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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dco" data-source="post: 7092632">You need to improve your CON stat and the warlock doesn't have proficiency with CON saves, it works well if you stay behind casting eldritch blast but that's not the purpose of the bladelock.I don't know, my experience was that I killed a lot of enemies that could give me temporary hit points while armor of agathys was still working, false life could still be useful for those times you are ot of THP and combat, but there are also other good invocations that give you mage armor, disguise self or ilusions at will, extra damage with eldritch balst, darksight, etc.He could pick scorching ray or fireball, or cast an enhanced eldritch blast and resot to the blade when the enemies come, or suggestions, charms, crown of madness, etc for crowd control which is a more effective way of "tanking".1- You don't need to pick spells that need concentration or saves. I don't see it worse than a wizard unless you go for a STR build, maximize dexterity, and later CHA or and CON. The wizard will need high Int, and good CON and DEX.A bladelock can be good at melee and at range, he is also a full spellcaster who becomes far better at lvl 11.2- I only played the Mines of Phandelver with a warlock, I needed less healing than the fighter and paladin. I had high dex, 18, 16-17 AC depending on the invocation, the fighters had chainmail+shield for a long time, 18 AC. I was hit only a bit more, but thanks to armor of agathys I had 5-10 THP and when hit 5-10 damage to an enemy was a kill or nearly killed, this meant less hits to me later. When the enemies were harder or the encounter was nearly finished if I killed an enemy I exchanged the THP if the armor of agathys was low on hit points, the good thing is THP are maintained with a short rest, you continue with the buffer and when you need it you cast again the armor.3- I understand why they are not proficient with shields, feats are optional and some spells have somatic components, for example with a shield and a weapon you could not cast hellish rebuke, one of the best spells for a bladelock.</blockquote>

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