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I made Hank Hill into the world of D&D as a warlock and he was possessed by Lady Propane. He always introduced himself "Hank Hill Assistant manager, Strickland Propane" and would yell "I'm gonna kick your ass" when he used hellish rebuke. when Burning hands or Eldrich blast was cast he would say "this time you taste the meat, and the heat"
Hey XP to Level 3, could you pin this comment, I want to make a PSA for anyone who came into this video with the intention of starting a Warlock Character: I noticed a couple of comments of people who came into this hoping to learn how to play a Warlock but left essentially comments saying “well looks like they’re terrible and not fun to play.” Note this video is meant to be comedic and left out some the better of the features of the Warlock for comedic effect. Warlock’s are not nearly as bad as this video portrays, while Warlocks as a base class might not receive many bonuses and abilities, there are new features that added depending on your patron. Also while Warlock don’t have access many spell slots they regain those spell slots after a short rest as opposed to most spell casters which don’t regain their spell slots unless they take a long rest, in addition the Warlock’s primary damage method is the cantrip Eldritch Blast Which can fire up to four D10+ your charisma modifier attacks at multiple or a single target per turn. Also the Pact of the Chain provides with an invisible familiar and the Warlock has access to Eldritch Invocation which allows them to use jump, disguise self, and levitate spell an unlimited amount of times making them Ideal for infiltration. If you like your classes to have a large variety of versatile then the Warlock is probably not for you, but a properly specialized Warlock can be one of the most devastating members of your party.
ChangelingTale the commenter if you remember he was joking on how none of it made sense the whole point is to exaggerate. In the rogues case his ability to have massive expertise and completly ignore crap roles makes for an ez thing to exaggerate on. Also rogue has tons of content for a non magic user where all of warlocks content is mostly invocations which are extremely specific so hard to male a joke about all of them
I am not that successful, but I have infinite disguise self and an invisible familiar with a telepathy range of the entire plane, at level 3. I am the ultimate spy.
I am able to throw down if need be, I just didn't min-max to the point of doing something like that(and even if I did, I would need to be good enough at the strategy to be able to handle it anyways)
One with shadows, eldritch blast, eyes of the rune keeper, repellling blast, fiendish vigor, what reason is there to NOT play a warlock??? i havent even played it and its my favorite one.
if you think about it, it says read all writing. what is writing? it is a mark left by something or some one. so if I see a trail of blood on the floor I can read that. or just the thoughts going through the head of the one dragging the body. if I find a book written by a drunk man (both these happened) I can read that. if I find footprints I CAN READ THAT. my D.M. didn't allow that last one.
Footprints and such do NOT count as writing. Writing is symbols INTENDED to communicate something. If a few drops of blood from someone's wound stain the floor, it can't be read, since it isn't writing. If someone, however, would walk in a certain manner to leave the pattern of their footprints as a message, then it could be read; same thing with blood. But, if it isn't intended to communicate, it isn't writing. I can write: ASEDLNAEasdlaidSADFLKNAWEROnp. Yes, you can read that, but it doesn't communicat anything apart from... being readable.
well I guess but under a different light, it's said that "a picture is worth a thousand words" -some random shmo who thought he was clever. A scene or other such stuff can convey specific messages all without having a single letter of actual language. (also we thought about it and eventually ruled it as this limited omniscient power that could rather than actually read what's written, he instead knew what was going through the mind of the person who left the markings.) we were in a setting that had only common (new D.M.) so this was his way of saying "hey man, there's no other language around so here's this power instead of real reading." sorry if that went on too long I'd love it if you replied
Sorry but that’s not how it works, reading any language is an eldritch invocation and essentially acts as bonuses and traits to strengthen your Warlock. The 20th level ability of the Warlock allows them to essentially refresh their spell slots once anytime between a long rest. The depiction of the Warlock in this video might make it seem trash but many of the class features come from the Eldritch Invocations and the Pact Boons Which weren’t overly explored in this video.
Yes, but he got the joke wrong. The ability to read any language is constantly active and does not require spell slots or refreshing. Otherwise it'd be trash.
I'd also like to note for anyone just casually coming upon this that this invocation can be replicated by the first level ritual spell "comprehend languages", so unless it's a niche case (and probably that you're the only caster) it's probably not worth if
A member of my party I was DMing purposely made the edgiest character he could with a warlock. After saving an orphan who had been haunted by her dead mother, our warlock thought it would be a great idea to reach out to Nalarthotep and get lil orphan Issy in on the fun of an eldritch pact. Walls melted into black ooze, teady bears crawled to the candle in the middle of the room until at last there was no light. When they awoke, every fire, alchemical, and other light source had gone out and there was chaos as the local wizard guild hunted for the eldritch breach. Easily the coolest class ever.
While this was funny, warlocks aren't actually as bad as the video makes them seem. For one, you cast all your spells at your highest spell slot, so your average spell does more than a wizard of the same level. And Eldritch Blast and Hex are easily some of the best spells in the game, especially at first level. Dark One's blessing + the Lucky Feat, which amount to essentially 4 free rerolls per long rest, has easily saved my character dozens of times. That being said, I did like the video. It was pretty funny.
The spells are on short rest, I compared the warlock spell slots to other classes, At highest level (if you assume no short rest) other classes have fewer 5th level than Warlock, but have 2 of 6th and 7th. Most of the time you wouldn't use the spells of 4th or below so I ignored that. This means that warlock is just barely behind the other classes before the short rest, if you ignore the bullshit that is eldritch blast or eldrich invocations that is.
doombybbr That's the other thing, you get less spells, but you get to cast more often in the long-term. And let's be honest, the Eldtich bullshit is the only reason to play a Warlock.
One short rest is all it takes to make up for the spell slot difference. Also I am currently playing warlock, and from my experience they seem rather useful even if you ignore eldritch blast or don't take that short rest. In my case it is infinite disguise self and an invisible familiar with a telepathy range of the entire plane(sprite familiar with Voice of the chain master and mask of many faces, I still deal decent damage despite not having agonising blast yet) - at level 3. This is before you count what I get from celestial patron. All the patrons give really useful abilities, from a mass charm spell that has its own separate slot, to gaining hit points each time you defeat an enemy, this is at level 1.
Eldritch buffs are amazing. fuck anyone who thinks theyre bullshit, i love the shit outta these abilities. besides as a warlock you get less cantrips overall, its better that your cantrips are the best in the game, jsut fewer
from this day forward, the official narrative of summoning done by warlocks will be: the hands of a commoner appear through a portal and put it down in front of you.
You forgot that warlocks get their spell slots back in a short rest. So basically every battle starts off with black tentacles, because fuck it if we run out we just take a lunch break.
Druids @ level 20: I can wild shape as much as I want granting me near infinite HP! Clerics @ level 20: I can summon a literal god to intervene in battle for me Warlock @ level 20: I... I- can gain 4 spell slots back. Everyone else: ... well can you do it mid combat? Warlocks: UHHHHHH *sweats nervously*
@@x_voidacity4 spell attacks with 1d10+CHA. Or as I like to call it, less damage and less chance to hit than a fighter with a magic crossbow. It's really good for a cantrip, but it's _really_ not that great if you think of it as a major class feature. The invocations are much more interesting, and prioritising EB takes up valuable invocation slots.
Meanwhile, in my better homebrew concept: Druid lvl 20: default Cleric lvl 20: default Warlock lvl 20: MORPH INTO THE PATRON IN BATTLE AND BE A GOD!!!!!! Bard lvl 20: FU*&ING UNLIMITED BARDIC INSPIRATION!!!!!!!
