Level Up (A5E) Warlock spell points

[Sword of Spirit]

One of my players has brought up a concern that the warlock spell point progression and conversions looks messy for no apparent reason. I let him know that the conversion of points to effective spell slots follows the O5e DMG spell point variant rules, which is also the same conversion rate that sorcerers use for their sorcery points (O5e sorcerers had it less favorable one direction, but A5e removed that penalty). I‘ve been too busy to analyze it beyond that first glance but I figure someone else might have.

Has anyone noticed a particular pattern in the spell points gained at each level for warlocks, and/or any particular benefit of sticking with the rather uneven progression in the warlock table? My player is taking a bit of psychic damage from it so I’m trying to discover what the logic is.

 

[Composer99]

At 1st level, you have 2 spell points, corresponding exactly to the one 1st-level slot an O5e warlock has.

At 2nd level, you have 4 spell points, corresponding exactly to the two such slots an O5e warlock has.

At 3rd level, your spell points correspond exactly to the two 2nd-level slots an O5e warlock has.

At 5th level, your spell points correspond exactly to the two 3rd-level slots an O5e warlock has.

At 7th level, your spell points correspond exactly to the two 4th-level slots an O5e warlock has.

At 9th level, your spell points correspond exactly to the two 5th-level slots an O5e warlock has.

At 11th level, your spell points correspond exactly to the three 5th-level slots an O5e warlock has.

At 17th level, your spell points correspond exactly to the four 5th-level slots an O5e warlock has.

Everything in between smooths out the progression between those steps. The extra spell points from 18th-20th are just cherries on top. (By 20th level, it lets you cast one extra 2nd-level spell if you use all the rest of your spell points for 5th-level spells, so not a big deal.)

The early levels have a steeper slope because you're going from one 1st-level slot to two 3rd-level slots, and 9th to 11th has a steeper curve because you're going from two notional 5th-level slots (worth 14 spell points) to three (worth 21 spell points). 5th to 9th and 11th to 20th have flatter slopes because of how the slots progress (or don't) over those levels. Nothing janky about it if you keep the above in mind.

 

[Vampersan]

I really do enjoy this change to the Warlock. It gives a great deal more versatility to the class, and it is much appreciated.

And a very thorough explanation, btw, Composer99. Well done!