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How should my Warlock player use their familiar during battles?
One of my players has a Warlock character and is using Pact of the Chain for their Pact Boon. They most often cast a pseudodragon as their familiar, but neither of us are sure about how they should be ...
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How can the agent of a devil "capture" a soul?
Devils always want more souls for the Blood War. Mostly, they get those from lawful evil mortals. But as various lore - and this question What groups of souls go to the Nine Hells according to lore? - ...
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Does a warlock require material components for a Mystic Arcanum spell?
The description in the Warlock class says only:
At 11th level, your patron bestows upon you a magical secret called an arcanum. Choose one 6th-level spell from the warlock spell list as this arcanum.
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Can you choose same spell twice from different sources?
I am optimizing my Warlock character now and wanted to pick new UA (for now) Hexblood race (detailed in this Unearthed Arcana article). I will get a free hex once per long rest as racial trait.
I'm ...
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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 subtle spell be used through a warlock's familiar, and does it stop the stealth from being broken if it is currently sneaking [duplicate]
With the new Tasha's Cauldron of Everything feat Metamagic Adept, warlocks get access to Subtle Spell. Can Subtle Spell be used in conjunction with a chain warlock's familiar to cast, say, death ward ...
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Can a warlock willingly limit the use of its magic power? [closed]
A warlock's pact magic spell slot levels power up by character level in DnD 5e.
Must I burn the whole warehouse by using Burning Hands or can I limit range and power? Essential question if wood and ...
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Is it safe to bring an item like a Bag of Holding into a Genie Warlock's Bottle?
Since the Genie's Vessel is described as an object/vessel and never as an item, is it safe to bring a Portable Hole, Bag of Holding, or Heward's Handy Haversack into the bottle?
If your vessel is a ...
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What is the highest number of spell slots a warlock can have?
Trying to find out how many spell slots a warlock could have at a given time. Level 20, access to any magic items that can give spell slots, but only one of each (no duplicates), and straight warlock- ...
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Does the Tentacle of the Deeps get bonus damage from Spirit Shroud?
Does the Fathomless' Tentacle deal extra damage from the Spirit Shroud spell as it is you doing the attack via the tentacle? If so does the target have to be within 10 feet of both the warlock and ...
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Can Tentacle of the Deeps be cast on the surface of water?
The Warlock subclass The Fathomless has an ability called Tentacle of the Deeps that reads:
You can magically summon a spectral tentacle that strikes at your
foes. As a bonus action, you create a 10-...
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Choosing the Ability for a Hex
The Hex spell allows afflicting a target with a Disadvantage on Ability checks. I'm having a hard time deciding which Ability to target when hexing a target. What factors are there that should ...
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Does Voice of the Chain Master allow casting certain spells from an isolated space?
An interesting question popped into my brain recently while researching the Pact of the Chain for a Genie Patron Warlock. Casual shenanigans aside, I was wondering if taking Voice of the Chain Master ...
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Can a 5th level Pact of the blade warlock, use his action to grapple, then attack twice with his pact weapon?
By RAW, when I use a grapple:
"Grappling
When you want to grab a creature or wrestle with it,
you can use the Attack action..."
And the 5th level eldrich invocation:
"Thirsting Blade
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Pact of the Chain, Sprite Familiar. What does it mean that a "saving throw result is 5 or lower"?
I've been looking into the warlocks Pact of the Chain, which states that you're allowed to pick from the normal familiars as well as a select few Warlock-Only familiars, including the Sprite.
When ...
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does undying servitude add animate dead to the warlock spell list? [duplicate]
does the invocation undying servitude add animate dead to the warlock spell list? it says you may cast it without spending a spell slot once a day, however, does "once a day" apply to the ...
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Is a Spell-Refueling Ring useless for a Warlock once reaching level 7? [duplicate]
My Warlock just got a ring with the Artificer Infusion "Spell-Refueling Ring", this infusion states:
While wearing this ring, the creature can recover one expended spell slot as an action. ...
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Can a 1st level spell from the Aberrant Dragonmark feat be cast solely using pact magic spell slots from a warlock?
For an adventure in D&D 5e starting at level 1, I have created a variant human warlock with the feat Aberrant Dragonmark. I have chosen witch bolt as my first level spell from the feat.
In ...
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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 make a magic weapon your pact weapon, can you still summon other weapons?
The Pact of the Blade states:
You can use your action to create a pact weapon in your empty hand. You can choose the form that this melee weapon takes each time you create it. You are proficient with ...
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Does the Hexblade Warlock's Hex Warrior feature apply to a magic weapon that is transformed into your Pact Weapon?
The Hexblade Warlock's Hex Warrior feature states (emphasis mine):
[...] If you later gain the Pact of the Blade feature, this benefit extends to every pact weapon you conjure with that feature, no ...
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Does the Improved Pact Weapon eldritch invocation let a Hexblade warlock add their Charisma modifier to attack/damage rolls with a longbow?
The Hexblade warlock's Hex Warrior feature specifies you can use Charisma for attack and damage with any non two-handed property weapon, which would eliminate longbows. But would taking the Improved ...
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Celestial Warlock's Radiant Soul: are there any radiant or fire spells?
So my Celestial Warlock just hit level 6 and gained the Radiant Soul feature:
Starting at 6th level, your link to the Celestial allows you to serve as a conduit for radiant energy. You have ...
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Will multiclassing my warlock into bard with bardic inspiration give me an effective way to use my bonus action in battle?
In a party with a level 3 Warlock Tiefling - The Fiend (Pact of the Tome). We are noticing that the party members benefit more from bonus actions than the Warlock. Since that member is the only caster ...
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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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permanent strongholds for warlocks
In Xanathar's Guide to Everything, there are a series of spells, Druid Grove, Temple of the Gods, and Mighty Fortress for druids, clerics, and wizards respectively. However, there is no equivalent I ...
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Can your Hexblade patron be your pact weapon even though it's sentient?
I'm asking RAW, not "talk with your DM." Thank you for your help beforehand.
Pact of the Blade says "You can't affect an artifact or sentient weapon in this way" in regards to ...
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Does Hexblade's Curse extra damage affect every die rolled? [duplicate]
The relevant part of Hexblade's Curse states (XGtE p.55):
Starting at 1st level, you gain the ability to place a baleful curse on someone. As a bonus action, choose one creature you can see within 30 ...
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