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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hawk Diesel" data-source="post: 7310135" data-attributes="member: 59848">Don't forget the Archfey can counter charm people that try to charm them! That's a neat little swing. But yea, when I am trying to eyeball balance for homebrew material, I'm more likely to not consider UA because of those are more experimental and have less play testing. And as for the Hexblade in XGtE, well, you only need read my comments in the Hexblade thread to know my feelings about it (tl;dr It's horribly broken and makes the other patron options obsolete, IMO).Anyways, I've read over your changes and I have a few comments.I'm wondering if Dissonant Whispers would be a better option than Ray of Sickness. Especially since I personally see Ray of Sickness as a relatively underpowered spell, even by 1st level spell standards. I also wonder if Geas would be a better option than Dominate Person. With witches you normally think of curses, but magically forcing a person to act against their nature or corrupting them in some way is also related. The afflicted still has choice and freewill, but acting against the witch causes nasty consequences. And as a 1 min casting time with only verbal components, I can imagine a witch or a hag at a public parade or ceremony, calmly whispering nearby and staying out of sight, until the last moment when they approach and point their knobby fingers and call out to their target some dreadful task. The baker that wronged them will feel ill and act in disgust around the dough that he must use in his craft. The banker that denied her the loan to save her home must take a coin and find a way to convince the witch to freely take it back, being haunted by nightmares and psychically tormented until they find a way to do so. Witches don't dominate the free will of others, so much as find ways to twist the natures of others. I see what you are trying to do with this. But as you have it right now, it doesn't really work for a 1st level ability. For example, how does this compare to 30ft telepathy? Or a short range 1 round area effect charm/fright? I really think this as written would be better as an invocation, and allow you a little more design space to work with it. Otherwise, I might suggest moving it to level 6 and reworking it a bit. If I were to do this ability, I would write it up like this:Weal and WoeAt 6th level you have learned to observe the golden threads of fate that entangle with the life lines of all creatures, giving you some ability to manipulate probability. When you or another creature within 30ft of you makes an ability check or saving throw, you can use your reaction to grant them advantage. If this target succeeds on the check, then you may choose a new target within 30ft. The next ability check or saving throw they make is made with disadvantage. Once you have used this ability, you must wait until you finish a short or long rest to use it again.Reasoning: Level 6 is a level all about reactions to alter outcomes and fate. Archfey can get out of danger quick. Fiend can gain a bonus to a save or check. GOO can affect the outcomes of attacks. It's more succinct than Witch's Charm, but still works at what I think the essence of what you're trying to accomplish. As it is right now as a 1st level Patron ability, compared to the others in the PHB its somewhat unwieldy and potentially more powerful. I've heard that Advantage works out to something equivalent to a +5 bonus. So a character would get a consistent +5 bonus over an 8 hour day until they fail. Just seems too much. I wish you had kept the 1st level ability you originally had somewhere. I remember that it was an appropriate ability, both thematically and in terms of power.This is fine. This is way more powerful than other 6th level abilities granted by warlock Patrons. Compare this to the fiend, that gets a d10 bonus to a save or ability check, the GOO that forces disadvantage on one attack with a possible advantage to attack that target, or the Archfey that gets a quick escape. If you were to keep this, I would change it as follows to keep it in line with the power level of other Patrons: Poof!At 6th level, you have learned to curse those that would harm you, giving you a chance to more easily deal with them. When a creature makes an attack roll against you, you can use your reaction to change your attacker into a toad. Your attacker maintains their normal statistics, but cannot speak, attack, cast spells, or move more than 10ft. This change lasts until the start of your next turn, or until the target takes damage. Once you have used this ability you cannot use it again until you have finished a short or long rest.Reasoning: This makes it more like the Archfey's Misty Escape. But instead of running, it temporarily removes a combatant from the field for a round.This ability is kind of all over the place. For one, in order for it to work it assumes that the warlock has a means of scrying an individual and has an enchantment spell to use. You don't grant this warlock Scrying as a bonus spell, and even if you did, a Warlock does not autmoatically get their Patron spells. They only expand the list that warlocks can choose from (I disagree with this and have homebrewed that warlocks get their Patron spells automatically, but that's a bit off topic). It also requires the Warlock to use a minimum of 2 of their spell slots to take full advantage of, assuming they have taken Scrying and an enchantment spell. If I were writing up this ability, I would do so like this:Mirror, MirrorAt 10th level you become a master of magical scrying. Once per long rest, you may cast the Scrying spell without expending a spell slot. When cast in this way, you do not require a focus, but you must have access to some reflective surface (such as a mirror, a calm pool of water, a polished knife, ect).In addition, you are immune to divination spells. If someone attempts to cast a divination spell on you, you may make a Wisdom saving throw against the caster's Spell Save DC. If you succeed, you are able to shape and influence what information the caster can gather. You cannot provide false information, but you can determine selectively what information the caster gathers. The caster remains unaware that anything is wrong with the spell. If you fail this Wisdom save, the divination magic used against you simply fails. Reasoning: Initially I thought immunity to only scrying. If done like this, casting a spell through the scrying might be appropriate, given how seldom this is likely to arise in a normal game. Immunity to divination spells is a bit more powerful and more likely to come up. But to be honest, outside of spells like Scrying, True Sight, or Locate Object or Creature I'm not sure what spells exist that this would impact. So I don't know if that in itself is too powerful an ability for level 10. It has much less combat utility than the other Patrons, and nothing prevents scrying your companions, so I have a feeling that it might be ok.Looking at the Archfey or the Fiend, this is a bit too powerful against multiple enemies. I would say limit it to one, and you would probably be ok (similar to the Archfey ability in terms of structure and power). Alternatively, you could have it force disadvantage on all attacks or saves for all those who fail the save within range, but if done that way I wouldn't have it last longer than "until the start of your next turn." Also, you should add that it recharges on a short or long rest (unclear on recharge rate in your description).I hope this is helpful!</blockquote>

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