While not necessary, it is highly encouraged that the initial meeting with your Genie patron involves said patron doing an elaborate song and dance number about how you'll never have a friend like them.
Swear if one of my players (right now it’s just my son and fiancée lol) ever decide to roll a Genie Warlock that’s gonna be their character’s introduction to the genie. Just gonna play the scene from Aladdin like “Okay, pay attention, this is your backstory…”
Earth Genie Patron and their vessel is an unsuspecting rock with a small crack. But when Bottled Respite is used, the inside reveals it to actually be a beautiful geode. Edit: Wow guys. Thanks for the likes and comments. This was the first idea I had when making a GenieLock because my mom was super into geodes.
Just thought it something. In some magic systems, different minerals and greens are associated with different elements. Depending on the game you're playing, that could be linked as well
This is why I love this community... A lot of hidden genius ideas... Edit: Or it could be either a iron or clay ringband that encloses a gem... So it looks inconspicuous enough to get overlooked if you just leave it somewhere without the danger of being stolen...
One thing with Kelly's feats... if you take the +2 Cha at lvl8 and Fey Touched at 12, you're sitting at 19 Cha for 4 levels. Why not take Fey Touched at 8, making Cha an 18, which is basically the same as 19, and getting the Misty Step and other spell?
Right now I'm playing a marid genie/ pact of the tome warlock, and have it flavored as an ink spirit that lives in the tome and feeds off of knowledge written in the tome. The DM allowed me to make the tome also be the genie vessel, and every time I enter it I go into like an illustrated form on the pages. I'm still pretty early in the campaign (only 3 sessions), but I'm absolutely loving the flavor. My eldritch blast is an ink glob, I have inky tendrils when I use arms of hadar, I have an ink puddle for grease, and I have an inky raven as a familiar. I play them as a curmudgeonly old man who couldn't quite cut it as a scholar, and lived most of his life as a librarian, where he found the magic tome.
Sounds awesome! Another option for the Genie's Vessel is that it could be a metallic/armored "Book Cover" for your Pact Tome, which could even be kinda like "armor" for your Tome, protecting it with that little bit extra. Plus, nothing in the Text says that you have to be *holding* your Tome when using it as a spellcasting-focus, so the warlock could have it strapped/chained to his back or chest and everybody else would just thing it a piece of armor or something and if you put some Charisma(Deception) into it, you could make the 'enemies' think he's a different kind of Warlock and other neat little stuff like that! Nice to see someone is thinking along similar 'lines of thought' for a character I'm hoping to build. So awesome! Hey, anybody know if anyone has tried to Multiclass a "Pact of the Tome" Warlock with a "Order of Scribes" Wizard... and made the Awakened Spellbook and the Book of Shadows one in the same? Might be neat to use the Magic Quill in combination with the "Book of Ancient Secrets" Invocation to cut down on the time and resources to copy rituals into the "Awakened SpellBook of Shadows". Really, sounds awesome!
I'm pretty new to D&D and Genie Warlock was a love at first sight. The theme and flavor of the subclass is so good that I had to try it out and so I made a kobold tomb raider who during a heist gone bad had to make a deal with a Dao who was bound to a magic ring to save his friends and himself from being buried alive under the desert sands.
I'm playing a Dwarven Dao Genie warlock with the pact of the blade named Einar Brinjar. He won his abilities through a drinking contest with a Dao when that Dao attacked his city. The Dao granted his pact in exchange for not telling his peers that he lost to him.
I played the Genie Warlock for awhile & it was awesome. Our party was about to get TPK’d, but I was the last one left. My friends were dead aka objects, so I brought them into my bottle & was able to escape. It set up a whole arch of the campaign where I teamed up with other characters (the other players) to search out a cleric who could bring them back to life, and getting the components. Fun times.
I played with a Dao Genie with the Crusher feat and it was very fun. Crusher with Eldritch Blast has a bit of decision making. Since you get more attacks at higher levels you might not want to use Genie's Wrath on your first hit cuz you might get a crit on the 2nd/3rd blast and give everyone advantage attacking the target you just critted on. Also resistance to bludgeoning in general is nice. Useful with Armor of Agathys.
@@aus__ Genie's Wrath lets you apply bonus damage to an attack equal to your proficiency modifier once per turn. The extra damage type depends on your patron, and in the case of a Dao you deal bludgeoning damage, so you can get Crusher's effect on one of your attacks. It doesnt need to be eldritch blast specifically, but its probably the thing you will be using the most as an attack (The extra damage can be applied to anything as long as it uses an attack roll)
@@OmegaNeo That's a nice combo, i didn't think about that before - mostly, as there is a lot of creature and skill with resistance against bludgeoning attacks, and far less against elemental attacks... But critical strikes are so rare, i never count on them. My most "oldest" character (which means i play as him for the longest time) had less than ten critical attacks (during other skill checks there were more), and all of them against spellcasters... In the end my DM suggested, that i should take up the "Mage Slayer" talent with him. [In the world setting the Dragonborn have a cast-system, "Noble" Dragonborns are the ones who inherited within their blood some magic (basically sorcerers only). As my character isn't one of them, there would be a reason, why he hates them so much...]
@@Senok13 While there are a lot of enemies resistant to bludgeoning, the vast majority of them are only resistant to nonmagical bludgeoning, so I don't think you'll have a problem with the Dao damage. You'll find more enemies resistant (and immune) to fire, cold and thunder damage than bludgeoning. Off the top my head I can only remember swarms having resistance to magical bludgeoning and thats about it for the more common enemies? When you stop encountering swarms (if you did at all) at higher levels, you'll find more enemies resistant to the other damage types. And yeah while it's luck dependant, I got a decent mileage out of it. Luck was on my side and having 3 attacks with Eldritch Blast definitely helps lol. You can still push enemies an extra 5ft once per turn if you're not inclined to wait on crits.
Playing an Air Genasi/Sylph named Scheherazade (Scher for short) who's the daughter of her Djinn Queen mom warlock patron. Her quest, go out to the material plane, write down as many people's life stories, historical events, or adventures she goes on and bring them back to her mom to read to her. Scher's hoping to find at least 1001.
I recently dipped into Warlock in my campaign after taking six levels of Paladin. I am going Celestial Warlock and plan eventually on taking Pact of the Tome. I really like the potential of the Warlock class and the roleplay it offers with the patron, since there are now solars in the campaign. Love the content on the channel, as always.
The shenanigans of theft using the ring are insane. You just need six seconds with nobody looking and anything you can hold is transported into your vessel, dropped as a free action, and you jump back out empty handed. They can search you all they want. Dig through your gear. You have nothing stolen in your pack 😂
One of my PCs is a genie warlock, and stealing things and storing them in her ring is a big part of her backstory. Which, once she got to third level, was flown away with her inside by her invisible pseudodragon familiar - the ultimate grab and go combo I could come up with.
I have a bottle in our dnd campaign in curse of strahd and we used that feature to sneak all our weapons into town. I’ve also been hoovering up anything not nailed down and forcing my dm to give me prices for all the useless junk I pick up to sell to settle my character’s debt
I've been playing a Marid Genie warlock for a long time and I LOVE this subclass so much. It made me realize that warlocks are my favorite class to play because of the versatility.
Genie Warlock is my favorite of them all. It's so good! I think the overall plan that Kelly had in mind would've worked better with Dao Genie, since they get Spike Growth added to their spell list. All that forced movement would synergize really well with it.
I fell into playing the genie warlock as my first real character (only played short campaigns before now) and it's so damned good! I went with aasimar as my race and efreeti genie. So if I invoke "radiant soul" it adds extra radiant damage to one hit per turn (equal to my level). So eldritch blast does 1d10 plus 1d6 from hex; then one blast per turn also gets fire damage equal to my proficiency and radiant damage equal to my level. At LVL 11, each turn I basically do 3d10+3d6+4+11 Without expending an extra spell slot (other than the one needed to hex an enemy) Next level, I'm taking "kiss of Mephistopheles" so that I can cast fireball as a bonus action when I hit with an eldritch blast. So it'll be 3d10+3d6+4+11+10d6 But I will have to expend another spell slot to add the fireball.
