D&D (2024) They butchered the warlock in the new packet

[Snarf Zagyg]

It's measured in HP, Spell Slots/Points are based on hit dice.

So you're saying that 5e, like everything else, is suffering from inflation?

 

[Charlaquin]

So... you think that its balanced for a 5th warlock to be able to cast 8 fireballs per day? That seems a little excessive to me, and probably will result in asking "why would anyone play sorcerer when they could warlock it and get more high level spells?"

Warlocks can’t cast Fireball…?

 

[Parmandur]

So you're saying that 5e, like everything else, is suffering from inflation?

Maybe. But HP is the underlying mathematical basis of every ability or feature in the game.

 

[TwoSix]

Oh, I know that my preferences will never be fully explored in a modern version of D&D.

That said, I still was hoping that they would at least move away from the spell-equivalency system, and more toward "spells are for casters (FULL CASTERS), and other classes and species get abilities and other things ... not spells."

But if wishes were horses .... um, well, I'd avoid ordering the meatballs at Ikea, that's for sure.

Sure. I mean, I'm totally fine with power equivalency and reskinning (I'm a 4e fan, after all), but I'd also be fine with spells having a stronger fictional identity and only being used by a few classes.

My personal ideal is that spells would be treasure, but the game definitely isn't going to drift in that direction.

 

[mamba]

The class wasn’t broken. On the contrary, it was easily the best-designed class in the game, so much so that everyone and their mother based all their homebrew classes’ progression structures on it.

relying on short rests is broken, I much prefer the new version which does not

 

[Mephista]

Warlocks can’t cast Fireball…?

Fiend and Genie pact can. I default to Fiend simply because... well... name.

 

[TwoSix]

So... you think that its balanced for a 5th warlock to be able to cast 8 fireballs per day? That seems a little excessive to me, and probably will result in asking "why would anyone play sorcerer when they could warlock it and get more high level spells?"

I would probably cap it to 2-3 recharges per day, but I mean, warlocks can already do that now.

 

[Minigiant]

Warlock is the wizard school dropout not the warrior mage!

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

Sure. I mean, I'm totally fine with power equivalency and reskinning (I'm a 4e fan, after all), but I'd also be fine with spells having a stronger fictional identity and only being used by a few classes.

My personal ideal is that spells would be treasure, but the game definitely isn't going to drift in that direction.

I didn't have the "confuddled" reaction for this.

I feel like I'm missing something, because I'm not sure I'm not sure I'm smellin' what the TwoSix is cookin' with that last statement.

 

[Charlaquin]

You can’t or at least won’t be able to play a 2014 class in a 2024 PHB game most times. I don’t know why people find it hard to understand.

What exactly stops you from doing so?