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<blockquote data-quote="tetrasodium" data-source="post: 8749561" data-attributes="member: 93670">That's the theory but it doesn't work that way.&nbsp; It starts breaking down well before tier3. The trouble is that<a href="https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/177-spell-spotlight-fireball" target="_blank"> some spell</a>s are better than they should be &amp; as a result scale freely for warlock while eldritch blast with invocations has math tuned to the assumption that warlock will never get any short rests except in practice it tends to be much closer to almost every fight.&nbsp; Ironically the very arcane/natural recovery features you note show the thoughtful &amp; reasoned vrs munchkin fulfilment design split in their once per long rest&nbsp; across from every short rest per long rest.&nbsp; Thanks to cumulative slot accumulation rate slowdowns at levels 2-&gt;3 /6-&gt;7 /7-&gt;8/10-&gt;11 combined with those &quot;intentionally overtuned&quot; spells you wind up with a situation where having lots of lower level slots is of almost no value &amp; a lack of slot gains in spell levels that might matter a little at levels they should have been gained.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="tetrasodium, post: 8749561, member: 93670"] That's the theory but it doesn't work that way. It starts breaking down well before tier3. The trouble is that[URL='https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/177-spell-spotlight-fireball'] some spell[/URL]s are better than they should be & as a result scale freely for warlock while eldritch blast with invocations has math tuned to the assumption that warlock will never get [I]any[/I] short rests except in practice it tends to be much closer to [I]almost[/I] every fight. Ironically the very arcane/natural recovery features you note show the thoughtful & reasoned vrs munchkin fulfilment design split in their once per long rest across from every short rest per long rest. Thanks to [I]cumulative[/I] slot accumulation rate slowdowns at levels 2->3 /6->7 /7->8/10->11 combined with those "intentionally overtuned" spells you wind up with a situation where having lots of lower level slots is of almost no value & a lack of slot gains in spell levels that might matter a little at levels they [I]should[/I] have been gained. [/QUOTE]

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