Demonologist build
This character wishes to use the forces of the demonic in order to batter and destroy their foes. They know that the only reason why devils make pacts with mortals is to have more soldiers to fight in the never ending blood war. If this character can use the demonic forces to battle on the prime material plane this may help to tip the scales in the devils side. This would lead to the devils leaving mortals alone. At least that is what the twisted logic of the demonologist would have you believe.
Race: Rock Gnome +2 Int, +1 Con
Stats (point buy 27 pts)
Str 10 Dex 13 Con 13 Int 10 Wis 12 Cha 15
Class 1 cleric (knowledge domain)/ 5 warlock (patron fiend)
The three things that I wanted to achieve in this build are:
- The ability to rock knowledge skills in order to showcase a delver of dark knowledge
- The ability to influence demons through fear ie Intimidate and the like
- The sturdiness of a dark being.
For the Race of this build I went for Rock Gnome primarily for Gnome Cunning and Artificer’s Lore. Having the ability to get advantage on saves and adding twice your proficiency bonus to a history checks involving magic items will come in handy for a delver of dark secrets.
For the stats I prioritize Cha, Con, and Dex since this character has had to use both strength of personality and a hardiness and quickness of body to withstand less than ideal situations with demons.
Class wise I went with Cleric 1/ knowledge domain since I don’t have to worry about multi-classing into a cleric due to the lower wisdom. Skills are Persuasion and Insight.
The strength of this cleric subclass is blessing of knowledge. Gaining 2 languages and two skills, of which are double proficiency, is a strong first level power. So, the demonologist goes for celestial and infernal to speak and read as much about demons as possible. Arcana and Religion will continue to help cement this characters zeal for seeking knowledge.
Background for this character is one of Sage. This gives the character History and Intimidation with the languages of abyssal and draconic and the feature of Researcher. Seeker of knowledge is this character’s passion and he will do whatever it takes to garner more.
The other half of this character is five levels of warlock with a fiend patron. This charcter has decided to seek more power and knowledge and has done what they feel is right in order to have the power they crave.
Pact of the Chain will be this character’s focus as this gives them their first taste of control over the dark forces.
Dark one’s blessing gives the character more survivability. Eldritch invocations are Eldritch Sight, Cloak of Flies and Voice of the chain master.
Detect magic so you can always see anything worthy of note. Cloak of Flies gives you an aoe dmg and advantage for intimidation thus forcing demons to bend to your will. Voice of the chain master allows you to further deepen your bond with your familiar and spread your reach further.
Spells
For cleric
Thaumaturgy-Cantrip
Toll the Dead-Cantrip
Word of Radiance-Cantrip
Protection from Evil and Good-1st Level
Command-1st Level
Cure Wounds-1st Level
Identify-1st Level
For Warlock
Eldritch Blast-Cantrip
Infestation-Cantrip
Minor Illusion-Cantrip
Arms of Hadar-1st Level
Hex-1st Level
Mirror Image-2nd Level
Counterspell-3rd Level
Fireball-3rd Level
Summon Lesser Demons-3rd Level
Spell selections is for maximizing area affects, summoning, and survivability. Key spells are Summon Lesser Demons, Thaumaturgy, Word of Radiance and Protection from Evil and Good. From there other spells are what you find work best for you.
Equipment
Standard Cleric fair.
Character sheet from DND Beyond
https://ddb.ac/characters/23168923/cSetTG