How to play Warlock: Step 1) Cry Step 2) Reroll wizard. Alternative guide: Step 1) GOOlock Step 2) Misty visions Step 3) Book of ancient secrets Step 4) Mask of Many Faces Step 5) Actor feat (with at-will telepathy, mimicking the target's voice in their mind to simulate competing thoughts) Step 6) Reach level 14 Step 7) Break the fucking game by enthralling the most important NPC. Step 8) Get kicked out after making your DM cry as they realize true evil lies beyond the character sheet and their precious world begins to CRUMBLE ALL AROUND THEM MUAHAHAHHAAH AAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH
Or just have an invisible familiar with infinite telepathy range at level 3 and have them spy on everything without you leaving the safety of your house.
how to play warlock: step 1) teifling, free hellish rebuke daily, +2 CHA step 2) get eldritch blast, grab eldritch blast+your CHA modifier invocation, grab repelling blast, grab fiendish vigor, especially if youre fiendpact, grab one with shadows, grab hellish rebuke as your spells step 3) kill everything with your powerful af free cantrip, return fire with eldritch blast on anything that deals damage to you staying along? now that youre an invisible caster in dimlight when you want to be, get level 5 and start casting 2 edlritch blasts a turn at any targets you can see >mfw best spellcaster HELL EVEN BETTER TIEFLING WARLOCK WITH FUCKIN DEVILS SIGHT STEP 1) CAST DARKNESS ON THE ENEMY PARTY, VERY FEW WOULD EVER BE ABLE TO SEE STEP 2) SNIPE THEM WITH YOUR ATTACKS WHILE THEY CANT EVEN SEE AND KNOCK THEM BACK INTO THE DARKNESS 10 FT A HIT ON YOUR CHOOSING IF YOU WANT TO OR NOT.
Caer Ibormeith to be fair the Warlock’s cool ability comes at around level 14, I haven’t read Xanetar’s guide to everything, but the Great Old One Warlock has the ability to permanently charm any humanoid and give them order telepathically as long as both of you are on the same plane of existence, the Fiend gets the ability to instantly teleport any creature to the lower planes for a turn, and if the creature isn’t a fiend they take 10D10 psychic damage, and the Archfey can charm or frighten any creature for a minute (probably the worst final ability but you can reuse it after a short rest so at least you can use it consistently unlike the others)
I get that. It's just strange to me that, in a majority of the classes, the 20th level ability is highly lack luster despite 20th level being nearing god-like levels of power.
I'm no game dev, but I think that's intentional. At level 20, to an average NPC/commoner, you're basically a god (read: not actually a god). Having a weaker capstone ability entices you to continue playing the character to seek out more powers/abilities to compensate, and get rewarded with epic boons, which feel much more fitting.
First off: great video and merry Christmas! Second: Warlock’s regain their spell slots after both short and long rests, which allows them to use spells such as fireball many more times than a wizard or sorcerer, if they took the Fiend pact. Alternatively, if one were to take the Archfey pact, you could use spells such as sleep and charm person many more times per day, allowing for a more pacifist play style. Third: a warlock’s spells are always at the same level, with the highest level your main slots moving up to being fifth, which, if you took the Fiend pact, allows you to cast fifth level fireballs many more times a Day than anyone else. Fourth: The Tome ability, if you took the book of ancient secrets invocation, you have the ability to learn any ritual in the game, which can get much better if your DM puts more spells as rituals, such as resurrection. Overall, Warlocks are one of the most powerful classes depending on your campaign and DM
Warlock imo is one of the most flexible classes in terms of customization. You have several Patrons, Boons, and Invocations to pick from, several different playstyles (Blaster, Scout, Gish), and you are also capable of being the Face of the party, while also getting at will face swaps.
Also a lot of patron abilities, including dark ones own luck are short rest, not long rest, making them extremely useful. The warlock will cast a 5th level spell 1 more time than anyone else BEFORE the short rest. They may lose out on 6th and 7th level by having 1 less slot, but they more than make up for it. Also the Pact of the chain can give you an INVISIBLE familiar as you are given additional options for the familiar that no-body else has.
Your Shogun Players’ Handbook pg 107, section on spell slots, last sentence of the first paragraph, “You regain all expended spell slots when you finish a short or long rest.”
To be fair though a Warlock's true power lies in role-play. 'Cause if you succeed on that Persuasion check to let Asmodeus lend you one of his battalions of Devils to command...
The warlock is not a class for beginners. You can make a character that is an absolute terror, but you can easily make one that is absolutely useless. Building a warlock can take careful planning and you can do some really weird thing with it. I ran a game that started at level 3 and I gave all the characters a free feat of their choice(I like doing that cuz it can make the characters seem more distinctive). My brother was hmmm... Mountain Dwarf Blade pact warlock with heavily armored. and I'm taking devil sight and [the invocation that allows you to speak to peoples minds. I forget what it is called]. He takes the darkness spell. He asks me if it is ok for his spell focus to be a crystal eye. I say that is fine. He then asks if he is allowed to cast darkness on it alone without the rest of he body I say that is also fine. Then he is like ok my character has an eye patch I keep over that eye. His fighting style proceeds to be cast darkness on crystal eye flip open eyepatch when ever he wants the darkness to escape(which is most the time) then walk into a strategic spot that allows him to blind a number of enemies with the darkness while still leaving his allies targets to hit. He has advantage on every attack because of darkness + devil sight and chain mail because of mountain dwarf + feat, and he uses his free action every turn to talk directly into his enemies minds and eat away at there mental state by either taunting them saying creepy things or just laughing maniacally(one again only psychically). Also his stat rolls on that character were obscene. He rolled 4 15s. Edit: The mind talking thing was a Deep Old One feature. His second invocation was being able to use detect magic at will. The idea of his character being deeply rooted in being able see things which is another reason why he wanted his spell focus in his eye.
@@Thalanox mountain dwarves start with light and medium armor proficiency regardless of class which is what enabled him to get heavy armor proficiency with a feat. I have an abjuration wizard who I did something similar with and his tankiness is rivaled only by the party fighter. XD
Okay, so like once per day. You know who starts with more slots WITH JUST THEIR HIGHEST LEVEL SLOT, and can recharge their slots on a Short Rest? Wizards. Also sorcerers can use SP to recharge slots.
yknow whats amazing though? having a spell that can deal 1d10+5 damage consistently at long range for free, all the time, and at level 5 you can cast it twice a turn, and pushing or pulling and/or even slowing down 10 ft all on the targets you hit... you get to do ALL OF THIS with eldritch blast, twice a turn once youre level 5. you arent even even needing a spell slot to deal such high outputs of free cost damage. yknow whats also amazing though? all the free cantrips warlocks get are better than other classes normal cantrips yknow whats even better than wizard and sorcerer spell slot nonsense? casting more powerful spells of fireball and such and only needing a short rest to restore spell slots. ive a warlock, first time player playing with us, and hes been dominating the lvl 5 fights hes been in, not outright in how showy or flashy it is but just with pure damage hes been able to consistently hit at least 1 eldritch blast a turn and give high amounts of damage others just cant put out with basic hits... why? eldritch blast with agonizing blast. hes doing better than the great sword paladin and the twice attacking barbarian for damage when he strikes, and absolutely devastates enemies that attack him with a DC 14 hellish rebuke whenver hes damaged. wiping the enemies off the map at times with that 4d10 fire damage.
Wilson Tortosa boi, I usually have 1 level of something else and 19 levels of warlock, warlock is good if played right... You aren't the main damage dealer (unless your a fighter/hexblade multiclass) you are a support class first, it's spells and abilities reflect that.
Well I meant that in a good way. I wanted to point out that warlocks are great to multiclass with. I myself, plan to multiclass my tiefling monk to way of the open hand monk / celestial warlock.
Onyx Rose Right? By level 17 theyre only doing level 20 fighter damage at 300-600 feet away. And its FORCE damage! Do you know how many things are resistant to force damage? Like... 8! The Warlock is such a weak class. I don't know how anyone could play one.
Then again the only thing that strong is the Eldritch Blast. Every Warlock i have seen sits there looking at spells before saying "Ugh. I'll just Eldritch Blast them."
I'm getting a 5e game all ready one of my players chose to be a warlock I'm writting out a full contract he has to agree to with clauses n stuff, it's fun.
I hope you do Paladin next. It seems like Paladin is one of the trickiest classes to play because of the potential for friction with rest of the party. Folks need to learn how to avoid being "Lawful Stupid" so they can have more fun.
I feel like it isn't actually that hard to avoid the lawful stupid thing. People just enjoy trolling. Lawful Good is not hard, just be heroic you don't need to be overbearing about it. Adhering to the Oath is not that hard, people are just turds about it.
I guess you're right that it's not hard to avoid lawful stupid. Still, one can have friction if your party leans strongly towards murder-hoboism. I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on those kinds of situations.
