Warlock tip - should be a good fit for your build - take the friends cantrip instead of mage hand (or make Friends your 3rd cantrip when you get it). and the Mask of Many Faces Invocation - allows You can cast Disguise Self at will, without expending a spell slot. This way you can disguise yourself, then cast friends cantrip on the guard or whomever, but when it wears off, you will have dropped your disguise, soo they aren't mad at you - the are mad at the person who you disguised yourself as. This was a tip from another video I watched, not mine - but I think it would be a great fit for your character
Yessssss! This is a fun combo (we may have watched the same video, lol). But yes, absolutely, I think this is a solid route to go. Thank you for reminding me. :)
Lots of ways to do it. I dont have the friends cantrip I use minor illusion and have pact of the chain. Send the imp in and have him scout. Or have him carry your genie bottle in with him and pop out. To clarify use minor illusion to create a box or crate and just hide inside the illusion.
Genie warlock can actually flip the standard warlock pact background, where the warlock sought out and signed a deal with a patron in exchange for power. The Genlock can get his power by finding an imprisoned genie, and so the warlock has all the leverage in negotiating the warlock pact instead of the patron.
You could have also made a deal with a hag, and got a cursed magic cauldron (the genies vessel) that you can hide inside of, and whenever you fly they are inside of the cauldron and that is what is flying. This just fits some of the spooky spells and invocations better (such as hex, hunger of hadar, devils sight, and lots more spooky stuff). And if you want to not have to assist the patron, the hag could have given it to you for free, but the item has a terrible curse (I would say the curse is a dark gift, which can be found in Van Richens guide to ravenloft). Your character would also probably be turned into a hexblood.
Mind Sliver followed by Hold Person could be really effective. I like how you are staying thematic, though. Mirror seems like a mirage, which fits with genie’s and such.
The Genie Warlock has become my favorite class to play. I built an “Air Bender” based on a Mountain Dwarf with the Strength modifier moved to Dexterity, and took the Dwarven Fortitude and Durable feats so he could self heal during combat. Love it!
That sounds like an amazing build Scott. I've seen so many variations of the Genie Warlock. It truly seems to be on of the most fun subclasses to play.
@@WallyDM When the Warlock was introduced back in 3.0, it was this really flexible structure to build comic book style super heroes with. I built Batman, an Eldritch Boxer, Superman, it was such a fun addition to the game. In 5e, the Genie Warlock brings that nostalgic fun back to the class, in my opinion.
Something to consider with the Talisman. If you are focusing on manipulation, you can easily use it to barter, trading that bonus for future favors. And if you feel the need to backstab the person that has it, you can then perform your ceremony, and break the deal within the hour. This works especially well if you got your favor in advance.
I like the idea that your Genie's Vessel was once a 'Ring of 3 Wishes', but the wishes have been used up, so now it's a ring with 3 gemstones so flawed that they're worthless.
Oh nice, great tip on this. I am actually unfamiliar with the Crusher feat... so I'm going to go check this out now. THank you for the ideas on this, I am taking notes for future ideas :-)
Ginie warlock is just so good! I want to make one too. A chaotic good trader/smuggler. Probably with a Djinn patron and a ring as the vessel. The vessel is perfect for hauling goods too.
Yes, absolutely! I love the fact that we can leave our items or gear in the vessel. Plus, they are not destroyed if the vessel is destroyed, AND there is no weirdness like putting a Portable Hole in a Bag of Holding. Great points here Cyrus. I hope you enjoy playing this Warlock! Cheers!
YIKES! This could be bad. Very bad. lol... but seriously, I am not sure. I would assume that if there was an interaction by having one inside the other, it would have stated in the class description. Ultimately up to the DM, but if I were to rule with this... I would say no adverse effects from having one inside the other. Hope this helps!
