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<blockquote data-quote="MarkB" data-source="post: 2993405" data-attributes="member: 40176"><p>Something that occurred to me whilst reading the thread on countering spiderwalking / fell-flying warlocks:</p><p></p><p>Although warlocks' invocations are spell-like abilities, they follow most of the normal rules for spells. And when you cast two instances of the same non-instantaneous spell upon a subject, their effects generally overlap rather than stacking, and the second casting will remain in effect when the first runs out. And, importantly, each of them requires a separate caster level check when the creature is the subject of a <em>dispel magic</em> attempt.</p><p></p><p>So, how does that relate to warlock invocations? I can't find anything in the warlock class description or the Invocations header text which indicates that multiple castings of the same invocation would not overlap, nor does the description of spell-like abilities seem to preclude a creature subjecting itself to multiple instances of the same at-will ability.</p><p></p><p>As a for-instance, could a 6th level warlock spend five minutes at the start of the day doing nothing except repeatedly invoking <em>fell flight</em>, building up a total of fifty overlapping castings and thus making him practically immune to being brought down by anything less than a high-level casting of <em>greater dispel magic</em>?</p><p></p><p>Yes, it's very cheesy, and I'd houserule it instantly if a player tried it - but is it actually illegal by the rules?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MarkB, post: 2993405, member: 40176"] Something that occurred to me whilst reading the thread on countering spiderwalking / fell-flying warlocks: Although warlocks' invocations are spell-like abilities, they follow most of the normal rules for spells. And when you cast two instances of the same non-instantaneous spell upon a subject, their effects generally overlap rather than stacking, and the second casting will remain in effect when the first runs out. And, importantly, each of them requires a separate caster level check when the creature is the subject of a [i]dispel magic[/i] attempt. So, how does that relate to warlock invocations? I can't find anything in the warlock class description or the Invocations header text which indicates that multiple castings of the same invocation would not overlap, nor does the description of spell-like abilities seem to preclude a creature subjecting itself to multiple instances of the same at-will ability. As a for-instance, could a 6th level warlock spend five minutes at the start of the day doing nothing except repeatedly invoking [i]fell flight[/i], building up a total of fifty overlapping castings and thus making him practically immune to being brought down by anything less than a high-level casting of [i]greater dispel magic[/i]? Yes, it's very cheesy, and I'd houserule it instantly if a player tried it - but is it actually illegal by the rules? [/QUOTE]
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