Depends, there are the type of murder-hobo. If you mean find enemy smash them get paid then just focus on finding evil enemies to smash. If you are getting into the more morally gray area then maybe go with Oath of Conquest. Lord knows those guys aren't exactly nice. Or, more humorously, an Oath of Redemption Paladin trying to make the rest of the group better people. Ultimately it comes down to communicating with other players/ the DM. Make your Paladin fit the party. Don't try to force the party around the Paladin. Sometimes characters just don't mesh. Of course all of this is Reliant on you actually caring about everyone's fun and not being an incurable troll. Now if you didn't realize that your party was going to be a bunch of murder hobos and you went Oath of the Divine maybe try the oblivious angle? Really it depends on the situation. Communication helps and if someone is actively ruining the fun of everyone else or if someone is getting alienated by the group discussing OOG and trying to come to some sort of compromise is always preferable to a group schism. It just occurred to me you may not have necessarily meant MY thoughts but well you have them anyway. Hope this helps somehow.
People still tend toward lawful alignments with Paladins. Just due to the nature of being bound by an oath it typically makes sense. Granted the only Paladin I ever played got killed level one(the saltiest I have ever gotten with other players is D&D, let's just say it was beyond preventable).
"I'll have what he's having!" That drunk dwarf in the corner of the tavern that did not quite catch what he was referring to: "Aye, I'll have the same hu*k!
Marcus Hill Well... These guys have it the worst treatment either for the sake of comedy or because theyre dumb. Listening to their stories from the table, im inclined to believe the latter.
Tyler Troutman I don't think that's an official patron in 5e DnD, correct me if im wrong if you know the official rules for it somewhere cause that sounds awesome.
NightWolf it is an official patron.anyone who has the 5e Character Sheet app by Walter Krammerer has access to all the Adventurer's League applicable stuff. The Undead patron is included on that list. In addition, I believe it was realeased in Sword Coast
Undying is from the Sword Coast Adventures (or what's it's name), but yeah - easily one of the coolest patrons, at least RP-wise. By level 10 you cease to eat, drink and sleep, you age 10x slower, and the funniest feature of all - if you lose a limb, you can reattach it by simple healing (no need for the "Regeneration" spell), although the last one is heavily dependent on how much "into" limb loss and mutilation your DM is.
My first character was a warlock, and i had him have a trickster theme. He was not necessarily evil (Actually he had a Fey patron) but he liked playing pranks, and the backstory was that even the fey was a trickster, so he coupled up with him to "make trickstery an artwork". Though... my DM apparently didn't really read into it. Because he suddenly became an epic being of sorts And i had no one to prank others with. Though i think he did that to not derail the story i was pretty dissapointed...
Warlock is my "main" in DnD 5e. I love it. I have a hobgoblin hexblade that absolutely ruins and is an utter bastard to kill. But that's just because she's been built up over months to gain peak performance. My second and third most used classes are Druid and Barbarian. Which are some pretty damn incredible classes just by default, without having to invest much thought and effort. PS Sorcerer's bad.
I am on my 3rd character in one campaign, MY DM hated my high AC paladin who didnt even make lvl 3, so he killed me made a Boss ass warlock, cast darkness, DM dispel, Cast Witch Bolt, DM group rapes me until i lose concentration, Treats devil sight as inferior Darkvision. never grants me ranged advantage it would. Had To plead for short rests, She didnt make level five now playing Ranger, DM makes it known he hates the class, punishes me for not playing fighter, probably wont make level 6
@@laurelpalmer7390 it got worse, the DM had me tossed off a tower, hoping i would fall to my death, and it would of killed me, but gloom stalker gets rope trick, which saved my life
I actually played a Warlock with a Celestial Patron. I took sacred flame and from the first time I used it, everybody genuinely thought I was playing a cleric. For the rest of the campaign until the last session I let them think that...then my character shouted that he renounces his patron and the powers she gave him and the game ended. Needless to say, the party was shocked.
Forgetting for a moment that a halfling/kobold warlock who takes the Chain pact and specializes their invocations into Eldritch Blast can fly, turn invisible, and snipe at max longbow range (with a CANTRIP), or Tiefling/Drow Bladelocks who can see in magical darkness so they pull some serious Riddick shit, yeah warlocks suxk
Bluecho4 - I only wonder how does that go with Warforged, since they're technically immortal, unable to die of old age at all. They'd rust 10x slower? :D
Fiend isn't *that* bad. You can get decent spells from it *and* a resistance of your choice between rests. That makes two if you pick Teifling or Dragonborn. Heck, temp three if you dip 6 into Draconic Sorcerer and you can keep your 10d10 psychic damage if you want.
I was just watching How to Play Rogue and wondering when the next one would come out. Then I looked at the recommended videos and saw this. It's a (day after) Christmas miracle.
heh, found that the warlock is the most enjoyable caster class to RP, especially the great old one patron, take an edler evil parton (from 3.5) and go RP that sh*t, it's creats magical moments
Rex Orbis All your spells count as the highest level you can cast them at. So your fireballs are bigger than anybody else's, your lightning bolts are stronger than anyone else's, by default. You also have the best cantrip, which is effectively a ranged 2handed longsword that hits 4 times. Fighters have to wait till level 20 to get 4 attacks, you get it at level 17 and can do it from 300 feet away, and add your charisma to the damage, and push them 15 feet away... And you can have a sword and actually be good at stabbing people, which is something the wizard and bard cant say, and the sorcerer can only say it after a dip into paladin.
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Nah, the warlock is extremely powerful, they generally have the same number of high level spell slots as other classes at their current level except they refresh every short rest(and most 6th plus level spells are only once or twice per long rest anyways so mystic arcanum isn't that bad). They also get the most powerful cantrip in the game - eldrich blast, and can buff it to 1d10+5 +1d6 per hit for an average of 13 damage per hit or 49 damage if you count all 4.
You should make this your main thing in this channel. I just started playing dnd and because of your rouge video u helped me more invested in my character. Heres to hoping you guys do more so that i can pick which class should i play next
Well yeah it _SOUNDS_ like garbage, if you take this video seriously. All jokes aside, there's a lot more going on with the Warlock beyond the details given here. The video creator just focused on what he did for the sake of brevity and comedic effect. For example, sure Warlocks have limited spell slots compared to everyone else. But they also _replenish_ those slots much faster (requiring only an hour of rest, instead of 8 hours of rest). And since the spell slots all scale to higher levels as the Warlock levels up, they can end up dealing more damage over the course of a day than other spellcasters. Pact magic was actually so potent in certain circumstances, they had to be selective about what spells they allowed Warlocks to learn, to prevent them from majorly breaking the game. Warlocks can't cast Animate Dead because, at 2 or 3 _per hour_ , a Warlock could easily amass a small army of zombies and skeletons with a few days work. Some Invocations don't seem impressive, unless you remember that one third of DnD is Exploration and another third is Social Interaction (only the last third is Combat). And so the ability to get information out of animals or read any language can be potent outside the battlefield. Other Invocations are practically cheating, like the one that gives you at-will Disguise Self, allowing you to assume any appearance for as long as you wish. Or the one that lets you summon an elemental to fight for you. Then there's how the different moving parts of the Warlock - the Patron, the Pact Gift, the Spells, the Invocations - all interact and play with one another. Giving the Warlock a great deal of flexibility and synergy. The pact of the tome, for instance, doesn't _just_ give you three Cantrips. It gives you three Cantrips _from any Class_ . It also has a Tome Pact specific Invocation that lets you learn Ritual spells (basically spells that can be cast for free, though with a longer cast time), _also_ from any Class (not even the Wizard's Ritual spell rules are that expansive). The Blade Pact, meanwhile, has a whole mess of Invocations that enhance the Warlock's ability to fight on the front lines.
Smh. Warlocks are one of the most powerful classes. You have less spell slots and options but you get them back on short rests. That’s 1 hour of chilling compared to 8 hours of sleeping. Also Mystic Arcanum lets you choose literally any spell of the level you’ve unlocked from any spell list. Also some of the invocations are extremely powerful. Don’t underestimate the warlock just because you don’t understand them.
Actually arcanum is warlock spell list only(Which still means some rather scary spells). But the pact of chain, blade,tome can all be useful and the Patron abilities are all awesome.
Yeah and the Great Old One’s Create Thrall ability can be game breaking from a role playing standpoint, you can make the most powerful character in the setting your puppet and order them to give you a noble title or the entire kingdom’s treasury.
