Originally Posted by Blotter
For my money, though, I'd expect the official approach to be that Wyll keeps the Fiend patron and gets Pact of the Blade when it's introduced (assuming that Hexblade makes it into the game, though, I'd expect a "Wyll is a Hexblade now"-type mod to crop up pretty quickly).
I was reading about the Pact of the Blade. My problem with it is that I don't see how it's useful.

It gives him a weapon that he can use...

He already has a weapon he can use. What's special about the new weapon? Sure, I guess it can be any type, and it can "count" as magical for the purpose of overcoming resistance.

But it doesn't make him better with a blade. He's still a crappy swordsman, only now with a weapon that counts as magical for the purpose of overcoming resistance.

Personally, I'd like to see something like giving him a complete stat readjustment and then allowing him to use eldritch blast through his weapon. As well as allowing all of his weapon attacks (melee blade attacks, that is) to be based off his CHA rather than STR or DEX.

Last edited by JoB; 07/03/21 09:48 PM.