You know what would have allowed pact of the blade and allowed spirit shroud as is? Half-caster spellcasting on the warlock. And since we're ready to abandon backwards compatibility apparently, let's shunt pact magic like the garbage it is and build a good warlock who operates like a real arcane gish/paladin class.
Glad you like it!
I didn't have a chance to read the mechanics, but it doesn't matter. That's now my favorite warlock patron.Glad you like it!
Dang it, I forgot to comment on these missing invocations! I was actually going to suggest keeping Eldritch Sight as is and then combining Comp Language and Beast Speech into a single invocation. I like your compromise, as well, but I'd suggest getting rid of the tracking, and just let them work at will, given the prereq of Pact of the Tome.
No. Let the Warlock be cool. You can play some other class if you hate pact magic so much.
If by "cool" you mean broken. Pact Magic is broken. Blade Pact is Broken. The only thing I guess I can say is that they fixed Hexadin by giving the warlock Eldritch Smite and three-attacks per round, negating the need to even multiclass. And Sorclocks only need one level to get EB + AB now. So, progress?
No, I mean cool.
Lol, what happened to “warlocks don’t get enough spells cause no one wants to let me take short rests”? Now it’s broken? This would be an easier complaint to take seriously if it wasn’t exactly the opposite of the complaints we were hearing right up until Treantmonk said the new Warlock was OP
I disagree, but at least there’s an argument to be made here. And if enough folks playtesting it do agree, then it will be nerfed, which would be acceptable. Just leave Pact Magic alone.
I mean, yeah. Isn’t not needing to multiclass the goal?
EP should definitely be tied to Warlock level rather than character level. That has nothing to do with Pact Magic.
Broken doesn't always mean OP. Broken means "doesn't work like it's expected to." On a single class warlock, pact magic has too few spell slots to actually be a reliable caster. When mixed with a real melee class or a real caster, it provides unintended synergies while remaining competent in the mixed classes abilities.
Paladins and Rangers both have less attacks that a bladelock and aren't capable of 9th level magic. Something has to give.
They basically took one of the most powerful multiclass combo and eliminated the opportunity cost of having to alternate between two classes. You get all the best parts of both classes with no hit to your Pact Magic/MA progression or Feats/ASIs.
Didn't say it did. But WotC has again dialed back yet another important balance fix because the community whined.
It’s plenty reliable whenever I play them, so seems like user error to me.
Really just one real problem multiclass, that being the Sorcerer. And that’s fixed easily enough by not allowing Pact Magic slots to be expended to gain Sorcery Points.
again, if enough people find this to be too powerful in playtesting, it should be changed. That’s fine, changing it wouldn’t badly harm the class’s gameplay feel like getting rid of Pact Magic would,You get fewer spell slots to fuel your smites with, and you miss the other benefits of the Paladin class, like Lay on Hands, Channel Divinity, heavy armor proficiency, other Paladin spells, etc. Paladin/Warlock will still be a solid option, just as it was following Tasha’s. But, yeah, Eldritch Smite Bladelocks will be a powerful option without multiclassing as well. Looks like all-upside to me.
Perhaps because the community didn’t find it to be in need of fixing.
And yet it hasn't been fixed...
But you just said...
So you can't say warlocks have plenty of spells but they also have less spells. They have two spells per rest and if you're not actually spellcasting, you get two smite/crits per rest, plus Cunning if you need it. And they get 5th level slots to burn FAR sooner than a paladin will.
Because MOAR POWAR IS KEWL!!!!1!
