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Question about warlocks

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Can you use metamagic on their invocations? Like extend spell to make things like Dark Premonition last longer?
Also, what's some of the better essence for our server?
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Akroma666 wrote:Can you use metamagic on their invocations? Like extend spell to make things like Dark Premonition last longer?
Also, what's some of the better essence for our server?
You cant use metamagic with invocations
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So they don't have any way of extending durations then? :(
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Well they do have infinite uses of magic so ....
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Point taken..
Do we have gutteral invocations feat?
Edit: what feats work while shape shifting?
Toughness?
Epic toughness?
Epic prowess?
Amor skin?

And lastly does shield ac carry over in demon forms?
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Anyone? ^
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We don't have guttural invocations and it's against the rules to use the casting quick menu in demon form, so it's useless. You actually are better off just being a heavily armored humanoid.
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I once tested a Warlock 17/monk 13 build. The AC from wisdom carried over and I was able to use the improved flurry.

The build was.... Okayish, tho you can make much stronger actual characters. For a warlock, my personal experience with Word of Change is when you need to tank something, when you need to heal from something or as a "Oh sh%¤" button when things go against you. Being immune to fire is practical too.

However, the downside is as stated no spellcasting. However, I think that's just what we have to live with. If you could have great damage, and tank AC plus 5 regen, that would be OP in many cases. Imagine if you threw in SD there too. A Hipsing pit fiend/horned devil with 50+ ac and 20d6 eldrich chains and infinite haste on self. Sounds horrifying :P
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Moltrazahn wrote:I once tested a Warlock 17/monk 13 build. The AC from wisdom carried over and I was able to use the improved flurry.

The build was.... Okayish, tho you can make much stronger actual characters. For a warlock, my personal experience with Word of Change is when you need to tank something, when you need to heal from something or as a "Oh sh%¤" button when things go against you. Being immune to fire is practical too.

However, the downside is as stated no spellcasting. However, I think that's just what we have to live with. If you could have great damage, and tank AC plus 5 regen, that would be OP in many cases. Imagine if you threw in SD there too. A Hipsing pit fiend/horned devil with 50+ ac and 20d6 eldrich chains and infinite haste on self. Sounds horrifying :P
i am a fan of the warlock/monk build ( some times even with SD in it ) but trust me in here isn't very practical ...

want a solid build with warlock go for warlock/bg make a controller warlock ( dc based ) max cha and pick divine shield if you need to tank something you'll have nearly the same AC keeping the blasting capability and also with sneak immunity and 50% conceal ...

i suppose is quite nice isn't it ?
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