The Warlock is the most dangerous spell caster, largely because until you've played one or until you've played with a quality one, their whole kit looks weak as hell. "They only get *FOUR* spells? What kind of caster only gets 4 spells!" The kind of caster that doesn't need to waste slots on Detect Magic, Comprehend Language, Disguise Self, Polymorph, Fireball (depending on your pact), Dominate Person/Monster (Depending on your pact), Darkness, Darkvision, True Seeing, etc. "Theyre spell casting only goes up to 5th level? That's absurd!" Mmhm, it *IS* absurd that every spell they cast is at 5th level. Automatically. That amounts to 5 people in a Hold Person spell, or 5 people with an Invisibility spell. And they get these back on a short rest! Thats just completely absurd... "Wow. These boons kinda suck. A weak sword, a few cantrips, or a free pet?" The sword gives you Paladin smites later on, without a single level in Paladin. (Remember, every spell you surrender is a 5th level spell once you have 5th level spells, so ya know... 5th level smite damage.) You also CREATE the weapon spontaneously, so you'll never need to be visibly armed. A great trick to have at parties. The book leads to ritual casting and a few other goodies, depending on the patron. You probably won't NEED the cantrips, since Eldritch Blast is the BEST cantrip but you can take them from any class spell list. Vicious mockery is good fun. Nothing like insulting your opponents to death. The familiar seems weak until you realize that amounts to permanent advantage, amongst other boons. The help action can be very OP.
Heimskr, Prophet of Talos You don’t even need to take a level in Paladin if you take the UA invocations. Also yeah I screwed up the mystic arcanums are warlock spell list only. Still quite a selection.
after playing multiple classes and subclasses, I always come back to playing warlock because to me it is fun and my personal favorite class, in the two main campaigns my group is running, I have one that is a hexblade pact of the blade and I am doing the damage in the group, and in the other I am a celestial with pact of the tome, so I am essentially the medic, this is why I like warlock, very versatile and just overall fun to play and can fill almost any hole the party might have, it is honestly my favorite class in D&D.
Man I'm jealous of you guys. So young yet great and creative vids. Really like the pact blade summon humor. But ya when you go on Reddit and other DND forums to discuss which classes have the potential to overwhelm your enemies it was a lot or warlock and druid early on. Warlocks can be very OP.
Great video as usual, you guys are great. Anyways, I do have a bit of a request although I doubt it will happen or even get seen: If you're next HOW TO PLAY was Mystic, that would be awesome. I'm sure you guys could make tons of jokes with how confusing the class is, but it's one of my favorite classes flavor-wise! One final note: I bet you guys could also do something hilarious with the level 20 Psionic Body ability.
I just started watching these t-minus when I woke up about ten minutes ago. And I gotta say these are really helpful. Anyone just starting to play d&d and trying to force your friends into playing. (Me) These videos will help you get through that awkward beginning of “what the hell are we doing guys, there’s just too many rules to keep up with.” Stage.
If you allow Unearthed Arcana, Warlock + Fighter is sick! I have a Raven Queen Warlock with Tunnel Fighter and a whip (with Spell Sniper, War Caster, and the Homebrew Whip Master). Add Booming Blade / Green Flame Blade and a Spiritual Weapon (and, of course, Action Surge), you can dish out some serious damage, with reach, even when it isn't your turn - all by Level 8! Then you can either focus on Fighter Maneuvers or Warlock Invocations, depending on if you want to focus more on melee combat or cool (at will!) spells.
from this point forward, whenever a player of mine summons a familiar, imma have a random dude appear out of a wormhole to just put it on the ground.
Please tell me you've done this by now.
Yes that is good
same
Did you do it
That is the only way to cast that spell canon
I made Hank Hill into the world of D&D as a warlock and he was possessed by Lady Propane. He always introduced himself "Hank Hill Assistant manager, Strickland Propane" and would yell "I'm gonna kick your ass" when he used hellish rebuke. when Burning hands or Eldrich blast was cast he would say "this time you taste the meat, and the heat"
He only provides pro-pain and pro-pain accessories.
@Joe Schmoe damn I was too late
That is fucking amazing
Hey yo man I tell you what man y'all in dag gum distance man yo I dang ol Eldritch Blast man damn ol crit man I tell you what man damn.
He is pro-pain
Hey XP to Level 3, could you pin this comment, I want to make a PSA for anyone who came into this video with the intention of starting a Warlock Character:
I noticed a couple of comments of people who came into this hoping to learn how to play a Warlock but left essentially comments saying “well looks like they’re terrible and not fun to play.” Note this video is meant to be comedic and left out some the better of the features of the Warlock for comedic effect. Warlock’s are not nearly as bad as this video portrays, while Warlocks as a base class might not receive many bonuses and abilities, there are new features that added depending on your patron. Also while Warlock don’t have access many spell slots they regain those spell slots after a short rest as opposed to most spell casters which don’t regain their spell slots unless they take a long rest, in addition the Warlock’s primary damage method is the cantrip Eldritch Blast Which can fire up to four D10+ your charisma modifier attacks at multiple or a single target per turn. Also the Pact of the Chain provides with an invisible familiar and the Warlock has access to Eldritch Invocation which allows them to use jump, disguise self, and levitate spell an unlimited amount of times making them Ideal for infiltration. If you like your classes to have a large variety of versatile then the Warlock is probably not for you, but a properly specialized Warlock can be one of the most devastating members of your party.
Actually my warlock is versatile as all hell, and he is only level 3.
Gotchu man, 'preciate the message -Logan
Could you use your enter key a bit more m80? Thx
Well, yeah, but, THEY MAD ROUGE LOOK AWESOME, SO WHY DIDN'T THEY DO IT HERE!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??
ChangelingTale the commenter if you remember he was joking on how none of it made sense the whole point is to exaggerate. In the rogues case his ability to have massive expertise and completly ignore crap roles makes for an ez thing to exaggerate on. Also rogue has tons of content for a non magic user where all of warlocks content is mostly invocations which are extremely specific so hard to male a joke about all of them
> a single warlock is soloing deadly encounters in my campaign
don't underestimate the guy
I guess the joke is that compared to how amaing and otherworldly it sounds, the class ends up being prety mundane if powerful.
I am not that successful, but I have infinite disguise self and an invisible familiar with a telepathy range of the entire plane, at level 3. I am the ultimate spy.
You're successful in your own right. Sounds like you didn't spec your character for combat while the other guy did.
I am able to throw down if need be, I just didn't min-max to the point of doing something like that(and even if I did, I would need to be good enough at the strategy to be able to handle it anyways)
One with shadows, eldritch blast, eyes of the rune keeper, repellling blast, fiendish vigor, what reason is there to NOT play a warlock??? i havent even played it and its my favorite one.
The power to read
if you think about it, it says read all writing. what is writing? it is a mark left by something or some one. so if I see a trail of blood on the floor I can read that. or just the thoughts going through the head of the one dragging the body. if I find a book written by a drunk man (both these happened) I can read that. if I find footprints I CAN READ THAT.
my D.M. didn't allow that last one.
Footprints and such do NOT count as writing. Writing is symbols INTENDED to communicate something. If a few drops of blood from someone's wound stain the floor, it can't be read, since it isn't writing. If someone, however, would walk in a certain manner to leave the pattern of their footprints as a message, then it could be read; same thing with blood.
But, if it isn't intended to communicate, it isn't writing. I can write: ASEDLNAEasdlaidSADFLKNAWEROnp. Yes, you can read that, but it doesn't communicat anything apart from... being readable.
well I guess but under a different light, it's said that "a picture is worth a thousand words" -some random shmo who thought he was clever. A scene or other such stuff can convey specific messages all without having a single letter of actual language. (also we thought about it and eventually ruled it as this limited omniscient power that could rather than actually read what's written, he instead knew what was going through the mind of the person who left the markings.) we were in a setting that had only common (new D.M.) so this was his way of saying "hey man, there's no other language around so here's this power instead of real reading."
sorry if that went on too long
I'd love it if you replied
i read the deck
@@stanard_bearer 9j9j9j99999j9j9j9j99999j9j99
This is the low quality I subscribed to see
MY GOD HE'S GOING TO USE HIS ULTIMATE WARLOCK POWER OF REFRESHING HIS ABILITY TO READ EVERY LANGUAGE MY GOD HE'S SO POWERFUL!!!!!!
FlaredFist9 Gonna be honest if I ever run a Warlock I'm gonna use that for the hell of it.
