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Wizards of the Coast Revises Hexblade Subclass for Dungeons & Dragons

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Samantha Nelson

11mo ago· 5 min readenNews

Summary

Wizards of the Coast revisits the Hexblade subclass for Dungeons & Dragons after negative feedback on proposed changes. The new version enhances melee combat abilities and improves flavor.

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Some of these ideas never make it into a book, and some are published with only slight tweaks.
Spellcasters who gain magical abilities from making a pact with a powerful entity, Warlocks in Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition typically stand in the back of the fight and lob eldritch blasts and hexes at en
The backlash to the proposed new version of the Warlock subclass Hexblade released in May proved so negative that the designers of D&D have taken another crack at it.
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The second Unearthed Arcana version of Hexblade makes them better at mixing it up in melee and improves the flavor

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