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1. Eldritch Mastery- you only get one, not all three
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## Warlock Tweaks

### Entreat Patron
At 1st level, you can use your action to entreat your patron for power. Any spells that are still in effect when they start this rite end and you gain the benefits of a short rest for the purposes of regaining class features, such as Pact casting. After doing so, short rests do not allow you to regain any uses of their class features until your next long rest.

At 20th level, you can entreat your patron without this consequence. Once you do so, you must finish a Long Rest before you can do so again.

#### Spell list:
You gain [Warlock Homebrew Spells](https://www.gmbinder.com/share/-L7Y2eb8A7ocr_28ySIf). Remove Eldritch Blast.

#### Eldritch Powers
You learn one of Eldritch Bolt, Eldritch Orb, and Eldritch Blade.

### Eldritch Mastery
At 2nd level, your patron has invested in you more power, which manifests in improvements to your Eldritch Powers. You gain the benefit corresponding to the power you chose:

**Eldritch Blade.** You gain proficency in medium armor. 
Your Eldritch Blade can take the form of any melee weapon and once per turn you can deal additional force damage equal to half your warlock level when you attack with it.

If your weapon lacks the heavy property, you are able to maneuver it so that its malevolent energy harms those that it grazes. As long as you don't have disadvantage on your attack roll, your spell deals half damage when you miss with the attack granted by it.

**Eldritch Bolt.**  On a hit with your Eldritch Bolt, you add your charisma modifier to the damage it deals on a hit.

**Eldritch Orb.** When a creature succeeds on a saving throw against your cantrips or Eldritch Power, the creature takes half the damage (if any) but suffers no additional effects. Additionally, each time you cast Eldritch Orb you choose one the following damage types and gain the corresponding benefit.
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| Type  | Benefit |
|:---:|:-----------:|
|  Force  |   The spell has a range of self and the diameter of the area of effect* increases by 10 feet.
|  Lightning  | Until the start of your next turn, the first creature that enters the area of effect or ends its turn there must succeed on the save or take the same damage. |
|  Thunder  |    On a failed save, creatures are pushed 5 feet away from the origin of the area of effect. If the it is centered on a creature, you choose.|
|  Radiant  | The area of effect* is doubled. |
|  Psychic  | On a failed save, the target can't take reactions and its speed is halved until the end of your next turn. |
|  Necrotic  | If the target's remaining health is less than the spell's damage roll, it is reduced to 0 hitpoints. |

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### Eldritch Powers

#### Eldritch Bolt
*evocation cantrip*
___
- **Casting Time:** 1 action
- **Range:** 120 feet
- **Components:** V, S
- **Duration:** Instantaneous
___

Make a ranged spell attack. On a hit, the target takes 1d10 force damage.

The spell fires off more than one bolt when you reach higher warlock levels: two at 5th, three at 11th, and four at 17th. You can direct the bolts at the same or different targets. Make a separate attack roll for each bolt.

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#### Eldritch Bolt
*evocation cantrip*
___
- **Casting Time:** 1 action
- **Range:** 120 feet
- **Components:** V, S
- **Duration:** Instantaneous
___

Make a ranged spell attack. On a hit, the target takes 1d10 force damage.

The spell creates more than one beam when you reach higher warlock levels: two at 5th, three at 11th, and four at 17th. You can direct the beams at the same or different targets. Make a separate attack roll for each beam.
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#### Eldritch Orb
*evocation cantrip*
___
- **Casting Time:** 1 action
- **Range:** 60 feet
- **Components:** V, S
- **Duration:** 1 round.
___

You conjure a dark indigo ball of energy. When you use this power, you can choose to hurl the ball immediately or hold it in your hands and increase its area of effect. If you choose to hold it, you can use your action on another turn to release it. You hurl this ball of energy at a point within range, causing it to detonate in a silent, shadowy explosion. Each creature in a 5 foot diameter (this sphere's diameter increases to 10 feet if you held its power) sphere centered on that point must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or take 1d8 necrotic damage.*

The damage dealt by this power increases to 1d8 when you reach 5th level as a Warlock (2d8), and again at 11th level (3d8), and 17th level (4d8).

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width:400px;'>*If you are playing on a grid, use cubes instead of spheres </div>

#### Eldritch Blade
*conjuration cantrip*
___
- **Casting Time:** 1 bonus action
- **Range:** Touch
- **Components:** V, S
- **Duration:** Until dispelled.

