D&D 5E (2024) Pact of the Chain + Nick Mastery

[I'm A Banana]

I'm checking to see if there's an issue with my logic on the RAW/RAI interpretation here.

Warlock with Pact of the Chain. Pact of the Chain reads...

Additionally, when you take the Attack action, you can forgo one of your own attacks to allow your familiar to make one attack of its own with its Reaction.

Wielding a weapon with Nick. Nick reads...

When you make the extra attack of the Light property, you can make it as part of the Attack action instead of as a Bonus Action. You can make this extra attack only once per turn.

And Light property is...

When you take the Attack action on your turn and attack with a Light weapon, you can make one extra attack as a Bonus Action later on the same turn. That extra attack must be made with a different Light weapon, and you don't add your ability modifier to the extra attack's damage unless that modifier is negative.

Here's what that suggests to me:

• I'm a warlock with who can use weapon masteries and martial weapons (Ftr 1/Wlk 1 in this case). I've got a scimitar, and Pact of the Chain, and my imp familiar.
• I use the Attack action to attack with my Scimitar.
• As part of the Attack action, I get to make another attack (with a different Light weapon).
• I can forgo that attack to let my Imp make an attack.

RAW, this looks legit to me, if a little niche (and almost certainly not optimized, though potent at level 2). Does it actually hold up? Would you be kosher with this in your game?

 

[Zardnaar]

Looks fine to me. Foregoing the attack doesnt negate the attack action.

Attack action still happens via per that means you can use nick. Hell you can throw in hex as well

RAW seems clear.

 

[Jefe Bergenstein]

I would say no. The specificity of Nick overrides the general of Pact of the Chain. Nick HAS to be an attack with a light weapon. You also cant sub the nick attack out for a cantrip from Valor bard.

 

[Zardnaar]

I would say no. The specificity of Nick overrides the general of Pact of the Chain. Nick HAS to be an attack with a light weapon. You also cant sub the nick attack out for a cantrip from Valor bard.

That's not what theyre claiming.

You use the attack action to have an attack.

Attack action triggers nick. You can have an off hand attack. Thos grabs you an attack as part of the attack action.

You forgo an attack to enable your pet. It doesnt specify what attack. You forgo one of your own attacks made with that attack action.

Not a fan of it but RAW it works it seems. EK can replace the nick attack with a cantrip it seems

Assuming OP pasted the exact words.

 

[TerraDave]

It works if your familiar is a dagger.