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<blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 8299826" data-attributes="member: 58172">The Warlocks blast is a &quot;beam of crackling energy&quot;, nevertheless this energy is magical, perhaps raw magical energy (whatever &quot;magical energy&quot; means). The magical energy is of an unspecified nature and the beam itself might even be invisible to observers, or more like a spacial distortion. It is within the rules to visualize this energy and characterize it in whatever makes sense for the character concept.It is &quot;eldritch&quot; magic, literally meaning the more unsettling aspects of elf or fay, thus probably not &quot;flashy&quot; magic. And it deals &quot;force&quot; damage ... which itself is an unspecified kind of mystical damage type, perhaps telekinetic or gravitational or perhaps pure arcane energy (whatever &quot;arcane energy&quot; is). It might be a connection to the fifth element of ether. This &quot;energy&quot; could be damage from a timewarp associating with the dissimilar flow of time of the Feywild. Perhaps the damage is part of a curse unraveling the tapestry of fate. Or so on.Even within the rules themselves, there is latitude for how a player or a DM can characterize an Eldritch Blast, and some flavors can be appropriately more &quot;witchy&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Yaarel, post: 8299826, member: 58172"] The Warlocks blast is a "beam of crackling energy", nevertheless this energy is magical, perhaps raw magical energy (whatever "magical energy" means). The magical energy is of an unspecified nature and the beam itself might even be invisible to observers, or more like a spacial distortion. It is within the rules to visualize this energy and characterize it in whatever makes sense for the character concept. It is "eldritch" magic, literally meaning the more unsettling aspects of elf or fay, thus probably not "flashy" magic. And it deals "force" damage ... which itself is an unspecified kind of mystical damage type, perhaps telekinetic or gravitational or perhaps pure arcane energy (whatever "arcane energy" is). It might be a connection to the fifth element of ether. This "energy" could be damage from a timewarp associating with the dissimilar flow of time of the Feywild. Perhaps the damage is part of a curse unraveling the tapestry of fate. Or so on. Even within the rules themselves, there is latitude for how a player or a DM can characterize an Eldritch Blast, and some flavors can be appropriately more "witchy". [/QUOTE]

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