You create a weapon in your empty hand that has the statistics of a dagger and can be used as a spellcasting focus for your warlock spells. This spell ends if your *Eldritch Blade* is more than 5 feet away from you for 1 minute or more. It also ends if you cast this spell again, if you dismiss the weapon (no action required), or if you die. When you cast a spell using a warlock spell slot, you empower your blade for one minute.

Using an action, you can make an attack with your blade against one creature within reach and use your spellcasting ability modifier for attack and damage rolls. On a hit, if your blade is empowered, you can expend the energy to deal an additional 1d8 force damage.

This spell's damage increases when you reach higher levels. When you reach 5th level as a warlock, the melee attack deals an extra 1d8 force damage to the target, and the force damage from expending the charge increases to 2d8. Both damage rolls increase by 1d8 at 11th level and 17th level.

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Constraints
- Damage around EB, less than fighter
- Less than Scagtrip (which requires MAD)
- MAD benefits (using heavy weapons without )
- weapon variety

1. Shield idea is awkward cause of don/doff 
2.

I can't change scagrip damage so I'll just leave it be. IT was balanced anyway- it wasn't, it was only balanced assuming cha. Trying ot make it do extra damage once per turn is interesting but ultimately, adding warlock level makes it much too strong. 
5 11+1d8+

how about half warlock level and 1d12?
2.  8.5+1    10+1+4.5
5   4.5+4+2+4.5   11+2+9
11  (4.5+5)+5+4.5*2     12+5+18
17  12+8+19.5   12+5+27
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proc damage
5  16 vw 19. -3 for each attack, +9x2, breakpoint at 6/short
11 24.5 vs 31.5 -7 for each attack, +13.5x3 breakpoint at 6/short
17 32 vs 42, -10 for each attack, + 18x5 breakpoint at 9/short
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EB      Fight   Scagtrip    Base    Charged     Base1
8.5     10      14.5        12      15.5        10
19      22      23.5        19.5    23          11+
31.5    36      32.5        30      37
42      50      41.5        39.5    50

10      12
17.5    30
25      41.5
31.5    56

12
19.5    23
30      37
39.5    50

12
20.5    25
32      41
42.5    56

ideal:
12
22
36

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You create a weapon in your empty hand that has the statistics of a dagger and can be used as a spellcasting focus for your warlock spells. Use your spellcasting attack modifier for attack and damage rolls with this weapon. This spell ends if your *Eldritch Blade* is more than 5 feet away from you for 1 minute or more. It also ends if you cast this spell again, if you dismiss the weapon (no action required), or if you die. When you cast a warlock spell your blade becomes charged for one minute.

Using an action, you can make an melee attack with your blade against one creature within reach. On a hit, if your blade was charged, the target takes additional force damage equal to the twice spell slot level of the spell cast and consumes the charge.

This spell's damage increases when you reach higher levels. At 5th level, the melee attack deals an extra 1d12 force damage to the target, and the force damage due to a charged blade increases to 1d12 + twice the spell slot level. Both damage rolls increase by 1d12 at 11th level and 17th level.
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#### Pact of the Cauldron

See: [Pact of the Cauldron]()
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### Pact Boon

#### Pact of the Blade
*removed*

#### Pact of the Talisman

See: [Pact of the Talisman](https://www.gmbinder.com/share/-L2gby7ppDHJr-ZOuMKg) by Peanut

### Spells

#### Aftershock
*1st-level Evocation*

___
- **Casting Time:** 1 bonus action
- **Range:** self
- **Components:** V, M (any weapon)
- **Duration:** Concentration, up to one minute
___

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Until this spell ends, you imbue certain spells with a volatile effect. Spells that you cast that damage creatures in an area of effect leave behind lingering magical energies that last until the end of your turn. You can use a bonus action to detonate these energies in one last spasm.  Creatures still in the area of effect must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or take 1d6 force damage.

On a subsequent turn, you can use your bonus action to destabilize another spell and repeat the effect.
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<!--and be pushed 5 feet away from the point of origin of the area of effect. If the spell has an area of effect equal to the size of the spell, you choose which direction to push them.

Until this spell ends, you destabalize lingering magical energies of certain spells to explode with one last spasm. Any time you cast a spell that damages creatures in an area of effect on a failed save, any creatures still in the area of effect at the end of your turn must make a Dexterity saving throw or take 1d6 force damage. -->

While you maintain concentration on this spell, whenever you cast a spell that damages creatures within an area any creatures that are in that area at the end of your turn must make a Dexterity saving throw. If they fail, they take 1d6 force damage.

