get to cast through it a number of times per day equal to your proficiency bonus.

Isnt that the point of all subclasses though?

@@t0nym0ntana_60 its supposed to be specialized. Typically specialization equals strength.

@Cass Beirne comparing the speed at which a scroll making specialist makes scrolls to how an invocation specialist makes scrolls is pretty disingenuous.

Other classes have a subclass like that. Fighters have Champion, Rogues have Thief, Barbarians have Bezerker. and Bards have Lore Bard. They all just amplify what that class does normally.

@@bskec2177 Some classes seem to benefit a bit more than others.

Also note that your Caster CHOOSES which spells to lose. A spell caster could put Witch Bolt, Ray of Enfeeblement,Tenser's Transformation and Weird in his book just to sacrifice them.

Because it's not that insane. Unless maybe you're doing an Avernus campaign.

It's not strictly better than Arcane Eye since it's visible and range limited.

Or to sign a contract then make your signature dissppear

@@codebracker You already had that in the form of Illusory Script. How many times have you done that? Once? Never? I'm sure it happened a lot -- until it became so common that people stopped asking wizards to sign things at all because there was no point. That's why you no longer encounter a need. It is an ability that by merely existing, causes people to take countermeasures that render it ineffective.

@@mal2ksc yes but illusory scrpt is magical and can be detected, this is completely non-magical

@@codebracker Or sell your spellbook for a great price, and then half an hour later summon all the spells from there into your new book.

Only like three creatures are resistant to force damage, just use magic missiles regardless.

Enso83 but I could find out what it is resistant/vulnerable to so I can cast some higher level stuff

Also arguing on the internet solves nothing as I don’t care :D

@@wyvern-report the spell which replaces the damage type IE. chromatic orb would only work with 1st-level spells.Because it needs to match the spell slot you expend. So you couldn't use MM Force damage to replace Fireball's Fire damage.

And you can use both at the same time.

or are a goblin....

The spell damage type you are changing to has to be from a spell of the same level as the one you are casting. So if spirit shroud is 3rd level and does radiant, you could make a radiant fire ball or lightning bolt, but not magic missile or cone of cold...

@@ryanweaver3348 Normally that's true. Cone of Cold couldn't use Spirit Shroud's radiant damage because they're not on the same level. However, Magic Missile could use Spirit Shroud's radiant damage IF the wizard casts Magic Missile with a 3rd level spell slot. That's kind of why you would need Chromatic Orb at 1 AND Dragon's breath at 2 AND Spirit Shroud at 3 so that you have something at each level to pull different damage types from. Diverse damage types get a little more scarce beyond 3rd level, but the principle still applies.

After you posted your last response, I reread upcasting. I was misremembering, thinking spell slots and spell levels were separate functions in the casting of a spell. Just wanted to publicly post that You're right about the magic missile.

Like a familiar but can't be killed :P

Until they dispel it while you're out of range to counterspell it.

Why does everyone seem to think Tiny Hut is the best or even a good thing to do with Arcane Abeyance?

I'd say probably. Ghosts, spirits, banshee etc can move through creatures and do touch spells. I think it's more a distance/origin of the spell rather than specifically can you touch it. I could be wrong though.

