At this point, i dont even check their videos. Whenever they come out, i just think "when will Chris react to this". Love your breakdowns. What is like trying your best to keep your lips sealed when you want them to talk about something but they don't?
Exactly. The scripted, prerecorded banter between todd and jeremy is way too corporate for me, and since it's prerecorded and approved by the board first feeling, it's like a scripted sitcom. I'd describe it as a laugh-can comedy sitcom
Since you mentioned the comments making your day, as a note that’s not specific to this video, I hope you know how gratifying and encouraging your videos - and especially your sign-off - can be. “D&D is for everyone” means a great deal. All the best.
One thing to point out, if it's similar to playtest, is that they only really get one extra invocation. The Pact Boons now being an invocation essentially means they were like an invocation before and the invocation number in the playtest only amounted to 2 more before pact boon. This is obviously better, but it wasn't a lot more invocations like Jeremy always seems to say in the videos.
@@Siennarchist Agreed. I think it's a better design. Just think Crawford over sells how many new ones they get every time I watch him in a video talking about Warlock.
Warlock feels even more like 2 half casters fused together, not that that is a bad thing, in fact it's very thematic you get the power of the warlock and the power of the patron.
If the Invocations are now available at level 1 sounds like it further incentivised taking tiny dips in warlock, which is something many folks have been complaining about forever... Even more so if the Feat to get that one invocation you really want hasn't been changed in wording, as any prerequisite means you must be a warlock...
@@jimmyredd It is never about a single specific option, its how front loaded the class/subclass or how terrible the scaling to higher class levels is (sometimes both), as that leads to lots of small dips. And this sounds like it is going to put more good reasons to grab a tiny number of warlock levels. Obviously as I don't have anything but the hints here and there and playtest info to judge by I don't know how big a draw this will be - But Chris liked the original comment...
I was thinking the same. There are several builds that depend on the Pact Boon, and moving that to 1st Level may mean that some of them don't need as many levels in Warlock. My instinct is that the extra cantrips that come with Pact of the Tome will be very tempting. If the playtest changes hold a Whispers Bard stacking Psychic Blades with Shillelagh and Truestrike will be quite powerful. Adding a couple of levels of Paladin to that might be a little much...
And let us not forget that subclass no longer joins that dip. Without that front load, dip might be less juicy even if you can add some bonus cantrips or a shovel.
basic warlock build: elf celestial patron, cast aid at the highest level possible on party members (maybe even twice to get everyone) 1h before everyone else wakes up, take a short rest and everyone is ready to go with a lot more hitpoints for most of the day
@lukesandadordoceu4835 I imagine it's more so people were getting confused between temporary hit points and a temporary increase to your hitpoints, so they've decided to at least try to streamline it in the playtests by having it just be Temporary Hitpoints and change features that gave extra maximum HP into temp hp.
Chris, your engaging content breakdowns make my day! Please keep covering the information as it comes up. My friend group has already jumped on the 2024 D&D revision bandwagon :D
Seeing that there is one JC interview video scheduled for each day this week and knowing that I get to enjoy your expert analysis for each one makes me feel like a kid in a candy shop! Thanks so much for getting out these reactions and analyses in such a timely manner! I've been loving ever minute of it!
Treanty all blushy and stuff with the entire love of his channel community is heart warming. I know you since 3E reading Treantmonk´s blog to learn how to play a batman wizard, and now here we are, i´m feeling proud for being part of this community and happy with your success. You deserve much more for what you´ve done for dnd community as a whole.
Oh boy, another day, another DnD class reveal - so that means another video by Treantmonk! I'm super stoked to have a great video to watch every day - at least while WotC releases all their classes.
I’m definitely quite excited to try my hand at making my Warlock Tank build that I’ve been playing in 5e and BG3, and I’m very excited to see if it’s still possible and if the effectiveness has improved or worsened. (For anyone wondering, Fiendish Vigor, Armour of Agathys, Protection from Evil and Good, Blur, etc. are all useful tools for making your Warlock more survivable, and you can use Booming Blade, Spirit Shroud, and potentially some other Eldritch Blast + pulling shenanigans to substitute taunt effects. Not overly amazing in power, but certainly the constant Temps from Fiendish Vigor every turn can keep you alive if you need it.)
damn, I'm already looking forward to the hundreds of videos that will come from the alterations made to all classes and to seeing how you show us the power in so many new and improved features
Thanks for doing so many videos on all the classes and subclasses. I always appreciate your considered and analytical approach to evaluating different character options. I think it was very smart of Wizards to give you an advanced copy so that you could have time to reflect on the new PHB. 😊
I don't think Repelling Blast would set off the secondary Booming Blade effect just as pushing someone doesn't activate it, either. I believe the target must use its move action to activate the secondary damage.
