So in our last session, my ranger died and I’m now rolling up a new character. We have a lack of a caster in our party, particularly a utility caster or Swiss Army knife.
Party currently consists of a fighter, monk, rogue, bard, cleric. The bard tends to miss sessions though. So we have a lot of martials, and then our cleric who is brand new to D&D and tends to be stingy with her spell slots.
I’m looking to fill our caster/utility hole and right now I’ve got a Archfey Tomelock rolled up. We’re Level 4 and my two invocations would be Agonizing Blast and then Book of Ancient Secrets. Pact of Tome and Book of Secrets really let me take a ton of utility cantrips and then ritual casting to cover that whole. It’s also not a super RP heavy campaign but we do lack a face and the Warlock would definitely fill that too.
We tend to take about 3-4 short rests per long rest as our DM is fairly lenient about them. Does anybody have any strong leanings one way or another about Warlock vs Wizard for this party? Wizard is obviously a better caster but Warlock fills a ton of holes and is so versatile!
Warlock is the way to go based on your explanation of party description. You are a capable combatant with Eldritch Blast, and I'd lean heavy on those ritual spells. Identify seems essential if you have no wizard, and Find Familiar would be equally useful for utility. Be sure to have a couple CHA based skills if you are in fact the party face. Wizard would give the party a true caster, but IMO wizards aren't necessarily utility casters. They can be depending on the build.
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So in our last session, my ranger died and I’m now rolling up a new character. We have a lack of a caster in our party, particularly a utility caster or Swiss Army knife.
Party currently consists of a fighter, monk, rogue, bard, cleric. The bard tends to miss sessions though. So we have a lot of martials, and then our cleric who is brand new to D&D and tends to be stingy with her spell slots.
I’m looking to fill our caster/utility hole and right now I’ve got a Archfey Tomelock rolled up. We’re Level 4 and my two invocations would be Agonizing Blast and then Book of Ancient Secrets. Pact of Tome and Book of Secrets really let me take a ton of utility cantrips and then ritual casting to cover that whole. It’s also not a super RP heavy campaign but we do lack a face and the Warlock would definitely fill that too.
We tend to take about 3-4 short rests per long rest as our DM is fairly lenient about them. Does anybody have any strong leanings one way or another about Warlock vs Wizard for this party? Wizard is obviously a better caster but Warlock fills a ton of holes and is so versatile!
Warlock is the way to go based on your explanation of party description. You are a capable combatant with Eldritch Blast, and I'd lean heavy on those ritual spells. Identify seems essential if you have no wizard, and Find Familiar would be equally useful for utility. Be sure to have a couple CHA based skills if you are in fact the party face. Wizard would give the party a true caster, but IMO wizards aren't necessarily utility casters. They can be depending on the build.