Yeah, I'm only running one level of Fighter, mainly to get access to better weapons and armor while seeing how the Hexblade progresses. Given the new weapon attacks, with the right armor and buffs they can become sort of tank like. Although, it seems like I hit the same issue as with any Warlock build. Even though you can recharge your spell slots with a short rest, in combat they run out of special attacks pretty quickly due to the low number of spell slots. That said, if you have a really good weapon, and a decent shield with some good defensive or reaction perks, Pact of the Blade can keep a Warlock in melee pretty well due to using the Charisma modifier for damage.

Hey TM,

Before I announced that patch I looked through this thread up to the date the patch was announced. When I did not see it here I posted it. How I missed your thread announcing the patch is beyond me. Maybe I need a new pair of glasses.

Thank you for bringing your thread to my attention and you are welcome

Have a good day Trail

That was my bad. I should have joined the topics awhile ago (which I only just did, finally, yay ), but got too caught up in gaming.

Way to much fun trying the new sub-classes. Have to say, I didn't think that BG3 would hold my attention as long as it has. Been a minute since I've had a game to obsess about.

Really liking that Hexblade subclass so far. Planning to invest more into Arcane Archer soon. Might try a bard class just to experience the class specific dialogue. Bard has never been a priority choice of mine for these types of games. Probably because I'm a horrible singer IRL.

One thing I missed with the Hexblade subclass is that we may not need to multi-class with fighter unless you really want that extra turn that comes with a second level fighter or would like to experiment with an Arcane Archer hybrid. One of the features of the Hexblade is being able to use medium armor, shields and most martial weapons including long swords. Seems like Larian saw what folks were doing with Warlock multi-classes and modded the class to accommodate. It's kind of a weird class/sub-class, you could go either way as a tank, ranged fighter/magic user or a hybrid. I did re-spec my 10th level "Tav" as a Hexblade, but haven't fully flushed out his skillz yet. Decided to start one from the beginning to see how they evolve over time.