@G-Blockster its still pretty good in that you get a hit, and if they want to hit back they have to move and proc the BB damage. It's kiting without having to disengage.
@@G-Blockster It does not work either if you use "Command" or "Geas" (anything that directly affect their choices). -> The best way is to make them dumb (from simple mundane alcohol, to arcane Feeblemind ), so their "A.I." fails to realize the "error of their ways" (any "way", they should NOT move!).
Been following your work since 3.5 Chris. You are my most trusted source for d&d information, whether it's mechanics or your attitude towards the game. Thanks so much for all you've done!
thank you for deciding to do these videos even though you said you were gonna take a break, i know it is a ton of work but you're someone who's opinion i really care about and someone i've followed through this whole process and i'm glad i can trust you to not sugarcoat anything or blow it out of the water, glad you're able to keep up with the announcements
@@tiradegrandmarshal What was the problem? The medium armor and weapon proficiency does not really overpower anything the other Martials had. It was the CHA to attack and damage that pushed it past the others. It basically made a 3 level dip for Pallys almost must.
@@neurolancer81If I remember correctly, bladelocks got resource free bonus damage on hit in addition to using their casting mod. It ended up outscaling any martial with only 2 attacks and gave a 3 attack fighter a run for their money. Edit: spelling
@@neurolancer81hexblade was the issue in 2014 as it allowed you to take a 1lvl dip to make you SAD. But in one DND (2024) the issue has been when they were shown in playtest 7 was that bladelock was so stacked it was much stronger than martials, even without a subclass.
I just want to thank you for the insightful videos you are creating in this series. I really value your opinion and look forward to hearing it each time you post. You really deserve a large following. Other UA-camr’s clearly watch and value your stuff. Thanks for all you do.
It is a nice way to CHOOSE to "trigger" some reactions from your allies (by taking some discrete amount of damage), but not others (you select who, so they can then choose what or how).
I have been having a blast the last few days, not watching WOTC's videos but just waiting for yours to pop up, I have been an avid reader / memoriser of your guides since 3.5e (TreantMonkLVL20) and am so so happy you're still blasting out content on a regular basis. Reading the comments might make your day, but you've made my two-decade lasting DnD journey!
I really enjoyed the one-page direct comparison you did at the end of your Druid video… I’d love to see something similar done for all the 2024 classes @TreantmonksTemple
I watch a bunch of D&D UA-cam Channels that are really great. It’s mind blowing how much good content there is, to be honest. Chris, yours are always good and are of the highest quality. You deserve all the praise you’re receiving bc you are miles above the baseline. :)
Great video Chris! You really hit it out of the park!!! I hope WoTC appreciates your sage advice and fair interpretations. The ray of frost, repelling blast combo is going to be fun… spirit guardians?! You are going to have to do another one shot with D4, Dungeon Dudes et al.!!!!!
I wonder how cool it could be to play a teleporting blade wielding Fae warlock, portaling around the battlefield striking and them popping over to another target, if paired with some agonised and repelled eldritch blasts this could become a beast of a battlefield controller. Now my mind is racing with possibilities. Thanks Chris for your video I always enjoy your insights.
The Sphinx of Wonder, a magical blue cat familiar with 15 Int...reminds me of Spot shaking his head in disappointment at Hong Kong Phooey's latest blunder, only to save the day-again-and have the intellectually challenged HKP take all the credit-again. And "Spot" was a cat...with stripes! Gets me every time!
Thanks for covering the details Chris! They're right, its gonna be harder to choose a subclass, they all look great, going straight warlock looks more rewarding than before. I really want to try the Celestial patron, with all the spells and invocations changes. I am hoping for more 6th level Arcanum spells tho. The sphynx 💙💜
I do like how they are making the warlock more of a distinct conceptual thing with the focus on familiars and stuff. Iv often found when player 5e, the warlock just comes off as a “weird restrictive wizard” instead of its own path focused on making pacts with outer entities more than academic research.
One thing to note is that if you take multiple invocations that modify your cantrips, you don’t have to have them all modify the same one. I think I’ll still put Agonizing Blast on Eldritch Blast, but the other invocations might be more interesting to combine with other cantrips. There was one in Xanathar’s that slows enemies’ movement, but can only be used once per turn and I think that would be interesting on Ray of Frost, even if you kept Eldritch Blast as your main source of outright damage. Another thing to think about is that in the playtest, you could take Magic Initiate multiple times as long as you took a different spell list each time. That was back when it used the arcane, divine, and primal lists, so maybe that’s changed, but if you can take Magic Initiate multiple times, you can get more low-level spell casting fairly easily just by spending a few invocations on it with Lessons of the First Ones.
I can't remember the spell slot scaling that was in the UA, but based off 2014 a Warlock would have 5th level spell slots available at level 9. This means as a Celestial Warlock you could cast Guiding Bolt at 5th level and deal 9d6, wow. Aid is awesome as well to boost HP by 15.