Nice video ! I've been thinking about a Djinn warlock build for weeks. Because I like the idea of genie and vessel, and I'd like a character who's a master of thunder and lightning. But in the end, there aren't many lightning spells in the warlock list, just thunder spells. So I was wondering if it might be interesting to have a djinni/storm sorcerer warlock to have metamagic, wind speaker and tempestous magic, but I'd have to take it up to lvl 5 to get lightning bolt... There's also the tempest cleric, which could be really cool with just 2 lvl for Wrath of the Storm and Destructive Warth. But that's too much multiclassing and I think the next campaign will be a lvl 1-12 and I'm not sure where to turn. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DOOOO !!! :D
Ya know, if its just lightning spells you are after, maybe speak with your GM and ask if your Patron would bestow your character with a magic item that turns your Eldritch Blast into lightning instead of force? Or, maybe all of your attacks for that matter. Something as simple as a magic ring that lets you replace magic damage types with lightning or thunder. In addition, ask your GM if you can get Chromatic Orb in your Warlock spell list. It can do thunder and lightning as well. Another option, for like Lightning Bolt, is to ask your GM if your Patron could bestow upon your character a Wand of Lightning Bolts or a Spell Storing Ring that has lightning bases spells. As a GM, I would love this. It includes interaction with your Patron AND the possibility of going on sidequests in order to do something for your patron in exchange for these powers. If it were me, that's what I would do. I mean, there is still good things you can do with multiclassing. Tempest cleric and Storm Sorcerer are both valid options. Also, if you stayed with Warlock, you can get metamagic feat at level 4 to get a few sorcerery points and use the new metamagic that allows you to change damage types. And, the Order of Scribes Wizard at level 2 also allows you to change the damage type of spells with some limitations. Hope this helps!
Metamagic adept feat from tashas allows for some really amazing roleplay opportunities. I grabbed it at level one on my dao genie using variant human's free feat. Being able to knock off the VS requirements twice per long rest means you can charm person straight to someone's face or summon a mage hand while bound and gagged if you ever get captured to untie you.
Holy smokes, you have nailed it! I forgot all about the Subtle spell metagmagic. Here I am trying to Twin or bonus action spell. Sweet Christmas, this is absolutely amazing. Thank you for posting this!
@@WallyDM i'd say its one of the best utility metamagics just because it enables you to roleplay. Subtle lets you be flashy if a cantrip or a spell has no material components, you can blow a point in order to do something like cast command without having to IC mumble and wave your hands around before the spell goes off. It's one of my favorite rule of cool metamagics. The other picks are great for damage and combat but subtle has style.
@@ZomgLolPants Even more important than the role play implications, Subtle Spell makes you invulnerable to Counterspell. Without any VS components, you can’t be targeted since they have to see you casting the spell
Hey Wally, excellent video! Genasi-Genie-Warlock what a crazy combo. The personal genie bottle has so many role playing uses. Lets say there is a Trap, Jenaya falls into a locking pit trap that starts to fill with water. No worries, Jenaya just hops into her bottle until the party figures out how to get to her or the caretakers of the dungeon come to see what got caught. Limited Wish Spell, never thought I would see the day that 5e would bring this spell back. Looks like they did a good job of refining this spell to fit 5e. Thanks Wally & have a great day.
Ah, yes, great plan on this Matt! There are so many cool little tricks we can do with the genie vessel. If we are falling through the sky, go into the lamp. When the lamp crashes and breaks, we appear in an unopened space... theoretically, unscathed. Haha! Yeah, I love this build. Cheers!
Genie Warlock is so good I'm even considering my Druid dipping a level just to get access to its features. Armor of Agathys and Hellish Rebuke would be major boons in battlez along with the extra damage from Genies Wrath. And I just love the Bottled Respite feature, although it sucks that you can only enter it once per long rest. If you could somehow enter it a second time I would be happy. A 20 foot radius is pretty huge, that's a 12 metre diameter! That's just a bit smaller than the inside of a bag of Holding. I also kind of want to see the look on the DMs face when I do something like summon a flying familiar, give the familiar the vessel and then instruct it to fly at full speed until ten minutes before time expires. So much room for shenanigans...
