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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SailorNash" data-source="post: 6874669" data-attributes="member: 6788401">Concerning the once-a-day invocations, I do get why the designers would be cautious. As with the case when designing easily recharging spell slots in general. But knowing what we know now, it makes me think the balance pendulum had swung a little too far in that direction.With Beastmaster the worry was action economy...here, it was consumable resources. In both cases they overcorrected. One's getting a little redesign attention. I personally think Warlock deserves another look as well? The challenge is that the front-loaded nature makes it such an attractive dip, and any increases might worsen that unless the power from Hex/EB was spread out over class levels. But it's still a valid concern for the remaining 17 levels.As far as the Concentration mechanic goes...we assumed that with the 24-hour Hex duration (the signature spell exclusive to the most short-rest dependent class), this was designed to be kept up during short rests. Didn't seem to cause any issues...it was often dropped for a ritual or from damage anyway, and at best it allowed a first-level spell to run in the background while you used your mighty two spell slots for something else. Anything too impressive, and it's likely Concentration anyway which breaks the Hex.In cases of doubt, I tend to "round up" or "round down" depending on what a class needs. Warlock is having some trouble, but there's a question on this ruling? Let them have it...so long as it doesn't cause issues elsewhere, it's at least a step in the right direction. There's a 50/50 chance of being right anyway. We actually had something similar in a later game, where a different DM thought Patron spells were Domain spells and gave them all to the Warlock automatically. I was a little frustrated in hindsight, wishing that were me, but he allowed it as he had already given permission. It didn't really end up affecting much anyway...even with four extra spells known (via patron), the Warlock still could only cast two per rest. That severe limit weakened the extra spells known in the same way that requiring a slot weakens the once-a-day casting invocations. The few times it did benefit, it did so by allowing a Warlock to cast an "on-theme" spell they otherwise wouldn't have been mechanically inclined to take. Unlike Sorcerer, who is balanced by only the restricted spells, being balanced by few known spells and few slots available made this feel different than Favored Soul or Storm Sorcerer.</blockquote>

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