I've been playing a playtest 7 great old one warlock and it has been an absolute blast. I'm really glad WotC let Chis have early access to the PHB, the only way I'll consider it is if Chris is excited about it!
Misty step talk, suddenly goes into a Treantmonk speech about not assuming the rules are the same. Hmm...interesting timing for that speech. So...I'll speculate that maybe the rule about not being able to cast a levelled spell with an action and a bonus action on the same turn might have changed?
I vaguely remember in the sorcerer part of the playtest they reworded Quickened spell to include the bit about not being able to also cast a levelled spell with your action. Seems redundant to put that wording in there if they were going to leave the bonus action casting rules the same, so I agree with you there.
Well worth the wait. So nice to get a second opinion on the stuff and not just all the hype. Can't really understand how you manage to make and upload these videos in about an hour after the official 👍
I’ve been using the playtest 7 warlock in our Strahd campaign and this sounds almost identical to that. It’s been great. Having all of your patron spells known is just so incredibly huge.
I love your 5.24 content. I hope you keep making them. Did you notice that they finally confirmed that future books will come out with more subclasses? I anticipate a revision to Artificer isn't impossible!
@@TreantmonksTemple In general, do you see a lot of forward-thinking decisions like this? For example, the fighter getting three specific weapon masteries on every attack allows WOTC (or third-party creators) to introduce new weapon masteries down the line that don't require them to worry about unbalancing that Fighter feature.
I have watched this reaction vid SEVERAL times now! LOL! As a Tiefling Warlock, RIDE OR DIE, I am SOOOO excited about the new book! Pls take my money and let me PLAAAAY!
I love these vids! I miss halfcaster warlock who could use any ability modifer, that might be my favourite iteration of the warlock, but I love warlock and always have, and my next PC post phb will be a straight Goolock. Behold my eldritch mind infections!
Im still hoping that we might get an invocation for tome-locks like the UA5 mystic arcanum, that lets us get some long rest spell slots. It feels like a good counterpart to the blade pact "i get good at weapons" option, because for me, i would love the tome pact to be this "i get extra good at spellcasting" option
That new GOO feature with silent casting is so cool - very useful in social encounters of course with the charm spells but enchantment also includes the power word spells and it's just such a terrifying thing to imagine a silent Power Word Kill - the target just hears the word in their mind and instantly dies. Maybe the people nearby get a little psychic echo but nothing else. Absolute eldritch horror
Just would like to mention that with the wording on the new Agonizing Blast, you can use it with Booming Blade, triggering twice (once on impact, once when they move), thus making a good argument that until level 5 Booming Blade is the best option for Agonizing Blast, and until level 11 it's on par with Eldritch Blast.
I actually enjoyed the celestial warlock and I ended up being the party's healer. Did not have any expectations going in, I just wanted something different.
I have played so many characters with a warlock dip, whether for flavor or mechanics, but I’ve never been able to play a 100% warlock because the mechanics have always fell short. I have always needed something like storm cleric or stone sorcerer to get the robustness and versatility of my intended design. These changes make it sound like I will finally be able to play a pure warlock. Kudos to WOTC on this one.
I gotta know soon if the Pact of the Chain Find Familiar is like the Playtest 7, where it's an action to case instead of 70 minutes. But I'm pretty happy so far with the changes that could apply to my current celestial warlock / draconic sorcerer multiclass.
If they kept the 3rd attack, I had suggested in the UA to push it back to 13-15 instead. The 3rd attack is a fighter exlusive option and if you’re going to entertain that idea, then do it at a later level. Don’t do it at the same, other wise it takes away from the fighters theme and mechanics that make them, them and warlocks have wayyyy more flexibility than fighters. If the cut the 3rd attack, I’d be okay with that too, but given how JC talked on “extra attacks” and Chris saying he didn’t like the PT version, but likes where they put it now, makes me think it was dialed back to a later level.
If they kept 3 attacks, I hope they dial it all the way back to level 17. The same level they get 4 Eldritch Blasts. Especially since they gwt Lifedrinker for extra damage on each hit. Then it competes with EB but also not stepping on the fighters toes as much.
I was always hoping for a Pact of the Hex since Pact of the Blade absorbed the blade part of Hexblade. Here's hoping they at least added more hex options in the invocations list.
Celestial warlock getting aid is crazy. And searing radiance now working on friendlies. HUGE buffs. Love to see it. I want to know if their 6th level feature got buffed too. It was always super weak.
@brannenpfister2579 it's in the cleric and species playtest page 12. Gives temporary hit points instead and has the same values. If it was healable Hp it would be exciting but as Temp Hp I don't know if it's that exciting.
