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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jackinthegreen" data-source="post: 6267314" data-attributes="member: 6678119">The unfortunate truth is that many of the questions you're asking aren't actually covered in the rules (or if they are it might still be ambiguous), but I'll go over my knowledge of each in turn.AoO: Yes, it provokes an AoO.  However, since it is a reach weapon it usually won't provoke an AoO from the target being attacked.Weapon type: I recommend looking at <a href="http://community.wizards.com/forum/previous-editions-general/threads/975156" target="_blank">Rich Baker's warlock FAQ</a> to start, and then <a href="http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=159708" target="_blank">Shinken's guide to melee warlocks</a>.  That will hopefully cover things well enough.  If you want something quick and dirty, the weapon-like spells rules in Complete Arcane pages 72 and 73 could cover you.  Probably treat EG effectively as a melee touch attack, which is called out on page 73 as being able to benefit from Weapon Finesse.  Note that touch spells are treated like a light weapon, which most would infer means it's not actually a light weapon and can't be treated as such for any other purpose.Strength to damage:  It's a spell effect, which defaults to no str to damage despite it being shaped like a weapon.Provoking AoO: Invocations generally provoke AoOs just like regular SLAs.  However, due to warlock invocations requiring somatic components, it is impossible to cast one in a grapple.  Eldritch Blast could sort of be used in a grapple through the <a href="http://www.realmshelps.net/cgi-bin/featbox.pl?feat=Grappling_Blast" target="_blank">Grappling Blast</a> feat from Dragon Magazine.Eldritch Blast AoO: EB is an SLA, meaning it provokes an AoO.  It being a ranged attack doesn't matter in this specific case.  The only warlock invocation that doesn't provoke an AoO is Hideous Blow, if you're taking the word of the class's creator, Rich Baker, over the word of Sage Advice (which I recommend you do because it's bats*** crazy to have HB provoke since it's a direct melee attack).</blockquote>

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