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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sword of Spirit" data-source="post: 8455752" data-attributes="member: 6677017">Yeah, I hadn't realized this wasn't a resolved issue. Hopefully the revised pdfs will clear it up.There are kind of pros and cons to either interpretation.If you can combine them, you get this crazy high damage. It may be too much, although it does require a good deal of investment to get to so maybe it's fine.But if you can't combine them, the only way to be effective actually attacking with a pact weapon is if you are using Polearm Savant. Otherwise you are better off just using Eldritch Scythe (for zero investment), and if you have a magic weapon making it your pact weapon so it will be imparting its attack and damage bonuses to your Eldritch Scythe attacks. It just doesn't feel like you are really using your weapon though, because the damage is always d8s and you aren't getting any base weapon properties, which feels rather unsatisfying. I mean, unless you go all in with Polearm Savant, it's basically a trap choice to actually use your pact weapon.Also, if you can't combine them, the text of Eldritch Scythe allowing it to replace one of your melee attacks must be referring to multiclassing uses only.What might be nice would be if Eldritch Scythe and Extra Blast worked backwards from how they are written. So if you have a pact weapon, you can replace one of your Eldritch Scythe (melee) or Eldritch Spear (ranged) attacks with your pact weapon attack.</blockquote>

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