Flesh Render Sorcerer

Adventurers League Build Guide

A 1st-20th level build guide suitable for Adventurers League play

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 Flesh Render Sorcerer
Adventurers League Build Guide

A 1st-20th level build guide suitable for Adventurers League play

Writing: David Friant and Doug Vehovec

Editing: Doug Vehovec
Layout and Design: Doug Vehovec

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 Proficiencies
By Request Armor: None
Weapons: Daggers, darts, slings, quarterstaffs, light
This character build was inspired by a Nerdarchy
crossbows
Patreon supporter. The request was to create a build
around the spell inflict wounds. Tools: None
— Nerdarchy Saving Throws: Constitution, Charisma

PHB +1 Skills: Deception, Intimidation

Xanathar's Guide to Everything

Xanathar’s Guide to Everything is so hard to pass Step 3 — Ability Scores
up as our Player’s Handbook plus one. It’s a great
resource for spells and subclasses. STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
In this particular instance we are after the Divine 10 (+0) 13 (+1) 13 (+1) 12 (+1) 12 (+1) 14 (+2)
Soul Sorcerous Origin as well as the Grave Do-
main cleric subclass. Step 4 — Background
Sage

Step-by-step character build guide Skills: Arcana, History

Languages: Abyssal, Infernal
Each step of the way, this guide will show you the
choices made that are significant to this character Our choice for background is based around role-
build. Options that are of particular importance to playing. Sage has different specialties, and the one
this character’s effectiveness are in bold. that caught our eye was "discredited academic."
The idea of this character delving too deeply into
arcane and divine workings that drove them a bit
Step 1 — Race mad had a great appeal.
Half-Elf
Race option from the Player's Handbook.
Step 5 — Class and Level Progression
We require a lot of ability scores for this build. To
Level Class Gains
that end we have decided to go with half-elf, for
those two +1’s which we will be putting into Intel- 1 Sorcerer Sorcerous Origin — Divine Soul
ligence and Wisdom. (Evil), Favored by the Gods,
Spell — Inflict Wounds
2 Sorcerer Font of Magic
Proficiencies
3 Sorcerer Metamagic — Quickened Spell,
Armor: None
Twinned Spell
Weapons: None
4 Sorcerer Ability Score Improvement —
Tools: None Dexterity +1, Constitution +1
Skills: Medicine, Religion 5 Cleric Domain — Grave, Spare the
Languages: Celestial, Common, Elvish Dying, Proficiencies — Light
Armor, Medium Armor, Shields
6 Cleric Channel Divinity — Path to
Step 2 — Class the Grave
1st level 7 Wizard Arcane Recovery, Find Familiar
Start with Sorcerer 8 Wizard Arcane Tradition —
Necromancy, Grim Harvest
We wanted to do a character build focused on the
inflict wounds spell. Yeah, you can get it from cleric, 9 Sorcerer
but it is far more interesting to get it from sorcerer. 10 Sorcerer
Combine that with focusing on sorcerer and you get
your prime spellcasting ability score starting off with 11 Sorcerer Empowered Healing
sorcerer. 12 Sorcerer Feat — War Caster
13 Sorcerer

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Proficiencies
Armor: Light armor, medium armor, shields
Weapons: Daggers, darts, slings, quarterstaffs, light
crossbows
Tools: None
Saving Throws: Constitution, Charisma
Skills: Arcana, Deception, History, Intimidation, Medi-
cine, Religion
Languages: Abyssal, Celestial, Common, Elvish,
Infernal

Further Resources
Character creation, build, roleplaying tips and
backstory elements are discussed in a video on
the Nerdarchy YouTube channel here. In the video
description, you can find a link to this character
build on D&D Beyond.

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For Dungeon Masters
Hiding within Academia. This flesh render brings
to mind a macabre serial killer in the vein of Jack
the Ripper or Hannibal Lecter. Someone who is
driven to take things apart to see how they work.
In this case people. They lurk within polite society
hiding plain sight.

Dark Discovery. The Flesh Render as mastered

dark energies that allow them to disrupt and twist
life energy. But such discoveries have come with a
price. The sanity and need to inflict pain and suf-
fering on others.

Keep on the Threshold. As a bonus action the flesh

Preferred Victims. As a serial killer, the flesh ren- render can target one creature they can see within
der is compelled to target very specific victims to 30 feet that has 0 hp. The creature is stabilized but
inflict wounds upon and leave behind a tableau. conscious and charmed by flesh render for 1 minute.
Roll a d8 or choose from the table below. Or create The creature may make a Constitution saving throw
a flesh render specific to your campaign by choos- at the end of their turn, ending the charmed effect on
ing a type of victim this psychopathic killer focuses a successful save, and falling unconscious but stable.
on. Over time, this killer could consistently con-
found adventurers and law enforcement.
Actions
d8 Obsession
1 Gender Multiattack. The flesh render makes two wounding
touch attacks.
2 Profession
3 Race
Death Denied. As an action the flesh redner can sta-
4 Criminals bilize any creature they can see within 30 feet.
5 Poor
6 Scholars Empowered Death. Once per turn when rolling dam-
7 Pious age for necrotic touch, the flesh render may reroll
8 Nobility any dice. They must take the new result.

Flesh Render Wounding Touch. Melee spell attack: +9 to hit, one

Medium humanoid, any evil alignment target, 5 ft. Hit: 16 (3d10) necrotic damage.
Armor Class 12 (none)
Hit Points 97 (15d8 + 30) Reaction
Speed 30 ft. Life Tether. When the flesh render is hit with an at-
tack, they can use their reaction to transfer half the
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
damage to a creature they can see within 30 feet.
10 (+0) 14 (+2) 14 (+2) 13 (+1) 13 (+1) 20 (+5)
Saving Throws Constitution +6, Charisma +11
Skills Arcana +6, Deception +9, Medicine +10, Religion +6
Damage Resistances Necrotic
Senses passive Perception 11
Languages Any two
Challenge 9 (5,000 XP)

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