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<blockquote data-quote="CleverNickName" data-source="post: 8317137" data-attributes="member: 50987">I played a Hexblade for a couple of years, and made it all the way to level 15 in the Storm King's Thunder adventure path.&nbsp; It was one of the most fun classes I ever played...but my DM had to take a hands-on approach to keep things balanced.&nbsp; Some of the changes he made:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Grasp of Hadar and Repelling Blast invocations were removed from the game.&nbsp; I'm not sure why, but that's what the DM wanted.&nbsp; I thought that there were far worse offenders on that list than these two.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Spellcasters couldn't multiclass with other spellcasters.&nbsp; So no Sorlocks or Bardlocks or other broken combos.&nbsp; (This was true for all characters in the campaign, not just my Hexblade.)</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Non-PHB feats weren't allowed.&nbsp; This was also true for all characters in the campaign.</li>
</ul>There were others, but these were the only ones I really noticed.EDIT:&nbsp; Writing that list made me realize that all of the &quot;broken character combos&quot; and &quot;bad character design&quot; that I've experienced in actual play (as opposed to theorycraft, or stuff I've only read about online), can be traced back to two things:&nbsp; FEATS and MULTICLASSING.&nbsp; I'm starting to think I might disallow both in my upcoming campaign.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CleverNickName, post: 8317137, member: 50987"] I played a Hexblade for a couple of years, and made it all the way to level 15 in the Storm King's Thunder adventure path. It was one of the most fun classes I ever played...but my DM had to take a hands-on approach to keep things balanced. Some of the changes he made: [LIST] [*]The Grasp of Hadar and Repelling Blast invocations were removed from the game. I'm not sure why, but that's what the DM wanted. I thought that there were far worse offenders on that list than these two. [*]Spellcasters couldn't multiclass with other spellcasters. So no Sorlocks or Bardlocks or other broken combos. (This was true for all characters in the campaign, not just my Hexblade.) [*]Non-PHB feats weren't allowed. This was also true for all characters in the campaign. [/LIST] There were others, but these were the only ones I really noticed. EDIT: Writing that list made me realize that all of the "broken character combos" and "bad character design" that I've [I]experienced in actual play[/I] (as opposed to theorycraft, or stuff I've only read about online), can be traced back to two things: FEATS and MULTICLASSING. I'm starting to think I might disallow both in my upcoming campaign. [/QUOTE]

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