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Will the PDFs be updated with the errata and, if so, when will we be able to download the updated PDFs?

Discussion with TwoSix has persuaded me that the Disturbance damage should actually be a little lower. The chance to hit should be calculated as 0.8 instead of 0.9. A5e warlock adds its spellcasting ability modifier to hit and damage if it is Pact of the Blade and if it is using its pact...

Page 271, "Once per turn when you would make a melee weapon attack as part of the Attack action or an opportunity attack, you can instead make a melee spell attack, lashing out with an ephemeral and unearthly blade." I think the general consensus is that this means "If I have Extra Attack, I can...

I did submit a bug report. I think your interpretation makes sense and I would not be surprised if that was what was intended.

Interesting. That makes Eldritch Spasm inferior to Eldritch Ray after tier 1, damage-wise. I did that calculation before I ultimately switched to 0.9. I’ll get that updated eventually.

... You're right. It would be just +10. Can you tell I've spent significantly more time analyzing the changes to the warlock than the base rules? Ha ha.

Page 446, two-weapon fighting, "If you have the Extra Attack feature, you can use your bonus action to make two attacks with the weapon in your off-hand." This feature is available at 5th level for all classes with Extra Attack. Page 113, Unlikely Wield ability: "When you engage in two weapon...

Man. You learn something new every day. That's +3d6+30, in addition to the base Scythe damage.

I think the actual odds of the monster failing its save are 60–65%, but it also varies based on the monster even more widely than AC does. I borrowed this formula from Treantmonk, and he didn't specify how to calculate this niche situation, so I'm in the dark. I may update the formula at some...

Two dagger strikes? I haven't looked at the equipment section very closely. Do daggers have a feature that let you attack twice with them as part of a single Bonus Action for Dual Wielding? If there were a way to have them count as a pact weapon—and thus benefit from Lifedrinker—and if you could...

Good feedback! The issue with calculating Eldritch Disturbance is that it does full damage on a failed save, half damage on a success. Thus, damage is guaranteed every single turn, but the amount of damage isn't consistent, and the odds are an even 50/50 (at which point I'd just average full and...

If you have literally nothing better to do with your invocations, for some inconceivable reason... bonus damage is bonus damage, even if it's marginal. I think the real value of Lifedrinker damage comes in when you use feats to get extra attacks with your pact weapon, such as Polearm Savant's...

By my reading, no—it says that the bonus must be inherent to the weapon, which the Pact of the Blade does not do. The Pact of the Blade just lets you use your spellcasting modifier in place of Strength or Dexterity for to-hit and damage. Now, if you had a +2 weapon that you made your pact...

If you want to see the document in GoogleSheets, try this link.

I noted in there that, due to the playtest, it’s Eldritch Spasm in my mind, but I am aware that the name has changed in the final product. But dang! I got the wrong name for Eldritch Ray, too? I feel silly. Was it renamed since the playtest, too? The math should be good, though - I double and...

You are correct! It still works with the pact weapon, though, which is an extra +SpellcastingMod of damage per round, applied twice if you can attack with your pact weapon as a bonus action (eyes the polearms and Polearm Savant).

Steampunkette beat me to it. Pact of the Blade, and your pact weapon and related invocations, now serves to supplement melee warlocks through Eldritch Scythe rather than being THE melee warlock.

If anyone has the chat thread with Paul Hughes' math for the other classes damage potential, I'd be very curious to compare.

I did not realize that this thread would show a preview of the GoogleSheet and the YouTube video links that I included. I'm new to EN World's forums—it was A5e that got me here in the first place. If anyone is willing to show me how to get into this thread I made and edit the formatting to make...

Here is a link to a GoogleSheet with my math—converted from Excel, so there may be one or two weird things from the conversion. I don't promise that the math is perfect, but I did my best. Some disclaimers: This post is not a criticism of A5e—the edition was just released and no one has had...