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You're slower than anyone who's straight up maxing their attack stat or casting stat because you're good at both.

I'd argue for leveling them fairly evenly rather than rushing any one of them to 20. As far as balancing STR, CON, and CHA, yeah, it's a bit of a MADfest. Good point about the Bracers, I'd forgotten about them (though that does take up an Attunement unlike armor or a shield). The 14th-level ability to heal when you cast a flame-based spell (but not a cantrip) is pretty great, but doesn't really make up for what you could get from other origins. Other than that you get a 1/long rest ability to not fall below 0 HP, but that burst of fire you then release can actually damage allies. Sadly the Phoenix-Sorcerer is hindered by almost all of their features only being active for a minute per long rest. You get your bonus damage later, you don't get to fly (without the spell that is) - but it's basically the same damage, Stone Aegis is really strong, and you get to use Staggering Smite and other high-level Smite spells. Only against one target, only in the round the spell is cast (so it doesn't quite work with booming blade, but it works with Smite-spells) - but in terms of raw damage against a single target, this is actually stronger than what a Dragon-Sorcerer gets.ДЄll in all, I'd call the Stone Sorcerer stronger than the Dragon-Sorcerer if you want to tank. You get half your level to the damage of a spell. The 14th-level feature is also pretty good. Even if they ignore you and attack, the protected ally takes a bit less damage. If they do, you're right next to them and deal a good amount of damage. It puts a huge incentive on enemies not to attack the protected target, at least with melee attacks. This is a really, really strong tank-feature.

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You even get a free melee attack with 1D10 (later 2D10 and 3D10) damage against them! Which is nice - but the real benefit here is that you can teleport as a reaction whenever a foe within 60 feet hits the protected ally.

The target (only one, though three at 18th level), which can also be you AFAIK, gets to reduce bludgeoning, piercing and slashing damage by between 3 and 7, depending on your level. It's a bonus action, lasts a minute, doesn't require concentration and you can use it an unlimited amount of times per day (!). Getting some higher-level Smite-spells is also good, and you can actually build a viable melee-character just with the Stone-Sorcerer, no Paladin required (though a two-level dip is still a good idea).Д«ut it's the 6th-level ability that's the real win here. Mind adding in the new UA Sorcerous Origins? I'm particularly curious to see how you'd judge the Stone and Pheonix ones for these builds.Stone IS GREAT for the Sorcerer-Heavy Tank build.Д«asing your Armor Class of 13+Constitution is pretty nice - basically you get medium armor AC without a movement penalty, and can reach Plate AC if you invest heavily into Constitution. The Half Elf's racial skills can fix this issue, though you're giving up the alternative features from SCAG (35' movement, Drow spells, etc). Your skills are also a little limited since the Paladin's class list is STR focused if you want Stealth and Acrobatics, you can't take Perception. It's not the worst (you can take Warcaster, MAM, 18 CHA, 20 CHA) but it does use up another precious ASI, especially since you have to go Half Elf which means you're losing another ASI by not going VHuman. This means Medium Armor Mastery + 16 DEX + Half Plate + Defense Style is the only way to match up to the 19 AC of wearing plate (and higher ACs through magic items). On top of that, you can't use Bracers of Armor with a shield, and I don't think there's such a thing as +3 Robes unless you're competing with other casters for Robes of the Archmage. Dragon Sorcerers can get 13+DEX (18), BUT you lose the benefit of Defense Fighting Style since it states 'While you are wearing armor, you gain a +1 bonus to AC.' Same goes for Mage Armor, you can't benefit from the style while using it. Studded Leather stops at 12+DEX (max 17). You pretty much have to take Medium Armor Mastery if you want max AC. Further findings as I poke at the idea of a DEX build:

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