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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dessert Nomad" data-source="post: 7521649" data-attributes="member: 6976536">I built a character that might have the kind of play style you're looking for but is a warlock instead of an arcane caster. He doesn't have things like stealth and thief's tools, instead he's able to impersonate people on a whim to get where he wants to be and avoid trouble. While his direct casting is somewhat limited, he has access to all ritual spells, which include a lot of information gathering options. Story wise, he started off as a simple street hustler, who got good at impersonating people and forging documents, but got overconfident and was caught and pressed into service as a spy for a noble house. While working as a spy he began to appreciate the power inherent in information, and eventually he left to become a priest of knowledge. While serving as a cleric, his curiosity led him to use his skills to gain access to tomes better left locked away, and he made contact with a Great Old One, which lead him on his adventuring career.The mechanical build starts as a variant human, with variant Charlatan as background (for the variant I swapped sleight of hand for investigation) and Actor as first level feat. First level is as a knowledge domain cleric, which gives expertise in Arcana and History, and other skills went to all of the Charisma skills except Perform. Then multiclass to a Warlock which will do most future levels. The important features from warlock are the Pact of the Tome, Mask of Many Faces Invocation, and Book of Ancient Secrets (delaying Book of Ancient Secrets until later to take combat Invocations is advised). When you're ready to be an "anything" skill monkey, you put a second level into cleric so you can use Channel Divinity to be proficient in any skill or tool for 10 minutes every rest.With the ability to Disguise Self at will and all social skills, you can scout and infiltrate by looking like anyone that you please. The Actor feat gives you advantage on impersonating a specific person, and the ability to exactly mimic voices (which nothing else explicitly does), and it is possible to skip it. The low level cleric spell slots are actually quite valuable to a Warlock, as Hex and Dissonant Whispers are first level spells that you'll want to cast all the time. The first level cleric spells Cure Wounds and Healing Word let you be a useful backup healer. When you get Book of Ancient Secrets, your spellcasting expands to include a lot of useful informational rituals. The idea of this build is something I didn't run across in any guides, so hopefully this inspires someone.</blockquote>

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