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If you are fighting lots of humanoids, Hold Person is my favorite due to it's scaling. My warlock is now 8th level and he can cast Hold Person on 3 targets. It significantly tips the scales in a combat, but is only useful if your DM uses lots of humanoids. Suggestion also has tons of fun...

I think it's a great spell, but agree it is just for shutting down flying creatures.

This is our experience as well. We are seeing them a little more lately as we are recognizing that an attack from a minor threat is worth taking to get onto the major threat. Still seeing a few AoOs per session at most, not unusual to see none.

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It's a fine build. Getting to 20 is considered the optimal play by most people but I personally find feats to be more fun. I'd consider Sentinel since it's just fun and also has the benefit of keeping the attacks on you with your high AC, damage reduction (due to Heavy Armor Mastery).

For Great Weapon Master, it's not only the -5/+10, it is also the extra attack as a bonus action if you drop a monster or critical. The ability to generate extra attacks is very nice. Both feats are very good in hands of experienced players who can quickly assess likely armor classes of...

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I've always liked Githyanki, so that lore chapter was quite interesting for me.

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This problem has existed in all editions. Players are very reluctant to use consumables. The only potions/scrolls that get used frequently are ones that heal or remove negative conditions.

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I think the uniqueness of the warlock versus the wizard/sorcerer is a feature, not a bug. My warlock is 8th level now and I think it's an amazing class. As noted by others, Eldritch Blast plus Invocations adds a lot above and beyond the spell casting. The fact that your spells always cast...

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I think AL and Wizards are correct in implementing this kind of control. Back in 3e, players could use multiple supplements to create characters with class abilities and feat combinations from multiple products that were extremely powerful/unbalanced due to the way those feats or class...

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