Haha! Agreed. The more and more I see folks ideas with the Genie Warlock, the more I absolutely love it. I really dig the flying familiar idea. That's amazing. Oh, hey, I know! You have to have a parrot and name him Lago (from the Disney Aladdin movie)... yes! Haha, cheers!
@@WallyDM another thing I only realised after converting feet to metres: the vessels interior is MASSIVE! It has a 12m diameter and 12m height. That's more than enough room to have TWO floors! If you can design the interior of the vessel than you could easily have two floors with enough room for some walls to separate into rooms and a flight of stairs. At level 1 you have what is essentially a panic room where you can peace out at any time to take a bath, eat some rations, count your gold, do your taxes, take a nap or do some light reading. Keep all your shit in there. It will be somewhat awkward when the enemy lands a hit on your vessel and your mattress and several bookcases materialise out of nowhere...
I don't understand why people say that Armor of Agathys is so good. 5 temp hitpoints? I know eventually it scales up but like, even by 10th level you only have 2 spell slots. 25 temp HP at level 10 isn't worth spending HALF of your available spell slots at the beginning of each battle. Plus it takes an action to activate. Unless I'm misunderstanding something, in which, please explain.
Thank you for watching my character builds, I appreciate it. I havent put out as many of these videos lately in anticipation of 2024 changes. When those arrive, I plan on creating a lot of builds with the new stuff. With that in mind, any character build requests that you would like to see? Perhaps something that wont change too much with 5.5E next year?
One thing that you missed when building this character. Every time you go up a level you can drop one spell and replace it with another spell. You can also drop one invocation and replace it with another invocation.
Ah yes, indeed. These are vital parts of leveling up, especially during a campaign. Being able to remove spells/abilities you don't use or to try something new is one of my favorite parts about 5e.
Sounds like a fantastic choice! Of course, Tasha's was brand new when I recorded this so I wanted to show off a few of the new options. ;-). Tangent... I still haven't played a warlock yet. Someday maybe. Cheers!
Can you send the familiar into a pocket dimension if you are on another plain though? I think if you dismiss the familiar it would drop the vessel. They don't carry items into their pocket dimension.
@@cyruslupercal9493 I might have the familiar carry the vessel and send it into a pocket dimension while you are outside of the vessel. Sage advice has said that familiars cannot carry items into a pocket dimension when dismissed, which is weird because sprites carry equipment. 🤷🏼♂️
@@alanschaub147 Sprites also materialise their equipment when summoned. Technicly it's part of the familiar. Even if they drop it and you dismiss them I think you dismiss those sprite objects as well.
I dream of Jennie - got to have her wear the cheesy belly dancer 💃 outfit but to business. 20:11 Were you talking about agonizing blast? That damage bonus applies with each hit and is why the Warlock doing a Hex-Agonizing Blast-Eldritch blast is one of the more potent basic combos (or at least most annoying) in the game. If I miss heard you carry on. I know you are showing off Tasha but if not: I would not bother with Arcana and get Persuasion. That plus mask of many faces and friends is a great combo. The third thing that makes it work is Chain Master so you can use the familiar to set yourself up with the best face and info to use against your target. Also, you need some good skills and if you could wait a bit you can get deception and persuasion with Beguiling Influence and adjust your skills so you also get a perception or even better insight as a skill add to make the con work best. Limited wish give you things like an Improved mount - my fav.
Haha, I love I Dream of Jeannie! That image immediately came to mind for me as well, lol. Also, not sure how I missed your comment, but glad I went back through and found it. You have some great ideas here on optimizing the Genie Warlock... Definitely a powerful subclass. If I ever get to play her, I'm definitely gonna take a look at a few things you listed here. Thank you. Cheers!
@@Oniphire Thanks and I did not know if that was his meaning. I was verifying the point. We are in reality in agreement on the rules just I heard him differently . Cheers.
