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D&D 5e Paladin Warlock build
I have 20 levels to build a Spear/Shield badarse who at level 3 has:
STR 16 DEX 14 CON 18 INT 14 WIS 14 CHA 18 (Provided by DM).
We are heavy Roleplayers.
I wish to build a 7’ air Genasi who fights ...
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How does the Cloak of Flies eldritch invocation interact with the Invisibility spell?
Cloak of Flies is an eldritch invocation for warlocks that does the following (irrelevant parts snipped):
As a bonus action, you can surround yourself with a magical aura that looks like buzzing ...
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Can a Hexblade warlock use their Accursed Specter feature as a pseudo-Speak with Dead spell?
The enemy criminal is captured by the player, and a middle-ranking one of an enormous organization at that. There's no way he didn't know the high-rankings, otherwise he couldn't coordinate with the ...
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Surprise, long range, and Eldritch Blast
My character is a lvl 6 Bugbear Warlock Assassin Rogue, with the invocation Eldritch Spear and Spells sniper. This makes the range of EB 600 feet.
Is it correct to assume that by attacking from that ...
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How does cover interact with a Pact of the Chain Warlock with the Voice of the Chain Master Invocation?
I'm DMing for a group with a Pact of the Chain Genie Warlock in it, and he has Voice of the Chain Master. There was this one time when the party was investigating a nobleman's office and half of them ...
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Does the attacker automatically know where Archfey Warlock teleports to with Misty Escape?
[...] you can vanish in a puff of mist in response to harm. When you take damage, you can use your reaction to turn invisible and teleport up to 60 feet to an unoccupied space you can see. [...]
To ...
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Can a warlock who has 5th level spell slots make spell scrolls of level 1 following XGE scroll making rules?
So, following XGE spell casters can make scrolls in their downtime. Now if a warlock has 5th level slots does he have to make spell scrolls of 5th level?
Like for example a 5th level hex scroll.
The ...
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Does a Rod of the Pact Keeper add its bonus to a Pact of the Blade Hexblade's pact weapon?
This is perhaps more of a RAI question as opposed to RAW, but if a Hexblade Warlock with Pact of the Blade can add his Charisma bonus instead of Strength or Dexterity to the attack rolls of his pact ...
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Balancing a social media-themed warlock subclass in D&D5e?
For an upcoming Strixhaven campaign, I have attempted to homebrew a Warlock subclass which is centered around a social media/influencer theme. The idea is to use the social medium itself a magical ...
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Can you wear a magic spell component?
To cast a "Hex" spell (Player's Handbook, pg. 251, Warlock 1 lvl spell), you must use an arcane focus or a component called "petrified eye of a newt". I thought it was very cool to ...
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Can a devil patron grant a warlock immortality? [closed]
Are devils limited with regards the powers they give to a warlock by a pact? I want to know if a devil can grant immortality by a pact. Normally they want the souls after death.
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Can you use an illusion to trigger the Warlock Invocation "One With Shadow"?
Can you use an illusion to trigger the Warlock Invocation "One With Shadow"?
One with Shadow makes you invisible in dim light or darkness – so if you cast a Silent Image or Minor Image of ...
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Balancing help for homebrew warlock subclass
I have created a 5e warlock subclass heavily inspired by the leshen (specifically, an ancient leshen described in the Book of beautiful horrors).
While overall I am very happy with the outcome, I ...
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Can the Healer Feat be used through an Imp familiar with a healer's kit?
While familiars have been commonly used to deliver potions of healing because "your familiar acts independently of you, but it always obeys your commands" and "can take other actions as ...
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Does the Genie live in your vessel?
It's not mentioned anywhere, but I suppose having your Genie appear from the lamp whenever he wants could give your campaign some extra flavour.
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How can I learn wizard spells as a warlock without multiclassing?
Specifically, I'm interested in Floating Disk, but generic methods are acceptable as well.
Pact of the Tome lets you learn cantrips, but I am interested in levelled spells.
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Does teleportation count as movement for the sake of One with Shadows invocation?
The Eldritch Invocation, One with Shadows states
When you are in an area of dim light or darkness, you can use your action to become invisible until you move or take an action or a reaction.
So does ...
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Is this divination-focused Warlock Patron, loosely based on the Fathomless Patron, balanced?
One of my D&D groups will be starting a level 5–20 campaign soon, and I have a character concept I'd like to use for it. Briefly, the character is a warlock whose patron is a mysterious coven from ...
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Is there a way to cast a spell that isn't in your spell list as a Warlock?
Magic Jar isn't on the Warlock spell list. Neither is Wish. Is there any way to cast magic jar as a Great Old One warlock without multiclassing? All official rules and items are available. Negotiation ...
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What area can a fathomless warlock's tentacle attack?
Are we to think of the tentacle as a coiled up spiritual weapon with reach which covers a 10 ft radius around a point, or is it like a 10 ft line, which can attack anything within 10 ft of this 10 ft ...
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As a multiclass Sorcerer Warlock can I use Improved Pact Weapon as spellcasting focus for Sorcerer spells?
Both Warlock and Sorcerer use an arcane focus for their spell casting. Improved Pact Weapon lets the Pact of the Blade Warlock use a summoned weapon as their spellcasting focus.
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Pact of The Chain Familiar and Magic Stone: can an Imp (or another Familiar with Arms / Hands) Throw the rocks?
I gave a pouch, filled with some pebbles, to the Imp to hold.
On my turn, I cast Magic stone with my bonus action and attack with some other cantrip like Mind Sliver or something.
Then on the ...
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How does this homebrew Warlock "Patron of the Old Blood" compare with official patrons?
As I've developed further into DMing and the path of creation that follows, I've started to understand a need for more subclasses. And I've continuously toyed with the idea of a more occult style of ...
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Can the Opal of the Ild Rune gift of flame be given to a Pact blade?
the Opal of the Ild Rune gift of flame can be transfered to a nonmagical item, a weapon, by tracing the ild rune there with your finger. The transfer takes 8 hours of work that requires the two items ...
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Can a Pact of the Chain familiar use the help action with counterspell?
I've been trying to find an answer to whether or not a Pact of the Chain familiar can give you advantage on counterspell. I can't find anything directly answering this.
I have found that a chainlock ...
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Can summons be verbally commanded with Voice of the Chain Master?
Summons like Summon Greater Demon and Conjure Elemental require a verbal command from the caster. Let's say the caster is elsewhere, but they have the Voice of the Chain Master invocation.
Can that be ...
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For Celestial Resilience, is just the level halved, or level + charisma modifier?
The Celestial Resilience class feature of the Celestial warlock patron from Xanathar's Guide to Everything lets you grant temporary hitpoints to other creatures. The calculation is described as "...
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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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How does Glyph of Warding work with Eldritch Invocations?
I was trying to build a character for my next D&D campaign, and the question came up in my mind while picking spells for my bard/warlock multiclass.
For an example: I have the "Eldritch Sight&...
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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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