D&D 5E Any thoughts on what we will be getting with the Warlock UA coming up?

[Lanliss]

So, Warlock is coming up soon, right? What do you all want/expect? I am hoping for at least two patrons, and two new pact boons, preferably not tied to patrons like the star chain was. Possibly some fresh Invocations would be nice too.

 

[GX.Sigma]

A Chain variant that's like Pokemon. Please?

 

[tglassy]

New pact boons would be a wonderful, needed addition, especially since most people see those as more of the Archetype of the Warlock than the Patron. More Patrons would be nice, as well. I'd love a Celestial Patron, and perhaps a legacy patron, like one for warlocks who were born from a line of Warlocks, or whose patron is the spirit of an ancestor or something.

 

[Parmandur]

Invocations would be nice, but we didn't get fresh maneuvers for Fighter, which would be similar.

For new subclasses, I could see:

- Dragon patron, because DRAGONS ARE METAL

- Genie patron/ Shair for elemental fun

- Sorcerer King patron for Dark Sun Templars

- Serpent patron, similar to Yuan-Ti NPCs in Volo's Guide

- Vestiges "patron" for a Binder type

- Modron patron, because it would be funny: Pythagorean cultist, anyone?

- Spirit patrons for a Shaman type?

New pacts...more difficult to see...

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[Edwin Suijkerbuijk]

I hope they will think outside the box of subclasses seeing them add a 4th option to tome blade and book might be interesting.

When it comes to patrons a Ghost patron could be nice.
basicly the ghost has one task it must complete before it can move on tho the next world and needs a body to perform the task

 

[QuietBrowser]

Let me think... personally, I think Patrons are vastly more likely to happen than Pacts, simply because, well, there's not really a hell of a lot of visible bonds for Warlocks to sport. We have enchanted weapons (Blade), familiars (Chain) and blasphemous grimoires (Tome) - what other expressions of the pledge could you really have? As for Patrons, well... Angel/Celestial, Dragon, Genie, and Vestige all make good "setting neutral" Patrons (though the Genie would also be a great way to bring back the Sha'ir), the Sorcerer-King would be a great way to bring back the Templar and that was how it was done in 4e, I'd like to see the Darkness Patron return from 4th edition, Primal Spirits would have been a good "druidic" flavored Patron if they hadn't dumped them, I would kill for an elementalist Primordial/Archomental Patron, and I've been trying to get both a healer patron and a Lamashtu/Shub-Niggurath/Bloodborne inspired "Dark Mother" Patron done for ages.

 

[MechaTarrasque]

A new pact boon would certainly fit the big question nature of the weekly UA's, but it might be a little too big for a UA. If they did go that route, a tattoo/mark would be a way to do it, although I am not quite sure what powers that would entail.

I don't think they will make anything Dark Sun specific, but a slightly more generic Arcane Master patron warlock might work. Of course, if they did that, they might fold a wizard subclass into next week's UA like the rogue with the ranger.

I don't see that they would need to gage any opposition/support for anything like an elemental warlock or a shadow one, so I would be surprised if either showed up in a UA (my guess is that "easy wins" are going straight to the Big Book of Content)

 

[Ganymede81]

Personally, I would love a couple more Invocations.

 

[Goober4473]

A Chain variant that's like Pokemon. Please?

Got you covered there already (sort of): http://www.dmsguild.com/product/191955/Pocket-Summoner-Class

 

[Lanliss]

A new pact boon would certainly fit the big question nature of the weekly UA's, but it might be a little too big for a UA. If they did go that route, a tattoo/mark would be a way to do it, although I am not quite sure what powers that would entail.

I don't think they will make anything Dark Sun specific, but a slightly more generic Arcane Master patron warlock might work. Of course, if they did that, they might fold a wizard subclass into next week's UA like the rogue with the ranger.

I don't see that they would need to gage any opposition/support for anything like an elemental warlock or a shadow one, so I would be surprised if either showed up in a UA (my guess is that "easy wins" are going straight to the Big Book of Content)

Reading "Tattoo" makes me think of Monk first and foremost, and I would love a monk-ish warlock. That, combined with the celestial patron (another one on my wishlist) would make an excellent Disciple style Warlock.