@@WallyDM If you ever return, I was off on the limited wish. The dm may allow it but limited wish spells have to have a casting time of one action and Find Greater steed is 10 minutes (like find steed). DMs may wave it but rules as written it is not allowed. Sorry.
Just a small sidenote. You mentioned considering taking Fireball a couple of times. This you could technically do only if you'd picked the Efreeti as your patron because only those give you their assoziated expanded spell list, however D&D Beyond seems to list all Genie Spells regardless of the particular Genie kind you chose so keep that in mind while building your Aladdins or Jafars. Liked the video, love the Genie Patron!
Oh wow, I didn't realize that. Thank you for letting me know! Glad you liked the video... and I agree, the Genie Patron is amazing! Can't wait to play this character in a game someday. Cheers!
I do enjoy a good warlock. They are definitely not your typical caster. Taking the fey touched thing is for sure a good idea to give some extra spells able to cast to a warlock. One of my favorite concepts is that hex isnt only a combat spell. It gives disadvantage on ability checks off your choice. Are you needing to deceive someone? Give them disadvantage on wisdom making their insight much lower. Need someone not to be believed? Disadvantage on charisma checks. Trying to poison someone? Disadvantage on constitution saving throws
You have me even more excited to play this character! I wanna hex someone! Haha, thanks my friend for always commenting on the videos, I appreciate it more than you know. :-)
@@TheAceman1100 it's worth mentioning that you can only change your hex target if the original target drops to 0 HP. Still a really good use for a skill encounter that will involve multiple checks.
Ah, yep. Beyond 20 is a Chrome browser extension that connects D&D Beyond to Roll20. With the extension you can click on your spells, abilities, skills, etc in D&D Beyond and the results show up in Roll20. Super cool!
Hi Ben. While I cannot say with 100% certainty, I do feel extremely confident that the Elemental Gift Ability for a Flying speed does NOT require concentration. I'd rule it as an ability that you can "engage" or use that gives you the flying movement speed. SO flying while concentrating on a spell could be an amazing way to play this character. Cheers!
It doesn't say anywhere in the ability that it requires concentration or that you are actually casting Fly, so you 100% do not have to concentrate on flying
Alternatively be Good or Neutral and RP as a Loxodon that's enslaved by the Efreeti, (gold or brass chains adorned on them) and be forced to earn your freedom by performing some task in the material plane or becoming strong enough to turn on your master with your acquired power and party. :>
Warlock tip - should be a good fit for your build - take the friends cantrip instead of mage hand (or make Friends your 3rd cantrip when you get it). and the Mask of Many Faces
Invocation - allows You can cast Disguise Self at will, without expending a spell slot. This way you can disguise yourself, then cast friends cantrip on the guard or whomever, but when it wears off, you will have dropped your disguise, soo they aren't mad at you - the are mad at the person who you disguised yourself as. This was a tip from another video I watched, not mine - but I think it would be a great fit for your character
Yessssss! This is a fun combo (we may have watched the same video, lol). But yes, absolutely, I think this is a solid route to go. Thank you for reminding me. :)
Lots of ways to do it. I dont have the friends cantrip I use minor illusion and have pact of the chain. Send the imp in and have him scout. Or have him carry your genie bottle in with him and pop out.
To clarify use minor illusion to create a box or crate and just hide inside the illusion.
Genie warlock can actually flip the standard warlock pact background, where the warlock sought out and signed a deal with a patron in exchange for power. The Genlock can get his power by finding an imprisoned genie, and so the warlock has all the leverage in negotiating the warlock pact instead of the patron.
Whoa. This would be absolutely crazy. I'd love to see this play out in a campaign. Sounds like an amazing story. Thanks for the ideas, cheers!
You could have also made a deal with a hag, and got a cursed magic cauldron (the genies vessel) that you can hide inside of, and whenever you fly they are inside of the cauldron and that is what is flying. This just fits some of the spooky spells and invocations better (such as hex, hunger of hadar, devils sight, and lots more spooky stuff). And if you want to not have to assist the patron, the hag could have given it to you for free, but the item has a terrible curse (I would say the curse is a dark gift, which can be found in Van Richens guide to ravenloft). Your character would also probably be turned into a hexblood.
Mind Sliver followed by Hold Person could be really effective. I like how you are staying thematic, though. Mirror seems like a mirage, which fits with genie’s and such.
The Genie Warlock has become my favorite class to play. I built an “Air Bender” based on a Mountain Dwarf with the Strength modifier moved to Dexterity, and took the Dwarven Fortitude and Durable feats so he could self heal during combat. Love it!
That sounds like an amazing build Scott. I've seen so many variations of the Genie Warlock. It truly seems to be on of the most fun subclasses to play.
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When the Warlock was introduced back in 3.0, it was this really flexible structure to build comic book style super heroes with. I built Batman, an Eldritch Boxer, Superman, it was such a fun addition to the game.
In 5e, the Genie Warlock brings that nostalgic fun back to the class, in my opinion.
Something to consider with the Talisman. If you are focusing on manipulation, you can easily use it to barter, trading that bonus for future favors. And if you feel the need to backstab the person that has it, you can then perform your ceremony, and break the deal within the hour. This works especially well if you got your favor in advance.
Have a fighter wearing 8 rings each containing a player dipped into this class just for the “ring lamp” lol.
Haha, I love it. Super smooth and stealthy.
I like this pact a lot! Great vid!
Thank you my friend! This was a fun build. Cheers!
I like the idea that your Genie's Vessel was once a 'Ring of 3 Wishes', but the wishes have been used up, so now it's a ring with 3 gemstones so flawed that they're worthless.
Awww yeah, Leo. I love that idea. In fact, that is absolutely amazing. I dig it!
I like the idea of a genasi who renounced their native element and makes a pact with a rival elemental genie
Awww yeah, that would be a fantastic story arc, for sure. Cheers!
You can take a Dao patron, add bludgeoning damage to any one attack per turn, and then take the Crusher feat, boosting bludgeoning damage.
Oh nice, great tip on this. I am actually unfamiliar with the Crusher feat... so I'm going to go check this out now. THank you for the ideas on this, I am taking notes for future ideas :-)
Ginie warlock is just so good! I want to make one too. A chaotic good trader/smuggler. Probably with a Djinn patron and a ring as the vessel.
The vessel is perfect for hauling goods too.
Yes, absolutely! I love the fact that we can leave our items or gear in the vessel. Plus, they are not destroyed if the vessel is destroyed, AND there is no weirdness like putting a Portable Hole in a Bag of Holding. Great points here Cyrus. I hope you enjoy playing this Warlock! Cheers!
How would a bag of holding react with a genies lamp🤔?
YIKES! This could be bad. Very bad. lol... but seriously, I am not sure. I would assume that if there was an interaction by having one inside the other, it would have stated in the class description. Ultimately up to the DM, but if I were to rule with this... I would say no adverse effects from having one inside the other. Hope this helps!
Nice video !
I've been thinking about a Djinn warlock build for weeks. Because I like the idea of genie and vessel, and I'd like a character who's a master of thunder and lightning. But in the end, there aren't many lightning spells in the warlock list, just thunder spells.
So I was wondering if it might be interesting to have a djinni/storm sorcerer warlock to have metamagic, wind speaker and tempestous magic, but I'd have to take it up to lvl 5 to get lightning bolt...
There's also the tempest cleric, which could be really cool with just 2 lvl for Wrath of the Storm and Destructive Warth.
But that's too much multiclassing and I think the next campaign will be a lvl 1-12 and I'm not sure where to turn.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DOOOO !!! :D
Ya know, if its just lightning spells you are after, maybe speak with your GM and ask if your Patron would bestow your character with a magic item that turns your Eldritch Blast into lightning instead of force? Or, maybe all of your attacks for that matter. Something as simple as a magic ring that lets you replace magic damage types with lightning or thunder. In addition, ask your GM if you can get Chromatic Orb in your Warlock spell list. It can do thunder and lightning as well.
