5 Tricks All Good Warlocks Know

here are five tricks all good warlocks know in d and d free spells who doesn't love free stuff we're warlocks we literally made a deal with satan for one free can trip we've also got fewer spell slots than a possum wearing a wizard's hat so yeah warlocks love spells they can cast for free warlocks get fewer spell slots because they get a ton of other awesome things instead invocations a thicker booty of hit dice and some armor proficiencies for example and of course your spell slots regenerate after a one hour nap so this is basically a balanced thing but who wants to be balanced we want to be powerful if you can find a way to cheat on this two spell slot limit you're gonna have all the benefits of being a warlock and still be rocking a bunch of castable spells that's where things get crazy to start you want to be looking around for any races or feats that get you free stuff edge and i see getting levitate fairies getting in large reduce unt getting suggestion these races are golden giving us options that don't use our precious spell slots then there's a ton of feats that do much the same thing magic initiates faye touched shadow touched and aberrant dragon mark all give us a juicy first or second level spell we can cast each day then some races can also give powerful spell adjacent abilities like the dragonborn's breath weapon or the elegant elves face step however the real superstars in this spell-cheating concept are the feat's ritual caster and the invocation book of shadows both of these do essentially the same thing they let you cast ritual spells if you can cast rituals you get a ton of spell utility at no spell slot cost alarm detect magic find familiar phantom steed raris telepathic bond you're going to be casting all day every day and the power of these spells is real combining all these tactics will have you casting more often than your party's wizard while still having all the other warlock benefits this includes not dying when a kobold sneezes at you which is something other spellcasters really struggle with the eldritch gun remember when i said you sold your soul to satan for a cantrip well that wasn't a joke eldritch blast is the center of 99 of warlock bills at level 10 you have two spout slots at level 10 a wizard has 15. the only way to survive that level of inequality is to get yourself a [ __ ] demon gun that demon gun is eldritch blast it's a cantrip so it doesn't cost a spell slots and you're gonna be casting it all the time that means getting the most out of each casting of eldritch blast is a huge part of what makes warlocks effective these weapon upgrades come in the form of invocations agonizing blast lets you add your charisma modifier to your damage rolls of eldritch blast with maxed out charisma which you should basically be speed running to this is effectively doubling the damage output of every shot fired seriously if you don't take the agonizing blast invocation it's probably not worth playing a warlock at all i mean maybe if you're a melee focused hex blade warlock you could get away without it but even then it's dicey and there's already enough dice in this ridiculous game lance of lethargy lets you kneecap enemies with your eldritch blasts to reduce their speed and grasp a fedare and repelling blast let you push or pull enemies when you hit them force movement is always fun in dnd of course all the eldritch invocations are badass and have great uses but you do need that agonizing blast it turns your handgun into a rocket launcher and it's powered by sex appeal what more do you need [Music] dude i know you said you were getting super into monk pack so i brought a pack of months with me and they're right here his beloved electronic band daft monk bonjour here's a man who was just arrested for monk driving oh god i killed someone here's a milk aka a monk i'd like to stop i was talking about mud pack i was looking for a a healthy low calorie snack after i overdosed on sugar three times last 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stealing things however this spell does not get better if you cast it at higher levels whether you cast it at level 1 or level 9 it does the exact same thing that means that by the time you're in the big boy magic club at level 9 say you're trading a fifth level spell slots to cast a first level spell that's a pretty rough deal instead you could pick a spell like charm person this forces a wisdom save on a humanoid to be your friend for the next hour so can also be used for foot runs but also for every spell slot above first you cast charm person you can target another person with it this means it's great at level one you're still getting your value there but it's still really good at level 11 allowing you to mind slave a whole party of best friends for an hour at a time this philosophy is what makes picking warlock spells so much fun you get to consider both the short-term and long-term value flock of familiar's mirror image or misty step might look like really cool options to take at level three but they don't scale they're going to be completely outclassed by later spells you pick up which means that by level 7 you might as well not have them but hold person shadow blade and invisibility are still great spells at level three and they scale that makes some powerful assets in your toolbox even at level 20. damage addiction damage spells are badass shatter mind spike genie warlock fireball it's war crime time hell yeah no it's a trap casting leveled spells to just do a burst of damage is not where you want to be sure fireball is awesome but you're burning a spa slot of which you only have two for most of the game to deal one burst of big damage but here's the thing you already have the best damage option ever eldritch blast at level five agonizing eldritch blast is dealing 21 average damage to a target on a hit that's epic and sure big area of effect spells like fireball are great for bashing a bunch of weak nerds at once but when it comes to facing off against more powerful enemies your magical arts need to be more subtle if we can get multiple turns of damage and power out of a single sparse lot that's going to be way more impactful it's also more fun to play rather than blowing your load in two puffs of smoke and then begging for a short rest for the next four hours smells like fear and hypnotic pattern don't deal damage but they can wipe multiple enemies off the map for multiple turns giving your team time to slaughter all their buddies summon fae undead shadow spawn or lesser demons stick tons of bodies on the board that can deal crazy damage over the course of a battle as well as soaking up your enemies attention then there's hunger of hadar and sickening radiance to set up massive zones of death on the battlefields and far step and shadow of moil to protect you and let you fire off eldritch blasts in advantageous conditions all of these spells open up a world of mayhem and mischief for you to explore and will probably go a lot further than a one-off area of effect blast also most of them are concentration spells so getting a really good con save is important you can do this with the eldritch mind invocation or the warcaster feats but maybe the best way is multi-classic did you ever hear that hex blades are the most powerful multi-class in the game yes of course you did everybody has heard that you probably also heard that multi-classing warlock and sorcerer can lead to the famous coffee lock combo this can give you a massive boost in available spell slots potentially infinite spell slots if you really spec into it these tricks are cool enough but there are other warlock multi-class options out there if you really want to go off script consider warlock barbarian the idea of this build is to focus on long-term non-concentration spells like armor of agathis and then rage and then rip people's heads off like it's going out of style your eldritch blast also gives you some tasty ranged capabilities patching up a big weakness of most barbarians i talk about this build in my underrated but awesome multi-classes video link up here coffee lock aside though the sorcerer multi-class really is great taking your first level in sorcerer gives you proficiency in con saves add a bunch of extra cantrips and first level spells this lets you grab some of those juicy early level spells without worrying about them scaling because you have a couple of sorcerer spells to burn shield disguise self or silvery barbs are great options here plus sorcerers like warlocks get their subclasses at level 1 giving you a ton of customization and power right from the get-go i like divine soul sorcerer for some cheap healing spells and draconic ancestry for extra ac and a damage resistance if you take sorcerer up to level 3 you get the quickened spell metamagic turning you into an eldritch machine gun with quicken spell you can jam eldritch blast up to 6 times a turn by level 11. multicasting with your first level in fighter also weirdly offers some similar benefits it nets you proficiency in your con saves and by level 2 you can action search for a big damage boost you also get way better armor letting you ditch decks entirely and becoming basically demon robocop if you want to support these videos join in d games i run get access to over 50 maps over 300 pages of supplemental content to improve your home games and a ton of ready ready-to-play adventures check out the patreon linked up here or links down there also remember to like and subscribe and check out other videos on the channel thanks for watching and i'll see you next time

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Length: 10min 42sec (642 seconds)

Published: Wed Jun 01 2022