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<blockquote data-quote="Caliban" data-source="post: 7090736" data-attributes="member: 284"><p>Bladelocks are viable and enjoyable without multi-classing. But - and it's a big but - they are generally perceived as falling behind the power curve compared to either multi-classed bladelocks, or single classed melee types. </p><p></p><p>You are spending feats (usually multiple feats for armor proficiency and resilant Con) to gain what you get with a single level of fighter. It takes many levels to "catch up" to a regular melee type, and even once you have, they've spent feats and ABI's on increasing their main attributes, feats like GWM or Heavy Armor Master, etc. </p><p></p><p>That's if you want to play a front line damage dealer who benefits from warlock class abilities, invocations, and spells. </p><p></p><p>The other option is to accept that you aren't a front-line tank and use Mobility, Dex, the Mage Armor invocation and fulfill the role of a mobile striker (i.e play like a rogue in combat instead of fighter). </p><p></p><p>I've played a lot of bladelocks, and it comes down to the play style you want. If you want to be the front-line tank bladelock, it's really inefficient to do it without that first level as fighter. A mobile striker type is easier to do, although some people feel that a tomelock with the shillelagh cantrip in their book can do it as well or better.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Caliban, post: 7090736, member: 284"] Bladelocks are viable and enjoyable without multi-classing. But - and it's a big but - they are generally perceived as falling behind the power curve compared to either multi-classed bladelocks, or single classed melee types. You are spending feats (usually multiple feats for armor proficiency and resilant Con) to gain what you get with a single level of fighter. It takes many levels to "catch up" to a regular melee type, and even once you have, they've spent feats and ABI's on increasing their main attributes, feats like GWM or Heavy Armor Master, etc. That's if you want to play a front line damage dealer who benefits from warlock class abilities, invocations, and spells. The other option is to accept that you aren't a front-line tank and use Mobility, Dex, the Mage Armor invocation and fulfill the role of a mobile striker (i.e play like a rogue in combat instead of fighter). I've played a lot of bladelocks, and it comes down to the play style you want. If you want to be the front-line tank bladelock, it's really inefficient to do it without that first level as fighter. A mobile striker type is easier to do, although some people feel that a tomelock with the shillelagh cantrip in their book can do it as well or better. [/QUOTE]
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