@brannenpfister2579 yeah I figured people thought it was the old version. It could still be good but with temp HP that amount is too low. Works on up to 6 characters so that's something but the HP value is just too low to be excited about as temp HP. Not even sure it will help you take 1 more hit.
I only have one big question, which will determine whether I like it: is Eldritch Adept a 1st level feat? If I can get Pact of the Blade on my rogue or Pact of the Blade or Tome on my fighter from level 1, that will literally fix one of my biggest annoyances with 5e, that being the unavailability of pact boons to other classes. Gone will be the days of my compulsory 3 level dips in warlock.
- Do you like the Great Old One? - It's ok - The early version was a little bit too underwhelming for my tastes, but when the PHB came out in '24, I think it really came into its own, thematically and mechanically. The whole subclass has a flavorful, impactful set of features that really gives it a big boost!
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A slaad tadpole? What a missed opportunity to call it a slaadpole
Yeah, slaadly they missed the opportunity
And the world is slaader for it...
Just a lad.
This conversation has really backslaad
I've been saying this for years
At this point, i dont even check their videos. Whenever they come out, i just think "when will Chris react to this". Love your breakdowns. What is like trying your best to keep your lips sealed when you want them to talk about something but they don't?
I bite my lip only in my imagination now, or it would bleed.
Yeah, same
I'd advice against that, forming ones own opinion is crucial before hearing someone else's. How else do you keep yer brain sharp?
Exactly. The scripted, prerecorded banter between todd and jeremy is way too corporate for me, and since it's prerecorded and approved by the board first feeling, it's like a scripted sitcom. I'd describe it as a laugh-can comedy sitcom
@@masterd4964 Why I don't bother, and like the other commenters, wait.
Since you mentioned the comments making your day, as a note that’s not specific to this video, I hope you know how gratifying and encouraging your videos - and especially your sign-off - can be. “D&D is for everyone” means a great deal. All the best.
Thank you!
It really is a great sign off!
One thing to point out, if it's similar to playtest, is that they only really get one extra invocation. The Pact Boons now being an invocation essentially means they were like an invocation before and the invocation number in the playtest only amounted to 2 more before pact boon.
This is obviously better, but it wasn't a lot more invocations like Jeremy always seems to say in the videos.
Yes, the pact boon eats up an invocation now.
@@TreantmonksTemple Oh hey! Thanks for being the best DnD UA-camr while I have your attention. 😁
That said this assume you take a pact boon. I have played warlocks who would happily give up their pact boon in exchange for another invocation.
@@Siennarchist Agreed. I think it's a better design. Just think Crawford over sells how many new ones they get every time I watch him in a video talking about Warlock.
It's probably exhausting for you, but I absolutely loved hearing you say, "I'll talk to you tomorrow." Day after day of Treantmonk is awesome.
Your breakdown of these videos have been an absolute highlight of my days
Thanks so much!
Warlock feels even more like 2 half casters fused together, not that that is a bad thing, in fact it's very thematic you get the power of the warlock and the power of the patron.
If the Invocations are now available at level 1 sounds like it further incentivised taking tiny dips in warlock, which is something many folks have been complaining about forever... Even more so if the Feat to get that one invocation you really want hasn't been changed in wording, as any prerequisite means you must be a warlock...
It seems likely Agonizing Blast is not going to be available at level one. Otherwise no one would take a Pact.
@@jimmyredd It is never about a single specific option, its how front loaded the class/subclass or how terrible the scaling to higher class levels is (sometimes both), as that leads to lots of small dips. And this sounds like it is going to put more good reasons to grab a tiny number of warlock levels.
Obviously as I don't have anything but the hints here and there and playtest info to judge by I don't know how big a draw this will be - But Chris liked the original comment...
@@foldionepapyrus3441 Eliminating Hexblade already goes a long way to cutting down on dips.
I was thinking the same. There are several builds that depend on the Pact Boon, and moving that to 1st Level may mean that some of them don't need as many levels in Warlock. My instinct is that the extra cantrips that come with Pact of the Tome will be very tempting. If the playtest changes hold a Whispers Bard stacking Psychic Blades with Shillelagh and Truestrike will be quite powerful. Adding a couple of levels of Paladin to that might be a little much...
And let us not forget that subclass no longer joins that dip. Without that front load, dip might be less juicy even if you can add some bonus cantrips or a shovel.
basic warlock build: elf celestial patron, cast aid at the highest level possible on party members (maybe even twice to get everyone) 1h before everyone else wakes up, take a short rest and everyone is ready to go with a lot more hitpoints for most of the day
That's a whole lot of HP!
I think the new aid spell is temporary hit points instead of increasing the normal hp
@kongoaurius yes, at least that's how it was in the playtest
@@kongoaurius oh, I didn't remember that, but I remember hating this change. Maybe this combo is a reason for them having changed it
@lukesandadordoceu4835 I imagine it's more so people were getting confused between temporary hit points and a temporary increase to your hitpoints, so they've decided to at least try to streamline it in the playtests by having it just be Temporary Hitpoints and change features that gave extra maximum HP into temp hp.