With Metamagic Adept, I actually think Distant Spell is incredibly useful for warlocks. Because you’re forced to upcast a lot of really good spells (invisibility, fly, etc.) at later levels, you often get to choose more than one target. The biggest limitation, especially in a chaotic combat encounter, is that they’re touch spells, but not with Distant Spell. When it hits the fan, whole party is now invisible or flying with 1 spell slot and 1 sorcery point. And then even with some of the Limited Wish options y’all discussed, Revivify and Greater Restoration being delivered from downtown is so incredibly strong. Makes a support warlock so much more viable.
600 foot elderich blast with the elderich spear invocation for one sorcery point could prove useful for enemies that try to fly away. If you take Spell Sniper a 1200 ft ranged spell with no disadvantage can ruin a poor Dragons day when they just wanted to get out of there. Meanwhile even if you don't have the sorcery points your still hitting them with the range of a longbow and giving even rangers a run for their money in damage because you don't miss as much.
Genie warlock has been one of my new favorites. I played a one shot with a dao patron. Added crusher feat and all three forced movement invocations and flavored as gravity magic and had a blast jumping in my ring and letting the rogue get both of us behind enemy lines. I would love to have played this character to high levels, since we only were at lvl 10. One of the few times i would be actually willing to NOT multiclass. Which for me is crazy.
With metamagic adept on warlock i can strongly recommend subtle spell + extended spell. Extend it where it counts, extend an hour duration spells to 2 hours, so you can cast them, short rest and still have it around for another round, etc
For an Efreeti-focused Warlock, one fun idea I've had for a vessel is an old, rusted censer that nonetheless always seems to be smoldering or giving off just a little bit of smoke. And also ignites in certain ways whenever you cast fire-bases spells :)
Rules as written you actually don't need to worry about losing wish because you can create a simulacrum with wish and then it can cast wish instead of you. Also a bonus for warlocks is that because arcanums are a class feature not a spell slot their simulacrums can use wish multiple times before you have to summon a new one.
Whew! That's some loophole......in fact ....technically...couldn't your first simulacrum use its daily wish acranum to create a second simulacrum, which itself creates a third simulacrum etc etc.... So if you had say, 88hp at lvl 17, after 6 days you would have 7 simulacrums (which would be the maximum because the last one would only have 1 hp) and on day 8 you could cast 8 separate wishes in one single round!
@@Wintermute909 The simulacra can cast Simulacrum on you after you've rested and regained your slot. You get effectively infinite simulacra and wishes. This is of course a bug, and should not be allowed.
@@Wintermute909 It's actually even stronger than this because simulacrum doesn't have to be cast on yourself so your simulacrums can make another simulacrum of you, giving you infinite simulacrums.
If I put a DM hat on for a minute I think I would make the patron grant the simulacrum wishes, when it could no longer cast wish it would be like oh you are all out of wishes. The warlock would probably get smug and be like no I'm not to which the patro would realise their mistake and get angry. The patron would let the warlock off with it on the condition they don't do it again and don't tell anyone about this loop hole.
I think it would be great to have a tool kit being my genie vessel, based on what my genie patron is: for example a Marid patron where the vessel is a set of Navigator's tools, and inside the compartment is a Captain's cabin (which is always swaying as if it were at sea), complete with charts on the desk, etc
Also the Dao Genie gives you Spike Growth which you can abuse with Repelling Blast and Grasp of Hadar. I have a character who is Custom Lineage who is based on a kakapo who grew up among his flying brethren but one day found himself falling into the plane of earth, and meeting a Dao who offered to show him how powerful earth can be.
This guy knows what's up. Crusher and telekinetic feats give you even more movement. Amazing with spike growth and sickening radiance stacking multiple exhaustions in one turn.
Yeah its a great combo. You could also take metamagic adept and quickened spell, so you can cast spike growth or sickening radiance and push them into it with eldritch blasts on the same turn.
I'm playing a Tortle genie warlock and my patron is a marrid, and I'm absolutely loving the flavor and the theme of it. I chose the tome as well as it just adds so much
@@timvallier9701 unfortunately no, I went with a busted up, barnacle encrusted oil lamp that doubles as his reading lamp. He's old, even for tortles. My DM was kind enough to extend his lifespan to fit the theme of an old tortoise, so as long as the pact remains, my character ages slower, but he's still old.
I'd love to see how the Eladrin race interacts with the Genie Patron Warlock. The combination of seasons with elements could be interesting, at least thematically
I played as a Genie warlock in a Dragon Heist game. She was a curious scholar from the City of Brass in Waterdeep to study, and got roped into the party's shenangians. She was the unofficial party caretaker as she got them all out of trouble with her charisma and even saved them from a sudden ambus of a ghost and animated furniture (she now has a phobia of brooms). I really enjoyed playing her and the Genie Warlock is my favourite Warlock subclass
in our last campaign, we had a genie warlock and I played a Harengon Scout Rogue. We had one situation where the DM basically had poison cloud in a combat situation against Yuan-Ti. My rogue had 10 feet blind sense . Party hopped in the ring, Rogue went hunting for the caster. Then tossed the ring at their feet. Party hopped out and had surprise because the caster didn't see a group of people coming out of no where. We used that ring for transport -- stealth, escape, etc. Because the Rogue could get in and out without really being seen. And while doing that, the casters could get their short rest / get your spell back situation.
I’m a big fan of using Pact of the Chain to allow your follower to pick up your Vessel. Extra points if you choose the Sprite, who could pick up your Vessel and turn Invisible while carrying you around.
I love this format, one of my favorites that you do. Seeing how much you can personalize a subclass for variety and flavor while still making something effective at the table. Been a fan since I saw you do this for the Battesmith Artificer, I'd love to see more subclasses built "the Monty way" and "the Kelly way"
I've been waiting for this for a while guys. I really like the way you guys break down information and couldn't wait to see what you guys would come for my favorite subclas of my favorite class
Ever since this subclass was released I wanted to play it. Finally got the chance last year and built a water genasi with a marid patron who's spells were thunder damage themed. The lore was that her patron was her distant ancestor and so she called her grandma. Took pact of the blade and used far step to teleport around the battlefield slashing at enemies with booming blade. It was a lot of fun.
I was waiting so much for this video from you, and I loved it! Also happy that you didn't do the "classic Daolock", the Dao is amazing (probably the best), but there are already a lot of videos about it and you show that the others have a lot of potential too! As always, thank you for the amazing video!
I multiclassed a Lore Bard with Genie Warlock. It was super fun and flavorful. The DM was kind enough let me use my lire as my genie vessel. Would recommend.
Air Genie Patron, with a primal element orb vessel, that's a glass like sphere containing a captured thunderstorm, and on the inside it looks like your in the eye of a hurricane.
Played two separate GenieLocks across two campaigns: Utterly Love them! Current one is a Mastermind Rogue multi-class which, thematically, is a great combo with the support spells, Chain Pact and the slight damage boost.
Used the ring to escape a bunch of tricky situations. Had a friend chuck it in an open window, over a locked gate, under a door, and popped into it while running towards bars to slip between them. I loved using it!
FINALLY IVE BEEN LOOKING FOR A VIDEO LIKE THIS! I have my own Dao Genie Warlock and when i was making it, i was looking for advice on how to build one, so this helps alot
My Water Genasi warlocks patron was his Marid mother. It's very fitting thematically even though some of the bonuses kind of double up. Still fun to play.
I made a Genie Warlock multiclass that puts the War in Warlock. 3-4 levels in Fighter to get proficiency in Constitution and medium armor, Pact of The Blade for Extra Attack later on, and Eldritch Mind for advantage in concentration saves. 14 Dex and Con, the rest in Cha
Can't believe they didn't mention the weird edge case of Dao Genie and crusher feat. Especially since they get spike growth on expanded spell list. Best cheese grater build in the game.
