warlock prestige classes

[Runestar]

Be careful on how you interpret things - based on this interpretation you can't use Hideous Blow with a 2 handed weapon - since you need a free hand to use an invocation.

It is a free action to let go of a 2-handed weapon or to place your hand of it. So in theory, the warlock could release 1 hand as a free action, cast hideous blow, place his hand back on the weapon as another free action, then attack.

 

[irdeggman]

It is a free action to let go of a 2-handed weapon or to place your hand of it. So in theory, the warlock could release 1 hand as a free action, cast hideous blow, place his hand back on the weapon as another free action, then attack.

Right, which was my logic in why Eldritch glaive is a 2 handed weapon since it takes on physical substance appearing similar to a glaive.

 

[m457ersp00k]

It is a free action to let go of a 2-handed weapon or to place your hand of it. So in theory, the warlock could release 1 hand as a free action, cast hideous blow, place his hand back on the weapon as another free action, then attack.

Just to clarify, hideous blow requires no Somatic or Verbal components..It does not require a free hand, you simply channel you blast through the weapon.. Yes this includes a pin prick for 1 damage..

I agree with the glaive needing two hands, otherwise you'd throw yourslef off balance.. It would act and feel like a real one.

 

[irdeggman]

Just to clarify, hideous blow requires no Somatic or Verbal components..It does not require a free hand, you simply channel you blast through the weapon.. Yes this includes a pin prick for 1 damage..

Incorrect.

pg 71 of Complete Arcane

The only difference between invocations and other spell-like abilites is that invocations require somatic gestures and are therefor subject to arcane spell failure.

Which means that if the warlock is wearing heavy than light armor he suffers ASF when activating any invocation even hideous blow.

Now this does not mean that the somatic component can't include the weapon in hand only that it requires somatic components.

 

[thywolf]

That is my interpretation, too.



True. and the word "as if" is only used for "wielding a reach weapon". Not "as if wielding a glaive" or "as if you are wielding a two-handed reach weapon" or something.

So I think the pseudo-reach weapon created by Eldritch Glaive does not require two-hands.

Combining those two interpretations, I say one can perform necessary somatic component when he use this invocation, then can use that same hand to "wield" a (non two-hand) pseud reach weapon.

There may be 3 other possible interpretations.

If you can use the same hand for performing somatic component and wielding the pseudo-weapon, but the pseud-weapon is a two-handed weapon, then you need 2 free hands to use Eldritch Glaive.

If you need a free hand all the way during a full action for this invocation but the pseudo-reach weapon is a one-handed weapon, then you need 2 hands to use this invocation. One to perform a somatic component, and another one to wield a one-handed weapon.

If you need a free hand all the way during a full-round action for this invocation and the pseudo-reach weapon is a two-handed weapon, then, you need 3 hands to use this invocation. One to perform it's somatic component and 2 more to wield a two-handed weapon. Thus usual humanoid warlock cannot use this at all.

Your hands are free to cast making the Eldritch Glaive show up as you are in your weapon 'swing' causing it to show up and make the hit for as it appears meaning you cast it and then it hits the target right afterwards. Meaning that your hands where free to cast just as if you where using anything else.

 

[Drowbane]

Warlock damage boosters.

Mortalbane (BoVD): enhances an SLA (pretty sure Eldritch Blast counts) by +2d6 dmg 5/day, you can take this multiple times.
Psionic Shot (XPH): requires you to be psionic, wild talent can handle this. +2d6 to your ranged attack.
Greater Psionic Shot (XPH): as above, but +4d6.
Hellfire Cheese: As Dandu mentioned. Yes, it does smack of cheddar... but warlocks can use the boost.

...If you want to progress Hellfire Damage, look into the prestige classes Legacy Champion (WoL) and (I believe) Uncanny Trickster (CS).

Both advance previous class abilities (specifically stated that way) so you can use them to advance Hellfire Warlock, which gets you a lot of Hellfire Damage...

I'm sure there are more...

 

[StreamOfTheSky]

Hellfire Cheese: As Dandu mentioned. Yes, it does smack of cheddar... but warlocks can use the boost.

It's not cheesy, it's the Warlock's answer to Reserve feats! (Which are totally not broken, but also do totally make a Warlock cry)

Isn't there a rod or sceptor in MIC to boost eldritch blast by +1d6? All I found skimming the book was a charges/day item to boost damage, not nearly as useful, though I'm sure much cheaper than that I'm thinking of.

MIC also has the "spare hand" belt slot item in MIC for 12000 gp. It can hold but not activate a wand, but moving things between the spare hand and your real hands is explicitly a free action, so it might be useful.

 

[radmod]

It's not cheesy, it's the Warlock's answer to Reserve feats! (Which are totally not broken, but also do totally make a Warlock cry)

Except for Minor Shapeshift, but that's a diff thread.

 

[Khazan]

Isn't there a rod or sceptor in MIC to boost eldritch blast by +1d6? All I found skimming the book was a charges/day item to boost damage, not nearly as useful, though I'm sure much cheaper than that I'm thinking of.

All I can remember is the Warlock Sceptre - it lets you spend charges to increase the eldritch blast damage. There is the Chausible of Fell Power which gives a bonus to eldritch blast damage as well, but both of those are in Complete Arcane though. I don't remember any offhand from MIC.

 

[StreamOfTheSky]

Warlock Sceptor is in MIC, too, and is what I meant by the charged item. Chausible is probably the constant bonus item.