Another option, for like Lightning Bolt, is to ask your GM if your Patron could bestow upon your character a Wand of Lightning Bolts or a Spell Storing Ring that has lightning bases spells. As a GM, I would love this. It includes interaction with your Patron AND the possibility of going on sidequests in order to do something for your patron in exchange for these powers.
If it were me, that's what I would do. I mean, there is still good things you can do with multiclassing. Tempest cleric and Storm Sorcerer are both valid options. Also, if you stayed with Warlock, you can get metamagic feat at level 4 to get a few sorcerery points and use the new metamagic that allows you to change damage types. And, the Order of Scribes Wizard at level 2 also allows you to change the damage type of spells with some limitations.
Hope this helps!
@@WallyDM Thanks ! I'm going to make lots of cakes to corrupt my GM and make a deal with him. :D
@@sephiel1st Great plan. :-) Good luck!
Metamagic adept feat from tashas allows for some really amazing roleplay opportunities. I grabbed it at level one on my dao genie using variant human's free feat.
Being able to knock off the VS requirements twice per long rest means you can charm person straight to someone's face or summon a mage hand while bound and gagged if you ever get captured to untie you.
Holy smokes, you have nailed it! I forgot all about the Subtle spell metagmagic. Here I am trying to Twin or bonus action spell. Sweet Christmas, this is absolutely amazing. Thank you for posting this!
@@WallyDM Subtle is really really good! Hope you have fun with it.
@@ZomgLolPants I will! And... I'll be using it in an upcoming video. Would you say its the best MetaMagic?
@@WallyDM i'd say its one of the best utility metamagics just because it enables you to roleplay. Subtle lets you be flashy if a cantrip or a spell has no material components, you can blow a point in order to do something like cast command without having to IC mumble and wave your hands around before the spell goes off.
It's one of my favorite rule of cool metamagics. The other picks are great for damage and combat but subtle has style.
@@ZomgLolPants Even more important than the role play implications, Subtle Spell makes you invulnerable to Counterspell. Without any VS components, you can’t be targeted since they have to see you casting the spell
Hey Wally, excellent video! Genasi-Genie-Warlock what a crazy combo. The personal genie bottle has so many role playing uses. Lets say there is a Trap, Jenaya falls into a locking pit trap that starts to fill with water. No worries, Jenaya just hops into her bottle until the party figures out how to get to her or the caretakers of the dungeon come to see what got caught. Limited Wish Spell, never thought I would see the day that 5e would bring this spell back. Looks like they did a good job of refining this spell to fit 5e.
Thanks Wally & have a great day.
Ah, yes, great plan on this Matt! There are so many cool little tricks we can do with the genie vessel. If we are falling through the sky, go into the lamp. When the lamp crashes and breaks, we appear in an unopened space... theoretically, unscathed. Haha! Yeah, I love this build. Cheers!
Genie Warlock is so good I'm even considering my Druid dipping a level just to get access to its features.
Armor of Agathys and Hellish Rebuke would be major boons in battlez along with the extra damage from Genies Wrath. And I just love the Bottled Respite feature, although it sucks that you can only enter it once per long rest. If you could somehow enter it a second time I would be happy. A 20 foot radius is pretty huge, that's a 12 metre diameter! That's just a bit smaller than the inside of a bag of Holding.
I also kind of want to see the look on the DMs face when I do something like summon a flying familiar, give the familiar the vessel and then instruct it to fly at full speed until ten minutes before time expires. So much room for shenanigans...
Haha! Agreed. The more and more I see folks ideas with the Genie Warlock, the more I absolutely love it. I really dig the flying familiar idea. That's amazing. Oh, hey, I know! You have to have a parrot and name him Lago (from the Disney Aladdin movie)... yes! Haha, cheers!
