DonElektro
2017-05-04, 08:49 AM
In Unearthed Arcana: Warlock & Wizard there is an Eldritch Invocation called Claw of Acamar with prerequisite: The Great Old One patron and Pact of the Blade feature. The description says:
You can create a black, lead flail using your Pact of the Blade feature. 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, you can expend a spell slot to deal an additional 2d8 necrotic damage to the target per spell level, and you can reduce the creature’s speed to 0 feet until the end of your next turn.
My questions:
1) The weapon must be a Flail as described in PHB 149 or can be an improvised Flail probably with a higher damage dice and the heavy/two-handed property (considering the flexibility of the Pact of the Blade feature and of course the DM's approval)?
2) As read from the description, the ability to reduce the target's speed to 0 feet activates only when you use spell slots or it's a passive ability who can use just if you hit the target without the expend of a spell slot?
You can create a black, lead flail using your Pact of the Blade feature. 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, you can expend a spell slot to deal an additional 2d8 necrotic damage to the target per spell level, and you can reduce the creature’s speed to 0 feet until the end of your next turn.
My questions:
1) The weapon must be a Flail as described in PHB 149 or can be an improvised Flail probably with a higher damage dice and the heavy/two-handed property (considering the flexibility of the Pact of the Blade feature and of course the DM's approval)?
2) As read from the description, the ability to reduce the target's speed to 0 feet activates only when you use spell slots or it's a passive ability who can use just if you hit the target without the expend of a spell slot?