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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lou" data-source="post: 4867566" data-attributes="member: 51567">Yes, it's called Hideous Blow. You roll a melee attack, and if it hits, the weapon does normal damage plus the eldritch blast damage. That's exactly what Zurrik did to the swarm.  Swarms are immune to normal weapon damage. The question is whether the Hideous Blow causes the sword to be equivalent to a flaming sword, etc. where the weapon damage all takes effect on the swarm due to the energy portion of the attack. It's a close question. I have no problem with Scotley's ruling that the weapon damage is not passed through to the swarm using a Hideous Blow. In this case, the Hideous Blow eldritch blast damage is enough to disperse the swarm headed directly towards Gnurl. It's just too bad I rolled a possible critical hit when I cannot use it. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!    :eek:"  data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":eek:" /> Scotley's comment that an Eldritch Blast would be better against a swarm is based on the different type of attack--a ranged touch attack rather than a melee attack. Same damage, just easier to hit a swarm with a ranged touch. Had Zurrik not been successful against the swarm with his melee attack with Hideous Blow, he would have used an Eldritch Blast as his AoO.</blockquote>