One small Warlock sacrifice for More Choices on Flavor
Channel: Funky Dungeon Master
Date: 2022-06-03

D&D 5e Warlock is a rather unsatisfying class to play!
While being branded as a full spellcaster, they overly rely on 1 single cantrip: Eldritch Blast, providing martial-like damage that scales even after multiclass-ing.
Pact of the Blade, while require a lot of Invocation investment, still has to compete with both Eldritch Blast, Booming Blade, and Green-Flame Blade.
When a player option completely overshadows other options, it limits choice and thus flavor expression in the game.

The Warlock Plus homebrew attempts to take on all of those problems in a ambitious Warlock overhaul. Let's see how it does!

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Warlock+ pdf: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-3n3z7tLx7XSxF8IoLL_Us6-K4fT-dgj/view?usp=sharing

Thien's Shortened Warlock+: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13M7dxrPRB29hokDJ7Irgog9VaH45tV1LaUGOb6yEmOc/edit?usp=sharing

DnD 5e – Melee Cantrips vs. Extra Attack: https://rpgbot.net/dnd5/characters/melee_cantrips/

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I'm an avid consumer of D&D optimization content like Treantmonk and RPGBOT. And I want to use that knowledge to make the game more fun for optimizers and non-optimizers alike. Thus, born the Thien's Balance Homebrew series for D&D 5th edition 🥂: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOlGNxI48E1xaHdQJCdVRNd0fcSf-aBqT

By making all the player options balanced, I hope to remove trap options for players that don't like to worry much about the nitty-gritty game mechanics. Also, when all the player options are roughly equivalent in power, we can worry a bit less about picking a powerful option and more about which option brings out the flavor we want.

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0:00 Preview
0:13 Intro
0:53 WHY Homebrew?: Eldritch Blast monopoly
2:10 1st: remove Eldritch Blast
3:29 2nd: remove Blade cantrips
5:02 3rd: add Eldritch Overflow
6:05 Eldritch Blast with Overflow
6:40 Pact of the Blade with Overflow
7:24 why Overflow like this?
8:00 Overflow damage
9:11 Overflow is like Sneak Attack
10:39 Blade cantrips with Overflow
11:59 haHAA mistake go brr
13:51 4th: New Invocations
15:16 Verdict: NOT Simple Enough!
16:47 SUMMARY
17:45 Valor Bard BUFF

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