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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Greenfield" data-source="post: 6267274" data-attributes="member: 6669384">We have a Warlock in our party, and his favorite tool in combat, aside from the blast itself, is the Eldritch Glaive.Several people at our table were recently surprised by some of the things this character was doing with it, so they tried to look it up, just so they knew the rules.  To their surprise it wasn't in Complete Arcane, where the Warlock class comes from.  We had to look for it, and it's in Dragon Magic.From what we can tell, it's a 2nd level equivalent Blast Shape invocation.It lasts one round, and for that round is effectively a reach weapon in the Warlock's hands.  It does the same damage as the Eldritch Blast, based on a touch attack roll.  Using it is a full round action, so if the Warlock attacks with it, they get no move action that round.So questions:  As an Invocation, and apparently a spell-like effect of 2nd level, does invoking it provoke an Attack of Opportunity?Being an energy form, it's essentially weightless.  Is it considered a light weapon?Since it's taking the form of a melee weapon, does he get to add Strength bonus to damage?On Invocations in general:  Do they provoke AoO?  How do you handle an attempt to invoke one while grappled?Does Eldritch Blast, being a range attack, provoke AoO?We have a feeling that this player has been playing a bit fast and loose with the rules.  I'm looking for either confirmation or refutation.</blockquote>

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