Sorcerer Subclasses 5e

Aberrant Mind

1st level

Aberrant Mind spells: This spell list focuses on battlefield control, psychic damage, and telepathic communication. TCoE also allows you to switch any of these spells out for any divination or enchantment spells from the Warlock, Wizard, or Sorcerer class. The biggest thing to take away from this feature is that it gets your Sorcerer access to 10 more spells, which is a massive increase from the typical 15 spell limit of 20th-level Sorcerers.

Cantrip

• Mind Sliver: INT saves aren’t common proficiencies and psychic damage isn’t a common resistance. Sure, the damage isn’t as appealing as something like fire bolt, but the d4 reduction from the next saving throw is effective in lower tiers of play.

1st level

• Arms of Hadar: Decent AoE with a short-range that will allow you to escape a group of enemies if they fail their save. This is a spell you don’t want to have to use.
• Dissonant Whispers: One of the best 1st-level spells in the game. Verbal only components, good range, psychic damage, and can cause an enemy to move away from an ally. Not only does this provide support on the battlefield, but it can also cause an opportunity attack which makes the spell even more powerful.

3rd level

• Calm Emotions: The fact that this spell has two different use cases makes it decent, even if those events may not come up too often. Enemies often have effects that charm or frighten in an area of effect, so being able to suppress those effects also in an area of your choosing could save your whole party. When used on enemies, you can make them non-hostile for a whole minute, giving you enough time to escape. The main issue with this spell is the concentration and the relatively small radius.
• Detect Thoughts: Useful spell for interrogations, or to determine if there are any hidden creatures near your location.

5th level

• Hunger of Hadar: Decent crowd control option, solid damage if you can keep baddies in there or cast it at a choke point.
• Sending: Solid communication spell for at least one party member to have.

7th level

• Evard’s Black Tentacles: Crowd control that grants the Restrained condition and continuous damage depending on if you can keep enemies in the area.
• Summon Aberration: Great summon option with a good amount of versatility. The Beholderkin provides flight and ranged attacks, Slaad can tank and has decent melee damage, and Star Spawn provides psychic damage and AoE.

9th level

• Rary’s Telepathic Bond: This can be helpful when the party gets into a tricky circumstance and needs to be able to discuss amongst themselves without “table talking”.
• Telekinesis: This is a great spell to have perpetually stocked. Toss enemies around the battlefield or crush your enemies with a giant rock.

6th level

14th level

18th level

Clockwork Soul

1st level

Clockwork Soul spells: This spell list focuses on buff and healing spells. TCoE also allows you to switch any of these spells out for any abjuration or transmutation spells from the Warlock, Wizard, or Sorcerer class. The biggest thing to take away from this feature is that it gets your Sorcerer access to 10 more spells, which is a massive increase from the typical 15 spell limit of 20th-level Sorcerers.

1st level

• Alarm: This spell is relatively useful whenever you’re resting. What’s better is it can be cast as a ritual. If you have Ritual Casting, this is never a bad pick.
• Protection from Evil and Good: You love to see this spell in any party, the buffs this can provide are extremely useful in any combat scenario. The creature types this affects are very common so this spell will likely be useful in your campaign.

3rd level

• Aid: Proactive healing rather than reactive healing and at a higher, guaranteed rate than Cure Wounds. 5 hit points can make a huge difference in keeping the party alive, and the spell doesn’t require concentration. Can be cast at higher levels.
• Lesser Restoration: Diseases and conditions do come up from time to time, so you’ll be happy to have this when they do.

5th level

• Dispel Magic: Always make sure at least one of your party members has this.
• Protection from Energy: This is typically outshined by absorb elements except in the specific circumstances when you are constantly being subjected to a type of damage.

7th level

• Freedom of Movement: It’s nice to give extra movement options to allies, but there are better buff spells and this one is pretty situational.
• Summon Construct: All of the options are fairly tanky but the Heated Body option is definitely the best feature.

9th level

• Greater Restoration: Great spell to have that can get you or party members out of very tricky situations.
• Wall of Force: You’re just making a wall. So what? You can split up opposing forces, hide behind an impenetrable wall, or make a dome over your party. It is immune to dispel magic but can be disintegrated.

6th level

14th level

18th level