Falling Icicle
Adventurer
It seems to me like they're trying to cram too much into a single class here. It's like they're trying to take the original warlock, the hexblade and the Pathfinder summoner and combine them all into the same class. I would think hexblades would work better as one of the multiclass subclasses they've been talking about.
It also seems to me that the blade, book and chain are the warlock's subclasses instead of his pact. That seems a bit odd to me. I really hope the various pacts are mechanically different rather than just being pure fluff.
I'm a bit concerned about the roleplaying nature of pacts. Are warlocks slaves to their patrons, or can they rebel against them? What happens to a warlock's powers if his patron is killed? Can a warlock change his allegiance to a different patron? These are all very important questions, and I hope they answer them. I also hope they're going to give a much more detailed preview of the class in the future.
In the end, I'm just grateful that warlocks are going to be their own class!
It also seems to me that the blade, book and chain are the warlock's subclasses instead of his pact. That seems a bit odd to me. I really hope the various pacts are mechanically different rather than just being pure fluff.
I'm a bit concerned about the roleplaying nature of pacts. Are warlocks slaves to their patrons, or can they rebel against them? What happens to a warlock's powers if his patron is killed? Can a warlock change his allegiance to a different patron? These are all very important questions, and I hope they answer them. I also hope they're going to give a much more detailed preview of the class in the future.
In the end, I'm just grateful that warlocks are going to be their own class!