D&D 5E Disguise Self

[Satyrn]

Yes, that's what I was thinking; excellent for spying, infiltration, assassinating, etc. Especially when you're dealing with low-Int creatures, like orcs...even if they had reason to try and see through the disguise, they're going to fail more than 2/3s of the time as long as they don't touch you (or even if they do depending on what you're disguised as. Does touching your armour reveal the disguise if you are a plate-wearing elf disguised as a plate wearing orc?). Combine that with some good bluffing on the part of the player and you could accomplish all kinds of things.

What about getting surprise attacks? If you successfully disguise yourself as a fellow guard with a scroll in your hand, saying you have a message, when in fact the scroll is your sword and you stab it into their face when you get close, shouldn't that grant you surprise? The guard certainly has no reason to be expecting an attack and wouldn't even have his weapon out.

You're describing some fun stuff for this warlock to do. I hope that you give him a reasonable chance to pull this stuff off.

 

[Ancalagon]

You're describing some fun stuff for this warlock to do. I hope that you give him a reasonable chance to pull this stuff off.

Exactly. The warlock is really limited in the number of spells he can use at a given time (save EB). Having a few at-will utilities on top of cantrips really allows the class to shine.