**At Higher Levels.** When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the damage of the spell attack increases by 1d6 for each slot level above the 2nd.

#### Blood ward
*1st-level Necromancy*

___
- **Casting Time:** 1 action
- **Range:** 120 feet
- **Components:** V
- **Duration:** 1 hour
___

You place a blood ward on a creature that you can see within range. Until the spell ends, that creature has disadvantage on attack rolls to hit you.

Additionally, you gain 1d10 temporary hit points each time you hit the target with an melee attack.

If the target drops to 0 hit points before this spell ends, you can use an action on a subsequent turn of yours to ward a new creature. A remove curse cast on the target ends this spell early.

**At Higher Levels.** The temporary hit points you gain increases by 1d10 for every two slot levels above the 1st.

### Eldritch Invocations

Remove all invocations with the blade pact prerequisite.
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#### Apocryphal Orb

You can choose to cast your Eldritch orb with a range of self and increase the diameter of the area of effect by 10 feet.
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#### Bezutha's Bone Blade

*Prerequisite: Eldritch Blade cantrip*

When you create your Eldritch Blade you can choose for one of your arms to form into a large bone weapon, which is a natural weapon that deals 1d6 bludgeoning, piercing, or slashing damage (you choose). At the start of each turn, you can change the damage type of the natural weapon, and it gains one of the following benefits, which lasts until the start of your next turn:

- It gains the reach property
- It gains the properties of a shield that gives +1 to AC
- It gains a +1 to attack rolls.

#### Calamitous Blade

*Prerequisite: Eldritch Blade Cantrip*

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When you cast your Eldritch Blade, you can have it take on the form of an oversized heavy weapon. At the start of your turn, you can reduce your movement speed to 0 until the end of the turn. If you do so and immediately make the attack granted by your Eldritch Blade cantrip and hit, you can force your target to make a Strength saving throw against your spellcasting DC or be knocked prone.

#### Soul Tether

*Prerequisite: Eldritch Blade cantrip*

When you use the action granted by your Eldritch Blade cantrip, you can make a thrown attack with your blade against any creature within range. If you hit with an attack, you can choose for the weapon to stay lodged in your target. If it is still in your target when you cast the spell again, the creature is pulled up to 20 feet closer to you.

#### Archer of the Ancients

If you chose Eldritch bolt or Eldrtich orb cantrip, you can use any ranged weapon as an arcane implement. If you do so, you can add half your Dexterity modifier (at least 1) to the spell save DC or attack roll of your cantrips. If you chose the Eldritch Blade cantrip, you are able to create any ranged weapon and use the action granted by the spell to make an attack with it at any creature within range.

#### The Twins
*Prerequisite: Eldritch Blade cantrip*

You can summon two light weapons when you use your Eldritch Blade cantrip. When you take the action granted by the spell you can also expend your bonus action to instead make two attacks, one with each weapon. If you do so, the damage die of the spell changes to 1d4 and you don’t add your ability modifier to the damage of either attack. If your Eldritch blade is empowered you can choose to expend the energy to make a single such attack on each creature within 5 feet of you instead of dealing additional damage.

#### Demonic Dispatcher

*Prerequisite: Eldritch Blade cantrip*

Your pact weapon manifests as an iron morningstar forged in Dis, the second of the Nine Hells. When you hit a creature with it while your blade is empowered, you can expend the energy to knock the target prone if it is Huge or smaller.

#### Fezil's Fang

*Prerequisite: Eldritch Blade cantrip*

When you create your Eldritch Blade as a war pick, it manifests as one of the many fangs of Fezil, the giant ferret that presides over the Court of Flowers. When you hit a creature with it while your blade is empowered, you can expend the energy to teleport the creature to an unoccupied location within 15 feet that you can see. This space must be on the ground or on a floor.

#### Claw of Acamar

*Prerequisite: Eldritch Blade cantrip*

You can create a black, lead flail using your Eldritch Blade cantrip. The flail’s head is sculpted to resemble a pair of grasping tentacles. The weapon has the reach property. When you hit a creature with it while your blade is empowered, you can expend the energy to reduce the creature’s speed to 0 feet until the end of your next turn.

