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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hawk Diesel" data-source="post: 7056184" data-attributes="member: 59848">What I've found playing a bladelock is that while it's a cool and fun class, I am always more of a liability in melee than my martial companions. Even with the bladelock invocations, I don't do enough damage and I am too squishy. This is even more complicated by how effective eldritch blast is, making it always feel, at least for me, that I am wasting my action wading into combat.Now, if your DM allows some of the new unearthed arcana invocations or allows you to homebrew some to help bring up your ability to be effective in melee, it might fare a bit better for you. My DM is pretty generous about letting me create my own unique invocations to more fully embody my character concept, and it is a fun character to play, but these are things to consider.Not to mention with a tomelock you can always pick up shillelagh for a decent boost if you need to go into melee. Combined with something like green-flame blade or booming blade, it could be just as effective.</blockquote>