Mystic Seer

D&D Character Build Guide

A 1st-20th level build guide
suitable for any level of play

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 Mystic Seer
D&D Character Build Guide

A 1st-20th level build guide suitable for any level of play

Writing: Doug Vehovec

Editing: Doug Vehovec
Layout and Design: Doug Vehovec

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 Proficiencies
I see your future... Armor: Light armor, medium armor, shields
If we're honest the impetus for this character began Weapons: Simple weapons
with a pun. A character named Claire Voyant who Tools: None
could maybe predict events to come or maybe is a
fraud. Maybe even a little of both? Saving Throws: Wisdom, Charisma
— Nerdarchy Skills: Insight, Persuasion

Say it ain't so! Languages: None

Generally we create Character Build Guides follow-

ing the character creation rules for Adventurers Step 3 — Ability Scores
League. This way CBGs maximize usefulness to
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
any D&D player. But we took a detour for this one
simply to indulge our imagination for the combina- 8 (-1) 10 (+0) 12 (+1) 15 (+2) 14 (+2) 13 (+1)
tion of race and class we foresaw in this charac-
ter's future.
Step 4 — Background
Charlatan
Step-by-step character build guide
Skills: Deception, Sleight of Hand
Each step of the way, this guide will show you the Proficiencies: Disguise kit, forgery kit
choices made that are significant to this character
build. Choice options that are of particular impor-
tance to this character’s effectiveness are in bold. Flair, fast hands and faster thinking gave this
character an avenue to bilk folks hoping for real
magical insights into their lives. Once the clientele
Step 1 — Race slows it's time to move on to the next town where
you predict you'll be leaving with a full coin purse.
Gith (githzerai)
There's alternative options that would keep this
CBG within AL guidelines while being really fun Step 5 — Class and Level Progression
and effective to play. Swapping the race choice for Level Class Gains
this one is pretty easy too, since all the class op-
1 Cleric Divine Domain — Knowledge,
tions and important spell choices come from the
Blessings of Knowledge —
Player's Handbook. The githzerai packs the perfect
Dwarvish, Elvish, Arcana,
combination of ability scores and spells to set this
History, Spells — Guidance,
seer on the road to their destiny.
Thaumaturgy, Detect Evil and
Good
Proficiencies 2 Wizard Spell Focus — Orb, Spells —
Armor: None Comprehend Languages,
Protection from Evil and
Weapons: None
Good, Tenser's Floating Disc,
Tools: None Unseen Servant
Skills: None
3 Wizard Arcane Tradition — School of
Languages: Common, Gith Divination, Portent
4 Cleric Channel Divinity — Knowledge
Step 2 — Class of the Ages
1st level 5 Cleric
Start with Cleric 6 Cleric Ability Score Increase —
Wisdom +2
With this character's background we thought
it would be appropriate for a god of knowledge 7 Wizard Spell — Detect Thoughts
to choose this character as an act of faith. This 8 Wizard Ability Score Increase —
character relied on parlor tricks and keen instincts Intelligence +2
to swindle people, but now they've got real divine
9 Cleric Channel Divinity — Read
power and a duty to fix the trouble they've caused.
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Thoughts, Spells — Nondetection,
Sending, Speak with Dead
10 Cleric
11 Wizard Spells — Bestow Curse,
Clairvoyance
12 Wizard Other Character Guides
13 Cleric • Mind Breaker Paladin Character Build Guide
14 Cleric Ability Score Increase —
Wisdom +2
15 Wizard • Nature Possessed Warforged Character Build Guide
16 Wizard Ability Score Increase —
Intelligence +2
17 Wizard
18 Wizard The Third Eye
19 Cleric
20 Cleric Divine Intervention — 10%
Conclusion
By the time this character hits 3rd level they're
everything you imagine they'd be — a mystical me-
dium with a variety of legit magical effects to ac-
company their medium schtick. Keen knowledge of
people and places combined with powers to reveal
secrets, predict the future and put on a fabulous
performance. Their knowledge and magic only