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### FAQ

#### Entreat Patron Details

Entreat patron is designed to replace "Eldritch Master" (the warlock capstone)

The Entreat Patron feature can be implemented in parallel with similar features for Fighter Battlemaster and Monk. Below is a table for the ability name and regained features for each:

#### Playing on a grid

If you are playing on a grid it may be easier to model Eldritch orb as (ironically) cubes instead of spheres, as that follows dnd5e's conventions on area of effects better. The 5ft diameter sphere is only large enough to target 1 medium or larger creature. The 10ft sphere can cover 4 squares in a windowpane configuration, or two adjacent squares.

#### How to get Eldritch Powers

Eldrtich Powers spells are cantrips that scale with Warlock Level. They are not on any spell list and as such, are impossible to gain through features such as Magical Secrets or Mage Initiate.

### Changelog

##### [Version 1](https://www.gmbinder.com/share/-L-EQOltK1BEOv8ZnNB8/-L5bVClVt9Zhd2OIuUPa)

Posted to r/dndhomebrew. Had three spells, eblade was more of a spell cantrip and gave adv/disadvantage.

##### [Version 2](https://www.gmbinder.com/share/-L-EQOltK1BEOv8ZnNB8/-L6zw8Z5_OqiPi6k1LUh)

Posted to r/unearthed arcana. Eblade worked more similarly to an scagtrip. Changes were made to the orb effects and some of the spells were nerfed. Entreat patron was reworked.

##### Version 3

Eldritch warrior now gets several changes. I've tried to keep it as simple as I can while making it do the things I want (it looks complex now I know, but trust me it could be worse). 
- There is additional scaling here now instead of in the cantrip because it didn't make sense to grant 1/2 (round down to one) damage at level 1. 
- The clause preventing heavy weaponry is twofold: one to prevent GWM shenanigans which combos with the graze effect, also the it offers you more meaningful choice between a heavy weapon and a one handed weapon. The grazing might be a little hard to swallow but is largely harmless. It amounts to a 20% increase in dpr.
- About the damage of eblade- it seems like it does worse than ebeam, especially at higher levels but this actually is the opposite of the truth. Blade is better in short combats. It actually breaks even (not accounting for graze) after 6 turns /short at the 2nd and 3rd tier, and just 3 turns at the last tier
- Orb lightning was nerfed and the effect clarified.
- Eblade invocations: Mostly utility upgrades. Attempted to give breadth of meaningful weapon choice

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#### Summary

1. At level one you choose between one of the 3 "Eldritch Powers" and learn it. They are like cantrips that scale off warlock level. Gain [homebrew spells](https://www.gmbinder.com/share/-L-EAq8AAJGFPpiIQw9E).
2. At level two, you gain "Eldritch Mastery," Which improves your cantrips overall. This replaces one of your invocations.
3. At level three, blade pact is replaced by Talisman pact.

#### Notes 
The issue with warlocks is that:
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1. Despite many (interlocking) choices at creation, they present too few combat choices.
2. You are forced to choose between significant in-combat boosts and flavorful out of combat features. Agonizing blast and Eldritch blast are the prime examples of this.
3. They attempt to satisfy the gish niche through an pact, which is ill suited for the job as pacts don't have much combat budget and are more suited for fun OOC Utility. As a result, to keep up with other martials they need additional invocation taxes. Then, if we spend every invocation on martial combat, we are a full casting martial.
4. EB shouldn't scale off player level. Its more of a class feature. You can't multiclass 2 levels in any other class and get the same amount of at-will DPR as the class you're multiclassing into.

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Our solution involves several changes to how warlocks work. Listed in no particular order:
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1. Supplement the warlock spell list with melee spell options, remove blade pact. We can prevent melee warlock from stepping on martials' shoes by giving them windows of strength via spellcasting. 
2. Offer an alternative to EB, which is a blade pact cantrip, which retains the aesthetic of having a weapon but with a dedicated melee spellcaster. We can make blade pact cantrip competitive if we have people choose between EB and blade pact cantrip instead of giving both. This cantrip enables Scagtrip use (which is perfect for the fantasy), but does not require it. (If you get the scagtrip secondary proc, you only deal marginally more damage than normal)
4. Offer another alternative to EB, which is Eldritch Orb. This does less damage on average than EB but is more flexible and has utility. It also improves the spell-slingy feel by replacing low spell slot AOE spell casts.
5. EB is competitive at lvl 1 because of hex. Add in  other lvl 1 spells that synergize with other eldritch powers as well.

**Some notes about regarding Entreat Patron:**
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1. This is an adaption for how the game is played vs its original design. You should ignore this if you use some other adaptation, such as DMG's long rest variant.
2. The capstone (which I didn't include the changes for in this document) involves being able to short rest effectively even after use of Entreat Patron.

#### Credits

Thank you to the DoMT for advice and feedback. Special thanks to: Swordmeow, Caim (Cometdance), Layhnet, Sandwhichbear, Izzy, and GenuineBeliever
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#### Eldritch Bolt
*Evocation Cantrip*

___
- **Casting Time:** 1 action
- **Range:** 120 feet
- **Components:** V, S
- **Duration:** Until dispelled.

A beam of crackling energy streaks toward a creature within range. Make a ranged spell attack against the target. On a hit, the target takes 1d10 force damage.

The spell creates more than one beam when you reach higher levels: two beams at 5th level, three beams at 11th level, and four beams at 17th level. You can direct the beams at the same target or at different ones. Make a separate attack roll for each beam.

#### Infectious Torment
*1st-level Transmutation*

- **Casting Time:** 1 bonus action
- **Range:** self
- **Components:** V, M (any weapon)
- **Duration:** Concentration, up to one hour.

A creature you can see has its head filled with mind-numbing murmurings of shame and torment. When you cast a spell that requires that creature to make a saving throw, each creature that fails the saving throw takes an additional 1d6 psychic damage. If this damage would cause a creature to make a concentration check, the creature has disadvantage on that concentration check.

At Higher Levels: When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd or 4th level, you can maintain your concentration on the spell for up to 8 hours. When you use a spell slot of 5th level or higher, you can maintain your concentration on the spell for up to 24 hours

#### Spell Spasm
1?

- **Casting Time:** 1 action
- **Range:** self
- **Components:** V, M (any weapon)
- **Duration:** 1 round

You destabalize the magical energies of your spellcasting to linger briefly before exploding with one last spasm.

Choose a spell of a spell level equal or lower that you can cast, that has a Casting Time of 1 action and has duration instantaneous. You cast that spell as part of casting Energy Inversion, expending Spell Slots for both.

The area effect of the spell is considered difficult terrain and lightly obscures the area. Any creatures that are in that area at the start of your next turn must make a dexterity saving throw or take an additional 2d10 damage of the corrosponding type according to this chart:

At Higher Levels: When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd or higher damage increases by 1d10 for each slot level above 1st.

#### Greater Mirror Image
*4th

- **Casting Time:** 1 action
- **Range:** 20 feet
- **Components:** V, S
- **Duration:** one minute

#### Ghoulish touch
*5th lvl

- **Casting Time:** 1 bonus action
- **Range:** 5 feet
- **Components:** V, S
- **Duration:** one round

Make a melee spell attack against a creature you choose within range. On a hit, the target is paralyzed until the end of your turn.

#### Hold the line

#### Etheral Thrust

- **Casting Time:** 1 action
- **Range:** 60
- **Components:** V, M (a worm)
- **Duration:** instantaneous

You teleport to location within range and make a melee spell attack at a creature within 5 feet of you at advantage. On a hit, you deal 16d6 damage. The creauture is transported to the ethereal plane, and stunned

At the end of its next turn it reappears

#### Chains of Ichor

You can

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If you cast a spell that requires you to make a melee weapon attack as part of the action to cast the spell, you can substitute it for a melee spell attack
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### Changes/tweaks
You gain one Eldritch cantrip at lvl 1, and can choose to gain another one any time you get an additional cantrip

At level two, you gain "Potent Eldritch Cantrips." Depending on your selection, you gain different benefits:
 "You add your Charisma modifier to the damage you deal with any Eldritch Bolt
 "You gain advantage on your next melee attack against the target before the end of your next turn.
 "Eldritch Orb does half damage on a successful save."

Alternatively, build-your-own-eldritch-cantrip:

### Eldritch Blade v1
*cantrip, to be compared with EB with both evocations 
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- **Casting Time:** 1 action
- **Range:** 5 feet
- **Components:** V, S
- **Duration:** Until dispelled.

You create a weapon in your empty hand, which takes on the form of any melee weapon that don't have the Two-Handed or Heavy property. You can use your *Eldritch Blade* as a spellcasting focus for your warlock spells and your spell attack modifier for attack rolls with this weapon.
 
This spell ends if your *Eldritch Blade* is more than 5 feet away from you for 1 minute or more. It also ends if you cast this spell again, if you dismiss the weapon (no action required), or if you die.

