Will the Character sheet revamp (eventually) allow for custom Warlock invocation?
I am just checking because I have seen custom items, custom classes, custom sub-class, and custom feats and I imagine that is because they are on a broader scale and would make the short list. Not sure if a specific class feature customization has been discussed but if you have a long term list of features this would certainly help out warlocks. To give you and idea of what I am looking out I had a couple of discussions on fixing Pact of the Tome warlocks as casters (where Pact of the Blade is mostly usable since Xanthar's and Pact of the Chain just generally has a lot of functional freedom) . The multiple discussions pointed to the following invocations as a possible way to fix the Pact of tome path without re-inventing the wheel for the class or any of its patrons.
Don't Fear the Dead Prerequisite: Pact of the Tome You can cast Protection from Evil and Good at will, without expending a spell slot or material components. (concentration restrictions still apply)
- The intent is to open a spell that you ether wouldn't take because the cost of a higher level pact slot would be too high (on a 1st level spell that does not scale), free up a spell choice that might cost early game flexibility, or release a spell slot on a situational spell which might other wise cause you to hold one of your few spell slots "just in case" because your in a crypt and a random ghost or other undead could wreck the party. This grants the caster a significant option other than eldritch blast in those emergency situations and makes a situational non-scaling emergency spell significantly less costly and more appealing to a caster prioritized warlock.
Hex Mastery Prerequisite: Pact of the Tome and Warlock level 5 You can cast Hex as a level 1 spell at will, without expending a spell slot or material components. (concentration restrictions still apply)
- The intent is to open Tome warlocks up to use there limited number of Pact Magic Slots by removing the fear of making a "mistake choice" that results in them having nothing effective left to use. Hex could already be used again and again off a single spell cast but this opens up another early spell option and allows Tome warlocks to act more like casters without the fear of becoming "useless" by mistake and encourages them to cast a larger variety of concentration spells. It also has the added bonus of removing the waste of casting a spell that provides no real bonus at higher levels since the extended duration only discourages casting other concentration spells with not increased impact in use.
Empowered Arcanum Prerequisite: Pact of the Tome and Warlock level 12 Your Mystic Arcanum can be use for lower level spells or lower level Mystic Arcanum you know. When you do so they are cast as if using the equivalent level spell slot of the spell you chose for your Mystic Arcanum.
- This is intended to allow the tome warlock to pick "suboptimal" perhaps more fun choices for Mystic Arcanum while not destroy their usefulness in combat. A tome warlock might want to take true seeing at level 7 and Astral Projection at level 9 but choose Circle of Death at level 7 and Psychic Scream at level 9 because they feel they need higher level attack. Being able to cast Enervation as 6th or 9th level spell might make them feel free enough to choose true seeing and Astral Projection greatly freeing the subclass to be a more diverse caster when the might other wise feel forced to take because they only have one option with the spell. It also makes spells like counter spell that scale and can have a dramatic effect on the game and be worth scaling useable at higher levels when you really need them.
Thank you for anytime and consideration here. I do understand with all the changes on the way Class specific changes will not likely make the short list but Warlocks are a little interesting with almost class, sub-class, sub-class branch, design ... similar to Totem Barbarians I guess.
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Will the Character sheet revamp (eventually) allow for custom Warlock invocation?
I am just checking because I have seen custom items, custom classes, custom sub-class, and custom feats and I imagine that is because they are on a broader scale and would make the short list. Not sure if a specific class feature customization has been discussed but if you have a long term list of features this would certainly help out warlocks. To give you and idea of what I am looking out I had a couple of discussions on fixing Pact of the Tome warlocks as casters (where Pact of the Blade is mostly usable since Xanthar's and Pact of the Chain just generally has a lot of functional freedom) . The multiple discussions pointed to the following invocations as a possible way to fix the Pact of tome path without re-inventing the wheel for the class or any of its patrons.
Prerequisite: Pact of the Tome
You can cast Protection from Evil and Good at will, without expending a spell slot or material components.
(concentration restrictions still apply)
Prerequisite: Pact of the Tome and Warlock level 5
You can cast Hex as a level 1 spell at will, without expending a spell slot or material components. (concentration restrictions still apply)
Prerequisite: Pact of the Tome and Warlock level 12
Your Mystic Arcanum can be use for lower level spells or lower level Mystic Arcanum you know. When you do so they are cast as if using the equivalent level spell slot of the spell you chose for your Mystic Arcanum.
The lack of inflection in text means that a reader of any post adds their own inflection as they "verbalize" it in their head. I write long and repetitive in an effort to be clear and avoid my intent from being skewed or inverted. I am also bad at examples. It is common for people to skim my posts pull out the idea they think I mean or want to argue against or focus on my bad example instead of the point I am actually trying to make. I apologies for the confusion my failure to be clear and concise creates.