@@WallyDM another thing I only realised after converting feet to metres: the vessels interior is MASSIVE! It has a 12m diameter and 12m height. That's more than enough room to have TWO floors!
If you can design the interior of the vessel than you could easily have two floors with enough room for some walls to separate into rooms and a flight of stairs.
At level 1 you have what is essentially a panic room where you can peace out at any time to take a bath, eat some rations, count your gold, do your taxes, take a nap or do some light reading. Keep all your shit in there.
It will be somewhat awkward when the enemy lands a hit on your vessel and your mattress and several bookcases materialise out of nowhere...
I don't understand why people say that Armor of Agathys is so good. 5 temp hitpoints? I know eventually it scales up but like, even by 10th level you only have 2 spell slots. 25 temp HP at level 10 isn't worth spending HALF of your available spell slots at the beginning of each battle. Plus it takes an action to activate.
Unless I'm misunderstanding something, in which, please explain.
Wood Elf to hide in light obscurement. And Elvan Accuracy for spamming Guiding Bolt and Archer shots. Similar to Sun Soul Monk's.
Thank you for watching my character builds, I appreciate it. I havent put out as many of these videos lately in anticipation of 2024 changes. When those arrive, I plan on creating a lot of builds with the new stuff.
With that in mind, any character build requests that you would like to see? Perhaps something that wont change too much with 5.5E next year?
@@WallyDM Your builds are more fleshed out than mines but we build around the same principle. Curious to see how you would build a Four Elements Monk?
One thing that you missed when building this character. Every time you go up a level you can drop one spell and replace it with another spell. You can also drop one invocation and replace it with another invocation.
Ah yes, indeed. These are vital parts of leveling up, especially during a campaign. Being able to remove spells/abilities you don't use or to try something new is one of my favorite parts about 5e.
Djinn is like Django, the d is silent.
Ah, yes... that is probably true... be sure to stick around, I mispronounce a lot of things. haha! Cheers!
Thanks for this video - this warlock has intrigued me.
Glad you liked it! I'm super stoked about this build. Can't wait to play it. Thank you for watching. Cheers!
Pact of the talisman? Ich...I would have gone pact of the tome.
Sounds like a fantastic choice! Of course, Tasha's was brand new when I recorded this so I wanted to show off a few of the new options. ;-). Tangent... I still haven't played a warlock yet. Someday maybe. Cheers!
Did a pact of the tome water centric warlock genasi the other day I I freaking love it
Awww yeah! That sounds amazing. I have to say.... I may need to play a Warlock someday. Cheers!
What happens if you go inside your genie vessel, have a familiar pick it up, and then send the familiar into a pocket dimension.
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Can you send the familiar into a pocket dimension if you are on another plain though?
I think if you dismiss the familiar it would drop the vessel. They don't carry items into their pocket dimension.
@@cyruslupercal9493 I might have the familiar carry the vessel and send it into a pocket dimension while you are outside of the vessel.
Sage advice has said that familiars cannot carry items into a pocket dimension when dismissed, which is weird because sprites carry equipment. 🤷🏼♂️
@@alanschaub147 Sprites also materialise their equipment when summoned. Technicly it's part of the familiar. Even if they drop it and you dismiss them I think you dismiss those sprite objects as well.
@@cyruslupercal9493 I suspect Sage Advice would agree with you, although there is nothing in the creature description that says that.
I dream of Jennie - got to have her wear the cheesy belly dancer 💃 outfit but to business.
20:11 Were you talking about agonizing blast? That damage bonus applies with each hit and is why the Warlock doing a Hex-Agonizing Blast-Eldritch blast is one of the more potent basic combos (or at least most annoying) in the game. If I miss heard you carry on.
I know you are showing off Tasha but if not:
I would not bother with Arcana and get Persuasion. That plus mask of many faces and friends is a great combo. The third thing that makes it work is Chain Master so you can use the familiar to set yourself up with the best face and info to use against your target.
