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Message: <blockquote data-quote="UltimaGabe" data-source="post: 1942912" data-attributes="member: 16019">Yes, but the issue with the feats is that in Complete Arcane, their example is Eldritch Blast- that is, in their Feat Entries in Complete Arcane, the specifically single out Eldritch Blast as eligible for the feat, when Elritch Blast doesn't even qualify for it.Afraid not. Hideous Blow is a Blast Shape Invocation- which means that although it has its own spell level, it uses its level or the Eldritch Blast's spell level, whichever is higher. And the spell level of an Eldritch Blast is the reason that it can't be used with the Meta-spell like ability feats.Well, in order to take Empower Spell-Like Ability, the Spell-like Ability chosen has to have a spell level of half of the caster level -2. So if the spell-like ability is Burning Hands (2nd-level spell), the caster level for this ability has to be at least 8 (half of the caster level is 4, -2 is 2). This works fine for Spell-Like Abilities that actually emulate spells, since they have a static spell level that doesn't change. However, if I'm not mistaken, Eldritch Blast has a caster level equal to half the Warlock's level (so an 18th-level Warlock uses it at caster level 9th), and the Eldritch Blast's spell level changes as the Warlock increases in level, counting as a spell of a level equal to half of the Warlock's level (with a maximum of 9)- so at 18th-level, Eldritch Blast counts as a 9th-level spell. Since 9 is far more than half of 9 minus 2, then it's impossible even to Empower an Eldritch Blast. Maximize and Quicken have even higher prerequisites, so those are out the window as well.WotC just kinda showed everybody how little they check their own work (in case they didn't already know) with the release of Complete Arcane. It's a great book, there's just one or two things that don't make any sense.</blockquote>

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