A PC in the group I DM is a hexblade warlock and wants to use shillelagh with scimitar. The scimitar is his sentient magic weapon, and the PC feels that he should be able to use shillelagh.... Obviously I know the spell is nature (wisdom) based and it uses a wooden weapon such as a club or a quarter staff. I could change the spell so it uses the charisma instead of wisdom, and ignore the weapon type. Do you guys think this would be overpowered?
Given the abilities that a hexblade warlock has anyway, I don't see that allowing them to cast shillelagh is overpowered and in fact, I'd question whether it's even that useful for them!
The main reason a druid would want to cast this spell is so that they can use their caster stat (Wisdom) to attack and damage, which a Hexblade warlock gets to do anyway (with Charisma). It would move the damage dice of the scimitar from 1d6 up to 1d8, but that doesn't seem worth a spell, especially for a warlock that has such a limited selection of spells.
I thought hexblades get that without needing spells? they get to use their cha and going blade pact does the rest. what's even the point of wasting a cantrip slot?
Unless he takes a feat when leveling character i will say no.
I will also be against changing wis to cha and droping weapon type.
If you give players "free hand" to change mechanics to make them happy you will end with Fighter-Wizard-Rogue combos that smash every monster, trap and check. And you will end with bored and unhappy players
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A PC in the group I DM is a hexblade warlock and wants to use shillelagh with scimitar. The scimitar is his sentient magic weapon, and the PC feels that he should be able to use shillelagh.... Obviously I know the spell is nature (wisdom) based and it uses a wooden weapon such as a club or a quarter staff. I could change the spell so it uses the charisma instead of wisdom, and ignore the weapon type. Do you guys think this would be overpowered?
Given the abilities that a hexblade warlock has anyway, I don't see that allowing them to cast shillelagh is overpowered and in fact, I'd question whether it's even that useful for them!
The main reason a druid would want to cast this spell is so that they can use their caster stat (Wisdom) to attack and damage, which a Hexblade warlock gets to do anyway (with Charisma). It would move the damage dice of the scimitar from 1d6 up to 1d8, but that doesn't seem worth a spell, especially for a warlock that has such a limited selection of spells.
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I thought hexblades get that without needing spells? they get to use their cha and going blade pact does the rest. what's even the point of wasting a cantrip slot?
Hexblades are plenty strong as it is. I'd ask for a really good reason to let them poach from other class's spell lists.
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Unless he takes a feat when leveling character i will say no.
I will also be against changing wis to cha and droping weapon type.
If you give players "free hand" to change mechanics to make them happy you will end with Fighter-Wizard-Rogue combos that smash every monster, trap and check. And you will end with bored and unhappy players