The new Archfey warlock with the new option to have a chat with your patron is going to be a blast to play and to rp. I really look forward to that.
Was very smart for them to include these on the relevant classes. In warlocks it's even better because you auto success the saving throw.
Chris, your engaging content breakdowns make my day! Please keep covering the information as it comes up. My friend group has already jumped on the 2024 D&D revision bandwagon :D
Loving these reviews as someone who couldn’t keep up with ALL the playtest releases. Thanks for being so quick too!
Seeing that there is one JC interview video scheduled for each day this week and knowing that I get to enjoy your expert analysis for each one makes me feel like a kid in a candy shop! Thanks so much for getting out these reactions and analyses in such a timely manner! I've been loving ever minute of it!
Treanty all blushy and stuff with the entire love of his channel community is heart warming. I know you since 3E reading Treantmonk´s blog to learn how to play a batman wizard, and now here we are, i´m feeling proud for being part of this community and happy with your success. You deserve much more for what you´ve done for dnd community as a whole.
Oh boy, another day, another DnD class reveal - so that means another video by Treantmonk!
I'm super stoked to have a great video to watch every day - at least while WotC releases all their classes.
There’s also a ton of monsters in Monsters of the Multiverse that lost their resistance to nonmagical attacks
Chris! Your passion and excitement are infectious! I love how much you want to dive right in and share with us. Thanks!
I’m definitely quite excited to try my hand at making my Warlock Tank build that I’ve been playing in 5e and BG3, and I’m very excited to see if it’s still possible and if the effectiveness has improved or worsened.
(For anyone wondering, Fiendish Vigor, Armour of Agathys, Protection from Evil and Good, Blur, etc. are all useful tools for making your Warlock more survivable, and you can use Booming Blade, Spirit Shroud, and potentially some other Eldritch Blast + pulling shenanigans to substitute taunt effects. Not overly amazing in power, but certainly the constant Temps from Fiendish Vigor every turn can keep you alive if you need it.)
damn, I'm already looking forward to the hundreds of videos that will come from the alterations made to all classes and to seeing how you show us the power in so many new and improved features
Thanks for doing so many videos on all the classes and subclasses. I always appreciate your considered and analytical approach to evaluating different character options. I think it was very smart of Wizards to give you an advanced copy so that you could have time to reflect on the new PHB. 😊
And Chris is now making me watch the same video twice just so I can get his analysis of all changes.
Continue your amazing work!
Repelling blast Booming Blade as an option? Oh dear lord that’s going to be terrifying. Why didn’t I consider that during playtesting?
Because in the playtest, repelling blast only applied to Eldritch Blast. Being able to apply it to different cantrips is new!
I don't think Repelling Blast would set off the secondary Booming Blade effect just as pushing someone doesn't activate it, either. I believe the target must use its move action to activate the secondary damage.
@G-Blockster its still pretty good in that you get a hit, and if they want to hit back they have to move and proc the BB damage. It's kiting without having to disengage.
@G-Blockster if the target gets pushed away from you it now has to move on its own to attack you again
@@G-Blockster It does not work either if you use "Command" or "Geas" (anything that directly affect their choices).
-> The best way is to make them dumb (from simple mundane alcohol, to arcane Feeblemind ), so their "A.I." fails to realize the "error of their ways" (any "way", they should NOT move!).
Hearing that kind comments from your fans makes your day, makes my day. Thank you so much for being such a gracious and insightful creator, Chris.
Been following your work since 3.5 Chris. You are my most trusted source for d&d information, whether it's mechanics or your attitude towards the game. Thanks so much for all you've done!
thank you for deciding to do these videos even though you said you were gonna take a break, i know it is a ton of work but you're someone who's opinion i really care about and someone i've followed through this whole process and i'm glad i can trust you to not sugarcoat anything or blow it out of the water, glad you're able to keep up with the announcements
So glad you’re doing this series of videos, your input is basically the most trusted source for reasoned, intelligent takes on all things D&D.
I really wanted to know if Pact of The Blade is still threatening martial identity, but I’m hopeful with the non-answers that Chris has given
Did he not say that we will be using a casting stat for attack?
@@neurolancer81 That was not the problem, though.
@@tiradegrandmarshal What was the problem? The medium armor and weapon proficiency does not really overpower anything the other Martials had. It was the CHA to attack and damage that pushed it past the others. It basically made a 3 level dip for Pallys almost must.
@@neurolancer81If I remember correctly, bladelocks got resource free bonus damage on hit in addition to using their casting mod. It ended up outscaling any martial with only 2 attacks and gave a 3 attack fighter a run for their money.
