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CharOp opinion of a house rule about Hexblades

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#1
pfooti
Mar 18, 2008 19:19:39 I'm looking for some opinions about a possible Hexblade houserule. Hexblade's curse is pretty neat, but it is pretty limited, since you can only use it a paltry few times per day. Given that the save DC is not guaranteed to work, and most characters have 4-5 combats per day, each with several foes, that's not awfully useful.

So, what about changing the rule so that the curse is used N/encounter instead of N/day? It doesn't seem too oooober, but it seems like some love for a class that is usually used as a dip.
#2
tshern
Mar 18, 2008 19:35:38 Yeah, that's okay. It's not like that change would make Hexblade superpowerful.
#3
phaedrusxy
Mar 18, 2008 19:35:42 I'm sure that would be fine. Mike Mearls made some suggestions for beefing up the Hexblade that go alot further than that. He suggested the following:

* Good Fortitude save
* Curse ability usable 1 + the hexblade's Cha modifier per day
* Curse ability usable as a swift action
* Curse ability does not count as used if the target makes his saving throw
* Ability to cast in light or medium armor and while carrying a light shield or buckler
* At 6th level, the hexblade can cast one hexblade spell per day as a swift action, as long as its original casting time is a standard action or faster. He gains an additional use of this power at levels 8, 11, 14, and 18.
#4
ChristopherGroves
Mar 18, 2008 19:52:12 Isn't the curse already a free action?
#5
phaedrusxy
Mar 18, 2008 19:52:52
Isn't the curse already a free action?

Yeah. I think they'd already said in an Errata that it was only useable once per round. So making it a Swift action instead is actually a slight nerf.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 pfooti Mar 18, 2008 19:19:39	I'm looking for some opinions about a possible Hexblade houserule. Hexblade's curse is pretty neat, but it is pretty limited, since you can only use it a paltry few times per day. Given that the save DC is not guaranteed to work, and most characters have 4-5 combats per day, each with several foes, that's not awfully useful. So, what about changing the rule so that the curse is used N/encounter instead of N/day? It doesn't seem too oooober, but it seems like some love for a class that is usually used as a dip.
#2 tshern Mar 18, 2008 19:35:38	Yeah, that's okay. It's not like that change would make Hexblade superpowerful.
#3 phaedrusxy Mar 18, 2008 19:35:42	I'm sure that would be fine. Mike Mearls made some suggestions for beefing up the Hexblade that go alot further than that. He suggested the following: * Good Fortitude save * Curse ability usable 1 + the hexblade's Cha modifier per day * Curse ability usable as a swift action * Curse ability does not count as used if the target makes his saving throw * Ability to cast in light or medium armor and while carrying a light shield or buckler * At 6th level, the hexblade can cast one hexblade spell per day as a swift action, as long as its original casting time is a standard action or faster. He gains an additional use of this power at levels 8, 11, 14, and 18.
#4 ChristopherGroves Mar 18, 2008 19:52:12	Isn't the curse already a free action?
#5 phaedrusxy Mar 18, 2008 19:52:52	Isn't the curse already a free action? Yeah. I think they'd already said in an Errata that it was only useable once per round. So making it a Swift action instead is actually a slight nerf.