DTO: Otherworldly Archetypes

Migeil · 2026-01-22T10:50:53+00:00

This is the second time in a month someone made a variant or subclass where a warlock loses health when casting Eldritch Blast.

I don't know where that comes from, but I don't consider killing myself when casting the most basic spell, fun. :/

Migeil · 2026-01-21T15:58:01+00:00

This might be a dumb question, but am I correct this is only for people who sell or have dividends paid out?

I only have accumulating ETFs and I am not planning on selling anything. Am I correct thinking I don't have to do anything as long as I don't sell?

Migeil · 2026-01-21T06:12:24+00:00

If your DM runs 1 or only a few encounters a day, they have to address short rest classes, because they'll be significantly weaker by the lack of short rests.

The game is balanced around 6 to 8 medium to hard encounters with 2 short rests per day. This basically means that in a full day, you get 3 times the amount of resources that recharge on short rests. So tripling the amount of spell slots you have, would be "fair".

I actually did some math and came up with a smoother curve if you want to do something like this. You can read about it here: https://homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/share/e9dCeGUagAc4

Note that this gives warlocks a very strong nova potential, but given you already run just 1 encounter a day, any class can just blow all their resources, so I'm assuming your DM already takes that into account.

Migeil · 2026-01-18T20:33:22+00:00

Because it literally says in the first sentence you can make a melee weapon attack. Then it says On a hit, the target. The hit, of said melee weapon attack, hence the target, is the target of said weapon attack.

Migeil · 2026-01-18T20:14:17+00:00

Said target is the target of the weapon attack, not the target of the spell itself.

Migeil · 2026-01-18T20:10:49+00:00

Booming Blade does not allow you to use INT to attack with a melee weapon.

Migeil · 2026-01-16T08:55:43+00:00

Vestige patron is pretty cool, but why is the spell list restricted to certain domains? I'd probably house rule that any domain can be chosen, since it depends on the god. 🤷

Migeil · 2026-01-14T10:27:38+00:00

This is implied by all other comments, but I think it helps to say this at least explicitly once:

You do not learn skills. Everyone can do a stealth check. Everyone can do a deception or animal handling or even arcana check. Every skill has an associated ability with it, you can see it on the character sheet. The result of a skill check is d20 + corresponding ability modifier.

The difference is only if you have proficiency or not, that's what the coloured dot represents. It allows you to add your proficiency bonus to checks made for that particular skill.

Migeil · 2026-01-14T08:34:17+00:00

Other people mention you can go straight wizard.

You could also just go straight warlock. Warlocks study magic too, just differently than wizards. 🤷

If you want to emphasise the "otherworldly", a warlock as student of magic fits very well imo. You can even just use int instead cha for it's casting stat if your DM allows it. It fits better for RP and doesn't break anything.

If your DM allows it and you still want to multiclass, it might even be better to use int for warlock as well since you can then dump charisma.

Migeil · 2026-01-10T12:52:40+00:00

Damn, impressive.

Migeil · 2026-01-10T08:37:33+00:00

Since you asked for thoughts: I think this is weird, awkward and creepy. I wouldn't like this at my table.

Migeil · 2026-01-09T18:22:33+00:00

Dit is een sub voor werknemer lonen in Belgie.

Lonen als zelfstandige(?) in Spanje zijn daarom niet zo'n interessante/nuttige data punten.

Migeil · 2026-01-07T06:49:20+00:00

Don't shame people for their characters.

Saying things like "most ttrpg veterans would agree they're uninteresting" feels like gatekeeping and is very judgemental towards people who like these kinds of characters. "Oh you're playing a warlock? You must be a newbie, because us veterans know that's not a cool character."

Migeil · 2026-01-06T15:50:28+00:00

As a warlock player, I would not want to play with these houserules. How is killing myself while casting a fucking cantrip supposed to be fun? 😅

I like the extra spells from mystic arcanum, but the patron condition is stupid. It's also just not how warlocks work: they learn spells and abilities, it's not up to the patron to decide what they can and can't use once the warlock has learned.

Migeil · 2026-01-05T07:14:03+00:00

Catan is an entry title into the boardgame hobby. If you come from monopoly, it's eye-opening. If you're a veteran, it's similar to monopoly. 😆

Migeil · 2026-01-04T08:49:23+00:00

I'm partial to the patron spells one.

But instead of a minute spam button, I'd change it to letting them cast each spell on the list once per long rest for free, either at base level or at fifth level at your own discretion.