Sorry but that’s not how it works, reading any language is an eldritch invocation and essentially acts as bonuses and traits to strengthen your Warlock. The 20th level ability of the Warlock allows them to essentially refresh their spell slots once anytime between a long rest. The depiction of the Warlock in this video might make it seem trash but many of the class features come from the Eldritch Invocations and the Pact Boons Which weren’t overly explored in this video.
Inquisitor Thomas It's a joke
Yes, but he got the joke wrong. The ability to read any language is constantly active and does not require spell slots or refreshing. Otherwise it'd be trash.
I'd also like to note for anyone just casually coming upon this that this invocation can be replicated by the first level ritual spell "comprehend languages", so unless it's a niche case (and probably that you're the only caster) it's probably not worth if
A member of my party I was DMing purposely made the edgiest character he could with a warlock. After saving an orphan who had been haunted by her dead mother, our warlock thought it would be a great idea to reach out to Nalarthotep and get lil orphan Issy in on the fun of an eldritch pact. Walls melted into black ooze, teady bears crawled to the candle in the middle of the room until at last there was no light. When they awoke, every fire, alchemical, and other light source had gone out and there was chaos as the local wizard guild hunted for the eldritch breach. Easily the coolest class ever.
..... what happened to lil’ orphan issy?
While this was funny, warlocks aren't actually as bad as the video makes them seem. For one, you cast all your spells at your highest spell slot, so your average spell does more than a wizard of the same level. And Eldritch Blast and Hex are easily some of the best spells in the game, especially at first level. Dark One's blessing + the Lucky Feat, which amount to essentially 4 free rerolls per long rest, has easily saved my character dozens of times.
That being said, I did like the video. It was pretty funny.
The spells are on short rest, I compared the warlock spell slots to other classes, At highest level (if you assume no short rest) other classes have fewer 5th level than Warlock, but have 2 of 6th and 7th. Most of the time you wouldn't use the spells of 4th or below so I ignored that. This means that warlock is just barely behind the other classes before the short rest, if you ignore the bullshit that is eldritch blast or eldrich invocations that is.
doombybbr
That's the other thing, you get less spells, but you get to cast more often in the long-term. And let's be honest, the Eldtich bullshit is the only reason to play a Warlock.
One short rest is all it takes to make up for the spell slot difference. Also I am currently playing warlock, and from my experience they seem rather useful even if you ignore eldritch blast or don't take that short rest. In my case it is infinite disguise self and an invisible familiar with a telepathy range of the entire plane(sprite familiar with Voice of the chain master and mask of many faces, I still deal decent damage despite not having agonising blast yet) - at level 3. This is before you count what I get from celestial patron.
All the patrons give really useful abilities, from a mass charm spell that has its own separate slot, to gaining hit points each time you defeat an enemy, this is at level 1.
doombybbr
Exactly! Warlocks have a bunch of neat little tricks.
Eldritch buffs are amazing. fuck anyone who thinks theyre bullshit, i love the shit outta these abilities.
besides as a warlock you get less cantrips overall, its better that your cantrips are the best in the game, jsut fewer
Woah, those special effects at 3:20?! AMAZING! Keep it up guys! Disney's gonna hire you someday!
it's gritty and realistic.
from this day forward, the official narrative of summoning done by warlocks will be: the hands of a commoner appear through a portal and put it down in front of you.
Grimmbo if you can do better the do it
You forgot that warlocks get their spell slots back in a short rest. So basically every battle starts off with black tentacles, because fuck it if we run out we just take a lunch break.
Also they get the most powerful cantrip in the game, Eldritch blast
doombybbr
yeah but to be fair 1 level in Warlock gets you that. Its exclusivity isn't what makes it good.
I was talking about eldrich blast at higher levels with agonising blast and hex
doombybbr
oh I know. But just putting it like that will get people going "OH WELL SORCERER IS THE BEST AT ELDRITCG BLAAAARSTSTTT!!!!"
why would you jsut want 1 level for it? by level 5 its easily worth the dedication.
Druids @ level 20: I can wild shape as much as I want granting me near infinite HP!
Clerics @ level 20: I can summon a literal god to intervene in battle for me
Warlock @ level 20: I... I- can gain 4 spell slots back.
Everyone else: ... well can you do it mid combat?
Warlocks: UHHHHHH *sweats nervously*
Warlock @ level 20: I can use Eldritch Blast once, aiming at 4 different people with 600 foot range and 9999 damage.
@@x_voidacity4 spell attacks with 1d10+CHA. Or as I like to call it, less damage and less chance to hit than a fighter with a magic crossbow. It's really good for a cantrip, but it's _really_ not that great if you think of it as a major class feature. The invocations are much more interesting, and prioritising EB takes up valuable invocation slots.
Eldritch Blast! Eldritch Blast! Eldritch Blast!
Meanwhile, in my better homebrew concept:
Druid lvl 20: default
Cleric lvl 20: default
Warlock lvl 20: MORPH INTO THE PATRON IN BATTLE AND BE A GOD!!!!!!
Bard lvl 20: FU*&ING UNLIMITED BARDIC INSPIRATION!!!!!!!
@@fenixmeaney6170 They stack. Try 40 ft mate.
How to play Warlock:
Step 1) Cry
Step 2) Reroll wizard.
Alternative guide:
Step 1) GOOlock
Step 2) Misty visions
Step 3) Book of ancient secrets
Step 4) Mask of Many Faces
Step 5) Actor feat (with at-will telepathy, mimicking the target's voice in their mind to simulate competing thoughts)
Step 6) Reach level 14
Step 7) Break the fucking game by enthralling the most important NPC.
Step 8) Get kicked out after making your DM cry as they realize true evil lies beyond the character sheet and their precious world begins to CRUMBLE ALL AROUND THEM MUAHAHAHHAAH AAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH
Or just have an invisible familiar with infinite telepathy range at level 3 and have them spy on everything without you leaving the safety of your house.
Hastur, is that you?
how to play warlock:
step 1) teifling, free hellish rebuke daily, +2 CHA
step 2) get eldritch blast, grab eldritch blast+your CHA modifier invocation, grab repelling blast, grab fiendish vigor, especially if youre fiendpact, grab one with shadows, grab hellish rebuke as your spells
step 3) kill everything with your powerful af free cantrip, return fire with eldritch blast on anything that deals damage to you
staying along? now that youre an invisible caster in dimlight when you want to be, get level 5 and start casting 2 edlritch blasts a turn at any targets you can see
>mfw best spellcaster
HELL EVEN BETTER TIEFLING WARLOCK WITH FUCKIN DEVILS SIGHT
STEP 1) CAST DARKNESS ON THE ENEMY PARTY, VERY FEW WOULD EVER BE ABLE TO SEE
STEP 2) SNIPE THEM WITH YOUR ATTACKS WHILE THEY CANT EVEN SEE AND KNOCK THEM BACK INTO THE DARKNESS 10 FT A HIT ON YOUR CHOOSING IF YOU WANT TO OR NOT.
Alternative guide:
-Multiclass into Sorcerer/Warlock (Sorlock)
-Gratz, you just won.
@@quintoncraig9299 Have you seen the Yellow Sign?
It really does boggle my mind how lame most of the 20th level abilities are.
Caer Ibormeith to be fair the Warlock’s cool ability comes at around level 14, I haven’t read Xanetar’s guide to everything, but the Great Old One Warlock has the ability to permanently charm any humanoid and give them order telepathically as long as both of you are on the same plane of existence, the Fiend gets the ability to instantly teleport any creature to the lower planes for a turn, and if the creature isn’t a fiend they take 10D10 psychic damage, and the Archfey can charm or frighten any creature for a minute (probably the worst final ability but you can reuse it after a short rest so at least you can use it consistently unlike the others)
I get that. It's just strange to me that, in a majority of the classes, the 20th level ability is highly lack luster despite 20th level being nearing god-like levels of power.
Caer Ibormeith yeah the only class that I feel has a “fuck yeah! MAXIMUM POWER!” Vibe is the Paladin with their transformations.
And Archdruid
I'm no game dev, but I think that's intentional. At level 20, to an average NPC/commoner, you're basically a god (read: not actually a god). Having a weaker capstone ability entices you to continue playing the character to seek out more powers/abilities to compensate, and get rewarded with epic boons, which feel much more fitting.