Edit: spelling
@@neurolancer81hexblade was the issue in 2014 as it allowed you to take a 1lvl dip to make you SAD. But in one DND (2024) the issue has been when they were shown in playtest 7 was that bladelock was so stacked it was much stronger than martials, even without a subclass.
I just want to thank you for the insightful videos you are creating in this series. I really value your opinion and look forward to hearing it each time you post. You really deserve a large following. Other UA-camr’s clearly watch and value your stuff. Thanks for all you do.
Celestial warlock getting aid is crazy. And searing radiance now working on friendlies. HUGE buffs. Love to see it. Will definitely want to play one.
It is a nice way to CHOOSE to "trigger" some reactions from your allies (by taking some discrete amount of damage), but not others (you select who, so they can then choose what or how).
Leaving a comment to encourage you to keep on keepin on
Will do!
I listen to these at work in the morning, always fun to hear what you opinions are! Im glad these videos are doing well also
At high levels giving a boss disadvantage on con saves with a Rogue using poison and death strike and a monk using stunning strike can be quite strong
Ooh that's some nice synergy there
I have been having a blast the last few days, not watching WOTC's videos but just waiting for yours to pop up, I have been an avid reader / memoriser of your guides since 3.5e (TreantMonkLVL20) and am so so happy you're still blasting out content on a regular basis. Reading the comments might make your day, but you've made my two-decade lasting DnD journey!
The best aspect of the warlock changes was Chris' excitement. 😂
Excited for this one! Thanks for these reactions videos. I like having your commentary to go along with them!
44:33 Yessssss Chris. Play the Great Old One. Let your mind touch what is beyond what your eyes can comprehend 🦑🦑🦑🐙🐙🐙
We've been blessed with all of these reaction videos. Thanks for all of your hard work, Treantmonk!
There was a lot of ❤ love ❤ for treantmonk in the live chat on the official channel and I was only responsible for 1 of the them
i love your feedback on each of these reveals cant wait to see the future of these classes and what youll do great job
I really enjoyed the one-page direct comparison you did at the end of your Druid video… I’d love to see something similar done for all the 2024 classes @TreantmonksTemple
Awesome work Chris! I'm excited to hear more of the Sorcerer, Bard and Wizard!
I watch a bunch of D&D UA-cam Channels that are really great. It’s mind blowing how much good content there is, to be honest. Chris, yours are always good and are of the highest quality. You deserve all the praise you’re receiving bc you are miles above the baseline. :)
Warlock is my favorite class, this just a marvelous development
Great video Chris! You really hit it out of the park!!! I hope WoTC appreciates your sage advice and fair interpretations. The ray of frost, repelling blast combo is going to be fun… spirit guardians?! You are going to have to do another one shot with D4, Dungeon Dudes et al.!!!!!
We're living in the golden age of Treantmonk videos. How will we be able to go back 1-2 vids a week after these previews end?!
Thanks for the quick followups! Really like your breakdowns
I wonder how cool it could be to play a teleporting blade wielding Fae warlock, portaling around the battlefield striking and them popping over to another target, if paired with some agonised and repelled eldritch blasts this could become a beast of a battlefield controller. Now my mind is racing with possibilities. Thanks Chris for your video I always enjoy your insights.
We appreciate you too Chris. @Treantmonk
Omg! Soooooo excited for this video! Tytyty Chris! ♥️
You're reporting has been so top tier, that aside from a few others with soecial reveals, i habe not watched anything else onednd
I super appreciate all of your insights. These review videos you've been doing are super helpful.
The Sphinx of Wonder, a magical blue cat familiar with 15 Int...reminds me of Spot shaking his head in disappointment at Hong Kong Phooey's latest blunder, only to save the day-again-and have the intellectually challenged HKP take all the credit-again.
And "Spot" was a cat...with stripes! Gets me every time!
Thanks for covering the details Chris! They're right, its gonna be harder to choose a subclass, they all look great, going straight warlock looks more rewarding than before. I really want to try the Celestial patron, with all the spells and invocations changes. I am hoping for more 6th level Arcanum spells tho. The sphynx 💙💜
I do like how they are making the warlock more of a distinct conceptual thing with the focus on familiars and stuff.
Iv often found when player 5e, the warlock just comes off as a “weird restrictive wizard” instead of its own path focused on making pacts with outer entities more than academic research.
Chris, you are crushing it with these reaction videos!
One thing to note is that if you take multiple invocations that modify your cantrips, you don’t have to have them all modify the same one. I think I’ll still put Agonizing Blast on Eldritch Blast, but the other invocations might be more interesting to combine with other cantrips. There was one in Xanathar’s that slows enemies’ movement, but can only be used once per turn and I think that would be interesting on Ray of Frost, even if you kept Eldritch Blast as your main source of outright damage.
