Questions tagged [eldritch-invocations]
For questions about eldritch invocations, a feature specific to the warlock class in Dungeons & Dragons that grants the character access to additional spellcasting options and other magical abilities. (See also the [warlock] tag.)
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Metamagic spell like abilities
I'm playing 3.5 as a warlock, he has 3 metamagic spell like abilities, eldritch blast is a spell like ability, looming at rules as written i dont see anything that should stop me from making each ...
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Does the Fireball from Kiss of Mephistopheles cast at the same level as other spells?
Unearthed Arcana: Revised Class Options shows the Eldritch Invocation named Kiss of Mephistopheles:
Prerequisite: 5th level, eldritch blast cantrip
When you hit a creature with your eldritch blast, ...
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Can a Pact of the chain warlock take the Attack action via familiar reaction from any distance?
The find familiar spell declares a 100 foot distance for eligibility to deliver a spell with range of touch, but I do not see a distance listed for an attack delivered as a reaction of the familiar ...
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Does Gift of the Ever-Living Ones maximize the damage and/or healing from Gloves of Soul Catching?
I have been theory-crafting a character for an lv20 one-shot that I'll be playing in. We have been allowed 1 magic item of each type. I plan on making a Monk / Fighter Multiclass. Basic so far I know. ...
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Sangromancy (Blood Magic) warlock patron feature
Considering this ability for a homebrew warlock patron, and want to know if the wording works, on a technical level as well as a readability level, and if the overall effect is balanced. Obviously, ...
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Is a character aware of how effective one casting is over another?
My warlock takes the Fiendish Vigor (PHB p.111) invocation, allowing them to cast False Life (PHB p.239) as a first level spell at will.
False Life
1st-level necromancy
Casting Time: 1 action
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Is this homebrew Eldritch Invocation, Blade Works, balanced?
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I've recently been playing a Pact of the Blade Warlock, deliberately abstaining from Eldritch Blast to focus on melee attacks. As we've gotten into later levels, the missing flexibility and ...
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Is flying a broom light activity?
My warlock is currently attempting to flee persecution, and I am making the argument to my DM that, as he has Aspect of the Moon and does not require sleep, he should be able to fly his broom in a ...
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Rules for creating new Warlock invocations [duplicate]
I see that there is only a post on the website with rules for creating a new spell (Rules for creating new spells?), and I have a similar question:
How can I create a new (normal, non-epic) invocation?...
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If my Warlock's Book of Shadows is destroyed, do the non-ritual contents return after recreating the book?
The eldritch invocation Far Scribe lets a creature put its name in the book. Likewise for Gift of the Protectors.
With your permission, a creature can use its action to write its name on that page, ...
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Does the +1 bonus from the Improved Pact Weapon warlock invocation stack with the 2d6 extra damage from the Flame Tongue magic weapon?
To build up from this similar question, does the warlock's +1 bonus from the Improved Pact Weapon eldritch invocation stack with optional bonuses, i.e. flame tongue when activated does 2d6 extra fire ...
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Does Thirsting Blade Stack With Twinned Blades?
Does Twinned Blades from the Compendium of Forgotten Secrets: Awakening stack with Thirsting Blade? Twinned Blades says both weapons are pact weapons, and Thirsting Blade affects my pact weapon. So ...
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How does the warlock's Gaze of Two Minds eldritch invocation interact with senses other than vision/hearing, such as Blindsight?
The warlock's Gaze of Two Minds eldritch invocation states that:
[...] While perceiving through the other creature's senses, you benefit from any special senses possessed by that creature, and you ...
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Relentless hex and invisible target
If you Hexblade Cursed a target and you have Relentless Hex as an Eldritch Invocation, what happens when your target goes invisible, but remains within 30 feet of you?
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Can my warlock use the Actor feat to mimic speech through my familiar using the Voice of the Chain Master eldritch invocation?
The Actor feat states (PHB, p. 165):
You can mimic the speech of another person or the sounds made
by other creatures. You must have heard the person speaking, or heard
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Do the swim speeds gained from Gift of the Sea and Gift of the Depths add together?
I made a warlock that gains 40ft of swimming speed due to the fathomless pact (Gift of the Sea).
If I now pick the Gift of the Depths Eldritch Invocation will they add up and result in a swimming ...
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Does the reaction from the Tomb of Levistus warlock invocation interrupt (and halt) ongoing movement?
I've been wondering about the following scenario:
Our party is moving through a dungeon and comes upon a wall of fire.
To proceed, we need to pass through. Dispelling does not work and
we have no wish ...
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Spike growth with forced movement
I am playing a level 5 warlock that is pact of the genie (dao) with the Repelling Blast, Grasp of Hadar, and lance of lethargy Eldritch Invocations.
I cast spike growth centered on an enemy.
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Does a Warlock's Repelling Blast Stack with Lance of Lethargy?
Lance of Lethargy states:
Lance of Lethargy Prerequisite: eldritch blast cantrip
Once on each of your turns when you hit a creature with your eldritch
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Can I use my best spellcasting ability for Eldritch Adept?
Suppose I am a multiclass character that has "Spellcasting" from multiple sources and I take the Eldritch Adept (Tasha, p.79) feat. Can I then use my best Spell Save DC for spells that that ...
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Balance implications of houseruled “Megaman Warlock”
One of the first 5e character concepts I heard people discussing was the so-called “Megaman Warlock,” based on using monster weapons as pact weapons since the Player’s Handbook rules text for Pact of ...
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Can a character that has multiclassed as a War Domain Cleric and Blade Pact Warlock attack 3 times in a round?
In DnD 5e a 1st level a War Domain cleric gets "bolts of inspiration" that allow an extra attack as a bonus action. This ability can only be used a limited number of times per long rest.
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If I have the fighter's Extra Attack feature and the warlock's Thirsting Blade eldritch invocation, how many attacks can I make?
I am playing a half-orc fighter level 7 and warlock level 3. When I gain a warlock class level, I will gain an Eldritch Invocation, and I will pick Thirsting Blade.
How many attacks can I make, since ...
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What happens if a character takes the Thief of Five Fates invocation, but doesn't have Warlock spell slots?
Using the Eldritch Adept feat, a non-warlock can take any invocation that doesn't have a prerequisite. One invocation which meets that criteria is the Thief of Five Fates, which states:
You can cast ...
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Does the Eldritch Adept feat have an extremely limited list of invocations?
The Eldritch Adept feat is presumably intended to allow a non-Warlock to dip a little into the Warlock feature by granting them one invocation. However, selection of the invocation is limited as ...
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How can a group of Warlocks create and distribute magical wanted posters?
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My dnd-5e party has angered a wealthy and powerful cult of warlocks. That group of warlocks plans to offer a bounty for the destruction of the party.
Using only Warlock spells, ...
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Can a high level warlock with Book of Ancient Secrets learn ritual spells higher than 5th level?
Let's say I'm an 11th level Pact of the Tome Warlock with Book of Ancient Secrets. I'm able to learn spells to cast as rituals from any source, I can transcribe spells up to half my level rounded up, ...
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Can a warlock combine an essence into hellfire blast? [duplicate]
Can a warlock combine essence invocations into Hellfire Blast such as Frightful Blast? If so, how would that change effective caster level of the blast?
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I'm a lvl10 sorcerer: should I plan for Spell Sniper + Eldritch Adept to get a powerful cantrip? [closed]
I'm currently a level 10 Tiefling Sorcerer, playing my first game of D&D (5e). I'm mostly selecting spells for boon'ing party members, with a couple of save-or-suck spells in reserve + simple ...
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Bonus action attack ability score modifier
This may be confusing but currently in the campaign there is a warlock with a magic revolver that allows them to add eldritch invocations related to eldritch blast to the weapon. So agonizing blast ...
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Eldritch Devil Sight and Darkness spell
Situation:
Drow Warlock casts darkness. Moves out of the effect area then uses devil sight to see through the darkness to use ranged combat against enemies.
Devil Sight description states "You ...
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So Sharing Vision with Eyes of the Runekeeper does it work?
So I basically in a game sharing vision via my familiar and I was assuming that the Eyes of the rune keeper allows the ability to Read all writing. If I'm sharing sense with my familiar am I still ...
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Can a warlock with the Aspect of the Moon eldritch invocation choose to sleep whenever they want?
Aspect of the Moon, an eldritch invocation for the Pact of the Tome warlock, grants this benefit:
You no longer need to sleep and can't be forced to sleep by any means.
This seems to leave open the ...
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If you use the Investment of the Chain Master Eldritch Invocation, does your familiar get a bonus to its saving throw DC from your own magic items?
The Investment of the Chain Master Eldritch Invocation states:
[...] When you cast find familiar, you infuse the summoned familiar with a measure of your eldritch power, granting the creature the ...
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Does the Devil’s Sight eldritch invocation counter the Blinded condition?
The Devil’s Sight eldritch invocation for warlocks says:
You can see normally in darkness, both magical and nonmagical, to a distance of 120 feet.
Does this mean that if you are blinded, casting ...
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How does Detect Magic spell see a Warlock's use of Devil's Sight invocation?
I assume Eldritch Invocations are detected as magic, because they are magic:
In your study of occult lore, you have unearthed eldritch invocations, fragments of forbidden knowledge that imbue you ...
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Is my homebrew melee Eldritch Blast cantrip balanced?
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A complaint I often hear about Warlocks is that, unless they choose Pact of the Blade/Hexblade, they are effectively pidgeon-holed into playing a caster that sits in the back, blasting foes ...
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What is the meaning of invoker level for a Warlock?
Hellfire Warlock prestige class (Fiendish Codex II: Tyrants of the Nine Hells variant, p. 89) mentions:
Invoking: At each level, you gain new invocations known, increased
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Eldritch Smite: Can you decide whether the enemy goes prone or do they always go prone?
Once per turn when you hit a creature with your pact weapon, you can
expend a warlock spell slot to deal an extra 1d8 force damage to the
target, plus another 1d8 per level of the spell slot, and you ...
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What creatures cannot be blinded?
Warlock with Beshadowed Blast can blind targets if target fails to make a DC check against
10 + Spell level (4) + Caster level
Beshadowed Blast indicates:
This eldritch essence invocation allows you ...
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How does combining eldritch essence and shape with metamagic feats effect the spell level?
In the Complete Arcane, page 9, it indicates:
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a warlock uses both kinds of invocations to alter an eldritch
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Can a Pact of the Blade warlock with the Thirsting Blade invocation make one attack with their pact weapon and one with a different weapon?
If you have a weapon in each hand (neither of which has the light property) and you have the Extra Attack feature, you can use Extra Attack to attack with each weapon once using your action.
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Can I have a magic bow as my pact weapon without getting the Improved Pact Weapon Eldritch Invocation?
The Warlock's Pact of the Blade feature specifies that you can only create melee weapons, but you can also turn a magic weapon into your pact weapon (without specifying that it's only melee weapons). ...
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Is there an upper limit to the damage that Eldritch Smite can deal?
The Eldritch Invocation "Eldritch Smite" says the following:
Eldritch Smite
Prerequisite: 5th level, Pact of the Blade feature
Once per turn when you hit a creature with your pact weapon, ...
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What is the damage dealt by Eldritch Smite?
Eldritch Smite is an Eldritch Invocation for Warlocks similar to the Divine Smite feature from Paladins. It is available in Xanathar's Guide to Everything and states
Once per turn when you hit a ...
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At what point is a Lifedrinker Warlock's expected damage reduced by Sharpshooter/GWM?
At Level 12, a Pact of the Blade Warlock can take the Lifedrinker Eldritch Invocation, which states the following:
When you hit a creature with your pact weapon, the creature takes extra necrotic ...
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Is my homebrew Eldritch Invocation that emulates the sleep spell balanced?
I've been inspired to make an Eldritch Invocation for warlocks that allows you to use the damage from eldritch blast, and make use of it like the dice rolled for sleep:
Eldritch Slumber
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Is a Warlock's Improved Pact Weapon considered a magic weapon?
This is in response to this question which concerns the UA version of Improved Pact Weapon. The text for the Eldritch Invocation changed when it was published in Xanathar's Guide to Everything.
The ...
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Would expanding the Beguiling Influence invocation in this way cause any problems?
One of the warlock's Eldritch Invocations, Beguilling Influence, bugs me. The full description is:
Beguiling Influence
You gain proficiency in the Deception and Persuasion skills.
This is fine ...
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Are these homebrew attempts at recreating some blast shape invocations from 3.5e balanced for 5e? (Version 2)
This is a follow up to the question: Are these homebrew attempts at recreating some blast shape invocations from 3.5e balanced for 5e?
As that question explains, I wanted to convert some "blast shape"...
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