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Check this out. Inspired in part by Lanliss' earlier thread, this is my take on what a Hexblade might look like if it were a Fighter Archetype instead of a Warlock Patron. There are two things I like about this take. For one, it is fun to see a fighter-themed and fighter-exclusive patron...

Also, I will divine smite the next person that reminds me of my time in law school by using legal terminology in this discussion.

This is not a situation between choosing between explicit forbiddance and implicit allowance. It isn't a situation where we ask "do the rules disallow it? No? Then it is cool." This is because the situation is one where there are two distinct choices beyond "yes" and "no." Those choices are...

A 5th level spell AND four invocations does not leave a lot of room for class features outside of ribbons. Will you be calculating the level prerequisite differently for invocations?

Yeah, I didn't say it did, and am hoping I didn't come across that way. To me, Sea Sorcery seems like a spiritual successor to Storm Sorcerers, a second crack at tackling that theme.

Why not do this? It is the one-third progression for warlocks. 3 - Lvl 1 spells, one slot 4 - Lvl 1 spells, two slots 5 - Lvl 1 spells, two slots 6 - Lvl 1 spells, two slots 7 - Lvl 2 spells, two slots 8 - Lvl 2 spells, two slots 9 - Lvl 2 spells, two slots 10 - Lvl 2 spells, two slots 11 - Lvl...

Aww, too bad. A fighter swearing a pact to one of the three original weapons of White Plume Mountain has a lot of potential. Heck, maybe I'll give it a try.

I really don't care that much about it, it was just my personal perspective.

That just sounds like a multiclass Fighter-Warlock smushed together into one class. Not even an Eldritch Knight is simply a multiclass Fighter-Wizard smushed together. Actually, having the Hexblade Archetype, the minion of a sentient weapon patron, as a fighter exclusive is an interesting way...

No clue... I was just spitballing interesting bloodlines. Regarding the Storm Sorcerer you mentioned above, it has been (unofficially) superseded by the Sea Sorcery origin to make it less about lightning and lightning alone.

One interesting way to help fill up the class features would be to allow the Hexblade to select from either Wave, Whelm, or Blackrazor (or something thematically similar and fluffed otherwise) as their patron, much like how a Totem Warrior Barbarian might choose a personal totem. Then their...

I would definitely model the Hexblade as Archetype after the Eldritch Knight. The first task is to give the Hexblade one-third casting like the Eldritch Knight. The easiest way to do that would be to follow the exact same progression as the Warlock, but at one-third speed. This means that the...

In the other times this topic was raised, I had already combed through Mearls' and Crawford's tweets to see if the topic was revisited, but it never was (at least as of late 2016).

It is very important to point out that Mike Mearls' tweets are not actual rules answers. They are exclusively rulings on how he would play situations in his own games. Only Jeremy Crawford's tweets amount to genuine rules answers/clarifications. That said, I do think Mearls' feedback can be...

I'd like to see a Titan/Empyrean or Demigod Sorcerous Origin. The bloodline of pretty much any powerful creature could work, though. Sphinx sorcerers, anyone? Couatl sorcerers?

As I said, "That is fine and all, but let's not pretend that's RAW."

The word you are reaching for in this situation is "explicit."

I think this is an interesting point, as when you divorce the rule question from the baggage-laden warlock situation, it becomes clearer. I have a character that likes to do yoga-style stretches and occasional push ups during her short breaks. The rules do not indicate whether this activity is...

You are making a mistake of assuming that this is an example of a "permissive structure" issue. This is not an issue between whether the rules affirmatively forbid an action or the rules' silence is a tacit permission for that action. In this issue, the answer lies in two discrete categories...

You just made a DM ruling or judgment call based on inferences you drew from several related rules. That's perfectly fine.