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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Blue" data-source="post: 6714503" data-attributes="member: 20564">The way you post that is coming across as if you mean that as a counter-example.  If that's not the case I misunderstood your point.A 7th level Warlock has 2 spell slots per short rest.  Assuming the DMG average of 8 encounters per day (DMG pg 84) and 2 short rests per day (also DMG pg 84) gives about 2-3 encounters per short rest.  So, at the cost of their ENTIRE complement of spells for the entire day they can cast Great Invisibility for 3/4's of the combats.  It'll last for 1 minute, or until concentration is broken, and will be quite good against foes without other senses because it'll grant both advantage with attacks and disadvantage against.  (Greater Invisibility, unlike Invisibility has a much shorted duration and you can't up-cast for more targets.)At 11th you get a 3rd slot and can do it for every one as long as you the short rests stay regular.  Again, at the cost of all/most of your spell slots and even then if you aren't SURE you are going to get a short rest you may not chose to use that last slot in case you need another Greater Invisibility.That's a fairly large cost to be able to do that consistently, in line with what I was saying.  It's a good tactic, but far from free.  Now, if your DM lets you have frequent short rests, say guaranteed after every combat, then it's only taking half your spell slots which is a better deal.So here we have an example that wasn't cherry-picked to show the cost, rather the opposite, but I think it fairly telling.</blockquote>

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