One of my favorite Genie patron Warlocks I played was with a Dao patron and the vessel was a jar. The DM allowed loose substances such as dirt enter the jar through the top so my Warlock would use mold earth (obtained via feat) to fill the jar with dirt and would shatter it to release massive amounts of dirt. Especially effective in confined spaces at burying foes alive XD
Another great feature that I don’t remember hearing being covered is that genie warlocks are able to bring their entire party into the vessel and complete a short rest in 10 minutes! Amazing utility there too
I’ve built a few Genie Warlocks, and have found that you benefit greatly from taking your first level as a Sorcerer, which nets you Con save proficiency and two additional lvl 1 spell slots. And you can net some synergistic bonuses such as Divine Soul and Celestial patron, or Storm Sorcery and Djinn patron. You don’t really lose anything other than pushing the Warlock features back one level, and the lose of the 20th level feature isn’t a loss at all. My newest Genie build is a small Owlin Aberrant Mind Djinn sniper that hides 600’ up while dropping blasts out of nowhere. Went Chain for an Improved Imp skinned to look like a tiny Owlin. Went Astral Drifter for Magic Adept: Cleric. Running them like big game Hunters that hunt the most dangerous game, sentient beings. Talked the GM into letting him have a Lamannian Wood focus that’s a scope mounted to a wooden stock like a firearm, but with out a barrel. His name? Boom Chachalaca.
Perfect timing on this. In a few weeks I am playing a goblin genie warlock. The goblin unknowingly stole the genie vessel from a traveling merchant and accidentally got into a pact with the genie.
AH! I have another one; Air Genie patron and their vessel is a metal (like brass, copper or silver) or crystal wind chime with oscillating fascinators that orbit around the chime itself, strung with chains and a little hoop to hook it onto the ceiling or whatever. When Bottled Respite is used, you go inside a chamber at the center of the chime. The chime can ring, but since everyone is so small/the influence of the Djinni, the sound is soft and melodious.
Currently playing an autognome Dao Genie Warlock in a Spelljammer campaign. The synergy of repelling blast and spike growth on the small battlefield of a spelljammer ship has been very effective. The autognome "built for success" feature also allows me to add a d4 to proficiency bonus number of attack rolls if I miss a blast by a point or two to make sure I'm keeping enemies in the spike growth field.
My favorite warlock subclass is "The Fathomless". I played a tabaxi fathomless warlock as a straight class through a campaign and it felt powerful from start to finish.
I’m doing a White Sand(Brandon Sanderson graphic novel series) gaara inspired character. So his patron is a Dao Genie, but the genie vessel is a gourd strapped to his back which is full of sand. So all the “earth” magic he has access to takes the form of sand formations and stuff. Also sphinx of wonder is hella cool.
I´ve built a warforged genie warlock called "Clothes" - he was basically a set of magical garments that could retract himself inside his hat, pretty fun character, went wild sorcerer also
the strategy of "get into the ring and have the familiar carry it away" is exactly what my own genie warlock had been doing to run away from places, have yet to test it to sneak into places!
It even better with Pact of the Chain where you can just have an invisible familiar that just picks up the vessel and flies off. Though to be fair my Warlock started with Mask of Many Faces and also had the actor feat so I got away with tons of nonsense and could easily use my familiar to escape or just decide to be someone else. XD
Imagine a Warforged holding the Vessel (or wearing the Ring) with the whole party in it, then taking advantage of both their ability to look like an actual suit of armour AND their ability to "keep watch" while long-resting for the ultimate in hidden party long rest defence; now that's a good party combo (or even all on one character) I almost imagine Futurama's Bender putting the Vessel inside his chest compartment, even, though of course that's DM fiat on rule-of-cool
Such a fun subclass. I did a weird thing and made a Punck Rock Strength/Con/Charima(int & wis dump) based Air Genasi Dijin pact whos vessel is a bottle of Jin. She is Pact of the Talisman who kicks ass with a Chain whip and a Studded Club(Weapon Master) - With rebuke to knock enemys about.
I was so pleasantly surprised when Kelly mentioned using Limited Wish for Passwall. In my opinion, it is such a strong spell that is totally underused in the campaigns I have participated in. It would definitely be a great contender for the Limited Wish usage.
I have a plasmoid genie sorlock that’s pact of the chain for filler sessions when people can’t make it. Such a blast, so many goofy ability interactions for endless fun
My favorite is using concentration on an important spell, then casting sanctuary on your sprite the following turn, which is carrying your magic ring. Then you action hide in the ring, and your flying sprite is now invisible, and they have to pass a save to even attack it. So fun
yep, maybe my favorite warlock subclass. I also really do love that the subclass does complement their Genasi counterpart too with Fire being the only one doubling up on stuff.
I'm playing a Dao Human Warlock 10 + Divine Soul Sorcerer 4. Spell Sniper + Crusher. My vessel is a ring that inside has an arabian room. Recently unlocked the party vessel, and now it's like a whole house for relax (smoke pipes, telescope, japanese garden, lots of sofas, rugs). We are going to travel using my crow carrying the ring. Anyway the Genie is very powerful. I'm the strategist of the group. Every action I take shapes the fight (pushing enemies, blocking sight, making walls, incapacitating them, kill everything with radiations) and I can play recklessly without fearing to go first and absorb hits.
@@AlessandroPesce-profile with Hypnotic Pattern, and the other crowd control spells. I picked careful spell and quicken spell metamagic. Once you go dao you should go 300% eldritch blast (quicken spell+action surge). When you crit everyone get advantage on all attacks until you start another turn. But I can understand 4 lvl in fighter are somewhat wasted (it must be echo or rune knight). Feats are too important once you have maxed out charisma. In my case I wanted crusher, telekinetic and metamagic adept but I got a permanent +1 to CON so resilient CON will be and metamagic will be the very last.
I love playing the Genie Warlock. I typically use the Efreeti Genie but someday I'm tempted to try out the Dao Genie. Then again, after hearing Kelly's take on the former, I might not. :D He made it sound even more interesting than I have thus far explored. :D
The Genie Vessel is BIG inside. 20' radius is a small two bedroom apartment. Mine has a bedroom with a featherbed, an alchemy lab, library with comfy chairs and a bar, a bathroom with plumbing, and a storeroom full of chests for storing our party stuff in an impregnable vault. I went Pact of the Chain with the Ritual Caster feat. The Chain familiar is just. so. good. A familiar with hands can cast a Magic Stone on your Bonus Action, if you have the Investment of the Chain feat. Currently level 11 and I could go on for pages on the shenanigans you can pull off with a familiar that's smarter than most of the party (INT 14 WIS 13) and can use magic items.
There’s a super interesting interaction between Crusher and the Dao genie. You get to push with bludgeoning damage and it stacks with repelling blast too. Stack spike growth on that from the Doa and take Grasp of Hadar. Boom. Cheese grater.
Agreed on the cross-element build. My Triton with Dao patron was a very effective emissary, especially with a few levels of bard and college of eloquence.
I'm playing a Genie/Rogue 7 rogue/6 lock. Being an invisible, flying rogue is AMAZING! Big damages with Booming Blade and the passive damage from lock and so much versatility outside of combat
A dwarf that wished to become a wizard. Received a magic tome, he can go inside the pages and it teaches him spells. With his high charisma he can just act smart.
Because the Jin are haughty and would almost always have some valuable if not gaudy item as the vessel. I wouldn’t allow it to be an unadorned clay vessel.
My Dao Genie's Vessel is a funeral urn with an ornate label. When I first found it and pulled it out of a fireplace the urn itself was cold, but as I turned it over, the ornate symbol on the label flared to life and burned my hand leaving an imprint there. While it blistered my patron used that pain, that link to talk to me about how he needed an agent in the mortal world and offered me magical power in return. Once the pact was struck, the mark cooled and healed over instantly. Now, as an Eladrin ELF, the starting duration for time spent in the bottle (2 x PB in hrs = 4 at lvl 1) was enough for me to meditate and get a long rest IN the bottle. :) I would hand the bottle to our Cleric of Kord to hold onto while I rested and he assumed as an Eladrin, this was just some Fey thing. As a performer before adventuring, I put in a clothing rack for costumes, a desk we came across, an old nature based stone throne, anything our party needed me to hold onto. My DM was kind enough to let me use the Daolani (3rd party mini genie type familiar) as my Pact of the Chain choice. His broadsword is about the size of a small shortsword to the rest of us, but he uses it well. I took Eldritch Sight to detect magic at will, always useful, Investment of the Chain Master mostly to make sure I'm only using BA to get my Familiar to take attack actions and to increase it's DC's on it's abilities to match mine which level much higher, and building off my performance skills, Mask of Many faces. It pairs up nicely with my Cloak of Many Fashions and when I finally got a feat, it was Actor! :) I'd love to get some Glamorweave, and look forward to the day the group can come down and join me in the bottle for their short rests. :) Now, Monty said you can SEE thru the vessel, I didn't read that, I only saw that you HEAR thru the vessel. I also didn't go Genasi because it seemed like double dipping into the same pool and didn't want to dip into two pools myself. You still get a lot of cool things as an Eladrin and thematically makes my go to Summon Fey ;)
I just started of a fire genasi genie warlock just to lean into the fire thing a lot and it ties in the the background story for the character. Chose the pact of chain, pseudodragon, for the practical reasons of scouting and helping out. Went with a oil lamp vessel cause, well fire and theme :P The general idea of the character is that they are distantly related to the patron but as they live in the material plane they can act there to help the patron out with information and (the sort of main thing here) finding relics and artifacts to further the patron goals (these are not made quite clear to give out DM something to have fun working with). Just remember for camping in the vessel, you can still hear everything around you so someone can still be on watch to avoid being snatched up or at least you can wake people up and handle the situation, that is if the thing taking the vessel makes enough sound.
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You guys have like the best build ideas ever. I absolutely love your creativity
One of my favorite things about the Limited Wish feature it states, "the spell simply takes effect as part of this action" so RAW the spell you use can't be counterspelled.
I use this subclass to play a Santa Warlock: Fire Genie Spirit is a white bearded Djinn named 'Zjei-Nik' (Saint Nick) whose vessel is a snow globe depicting a warm north pole cabin. Naughty or Nice List is the pact tome. My character is a scrooge like man who gains warlock powers the more he embodies the ideals of christmas.
I agree with the Limited Wish thing. Once a day is more fitting. Or at the very least, give the Warlock two limited wishes so the Genie can cast three wishes like most media says they can. See my preferred choice of Genie Warlock build is the Djinni, with the ring vessel(or a small whistle on a string if GM lets me be creative), and the Pact of the Tome. I pick up the invocations Book of Ancient Secrets, Aspect of the Moon, and Far Scribe to work with the Tome. This lets me grab lots of handy Ritual Spells including(but not limited to) Find Familiar and Tiny Hut. I also never have to sleep and can just spend the long rest period doing light activity. Lastly, Far Scribe helps me communicate with the team and our NPC benefactors. From there, I also grab Eldrich Blast bonuses like Agonizing Blast, Repelling Blast, and Lance of Lethargy. I also grab Eldrich Mind for better concentration. Now, if the DM says they don't plan to make it to a level 20 Campaign. Then I dabble in the ol' V-Human(Warcaster) Ghost Lance build. Dropping in 3 levels of Echo Knight Fighter from levels 3-5. Use my Echo to serve as a living trap. Either the enemys can waste their turn attacking my Echo, or pass the Echo up and trigger an opportunity attack which I can make from the Echos space or my own. Effectively blasting them back and slowing them down. If it's meant to be a level 20, I am going single class Warlock and running a Changling with a disguise kit / glamored studded leather armor.
Cast Fund Familiar or Unseen Servant then hop in the genie vessel. I also think about pact of the chain with the familiar being an aspect of my genie patron.
The Genie subclass also gives the DM some fun opportunities to add some RP, character, backstory, connections to campaign-wide stories, etc. The different elemental patrons expand on this, especially with questions about whether the player's specific patron is typical or unusual for their culture in terms of attitude, plans (or lack thereof), alignment, politics and plotting among genies, etc. Just about any player character will have connections with individuals/groups/organizations, but warlocks in particular have a built-in connection for story hooks built into the class, and the various genie patrons are already notorious for schemes both convoluted and improvised, so...
Currently, I’m playing a Hexblood Genie Warlock with Pact of the Chain. The Toothie Talkie (eerie token), Familiar, and the Ring (vessel) itself are there, so they can be effectively be in 3 places at once, talking to the whole party while split up… I also flavored them as a witch with a demonic patron (Flying on a Broom, Imp familiar, and the food creating spell from the genie fits well, as a particular witch does live in a gingerbread house…).
You could take Pact of the Chain. Then your backstory can be that you yourself are a genie in training and your familiar (e.g. an imp or sprite) found your vessel and is now your master.
You can attach a ring to an arrow, go inside the vessel, ask the ranger to shot the arrow where you want/where you cannot go normally, pop outside the ring et voila ^^
Okay finally finished my Warlock and might be my best build ever Angus The Elder is a variant human pact of the chain Genie Warlock. By 8th level he gets 5 single use per long rest spells ( including Polymorph! ) Through clever feat stacking in ADDITION to his actual spell slots! Oh and disguise self is an at will spell. Throw in kaxed out charisma + repelling + agonizing blast and he's a serious damage dealer even when te splls are gone. His shield gives him a 19 AC so he's decently tanky AND his pact and invocations mean his imp familiar can also make attacks AND spy for him literally anywhere on the same plane of existance.
The addition of Spike Growth to the Dao spell list is a great pickup too. Most of the time if you're playing a blastlock pushing enemies around the battlefield, you're pushing them into a spell AoE that doesn't take effect until the start of the creature or caster's turn. So there's always a chance that they might be moved by another effect, or have a reaction that allows them to escape, or else they just die before the next round of combat. Plus it usually only does damage once. Spike Growth is nice because it does damage whenever the creature moves, immediately, and it does damage based on however much distance they cover. So every time you hit an enemy in the area with a Repelling Blast or Grasp of Hadar, they take an extra 4d4 piercing damage. If you hit them with more than one blast, you can push and pull them through the spikes, creating the cheese grater of death.
Bond of the Talisman is why you would NOT want your genie vessel and the talisman to be one and the same. If you do give the talisman to someone else (like in Kelly's teleport scenario) you have also given them your spell casting focus. That's like cutting off your own foot to loan someone your shoes.
While not necessary, it is highly encouraged that the initial meeting with your Genie patron involves said patron doing an elaborate song and dance number about how you'll never have a friend like them.
Make the PCs role play it, joining in 😂
You ain't never had a fiend, never had fiend, you ain't never..had....a...fiend....like meeeee!!!!!
It's more accurate
Yesssss
Swear if one of my players (right now it’s just my son and fiancée lol) ever decide to roll a Genie Warlock that’s gonna be their character’s introduction to the genie.
Just gonna play the scene from Aladdin like “Okay, pay attention, this is your backstory…”
Earth Genie Patron and their vessel is an unsuspecting rock with a small crack. But when Bottled Respite is used, the inside reveals it to actually be a beautiful geode.
Edit: Wow guys. Thanks for the likes and comments. This was the first idea I had when making a GenieLock because my mom was super into geodes.
I love the theming here!
Consider it stolen!
Just thought it something. In some magic systems, different minerals and greens are associated with different elements. Depending on the game you're playing, that could be linked as well
I like it, I’m going to use this as well.
This is why I love this community... A lot of hidden genius ideas...
Edit: Or it could be either a iron or clay ringband that encloses a gem... So it looks inconspicuous enough to get overlooked if you just leave it somewhere without the danger of being stolen...
One thing with Kelly's feats... if you take the +2 Cha at lvl8 and Fey Touched at 12, you're sitting at 19 Cha for 4 levels. Why not take Fey Touched at 8, making Cha an 18, which is basically the same as 19, and getting the Misty Step and other spell?
I quite literally searched for this video 3 days ago hoping you guys did a video on it, and low and behold my WISH was granted
Ah!! Haha! I see what you did there
Right now I'm playing a marid genie/ pact of the tome warlock, and have it flavored as an ink spirit that lives in the tome and feeds off of knowledge written in the tome. The DM allowed me to make the tome also be the genie vessel, and every time I enter it I go into like an illustrated form on the pages. I'm still pretty early in the campaign (only 3 sessions), but I'm absolutely loving the flavor. My eldritch blast is an ink glob, I have inky tendrils when I use arms of hadar, I have an ink puddle for grease, and I have an inky raven as a familiar. I play them as a curmudgeonly old man who couldn't quite cut it as a scholar, and lived most of his life as a librarian, where he found the magic tome.
Becoming an "illustrated form" on the pages is brilliant!
Cool idea, but what if someone finds the book while you're in it and draws a beard on your illustrated form? Do you get a beard when you emerge?
@@galithir5393 Now that's a question I need answered.
Sounds awesome! Another option for the Genie's Vessel is that it could be a metallic/armored "Book Cover" for your Pact Tome, which could even be kinda like "armor" for your Tome, protecting it with that little bit extra. Plus, nothing in the Text says that you have to be *holding* your Tome when using it as a spellcasting-focus, so the warlock could have it strapped/chained to his back or chest and everybody else would just thing it a piece of armor or something and if you put some Charisma(Deception) into it, you could make the 'enemies' think he's a different kind of Warlock and other neat little stuff like that!
Nice to see someone is thinking along similar 'lines of thought' for a character I'm hoping to build. So awesome!
Hey, anybody know if anyone has tried to Multiclass a "Pact of the Tome" Warlock with a "Order of Scribes" Wizard... and made the Awakened Spellbook and the Book of Shadows one in the same? Might be neat to use the Magic Quill in combination with the "Book of Ancient Secrets" Invocation to cut down on the time and resources to copy rituals into the "Awakened SpellBook of Shadows".
Really, sounds awesome!
Love this. Flavoring abilities is the bomb
I'm pretty new to D&D and Genie Warlock was a love at first sight. The theme and flavor of the subclass is so good that I had to try it out and so I made a kobold tomb raider who during a heist gone bad had to make a deal with a Dao who was bound to a magic ring to save his friends and himself from being buried alive under the desert sands.
Yo I LOVE that
I’m not gunna lie homie. I’m stealing that.
@@_Dogberry_ I'm glad to hear that
I'm playing a Dwarven Dao Genie warlock with the pact of the blade named Einar Brinjar. He won his abilities through a drinking contest with a Dao when that Dao attacked his city. The Dao granted his pact in exchange for not telling his peers that he lost to him.
I play a Water Genasi, Marid Genie Warlock with a Germphobia and a soap dispenser as a vessel. Im Excited to hear what you guys have to say :)
Sounds hygienic
The hero we didn't know we needed a few years ago xD
Gah damn that is one clean build :)
Lol that is a great character!
@@hah-vj7hcyep. 3rd level paladin ability.
I played the Genie Warlock for awhile & it was awesome.
Our party was about to get TPK’d, but I was the last one left. My friends were dead aka objects, so I brought them into my bottle & was able to escape.
It set up a whole arch of the campaign where I teamed up with other characters (the other players) to search out a cleric who could bring them back to life, and getting the components.
Fun times.
I played with a Dao Genie with the Crusher feat and it was very fun. Crusher with Eldritch Blast has a bit of decision making. Since you get more attacks at higher levels you might not want to use Genie's Wrath on your first hit cuz you might get a crit on the 2nd/3rd blast and give everyone advantage attacking the target you just critted on. Also resistance to bludgeoning in general is nice. Useful with Armor of Agathys.
maybe i’m confused, but eldritch blast doesn’t do bludgeoning damage does it?
@@aus__ Genie's Wrath lets you apply bonus damage to an attack equal to your proficiency modifier once per turn. The extra damage type depends on your patron, and in the case of a Dao you deal bludgeoning damage, so you can get Crusher's effect on one of your attacks.
It doesnt need to be eldritch blast specifically, but its probably the thing you will be using the most as an attack (The extra damage can be applied to anything as long as it uses an attack roll)
@@OmegaNeo That's a nice combo, i didn't think about that before - mostly, as there is a lot of creature and skill with resistance against bludgeoning attacks, and far less against elemental attacks... But critical strikes are so rare, i never count on them. My most "oldest" character (which means i play as him for the longest time) had less than ten critical attacks (during other skill checks there were more), and all of them against spellcasters... In the end my DM suggested, that i should take up the "Mage Slayer" talent with him. [In the world setting the Dragonborn have a cast-system, "Noble" Dragonborns are the ones who inherited within their blood some magic (basically sorcerers only). As my character isn't one of them, there would be a reason, why he hates them so much...]
@@Senok13 While there are a lot of enemies resistant to bludgeoning, the vast majority of them are only resistant to nonmagical bludgeoning, so I don't think you'll have a problem with the Dao damage. You'll find more enemies resistant (and immune) to fire, cold and thunder damage than bludgeoning. Off the top my head I can only remember swarms having resistance to magical bludgeoning and thats about it for the more common enemies? When you stop encountering swarms (if you did at all) at higher levels, you'll find more enemies resistant to the other damage types.
And yeah while it's luck dependant, I got a decent mileage out of it. Luck was on my side and having 3 attacks with Eldritch Blast definitely helps lol. You can still push enemies an extra 5ft once per turn if you're not inclined to wait on crits.
@@OmegaNeo that’s amazing, good thinkin
Playing an Air Genasi/Sylph named Scheherazade (Scher for short) who's the daughter of her Djinn Queen mom warlock patron. Her quest, go out to the material plane, write down as many people's life stories, historical events, or adventures she goes on and bring them back to her mom to read to her. Scher's hoping to find at least 1001.
sounds like a setup for a sorlock to me
@@dleonidae Any suggestions for a Sorcerer subclass that fits a Genie?
@@andrewdowns3673 thematically with what you got going on, Storm; not sure how well it'll all gel mechanically though
@@dleonidae Gotcha.
Nice reference, esp in the name
Love the content you guys make, however, I must say that I am very excited for the “All bard party” video.
I recently dipped into Warlock in my campaign after taking six levels of Paladin. I am going Celestial Warlock and plan eventually on taking Pact of the Tome. I really like the potential of the Warlock class and the roleplay it offers with the patron, since there are now solars in the campaign. Love the content on the channel, as always.
The shenanigans of theft using the ring are insane. You just need six seconds with nobody looking and anything you can hold is transported into your vessel, dropped as a free action, and you jump back out empty handed. They can search you all they want. Dig through your gear. You have nothing stolen in your pack 😂
One of my PCs is a genie warlock, and stealing things and storing them in her ring is a big part of her backstory. Which, once she got to third level, was flown away with her inside by her invisible pseudodragon familiar - the ultimate grab and go combo I could come up with.
I have a bottle in our dnd campaign in curse of strahd and we used that feature to sneak all our weapons into town. I’ve also been hoovering up anything not nailed down and forcing my dm to give me prices for all the useless junk I pick up to sell to settle my character’s debt
@@juliavanfleet9641 Howd the Psuedodragon turn invisible?
And boy once the ruling authorities learn that such thieves are about...the draconian measures to stop them would be extreme.
@@bradwillis7415 You have jewelry in the city limits? Either hand it over ot face imprisonment/execution.
Anyone seen doing magic? Dead.
I've been playing a Marid Genie warlock for a long time and I LOVE this subclass so much. It made me realize that warlocks are my favorite class to play because of the versatility.
Genie Warlock is my favorite of them all. It's so good! I think the overall plan that Kelly had in mind would've worked better with Dao Genie, since they get Spike Growth added to their spell list. All that forced movement would synergize really well with it.
Daolock = best lock
I fell into playing the genie warlock as my first real character (only played short campaigns before now) and it's so damned good!
I went with aasimar as my race and efreeti genie. So if I invoke "radiant soul" it adds extra radiant damage to one hit per turn (equal to my level).
So eldritch blast does 1d10 plus 1d6 from hex; then one blast per turn also gets fire damage equal to my proficiency and radiant damage equal to my level.
At LVL 11, each turn I basically do 3d10+3d6+4+11
Without expending an extra spell slot (other than the one needed to hex an enemy)
Next level, I'm taking "kiss of Mephistopheles" so that I can cast fireball as a bonus action when I hit with an eldritch blast.
So it'll be 3d10+3d6+4+11+10d6
But I will have to expend another spell slot to add the fireball.
@@Plant_Parenthood sounds like a blast! (pun intended)
@@ChocolateFishBrains After lvl 11 it's 3 blasts!
Ah yes, the cheese grater technique
With Metamagic Adept, I actually think Distant Spell is incredibly useful for warlocks. Because you’re forced to upcast a lot of really good spells (invisibility, fly, etc.) at later levels, you often get to choose more than one target. The biggest limitation, especially in a chaotic combat encounter, is that they’re touch spells, but not with Distant Spell. When it hits the fan, whole party is now invisible or flying with 1 spell slot and 1 sorcery point. And then even with some of the Limited Wish options y’all discussed, Revivify and Greater Restoration being delivered from downtown is so incredibly strong. Makes a support warlock so much more viable.
600 foot elderich blast with the elderich spear invocation for one sorcery point could prove useful for enemies that try to fly away. If you take Spell Sniper a 1200 ft ranged spell with no disadvantage can ruin a poor Dragons day when they just wanted to get out of there. Meanwhile even if you don't have the sorcery points your still hitting them with the range of a longbow and giving even rangers a run for their money in damage because you don't miss as much.
Upcast, distant invisibility, now becomes a super useful support and utility spell.
Genie warlock has been one of my new favorites. I played a one shot with a dao patron. Added crusher feat and all three forced movement invocations and flavored as gravity magic and had a blast jumping in my ring and letting the rogue get both of us behind enemy lines. I would love to have played this character to high levels, since we only were at lvl 10. One of the few times i would be actually willing to NOT multiclass. Which for me is crazy.
With metamagic adept on warlock i can strongly recommend subtle spell + extended spell. Extend it where it counts, extend an hour duration spells to 2 hours, so you can cast them, short rest and still have it around for another round, etc
For an Efreeti-focused Warlock, one fun idea I've had for a vessel is an old, rusted censer that nonetheless always seems to be smoldering or giving off just a little bit of smoke. And also ignites in certain ways whenever you cast fire-bases spells :)
I appreciate that you went back to the format of each of you making your own build
Rules as written you actually don't need to worry about losing wish because you can create a simulacrum with wish and then it can cast wish instead of you. Also a bonus for warlocks is that because arcanums are a class feature not a spell slot their simulacrums can use wish multiple times before you have to summon a new one.
Whew! That's some loophole......in fact ....technically...couldn't your first simulacrum use its daily wish acranum to create a second simulacrum, which itself creates a third simulacrum etc etc....
So if you had say, 88hp at lvl 17, after 6 days you would have 7 simulacrums (which would be the maximum because the last one would only have 1 hp) and on day 8 you could cast 8 separate wishes in one single round!
@@Wintermute909 The simulacra can cast Simulacrum on you after you've rested and regained your slot. You get effectively infinite simulacra and wishes. This is of course a bug, and should not be allowed.
@@Wintermute909 It's actually even stronger than this because simulacrum doesn't have to be cast on yourself so your simulacrums can make another simulacrum of you, giving you infinite simulacrums.
If I put a DM hat on for a minute I think I would make the patron grant the simulacrum wishes, when it could no longer cast wish it would be like oh you are all out of wishes. The warlock would probably get smug and be like no I'm not to which the patro would realise their mistake and get angry. The patron would let the warlock off with it on the condition they don't do it again and don't tell anyone about this loop hole.
I think it would be great to have a tool kit being my genie vessel, based on what my genie patron is: for example a Marid patron where the vessel is a set of Navigator's tools, and inside the compartment is a Captain's cabin (which is always swaying as if it were at sea), complete with charts on the desk, etc
Also the Dao Genie gives you Spike Growth which you can abuse with Repelling Blast and Grasp of Hadar. I have a character who is Custom Lineage who is based on a kakapo who grew up among his flying brethren but one day found himself falling into the plane of earth, and meeting a Dao who offered to show him how powerful earth can be.
This guy knows what's up. Crusher and telekinetic feats give you even more movement. Amazing with spike growth and sickening radiance stacking multiple exhaustions in one turn.
Yeah its a great combo. You could also take metamagic adept and quickened spell, so you can cast spike growth or sickening radiance and push them into it with eldritch blasts on the same turn.
I'm playing a Tortle genie warlock and my patron is a marrid, and I'm absolutely loving the flavor and the theme of it. I chose the tome as well as it just adds so much
Please tell me you bottle is your shell
@@timvallier9701 unfortunately no, I went with a busted up, barnacle encrusted oil lamp that doubles as his reading lamp. He's old, even for tortles. My DM was kind enough to extend his lifespan to fit the theme of an old tortoise, so as long as the pact remains, my character ages slower, but he's still old.
I'd love to see how the Eladrin race interacts with the Genie Patron Warlock. The combination of seasons with elements could be interesting, at least thematically
I played as a Genie warlock in a Dragon Heist game. She was a curious scholar from the City of Brass in Waterdeep to study, and got roped into the party's shenangians. She was the unofficial party caretaker as she got them all out of trouble with her charisma and even saved them from a sudden ambus of a ghost and animated furniture (she now has a phobia of brooms). I really enjoyed playing her and the Genie Warlock is my favourite Warlock subclass
in our last campaign, we had a genie warlock and I played a Harengon Scout Rogue. We had one situation where the DM basically had poison cloud in a combat situation against Yuan-Ti. My rogue had 10 feet blind sense . Party hopped in the ring, Rogue went hunting for the caster. Then tossed the ring at their feet. Party hopped out and had surprise because the caster didn't see a group of people coming out of no where.
We used that ring for transport -- stealth, escape, etc. Because the Rogue could get in and out without really being seen. And while doing that, the casters could get their short rest / get your spell back situation.
You can flavor a talisman genie warlock as a member of the Green Lantern Corps with the lantern as the vessel and the ring as the talisman.
I like the idea of using Galder's Speedy Courier to deliver your vessel, with the party inside, to anyone you want in the world.
I’m a big fan of using Pact of the Chain to allow your follower to pick up your Vessel. Extra points if you choose the Sprite, who could pick up your Vessel and turn Invisible while carrying you around.
I love this format, one of my favorites that you do. Seeing how much you can personalize a subclass for variety and flavor while still making something effective at the table. Been a fan since I saw you do this for the Battesmith Artificer, I'd love to see more subclasses built "the Monty way" and "the Kelly way"
I've been waiting for this for a while guys. I really like the way you guys break down information and couldn't wait to see what you guys would come for my favorite subclas of my favorite class
Starting 13 dexterity and getting moderately armored is also worth a mention. As it massively increases your survivability. Also allows for 12 Wisdom.
Ever since this subclass was released I wanted to play it. Finally got the chance last year and built a water genasi with a marid patron who's spells were thunder damage themed. The lore was that her patron was her distant ancestor and so she called her grandma. Took pact of the blade and used far step to teleport around the battlefield slashing at enemies with booming blade. It was a lot of fun.
I was waiting so much for this video from you, and I loved it! Also happy that you didn't do the "classic Daolock", the Dao is amazing (probably the best), but there are already a lot of videos about it and you show that the others have a lot of potential too! As always, thank you for the amazing video!
You guys are like my comfort channel :))
I multiclassed a Lore Bard with Genie Warlock. It was super fun and flavorful. The DM was kind enough let me use my lire as my genie vessel. Would recommend.
I’ve had an air genie warlock in the barrel for a while now and I’m excited to see your suggestion on how to optimize it!
Air Genie Patron, with a primal element orb vessel, that's a glass like sphere containing a captured thunderstorm, and on the inside it looks like your in the eye of a hurricane.
My character recently died so I building a air genasi Djinni warlock right now. I really like this idea and might steal it!
@@marissasmith1579 Go for it! I'm having a lot of fun with mine, I can even get my imp to carry me around glutching this orb in his tiny palms
hot damn, i've been designing a genie warlock for the past two weeks as my next PC. this could not have come at a better time.
I like the genie warlock because it's really funny to go into your vessel and have your invisible imp fly you into places undetected
Played two separate GenieLocks across two campaigns: Utterly Love them! Current one is a Mastermind Rogue multi-class which, thematically, is a great combo with the support spells, Chain Pact and the slight damage boost.
Used the ring to escape a bunch of tricky situations. Had a friend chuck it in an open window, over a locked gate, under a door, and popped into it while running towards bars to slip between them. I loved using it!
FINALLY IVE BEEN LOOKING FOR A VIDEO LIKE THIS! I have my own Dao Genie Warlock and when i was making it, i was looking for advice on how to build one, so this helps alot
Thank you guys for the steady amazing content.
My Water Genasi warlocks patron was his Marid mother. It's very fitting thematically even though some of the bonuses kind of double up. Still fun to play.
I made a Genie Warlock multiclass that puts the War in Warlock. 3-4 levels in Fighter to get proficiency in Constitution and medium armor, Pact of The Blade for Extra Attack later on, and Eldritch Mind for advantage in concentration saves. 14 Dex and Con, the rest in Cha
Can't believe they didn't mention the weird edge case of Dao Genie and crusher feat. Especially since they get spike growth on expanded spell list. Best cheese grater build in the game.
One of my favorite Genie patron Warlocks I played was with a Dao patron and the vessel was a jar. The DM allowed loose substances such as dirt enter the jar through the top so my Warlock would use mold earth (obtained via feat) to fill the jar with dirt and would shatter it to release massive amounts of dirt. Especially effective in confined spaces at burying foes alive XD
It's amazing how you can use the limited Wish for creating a spelljamming helm to have your own spaceship!!
Being an Elf with Genie warlock is nice as well because the 4 hours you can spend in your vessels at 1st to 4th is also a long rest with trance.
Another great feature that I don’t remember hearing being covered is that genie warlocks are able to bring their entire party into the vessel and complete a short rest in 10 minutes! Amazing utility there too
If u make your vessel a coconut you could use your swallow familiar as easy transportation across continents
Dao genie for that spikey growth and push pull invocations for the cheese grater!
I’ve built a few Genie Warlocks, and have found that you benefit greatly from taking your first level as a Sorcerer, which nets you Con save proficiency and two additional lvl 1 spell slots. And you can net some synergistic bonuses such as Divine Soul and Celestial patron, or Storm Sorcery and Djinn patron. You don’t really lose anything other than pushing the Warlock features back one level, and the lose of the 20th level feature isn’t a loss at all.
My newest Genie build is a small Owlin Aberrant Mind Djinn sniper that hides 600’ up while dropping blasts out of nowhere. Went Chain for an Improved Imp skinned to look like a tiny Owlin. Went Astral Drifter for Magic Adept: Cleric. Running them like big game Hunters that hunt the most dangerous game, sentient beings. Talked the GM into letting him have a Lamannian Wood focus that’s a scope mounted to a wooden stock like a firearm, but with out a barrel. His name? Boom Chachalaca.
Perfect timing on this. In a few weeks I am playing a goblin genie warlock. The goblin unknowingly stole the genie vessel from a traveling merchant and accidentally got into a pact with the genie.
AH! I have another one; Air Genie patron and their vessel is a metal (like brass, copper or silver) or crystal wind chime with oscillating fascinators that orbit around the chime itself, strung with chains and a little hoop to hook it onto the ceiling or whatever. When Bottled Respite is used, you go inside a chamber at the center of the chime. The chime can ring, but since everyone is so small/the influence of the Djinni, the sound is soft and melodious.
Currently playing an autognome Dao Genie Warlock in a Spelljammer campaign. The synergy of repelling blast and spike growth on the small battlefield of a spelljammer ship has been very effective. The autognome "built for success" feature also allows me to add a d4 to proficiency bonus number of attack rolls if I miss a blast by a point or two to make sure I'm keeping enemies in the spike growth field.
My favorite warlock subclass is "The Fathomless". I played a tabaxi fathomless warlock as a straight class through a campaign and it felt powerful from start to finish.
Yooo! I made a Tabaxi Fathomless too! I thought it would be funny to give a cat who's afraid of water ocean powers.
I’m doing a White Sand(Brandon Sanderson graphic novel series) gaara inspired character. So his patron is a Dao Genie, but the genie vessel is a gourd strapped to his back which is full of sand. So all the “earth” magic he has access to takes the form of sand formations and stuff. Also sphinx of wonder is hella cool.
I´ve built a warforged genie warlock called "Clothes" - he was basically a set of magical garments that could retract himself inside his hat, pretty fun character, went wild sorcerer also
the strategy of "get into the ring and have the familiar carry it away" is exactly what my own genie warlock had been doing to run away from places, have yet to test it to sneak into places!
It even better with Pact of the Chain where you can just have an invisible familiar that just picks up the vessel and flies off. Though to be fair my Warlock started with Mask of Many Faces and also had the actor feat so I got away with tons of nonsense and could easily use my familiar to escape or just decide to be someone else. XD
Imagine a Warforged holding the Vessel (or wearing the Ring) with the whole party in it, then taking advantage of both their ability to look like an actual suit of armour AND their ability to "keep watch" while long-resting for the ultimate in hidden party long rest defence; now that's a good party combo (or even all on one character)
I almost imagine Futurama's Bender putting the Vessel inside his chest compartment, even, though of course that's DM fiat on rule-of-cool
Such a fun subclass.
I did a weird thing and made a Punck Rock Strength/Con/Charima(int & wis dump) based Air Genasi Dijin pact whos vessel is a bottle of Jin. She is Pact of the Talisman who kicks ass with a Chain whip and a Studded Club(Weapon Master) - With rebuke to knock enemys about.
I was so pleasantly surprised when Kelly mentioned using Limited Wish for Passwall. In my opinion, it is such a strong spell that is totally underused in the campaigns I have participated in. It would definitely be a great contender for the Limited Wish usage.
I have a plasmoid genie sorlock that’s pact of the chain for filler sessions when people can’t make it. Such a blast, so many goofy ability interactions for endless fun
Sounds like a master of versatility.
My favorite is using concentration on an important spell, then casting sanctuary on your sprite the following turn, which is carrying your magic ring. Then you action hide in the ring, and your flying sprite is now invisible, and they have to pass a save to even attack it. So fun
yep, maybe my favorite warlock subclass. I also really do love that the subclass does complement their Genasi counterpart too with Fire being the only one doubling up on stuff.
I'm playing a Dao Human Warlock 10 + Divine Soul Sorcerer 4. Spell Sniper + Crusher. My vessel is a ring that inside has an arabian room. Recently unlocked the party vessel, and now it's like a whole house for relax (smoke pipes, telescope, japanese garden, lots of sofas, rugs).
We are going to travel using my crow carrying the ring. Anyway the Genie is very powerful. I'm the strategist of the group. Every action I take shapes the fight (pushing enemies, blocking sight, making walls, incapacitating them, kill everything with radiations) and I can play recklessly without fearing to go first and absorb hits.
How do you incapacitate creatures?
@@AlessandroPesce-profile with Hypnotic Pattern, and the other crowd control spells. I picked careful spell and quicken spell metamagic. Once you go dao you should go 300% eldritch blast (quicken spell+action surge). When you crit everyone get advantage on all attacks until you start another turn. But I can understand 4 lvl in fighter are somewhat wasted (it must be echo or rune knight). Feats are too important once you have maxed out charisma. In my case I wanted crusher, telekinetic and metamagic adept but I got a permanent +1 to CON so resilient CON will be and metamagic will be the very last.
I love playing the Genie Warlock. I typically use the Efreeti Genie but someday I'm tempted to try out the Dao Genie. Then again, after hearing Kelly's take on the former, I might not. :D He made it sound even more interesting than I have thus far explored. :D
The Genie Vessel is BIG inside. 20' radius is a small two bedroom apartment. Mine has a bedroom with a featherbed, an alchemy lab, library with comfy chairs and a bar, a bathroom with plumbing, and a storeroom full of chests for storing our party stuff in an impregnable vault.
I went Pact of the Chain with the Ritual Caster feat. The Chain familiar is just. so. good. A familiar with hands can cast a Magic Stone on your Bonus Action, if you have the Investment of the Chain feat. Currently level 11 and I could go on for pages on the shenanigans you can pull off with a familiar that's smarter than most of the party (INT 14 WIS 13) and can use magic items.
There’s a super interesting interaction between Crusher and the Dao genie. You get to push with bludgeoning damage and it stacks with repelling blast too. Stack spike growth on that from the Doa and take Grasp of Hadar. Boom. Cheese grater.
Agreed on the cross-element build. My Triton with Dao patron was a very effective emissary, especially with a few levels of bard and college of eloquence.
I'm playing a Genie/Rogue 7 rogue/6 lock. Being an invisible, flying rogue is AMAZING! Big damages with Booming Blade and the passive damage from lock and so much versatility outside of combat
A dwarf that wished to become a wizard. Received a magic tome, he can go inside the pages and it teaches him spells. With his high charisma he can just act smart.
Because the Jin are haughty and would almost always have some valuable if not gaudy item as the vessel. I wouldn’t allow it to be an unadorned clay vessel.
