Gowther is known as the Goat’s Sin of Lust though he himself was not always know. Originally a puppet created by the other Gowther, he now walks the world living a life gifted to him. A master of manipulation and disguise with no emotions, Gowther has an amazing arc of self discovery and acceptance of not only his past but his future. It was with the help of King, Diane, and Merlin that he grows in power and becomes his own person. Gowther is my favorite sin in the Seven Deadly Sins and I wanted to fit in as much of his powers as I could for this build.
Gowther Stats
Str 12 Dex 14 Con 12 Int 13 Wis 8 Cha 14 (27 point buy)
Str 12 Dex 14 Con 14 Int 13 Wis 8 Cha 16 (after racial and feat mod)
Class Sorcerer (Aberrant Mind) 6
The three things that I wanted to achieve in this build are:
- Bending wills to heel.
- Mage of Disguise.
- Master of Puppets.
Race
For the race I chose Warforged for Gowther but Changling would also work as well. With the Warforged race he gets Constructed Resilience, Sentry’s Rest, Integrated Protection, Specialized Design. Now Gowther has construct traits, staying mentally awake while resting, +1 to AC, Deception and Calligrapher’s Supplies proficiencies, and the language Infernal
Background
For Background I chose Charlatan for Gowther. This gives him Sleight of Hand, Stealth, Disguise Kit, Forgery Kit and the False Identity feature.
Class
Gowther’s class breakdown is Sorcerer 6 (Aberrant Mind). With this class Gowther will be able to use mind effecting abilities via spells and abilities, telepathy, charm and fear resistances, and Disguise self abilities. This class in particularly lends itself to maximizing the level constraints of my builds while giving Gowther a huge amount of his abilities in one go.
Sorcerer 1 is the first part of Gowther’s build. It is here where he gets Spellcasting, Arcana and Persuasion skills, extra spells from Psionic Spells and Telepathic Speech as a bonus action.
Sorcerer 2 gives Gowther the feature Font of Magic. This gives him sorcery points to gain more spell slots for casting.
Sorcerer 3 is where Gowther gets Metamagic. I chose Quickened Spell and Empowered Spell Useful for getting multiple spells off in a round and strengthening mind effecting spells.
Sorcerer 4 is where he picks the feat of Eldritch Adept with the Mask of Many Faces. This gives him the ability to change his outside form with the spell disguise self at will.
Sorcerer 5 is where he gets more spells.
Sorcerer 6 is the final level of this class with the Psionic Sorcery and Psychic Defenses. Psionic Sorcery allows him to cast spells from Psionic Spells as silent and motionless spells. Psychic Defenses grants Gowther resistance to psychic damage, and advantage on saving throws vs charmed or frightened.
With full use of Gowther’s abilities mimicing Invasion and Transformation via spells and abilities:
Searchlight- Detect Thoughts
Nightmare Teller- Phantasm Force
Broadcast- Message or Telepathic Speech
Blackout- Cat Nap
Blackout Arrow- Sleep
Jack- Crown of Madness
Hijack- Suggestion
Playback- Minor Illusion
Breaker off- Hold Person
Transformation- Mask of Many Faces
This combination of feats, stats and spells gives this DND build of Gowther, Goat’s Sin of Lust the abilities to manipulate ones very perceptions in Six levels or Less.
Spells
Sorcerer
Cantrip
Friends
Light
Mending
Message
Mind Sliver
Minor Illusion
1st Level
Arms of Hadar
Charm Person
Disguise Self
Dissonant Whispers
Sleep
2nd Level
Calm Emotions
Crown of Madness
Detect Thoughts
Hold Person
Phantasmal Force
Suggestion
3rd Level
Catnap
Hunger of Hadar
Sending
Equipment
Standard Sorcerer Gear with a focus on Light Crossbow and Crystal as an Arcane Focus (representing his heart).
Shout out to https://nanatsu-no-taizai.fandom.com/wiki/Nanatsu_no_Taizai_Wiki for the amazing information in making this amazing character as well as DNDBeyond for its character creation platform. Next week will be the Boar’s Sin of Gluttony, Merlin!
Until next week Tale-Tellers!
