Tiefling Clockwork Sorcery Sorcerer Build Guide
A Tiefling's innate fiery magic perfectly balances the rigid, law-bending battlefield control of the Clockwork Sorcery Sorcerer to keep your allies safe.
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Why Clockwork Sorcery?
Choosing a Tiefling for your Clockwork Sorcery Sorcerer creates a character of perfect, calculated poise. As a battlefield Controller, your job is to dictate the flow of combat. Your Tiefling's Fiendish Legacy provides innate defensive and offensive magic that uses your high Charisma, allowing you to save your precious Sorcerer spell slots for shifting the battlefield in your favor.
At level 3, you gain Clockwork Magic, giving you access to an expanded list of spells that you can swap out for abjuration and transmutation magic. This pairs beautifully with the Tiefling's natural fire resistance, making you surprisingly durable for a spellcaster. Meanwhile, your Darkvision ensures you can target enemies with your control spells from the safety of the shadows without needing a bright, revealing torch.
Additionally, the Restore Balance feature allows you to negate advantage or disadvantage on rolls within your sight. This means you can prevent enemies from landing critical strikes on your allies or stop them from resisting your own controlling magic. It is a fantastic toolkit for players who want to manipulate the dice and rule the battlefield with mathematical certainty.
Clockwork Sorcery Features
Clockwork Magic
Level 3You learn additional spells that don't count against the number of spells you know: Alarm, Protection from Evil and Good (level 1); Aid, Lesser Restoration (level 3); Dispel Magic, Protection from Energy (level 5); Freedom of Movement, Summon Construct (level 7); Greater Restoration, Wall of Force (level 9). You can replace one of these spells with an abjuration or transmutation spell of the same level from the sorcerer, warlock, or wizard list.
Restore Balance
Level 3When a creature you can see within 60 feet is about to roll a d20 with advantage or disadvantage, you can use your reaction to prevent the roll from being affected by advantage or disadvantage. You can use this feature a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.
Bastion of Law
Level 6As an action, you can spend 1 to 5 sorcery points to create a shimmering ward around yourself or another creature you can see within 30 feet. The ward lasts until you use this feature again or until you finish a long rest. The ward is represented by a number of d8s equal to the sorcery points spent. When the warded creature takes damage, it can expend any number of those dice, rolling them and reducing the damage by the total.
Trance of Order
Level 14As a bonus action, you enter a state of clockwork order for 1 minute. During this state, attack rolls against you can't benefit from advantage, and whenever you make an attack roll, ability check, or saving throw, you can treat a d20 roll of 9 or lower as a 10. Once you use this feature, you can't do so again until you finish a long rest, unless you spend 7 sorcery points to use it again.
Clockwork Cavalcade
Level 18As an action, you summon spirits of order that restore 100 hit points total, divided as you choose among creatures within 30 feet. Each repaired creature is also freed from one curse, disease, or one of the following conditions: blinded, deafened, paralyzed, poisoned, or stunned. In addition, each creature of your choice within 30 feet that is damaged has any broken items they are wearing or carrying repaired. Once you use this feature, you can't do so again until you finish a long rest, unless you spend 7 sorcery points to use it again.
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Tiefling Traits That Benefit Clockwork Sorcery Sorcerer
Fiendish Legacy
Tiefling fire resistance and innate spellcasting complement the Sorcerer's magical abilities.
Darkvision
Tiefling Darkvision helps Sorcerers scout ahead and fight in darkness without needing a torch.
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
- ♦ Clockwork Sorcery grants Clockwork Magic at level 3
- ♦ Strong species-class synergy enhances core abilities
- ♦ Darkvision for dungeon exploration
- ♦ Versatile spellcasting options
- ♦ Built-in damage resistance improves survivability
Weaknesses
- ♦ Low hit points — vulnerable in melee
- ♦ May require careful feat selection to optimize
Pro Tips
Use Restore Balance to cancel an enemy's magical advantage, leveling the playing field for your party's martial attackers.
Combine your innate Tiefling fire resistance with Bastion of Law's protective ward to shrug off both elemental and physical damage easily.
Use Clockwork Magic to swap in powerful defensive spells like Armor of Agathys, significantly boosting your survivability as a controller.
Cast your single-target control spells from pitch-black darkness, using Darkvision to target foes who cannot see you coming.
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