continue to deepen as they develop vast intellect
and awareness. Not bad for an extraplanar fraud
conning people for coin, huh?
Final Ability Scores
STR DEX CON INT WIS
8 (-1) 10 (+0) 12 (+2) 20 (+5) 20 (+5)
Proficiencies
Armor: Light armor, medium armor, shields
Weapons: Simple weapons
Tools: Disguise kit, forgery kit
Saving Throws: Wisdom, Charisma
Skills: Arcana*, Deception, History*, Insight, Persua-
sion, Sleight of Hand
Languages: Common, Dwarvish, Elvish, Gith
Further Resources
We discuss character creation, roleplaying tips and
more 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
Usually we create general NPCs in this section but
this CBG is so specific in scope we feel like it de-
serves a distinct individual. The video discussion
includes great ideas how, where and why this NPC
can intersect with the adventurers. We're going to
pull a gem from our archives and repurpose Snilor,
Merchant of the Macabre as our Mystical Seer.
Discerning Customers Only. Tucked away in the
meandering twists of darkened alleys a pecu-
liar curio shop caters to a very particular kind
of client. Lost & Bound specializes in the grim
and ghastly of the occult. Those who pass by
the decrepit storefront often shudder and make
the warding signs of their gods. The shabby
shop seems to draw the shadows closer about
the crumbling eaves and cobwebbed windows,
and it’s not uncommon for spiders, black cats,
snakes or the occasional tentacle to wriggle, skit-
ter, creep or slither from the darkened corners of
the shop. Inside, amid dusty tomes, vials filled
with curious liquids and unnerving substances,
grotesqueries and extraplanar accoutrements,
seekers of the strange and unknowable will find
the shop’s proprietor Snilor the Inscrutable.
What Goes On In The Back? In the private area
of Lost & Bound a fabulously appointed room can
be reserved for spirit readings and fortune tell-
ings. The room is festooned with wards, glyphs
and charms amid rich fabrics and cushioned
seating. When clients gather for a reading Snilor
conjures his medium's effects in with flourishes
of arcane stage presence.
Snilor the Inscrutable
Medium humanoid (githzerai), neutral
Armor Class 10
Hit Points 52 (15d8 - 15)
Speed 30 ft.
STR DEX CON INT WIS
6 (-2) 11 (+0) 8 (-1) 20 (+5) 19 (+4)
Saving Throws WIS +7, CHA +4
Skills Arcana +11, History +11, Insight +7, Sleight of
Hand +3
Senses passive Perception 14
Languages Gith, Telepathy 120 ft.
Challenge 8 (3,900 XP)
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The Sight (1/Day). Snilor can use an action to see
what others cannot. For one hour Snilor has true-
sight, notices secret doors hidden by magic, can
read any language and can see into the Ethereal
Plane, all out to a range of 120 feet.
Actions
Omen. Ranged Spell Attack: +8 to hit, range 60 ft.,
one target. Hit: 3d6 psychic damage and the target
must make a DC 16 Intelligence saving throw. On a
failed save, the target can’t take a reaction until the
end of its next turn. Moreover, on its next turn, it
must choose whether it gets a move, an action, or
a bonus action; it gets only one of the three. On a
successful save, the target suffers none of the other
effects.
Clairvoyance (Recharge 6). Snilor sees objects and
actions removed in space or time from normal view.
As an action Snilor chooses a causal thread in a
40-foot line that is 5 feet wide. Each creature in that
line must make a DC 16 Charisma saving throw or
it has disadvantage on its next attack roll, saving
throw or ability check. If the saving throw fails by 5
or more, the creature is instead trapped between
moments of time and paralyzed for 1 minute. At the
end of each of its turns, the target can make anoth-
er Charisma saving throw. On a success, the effect
ends on the target. While paralyzed, a creature is
immune to Clairvoyance.
Reaction
Potent Portent. When Snilor or a creature it can see
makes an attack roll, a saving throw, or an ability
check, as a reaction Snilor can roll a d20 and choose
to use this roll in place of the attack roll, saving
throw, or ability check.
CHA
13 (+1)
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