Dungeons & Dragons: How To Build An Aberrant Mind Sorcerer (2024)

Telepathic Speech

• You form a telepathic connection between another creature and yourself utilizing a bonus action. You can choose a single creature within thirty feet of you, as long as you can see them.
• You and the chosen target can communicate telepathically while both are within a number of miles equal to your sorcerer's Charisma modifier. The minimum is 1 mile.
• This telepathic connection will last for a number of minutes equal to your sorcerer level, so you can have extended communication at higher levels.

There are a couple of limits:

• To understand each other, you each must speak mentally in a language the other knows.
• It ends early if you are incapacitated, die, or form another connection with another creature. It works one at a time.

Psionic Sorcery

• When you cast any spell of first level or higher from the spells you gain innately as a sorcerer (your Psionic Spells feature), you can expend a spell slot as is standard or you can spend a number of sorcery points equal to the spell's level.
• If you cast the spell using sorcery points, this spell requires no verbal or somatic components. This is an incredibly unique feature, as most sorcerers will have to take the metamagic option Subtle Spell. The spell requires no material components (unless they are consumed by the spell, such as a gold cost).

Psychic Defenses

• You gain resistance to psychic damage.
• You have advantage on saves inflicting the charmed or frightened condition.

Revelation in Flesh

As a bonus action, you can spend 1 (or potentially more) sorcery points to transform your body for 10 minutes. These features line up with how many sorcery points you spent. So, a sorcery point for each feature. You could have multiple active at one time, and the effects last until the end of your magical transformation:

• You gain the ability to see any invisible creature as long as they're within 60 feet of you and as long as it isn't behind total cover. Cosmetically, your eyes turn black or become 'writhing sensory tendrils,' which is sort of gross but a small price to pay.

• You acquire a flying speed equal to your walking speed. You can also hover. Cosmetically, your skin shimmers with mucus (like an illithid, which is also kind of gross), or shines with an otherworldly light.

• You gain a swimming speed that's equal to twice your walking speed, and you can breathe underwater. You get gills on your neck or ones that spread out from behind your ears. Your fingers can become webbed, or you can grow wriggling cilia that extend through your clothing, like a eukaryotic cell.

• Your body and equipment (or anything on your person) become slimy and malleable, which allows you to gain the ability to move through any area as little as a single inch without squeezing, effectively compressing yourself without any magical shrinking. You also get the ability to spend 5 feet of movement to get out of nonmagical restraints or being grappled. There's no roll, you just do it.

Warping Implosion

• As an action, you have the ability to teleport to an unoccupied space you can see within 120 feet of you. This is an ability, and doesn't cost any sorcery points initially, like your other features. After you vanish, every creature within 30 feet of your previous space instantly makes a Strength saving throw against your spell save DC. Upon a failed save, the targets take 3d10 force damage and are dragged directly toward the area you left. They aren't pulled and take half the damage if they succeed on their save.
• You can spend five sorcery points to use this feature again, or it replenishes after a long rest.

Sorcerer Level

Spells

First

Arms of Hadar

Dissonant Whispers

Mind Sliver

Third

Calm Emotions

Detect Thoughts

Fifth

Hunger of Hadar

Sending

Seventh

Evard's Black Tentacles

Summon Aberration

Ninth

Rary's Telepathic Bond

Telekinesis

Mind Sliver

You push a spike of psychic energy into your foe's mind, and they take 1d6 psychic damage on a failed Intelligence save. They'll also have 1d4 subtracted from their next roll, which is great for Evard's Black Tentacles. You'll get this inherently.

Fire Bolt

On a hit, the target takes 1d10 fire damage. This is a great ranged cantrip that levels with you, increasing in d10s.

Prestidigitation

The roleplayer's delight. Prestidigitation allows you to perform a minor magical effect such as: cleaning an area, soiling an area, altering the taste of food, warming something, or shooting off sparks. Prestidigitation can be incredibly fun for creative players.

Shocking Grasp

The target takes 1d8 lightning damage while within melee range, and you roll with advantage if the foe is wearing armor. It prevents opportunity attacks, as it eliminates reactions for the turn, and you can escape if caught in close range.

Chromatic Orb

Chaos Bolt is one of the best spells for a sorcerer, but in the Aberrant Mind's case, it can't be recommended over Chromatic Orb. You have other sources of psychic damage, and the flexibility of getting to choose your damage type is great. It also works with Twinned Spell, which Chaos Bolt does not.

Sleep

Sleep can knock out a bunch of low-level opponents if they have fewer hit points than 5d8, no save required. An early must-have.

Shield

You cast on a reaction, and the Aberrant Mind doesn't use its reaction for much. It's good to boost AC!

Magic Missile

Magic Missile is an assured hit, which is something you'll want with you for the majority of your adventure. You roll a number of d4s corresponding with the level you're at, starting at 3d4 at early levels. It's good, reliable damage and is frankly one of the best spells out there.