The Best Feats for Warlocks: D&D 5e Bargaining Tips

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The Best Feats for Warlocks: D&D 5e Bargaining Tips

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Flutes Loot

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@FlutesLoot 2 жыл бұрын

Article is available here: www.flutesloot.com/best-warlock-feats-dnd-5e/ Honorable mention to Dao Genie Warlock using Crusher to combo with the bludgeoning damage the subclass adds to Eldritch Blast. Lucky and Alert are also solid feats. Inspiring Leader is great if you don't already have temporary hitpoints generated regularly by your adventuring party.

@natashasurvivallady8021 2 жыл бұрын

I really like Spell Sniper if I'm going for an Eldritch Blast-focused warlock, at least if you have a DM that takes advantage of cover frequently. The Eldritch Spear invocation can cover any range you might need, though I actually find that I prefer to spend the invocations on other things, but negating the effects of cover can be a big deal. Plus, it's just a fun image to snipe from half a block away through a keyhole with a laser beam.

@FlutesLoot 2 жыл бұрын

I can tell you that if I were your DM, you'd love being able to ignore partial cover! :P

@laffingist218 Жыл бұрын

THANK YOU for *warlock* content about *warlocks*. most of the time on reddit or when i search for good ideas, 85% of it assumes multiclassing and/or hexblade. a lot of the reddit stuff also becomes [me being many levels in] "use this subrace and clearly you must have high dex right?" great video, love the channel

@FlutesLoot Жыл бұрын

Oh man, I hear you. Warlocks are fun, with much customization available. Thank you for the comment and compliment :) You may also enjoy my wife Opal's video about Warlock patrons: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ar6Je6-IxpzZoIE.html Or this DM round table discussion about making monsters into patrons for Warlocks: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ZpZ1p7aGpr--qWQ.html

@laffingist218 Жыл бұрын

@Flutes Loot while you're engaging, before i watch the patron video, I'll humbly say my only warlock advice i don't ever hear: I highly recommend thinking of the top few qualities or basic backstory as you need in your patron, and then inviting the dm to create as much of the character as possible, to have as much ownership as possible. I haven't met my current patron yet, and the excitement from dm and player is palpable.

@FlutesLoot Жыл бұрын

@@laffingist218 the patron relationship is definitely a highlight

@aronfleetwood9697 Жыл бұрын

We are gearing up for our first run of DND and i chose warlock. It's a lot of information to take in, lots of terms but me and my kids are all very excited to start playing.

@FlutesLoot Жыл бұрын

Awesome! I look forward to playing D&D with my kids one day.

@hopeforescape884 2 жыл бұрын

I'm surprised you did not mention Crusher on a DaoGenieLock when talking about subclass specific feats, as well as alert, lucky or inspiring leader. And for racial feats Wood Elf Magic to get guidance and PwT is pretty nice.

@FlutesLoot 2 жыл бұрын

I skimmed the Dao option for the Genie Warlock a moment ago, but I'm not seeing the synergy with Crusher. Can you explain? I seem to have missed it. You're right about Alert and Lucky as they're always fine choices, and Inspiring Leader can be good for any Charisma-based character whose party doesn't have many ways to gain temporary hitpoints. I think, however, that Inspiring Leader has become less valuable in recent years as more subclasses have features that grant temporary hitpoints. It's still a fine feat, but I think it's a victim of inflation somewhat :P

@hopeforescape884 2 жыл бұрын

@@FlutesLoot Genie's Wrath makes EB do an extra PB worth of bludgeoning damage so it can trigger crusher on a ranged attack and stack with repelling blast, this is good to just knock people back 15ft or to crusher knock them up 5ft and then up diagonally 10 ft away from you thus putting them 10 ft up in the air and they will take a d6 and land prone. As for IL I 100% agree you should not take it if you have a twilight, shepherd, glamor, or artillerist in your party, otherwise its a nice option to hand out temp HP to the party and since it recharges on a SR it gives the party a stronger motivation to SR, in a sense its kind of a warlock psy-op lol.

@FlutesLoot 2 жыл бұрын

@@hopeforescape884 I remember now! That's what I get for skimming (missed it). The bludgeoning damage bonus to Eldritch Blast make for an interesting combo with Crusher :)

@Scorned Жыл бұрын

Tiefling fiend warlock with the flames of phlegethos was fun

@FlutesLoot Жыл бұрын

It's a feel-good feat. You turn yourself into a cozy fireplace.

