This is the source material if you are unfamiliar with P&P:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complete_Arcane#Warlock
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warlock_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons)#Dungeons_.26_Dragons...

HP=D6
Saves=Good Will, crappy Fort and Reflex
Alignment=Any Chaotic
Skill points: 2+int/level
Proficiencies: Simple Weapons and Light Armor
BAB: 3/4
Casting Stat: Charisma (kind of. Cha determines DCs, but is not actually required to cast, so it is painlessly dumped if you stick to invocations that don't allow saves.)

Features:
Eldritch Blast - Spell-Like-Ability (Should be enhanced by appropriate metas by DDO precedent. (Not P&P precedent)) Ranged single target blast deals d6/2 levels untyped damage. Can be enhanced by 1 blast shape invocation and 1 blast essence invocation (see below).
Damage reduction - #/cold iron, scales with level.
Energy Resistance - (Like Fvs)
Fiendish Resilience - Fast healing.
Deceive Item - Awesomeness at UMD. Artificer level or better.

Invocations: spell like abilities that can be used at will. Some modify your eldritch blast and the rest simulate arcane spells but have an extra effect and/or evil flavor. They come in 4 different strengths ("levels") and you only get 12 of them by warlock level 20 (hopefully DDO will up this to at least 1 per level.) I will post specific ones from P&P if I can find a text to cleanly copy paste, but you can expect to have invocations that resemble blur, ddoor, dispel, charm, animate dead, true seeing, wall of fire, shadow walk, invisibilty and others.

Also the essence invocations add a energy type and special effect to eldritch blast: the acid one bypasses spell resistance, the cold one gives a dex debuff if they fail a fort save. (There are many others.)

Then there are the blast shapes, which include channeling through melee, cone, ray, chain, line, and emanation (think energy burst.)

I'm expecting:

• Bugged
• OP
• Paid
• Unfinished Enhancements
• Access to Eldritch Knight Tree.

Munkenmo wrote on Jan 9^th, 2015 at 5:27am:

While playing with it in never, can say warlocks were quite powerful.
In pen also, they had way to be super strong.
Now how will modifications be done in real action combat and how will metas affect that might be a major point.

Thing is, it will be a entirely new unique never before implemented in ddo mechanic.

And we all know how good they are at fucking up stuff like that and how many years it takes them to even realize something is bugged

One tree hellfire warlock, one tree acolyte of the skin. Curious which invocations they are going to implement

I refuse to speculate on what the class will be.  I'm just enjoying the fact that Fram and Uska are pitching a fit on the moronforums.

Arkat wrote on Jan 9^th, 2015 at 12:46pm:

Even my wizard lives were melee.  We'll figure it out.   

QuantumFX wrote on Jan 9^th, 2015 at 12:30pm:


+1 /SIGNED

I would enjoy seeing those classes get an enhancement revamp, but c'mon! A new class sounds like way more fun to me!

gawker wrote on Jan 9^th, 2015 at 9:06pm:


My guess is this is intended as a profit driver and it will coincide with the ranger pass.

The recycled epics dont bring in much cash so they'll be looking at ways to monetise what they've learnt working on free enhancement passes.

Also, implementing a new original class in a 9year old game probably looks good on a c.v.

Epoch wrote on Jan 9^th, 2015 at 10:18pm:


Holy shit, you were MIA for quite awhile there weren't you!

I had been wondering where you've been! Lolz! Haha/hehe!

Three more life's to complete . And i'm  thinking Iconic's . Wondering what there there past life's feats will be .

Munkenmo wrote on Jan 9^th, 2015 at 5:27am:



I'm sure the new PC won't let any of that happen.