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Balancing help for homebrew warlock subclass
I have created a 5e warlock subclass heavily inspired by the leshen (specifically, an ancient leshen described in the Book of beautiful horrors).
While overall I am very happy with the outcome, I ...
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Balancing a social media-themed warlock subclass in D&D5e?
For an upcoming Strixhaven campaign, I have attempted to homebrew a Warlock subclass which is centered around a social media/influencer theme. The idea is to use the social medium itself a magical ...
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Is Hunger of Hadar seriously overpowered or am I reading it wrong?
I'm not even going to go into the debate about whether darkvision can see through hunger of hadar, the thing that I think makes it overpowered is the this line.
creatures fully within the area are ...
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How well is the Unearthed Arcana Raven Queen warlock subclass balanced as compared to the officially published subclasses?
Unearthed Arcana: Warlock & Wizard introduced a new warlock patron: The Raven Queen. However, it never ended up being published.
How balanced is the UA Raven Queen warlock subclass as compared to ...
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Is this reflavouring of the Dao Genie warlock patron balanced?
I am intending on reflavouring the Genie, so that each type of Genie patron is instead a Fey Court themed around the seasons. All but one of the Genies work without changing.
Here is how I'm ...
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Is my homebrew Eldritch Invocation that emulates the sleep spell balanced?
I've been inspired to make an Eldritch Invocation for warlocks that allows you to use the damage from eldritch blast, and make use of it like the dice rolled for sleep:
Eldritch Slumber
Prerequisites:...
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What would be the effects of allowing dual Pact Weapons?
I have been considering a Hexblade Warlock with a houserule to allow two Pact Weapons, so that they could dual-wield. What would the effects of such a houserule be? It is an extra option for Pact of ...
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Is this homebrew Druid-themed Warlock patron balanced?
I would like to play a "green witch"- or "hedge witch"-type character in an upcoming D&D 5e campaign, so my DM is letting me homebrew a Druid-themed Warlock patron (similar to ...
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Take 2! Is this homebrew Lady of Pain warlock patron balanced?
A little while ago I posted this homebrew Patron option here. I got some great feedback and have returned not only with an update but also with some homebrew Invocations that support the overall ...
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Is this Supernatural warlock patron balanced?
The Supernatural
You have struck a pact with a great supernatural being, a great lord over the chaotic Undead.
Unnatural Aura
At first level, creatures with an Intelligence score of 10 or more sense ...
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Would this homebrew Eldritch Strike eldritch invocation be balanced?
I'd like to make an Eldritch Invocation for warlocks that allows you to make a weapon attack and cast eldritch blast at that same target:
Eldritch Strike
Prerequisites: 5th level, eldritch blast ...
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What are the consequences of denying Quickened Eldritch Blasts?
A follow up to Can you use Quickened Spell to cast cantrips? (and asked in the spirit of this question and this question), a L18 Sorcerer/L2 Warlock has 18 Sorcery points, and "recovers" 2 (so to ...
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Is this homebrew Supernatural warlock patron (v2) balanced?
A bit ago I asked if this Warlock patron was balanced.
I was told to explain this patron a bit more, so here we go:
The idea of this patron is that you have made a pact with some Lord of the Undead. ...
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Is this homebrew Genie patron for warlocks balanced?
This is another Warlock Homebrew I've been working on at my table for a player in an upcoming game. We'll be starting at 5th level in a puzzle heavy dungeon.
I'm fairly sure that at 5th level this is ...
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Warlock homebrew Supernatural patron version 3! Is it balanced?
This is what I hope to be the last revision of my homebrew otherworldly patron, the Supernatural. (My previous two revisions can be found here: version 1, and version 2.)
The Supernatural
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