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<blockquote data-quote="CapnZapp" data-source="post: 7039494" data-attributes="member: 12731"><p>I'm sorry, but that is the limited view that makes this feature appear reasonable. </p><p></p><p>I wasn't talking about Action Surge and I didn't mean once per short rest. </p><p></p><p>I did mean exactly what I said: "it's just as if there were a way for martials to use Extra Attack as a bonus action"</p><p></p><p>When I said "as a bonus action" I meant EVERY round of EVERY combat ALL day long.</p><p></p><p>How so?</p><p></p><p>Well, what you <em>really</em> would do in actual play, is create a Warlock 2/Sorcerer X character that picks Agonizing Blast as an invocation, and Quicken Spell as a metamagic.</p><p></p><p>Then the key is to <em>not cast any non-cantrip spells at all</em> - instead you convert all your spell slots to sorcery points, and then you can put a LARGE amount of sorcery points into Quicken Spell. </p><p></p><p>The result is that you can cast two Eldritch Blast at 1d10+5 all day long, every round (barring unusually strange adventuring days). At level 5, this becomes four blasts and a 4d10+20 damage potential. At level 11, this becomes six blasts and a 6d10+30 damage potential. At level 17, you're looking at 8d10+40 damage using only cantrips.</p><p></p><p>This blows every weapon user clean out the water, except possibly GWM/SS feat users.</p><p></p><p>This is what I meant <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CapnZapp, post: 7039494, member: 12731"] I'm sorry, but that is the limited view that makes this feature appear reasonable. I wasn't talking about Action Surge and I didn't mean once per short rest. I did mean exactly what I said: "it's just as if there were a way for martials to use Extra Attack as a bonus action" When I said "as a bonus action" I meant EVERY round of EVERY combat ALL day long. How so? Well, what you [I]really[/I] would do in actual play, is create a Warlock 2/Sorcerer X character that picks Agonizing Blast as an invocation, and Quicken Spell as a metamagic. Then the key is to [I]not cast any non-cantrip spells at all[/I] - instead you convert all your spell slots to sorcery points, and then you can put a LARGE amount of sorcery points into Quicken Spell. The result is that you can cast two Eldritch Blast at 1d10+5 all day long, every round (barring unusually strange adventuring days). At level 5, this becomes four blasts and a 4d10+20 damage potential. At level 11, this becomes six blasts and a 6d10+30 damage potential. At level 17, you're looking at 8d10+40 damage using only cantrips. This blows every weapon user clean out the water, except possibly GWM/SS feat users. This is what I meant :) [/QUOTE]
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