Another thing to think about is that in the playtest, you could take Magic Initiate multiple times as long as you took a different spell list each time. That was back when it used the arcane, divine, and primal lists, so maybe that’s changed, but if you can take Magic Initiate multiple times, you can get more low-level spell casting fairly easily just by spending a few invocations on it with Lessons of the First Ones.
I can't remember the spell slot scaling that was in the UA, but based off 2014 a Warlock would have 5th level spell slots available at level 9. This means as a Celestial Warlock you could cast Guiding Bolt at 5th level and deal 9d6, wow. Aid is awesome as well to boost HP by 15.
Excited to see this reveal. Even more excited for your thoughts!
I really appreciate your insights about all of these classes with these videos.
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Yes! The important Warlock video of the day, more than the WotC one.
I've been playing a playtest 7 great old one warlock and it has been an absolute blast. I'm really glad WotC let Chis have early access to the PHB, the only way I'll consider it is if Chris is excited about it!
these videos are great and deserve all the attention they've been getting
Misty step talk, suddenly goes into a Treantmonk speech about not assuming the rules are the same. Hmm...interesting timing for that speech.
So...I'll speculate that maybe the rule about not being able to cast a levelled spell with an action and a bonus action on the same turn might have changed?
I vaguely remember in the sorcerer part of the playtest they reworded Quickened spell to include the bit about not being able to also cast a levelled spell with your action. Seems redundant to put that wording in there if they were going to leave the bonus action casting rules the same, so I agree with you there.
Well worth the wait. So nice to get a second opinion on the stuff and not just all the hype. Can't really understand how you manage to make and upload these videos in about an hour after the official 👍
I’ve been using the playtest 7 warlock in our Strahd campaign and this sounds almost identical to that. It’s been great. Having all of your patron spells known is just so incredibly huge.
I'm just glad it's not simply a reprint of exactly what was in the playtest.
I love your 5.24 content. I hope you keep making them. Did you notice that they finally confirmed that future books will come out with more subclasses? I anticipate a revision to Artificer isn't impossible!
They definitely implied when talking about familiars that some are there to support future subclasses!
@@TreantmonksTemple In general, do you see a lot of forward-thinking decisions like this? For example, the fighter getting three specific weapon masteries on every attack allows WOTC (or third-party creators) to introduce new weapon masteries down the line that don't require them to worry about unbalancing that Fighter feature.
I have watched this reaction vid SEVERAL times now! LOL!
As a Tiefling Warlock, RIDE OR DIE, I am SOOOO excited about the new book!
Pls take my money and let me PLAAAAY!
An invocation that turns my head into a flaming skull so I could live my Ghost Rider fantasy would be the bee’s knees.
I love these vids!
I miss halfcaster warlock who could use any ability modifer, that might be my favourite iteration of the warlock, but I love warlock and always have, and my next PC post phb will be a straight Goolock.
Behold my eldritch mind infections!
Im still hoping that we might get an invocation for tome-locks like the UA5 mystic arcanum, that lets us get some long rest spell slots.
It feels like a good counterpart to the blade pact "i get good at weapons" option, because for me, i would love the tome pact to be this "i get extra good at spellcasting" option
I can finally make a cool psionic warlock with a mindflayer as a patron straight out of the PHB.
Awesome !
You are my favorite! So happy to see you cover this.
That new GOO feature with silent casting is so cool - very useful in social encounters of course with the charm spells but enchantment also includes the power word spells and it's just such a terrifying thing to imagine a silent Power Word Kill - the target just hears the word in their mind and instantly dies. Maybe the people nearby get a little psychic echo but nothing else. Absolute eldritch horror
[Not_a_Warlock] An interesting example:
[Character_Level 3]: |Fighter_Level 2| ; |Monk_Level 1| ; {Origin_Feat: "Eldritch_Adept"} = {|Invocation|: "Pact_of_The_Tome"}
|Setup|: The character is constantly carrying a small hammer on his offhand (like a tiny +1AC buckler shield) & its also re-casting "Produce Flame" (Cantrip) every 9 minutes for guaranteed illumination.
[ |Roll|: (Initiative)] ; [ |Roll|: (1d100-10)+20 = (flame_light-remaining_rounds) ]:
/ /
[Round 1]: [First_turn]:
. |Move|: (towards)10_feet_from_enemy ;
. {Action_Surge}: |Action|: (Attack1a): {|Object_Interaction|:(Equip)+(Throw)}: Handaxe(Vex)
+ (Attack1b): {(Throw)} Hammer(Nick) ;
. |Magic_Action|: "Hurl_Fire" ;
. |Move|: (towards)5_feet_from_enemy ;
. |Bonus_Action|: "Unarmed Attack(Melee)"
. |Move| (away)10_feet_from_enemy
+ {|Enemy_Action|: "Opportunity_Attack(Melee)"
+ |Reaction|: "Blade_Ward"(Cantrip)
/ /
[Round 2]:
. . .
