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I love Warlock too, and I've looked into tweaking their system. The problem with your suggestion is that Warlocks already get something to account for their limited slots: Eldritch Blast and Invocations. Their Pacts (Chain, Tome, and Blade) also have stronger benefits than the Wizard...

Where's the "None of the Above" or "Other" choice? I'd want more sub-systems to support specific types of campaigns. Mass combat, naval combat, operating organizations (thieves guild, temple, arcane tower, etc.), more fleshed out fear or madness rules for horror/lovecraft, etc. I like how the...

That's sort of how Warlocks work already? Their Pact slots recover on SR, their Mystic Arcanum slots recover on LR. Of course, they have many fewer slots! Only 2-3 Pact Slots, so your caster will be recovering twice as many slots on an SR, even if they're lower level. Plus your rule allows them...

Personally, I noticed the lack of a Giff player race and details about the Illithid Empire in MTOF, and thought to myself "Maybe they're holding those back for Spelljammer?". Then I saw Mearls' tweet and I got unreasonably excited. A Stream of Many Eyes could also be about Spelljamming...

I like these slightly grittier healing rules, without being super-gritty. It looks like a nice compromise. I had my own ideas for Spelljammer, but another guy in my group is running it his way. He was a Navy submariner, so he has specific ideas about how ships should work. We'll see how it goes.

The lack of the (obvious) Giff player race rules and references-but-no-details on the Illithid Empire tell me that those are being held back for a future supplement. One that if you combine them says only one thing: Spelljammer. One would also do well to check's Mearls' @ replies on Twitter...

Which is why a wagon cannot ride a phantom steed.

What spell are you guys reading? My 5E Player's Handbook clearly says "you or a creature you choose can ride the steed". The spell also says that if the saddle or bridle are taken 10 feet away, they disappear into a puff of smoke. Which implies that you can take them off and hold them in your...

I'm a huge Dragonlance fan, and am currently running a Dragonlance campaign, so this is very relevant to my interests. The Minotaur seems fine, but the Centaur ... no. Just no. My message to Wizards is: If you refuse to support Large PC races, don't offer Centaur as a race. Offering My Little...

I'm a huge Dragonlance fan, and am currently running a Dragonlance campaign, so this is very relevant to my interests. The Minotaur seems fine, but the Centaur ... no. Just no. My message to Wizards is: If you refuse to support Large PC races, don't offer Centaur as a race. Offering My Little...

I'm playing a Tome Warlock at the moment too, and I hear you. In combat I get, maybe, one spell, and then it's Eldritch Blast. The good news is that EB+Agonizing Blast is really good. My real pet peeve, as a GOO-lock, is that my spell list is overly reliant on Wisdom saving throws. It makes...

It's not completely closed. The Vistani are able to come and go more or less at will, and also travel the roads between the towns. The villagers mostly live and die in their towns, but there is some contact and trade. Maybe less than an average medieval village, but not zero. The are though the...

Rank 0. These things are learned pretty quickly. The basic system. Roll d20, add modifier. Advantage and disadvantage are easy too. Rank 1. These things take several readings but are usually ironed out by the third session. Spells prepared vs Spell slots. Hit Points vs Hit Dice. Spending...

The Paladin is still a good Plan A. Searing Smite lasts 1 minute, and you can use your Warlock slots to cast them. So you get scaling damage and Chr bonus damage. The Guiding Bolt spell grants advantage to the next attack to target that enemy, not your next attack. So outside of 1 on 1 duels...

Ugh, I just realized by Ftr/Tomelock with Quarterstaff, Polearm Mastery, and GFB is worse than I thought, because Polearm Mastery requires the Attack action (not a weapon attack) to trigger its BA attack. So you never get two attacks in a turn, just one Hex'd Quarterstaff + GFB damage per turn...

You misunderstood my comment. I compared a Ftr/Bladelock (with Extra Attack) to a Ftr/Tomelock (with Polearm Mastery, Shillelagh and GFB)(and both using Hex), and the first is the superior damage dealer except at high levels when there's as second target within 5'. Under that situation the...

It's definitely a tall order. I wouldn't do the Cleric dip, personally. Since this concept is pretty close to my own character, I mocked up a quick spreadsheet comparing a Ftr/Bladelock with two-handed-sword and Great Weapon Master vs a Ftr/Tomelock with Polearm master, Shillelagh, and GFB...

My current DMPC in the one-on-one game I'm running for my son is a Celestial warlock, but I took the more traditional route of a 1st level dip into Fighter for the heavy armor and Con saves. He's been front line the whole time though, and the Healing Light has been superb. It's like have three...

Building a warlock around GFB or BB isn't a terrible idea, but I wouldn't do it the way you're doing it. The GFB and BB cantrips were made for the Bladesinger, another gish with a single blade attack per round. They're fine for that. Your problem will be AC. If your secondary stat is strength...

Whichever ones you can make a convincing case for. Rather than "bear people", tell me about the Ursoi and their history and culture. Why do they wear those amulets?