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<blockquote data-quote="Kurotowa" data-source="post: 3232413" data-attributes="member: 27957">Warlocks are reliable.&nbsp; They have few abilities that run out, touch attacks for untyped magical damage, and some nice defensive tricks and DR.&nbsp; Their effectiveness never drops off.&nbsp; But the other side of the coin is that their effectiveness don't spike higher either.&nbsp; They have no Power Attack, nothing to match the highest level spells of an equal level caster, and few buffs that add significantly to them.&nbsp; Later on you can get Maximize SLA for your Eldrtich Blast, but that only gets you 3/day.&nbsp; Your Eldritch Blast is a ranged support weapon that's best used to help finish off whoever the main combat characters are beating on.Where the Warlock finds their strength and role is in their Invocations, and with so few you really have to focus them carefully.&nbsp; Spiderwalk, Fell Flight, and Flee the Scene will give you unmatched mobility.&nbsp; Earthen/Stony Grasp and the Walls and Tentacles give you excellent battlefield control.&nbsp; Taking the stealth and vision Invocations will make you a useful scout.&nbsp; Beguiling Influence and Charm make you an effective party face.&nbsp; And you can always find clever things to do by shattering things with Baleful Utterance or dispelling enemy spells with Voracious Dispelling.&nbsp; The pinch is that you can only do about one and a half of these with the few Invocations you get.&nbsp; So pick carefully.&nbsp; Whatever you take is what you'll be doing with half your actions for the rest of the campaign.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kurotowa, post: 3232413, member: 27957"] Warlocks are reliable. They have few abilities that run out, touch attacks for untyped magical damage, and some nice defensive tricks and DR. Their effectiveness never drops off. But the other side of the coin is that their effectiveness don't spike higher either. They have no Power Attack, nothing to match the highest level spells of an equal level caster, and few buffs that add significantly to them. Later on you can get Maximize SLA for your Eldrtich Blast, but that only gets you 3/day. Your Eldritch Blast is a ranged support weapon that's best used to help finish off whoever the main combat characters are beating on. Where the Warlock finds their strength and role is in their Invocations, and with so few you really have to focus them carefully. Spiderwalk, Fell Flight, and Flee the Scene will give you unmatched mobility. Earthen/Stony Grasp and the Walls and Tentacles give you excellent battlefield control. Taking the stealth and vision Invocations will make you a useful scout. Beguiling Influence and Charm make you an effective party face. And you can always find clever things to do by shattering things with Baleful Utterance or dispelling enemy spells with Voracious Dispelling. The pinch is that you can only do about one and a half of these with the few Invocations you get. So pick carefully. Whatever you take is what you'll be doing with half your actions for the rest of the campaign. [/QUOTE]

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