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You can actually get a lot of milage out of multiclassing a martial class into Draconic Bloodline. One character I made was mainly a fighter but with a few levels of sorcerer. That natural AC and the ability to cast the shield spell a few times made it basically impossible to hit him until later into the campaign.
@@johnymey4034 you mean the one thats not even released, that nobody except for certain creators have access to, and that a lot of people aren't going to change to anyway?? stfu man
@@guzonjaguzic9742Command, Chromatic Orb, Fear, Fly, Charm Monster, and Summon Dragon are all solid spells. And Dragons Breath is especially good if you cast it from your familiar because they can fly above a cluster of enemies and breathe downward, covering a 3x3 square on the grid.
@@PsyrenXY ok i admit those are ok. But there are some misses. However, the feature that should realy have been in there is the one clock and abber sorcerers have, that you can swap them if they are in 2 schools of magic represented by the subclass
It does help a ton imo- only missing thing is your Dragon Sorcerer cannot turn into a Dragon. No True Polymorph or Shapechange on the Sorcerer spell list even in the 2024 version.
The most versatile subclase of all, you can be an X-Men like: Sunspot = Red Dragon Bloodline ICEMAN = White Dragon Bloodline Storm = Blue Dragon Bloodline
"My mom was a dragon?!" "Yes, son. That's why you're getting scales instead of acne." "Uh...I didn't know you were into that sort of thing." "In my defense, I was a Bard."
I think a really cool idea could have been allowing Draconic Sorcerers to be almost like Hexblade Warlocks, being able to dish out potent physical damage that scales off your Charisma with some added elemental might for spice it up. Makes sense when you consider dragons are extremely powerful both physically and magically.
I did that in a campaign where my sorcerer’s ancestors were cursed because the dragon in our family line became a shadow dragon through fighting an ancient enemy. So basically the patron was preparing his descendants to battle not just the family enemy but also put an end to their suffering as their mind fell apart from the shadow dragon transformation.
I only played Baldur's Gate 3, but still my favorite playthrough was as a Dragonic Bloodline Sorcerer, reflavoring every spell in my head to make sense with fire or heat. Sleep was them messing with the temperature of the air around the target to make them pass out, like that chick from Fire Force could do. Minor Illusion and Disguise Self were mirages. Overall, fun time!
I actually do that with the storm sorcerer in that game! I just wanted a flying gnome that didn't involve being thrown by karlach and laezel. For me feather fall is just making an air current under you to slow the fall.
Back before Sorcerers were a thing in D&D, one of my players basically invented dragon bloodline sorcerers. He played a golden skinned High Elf Wizard who had a habit of walking around naked. The secret back story was that he was a gold dragon who had lost a magical duel while shape-shifted as an elf and had lost most of his abilities. As he grew in levels, that was just him recovering himself. The player's goal was to find a polymorph spell so he could "return" to his true form.
Draconic Sorcerer was my first ever character and help me get into dnd. Made him a silver dragon bloodline and utilize primary cold damaging spells as both a small restriction and in game reasoning that any evocation spell that wasn’t ice related wouldn’t work
Love the Natsu Dragneel clips in the video. And it would be awesome to have a Dragon Ancestor that you later encounter in the campaign story. Like if a Silver Dragon great-grandfather.
This is my favourite sorcerer, and the one that I've played the most (I've made a blue, white, and copper ancestry thus-far). Yes it might not be as powerful as some of the newer subclasses, but along with the dragon flavor, I love the Draconic Bloodline Sorcerer for how reliable it is. Your early abilities basically make you a sorcerer who is a bit more survivable (more HP and no need for Mage Armor), and the elemental themes make for a really good blaster character. It's just always a good subclass I find myself going back to and having fun with.
I was actually thinking a bit on a concept too after listening to a dnd campaign, cause I could imagine for some people in a dnd the scale color a draconic bloodline sorcerer has could affect how they react to them. Like some family with a long line of sorcerers that haven’t displayed more than maybe dragon eyes over the years and suddenly you have the character being a lot heavier on the dragon side with clear heritage to a dragon that had caused the region trouble before.
@@sf-1_raptor Indeed. And Draconic Bloodline Sorcerers don't always have to come from being born of dragon blood. For example, a red dragon burns down a village. A woman who is pregnant is bathed in dragon fire, critically injuring her, but the baby is able to be saved. Yet the baby becomes a red draconic bloodline sorcerer due to this brush with death enfusing them with fire magic from the red dragon.
