Haven't dug into the features (need to get back to work :) but my initial comment is that you could use more of a description of the Aether. Right now, I come away with the idea that it's a 'nebulous power' and that it has some control over reality. That's not a lot to go on. Where is it located? Is it in a place, plane, etc? Is it more like the Force, where it's 'everywhere'? Everywhere in this plane, or everywhere in every plane? It's okay for Patrons to be vague. But there's vague, and there's "I'm not sure what it even is supposed to be generally" :)
Hexblade is really vague, but I know at least that it's in the Shadowfell, that it's keen on magical weapons, and that it may be the 'Raven Queen'.
The part about 'luring' people in despair is cool. It's speculative, but it can be latched onto by the player. But how did it appear to me? Did it talk? Was there a body to see, or was it just a voice in my mind?
Initial thoughts: Light burst should probably be a con save for blindness. It makes more sense and con save or blind is part of other spells already. Similar to invocations having level restrictions on one Vacuum blast probably should only be available at higher levels. 6d10 in a 20ft radius is the same radius as a fireball but on average more damage. To have access to this at level 1, even once per short rest, is overpowered. Probably limit it to at least the 7th level choice. The level 10 ability seems a bit underpowered compared to the other patron options.
Liking the flavour of this. To clarify, the AMs replace invocations or are on top of.
I think there's a word missing in the description of Annihilate Object: "As an action, choose one small, non-magical object you can within range..."
For Singularity, I like the flavour of it but I initially thought this was probably not worth choosing over EB. The more I think about it the more it makes sense, especially if invocations like agonising blast are off the table.
Vacuum Blast - my only suggestion would be to specify the range of the space you can see. Can't think of any other spell/effect like this that doesn't. I could be wrong and if you've already checked and are happy then ignore this.
Behold and Despair - I got it on the second read through, maybe add some wording to make it clearer that the target experiences 1000 years in the space of a few seconds and that's what drives it mad :)
Can't see anything OP or broken and I think this is pretty cool.
Yeah, that description is really nice now. You went a different way, making it a specific creature, as opposed to a 'Force-like' sort of primordial 'power'. Either one is cool with a clear description, I think this works. Definitely interesting.
Haven't dug into the features (need to get back to work :) but my initial comment is that you could use more of a description of the Aether. Right now, I come away with the idea that it's a 'nebulous power' and that it has some control over reality. That's not a lot to go on. Where is it located? Is it in a place, plane, etc? Is it more like the Force, where it's 'everywhere'? Everywhere in this plane, or everywhere in every plane? It's okay for Patrons to be vague. But there's vague, and there's "I'm not sure what it even is supposed to be generally" :)
Hexblade is really vague, but I know at least that it's in the Shadowfell, that it's keen on magical weapons, and that it may be the 'Raven Queen'.
The part about 'luring' people in despair is cool. It's speculative, but it can be latched onto by the player. But how did it appear to me? Did it talk? Was there a body to see, or was it just a voice in my mind?
Looking for new subclasses, spells, magic items, feats, and races? Opinions welcome :)
Initial thoughts:
Light burst should probably be a con save for blindness. It makes more sense and con save or blind is part of other spells already.
Similar to invocations having level restrictions on one Vacuum blast probably should only be available at higher levels. 6d10 in a 20ft radius is the same radius as a fireball but on average more damage. To have access to this at level 1, even once per short rest, is overpowered. Probably limit it to at least the 7th level choice.
The level 10 ability seems a bit underpowered compared to the other patron options.
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Everything else seems to be good. I like the new description and the idea behind it
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Liking the flavour of this. To clarify, the AMs replace invocations or are on top of.
I think there's a word missing in the description of Annihilate Object: "As an action, choose one small, non-magical object you can within range..."
For Singularity, I like the flavour of it but I initially thought this was probably not worth choosing over EB. The more I think about it the more it makes sense, especially if invocations like agonising blast are off the table.
Vacuum Blast - my only suggestion would be to specify the range of the space you can see. Can't think of any other spell/effect like this that doesn't. I could be wrong and if you've already checked and are happy then ignore this.
Behold and Despair - I got it on the second read through, maybe add some wording to make it clearer that the target experiences 1000 years in the space of a few seconds and that's what drives it mad :)
Can't see anything OP or broken and I think this is pretty cool.
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Yeah, that description is really nice now. You went a different way, making it a specific creature, as opposed to a 'Force-like' sort of primordial 'power'. Either one is cool with a clear description, I think this works. Definitely interesting.
Looking for new subclasses, spells, magic items, feats, and races? Opinions welcome :)