Level Up (A5E) A question about Eldritch Evolution

[jakemelon]

Eldritch Evolution let's you choose one of the several invocations related to Eldritch Blast at level 6, but some of the features require your character to be at least level 7. So do you have to wait until level 12 to take one of these invocations with this ability or does it override the level prerequisite?

 

[Anselm]

You wouldn't have to wait till level 12 to get one. You learn invocations outside Eldritch Evolution.

I wouldn't expect any prerequisites to be overridden by the ability unless it explicitly said so

 

[Steampunkette]

No. You don't have to wait 'til level 12.

When you learn an invocation with Eldritch Evolution at 6th level you must choose an invocation from the list provided that you are high enough level to use (I.E. Requires level 6 or lower). But since a Warlock can change one invocation each time they gain a level, you could change your Eldritch Evolution at level 7, but are still limited by the provided list.

You can also, of course, perform the "Train" downtime activity at some point after leveling to spend 2 weeks to Retrain that Invocation to another option from the same list.

 

[jakemelon]

I somehow completely missed the last sentence of Eldritch Evolution. That makes a lot more sense now.