Cap'n Kobold
Hero
Level 2 to level 3 spells are where Shatter becomes Fireball, Levitate becomes Fly, Enlarge becomes Haste. Let alone the level 3 spells that allow you to do things with no parallel at levels 1 or 2 like Counterspell etc.The thing is, the spells of slots 1 and 2 are so powerful, there is no detectable gap between slots 2 and 3.
I consider the formula, "points = slot level + 1", to be simpler, more accurate, and more balanced.
. . . I see a much larger gap in what a level 3 spell can achieve compared to a level 2.
I can understand that, if those are the metrics that you have chosen to use, the warlock would indeed appear to be lacking compared to the wizard.In any case, the Wizard and the Warlock are being measured by the same metric. Thus relative to each other, the results are accurate.
Finally, the ratio between Wizard spell points and Warlock spell points, is highly inconsistent from level to level, no matter how one measures it.
No matter how one measures it, the result is, level 10 sucks for Warlock.
On the other hand, Tashas is very clear that the Aberrant Mind Sorceror is psionic: Out of all the given origin options, only one does not explicitly mention your psionic powers.They've also gone out of their way to separate psionics and magic, though. They said very specifically that the psionic wizard subclass wasn't psionic, but rather a wizard that uses magic to access psionic power to augment his spells.