Eldritch Blast and AoO

[Lopke_Quasath]

1) Can a warlock AoO with her eldritch blast?

1a) If yes, how do you play out the AoO that the eldritch blast provokes (being a ranged weapon)?

1b) If yes, and the warlock has the feat Arcane Mastery, can she Take 10 on her Concentration check to avoid the eldritch blast provoked AoO?

Cheers

 

[Hypersmurf]

1) Can a warlock AoO with her eldritch blast?

By itself? No

-Hyp.

 

[Lopke_Quasath]

Thanks Hypersmurf.

The reason warlocks can't AoO is because...eldritch blast is not a melee attack and does not threaten?

1) What about if the warlock had the Hideous Blow invocation?
I think no, because an invocation takes a standard action to activate, but what do others say?

1a) If a warlock had used Hideous Blow in her turn, could she use her melee weapon (with the eldritch blast damage) during that rounds AoOs?

Thanks

 

[Hypersmurf]

The reason warlocks can't AoO is because...eldritch blast is not a melee attack and does not threaten?

Right.

1) What about if the warlock had the Hideous Blow invocation?

That's why I qualified with "by itself"... I'm away from my CArc, so I'm not sure on the exact wording of Hideous Blow.

-Hyp.

 

[Lopke_Quasath]

From Complete Arcane, pg. 134

Hideous Blow: As a standard action, you can make a single melee attack.

If you hit, you add eldritch blast damage.

I guess because it says "a single melee attack", the invocation is over after the one attack.
Therefore, any AoOs taken during the next round would not include the Hideous Blow eldritch damage.

So, it seems a warlock can never use an eldritch blast during an AoO.

 

[Hypersmurf]

So, it seems a warlock can never use an eldritch blast during an AoO.

Looks about right... unless some invocation from a future supplement changes things

-Hyp.