Goliath Trickery Domain Cleric Build Guide

Embodying a Goliath Trickery Domain Cleric lets you shatter expectations, blending raw giant physical power with mind-bending illusions to completely control the battlefield.

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Why Trickery Domain?

Choosing a Goliath for your Trickery Domain Cleric creates a fascinating and highly effective character. While Goliaths are traditionally seen as straightforward brutes, this build transforms you into a brilliant Controller. With a starting Wisdom of 15 and Strength of 14, you have the physical presence to hold your own in combat while using your high mental stat to cast powerful, deceptive spells that manipulate your enemies.

Your Goliath heritage provides key survivability through your Giant Ancestry trait, which can mitigate damage or hinder foes. This durability is highly valuable when you use Invoke Duplicity. This subclass feature lets you summon an illusionary duplicate of yourself. You can project your spells from this double's position, allowing you to stay safely behind your front line while your giant-sized duplicate draws enemy fire and sows confusion on the battlefield.

Additionally, your physical utility traits like Powerful Build make you a literal pillar of strength for your party, while your magic keeps them hidden. By using your Blessing of the Trickster feature, you can grant an ally advantage on stealth checks, allowing even your loudest, heavy-armored companions to slip past guards undetected.

Trickery Domain Features

Blessing of the Trickster

Level 3

As 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 3

As 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 3

Your connection to this divine domain ensures that you always have certain spells prepared.

Trickster's Transposition

Level 6

Each 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 17

The 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

Strength

14(+2)

Dexterity

8(-1)

Constitution

13(+1)

Intelligence

10(+0)

Wisdom★

15(+2)

Charisma

12(+1)

HP (Lv1)

Initiative

-1

Passive Per.

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Goliath Traits That Benefit Trickery Domain Cleric

Giant Ancestry

Giant Ancestry grants a supernatural ability that enhances the Cleric's combat or utility.

Powerful Build

Enhanced size and carrying capacity complement the Cleric's physical combat style.

Large Form

Enhanced size and carrying capacity complement the Cleric's physical combat style.

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
♦ Versatile spellcasting options
♦ Flexible build with room for customization

Weaknesses

♦ Low Dexterity means poor initiative and AC
♦ No Darkvision — may need light sources in dungeons

Pro Tips

Cast your crowd-control spells through your duplicate from Invoke Duplicity to maintain a safe distance from dangerous melee combatants.

Target your party's heaviest armor-wearer with Blessing of the Trickster so your entire group can sneak around together successfully.

Use Trickster's Transposition to swap places with your duplicate, instantly rescuing yourself from danger and repositioning to support your allies.

Activate your Large Form trait alongside your illusions to physically block choke points while your duplicate confuses incoming attackers.

Other Cleric Subclasses for Goliath

Goliath Life Domain Cleric Support Goliath Light Domain Cleric Blaster Goliath War Domain Cleric Striker

Other Races for Trickery Domain Cleric

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Trickery Domain a good subclass for Goliath Cleric?

Yes, it is a fantastic and unexpected combination. Goliaths possess natural resilience through their Giant Ancestry, which perfectly covers the Trickery Cleric's vulnerabilities in close-quarters combat. By using Invoke Duplicity to distract enemies while your Goliath traits keep you standing, you become a exceptionally durable battlefield controller who can easily handle threats.

What makes Trickery Domain different from other Cleric subclasses?

While most Clerics focus on direct healing or blasting enemies with radiant light, the Trickery Domain specializes in stealth, illusion, and misdirection. It turns you into a master of battlefield control, using unique class features like Blessing of the Trickster to make your allies stealthy, and illusionary doubles to manipulate enemy positioning.

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