@epitaph4606 2 жыл бұрын

Im playing a Hexblade for a long one shot and my weapon is a custom weapon that’s a nail sword( just a reflavored long sword that does piercing) and the piercer feat was very good addition to my build. Hexing and enemy and getting a crit and using eldritch smite and the piercer feat just is so fun

@FlutesLoot 2 жыл бұрын

Beefing up crit damage is fun :)

@TheRobversion1 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed that warlock lends itself to be a popular multiclassing dip in a variety of builds which influences the feats that pair with them well. here's my own top 10 list that i took with my own builds which had warlocks: 1. fey/shadowtouched- great way to round out an odd cha. any feat really that gives a warlock more slots to play with is a god-send. 2. flames of phlegethos- one of the pieces for those armor of agathys revenger builds. rounds out an odd cha too! 3. dragon fear- one of my fave feats in the game as it gives you a non-concen, non-spell way to control. rounds out an odd cha too! 4. telekinetic- allows you to push the forced movement stuff of EB further especially when using in conjunction with spike growth. rounds out an odd cha too! 5. elven accuracy- used on hexblade crit-fisher builds. rounds out an odd cha too! * honorable mentions. eldritch adept- useful to speed up invocation acquisitions. crusher, piercer/gunner, sentinel, sharpshooter are all useful in gish builds involving warlocks.

@FlutesLoot 2 жыл бұрын

Great choices! Do you think racial feats like Dragon Fear and Flames of Phlegethos will survive the 1D&D update?

@TheRobversion1 2 жыл бұрын

@@FlutesLoot i hope so as i dont see any conflict with what they released so far. Only thing i see them doing is assigning levels to those feats sadly. I do hope as well they re-think the whole feat levelling thing. I dont mind if they want to limit background feat choices to weaker feats but imo humans/custom lineage feats should be from any of the feats as this essentially their racial trait. The race is bare bones without the feat. No one's going to pick them anymore if they just get trash feats.

@captianbacon 10 ай бұрын

I belive fey touched is the feat that you should pick first if u have a odd cha. Cause a free once a day hex and misty are priceless

@FlutesLoot 10 ай бұрын

So good!

@joshuawoodfolk8202 2 жыл бұрын

Would you mind making a video about interesting warlock multiclass options that do not involve the Hexblade? I'm specifically referring to a multiclass with at least the subclass of another class. For example, if you're adding fighter then you need at least 3 levels of it. This is for the purpose of thinking of interesting ideas for both rp and mechanics.

@FlutesLoot 2 жыл бұрын

I can do that! I'm drafting an article on Warlock multiclassing to do exactly what you're looking for. A video will follow the article's publication. :)

@alexinfinite7142 2 жыл бұрын

I'd like to see that. I have 1st level fighter and followed up with 2 levels undead warlock. I wanted the armor so bad. 19 ac has helped so much

@FlutesLoot 2 жыл бұрын

@@alexinfinite7142 high AC on a spellcaster is worthwhile!

@nickm9102 2 жыл бұрын

@@alexinfinite7142 when I look for AC and not a Hexblade on a CHA character there is no better stop than Paladin in my book. " I devoted myself to an angel of war... Imagine my surprise when I found out it was the Lord of Avernus"

@alexinfinite7142 2 жыл бұрын

@@nickm9102 🤣🤣 I love it

@User-he6zd 6 ай бұрын

commenting for algo. such few content for non-hexblade, let alone warlock monoclass!

@FlutesLoot 6 ай бұрын

Thank you! :)

@DrXtoph Жыл бұрын

Love your content! ❤

@FlutesLoot Жыл бұрын

Thank you! :)

@ambrosedystopian1542 5 ай бұрын

Book of the Tome will get you shillelagh that you can use with charisma. The problem is you're not going to get a second attack

@marcusblacknell-andrews1783 2 жыл бұрын

Crazy Thought: What if Gruumsh, Yurtus, and Luthic were warlock patrons?

@FlutesLoot 2 жыл бұрын

Gruumsh is one of my favorites, so I'd absolutely opt for patronizing him (poor phrasing on my part).

@Kramer649 2 жыл бұрын

great vids! one thing that confuses me is when the invocations say casting time is At Will. Even when a spell would have a normal casting time of 1 action, like armor of shadows or Fiendish Vigor, why cannot I cast as many of these spells that are At Will as I want per turn ?

@FlutesLoot 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! "At Will" in 5e doesn't negate the casting time that the spell requires. It suggests that you can cast the spell without a spell slot. I know this doesn't totally match the definition of "at will" in real-world terms, but it's the language of 5e's rules.

@Kramer649 2 жыл бұрын

@@FlutesLoot I agree that the language is way off, they should just say cast as a cantrip. Then we'd all understand right?

@FlutesLoot 2 жыл бұрын

@@Kramer649 it needs to remain as a leveled spell, so I wish they had created a word like slotless, or maybe something more elegant like effortless, idk. It's common for games to create a term that is always understood to do a thing, like advantage and disadvantage.