At 5th level, you attack twice, instead of once, when you take the Attack action and attack with your Eldritch Blade on your turn. You ignore this benefit if you already have a feature, like Extra Attack, that gives you extra attacks. At 11th level, the attacks deal an extra 1d8 force damage to the target, increasing to 2d8 at 17th level.

> #### why this is no good:
- Competes with Fighter
- Too strong, makes your DPR on par with a full martial while you also have spells (and in particular now, all invocations)
- Allows for martial-like activites, good opportunity attacks, + any spell that requires an melee attack as part of the spell gets an heft bonus (double scaling from cantrips)

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### Eldritch Blade v2
*cantrip, to be compared with EB with both evocations 
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- **Casting Time:** 1 action
- **Range:** 5 feet
- **Components:** V, S
- **Duration:** Until dispelled.

You create a weapon in your empty hand, which takes on the form of any melee weapon. When you cast this spell, and as an action on your subsequent turns, you can make a melee spell attack against a target within 5 feet. On a hit, you deal 1d8 force damage and [ gain advantage on your next melee attack against the target before the end of your next turn. Additionally,] the target has disadvantage on its first attack against you before the end of its next turn.
[ You gain your spellcasting modifier in temporary hit points.]

The weapon can take whatever form you choose. Warlocks of patrons who are associated with a particular weapon [(as Great Old Ones are associated with tentacled flails, and Fiends with spiked maces)] make this spell’s effect resemble that weapon. You can use this weapon as a spellcasting focus for your warlock spells and your spell attack modifier for attack rolls with this weapon. An attack with this weapon deals 1d8 force damage + your spellcasting ability modifier.

This spell ends if your *Eldritch Blade* is more than 5 feet away from you for 1 minute or more. It also ends if you cast this spell again, if you dismiss the weapon (no action required), or if you die.

The spell’s damage increases by 1d8 when your warlock level reaches 5th level (2d8), 11th level (3d8), and 17th level (4d8).
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Damage: Want it to do 1d8 scaling
OA/other attack: Want it to do 1d8 + no effects

So this gets a subtle lvl 3 boost because of the increased number of spells

starting to realize: invocation tax exists to make everything simpler. You gain the invocation

Justification for +1 invocation, because wizards was wrong about short rests.
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### Eldritch Orb

- **Casting Time:** 1 action
- **Range:** 120 feet
- **Components:** V, S
- **Duration:** 1 round.

You conjure an dark indigo ball of energy and hurl it a point within range where it silently detonates in a shadowy explosion. Each creature in a 10 foot diameter Sphere centered on that point must make a Dexterity saving throw. On a failure, creatures take 1d4 force damage and are pushed 5 feet away from the center of the blast. When you cast the cantrip, you can hold back its power. On your next turn you expend your action and can release it at a point within range. Roll all the damage die twice and add them together.

The spell's damage increases by 1d4 when you reach 5th level (2d4), 11th level (3d4), and 17th level (4d4).

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### Eldritch Orb

- **Casting Time:** 1 action
- **Range:** 120 feet
- **Components:** V, S
- **Duration:** 1 round.

You conjure an dark indigo ball of energy and hurl it a point within range where it silently detonates in a shadowy explosion. Each creature in a 5 foot diameter Sphere centered on that point must make a Dexterity saving throw. On a failure, creatures take 1d10 force damage and are pushed 5 feet away from the center of the blast. When you cast the cantrip, you can hold back its power. On your next turn you expend your action and can release it at a point within range. The spells area of effect increases to a 10 foot diameter.

The spell's damage increases by 1d4 when you reach 5th level (2d4), 11th level (3d4), and 17th level (4d4).

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#### Eldritch Orb
*Evocation Cantrip*

- **Casting Time:** 1 action
- **Range:** 60 feet
- **Components:** V, S
- **Duration:** 1 round.

You conjure an dark indigo ball of energy and hurl it a point within range where it silently detonates in a shadowy explosion. Each creature in a 5 foot diameter Sphere centered on that point must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or take 1d8 necrotic damage. When you cast the cantrip, you can hold back its power and charge it, concentrating the energy into a free hand. On a subsequent turn you can spend your action to release it at a point within range or dispell the effect. The spells area of effect increases to a 10 foot diameter.

The spell's damage increases by 1d8 when you reach 5th level (2d8), 11th level (3d8), and 17th level (4d8).

### Invocations:

**Calamitous Orb.** At level 2, each time you cast the spell you choose one the following damage types:
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