Questions tagged [hexblade]
For questions about the Hexblade, a warlock archetype from D&D 5e that specialises in curses and is better equipped for melee combat.
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Can a 2024 Hexblade Warlock drop Pact of the Blade?
I'm playing a level 3 2024 Hexblade Warlock with sword and board. I started with Pact of the Blade, but now that I'm about to hit level 4, I'm thinking about dropping it, especially since I'm going to ...
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How much damage does my Hexblade Warlock deal with their Bonus Action attack?
I built a simple level 3 Hexblade warlock with 18 Charisma. This is a scenario that I went through in our first encounter: I created a Hex warrior weapon: a shortsword. I also created another Pact ...
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Can a Hexblade warlock use their Accursed Specter feature as a pseudo-Speak with Dead spell?
The enemy criminal is captured by the player, and a middle-ranking one of an enormous organization at that. There's no way he didn't know the high-rankings, otherwise he couldn't coordinate with the ...
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Does the damage from Hexblade's Curse apply to attacks from summons?
The description for Hexblade's Curse states the following: You gain a bonus to damage rolls against the cursed target. The bonus equals your proficiency bonus. Say that a Hexblade Warlock uses this ...
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How to dual wield as a hexblade warlock
If I want to dual-wield as a Hexblade warlock, is there a way I can add my charisma to both attacks?
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Enhancement Question For My Hexadin [closed]
This is a bit of a min-max question, I built a level 12 half-drow hexadin: 8 oath of vengeance paladin 4 hexblade warlock with pact of the blade My feats are: GWM, Elven Accuracy (CHA) and Lucky, ...
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I have a problem with a hexblade warlock with pact of the blade and improved pact weapon (they can use a bow and smite with it) any ideas? [closed]
I want the campaign to be balanced for all players They have: Pact of the Blade Hexblade Improved Pact Weapon Eldritch Smite They want to ranged smite. Help, I need something to balance it. What I ...
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Should Vow of Enmity or Hexblade's Curse be deployed first? [closed]
Imagine an Oath of Vengeance Paladin 3 / Hexblade 1. This is the big boss, and the character wants to use both Vow of Enmity and Hexblade's Curse on the same target. Vow of Enmity gives advantage on ...
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Relentless hex and invisible target
If you Hexblade Cursed a target and you have Relentless Hex as an Eldritch Invocation, what happens when your target goes invisible, but remains within 30 feet of you? The description of Relentless ...
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Does the Hex Warrior feature allow a Hexblade warlock to create a ranged pact weapon?
Can a Hexblade warlock create a ranged pact weapon using the Hex Warrior feature, assuming they do not have the Improved Pact Weapon eldritch invocation? I'm pretty sure they can't, because it's not ...
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Is this Hexblade 6th level ability replacement balanced?
A frequent complaint with the Hexblade Warlock is that its 6th level ability Arcused Specter feels out of place. All of the other Hexblade abilities revolve around the Hexblade's Curse and single ...
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Does the Hexblade Warlock's Hex Warrior feature apply to a magic weapon that is transformed into your Pact Weapon?
The Hexblade Warlock's Hex Warrior feature states (emphasis mine): [...] If you later gain the Pact of the Blade feature, this benefit extends to every pact weapon you conjure with that feature, no ...
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Does the Improved Pact Weapon eldritch invocation let a Hexblade warlock add their Charisma modifier to attack/damage rolls with a longbow?
The Hexblade warlock's Hex Warrior feature specifies you can use Charisma for attack and damage with any non two-handed property weapon, which would eliminate longbows. But would taking the Improved ...
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Can your Hexblade patron be your pact weapon even though it's sentient?
I'm asking RAW, not "talk with your DM." Thank you for your help beforehand. Pact of the Blade says "You can't affect an artifact or sentient weapon in this way" in regards to ...
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How does multiclassing affect the damage scaling of Hexblade's curse? [duplicate]
So,I am playing a multiclass character with level 14 in fighter and level 1 in Warlock. Now Hexblade's curse damage depends on player's proficiency bonus.My level 15 character's proficiency bonus is +...
