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<blockquote data-quote="Mephista" data-source="post: 6781730" data-attributes="member: 6786252">Making it a class feature would have also allowed the blade'lock a bit more flexibility in design, I think.&nbsp; One of my favorite things about the hexblade 4e class and the eldrtich glaive in 3e was how you could customize the weapon &quot;type&quot; by adding on powers to it, not just using another magic weapon.&nbsp; Turning the Eldritch Blast into an Eldritch Blade would have been a bit more cool and evocative, I think.&nbsp; You could customize it with patron-specific Invocations or not, but the heart of the attack would remain.I feel the need to point out that Eldritch Blast is technically optional in this game.&nbsp; You can choose to have a warlock that doesn't focus on using it, as we've seen hinted with the new celestial patron in a recent UA article.&nbsp; Undying light, I think it was (I'm sticking with celestial)?&nbsp; Anyways, I get the feeling that path was meant to use the Radiant damage cantrip as its main source of damage instead of Eld. Blast.&nbsp; Without better scaling, it won't make the cut, but its there.&nbsp; Its kind of par for the course, really.&nbsp; Eldrtich blast as set the standard for the class, and almost every other option comes up short.&nbsp; Its a bit saddening, especially when I get the feeling that Chain is supposed to be able to attack with their familiar, but it does such terrible damage, its not worth using.&nbsp; And we've all heard of blade'lock issues.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mephista, post: 6781730, member: 6786252"] Making it a class feature would have also allowed the blade'lock a bit more flexibility in design, I think. One of my favorite things about the hexblade 4e class and the eldrtich glaive in 3e was how you could customize the weapon "type" by adding on powers to it, not just using another magic weapon. Turning the Eldritch Blast into an Eldritch Blade would have been a bit more cool and evocative, I think. You could customize it with patron-specific Invocations or not, but the heart of the attack would remain. I feel the need to point out that Eldritch Blast is technically optional in this game. You can choose to have a warlock that doesn't focus on using it, as we've seen hinted with the new celestial patron in a recent UA article. Undying light, I think it was (I'm sticking with celestial)? Anyways, I get the feeling that path was meant to use the Radiant damage cantrip as its main source of damage instead of Eld. Blast. Without better scaling, it won't make the cut, but its there. Its kind of par for the course, really. Eldrtich blast as set the standard for the class, and almost every other option comes up short. Its a bit saddening, especially when I get the feeling that Chain is supposed to be able to attack with their familiar, but it does such terrible damage, its not worth using. And we've all heard of blade'lock issues. [/QUOTE]

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