#personal observations

(Note Before We Begin: I am not a D&D player. I have lived with an avid player for many years and have listened to hours and hours of campaigns, but i do not have first hand experience, so please take my observations with a grain of salt)

So, i have found myself thinking of S5 in terms of how it could look if it were written out as a campaign, and part of that has been me trying to assign alignments/classes/feats etc. to the various characters.

That being established:

I think its interesting that, in D&D terms, El, Will and Kali have been (IMHO) Aberrant Mind Sorcerers since Episode 1, but due to Will's trauma, isolation, lack of connection to others with abilities and the unique nature of his acquisition of his sorcerous powers (El and Kali via blood transfusion and Will via tadpole). We obviously saw them develop differently than El and Kali.

But, i believe that Will, (again, in D&D terms, not in terms of show lore/canon of course,) might actually fit a multiclass character build more.

According to the 2024 Player's Handbook, Aberrant Mind Sorcery is defined as follows:

An alien influence has wrapped its tendrils around your mind, giving you psionic power. You can now touch other minds with that power and alter the world around you. Will this power shine from you as a hopeful beacon to others? Or will you be a terror to those who feel the stab of your mind? Perhaps a psychic wind from the Astral Plane carried psionic energy to you, or you were exposed to the Far Realm's warping influence. Alternatively, you were implanted with a mind flayer tadpole, but your transformation into a mind flayer never occurred; now the tadpole's psionic power is yours. However you acquired this power, your mind is aflame with it.

And, If we were to assign feats to each:

• El: Telekinesis (origin: Savage Attacker)

• Will: Telepathic (origin: Alert)

• Kali: Shadow Touched (origin: Lucky)

That being said, Will's unique powerset seems to indicate that he would also fit a Warlock build, specifically the Great Old One Patron subclass. The subclass is described as follows:

you might bind yourself to an unspeakable being from the Far Realm or an elder god-a being such as Tharizdun, the Chained God; Zargon, the Returner; Hadar, the Dark Hunger; or Great Cthulhu. Or you might invoke several entities without yoking yourself to one. The motives of these beings are incomprehensible, and the Great Old One might be indifferent to your existence. But the secrets you've learned nevertheless allow you to draw strange magic from it.

Furthermore, Lv 3 Great Old One Warlocks can acquire Awakened Mind, described as follows:

You form a telepathic connection between your mind and the mind of another. As a Bonus Action, choose one creature you can see within 30 feet of yourself. You and the chosen creature can communicate telepathically with each other while the two of you are within a number of miles of each other equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum of I mile). To understand each other, you each must mentally use a language the other knows. The telepathic connection lasts for a number of minutes equal to your Warlock level. It ends early if you use this feature to connect with a different creature.

Needless to say this feels quite similar to what we have seen with Will's powerset as of 5x04. So i propose, that IF this were a D&D campaign, Will would be a multiclass Sorcerer/Warlock.

I don't really think this necessarily means or says anything about what will happen in the show, and i am mostly just sharing because i find it interesting and wanted to share my observations.

Re: Camazotz.

In doing some reading on Vecna I noticed in his lore that he would visit a stronghold called the Citadel of Cavitius. The Citadel is a prison and Vecna would visit the captives to indulge in their suffering. The Citadel was shaped like as skull as seen in this image: