I would like to propose a change in the dc of GOO-lock pact from evocation to conjuration. A while back they changed many of the acid effects in the game to be conjuration DC instead of evocation, but left GOO pact save as evocation. The reasons I'd like the change are as follows:
1.) Warlock has no evocation spells
2.) Fiend can focus on evocation for pact if it wants and then benefit from draconic incarnation energy burst/dragon breath as they are both evocation as well.
3.) This would make GOO able to focus on pact dc, while also being able to benefit from acid DI since those EB and DB are conjuration DC.
4.) This would cut down the number of DC GOO-lock needs to focus on from evo, conj, ench (possible swap of one to necro) to just conj and enchant (possible swap 1 for necro).
5.) Feywild dreamer set seems tailor made for warlock of either Fey or GOO and gives ench, illusion, and conjuration on the individual pieces (no evocation).
Here I'll leave an argument for those that may argue that blast-lock is bad and you should just run DC lock. Sure. Even if you run your warlock that way, GOO gets left behind. Say you run enchant DC lock GOO doesn't get anything great there. I'd argue Discoball, and howl of terror are both better than mass suggestion. This would allow for a Conj DC lock, utilizing tentacles to the best of their ability, and things like trap the sole for insta kill (Warlock doesn't need the dragonshard component according to wiki so actually decent if that is the case).
I suggest this as a small change, that likely wouldn't take more than a few minutes (should be as simple as redirecting the dc from evo bonus to conjuration bonus). I've had people tell me that this would make their pact require both evo and conj, but only the pact damage has a save. I've also had people tell me that it only looks at eldritch blast for the DC, which obviously isn't true as each pact goes against a different save. I literally see no downsides to this, but am open to listening to others with more experience in warlock. As it stands though I'll just run fiend evo ench or fey ench necro and completely avoid GOO as it just feels confused. Now I know this isn't the update warlock needs, but it is a relatively small tweak, that actually has a chance of getting done in an update as a QoL fix for GOO. Thanks for taking the time to read this, and may your warlock builds be enjoyable![]()