Arcane Heroes - Eldritch Strike Fail

[ppaladin123]

Hmm an at-will slide effect. You know what that means: polearm momentum! Throw in polearm gamble for fun on opportunity attacks. You don't even need heavy blade opportunity or a glaive because it counts as a melee basic attack.

Half-elf bards and paladins rejoice.

 

[jasin]

A while ago I sent an article query to Dragon introducing a new warlock pact that'd be mostly melee-based.

No reply.

I've wanted something like this since Complete Arcane. Hideous Blow was hideous, Eldritch Glaive (I think that's what it was called? the one where you got a touch-attack, AoO-capable glaive) was cool but it was only a single invocation.

4E warlocks, with their comparatively better hit points and decent AC have even more room for a melee option.

 

[Klaus]

I've wanted something like this since Complete Arcane. Hideous Blow was hideous, Eldritch Glaive (I think that's what it was called? the one where you got a touch-attack, AoO-capable glaive) was cool but it was only a single invocation.

4E warlocks, with their comparatively better hit points and decent AC have even more room for a melee option.

For what it's worth, it was the Rakshasa pact.

 

[jasin]

For what it's worth, it was the Rakshasa pact.

So claws, bestial imagery and such?

 

[Klaus]

So claws, bestial imagery and such?

Bestial physical attacks (claws as the basic attack) coupled with some illusions and stuff that has been associated with rakshasas.

 

[Nahat Anoj]

If I know the 4e rules as well as I'd like to think I do, there is no way a Tiefling Warlock could ever pick that power (with the Eldritch Blast and Pact at-will as class features).

I don't like how warlocks are forced to pick their at-wills based on their pact. I think they should be free to just pick whichever two they like. If this means some warlocks don't know Eldritch Blast, so be it.

 

[keterys]

I actually think warlocks should have to take a pact at-will... but I think eldritch blast as a _bonus_ at-will would be very appropriate.

 

[keterys]

... that said if I redesigned the warlock I'd probably do it the other way. Pact Boon and at-will is the bonus, and then I'd design an actual selection of at-wills to choose two more.

 

[CapnZapp]

The OP was right, as confirmed by this month's rules update.