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<blockquote data-quote="WOLead" data-source="post: 4318293" data-attributes="member: 65571"><p>Balance wise, I can't see a problem personally. Just a few things though.</p><p></p><p>Cursed Action doesn't make much sense outside of a MC. There is already a feat at the Paragon Tier that allows a Warlock to curse two enemies at a time, Twofold Curse.</p><p></p><p>Pact Changing: Change the following line from:</p><p>"Your pact boon and warlock’s curse triggered abilities also change"</p><p>by adding a qualifier to:</p><p>"Your pact boon and warlock’s curse triggered abilities also change if you have them."</p><p>This might be able to prevent an argument over whether a class that MCs into Warlock would get the Pact Boon when he uses that ability. As it is, a class that MCs into Warlock does not recieve the Pact Boon.</p><p></p><p>Curse Shifting: Make the Int modifier being counted as one higher also apply to Pact Blast</p><p></p><p>You may want to change the Hit on Pact Blast Pactmaster line:</p><p>Hit: 2d8+Cha Psychic Damage</p><p>to</p><p>Hit: 2d8+Int Psychic Damage</p><p>As the attack on it is from Intelligence. Strange, with the Warlock primaries being Cha and Int, but this Pact tries to allow a person to take advantage of the Encounter Pact Abilities as its main focus, so an Int based Attack roll would make a little sense.</p><p></p><p>Curse Shifting: Make the Int modifier being counted as one higher also apply to Pact Blast as its an Intelligence attack.</p><p></p><p>For the 20th Daily Power, I'm tempted to say change it. It seems a bit weak. Maybe just adding, "Add +2 to the Int Modifiers for any Warlock Power that uses them." Do not take my word on that though, as I may be missing something that makes this power worthwhile.</p><p></p><p>On the name, Pactmaster sounds too similar to the new DDI Warlord path, Pack Master. An alternative could be Pact Shyster. Shyster meaning "An unethical, unscrupulous practitioner, especially of law." fits rather well for the flavor text you have for this class.</p><p></p><p>Ninja Edit: Looking at the Pact Initiate feat, it says nothing about a person who MCs into Warlock on getting the Pact Bonuses on the Encounter Powers. They only recieve the At-Will as Per-Encounter and able to take the Paragon Path of the Pact, as useless as it seems for now. So the flavor of this Paragon Path may not be even worthwhile for a class that MCs Warlock. Maybe ignore the possiibilty of another class choosing this Path by insuring it can't be done with...</p><p>Prerequisites: Warlock Class and have not taken a Multiclass feat.</p><p>The poor Warlock is already making so many deals with in his own realm, how does he have the time swindling to work on a separate class.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WOLead, post: 4318293, member: 65571"] Balance wise, I can't see a problem personally. Just a few things though. Cursed Action doesn't make much sense outside of a MC. There is already a feat at the Paragon Tier that allows a Warlock to curse two enemies at a time, Twofold Curse. Pact Changing: Change the following line from: "Your pact boon and warlock’s curse triggered abilities also change" by adding a qualifier to: "Your pact boon and warlock’s curse triggered abilities also change if you have them." This might be able to prevent an argument over whether a class that MCs into Warlock would get the Pact Boon when he uses that ability. As it is, a class that MCs into Warlock does not recieve the Pact Boon. Curse Shifting: Make the Int modifier being counted as one higher also apply to Pact Blast You may want to change the Hit on Pact Blast Pactmaster line: Hit: 2d8+Cha Psychic Damage to Hit: 2d8+Int Psychic Damage As the attack on it is from Intelligence. Strange, with the Warlock primaries being Cha and Int, but this Pact tries to allow a person to take advantage of the Encounter Pact Abilities as its main focus, so an Int based Attack roll would make a little sense. Curse Shifting: Make the Int modifier being counted as one higher also apply to Pact Blast as its an Intelligence attack. For the 20th Daily Power, I'm tempted to say change it. It seems a bit weak. Maybe just adding, "Add +2 to the Int Modifiers for any Warlock Power that uses them." Do not take my word on that though, as I may be missing something that makes this power worthwhile. On the name, Pactmaster sounds too similar to the new DDI Warlord path, Pack Master. An alternative could be Pact Shyster. Shyster meaning "An unethical, unscrupulous practitioner, especially of law." fits rather well for the flavor text you have for this class. Ninja Edit: Looking at the Pact Initiate feat, it says nothing about a person who MCs into Warlock on getting the Pact Bonuses on the Encounter Powers. They only recieve the At-Will as Per-Encounter and able to take the Paragon Path of the Pact, as useless as it seems for now. So the flavor of this Paragon Path may not be even worthwhile for a class that MCs Warlock. Maybe ignore the possiibilty of another class choosing this Path by insuring it can't be done with... Prerequisites: Warlock Class and have not taken a Multiclass feat. The poor Warlock is already making so many deals with in his own realm, how does he have the time swindling to work on a separate class. [/QUOTE]
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