Warlocks have limited spell slots and can only cast them at the highest available slot.
I’m figuring a concealable weapon that won’t get in the way when climbing through a window or down a sewer. It can make a copper coin look like a silver for an hour, which is long enough to buy something small and make it well away with the “change.” I also rather enjoy it’s various adventuring life utilities: cleaning, heating, flavoring, etc.
It’s also a generally useful skill for avoiding ambushes and the like. CHA: Hexblades are mainly reliant on their CHA bonus. It’s a theme now. Sacred Flame is certainly thematically appropriate.
I think you need to have it on a scroll first through finding one or creating one yourself. Thankfully the Healing Light class feature rounds out the minor healing needs, along with healing at a distance options. Obviously “good” things that the DM can use as hooks to draw the character into plots or situations. Ability Score Increases (ASI) at 4th, 6th, 8th, 12th, 14th, 16th, and 19th level.
Combined with repelling blast to knock targets through the door, and dispel magic to remove the doorway well before the 1 hour duration is up, and it also makes a way to imprison foes during a fight. It does have the downside of using Concentration, so it interferes with Hex.
It does have the nice little bonus of ignoring cover. My understanding, and reading, of the Warlock is that his patron spells are added to the list of available spells to choose, but not automatically added to the caster’s spell list. Let’s build that. Xilo finally gains proficiency is Persuasion, the ability to speak Celestial, and the ability to brew potions via Alchemy Tool Proficiency. Specifically, Hex doesn’t automatically inform the target they have been messed with when it ends. Some rituals are very nitch, but when the right situation comes up, they really shine. Mage Hand would provide similar benefits as a cantrip, but in it’s absence, Unseen Servant will work well enough, and in a few levels it can be converted to a Ritual, making it free to cast. Overall it looks like the go to option for dealing with targets that have a high armor class due to armor or dug-in snipers… or just taking the piss out of holy men.
What are your thoughts on that? Unfortunately, the power is specific to creatures, so it provides no aid in seeing other things concealed by illusion transmutation. At 12th level Xilo gains another invocation and an ability score boost or feat. Great! The only downside to Dimension Door in comparison to Misty Step is that is takes an Action, not a Bonus Action, to cast it. Eldritch Blast provides a standard reliable high damage attack, especially when paired with Hex. With 4 spell slots per short rest, it may finally be worthwhile for Xilo to take Counterspell, which will help when dealing with foes that can also cast lots of powerful spells.
I don’t think you can put rituals into your Book of Shadows through just knowing it. That you can prepare the room in advance can make it an even better place to lure foes to fight inside. He also gains Expertise (double Proficiency bonus for a +5 bonus) in Perception, to help offset that his wisdom hasn’t improved. Spells known accumulate more slowly, and they don’t get any higher than 5th level, however the warlock starts to slowly gain once-a-day spells of 6th level and higher, along with some other abilities including finally starting to gain more than two spell slots. It’s most obvious use is replacing torches, but it has other uses. As a criminal, it can also be useful to breaking into or out of locations. I’ve just done that for Playing/Tarot Card Ability Scores: http://mocklogic.com/blog/2018/04/card-ability-scores/. It will help out your party’s action economy. When you do so, you deal psychic damage to the cursed target and each creature of your choice that you can see within 5 feet of it. Intelligence is something I see the character not being deficient in, so I’ll at least bring it up to 10, even thought that’s probably not the most useful skill for the character mechanically.
you can find spells on books and scrolls – not when someone uses them.
Also, keep in mind I’m still sticking with published content, not Unearthed Arcana playtest material. At this point, you have maxed out all the best Invocations for Hexblades.
Warlocks regain all their spell slots with short rests and always cast all their spells at the highest level, which makes them an interesting take on a healer. It adds damage as a bonus action, which is excellent if you are relying on Hex already.