This is my first attempt at a Warlock archetype. I think I have found a balance in power, while getting the basic abilities of the warlock. I will post the invocations as I get them together. Things like DR and other Warlock abilities that were part of the class will be represented by new invocations.
Warlock – Witch Archetype
Warlocks are channelers of strange and arcane energies beyond even their Witch counterparts. They sacrifice the ability to cast spells for raw power, the ability to fire bolts of pure energy at will and for additional hexes, called invocations, that can modify their energy bolts or enhance the Warlock himself.
Eldritch Bolt (SU): The Warlock creates a bolt of pure arcane energy that may be fired as a standard action. The bolt requires a ranged touch attack and does 1d6 damage at first level, and an additional 1d6 damage every two levels afterwards.
Reduced Spellcasting: The Warlock loses 2 spells per day vice the vanilla Witch. At first level they receive no first level spells. At second level they receive 0 1st level spells, able to cast only if they receive bonus spells from high Intelligence. At any level they would normally gain 1 new spell of a level they don’t advance to that spell level. At any level they would receive 2 spells of that level, they instead receive 0; able to cast bonus spells for that level. A Warlock never has more than 2 spells per day of any level from class progression.
Invocations: Invocations replace normal Witch hexes, gained at the same rate. This ability replaces hexes and patron bonuses.
Feedback is appreciated.
At will I think is a bad idea (and should still be detailed as what kind of action) and I believe has no precisident in pathfinder for a PC class for an offensive power.
At will I think is a bad idea (and should still be detailed as what kind of action) and I believe has no precisident in pathfinder for a PC class for an offensive power.
Are you referring to the Eldritch blast? It is defined as a standard action.
You're right there is little precedent for a class with this ability, unless I just give him the arcane blast feat for free at first level, then it still scales about the same and works the exact same way.
Yeah at will is a bit much. Look to Alchemist bombs for inspiration and balance. It really is the closest ability to eldrich blast.
You could do an "Eldrich blast" variant that does less damage, but perhaps somehow scales with level.
Yeah maybe a lower damage level would be ok for at will. Like 5d6 by level 20 or something like that.
Or take that arcane blast feat and make another feat that applies the efects of a hex on the target of the arcane blast.