First off: great video and merry Christmas!
Second: Warlock’s regain their spell slots after both short and long rests, which allows them to use spells such as fireball many more times than a wizard or sorcerer, if they took the Fiend pact. Alternatively, if one were to take the Archfey pact, you could use spells such as sleep and charm person many more times per day, allowing for a more pacifist play style.
Third: a warlock’s spells are always at the same level, with the highest level your main slots moving up to being fifth, which, if you took the Fiend pact, allows you to cast fifth level fireballs many more times a Day than anyone else.
Fourth: The Tome ability, if you took the book of ancient secrets invocation, you have the ability to learn any ritual in the game, which can get much better if your DM puts more spells as rituals, such as resurrection.
Overall, Warlocks are one of the most powerful classes depending on your campaign and DM
Warlock imo is one of the most flexible classes in terms of customization. You have several Patrons, Boons, and Invocations to pick from, several different playstyles (Blaster, Scout, Gish), and you are also capable of being the Face of the party, while also getting at will face swaps.
Also a lot of patron abilities, including dark ones own luck are short rest, not long rest, making them extremely useful. The warlock will cast a 5th level spell 1 more time than anyone else BEFORE the short rest. They may lose out on 6th and 7th level by having 1 less slot, but they more than make up for it.
Also the Pact of the chain can give you an INVISIBLE familiar as you are given additional options for the familiar that no-body else has.
Yeah a Great Old One Pact of the Chain Warlock will easily be the best scout and spy in the entire party.
Where does it say you get your spell slots back after a short rest?
Your Shogun Players’ Handbook pg 107, section on spell slots, last sentence of the first paragraph, “You regain all expended spell slots when you finish a short or long rest.”
Level 2 should read "You get Agonizing Blast and an invocation of your choice!"
My DM actually suggested Spell Sniper, instead. I was hoping for Spell Sniper and Agonizing Blast, and now I am sad.
To be fair though a Warlock's true power lies in role-play.
'Cause if you succeed on that Persuasion check to let Asmodeus lend you one of his battalions of Devils to command...
The warlock is not a class for beginners. You can make a character that is an absolute terror, but you can easily make one that is absolutely useless. Building a warlock can take careful planning and you can do some really weird thing with it. I ran a game that started at level 3 and I gave all the characters a free feat of their choice(I like doing that cuz it can make the characters seem more distinctive). My brother was hmmm... Mountain Dwarf Blade pact warlock with heavily armored. and I'm taking devil sight and [the invocation that allows you to speak to peoples minds. I forget what it is called]. He takes the darkness spell. He asks me if it is ok for his spell focus to be a crystal eye. I say that is fine. He then asks if he is allowed to cast darkness on it alone without the rest of he body I say that is also fine. Then he is like ok my character has an eye patch I keep over that eye. His fighting style proceeds to be cast darkness on crystal eye flip open eyepatch when ever he wants the darkness to escape(which is most the time) then walk into a strategic spot that allows him to blind a number of enemies with the darkness while still leaving his allies targets to hit. He has advantage on every attack because of darkness + devil sight and chain mail because of mountain dwarf + feat, and he uses his free action every turn to talk directly into his enemies minds and eat away at there mental state by either taunting them saying creepy things or just laughing maniacally(one again only psychically). Also his stat rolls on that character were obscene. He rolled 4 15s.
Edit: The mind talking thing was a Deep Old One feature. His second invocation was being able to use detect magic at will. The idea of his character being deeply rooted in being able see things which is another reason why he wanted his spell focus in his eye.
Bruh that's pretty damn nutty
cool character
But why did he pick Dwarf?
@@Thalanox mountain dwarves start with light and medium armor proficiency regardless of class which is what enabled him to get heavy armor proficiency with a feat. I have an abjuration wizard who I did something similar with and his tankiness is rivaled only by the party fighter. XD
The video is not just casting Eldritch Blast for four and a half minutes. False advertising. :P
I know you made an updated version but this video is just so wholesome. I love how nonchalant and guys-hanging-out this is.
You missed the most important part. Spell slots refill on short rest.
Kami Kojima and the insane damage that Eldritch Blast can consistently pump out.
Okay, so like once per day.
You know who starts with more slots WITH JUST THEIR HIGHEST LEVEL SLOT, and can recharge their slots on a Short Rest? Wizards. Also sorcerers can use SP to recharge slots.
yknow whats amazing though? having a spell that can deal 1d10+5 damage consistently at long range for free, all the time, and at level 5 you can cast it twice a turn, and pushing or pulling and/or even slowing down 10 ft all on the targets you hit... you get to do ALL OF THIS with eldritch blast, twice a turn once youre level 5. you arent even even needing a spell slot to deal such high outputs of free cost damage.
yknow whats also amazing though? all the free cantrips warlocks get are better than other classes normal cantrips
yknow whats even better than wizard and sorcerer spell slot nonsense? casting more powerful spells of fireball and such and only needing a short rest to restore spell slots.
ive a warlock, first time player playing with us, and hes been dominating the lvl 5 fights hes been in, not outright in how showy or flashy it is but just with pure damage hes been able to consistently hit at least 1 eldritch blast a turn and give high amounts of damage others just cant put out with basic hits... why? eldritch blast with agonizing blast. hes doing better than the great sword paladin and the twice attacking barbarian for damage when he strikes, and absolutely devastates enemies that attack him with a DC 14 hellish rebuke whenver hes damaged. wiping the enemies off the map at times with that 4d10 fire damage.
Don't forget all the level 1 spells that the warlock can cast at will through invocations.
@@arsarma1808 you mean once per battle pretty much (Depends on the GM I suppose)
Well now I understand why most people only pick warlock when they want to multiclass.
Oh, I what I mean to say is, MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Wilson Tortosa boi, I usually have 1 level of something else and 19 levels of warlock, warlock is good if played right... You aren't the main damage dealer (unless your a fighter/hexblade multiclass) you are a support class first, it's spells and abilities reflect that.
Well I meant that in a good way. I wanted to point out that warlocks are great to multiclass with. I myself, plan to multiclass my tiefling monk to way of the open hand monk / celestial warlock.
Wilson Tortosa and I wasn't trying to say your opinion was wrong, just stating what I know from experience....
Tell that to my warlock who is a healer(celestial patron), does mid tier damage every turn AND has utility up the ass. And this is only at level 3.
doombybbr "literally Jesus Christ" says that as the subtitle for the celestial warlock...
Hmmmm but warlocks can totally do an eldeitch blast for 8 gazillion damage by like level 12
come on, it's only about 2 gazillion... per blast.
Onyx Rose
Right? By level 17 theyre only doing level 20 fighter damage at 300-600 feet away. And its FORCE damage! Do you know how many things are resistant to force damage? Like... 8!
The Warlock is such a weak class. I don't know how anyone could play one.
Then again the only thing that strong is the Eldritch Blast. Every Warlock i have seen sits there looking at spells before saying "Ugh. I'll just Eldritch Blast them."
You're absolutely right. I mean, why cast a spell? You probably have an evocation for it that just... Lets you do it.
even at lvl 1 its powerful
Man, I sure love you crafting those videos for us.
I really can't think of any good Cthulhu puns. - Jacob
XP to Level 3 what happened to the videos of you playing dnd and are you ever gonna do more of them
I'm getting a 5e game all ready one of my players chose to be a warlock I'm writting out a full contract he has to agree to with clauses n stuff, it's fun.
Mind sharing the contract somewhere online, if you have ever finished it? It could be a fun read, especially since Warlocks are my favourite.
First off,
MERRY CHIRSTMAS.
Second: At the end when you tossed the book, did it even thud when it hit the ground? I didn't hear it.
It was sent to the lower planes. Which is a ways down. - Jacob
*whispers* (I don't think it hit the ground)...
Legend says the book still falls to this day...
This channel is so great, I hope y'all have fun making more of these.
Yes! It's finally here! This is so amazing! Already looking forward to the next episode!
Merry magical warlock Christmas
I feel like their videos are getting better and better production quality
Also you gonna update the other videos for xanthars? Or no?
really love how you edit and frame these videos
Best Christmas present ever lol. I waited long for this and it was WORTH IT.
Next episode should he on bard, they're really fun!
