Eldritch blast is essentially the Warlock's sword. This is the one thing you swing around most often.

"Say the warlock line"

@@strangemonarchist2818 Well its like an all purpose shotgun, simple, efficient scales nicely, multiple shots at higher lvls, is a type of dmg thats not really often resisted. And with the Invocations it is highly customisable.

I Could Be Sleeping Right Now unless you’re a hexblade/pact of the blade warlock. Then you’re sword is just a sword.

Yup. I'm a 5th level Moon Druid with a level in Arcana cleric. About to add 3 to 5 levels of Lock next, the synergy is amazing - Spike Growth set behind the melee mob, and repelling eldritch blast the mofo back into it. Repeat, while hitting with Spiritual Weapon.

Two patrons talk to each other next to a water cooler at work: - "The other day I was trying to teach my warlock how to absorb power from a magic weapon. You know, giving him the standard issue one word commands." - - "He did not get it, right? They never get it on the first try. What did he do?" - "He freaking tried to swallow the damn thing. I just gave up on the lesson and gave him the power anyway just to be done with it."

You should totally read the Battle Mage/Blood Mage/Chaos Mage trilogy by Stephen Aryan. It has a take on the godly pantheon I suspect you'll enjoy and is otherwise also a great read IMO.

@@GTOfire I'll add that to my reading list.

The same way Ed Greenwood wrote about hosting the meetings of the Wizards Three. Elminster (FR), Mordenkinen (Greyhawk), and Dalamar (DL) would get together every so often at his house on Earth to swap spells and tales of magic items. And for providing the space, and refreshments, Ed would get to record it all for him to write up and submit to Dragon Magazine. Elminster was in on it.

Sounds like a bunch of parents showing off their grandkids

she played a warlock before him so it makes sense

He did the Barbarian Quick Build

Love Fjord, but when I think of Crit Role and Warlock Zarha comes to mind first.

Zahra is the OG

No, she is already loved and immortalized in the Critters with Zahra. Plus we already have gotten memorable guests and some I would love to return

@@gregputnam7243 The entire main cast is loved and immortalized as their Campaign 1 characters. I get your point, but it kind of falls flat when you keep that in mind.

I loved Zahra but I would like to see what kooky character Mary could bring for campaign 2.

Since it's already been confirmed that Percy and Vex are on another continent and that the rest of VM are out there somewhere, I'd love to see a cameo of an older, traveling Zahara in the later episodes!

Bellymouth I agree! I would love Zahra chilling with the mighty nein!

That's... yeah. That's what it is. A magic sugar daddy.

The internet putting things in simpler terms

...I cannot unsee this now. H*ck.

Yeah but this sugar daddy is more likely to kill you for your betrayal....or eat you if it's a fiend or a great old one.

Ahem...sugar mommy.

Hey just wanted to thank you for adding this , I've been thinking about making a warlock character recently so I appreciate this!

Agreed. This is useful knowledge. Because the Warlock is one of those classes that let you switch a spell a level up, it is good to know how to identify spells that only grow more powerful (like Armor of Agathys) versus spells that stagnate.

Warlock spell slot recharge is actually worse as it still only works once per day and you have to wait til lvl 20 to get the ability.

@@thefatty01 No it doesn't. Unlike Land Druids and Wizards, you can have more than one short rest a day. As for the level 20 feature, that requires you to spend a full minute to replenish your slots. THAT is a once a day thing.

It's also worth noting that Chill Touch(recommended in the video) is fairly situational, and won't help against the main creature that shrugs off the Force damage of your Eldritch Blast, the Helmed Horror. When the situations do come where Chill Touch can be fancy, it's VERY nice. I'd suggest waiting and possibly grabbing it later if you find yourself in a world where it's usefulness can be exploited regularly. I tend to go for something utilitarian as my other starting cantrip, like Minor Illusion or Prestidigitation. Both of them can be very handy and let you get creative with your roleplaying. Something to keep in mind with your spell selection: CONCENTRATION SPELLS. You have a very limited number of spell slots, and a lot of the good spells on the Warlock list requires your Concentration to maintain. So if you want to be using Hex all the time for that per-hit damage bonus, keep in mind that something like Hold Person will require you to drop the Hex and there's a good chance you won't be able to re-Hex during the same battle. Now, those Concentration spells can often let you maximize the use of your limited number of spell slots by keeping their usefulness going over multiple rounds. But keep some non-Concentration spells around as well. Three of my favorites: Misty Step, use your Bonus Action to BAMF out of danger like Nightcrawler and fire off Eldritch Blast on the same turn! Mirror Image, a great defensive buff that will completely absorb a few hits for you. Shatter, some solid area-effect damage for a class that doesn't get a lot of it especially in the lower levels, and it's a damage type that's resisted way less often than Fire. So pick it up and strike.....like THUNDERBALL!

