Elf Trickery Domain Cleric Build Guide
Blending Elven grace with divine mischief, the Elf Trickery Domain Cleric excels at distracting enemies and controlling the battlefield from the shadows.
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Why Trickery Domain?
Choosing an Elf for your Trickery Domain Cleric creates a master of battlefield manipulation. As a Controller, your main goal is to disrupt enemy plans and dictate the flow of combat. While your physical stats lean towards a surprising Strength of 14 to hold your ground in melee, your high Wisdom of 15 powers your deceptive magic. Your Elven heritage provides Fey Ancestry, protecting you from charm and sleep effects so you can maintain concentration on your vital illusion spells without interruption.
The Trickery Domain shines when you utilize Invoke Duplicity, a feature that lets you create a perfect illusionary double of yourself. You can cast spells from this double's position, keeping yourself safe while baffling your foes. Combining this with your Elven Darkvision allows you to orchestrate these illusions from the safety of pitch-black corners, launching surprise spells while enemies strike at empty air.
Additionally, your Elven Keen Senses grant you free proficiency in Perception. This ensures that while you are busy fooling others with your trickster magic, nobody can pull the wool over your own eyes. You become the ultimate puppet master, guiding your party to victory from behind a veil of illusions.
Trickery Domain Features
Blessing of the Trickster
Level 3As an action by magic, you can choose yourself or a willing creature within 30 feet of you. For 1 minute, whenever the target makes an attack roll, ability check, or saving throw, the target can roll a d4 and add the result to the roll.
Invoke Duplicity
Level 3As a Bonus Action, you can expend one use of your Channel Divinity to create an illusory duplicate of yourself within 30 feet of you. This duplicate lasts for 1 minute, and you can use your action to move it up to 30 feet. When you or the duplicate is seen by a creature, the creature can't distinguish you from the duplicate.
Trickery Domain Spells
Level 3Your connection to this divine domain ensures that you always have certain spells prepared.
Trickster's Transposition
Level 6Each time you take a Bonus Action to move your Invoke Duplicity duplicate, you can swap places with it as part of that action.
Improved Duplicity
Level 17The illusion of your Invoke Duplicity has become more powerful in the following ways. You can create a second illusory duplicate. You maintain both duplicates simultaneously.
Recommended Ability Scores
Elf Traits That Benefit Trickery Domain Cleric
Fey Ancestry
Extra saving throw advantages protect against debilitating spells and effects.
Darkvision
Elf Darkvision helps Clerics scout ahead and fight in darkness without needing a torch.
Keen Senses
Free Perception proficiency is valuable for any Cleric, especially in exploration.
Trance
Trance means shorter rests and the ability to keep watch more effectively.
Combat Effectiveness
| Level | HP | Melee DPR | Spell DPR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Level 5 | 33 | 3.9 | 7.8 |
| Level 11 | 69 | 3.58 | 10.18 |
| Level 17 | 105 | 3.58 | 13.2 |
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Strengths & Weaknesses
Strengths
- ♦ Trickery Domain grants Blessing of the Trickster at level 3
- ♦ Darkvision for dungeon exploration
- ♦ Versatile spellcasting options
Weaknesses
- ♦ Low Dexterity means poor initiative and AC
- ♦ May require careful feat selection to optimize
Pro Tips
Use Blessing of the Trickster on your heavy-armored allies to give them advantage on stealth, compensating for your own low Dexterity.
Position your illusion from Invoke Duplicity in melee range to distract enemies while you safely cast spells from a distance using your high Wisdom.
Rely on your Fey Ancestry to resist charm effects, ensuring you don't lose concentration on key control spells during critical moments.
When cornered, use Trickster's Transposition to instantly swap places with your duplicate, escaping danger and leaving enemies targeting a harmless illusion.
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