EzekielRaiden
Follower of the Way
Hmm. It's decent. I think it probably could've used a little tweaking so that it had something to offer besides massive combat stuff (since the Fighter chassis doesn't do that either), but it's a damn sight better than the Champion as-is.The brute is so much better - it's only weakness is it's description. Make it more "championy" and it's great.
Personally, I'd bump the Durability bonus up to level 10 (perhaps making it +1d8 as recompense?) and give some kind of solid but simple skill-related benefit at 6th level. Something like "Rough and Ready: You can improvise your way through difficult situations. When you make an ability check other than Initiative and do not apply your proficiency bonus, you can roll a d6 and add the result to your check. You can do this a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and regain all uses after a long rest." A simple benefit which lets you fake proficiency with almost anything. Maybe improve it at a higher level so it either gets a bigger die or can be applied even if you are proficient.
I should hope it is at least some fun to play. This is very similar to the "it's a playable game" defense. That is, if the Warlock genuinely were impossible to enjoy, if it literally was made in such a way that no person, no matter how hard they tried, could ever have fun playing it, then that would firstly be one of the most dangerous weapons of psychological warfare ever developed, and secondly it should never have even made it to the page to need improvement in the first place.The Warlock could be better yes, but it's still a lot of fun to play.
"You can have fun using it" is an absolute rock-bottom, bare-minimum qualification. It is like saying that a particular bit of food is edible. It had better be! If it isn't edible it isn't food!
Some people just really, really hate psionics, sadly.The Psi Knight is so easy to reflavor though. It can be "ancient techniques", "ki", the force... I've played it for a few levels, it's a fun class.
Edit: the notion that the psi warrior might go before the champion or the purple knight is ... wow.