#Warlock shadow blade full#
#Warlock shadow blade series#

A mage who has devoted all of their time and efforts in spellcasting is capable of reality-bending feats and exploits while a warrior becomes a force of reckoning for anyone foolish enough to stand in their path.īut what about a Magus? Typically, to wield both sword and spell, much like a bard, you become skilled in both but not a master in either skill. There are, of course, benefits for such specializations, namely the right to declare oneself to be unparalleled in their particular skill or craft. In most traditions, a prospective adventurer takes the active choice to develop their swordsmanship or their talents in the magical arts. Such warriors that wield sword and sorcery are often known as eldritch knights but are commonly known as a Magus.īeing a Magus – The Art of Sword & Spells A powerful magus, Image by Wizards of the Coast

#Warlock shadow blade series#

Geralt of Rivia from the Witcher series learns signs to invoke the raw arcane forces of the world along with their swordplay to combat against dangerous creatures that roam it.

In games such as Skyrim, the Dovahkiin can learn military weaponry and use uncanny magic. Many of these characters become expert swordsmen and even wield magic to a certain extent. That sounds about right to me.Whenever you envision fantasy, besides the fantastical monsters and harrowing villains, the heroes of such tales fight hordes of minions and adversaries while acquiring connections to ancient powers to defeat their foes. It simply enhances your survivability in the close fight by making your target take its next attack with Disadvantage. I also like the fact that the cantrip itself deals no additional damage.

#Warlock shadow blade full#

Creatures that are immune to poison are immune to the effects of this spell.ĭesign Note: Getting the full effect here requires both a hit with a weapon and a failed saving throw by the target, which is why I decided not to make this a concentration spell-you can still use it in conjunction with Hex. Creatures that have poison resistance make this save with Advantage. The next time you hit with that weapon, the target must succeed on a Constitution saving throw or become poisoned until the end of your next turn. the blade of a short sword or the tip of a crossbow bolt. This weapon must be capable of dealing either slashing or piercing damage, i.e. You coat the blade or point of one weapon that you are holding with a nauseating eldritch poison. We are therefore creating an option that requires the same level of commitment to attain the same approximate efficacy.

The concept here is that it costs both a cantrip and an invocation to make Eldritch Blast a badass power. Let's try one more and actually use the Warlock class features this time. It doesn't even get close to addressing the issues in the Warlock's class design that make Eldritch Blast the overwhelmingly best thing in that class.

There's also not anything that explicitly ties it to the Warlock archetype. This, by the way, is not necessarily a melee build. Your best bet is to make the Rapier your Pact Blade at 3rd level, giving you almost as much damage as you could get with Eldritch Blast: 1d8 + 3 = 7.5 pts/round.īut now we're back to missing a reason to get into the close fight. This means taking some different invocations and making Dexterity your second best ability. More probably, you want a character who can fight close but who doesn't have to, who has a survivable Armor Class to go with his or her other melee-based tricks. That is not good for a character who specializes in the getting into the close fight. But the cost of doing that is that it leaves you with an at best average AC (because you've had to make DEX your dump stat), and this in turn leaves you with distinctly sub-optimal survivability. This gives you 2d6 + 3 = 10 points of damage on average per round. Okay, maybe you can make a Dragonborn or Half-Orc Warlock, give yourself a 16 strength, and make your Pact Blade a Greatsword, but that's pretty much your only option to go another way with it.