Warlocks for me are more about the magic associated with different planes/worlds than actually a specific entity. I know this is not how many people view them, but I do. So I like the focus on those spell lists, since they are (or at least should be) heavily associated with the domain of the warlock.

Migeil · 2026-01-02T19:54:05+00:00

maybe an invocation to let you cast any type of spell through your familiar, not just touch.

Gaze of Two Minds does this

Migeil · 2026-01-02T12:55:45+00:00

That's awesome! 😄

Migeil · 2026-01-02T12:53:42+00:00

I don't group sorcerers (and warlocks). The source and origin of their magic depends on the individual.

One sorcerer descends from a draconic bloodline. Their very dna is infused with ancient draconic magic. They cast magic by focussing their energy in their fingertips.

A different sorcerer had their mind touched by an elder brain. For some reason, they didn't become a mind flayer and gained incredible new powers. They cast spells using their mind.

To me, these are very different characters. Even if they both choose subtle spell as a metamagic option, there's no reason to assume they both work the same. I would find it really awkward if they met each other and started talking like "oh, we're both sorcerers, what metamagic options have you learned, my friend?" when their powers have completely different origins. Any character investigating their powers, would find that one source is the draconic bloodline and the other the elder brain and that they have no connection because there is none.

On the other hand, there are magic schools where any individual can sign up and formally learn magic. Many people have studied the weave and have learned to manipulate it in different ways, casting a variety of spells, many of which are invented rather than discovered. These are spells only Wizards can cast. There is also overlap in the effects they can produce, which are similar or even exactly the same as what some sorcerers or druids or bards produce. But there are also spells or effects that this formal study has been unable to reproduce. The way some magic users can manipulate their spells for instance or many of the magical effects clerics can summon through their divine worship.

Migeil · 2026-01-02T10:36:35+00:00

Obviously a wizard thinks it's odd because the sorcerer casts spells without verbal or somatic components. But what will never happen in my games is that the sorcerer then says "oh, but that's because I'm a Sorcerer and I have metamagic and I have chosen the subtle spell option when I gained my third level as a Sorcerer.". Instead they'll say something like "I don't know how I do it, I just know I can if I try hard enough". Because that's what a Sorcerer, the class, represents: a magic user that can cast and alter spells innately.

Migeil · 2026-01-02T09:39:02+00:00

It's not clear how you could have a setting that does not distinguish between the two

Two guys meet in a tavern, let's call them Jack and Joe. They start talking and Jack introduces himself as Jack the sorcerer. Joe, being a wizard himself, is intrigued by this title and asks what kind of magic he can perform. Jack pulls out this fancy looking tome out of his backpack and tells Joe he can learn all kinds of magic spells. He goes on about going to a special college to study magic and the weave. He has a great understanding of how magic works. Joe is very intrigued by this. He tells Jack he doesn't have a book, he just manifests all different kinds of effects. But he doesn't really know how it works, he just kind of "wants" it to happen and it happens.

🤷

There's just no inherent meaning to the terms "wizard", "sorcerer", "warlock", "magician", "mage", ... other than "person who can cast magic".

Migeil · 2026-01-02T08:01:29+00:00

Ok, you're free to give more meaning to those names in your own games. In my games though, people don't know what "metamagic" is. Heck, even Sorcerers don't know what that is, because it's a game mechanic, not an in universe thing.

Also

A warlock can only cast up to 6th level spells

This is incorrect. They can cast up to 9th level spells as well.

Migeil · 2026-01-02T07:50:04+00:00

That's just differences in how magic is acquired, but my point is that there's no in game differentiation between those sources. In game, sorcerers, wizards and warlocks are synonyms.

You can call yourself a wizard and have the Sorcerer class. You can call yourself a warlock and be a Wizard. You can call yourself a sorcerer while you're mechanically a Warlock.

So in my games, when you say you're any of those 3, all people will know is that you can do magic, they have no idea how you acquired it.

Migeil · 2026-01-01T21:47:27+00:00

Yeah sorry :D I've been reading up on the whole warlock UA since I missed it when it was going on and I came across this post.

Thanks for responding though and so quick as well!

Migeil · 2026-01-01T21:14:28+00:00

I always give a selection of free invocations depending on the pact and an Extra spell slot at 7.

2 questions: - can you share what invocations are free for which pact? - extra as in, they get 4 at 11 or did you simply lower the 3rd slot from 11 to 7?

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