Pact of the Blade

❌ The Pact of the Blade was a Pact Boon for some Warlocks who were more devoted to the martial aspects of combat than usual, and was found most often on Warlocks whose patron was the Hexblade.

A Blade Warlock could create a magical Pact Weapon in their hand at will, with its type chosen each time it was created. Novice Warlocks could initially only create melee weapons, but more veteran Warlocks who had mastered certain Eldritch Invocations were seen creating bows of various forms. If a Pact Weapon was taken from its Warlock and moved a certain distance away it would simply vanish, and the Warlock could summon another.

The Pact Weapons of veteran Warlocks trained in the correct Eldritch Invocations were very, very dangerous and adaptable.


 * Warlocks could become capable of using their Pact Weapon itself as an Implement for casting their spells instead of being forced to use a Rod or Wand or the like in one of their hands . This combined with the fact that a Warlock could summon a Pact Weapon whenever they wished meant that unlike other warriors who could be made nearly helpless if their weapons and implements were taken from them, a Pact of the Blade Warlock could never, ever, be disarmed, either physically or magically.
 * Being an extension of the Warlock's magical will instead of typical forged items, Pact Weapons needed no maintenance. Any chip, crack or dull edge that could normally form on an ordinary weapon and hamper its performance would either be re-formed to pristine condition immediately by the Warlock or would never appear in the first place on their Pact Weapon.
 * Warlocks would constantly adapt their Pact Weapon to a form best suited at countering whatever enemies they faced at the time, at both close range and long range, and Warlocks under the Hexblade patron were extremely proficient at using the weapon in every form.
 * Some Pact Weapons were seen permanently bathed in necrotic energies on top of any temporary enchantments the Warlock may have cast on it, so even glancing blows from a Pact Weapon could inflict serious injuries. Others were seen moving and attacking twice as frequently as normal.
 * Some Warlocks were seen attuned to a specific magic weapon that was forged on the mortal plane as their Pact Weapon but this was rare; this locked the form of the Pact Weapon to whatever they were attuned to, and most Blade Warlocks preferred to retain their ability to adapt their weapon to the enemies and environments they faced.