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<blockquote data-quote="Inglorin" data-source="post: 6775645" data-attributes="member: 6778714">I am not a native speaker, so I go to definitions a lot. I think EVERY hit with Eldritch Blast can push the target back 10 ft. Why? Because it says so: &quot;When you hit a creature with&nbsp; eldritch blast...&quot; There is no &quot;once per round&quot; or something like this.I think you CAN select the next target after resolving the first attack. Why? Because that is how attacks work. pg. 195 has a very easy summary. I think you CAN trigger of &quot;When the Warlock hits with a Eldritch Blast&quot;. You reaction then happens between the first and second beam. Why? Because we have a precedent, that you can trigger off of anything. Even, for example, a simple move. That's not even an action but might happen within an action if the fighter moves between his extra attacks. If your DM allows the trigger, it works. Normally (with exception clearly written in the rules) the reaction happens AFTER the triggering event. In this case: The first hit with the Eldritch Blast. On the other hand: This is a very risky trigger. If the Warlock cast any other spell your action is lost. So better go for an easier trigger?I think the Eldritch Blast CAN'T be countered by Dispell Magic, even if the Dispell is prepared as a Readied Action. Why? Because Eldritch Blast is categorized as &quot;Instantious&quot;. And the definition of Instantious from pg. 203 says you can't dispell these. It doesn't matter that if is &quot;time&quot; between the blasts or not. Time is nothing the rules care about at this point. We are inside a combat round. Everything is an abstraction at this point. All that is left is transform these rulings into narrative. The Eldritch Blast in MY world is something more akin to a rapid fire pistol or something like this. Maybe it is even like three very fast spells after another. Like &quot;Bam!&quot;, &quot;Bam!&quot;, &quot;Bam!&quot;. None of these can be easily dispelled, as they exist for only an instant. Each of these is a single attack. Each hit lets the target stagger back 10 ft. I sure hope there is no abyss behind him.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Inglorin, post: 6775645, member: 6778714"] I am not a native speaker, so I go to definitions a lot. I think EVERY hit with Eldritch Blast can push the target back 10 ft. Why? Because it says so: "When you hit a creature with eldritch blast..." There is no "once per round" or something like this. I think you CAN select the next target after resolving the first attack. Why? Because that is how attacks work. pg. 195 has a very easy summary. I think you CAN trigger of "When the Warlock hits with a Eldritch Blast". You reaction then happens between the first and second beam. Why? Because we have a precedent, that you can trigger off of anything. Even, for example, a simple move. That's not even an action but might happen within an action if the fighter moves between his extra attacks. If your DM allows the trigger, it works. Normally (with exception clearly written in the rules) the reaction happens AFTER the triggering event. In this case: The first hit with the Eldritch Blast. On the other hand: This is a very risky trigger. If the Warlock cast any other spell your action is lost. So better go for an easier trigger? I think the Eldritch Blast CAN'T be countered by Dispell Magic, even if the Dispell is prepared as a Readied Action. Why? Because Eldritch Blast is categorized as "Instantious". And the definition of Instantious from pg. 203 says you can't dispell these. It doesn't matter that if is "time" between the blasts or not. Time is nothing the rules care about at this point. We are inside a combat round. Everything is an abstraction at this point. All that is left is transform these rulings into narrative. The Eldritch Blast in MY world is something more akin to a rapid fire pistol or something like this. Maybe it is even like three very fast spells after another. Like "Bam!", "Bam!", "Bam!". None of these can be easily dispelled, as they exist for only an instant. Each of these is a single attack. Each hit lets the target stagger back 10 ft. I sure hope there is no abyss behind him. [/QUOTE]

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