Background

I think spell lists are one of the most underutilized tools a homebrewer can use to implement something - most necromancy classes/subclasses would better be solved through having a better necromancy spell list. Same with "demonic summoner", "psionic caster", etc.

Xanathar's Guide to Everything is approaching this in the same way, making psionic spells instead of publishing their mystic class, and artificer spells instead of their artificer class. They've also given magic users more melee spells in Steel Wind Strike and Shadow Blade. This expands on that.

A bunch of these spells are Warlock themed since I'm not a fan of having to sink invocations into blade pact invocations - just so that you can keep relevant in DPR. Instead of letting the Warlock step on the fighter's toes, I'd rather have good spell support, giving Warlock brief windows of strength rather than a meh-at will. I've tried to support ranger as well.