Just would like to mention that with the wording on the new Agonizing Blast, you can use it with Booming Blade, triggering twice (once on impact, once when they move), thus making a good argument that until level 5 Booming Blade is the best option for Agonizing Blast, and until level 11 it's on par with Eldritch Blast.
Until they reprint the blade spells and make this not work 😂
Gotta say Warlock has been my favourite class since I first played as one when Neverwinter Nights 2 first came out. Glad this will continue
Warlocks truly are the fighter class for spellcasters.
Always great to hear your thoughts!
Love your reaction videos, seen them all and will keep watching for more! Great work😊
I am very worried that the warlock will make a better fighter or monk then their respective classes will be
Thank you so much for your breakdowns 😊 highly appreciate them!!
“Warlocks are really great!” [shows a picture of Count Von Count from Sesame Street]
31:42 Sounds like they fixed bonus action spell casting. Nice
I’m already anticipating a bunch of psionic multi-class builds in the near future.
I actually enjoyed the celestial warlock and I ended up being the party's healer. Did not have any expectations going in, I just wanted something different.
You make good videos man. Keep up the good work!
The Voice from Beyond shall speak again!
Mark Sherlock Hulmes did aa deep dive reveal of the great old one last week
Ooo, I've been wa ting to hear how they do rite by warlocks. I've been a big fan of warlocks.
I have played so many characters with a warlock dip, whether for flavor or mechanics, but I’ve never been able to play a 100% warlock because the mechanics have always fell short. I have always needed something like storm cleric or stone sorcerer to get the robustness and versatility of my intended design.
These changes make it sound like I will finally be able to play a pure warlock. Kudos to WOTC on this one.
I gotta know soon if the Pact of the Chain Find Familiar is like the Playtest 7, where it's an action to case instead of 70 minutes.
But I'm pretty happy so far with the changes that could apply to my current celestial warlock / draconic sorcerer multiclass.
Hey Chris, thank you!!
If they kept the 3rd attack, I had suggested in the UA to push it back to 13-15 instead. The 3rd attack is a fighter exlusive option and if you’re going to entertain that idea, then do it at a later level. Don’t do it at the same, other wise it takes away from the fighters theme and mechanics that make them, them and warlocks have wayyyy more flexibility than fighters. If the cut the 3rd attack, I’d be okay with that too, but given how JC talked on “extra attacks” and Chris saying he didn’t like the PT version, but likes where they put it now, makes me think it was dialed back to a later level.
If they kept 3 attacks, I hope they dial it all the way back to level 17. The same level they get 4 Eldritch Blasts. Especially since they gwt Lifedrinker for extra damage on each hit. Then it competes with EB but also not stepping on the fighters toes as much.
@@matthewmiller1847 true, I forgot life drinker was in the play test. 😅 lvl 17 does feel more fitting.
I was always hoping for a Pact of the Hex since Pact of the Blade absorbed the blade part of Hexblade. Here's hoping they at least added more hex options in the invocations list.
Celestial warlock getting aid is crazy. And searing radiance now working on friendlies. HUGE buffs. Love to see it. I want to know if their 6th level feature got buffed too. It was always super weak.
Aid may be changed so may not be as crazy as you think. The playtest aid was lame.
@@barcster2003 Oh really?? I’ll have to go back and check.
@brannenpfister2579 it's in the cleric and species playtest page 12. Gives temporary hit points instead and has the same values. If it was healable Hp it would be exciting but as Temp Hp I don't know if it's that exciting.
@@barcster2003 whoaaaaa, boooooooo. That’s way worse. Still okay but geez. No wonder they were okay with it in warlock haha. Bummer.
@brannenpfister2579 yeah I figured people thought it was the old version. It could still be good but with temp HP that amount is too low. Works on up to 6 characters so that's something but the HP value is just too low to be excited about as temp HP. Not even sure it will help you take 1 more hit.
I only have one big question, which will determine whether I like it: is Eldritch Adept a 1st level feat? If I can get Pact of the Blade on my rogue or Pact of the Blade or Tome on my fighter from level 1, that will literally fix one of my biggest annoyances with 5e, that being the unavailability of pact boons to other classes.
Gone will be the days of my compulsory 3 level dips in warlock.
This is the video I have most been looking forward to. Warlock is my favorite class.
I've never liked D&D association with fey and teleportation, thematically I liked the more beguiling fey warlock.
- Do you like the Great Old One?
- It's ok
- The early version was a little bit too underwhelming for my tastes, but when the PHB came out in '24, I think it really came into its own, thematically and mechanically. The whole subclass has a flavorful, impactful set of features that really gives it a big boost!