One of my favorite aspects of your videos as a Magic player is trying to name the cards you use the art from in my head as they appear on the screen. I love your use of them as images of the spells or abilities you're referring to.
On the Draconic Bloodline two points are good to know with this first this quintessential Sorcerer subclass (seriously this was the first Sorcerer back in the day too). In RP- Draconic Sorcerer is great as that linage is something that does not have to be big dragon kidnapped mom but it can be “We never knew that Grandma was a polymophed Silver Dragon until she showed us how to freeze a fool with a Ray of Frost” This class burns with flavor. On the new edition many of these mid teir weaknesses seem to have been addressed. So if you still have Watchers of the Caves on your okay to buy from list it is very worth it as they now have better armor (now Charisma + Dexterity + 10 so you get better ac as you grow) and more spells. You get Command, Fear and Summon Dragon. Is that more dragon in your dragon more to your taste. ((By the way, this may be in the free version of 5e revised so keep an eye out).
One of my favourite characters I've played was a pirate tortle sorlock whose draconic bloodline dated back to a dragon turtle, who was also his patron. So much fun
As some comments mentioned, this is one of the best to multiclass into a Martial Class. Fighter as always, excellent, goes with everything, especially with Eldritch Knight for more spell slots or Battle Masters. Rogue gets infinitely better with the utility spells and extra durability. But my favorite and Hot Take Pic is Monk Astral Self Monk + Draconic Bloodline makes a bulky combatant that never has to actually use their hands to do damage, focus on Dex and Cha and you get an 18 AC Monk/Sorcerer at Level 3 with the capacity of using Shield and no equipment. But of course, Draconic Blood & Soul Combo is almost too perfect for flavor. A Dragonborn Draconic Monk/Sorcerer build (although not incredibly high in the damage output) gives you incredible synergy between all of your abilities, locking a giant crowd with your road while you center an empowered Fireball on yourself that you're going to take ZERO DAMAGE due to Evasion, while your enemies are afraid of you and can barely hit you is one of the most Badass things you can do.
Oh character idea; Dragconic bloodline Centaur with wings permanently on. It could also work on a Plasmoid, with the wings being Plasmoid flexible - its just part of your shape. And the better AC without equipment helps.
yeah Draconic sorcerer might be a bit basic but that was what i liked about them too, some time you just want simplicity of the "i bonk them with my sword" boys but with instead.
The fact that this was a sorcerer subclass and not a druid subclass...you know....to go with the class that has all the elemental spells is insane to me
I've actually been tinkering with some Draconic Bloodline Sorcerers that are flavored to not have anything to do with Dragons. One being a Hexblood deriving her icy magic from her Bheur Hag heritage, and another being a Hill Dwarf. The Dwarf I'm flavoring as "becoming one with his forge" but, really, it's just an excuse to combine the Hill Dwarf, Draconic Bloodline, and Tough abilities to create a Sorcerer who gains 4 free Hit Points with every level (plus 1d6+Con of course). Should be one very chonky Sorcerer.
One of my favorite character builds I’ve ever made and played in a oneshot was a level 14 draconic bloodline sorcerer/lever 6 Bladesinger Wizard White Dragonborn. I could pop Bladesong, then on the next turn fly up higher into the air than normal with my higher walking speed, all with an insanely high AC. I could take the attack action and substitute both weapon attacks with my natural breath weapon and a high level attacking cantrip, Or I could summon cast Draconic Spirit and Quicken Spell Blink to completely disappear from the field and make enemies fight my summon. She was insanely fun to play.
1:01 "Most often, sorcerers with this origin trace their descent back to a mighty sorcerer of ancient times who made a bargain with a dragon or who might even have claimed a dragon parent"
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This subclass should have been updated in Fizban's with subclass spells (like the many, _many_ cool draconic spells in that book), gem dragon ancestry, and something else to tide the players over in the mid-levels (e.g. bonus action blade ward for those with metallic ancestry, cheaper transmuted spell - if you choose your own element as the target - for chromatic, and the ability to add your CHA modifier to WIS and INT saves for gem, just from the top of my head).
It should be mentioned that now with gem dragons being a thing, it should be possible to homebrew in those as options for this subclass using the gem Dragonborn for the damage type and resistance.
