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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HeapThaumaturgist" data-source="post: 2682605" data-attributes="member: 12332">My wife has unexpectedly decided to play D&D with our new group and I'm trying to find a good character for her to play.  We started her with a spare PC we had, a wizard, and she really likes the CONCEPT of casting spells ... just not the part about keeping up with all of the different spells known, what they do, the best choices each morning, and finding she has nothing to do after she's blown all of her spells for the day.  The simpler casting classes that are wizard-like that I can think of are Sorceror or the new Warlock.  (I also thought of Bard, but she likes the spells and I don't think she wants a new facet in choosing songs and being stuck singing).Now, my wife doesn't just like blasting away mindlessly at things.  Her favorite spell last session, for instance, was Animate Rope.  So I think she'd like some interesting things like battlefield control and the like ... just things a little less complex than choosing from a dozen 1st level spells.  If she were to do Sorc, we'd choose the solid multipurpose spells.  As a warlock, probably not spend all the invocations on upping Eldritch Blast, either.  Some battlefield control, quite a bit of combat, etc.Which class do you think would be better for a person not interested in too much book-keeping, but wants an arcane style character?  She also got a kick out of Use Magic Device last session from the rogue, so that was another thing that leaned me toward Warlock.But I've heard, lately, that Warlock starts to go down the tubes past 12th level.  Nobody else is running out of slots anyway, so their ability to use spells at will is less valuable, and the fact that invocations top out around 7th level spells might also be a whing.  We're planning on running to 20th level with these characters, so I don't want her getting frustrated if her warlock suddenly is unable to do anything in high level combats.ALSO:  If you vote Warlock, what would be your favorite invocations?  I'm eyeing the dispells both as pretty huge assets.  Seems like "Earthen Grasp" is a little too situationally limited to be of much use, etc.--fje</blockquote>

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