The Sorcerer can use the Shadowfell Shard to curse one creature with disadvantage on checks made with a certain ability. Last of the shards with planar origin, the Shadowfell Shard has the best utility for use outside of combat. The other effects allow a Sorcerer to impose disadvantage on enemies, bestowing temporary hit points, or lashing out with necrotic damage. Its Lawful effect allows a Sorcerer to end most psychological effects like charm or fear on themselves or another creature, a great way to keep from losing sway in a debate with a dragon or avoiding fleeing from a raging Barbarian in terror. Offering a few options for players to use outside of combat, the Outer Essence Shards offer different effects based on one of the alignments associated with the shard. The Feywild Shard lets PCs that are normally focused on straightforward attack power experiment with a bit of the almost anime-level silliness that a tabletop game can engender. The Wild Magic origin is a subclass for the Sorcerer that offers some of the humor that DnD is known for, such as accidentally turning an ally or themselves into a houseplant for an hour. Psychic damage is useful against many creatures that are resistant to other elements of damage and is a great addition to the Sorcerer's toolbox.Īnother shard that represents a separate plane of existence, the Feywild Shard grants access to the Wild Magic Table for Sorcerers outside of the Wild Magic origin. If the creature doesn't succeed on a Charisma check they are subjected to a solid 3d6 psychic damage and becomes frightened. Allowing the Sorcerer to tap into the power of the Lovecraftian Far Realm, after using a Sorcery Point to perform a Metamagic spell the player can then summon a powerful tentacle to lash out at an enemy. This inky black shard offers some options that would seem more at home in the features a Warlock would have access to. The Astral Shard offers a quick way to escape a dicey situation after delivering a Metamagic spell.Ĭoming from the opposite end of the DnD Multiverse is the Far Realm Shard. While attuned to the item a Sorcerer who uses a Metamagic option can choose to teleport up to thirty feet away, mimicking the Misty Step spell available to Wizards of most schools and other spellcasters. Like all the shards in TCoE the Astral Shard can be used as an arcane focus, eschewing the normal need for spellcasters to keep a bunch of separate components needed for spells. The Astral Shard is a silvery piece of stone that is a crystallized piece of the Astral Plane. These effects vary in combat strength based on the rarity of the shard in question, but wary DMs can rest easy knowing that these effects are kept from becoming overpowered by the limited well of points from which Sorcerers can draw. They represent different elements of damages available and different planes that exist in the DnD multiverse, and they all offer an effect that can be utilized upon spending a Sorcery Point to perform a Metamagic feature such as Twinned Spell, which allows for a spell normally targeting one creature to be duplicated against another. The newly added Sorcerer shards are as varied as the spells and cantrips available to the spellcaster classes already. RELATED: Dungeons and Dragons: Dark Alliance May Seem Similar to Marvel's Avengers, But It Has One Advantage In TCoE, a new category of items specifically for attunement by a Sorcerer allow for even more flexibility with the Metamagic options. These options allow for sorcerers to change certain effects of their spells, like allowing a cantrip to be cast in one bonus action to more quickly fire off a Ray of Frost at an encroaching enemy. The Sorcerer class features a specific ability to manipulate how spells are cast called Metamagic. One of the most versatile spellcasting classes in Dungeons and Dragons is the Sorcerer. This even includes options that help to further customize characters and flesh out their combat and utility abilities, with the Dungeons and Dragons sourcebook adding a whole new category of magic items for a spellcaster class that is already brimming with versatility. Tasha's Magic Cauldron of Everything is the newest sourcebook for the fifth edition of Dungeons and Dragons and is packed with new options for DMs and players alike.
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