Warforged Draconic Bloodline Sorcerer. Pure experiment undertaken by a dragon polymorphed into a human and infiltrating House Cannith. Using the blood of a dragon as part of the creation process.
This subclass has more flavor than a Texas BBQ pit but it HAS to have some homebrew to be as relevant as other players in your party. With just a little more love, it could've been one of the quintessential classes you think of for new players.
I played a Sorcerer once, and chose Draconic bloodline, as we were playing a Tiamat related campaign. I wanted to be on brand for the story. I think Sorcerer may be one of my favorite classes. It's similar to playing Barbarian, except you're setting your enemies ablaze!
My first character that I levelled from 1-20 was mostly draconic sorcerer. By the end, he was Sorc17/Hexblade2/Knowledge Cleric1. Thanks to feats and magic items, he had an AC of 26 (before casting shield or any other spells) and over 200 hit points (Tough is really cool). I had Crossbow Expert so I could eldritch blast in melee, and I was the party's tank, lol.
I have an idea for a Draconic Sorcerer. They are a living puppet “reflavored autognome btw.” and they were created using the heart of a dragon as their heart. This gives my puppet both their magical powers and some personality quirks. Like a love for shiny things and a tremendous, perhaps too tremendous, amount of courage.
I'm surprised he didn't mentioned multiclassing with Dragon Disciple if players wanted that extra dragon flavor like he mentioned with Dragon Ancestral Monk and Drake Warden Ranger.
yeah, I place this subclass in lower-mid B tier personally but I do agree with your last point, the flavor potential, like a magma themed (fire) character, who instead of scales have patches of hardened magma
I was actually thinking about playing character that was nobleman who’s dad or grandpa was actually dragon I think it real funny for my character trying to explain that to people 😂
Does it weird anyone else out that Sorcerers don't get True Polymorph or Shapechange? You can be this powerful magic person infused with Draconic/Aberrant/Celestial/Shadow/Storm/Order powers yet when you hit level 17 you cannot turn into that thing that gave you or was the origin creature of your powers. A 17th Level Draconic Bloodline Sorcerer cannot turn into a Dragon- sure they can summon one with Summon Dragon or Illusory Dragon (via Wish) but they themselves can't become one without help from a Wizard or Bard. Same issue with an Aberrant Sorcerer not being able to change into an Illithid, Divine Soul not being able to change into an Angel, Shadow not being able to turn into a Undead or Monstrosity, Storm into an Elemental or Storm Giant, and Order into a Modron or Inevitable. All of which would have been possible through simply giving the Sorcerer access to True Polymorph and Shapechange.
Topaz dragonborn Sorcerer here with Amethyst Draconic Bloodline/ Sorcery. Necrotic+Force is.. interesting and FUN! Slot in Gem dragon Ancestries as my groups GM do and I aswell totally allow in the groups I am GM for, and this.. sub class is COMPLETE. 👌🤝 Something WotC completely glossed over/ forgot, such a simple in-written thing they could have done in Fizban but didnt😂 In the VERY same book they introduced gem dragonborns and reintroduced gem dragons! Official written material always have a weight in sayso even we GM/ DM do thr final say. The gem elemental types of Force, Necrotic, Psychic, Radiant and Thunder is NO worse or better than Fire, Cold, Poison, Acid and Lightning. Nothing OP and its easly balanced. Having both breath attack, resistance and affinity ofca element IS a double edged sword. Like sure you deal force damage few resist BUT while you resist force damage... few monsters and npc deal that back, making other elements more advantageous vs you.
I LOVE Draconic Bloodline I have a Lv 20 character that's 17 lv's draconic sorcerer and 3lv Champion fighter Because i love Sorcerer's and Meta Magic Draconic blood line is my 2nd Most Use sorcerer Origin Right Below Shadow
An RPG set in the *80s* ? Okay my character doesn't have any pain in their knees and they have a full head of hair. The personality?.. they are optimistic about the future. .... look at my username and realise it wasn't because 70 other people had already chosen my gamertag (it was 1)
I feel like the mechanics are a bit underwhelming compared to the lore, because, yeah, PHB effect. That said, Dragonborn Draconic Sorcerer is doubling down on the bit. Is it the best idea? Probably not. But it IS cool.
Question...At 2nd level would you be able to "sell" your 3 1st level spellslots to "buy" a 3rd level spell slot using sorcerer points and then learn a 3rd level spell when you level up to 3rd level?
