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<blockquote data-quote="Ashrym" data-source="post: 6874603" data-attributes="member: 6750235">The slots exist as long as short rests occur. I have reservations about that once per day restriction because of the forced pacing. When a person has 3 or 4 slots per short rest and has already taken solid at-will and always-on abilities is when a person might consider adding a decent spell like polymorph with those restrictions. The real &quot;trap&quot; is in having options available at lower levels when the SLA style increase options whereas the add-a-spell cost-a-slot options keep the warlock within tight restrictions.Using a spell slot also means casting as a 5th-level spell. It would be crazy not to take bestow curse simply casting it as a 5th-level spell as often as warlocks cast 5th-level slots. I think the once-per-day without spending a slot is the better option if a person does feel the need to house rule those invocations but I find that the class works as is by selecting those purely as a flavour choice keeping in mind the restrictions or as a secondary consideration at high levels while pretty much pretending the options don't even exist for the first 10 levels. The problem with them is they aren't good enough to take for most of the game but can easily break the class based on the spell level mechanic and recharge mechanics the class uses. I cannot fault WotC's cautious approach with some of those spells not being spamable.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ashrym, post: 6874603, member: 6750235"] The slots exist as long as short rests occur. I have reservations about that once per day restriction because of the forced pacing. When a person has 3 or 4 slots per short rest and has already taken solid at-will and always-on abilities is when a person might consider adding a decent spell like polymorph with those restrictions. The real "trap" is in having options available at lower levels when the SLA style increase options whereas the add-a-spell cost-a-slot options keep the warlock within tight restrictions. Using a spell slot also means casting as a 5th-level spell. It would be crazy not to take bestow curse simply casting it as a 5th-level spell as often as warlocks cast 5th-level slots. I think the once-per-day without spending a slot is the better option if a person does feel the need to house rule those invocations but I find that the class works as is by selecting those purely as a flavour choice keeping in mind the restrictions or as a secondary consideration at high levels while pretty much pretending the options don't even exist for the first 10 levels. The problem with them is they aren't good enough to take for most of the game but can easily break the class based on the spell level mechanic and recharge mechanics the class uses. I cannot fault WotC's cautious approach with some of those spells not being spamable. [/QUOTE]

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