Goliath Diviner Wizard Build Guide
By combining the Goliath's giant-sized resilience with the Diviner Wizard's fate-bending Portent ability, you create an unstoppable battlefield controller who sees every threat coming.
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Why Diviner?
As a Goliath Diviner Wizard, you are the ultimate battlefield mastermind. While wizards are traditionally fragile "glass cannons," your Goliath heritage gives you surprising durability. Traits like Giant Ancestry grant you supernatural resilience to reduce incoming damage, allowing you to shrug off hits that would normally break your concentration on powerful control spells.
Your primary role is a Controller, shaping the battlefield to guarantee your party's victory. This is driven by your signature level 3 subclass feature, Portent. This feature lets you roll two twenty-sided dice (d20s) at the start of the day and save the results. You can swap these pre-rolled numbers in for any attack roll, saving throw, or ability check made by anyone nearby, taking the luck out of critical moments.
By combining this fate-weaving power with your physical traits, like Powerful Build and your ability to grow in size, you can safely position yourself to dictate the flow of combat. You can force a boss to fail a crucial saving throw against your spells, or ensure an ally lands their most devastating strike, all while standing tall as a physically imposing arcane anchor.
Diviner Features
Divination Savant
Level 3The gold and time you spend to copy divination spells into your spellbook is halved.
Portent
Level 3When you finish a long rest, roll two d20s and record the numbers. You can replace any attack roll, saving throw, or ability check made by you or a creature that you can see with one of these foretelling rolls. You must choose to do so before the roll. Each foretelling roll can be used only once. You gain a new set of rolls when you finish a long rest.
Expert Divination
Level 6When you cast a divination spell of 2nd level or higher using a spell slot, you regain one expended spell slot. The slot you regain must be of a level lower than the spell you cast and can't be higher than 5th level.
The Third Eye
Level 10As an action, you can increase your powers of perception. Choose one of: Darkvision (60 ft), Ethereal Sight (see into the Ethereal Plane within 60 ft), Greater Comprehension (read any language), or See Invisibility (see invisible creatures and objects within 10 ft). The effect lasts until you use this feature again or finish a short or long rest.
Greater Portent
Level 14You roll three d20s for your Portent feature instead of two.
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Goliath Traits That Benefit Diviner Wizard
Giant Ancestry
Giant Ancestry grants a supernatural ability that enhances the Wizard's combat or utility.
Powerful Build
Enhanced size and carrying capacity complement the Wizard's physical combat style.
Large Form
Enhanced size and carrying capacity complement the Wizard's physical combat style.
Combat Effectiveness
| Level | HP | Melee DPR | Spell DPR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Level 5 | 32 | 3.9 | 7.8 |
| Level 11 | 68 | 3.58 | 10.18 |
| Level 17 | 104 | 3.58 | 13.2 |
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Strengths & Weaknesses
Strengths
- ♦ Diviner grants Divination Savant at level 3
- ♦ Versatile spellcasting options
- ♦ Flexible build with room for customization
Weaknesses
- ♦ Low hit points — vulnerable in melee
- ♦ No Darkvision — may need light sources in dungeons
Pro Tips
Use your Portent rolls to guarantee enemies fail their saving throws against your high-Intelligence crowd control spells.
Activate Large Form to block narrow pathways, using your physically imposing size to keep enemies away from weaker allies.
Rely on Giant Ancestry to mitigate damage when you take hits, keeping your focus on maintaining concentration spells.
Leverage Expert Divination at level 6 to regain spell slots when casting scouting spells, keeping your magical reserves high.
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