I like the idea of trying to eventually lock up the Genie with a imprisonment spel
My Dao Genie's Vessel is a funeral urn with an ornate label. When I first found it and pulled it out of a fireplace the urn itself was cold, but as I turned it over, the ornate symbol on the label flared to life and burned my hand leaving an imprint there. While it blistered my patron used that pain, that link to talk to me about how he needed an agent in the mortal world and offered me magical power in return. Once the pact was struck, the mark cooled and healed over instantly.
Now, as an Eladrin ELF, the starting duration for time spent in the bottle (2 x PB in hrs = 4 at lvl 1) was enough for me to meditate and get a long rest IN the bottle. :) I would hand the bottle to our Cleric of Kord to hold onto while I rested and he assumed as an Eladrin, this was just some Fey thing. As a performer before adventuring, I put in a clothing rack for costumes, a desk we came across, an old nature based stone throne, anything our party needed me to hold onto.
My DM was kind enough to let me use the Daolani (3rd party mini genie type familiar) as my Pact of the Chain choice. His broadsword is about the size of a small shortsword to the rest of us, but he uses it well. I took Eldritch Sight to detect magic at will, always useful, Investment of the Chain Master mostly to make sure I'm only using BA to get my Familiar to take attack actions and to increase it's DC's on it's abilities to match mine which level much higher, and building off my performance skills, Mask of Many faces. It pairs up nicely with my Cloak of Many Fashions and when I finally got a feat, it was Actor! :)
I'd love to get some Glamorweave, and look forward to the day the group can come down and join me in the bottle for their short rests. :)
Now, Monty said you can SEE thru the vessel, I didn't read that, I only saw that you HEAR thru the vessel. I also didn't go Genasi because it seemed like double dipping into the same pool and didn't want to dip into two pools myself. You still get a lot of cool things as an Eladrin and thematically makes my go to Summon Fey ;)
Next you need to do a DM tips video for playing patrons, specially Noble Genies. What are the things they may ask of their warlocks?
I just started of a fire genasi genie warlock just to lean into the fire thing a lot and it ties in the the background story for the character. Chose the pact of chain, pseudodragon, for the practical reasons of scouting and helping out. Went with a oil lamp vessel cause, well fire and theme :P
The general idea of the character is that they are distantly related to the patron but as they live in the material plane they can act there to help the patron out with information and (the sort of main thing here) finding relics and artifacts to further the patron goals (these are not made quite clear to give out DM something to have fun working with).
Just remember for camping in the vessel, you can still hear everything around you so someone can still be on watch to avoid being snatched up or at least you can wake people up and handle the situation, that is if the thing taking the vessel makes enough sound.
You guys have like the best build ideas ever. I absolutely love your creativity
One of my favorite things about the Limited Wish feature it states, "the spell simply takes effect as part of this action" so RAW the spell you use can't be counterspelled.
I use this subclass to play a Santa Warlock: Fire Genie Spirit is a white bearded Djinn named 'Zjei-Nik' (Saint Nick) whose vessel is a snow globe depicting a warm north pole cabin.
Naughty or Nice List is the pact tome.
My character is a scrooge like man who gains warlock powers the more he embodies the ideals of christmas.
The Dao giving spike growth makes being an Eldritch Cheese Grater a possibility and I will always love that.
I love Will from DnD shorts idea of a halfling warlock running through someone’s legs and repelling blasting them straight into the air
I agree with the Limited Wish thing. Once a day is more fitting. Or at the very least, give the Warlock two limited wishes so the Genie can cast three wishes like most media says they can.
See my preferred choice of Genie Warlock build is the Djinni, with the ring vessel(or a small whistle on a string if GM lets me be creative), and the Pact of the Tome.
I pick up the invocations Book of Ancient Secrets, Aspect of the Moon, and Far Scribe to work with the Tome. This lets me grab lots of handy Ritual Spells including(but not limited to) Find Familiar and Tiny Hut. I also never have to sleep and can just spend the long rest period doing light activity. Lastly, Far Scribe helps me communicate with the team and our NPC benefactors.
From there, I also grab Eldrich Blast bonuses like Agonizing Blast, Repelling Blast, and Lance of Lethargy. I also grab Eldrich Mind for better concentration.
Now, if the DM says they don't plan to make it to a level 20 Campaign. Then I dabble in the ol' V-Human(Warcaster) Ghost Lance build. Dropping in 3 levels of Echo Knight Fighter from levels 3-5. Use my Echo to serve as a living trap. Either the enemys can waste their turn attacking my Echo, or pass the Echo up and trigger an opportunity attack which I can make from the Echos space or my own. Effectively blasting them back and slowing them down.
If it's meant to be a level 20, I am going single class Warlock and running a Changling with a disguise kit / glamored studded leather armor.
Cast Fund Familiar or Unseen Servant then hop in the genie vessel. I also think about pact of the chain with the familiar being an aspect of my genie patron.
I definitely like the talisman idea and choice. I've been pondering what style of warlock it fits.
Vessel: a small tarnished copper tin with "durian lip balm" etched onto it. That way it stays where you put it in case of shenanigans.
The Genie subclass also gives the DM some fun opportunities to add some RP, character, backstory, connections to campaign-wide stories, etc. The different elemental patrons expand on this, especially with questions about whether the player's specific patron is typical or unusual for their culture in terms of attitude, plans (or lack thereof), alignment, politics and plotting among genies, etc. Just about any player character will have connections with individuals/groups/organizations, but warlocks in particular have a built-in connection for story hooks built into the class, and the various genie patrons are already notorious for schemes both convoluted and improvised, so...
Currently, I’m playing a Hexblood Genie Warlock with Pact of the Chain. The Toothie Talkie (eerie token), Familiar, and the Ring (vessel) itself are there, so they can be effectively be in 3 places at once, talking to the whole party while split up…
I also flavored them as a witch with a demonic patron (Flying on a Broom, Imp familiar, and the food creating spell from the genie fits well, as a particular witch does live in a gingerbread house…).
You could take Pact of the Chain. Then your backstory can be that you yourself are a genie in training and your familiar (e.g. an imp or sprite) found your vessel and is now your master.
I'm not in a game and this is what I want to play next campaign. I love warlocks, and this is just so thematically and mechanically op
I’ve just started playing a goblin (genie) warlock (currently level 2) and I’m recalling enjoying it. I look forward to seeing where I can take it
You can attach a ring to an arrow, go inside the vessel, ask the ranger to shot the arrow where you want/where you cannot go normally, pop outside the ring et voila ^^
Okay finally finished my Warlock and might be my best build ever Angus The Elder is a variant human pact of the chain Genie Warlock. By 8th level he gets 5 single use per long rest spells ( including Polymorph! ) Through clever feat stacking in ADDITION to his actual spell slots! Oh and disguise self is an at will spell. Throw in kaxed out charisma + repelling + agonizing blast and he's a serious damage dealer even when te splls are gone. His shield gives him a 19 AC so he's decently tanky AND his pact and invocations mean his imp familiar can also make attacks AND spy for him literally anywhere on the same plane of existance.
This video came out exactly at the right time im playing this weekend a genie warlock with the efreeti and my vessel is a pipe
The addition of Spike Growth to the Dao spell list is a great pickup too. Most of the time if you're playing a blastlock pushing enemies around the battlefield, you're pushing them into a spell AoE that doesn't take effect until the start of the creature or caster's turn. So there's always a chance that they might be moved by another effect, or have a reaction that allows them to escape, or else they just die before the next round of combat. Plus it usually only does damage once.
Spike Growth is nice because it does damage whenever the creature moves, immediately, and it does damage based on however much distance they cover. So every time you hit an enemy in the area with a Repelling Blast or Grasp of Hadar, they take an extra 4d4 piercing damage. If you hit them with more than one blast, you can push and pull them through the spikes, creating the cheese grater of death.
YES! I've been looking forward to this episode since I discovered their class a few months ago! ^_^
Bond of the Talisman is why you would NOT want your genie vessel and the talisman to be one and the same. If you do give the talisman to someone else (like in Kelly's teleport scenario) you have also given them your spell casting focus. That's like cutting off your own foot to loan someone your shoes.
I mean, you can always just pick up a different focus. Besides, it sounds like he wants to wear his talisman pretty much all the time.