he is too busy, ruling from his dark tower.

@@rikremmerswaal2756 we all know he is just playing video games in there

How dare you call our Ethereal Pyramid a "dark lord". He benevolent and smites only sometimes

Tal is an eldritch god

My group have a homebrew game and Taliesin is my warlock patron

Poor Fjord. I hope he's not too heartbroken from reading that.

@@Rathkryn He'll be cool after he fights a few more dragons

I was going to say “What about Taliesin,” but I remembered he’s not a warlock, he’s a patron for warlocks.

Only 1 a day? That could be pretty harsh y the GM nerfing the Warlock and the entire game mechanic beings HD for fast healing and more combat stretched events are what this edition is built around. It was the one complaint about all old editions. Needing long rests all the time, short rest brought the HD mechanic. . . and a Warlock niche. This also plays into resting and running to push possible exhaustion when long rests don't recoup or even available in some modules. But to each their own. . .

Agreed, but I've seen that mentioned a couple times when discussing the Warlock. You want to make sure how you GM is going to approach some of those mechanical things.

Can someone please tell me who Mary is?

@@nuhelder1651 She's a very big VA and VA director who was a guest last campaign.

One day, someone will forget to do this joke on a video and the Internet will explode.

Yup. Learned it the hard way *cries in AC 11*

@@dariakazakova2138 Oh. Maybe a cleric 1/warlock x warforged next time? You can get a stable 20+ AC ;)

@@hope_13alt thank you for the idea :) I was thinking about going for a Warlock 3/Sorcerer X, but, unfortunately, the campaign is too short for that, our DM doesn't wanna dive into multiclassing. At least the party has 2 healers :) Mediocre ones! But two of them.

@@hope_13alt I'd say paladin instead, also Cha based.

@@EdwardDowner Aye, a good choice as well, especially if you are going for a bladelock.

It syncs so well with the multiple attacks from eldritch blast. I recommend Hex over Witchbolt, most of the time. It's also one that can sync up well with your team. Do you have a tavern brawling barbarian, a shield bashing cleric or other allies who like to shove their enemies around? Use Hex to impose disadvantage on that enemy's strength or dexterity rolls (ask your DM whether the enemy seems to rely on either precision or brute force the most when fighting), and watch them be tumbled around like a plaything for your allies. It's even fun to use outside of combat under for example festivals with competitions. Give your bard an edge in a battle of the bands vs their main rival or let your fighter find their arm wrestle opponent a lot weaker than they first appeared. If you lean into the charlatan aspect, you can even play the shell game giving your target disadvantage on detecting your sleight of hand tricks. Just be sure you're standing somewhere both you and your verbal incantations blend in unnoticed when casting Hex

Very good at at all levels, but in like T2 I dont use it at all because it's frankly a boring spell

With weapons and supplies.

I want Wil Wheaton on to talk about the various... dice. ;)

Maybe Will Friedle will do the paladin one considering that episode from all work no play

I always imagine Kashaw rolling his eyes and making sarcastic comments when Zahra wants him to spend time with the children or change the diapers, and when no one is looking, he kisses the children and hugs them constantly, because he loves all three no end.

@@owlsdragons906 And then Vesh kills them all except Cashew!

you should look up an ebook called the Tomb of Pacts on DM's guild it has tweaked versions of the 3 original and the 2 from Xanathars guide but also ads 3 new pacts for patrons that are embodyments of chaos order and nutrality respectivly