I would like to announce the creation of the Malefactor base class, which is taking a lot of the concepts I tried here and running in a more rogue-like direction with them. I do thank ya'll for the comment and critique on this incarnation of Hexblade, and hope dearly to see your ideas on the Malefactor!

I may be raiding previously made curses and auras for use for the Malefactor, incidentally.