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Hmm, I think something more hyperbolic would have been better though I think this is fine too. If the idea is to get through the high levels quickly because they are inherently unbalanced but everyone still wants to play through them that is what they have. what I generated below is basically...

I think the warlock is the weakest class. It is too dependent on the short rest. If you rest after every fight it might pull its weight. But the DM or other players will likely want to forge on - making your class selection sub-optimal. It has a lot of theme though so I think this will be a...

Fatigue Casting Each spell you cast increases your potential for becoming exhausted. Roll a casting stat save after each time you cast a spell. DC is 10+spell level. If you fail your exhaustion level increases by 1 (PHB pg. 291). This is a simple but effective way to limit spell casting...

This really depends on your DM. But if I was your DM and you came with an idea like that I would encourage it. As to the power level shifting. I don't think the shift is all that much in any one direction. It should be fine.Your character will be more front-line and be asked to pull more weight...

I believe you are wrong on this. Poor, unclear, vague, and rules that require extrapolation take time to adjudicate are not a good thing. I think I understand your overarching sentiment though which is DMs should feel like they have latitude to adjudicate things before the RAW warriors step in...

I am no fan of RAW warriors. I am a fan of a consistent play experience. If you have an idea to make the game better then I am all for it. If you interpret text and slant it against the PCs or a player slants everything against the DM's encounters it is a problem. Don't claim this is just your...

Hmm, I hear your point here but I think you misinterpreted my point with the interpretation of the feat being in contest. D&D is traditionally a game with many moving parts and many areas of potential conflict. This is a feature of the game in most situations. Every spell does not work in the...

So long as it is RAI and codified by the DM. I love rules interpretations and new ways of doing things but these are house rules, RAI is a little different. I like to know up front if I make a character with a feat that it will do what it says. Not what the DM thinks it says, (or vice versus...

Here are three pretty cool ways for players or DMs to alter the feel of their casters. I went with spell costs similar to the sorcery costs of the sorcery points so that these would mesh. The encounter based Warlock method is very nice for a multiclassed cleric/warlock or really any caster who...

I really like this. Well done. Adding in a few unique psionic spells converted from the 3e expanded psionics handbook and you really have something. I also concur about adding in the power point casting methodology into the mix. Perhaps that is something that I can draw up.

But then they know something is up with the right spot to search if you are giving them advantage. Better to modify DCs...

I think codifying this house rule would be enough to get the players moving in the right direction. Then so long as you are consistent in how searching works adding a little more narrative focus can really help. Perhaps while using a DC in a book you can do something like this: DC -5 or more...

I agree with you. Though think it may be slightly more nuanced than this. Things like action economy exist and when game designers make this a "feature" of the game it has to be addressed somehow. Notice that you did not hear these types of concepts until late in 3e. The reason is their was...

For me rogue is to fighter as wizard is to cleric. A wizard is more lightly armored but has more effective spells than a cleric who is tougher and more effective in buffing the party. A rogue is more lightly armored but has more effective tricks than the fighter who is a tough consistent no...

I do not like it. It needs something else there. So you can hog tie a wizard and he can still cast verbal spells but place them in leather armor and it is impossible to cast. This does not make sense. I understand their intent but am uncertain that is what they get with this sort of black and...

I had a first edition bard in high school. He called himself the storm bard. He had Wave the intelligent trident from white plume mountain and a helm of underwater action. He was a gatherer of knowledge is how I played him not a performer per say but more a historian journalist for his college...

The comprehensive rules for this: Warlocks use the standard slot table. Warlocks keep the standard cantrips, spells known, and invocations. Invocations that use a spell slot are deleted but are added to the warlocks spells list. Mystic arcanum class features are deleted. All other features stay...

Well thought out post. Yes I am uncertain how I feel about the blending of the short and long rest mechanics. I think an optional rule in the DMG that would see a lot of consideration would be the idea of moving everything to a short rest and how to do that and how to move everything to a long...

I think the theme is very good for warlocks. Though ultimately a bit derivative of clerics (worship/patron). For mechanics, I selected poor for three reasons. Warlocks do not multi-class well with other casters. Warlocks are too dependent on short rests to be effective. If the DM and other...