I hope you do Paladin next. It seems like Paladin is one of the trickiest classes to play because of the potential for friction with rest of the party. Folks need to learn how to avoid being "Lawful Stupid" so they can have more fun.
I feel like it isn't actually that hard to avoid the lawful stupid thing. People just enjoy trolling. Lawful Good is not hard, just be heroic you don't need to be overbearing about it. Adhering to the Oath is not that hard, people are just turds about it.
I guess you're right that it's not hard to avoid lawful stupid. Still, one can have friction if your party leans strongly towards murder-hoboism. I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on those kinds of situations.
Depends, there are the type of murder-hobo. If you mean find enemy smash them get paid then just focus on finding evil enemies to smash. If you are getting into the more morally gray area then maybe go with Oath of Conquest. Lord knows those guys aren't exactly nice. Or, more humorously, an Oath of Redemption Paladin trying to make the rest of the group better people. Ultimately it comes down to communicating with other players/ the DM. Make your Paladin fit the party. Don't try to force the party around the Paladin. Sometimes characters just don't mesh.
Of course all of this is Reliant on you actually caring about everyone's fun and not being an incurable troll. Now if you didn't realize that your party was going to be a bunch of murder hobos and you went Oath of the Divine maybe try the oblivious angle? Really it depends on the situation. Communication helps and if someone is actively ruining the fun of everyone else or if someone is getting alienated by the group discussing OOG and trying to come to some sort of compromise is always preferable to a group schism.
It just occurred to me you may not have necessarily meant MY thoughts but well you have them anyway. Hope this helps somehow.
People still tend toward lawful alignments with Paladins. Just due to the nature of being bound by an oath it typically makes sense. Granted the only Paladin I ever played got killed level one(the saltiest I have ever gotten with other players is D&D, let's just say it was beyond preventable).
I'm liking this spike in activity and quality recently. Really great job!
A+ video my friend, great mix between information and comedy. Thanks for this, I get it now.
"I'll have what he's having!"
That drunk dwarf in the corner of the tavern that did not quite catch what he was referring to: "Aye, I'll have the same hu*k!
Sad that the warlock gets the worst treatment. It’s fun gameplay and roleplay wise.
Marcus Hill
Well... These guys have it the worst treatment either for the sake of comedy or because theyre dumb. Listening to their stories from the table, im inclined to believe the latter.
A Christmas miracle! A how to play video has been uploaded!
Yes thank god i want more of these in my life. Merry christmas
I love it, can you do one for clerics?
You forgot about Undead patron
Tyler Troutman I don't think that's an official patron in 5e DnD, correct me if im wrong if you know the official rules for it somewhere cause that sounds awesome.
NightWolf it is an official patron.anyone who has the 5e Character Sheet app by Walter Krammerer has access to all the Adventurer's League applicable stuff. The Undead patron is included on that list. In addition, I believe it was realeased in Sword Coast
Tyler Troutman, thanks I haven't done much delving into the books or rules besides the core 5e books.
It's called the Undying (SCAG), but I'm glad someone remembered it at all!
Undying is from the Sword Coast Adventures (or what's it's name), but yeah - easily one of the coolest patrons, at least RP-wise. By level 10 you cease to eat, drink and sleep, you age 10x slower, and the funniest feature of all - if you lose a limb, you can reattach it by simple healing (no need for the "Regeneration" spell), although the last one is heavily dependent on how much "into" limb loss and mutilation your DM is.
Yes, indeed, really want to see MORE videos done in the style of this one.
Please do more of these they are my favourite videos on your channel I really want to see a fighter or wizard next
My first character was a warlock, and i had him have a trickster theme. He was not necessarily evil (Actually he had a Fey patron) but he liked playing pranks, and the backstory was that even the fey was a trickster, so he coupled up with him to "make trickstery an artwork". Though... my DM apparently didn't really read into it.
Because he suddenly became an epic being of sorts
And i had no one to prank others with.
Though i think he did that to not derail the story i was pretty dissapointed...
Dark One's own luck is a short or long rest, and pretty alright at the very least. I think the warlock's a good class.
Enjoying the channel!
I love this channel so much
Warlock is my "main" in DnD 5e. I love it. I have a hobgoblin hexblade that absolutely ruins and is an utter bastard to kill.
But that's just because she's been built up over months to gain peak performance.
My second and third most used classes are Druid and Barbarian.
Which are some pretty damn incredible classes just by default, without having to invest much thought and effort.
PS Sorcerer's bad.
I am on my 3rd character in one campaign, MY DM hated my high AC paladin who didnt even make lvl 3, so he killed me
made a Boss ass warlock, cast darkness, DM dispel, Cast Witch Bolt, DM group rapes me until i lose concentration, Treats devil sight as inferior Darkvision. never grants me ranged advantage it would. Had To plead for short rests, She didnt make level five
now playing Ranger, DM makes it known he hates the class, punishes me for not playing fighter, probably wont make level 6
@@adambloom8019 that's wack
@@laurelpalmer7390 it got worse, the DM had me tossed off a tower, hoping i would fall to my death, and it would of killed me, but gloom stalker gets rope trick, which saved my life
I actually played a Warlock with a Celestial Patron. I took sacred flame and from the first time I used it, everybody genuinely thought I was playing a cleric. For the rest of the campaign until the last session I let them think that...then my character shouted that he renounces his patron and the powers she gave him and the game ended. Needless to say, the party was shocked.
Your comedic timing is excellent :)
Thank you for this. My teifling is a warlock and I don't have the Player's guidebook yet so this was really helpful, thank y'all :)
Oh hell yeah! Christmas came early! Oh fuck wait..
Wizard: so why did you make a pact with Cthulu?
Warlock: I wanted to read literally everything
Wizard: ...and people call ME a nerd
This is good... *drops video to the floor* ANOTHER!
Please make one of these for every class
Forgetting for a moment that a halfling/kobold warlock who takes the Chain pact and specializes their invocations into Eldritch Blast can fly, turn invisible, and snipe at max longbow range (with a CANTRIP), or Tiefling/Drow Bladelocks who can see in magical darkness so they pull some serious Riddick shit, yeah warlocks suxk
got xanather's for christmas
U gotta make more of these for the different classes. They're ma fave videos
I love these video's and what a great Christmas gift
you forgot the undead patron from the SCAG
Choose an Elf character, and once you get to a certain level, your natural lifespan starts being counted in _millennia_ . Undying Patron is rad.
Bluecho4 - I only wonder how does that go with Warforged, since they're technically immortal, unable to die of old age at all. They'd rust 10x slower? :D
Fiend isn't *that* bad.
You can get decent spells from it *and* a resistance of your choice between rests. That makes two if you pick Teifling or Dragonborn. Heck, temp three if you dip 6 into Draconic Sorcerer and you can keep your 10d10 psychic damage if you want.
There is also a fiend patron eldritch invocation that allows you to cast fireball as a bonus action against any target you hit with an eldritch blast.
I'm about to start playing an Aasimar Fiendpact, and I'm pretty excited about it. Aasimar are resistant to Necrotic and Radiant.
Triton, goliaths, stout halflings and dwarves resis damage too.
Thank you, another amazing video.
I was just watching How to Play Rogue and wondering when the next one would come out.
Then I looked at the recommended videos and saw this.
It's a (day after) Christmas miracle.
heh, found that the warlock is the most enjoyable caster class to RP, especially the great old one patron, take an edler evil parton (from 3.5) and go RP that sh*t, it's creats magical moments
Mine leads a cult disguised as a health insurance company.
WHY WOULD YOU THROW THE PHB--
THE SACRED TEXTS!
More funny how to videos pls, I love this!
Awesome Video like always! Keep it up :D
I still don't see the WAR part in Warlock.
Rex Orbis
All your spells count as the highest level you can cast them at.
So your fireballs are bigger than anybody else's, your lightning bolts are stronger than anyone else's, by default.
You also have the best cantrip, which is effectively a ranged 2handed longsword that hits 4 times. Fighters have to wait till level 20 to get 4 attacks, you get it at level 17 and can do it from 300 feet away, and add your charisma to the damage, and push them 15 feet away...
And you can have a sword and actually be good at stabbing people, which is something the wizard and bard cant say, and the sorcerer can only say it after a dip into paladin.
