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<blockquote data-quote="Levistus's_Leviathan" data-source="post: 8409643" data-attributes="member: 7023887">I can understand liking them. One of my favorite characters from D&amp;D campaign diaries on Youtube is Dingo Doodles' Sips character. In 5e, they're just not great mechanically when compared to Draconic Bloodline Sorcerers, Divine Soul Sorcerers, Aberrant Mind and Clockwork Soul Sorcerers. They're at the bottom of mechanical effectiveness in the game, especially because their main feature is so dependent on the DM and randomness. IMO, there's a difference between playing an &quot;optimized&quot; character and a &quot;playable&quot; one. I'd play a ton of non-optimized options in the game, like an Orc Wizard or High Elf Warlock. However, there are just some things I consider unplayable. Like an Air Genasi Storm Sorcerer, Kobold Undying Warlock, PHB Dragonborn Purple Dragon Knight, and so on. There's not many, but they exist. (I consider abilities that are really DM dependent to be &quot;broken&quot;. That's why people always complained about the PHB ranger, because it's extremely DM and campaign dependent. If you play something that has a high chance of being underpowered at another table, that's where I draw the line of &quot;Broken&quot; versus &quot;Not Broken&quot;.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Levistus's_Leviathan, post: 8409643, member: 7023887"] I can understand liking them. One of my favorite characters from D&D campaign diaries on Youtube is Dingo Doodles' Sips character. In 5e, they're just not great mechanically when compared to Draconic Bloodline Sorcerers, Divine Soul Sorcerers, Aberrant Mind and Clockwork Soul Sorcerers. They're at the bottom of mechanical effectiveness in the game, especially because their main feature is so dependent on the DM and randomness. IMO, there's a difference between playing an [I]"optimized"[/I] character and a [I]"playable"[/I] one. I'd play a ton of non-optimized options in the game, like an Orc Wizard or High Elf Warlock. However, there are just some things I consider unplayable. Like an Air Genasi Storm Sorcerer, Kobold Undying Warlock, PHB Dragonborn Purple Dragon Knight, and so on. There's not many, but they exist. (I consider abilities that are really DM dependent to be "broken". That's why people always complained about the PHB ranger, because it's extremely DM and campaign dependent. If you play something that has a high chance of being underpowered at another table, that's where I draw the line of "Broken" versus "Not Broken".) [/QUOTE]

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