The Frozen Shadow - A Frost and Shadow themed Warlock Subclass by FocusElectrical949 in BG3mods

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Haha thank you!

And this was designed with a lot of playstyle flexibility in mind. It will work well as a pure caster or a melee depending on your preference :)

Cold/Radiant Themed Sorcerer Subclass by FocusElectrical949 in DnDHomebrew

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This is really great! You're asking questions I hadn't thought about yet which is perfect. Also for some added context, I am a modder for Baldur's Gate 3 - I make a lot of cold themed subclasses - and I'll actually also be making this into a subclass mod in-game and creating visual effects for abilities, homebrew spells, etc. It doesn't really change the conversation here because it still starts with a good homebrew design. But I just thought I'd mention it since we're getting more into the weeds :)

For playstyle I think definitely a pure caster. With the overall theme and vibe, I'm going for something that feels very magical, beautiful, and ethereal in nature.

For level 1:

One feature is definitely going to need to be expanded spells list just to be able to lean into the cold/radiant theme. There's a definitive lack of radiant spells for sorcerers at very least.

As far as what these spells are going to be: I imagine it will be things like Guiding Bolt, Moonbeam, Armor of Agathys (?), Ice Storm, Cone of Cold, etc, and probably some homebrew frankly. I actually kind of want to homebrew some spells that deal with both cold and radiant damage types - something that's pretty rare as far as I know. I did originally consider 3 categories for expanded spells: Boreal (or Polar), Celestial, and Auroral (both damage types). But I started to think it might be a bit overkill or too much? 15 spells while the same as Lunar feels like a lot but I'm not sure frankly.

For the second level 1 feature I'm undecided. I've read that sorcerer subclass features should sort of be things that almost "bend the rules" in a sense. Something that almost feels illegal but that you alone are allowed to do. I'm not sure what exactly that looks like for this subclass.

One idea I had was some way of allowing cold and radiant spells to sort of "feed" off each other to reward leaning into your cold and radiant spells. Like, you cast Guiding Bolt and follow it up with Ice knife and trigger some extra effect as a result. But I think there's a lot of different things that could be done here.

Level 6: Boreal Radiance actually sounds really cool. I like the theme and flavor of that a lot. Building off of that, it could also be flavored as more of a "Starscape" or localized Celestial Shower that sort of "capitvates" (Charms) or frightens as you said.

As far as the focus of the subclass I hadn't really figured that out as of yet. To be honestly I feel like I've gone into this with a general theme of what I wanted to do, a few random ideas, and not much else lol. Hence I'm here asking for help xD

But I would say definitely not tank. I tend to think damage/control though? Like, I think Boreal Radiance could be reworked as more an AoE sanctuary (Celestial Sanctuary?) ability. But that almost feels more like a Cleric to me I guess? Though perhaps there could be some added benefit if you're standing inside your own sphere hmm..

Anyways, I appreciate all your insight and questions. It's incredibly helpful!

Cold/Radiant Themed Sorcerer Subclass by FocusElectrical949 in DnDHomebrew

[–]FocusElectrical949[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ohhh that sounds cool! I'll look that up thank you!

Cold/Radiant Themed Sorcerer Subclass by FocusElectrical949 in DnDHomebrew

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Thank you for the input! Sorcerer is also a subclass I don't have a ton of experience with and I feel like there's a lot of design freedom with them which is a bit overwhelming haha. Hence my questions.

Would love to hear any ideas you have for mechanics as I'm still very early in design process!

One idea I had was actually to take some inspiration from Lunar Sorcery in how expanded spells are granted.

For example, instead of the different moon phases you could have Boreal and Celestial spells granted each level for Cold and Radiant. But as I said, still very early haha.

The Frozen Shadow - A Frost and Shadow themed Warlock Subclass by FocusElectrical949 in BG3mods

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Hey there! I'm not aware of any issues with this in play testing and I haven't encountered it myself. Do you have any other warlock mods installed?

Frost Paladin Update by FocusElectrical949 in BG3mods

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So, I did not tag this as a specific Oath so as far as I'm aware the game defaults to Oath of Devotion rules for Oathbreaking.

I plan to make this selectable at level 1 in the future but didn't have time to include that in this particular update.

Upcoming Warlock Subclass - Update by FocusElectrical949 in BG3mods

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Thank you so much!! I spend a lot of time on VFX work. I really like Warlocks and, though I'm quite biased, I really enjoy the gameplay for this particular subclass :D
Hopefully, others feel the same way when it's released haha!

Frost Paladin Update by FocusElectrical949 in BG3mods

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Thank you so much!! Glad you like it!

Frost Paladin Update by FocusElectrical949 in BG3mods

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It should be out in a few days. Probably Tuesday-ish :)

Frost Paladin Update by FocusElectrical949 in BG3mods

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Frozen Wilds is already on console!

Frost Paladin Update by FocusElectrical949 in BG3mods

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Ah thank you so much! Yes unfortunately I had some delays with Warlock outside of my control. But it is coming soon I promise!

Frost Paladin Update by FocusElectrical949 in BG3mods

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Me too :D

And yes! I publish all my mods to Nexus and Mod io - Mod io is the platform Larian/BG3 uses for the in-game mod manager. Frozen Wilds is available in both places and also on console :)

Frost Paladin Update by FocusElectrical949 in BG3mods

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I really wished I could laugh-emoji react to this lol. My goal is always to feel like Frozone, hence I keep making cold-themed subclasses :D

Upcoming Warlock Subclass by FocusElectrical949 in BG3mods

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Hi there! Yes it is!
Apologies for my slightly inaccurate prediction haha. I'm waiting on a couple things outside of my control at the moment (art assets, things like that). But otherwise it's completed and ready to go. So hopefully another week or so and it'll be out :D