No I get that part.
locked in war
People before watching this: AS YEAH, NOW I CAN PLAY WARLOCK CORRECTLY, AND NOT BE A GIANT NOOB.🤓😎😎
People after watching this: WOW, the Warlock is TERRIBLE.😟😟
Nah, the warlock is extremely powerful, they generally have the same number of high level spell slots as other classes at their current level except they refresh every short rest(and most 6th plus level spells are only once or twice per long rest anyways so mystic arcanum isn't that bad). They also get the most powerful cantrip in the game - eldrich blast, and can buff it to 1d10+5 +1d6 per hit for an average of 13 damage per hit or 49 damage if you count all 4.
Borderguy342 decent health, armor and weapon proficiency, as well as permanent buffs from invocations and boons
thats what i thought exactly fuck
You should make this your main thing in this channel.
I just started playing dnd and because of your rouge video u helped me more invested in my character.
Heres to hoping you guys do more so that i can pick which class should i play next
My heart almost broke, and I almost screeched when you threw the PHB lmfaooooooo
Wow, this class sounds like HOT GARBAGE. I think I'm gonna THROW IT IN THE TRAAAAASH.
J.J. Shank
Warlock da best kiddo
Well yeah it _SOUNDS_ like garbage, if you take this video seriously. All jokes aside, there's a lot more going on with the Warlock beyond the details given here. The video creator just focused on what he did for the sake of brevity and comedic effect.
For example, sure Warlocks have limited spell slots compared to everyone else. But they also _replenish_ those slots much faster (requiring only an hour of rest, instead of 8 hours of rest). And since the spell slots all scale to higher levels as the Warlock levels up, they can end up dealing more damage over the course of a day than other spellcasters. Pact magic was actually so potent in certain circumstances, they had to be selective about what spells they allowed Warlocks to learn, to prevent them from majorly breaking the game. Warlocks can't cast Animate Dead because, at 2 or 3 _per hour_ , a Warlock could easily amass a small army of zombies and skeletons with a few days work.
Some Invocations don't seem impressive, unless you remember that one third of DnD is Exploration and another third is Social Interaction (only the last third is Combat). And so the ability to get information out of animals or read any language can be potent outside the battlefield. Other Invocations are practically cheating, like the one that gives you at-will Disguise Self, allowing you to assume any appearance for as long as you wish. Or the one that lets you summon an elemental to fight for you.
Then there's how the different moving parts of the Warlock - the Patron, the Pact Gift, the Spells, the Invocations - all interact and play with one another. Giving the Warlock a great deal of flexibility and synergy. The pact of the tome, for instance, doesn't _just_ give you three Cantrips. It gives you three Cantrips _from any Class_ . It also has a Tome Pact specific Invocation that lets you learn Ritual spells (basically spells that can be cast for free, though with a longer cast time), _also_ from any Class (not even the Wizard's Ritual spell rules are that expansive). The Blade Pact, meanwhile, has a whole mess of Invocations that enhance the Warlock's ability to fight on the front lines.
No it’s pretty much just a blazing dumpster fire.
Warlocks also get the best combat cantrip in the game, and the ability to improve it even further with invocations. So, y'know, there's that.
Smh. Warlocks are one of the most powerful classes. You have less spell slots and options but you get them back on short rests. That’s 1 hour of chilling compared to 8 hours of sleeping. Also Mystic Arcanum lets you choose literally any spell of the level you’ve unlocked from any spell list. Also some of the invocations are extremely powerful. Don’t underestimate the warlock just because you don’t understand them.
Actually arcanum is warlock spell list only(Which still means some rather scary spells). But the pact of chain, blade,tome can all be useful and the Patron abilities are all awesome.
Yeah and the Great Old One’s Create Thrall ability can be game breaking from a role playing standpoint, you can make the most powerful character in the setting your puppet and order them to give you a noble title or the entire kingdom’s treasury.
The Warlock is the most dangerous spell caster, largely because until you've played one or until you've played with a quality one, their whole kit looks weak as hell.
"They only get *FOUR* spells? What kind of caster only gets 4 spells!"
The kind of caster that doesn't need to waste slots on Detect Magic, Comprehend Language, Disguise Self, Polymorph, Fireball (depending on your pact), Dominate Person/Monster (Depending on your pact), Darkness, Darkvision, True Seeing, etc.
"Theyre spell casting only goes up to 5th level? That's absurd!"
Mmhm, it *IS* absurd that every spell they cast is at 5th level. Automatically. That amounts to 5 people in a Hold Person spell, or 5 people with an Invisibility spell. And they get these back on a short rest! Thats just completely absurd...
"Wow. These boons kinda suck. A weak sword, a few cantrips, or a free pet?"
The sword gives you Paladin smites later on, without a single level in Paladin. (Remember, every spell you surrender is a 5th level spell once you have 5th level spells, so ya know... 5th level smite damage.) You also CREATE the weapon spontaneously, so you'll never need to be visibly armed. A great trick to have at parties.
The book leads to ritual casting and a few other goodies, depending on the patron. You probably won't NEED the cantrips, since Eldritch Blast is the BEST cantrip but you can take them from any class spell list. Vicious mockery is good fun. Nothing like insulting your opponents to death.
The familiar seems weak until you realize that amounts to permanent advantage, amongst other boons. The help action can be very OP.
Heimskr, Prophet of Talos
You don’t even need to take a level in Paladin if you take the UA invocations. Also yeah I screwed up the mystic arcanums are warlock spell list only. Still quite a selection.
Jimothy the Green the invocations are in xanathar
please make more of these!!!
after playing multiple classes and subclasses, I always come back to playing warlock because to me it is fun and my personal favorite class, in the two main campaigns my group is running, I have one that is a hexblade pact of the blade and I am doing the damage in the group, and in the other I am a celestial with pact of the tome, so I am essentially the medic, this is why I like warlock, very versatile and just overall fun to play and can fill almost any hole the party might have, it is honestly my favorite class in D&D.
Yes! Best Christmas present ever!
Man I'm jealous of you guys. So young yet great and creative vids. Really like the pact blade summon humor.
But ya when you go on Reddit and other DND forums to discuss which classes have the potential to overwhelm your enemies it was a lot or warlock and druid early on. Warlocks can be very OP.
the is the best explanation of a Warlock i came across
God bless this channel and content.
I love these 'how to play [class]' videos.
The hexblade, the sword that yells "FUCK" every time you swing it
Great video as usual, you guys are great. Anyways, I do have a bit of a request although I doubt it will happen or even get seen: If you're next HOW TO PLAY was Mystic, that would be awesome. I'm sure you guys could make tons of jokes with how confusing the class is, but it's one of my favorite classes flavor-wise! One final note: I bet you guys could also do something hilarious with the level 20 Psionic Body ability.
Not even Lucifer can mach this high quality production.
Y'all are awesome!
This is my Christmas Gift.
I love your how to play videos. next up can you do the monk class? Pleeeeeaaaasssseeeeeee!!!!!!!!!
I just started watching these t-minus when I woke up about ten minutes ago. And I gotta say these are really helpful. Anyone just starting to play d&d and trying to force your friends into playing. (Me) These videos will help you get through that awkward beginning of “what the hell are we doing guys, there’s just too many rules to keep up with.” Stage.
If you don't know what class your doing next I suggest monk because I'm too lazy to read lol and good job on the vid!
Flashback to when i played teifling Warlock with 20 chrisma at level 1
XD this was great
I can’t wait for the next one, for some reason I’m picturing bard
Great vids. You should do sorcerer next.
I NEED MORE!!!
Hex blade is basically dnd putting a sticker on the book that says featuring Dante from the devil may cry series
If you allow Unearthed Arcana, Warlock + Fighter is sick! I have a Raven Queen Warlock with Tunnel Fighter and a whip (with Spell Sniper, War Caster, and the Homebrew Whip Master). Add Booming Blade / Green Flame Blade and a Spiritual Weapon (and, of course, Action Surge), you can dish out some serious damage, with reach, even when it isn't your turn - all by Level 8! Then you can either focus on Fighter Maneuvers or Warlock Invocations, depending on if you want to focus more on melee combat or cool (at will!) spells.
You should do a campaign it seems like you would be a lot of fun to watch
Awesome video I’d like to see one for ranger
Oh shit a new “how to play” video it’s a Christmas miracle
I'm loving the new video :D How about "How to play Druid" next? As a current Druid player, I'd like to see how that turns out ^^
Honestly you really underrated the warlock in this video. Best class imo