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Warlock interaction with True Strike and Booming Blade #1544
Mod version4.12.18.2 PlatformPC (Steam) Your questionIn the base BG3 game, it's possible for a Hexblade Warlock to use one of those cantrips (or similar ones) for their first action and then use normal attacks for the other actions. I'm not sure if this is intentional or not, but with this mod, that isn't possible; if you use one of those cantrips, you can't make a second attack at level 5. Would it be possible to add that interaction? Thanks—great work on this mod, and best of luck. |
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True Strike and Booming Blade are cast with the Magic action, and Extra Attack only applies when you take the Attack action. Casting one of them uses your action, so there is no extra attack left to make afterward. What you're describing is the War Magic feature: when you take the Attack action, you can cast one of your cantrips that has a casting time of an action in place of one of those attacks. In this mod, these subclasses have it:
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So, was the interaction in BG3 incorrect? Did you fix that with your mod? Can you tell me if the Hexblade in your mod is weaker or stronger than Larian's version? |
True Strike and Booming Blade are cast with the Magic action, and Extra Attack only applies when you take the Attack action. Casting one of them uses your action, so there is no extra attack left to make afterward.
What you're describing is the War Magic feature: when you take the Attack action, you can cast one of your cantrips that has a casting time of an action in place of one of those attacks. In this mod, these subclasses have it: