D&D 5E Adapting the Warlock Chassis for other Classes

[Kobold Stew]

So many fun ideas here. I can think of specific characters for whom each of the following would have been great payoffs.

Cohort
You’ve gained the services of a loyal cohort. Your cohort uses the Sidekick rules. When helping you don or doff armor, the time is halved. They can also use their own action to equip you with a shield.

Hero of the Games
When engaging in a prizefight or an athletic game like jousting or charioteering, you have advantage on your ability checks.

Heroic Endurance
Prerequisite: Proficiency in Endurance
You were pushed to the limits of mortal endurance and you persevered. Once per day after a short rest you may reduce your exhaustion level by your Constitution modifier. Additionally, you suffer no penalty from sleeping in light or medium armor.

Hidden Backstory
Choose a second Background. This might reflect a storied life, deep cover, dying and being resurrected, recovering from amnesia, or burying these skills due to some tragedy or personal vow

Remarkable Athlete
Prerequisite: Proficiency in Athletics
You gain a climbing and swimming speed equal to your walking speed, and your jumping distance is doubled.

Signature Item
You are known for a specific item, such as a sword, a signet, a helmet, or shield. This item becomes imbued with magic through your heroism over the course of your adventures. While you have 1-4 Fighter levels, the item is magical and gains a minor magical property (DMG 143) or sentience. While you have 5-10 Fighter levels, it also grants a +1 bonus to AC, +1 attack and damage, or another minor magical property. While you have 11-16 Fighter levels, this bonus increases to +2 or gain a +1 bonus to another of these categories. While you have 17-20 Fighter levels, this bonus increases to +3 or gain a +1 bonus to another of these categories.

 

[Quickleaf]

So many fun ideas here. I can think of specific characters for whom each of the following would have been great payoffs.

Hey! Good to "see" you again!

Yes, that's exactly what I hope to inspire with this version, storytelling / character story ideas.

It's all messy ideas right now, rough draft stuff – which I hate sharing online – but maybe it can serve as inspiration for others.

 

[Weiley31]

Honestly, I think the Warlock makes for a pretty fine Gish, or at least a starting point for one, in 5E. And with the updated Pact of The Blade, even more so.

 

[Vaalingrade]

Well if this ain't just timely.

I was just playing with the idea of a warlock-ified Fighter where you treat your basic attack as Eldritch Blast and invocations sometimes have weapon type requirements.

So you've got a sword invocation that extends crit range, an ax/pick invocation that deals more damage on a crit, a bow invocation that can immobilize at range, etc.

 

[jmartkdr2]

Honestly, I think the Warlock makes for a pretty fine Gish, or at least a starting point for one, in 5E. And with the updated Pact of The Blade, even more so.

Hexblade is the second-best gish in 5e (after paladin). The others don't manage balance or blending well.