Warlock (Neverwinter Nights 2)

generally understandable. I consider the warlock to be one of the strongest classes (for a single, because I haven’t played at all), considering that at the beginning of the game he was the only one who survived and smashed the entire crowd of enemies, and no one could really get into him and demonic resistance did its job. epic skills are generally tough ... in general, I advise you to play who has not yet played

penetrated. the spell is obviously Spell Penetration. It does not affect DC, but it increases the likelihood that the spell will hit opponents who have resistance (such as drow or monks). A useful thing for a warlock.
As for the warlock in pvp, it's pretty weak. It loses to melee players (knock, from which no armor saves) and casters (bigby + isaacs). In the party, he can do good damage while hiding behind the wide asses of his allies.

Ymbx, I would not say! And the main company and the mask passed with a warlock, now I pumped the battle with exotic weapons, and the warlock stayed with Bisha (in the main company), kada the rest was out, and in the mask with Gann or Kaelin ...

my warlock does not need close combat (although as you like) I personally take from the first 2 circles the magic of support (increased saving throws, conversation, etc.) all things on saving throws and crap in all mystical rock charged with stun, dark or acid strikes, myself in Wed armor with a dagger (I almost don't use a cat at all) + epic magic fireball and vampiric well, it turned out to be a good person

Tin

2Sereka
Ease of passing the campaign is not a merit of the warlock, but a flaw in AI :) Of course, we teach him medium armor, put on mithril armor, at the start, intelligence is 14, the warlock runs all the time in examination mode and stupid mobs just wave pieces of iron in front of him, rarely hitting. But at least to complicate the conditions a little - let's say that the enemy warrior would evaluate according to the parameters who he attacked and against a character with little strength and dexterity immediately knock. Or magicians so that they start a battle in the obcast or with going on the air and there they obcast, and not wait until they are killed. So that the NPC magician "understands" which party is opposing him and first disperses everyone, and then distributes the luli in the form of Bigby's forceful hand to all healers in turn. Thieves also have to act correctly - they got from 3-4 stealth to the caster, chik-chik and in a couple of seconds there is no caster.
They also have builds so that they are correct. What kind of fighter is this if he does not have 10 levels of RDD, a magician who is not wearing a fullplate and does not have 3 autostills or a thief without 2 levels of blackguard and a cloak with + to charisma :)
Then it will be clear how much the warlock is weaker than all the others.

Does anyone know a warlock to use the "Enchant item" skill (at lvl 12, they automatically give it) if he has no opportunity to take either the skill to create magic weapons / armor, or the skill to create magic items? Maybe I'm just not catching up on how to use it, or is it some kind of revision?

2 Mr. Gray Nothing
. Without the weapon / armor crafting and item mage feats, the Enchant Item feat is completely useless. Another bug, of which there are many great in the game.

Expertise is not my choice, +6 to kz for -6 attacks, it makes sense to level after 15. And at the beginning of the attack it is not enough, so agility is needed to attack. Breakdown of protection is more necessary than examination. Eh, on to Harold's team, so that he warns the NPCs about our appearance and says what we have and how. Why don't the Dragons in Tutor attack. Builds, what kind of enemies they are without level 60 of the first NWN.

There is a
fix regarding the imbue item bug . The warlock's expertise does not give any disadvantages to the blast attack - there must be useful bugs :)

Ymbx
"The warlock's expertise does not give any disadvantages to the blast attack - there must be useful bugs

too :)" This is not a bug. Combat and improved combat experience or expertise give a melee minus attack (melee attack). But the warlock's blasts do not use the ab melee attack. Blasts go on a touch attack (remote touch attack) and expertise cannot influence them in any way. For serious battles (not in an official campaign), expertise is an indispensable attribute of the warlock, it is too weakly protected and simply cannot survive without these two feats. And they should be taken as early as possible.

"Then it will be clear how much the warlock is weaker than all the others."
In a serious battle, the place of the warlock is behind the back of the tank, from where he casts spamohast and his blasts (disease-causing (saved by resistance for 10 rounds of stun), corrosive (acid) and binding (saved at will)). Plus the devouring of magic (dispel), although against enemies of lvl 24 and above it does not work.
In general, the warlock is not the strongest character, but it has its own place and its own ecological niche :)

about combat experience, it replaces concentration ... and what does that compensate for provoked attacks ??

Using improved combat expertise or defensive casting depends on the ratio of enemy attack to your armor.
For example, if the enemies are weak and only hit on a roll of 20, then the expertise does not give anything - defensive casting is better. And if an opponent with a powerful attack hits, say, at 15 or higher, then the improved expertise will make it possible to hit only at 20. In this case, it is better to get 2 attacks on your own, which will hit with a 5% probability, than one that hits with a 30% probability.

Let me tell you this. Warlock is my favorite class, they played the game five or even six times ... I'll start right away with a bad one - there are simply NO Fits for a warlock in HBH2, for some reason they were not added by the developers (Focus: Eldrich Blast, Focus: Invocations, Spellcasting Prodigy : Warlock, etc.) There are no 24 (!) Invocations (divine invocations). Only "Infernal Invocations" are present. Warlock is the most useless class at low levels (1-10) so it doesn't look very good in the original company. Regarding Damage, it gives almost the highest damage. he has no limitation in magic damage (mages have a maximum of 150 urns), while a warlock can hit 160 and 170, but the problem is that this requires a very high level (30+) All the value of the warlock begins to reveal only after 15 level, AOE zinvocations do not hit their own + deal 2 types of damage or have additional effects such as stun or level drain. At the expense of multiclass .... Warlock CANNOT interfere with anyone other than the priest and then only for 2 free feats and the expulsion of undead (if you take the "Practicing Priest" fit)

I tried to cheat with a warlock, but after a sorcerer it's hard. The sorcerer usually took out all enemies in a couple of minutes. The warlock also tolerates well, but for a long time ...

Can't you pour a weapon master into the warlock? Close attack should be stronger.

Warlock is not easy for noobs. 2021. Pure Warlock in Dragons Solo. What limited people wrote here ... squalor. Sork sucks on the enchanted warlock. A wizard for disabled people in general. A warlock with a spear or scythe 2p is generally a content annihilator. You are either bots, or you are hammering in the eyes. "A warlock doesn't need a weapon" - well, this is what the cormorant wrote.