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<blockquote data-quote="doctorbadwolf" data-source="post: 8232206" data-attributes="member: 6704184">Fair points. I think that Eldritch Blast is probably the easiest one, because you can simply say that each Blast counts as a melee weapon attack when used with a 5ft range, and even have it do 1d8+mod, and then it naturally benefits from both weapon stuff and EB stuff.So, maybe the level 1 feature is to have a couple EB options that are melee and can look like weapons, and the Pact of The Blade feature is to treat them as making a number of melee weapon attacks using your spellcasting ability modifier, rather than as melee spell attacks?I'd even say that Pact of The Blade probably needs to add that mod to damage, rather than making that a separate invocation.Edit: And PoTB should allow the use of a weapon as spellcasting focus, and gaining the benefits of a magic weapon you've attuned as your focus on your melee EB attacks.I will allocate some time this week to working more on the second draft of it, having taken some time to be less in love with the fresh ideas I had in the first draft. Much easier to kill those ideas having given myself some time to forget them!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="doctorbadwolf, post: 8232206, member: 6704184"] Fair points. I think that Eldritch Blast is probably the easiest one, because you can simply say that each Blast counts as a melee weapon attack when used with a 5ft range, and even have it do 1d8+mod, and then it naturally benefits from both weapon stuff and EB stuff. So, maybe the level 1 feature is to have a couple EB options that are melee and can look like weapons, and the Pact of The Blade feature is to treat them as making a number of melee weapon attacks using your spellcasting ability modifier, rather than as melee spell attacks? I'd even say that Pact of The Blade probably needs to add that mod to damage, rather than making that a separate invocation. Edit: And PoTB should allow the use of a weapon as spellcasting focus, and gaining the benefits of a magic weapon you've attuned as your focus on your melee EB attacks. I will allocate some time this week to working more on the second draft of it, having taken some time to be less in love with the fresh ideas I had in the first draft. Much easier to kill those ideas having given myself some time to forget them! [/QUOTE]

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