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<blockquote data-quote="5ekyu" data-source="post: 7838925" data-attributes="member: 6919838"><p>"I just think the warlock is more front loaded and portend is still tied to spell slots and you want to roll high and low. It's unreliable."</p><p></p><p>Thanks, that explains a lot. In 5e portent is not tied to spell slots at all. In 5e since it can be used to apply to any ability check, attack or save, friendly or enemy you can see without taking a reaction on your part it is actually very reliable. Low, medium or high - setting the fie for key checks is not in my experience ever been unreliable. Whether its giving an enemy a miss or failed save with a low or medium roll at the right time or giving you or your ally a success at the tight time eith a medium to high result - the variability of the rolls just changes your opportunities. </p><p></p><p>This is amplified imo imx by the fact that the wizard can make the portent rolls <em>before</em> choosing prepped spells - both happen after taking long rest and you choose order in that case. So, if you get a pair of low to medium rolls or high rolls or whatever you can build on that hy spell choices thst suit it in addition to whatever options the rest of the scenes provide. </p><p></p><p>Really, portent is one of the most reliable and impactful of the opening sub-class features.</p><p></p><p>But if gor you it plays as unreliable, just goes to confirming that you are as you claim indeed better at building effective/strong warlocks than wizards. Me ? I can build effective/strong with both so that's likely part of our differences.</p><p></p><p>Based off your perceptions and misunderstanding of portent - I would suggest more time working with wizards might help. Evdn if only enough to know those basics.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="5ekyu, post: 7838925, member: 6919838"] "I just think the warlock is more front loaded and portend is still tied to spell slots and you want to roll high and low. It's unreliable." Thanks, that explains a lot. In 5e portent is not tied to spell slots at all. In 5e since it can be used to apply to any ability check, attack or save, friendly or enemy you can see without taking a reaction on your part it is actually very reliable. Low, medium or high - setting the fie for key checks is not in my experience ever been unreliable. Whether its giving an enemy a miss or failed save with a low or medium roll at the right time or giving you or your ally a success at the tight time eith a medium to high result - the variability of the rolls just changes your opportunities. This is amplified imo imx by the fact that the wizard can make the portent rolls [I]before[/I] choosing prepped spells - both happen after taking long rest and you choose order in that case. So, if you get a pair of low to medium rolls or high rolls or whatever you can build on that hy spell choices thst suit it in addition to whatever options the rest of the scenes provide. Really, portent is one of the most reliable and impactful of the opening sub-class features. But if gor you it plays as unreliable, just goes to confirming that you are as you claim indeed better at building effective/strong warlocks than wizards. Me ? I can build effective/strong with both so that's likely part of our differences. Based off your perceptions and misunderstanding of portent - I would suggest more time working with wizards might help. Evdn if only enough to know those basics. [/QUOTE]
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