Also, you need some good skills and if you could wait a bit you can get deception and persuasion with Beguiling Influence and adjust your skills so you also get a perception or even better insight as a skill add to make the con work best.
Limited wish give you things like an Improved mount - my fav.
Haha, I love I Dream of Jeannie! That image immediately came to mind for me as well, lol. Also, not sure how I missed your comment, but glad I went back through and found it. You have some great ideas here on optimizing the Genie Warlock... Definitely a powerful subclass. If I ever get to play her, I'm definitely gonna take a look at a few things you listed here. Thank you. Cheers!
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He was talking about Genie's Wrath which is limited to one attack on each of your turns.
@@Oniphire Thanks and I did not know if that was his meaning. I was verifying the point. We are in reality in agreement on the rules just I heard him differently . Cheers.
@@WallyDM If you ever return, I was off on the limited wish. The dm may allow it but limited wish spells have to have a casting time of one action and Find Greater steed is 10 minutes (like find steed). DMs may wave it but rules as written it is not allowed. Sorry.
Just a small sidenote. You mentioned considering taking Fireball a couple of times. This you could technically do only if you'd picked the Efreeti as your patron because only those give you their assoziated expanded spell list, however D&D Beyond seems to list all Genie Spells regardless of the particular Genie kind you chose so keep that in mind while building your Aladdins or Jafars. Liked the video, love the Genie Patron!
Oh wow, I didn't realize that. Thank you for letting me know! Glad you liked the video... and I agree, the Genie Patron is amazing! Can't wait to play this character in a game someday. Cheers!
Its pronounced "gin". Like the drink...
Ah, yes. Fantastic. Thank you!. :-)
I do enjoy a good warlock. They are definitely not your typical caster. Taking the fey touched thing is for sure a good idea to give some extra spells able to cast to a warlock. One of my favorite concepts is that hex isnt only a combat spell. It gives disadvantage on ability checks off your choice. Are you needing to deceive someone? Give them disadvantage on wisdom making their insight much lower. Need someone not to be believed? Disadvantage on charisma checks. Trying to poison someone? Disadvantage on constitution saving throws
Also mislead is a really cool spell. Used it from the boss from a one shot that was a lot of fun. Can really throw the players for a loop
Only effects ability checks, not saving throws. But I had never really considered how versatile that would be outside of combat.
You have me even more excited to play this character! I wanna hex someone! Haha, thanks my friend for always commenting on the videos, I appreciate it more than you know. :-)
@@Cornoriian you're absolutely right I blanked on that poison at the end there. Was trying to think of more options haha
@@TheAceman1100 it's worth mentioning that you can only change your hex target if the original target drops to 0 HP. Still a really good use for a skill encounter that will involve multiple checks.
If you don't have djinn, shadow moil is about as good.
Oh nice, I'll hafta check that out! Cool beans!
@@WallyDM I meant to type shadow of moil.
Beyond 20?
Ah, yep. Beyond 20 is a Chrome browser extension that connects D&D Beyond to Roll20. With the extension you can click on your spells, abilities, skills, etc in D&D Beyond and the results show up in Roll20. Super cool!
So when you use fly from Elemental Gift, does that require concentration?
Hi Ben. While I cannot say with 100% certainty, I do feel extremely confident that the Elemental Gift Ability for a Flying speed does NOT require concentration. I'd rule it as an ability that you can "engage" or use that gives you the flying movement speed. SO flying while concentrating on a spell could be an amazing way to play this character. Cheers!
It doesn't say anywhere in the ability that it requires concentration or that you are actually casting Fly, so you 100% do not have to concentrate on flying
Everyone goes djinn. Embrace the evil get that fire resist
Yesssssssss. The Efreeti! Honestly, I love all of the options. This subclass is so much fun. Cheers!
Alternatively be Good or Neutral and RP as a Loxodon that's enslaved by the Efreeti, (gold or brass chains adorned on them) and be forced to earn your freedom by performing some task in the material plane or becoming strong enough to turn on your master with your acquired power and party. :>