1. Bladesinger requires high DEX for maximized AC while wearing light armor/using Mage Armor, needs high INT for maximum Bladesong benefit to AC, and needs decent CON/Tough feat for survivability, you being a glasscannon class going into melee and all. 2. While you should focus on maximizing DEX/INT with your ASI every 4 levels, you should take War Caster/Resilient (CON) if possible for better Concentration. Mobile/Tough might also help. Starting with a Variant Human/Tasha's new origin/lineage/heritage for a bonus feat is also a good option, especially now that Bladesinger doesn't have the elf race requirement. 3. Get Booming Blade or Green-Flame Blade cantrip 4. Choose your weapon Proficiency. You can't use shields, two-handed weapons or ranged weapons, you don't benefit from versatile property, but you're most likely to benefit from finesse. Your best choices are: a) Rapier for 1d8 damage die b) Whip for 1d4 damage die and reach c) Daggers (of returning, if possible) for 1d4 damage die, dual wielding & throwing at a safe distance d) Shortswords/Scimitars for 1d6 damage die + dual wielding 5. Consider Multi-Classing with whatever will get you a Fighting Style (like a Fighter) so you can get Dueling for Rapier/Whip or Two Weapon Fighting for Daggers/Shortswords/Scimitars. Wizards are not heavy on using bonus actions, so you might actually make some use of it on occasion. You can't use a shield anyway, might as well have two weapons for that Song of Victory bonus, giving you 1d6+DEX+INT on a bonus action attack. 6. Consider these spells: Shield, Absorb Elements, Blink, Mirror Image, Blur, Stoneskin, Haste, Spirit Shroud, Shadow Blade. All of these either help you survive or help you dish out even more damage. 7. A 20 DEX, 20 INT Bladesinger with Studded Leather Armor +3 will have 25 AC, 26 AC if you take Dual Wielder feat and hold two weapons. That's without Shield spell that gives you another 5 AC for a potential maximum of 31. Even without a +3 enhancement on the armor, that's 23 AC boosted to 28 with Shield spell. 8. Use Booming Blade/Green-Flame Blade Cantrip + Extra Attack (+ bonus action off-hand attack when dual wielding) every time you take the Attack Action for maximum damage that's comparable to Fighter's. 9. Cast buffing spells as appropriate. Blink + Mirror Image don't require concentration. You can have them + your high AC + Shield/Absorb Elements at the ready + you can concentrate on Haste for bonus hasted attack/Shadow Blade for more damage etc. Whatever spell slots you have left you can use for occasional Fireball when needed. 10. Try to find the right balance between casting spells like a classic wizard, buffing yourself for melee combat, and burning spell slots for damage reduction with Song of Defense. 11. Absorb Elements will sometimes reduce way more damage than a spell slot you'd burn for Song of Defense. Be mindful of that. Bottom line is, Bladesinger is MAD (Multi-Attribute Dependent), but other than that the class is very powerful when you get to achieve that with high ability rolls. Hope that helps!

> This is a wizard that can copy an entire enemy wizard's spellbook into their book while the party is taking a short rest. Every other wizard who finds a spellbook has to pick and choose the one or two spells they are going to spend the next 8 long rests copying. And you can still only prepare and cast as many of those spells as other Wizards*. Having a ton of spells in your spell book just means the other features aren't completely terrible. > They get a long range spy that can walk into any enemy stronghold and is unstoppable until an enemy spell caster casts dispel magic on it. Sure that's what other wizards use their familiars for, but familiars have hit points and can die. The ghost book is unstoppable unless the enemy roster includes a caster with dispel magic, or a magic item with dispel that your party can expect to find in the loot pool. Not really a spy due to glowing and lack of stealth, but yes this is the one great thing OoS gets. > Their capstone effectively lets them never die. Wizards get double the number of spells all orher casters get each time they level. On top of that they can copy all the spells on their spell list into their books. So when you get that capstone at high level spells like witch bolt, agazzars scorchers, and pyrotechnics become useful for the first time. All those low level spells that you stopped preparing once you got fireball, haste, fly, and polymorph become a pool of charges for what is basically a better version of relentless endurance. You can still very easily die. If a fight goes wrong and you have no escape this will not save you since you can only use it 1/long rest. What it's great for is non-combat instakills, but how often will that come up? (and at this point you're just a couple of levels away from Clone). > And that's not even counting all the damage type swapping you get with this class. Fireball can now deal all the danage types listed in glyph of warding and could kill can deal force damage thanks to bigbys hand. Damage swapping is ok, but not amazing. You still only do the same amount of damage that a spell normally does, unless you sacrifice a few wizard levels for Tempest Cleric, and focusing on damage instead of the control potential of wizards is rarely optimal.

I think manifest MIND is supposed to be contious since its the manifestation of your spellbooks MIND

Nope because has to be same level. I don't think upcasting affects it. But you could take Dragon's Breath and then you have all the options of that spell for Scorching Ray ;)

this is battle field devastation. 30d6 or more if you used a higher level slot to a 15 foot cone AOE. Archers with cover - no problem just sail the manifest on top of them and fry. Big badie with minions - fry the minions before the party arrives or roast the the big badie and watch them flee. Dispel magic - counterspell. It is not even static so chase the opponents around the battle field and target any clumps of creatures. They can see their doom coming and there is nothing they can do to stop it. As for the squishy wizard and breaking his concentration, hie sits in a tiny hut, or up a rope trick or in the other room with 100% cover as he can see through the book and no longer needs line of sight.

Or, my favourite, Detect Thoughts. "Hello Mr. BBEG, rather than come into your very booby trapped throne room ourselves, this glowing line of code will now subject you to a brain scan."

@@starsgears9200 haha that is an amazing use

@Cormac Pagliarulo Be aware that you can only cast through your "Mind" prof. times per Long rest.

@@ericmeyer5474 oh yeah thanks for reminding me