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unre9istered
2010-04-12, 07:26 AM
What kind of action is a Warlock's Eldritch Blast? Is it a standard action like the invocations (only one per round) or is it an attack action (so you get iterative attacks)? Pretty sure it's the first (one per round) but I couldn't find anything in its description to confirm that.

Kesnit
2010-04-12, 07:30 AM
1 per round, although I think there is an invocation (Eldritch Glaive?) that gives iterative attacks.

JeminiZero
2010-04-12, 07:32 AM
Its a spell like ability (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/specialAbilities.htm), but one that has verbal/somatic components. So its only one blast per round.

However the Eldritch Glaive invocation lets Warlocks take a full round action to make iterative attacks with a reach weapon.

unre9istered
2010-04-12, 07:58 AM
Its a spell like ability (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/specialAbilities.htm)...

According to the ability description it's a Supernatural ability.

Edit: Never mind, I must have misread that last night.

Optimystik
2010-04-12, 12:01 PM
There's also an Epic feat (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ei/20061027a) that lets you fire two per round as a full attack.

~LuckyBoneDice~
2010-04-12, 01:35 PM
and technically, wouldn't Multishot technically fire more than one (considering its technically a ranged touch attack)

bartman
2010-04-12, 01:41 PM
I'm assuming you mean Manyshot (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/feats.htm#manyshot), which does not work with EB since it specifically says arrows

~LuckyBoneDice~
2010-04-12, 01:42 PM
I'm assuming you mean Manyshot (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/feats.htm#manyshot), which does not work with EB since it specifically says arrows

oh.

God, i hate homebrew... My GMs all say it works on ANY ranged attack :smallconfused:

bartman
2010-04-12, 02:02 PM
I wish my GM was like that, currently have a 13 Warlock 3 Hellfire Warlock. He made me change Vitriolic Blast to a standard attack since it bypasses armor, and spell resistance, and is made of acid. i raped his big bad guys before we restarted the campaign :)

~LuckyBoneDice~
2010-04-12, 02:03 PM
I wish my GM was like that, currently have a 13 Warlock 3 Hellfire Warlock. He made me change Vitriolic Blast to a standard attack since it bypasses armor, and spell resistance, and is made of acid. i raped his big bad guys before we restarted the campaign :)

well, non-invoked EBs are affected by Manyshot and Greater Manyshot. However, Invoked use GMS as MS and MS voids

LibraryOgre
2010-04-12, 02:09 PM
The one you want for iterative attacks with regular is Eldritch Chain. Iterative attacks, at range, as if you had a full BAB.

ShneekeyTheLost
2010-04-12, 02:14 PM
The one you want for iterative attacks with regular is Eldritch Chain. Iterative attacks, at range, as if you had a full BAB.

At half damage for the secondary targets...

And you cannot 'focus fire' on a single target...

So yea, not really

unre9istered
2010-04-12, 02:33 PM
Eldritch chain will work for my purposes when I get it. I'm playing a gestalt Warlock7/Catfolk1//Rogue8, so I do more sneak attack damage than EB damage, and chaining it will let me hit more than one. Vitrolic blast will be good too. The DM likes to throw things way above our level at us (mostly because we seem to be able to handle them) and I frequently have no hope of breaking SR.

krossbow
2010-04-12, 02:40 PM
Single per round. However, you can use metamagic feats that don't use a modified spell slot on it.

It is a common houserule that i've seen though for DM's to let you full attack with it, since warlock's fall behind a bit in the blastiness at later levels.