What weapons can you summon with Pact of the Blade?

With Pact of the Blade, you can summon a variety of melee weapons, including swords, axes, and maces, as well as ranged weapons like shortbows, longbows, light crossbows, and heavy crossbows, allowing you to choose the form that this melee weapon takes each time you create it. You are proficient with the summoned weapon while you wield it, and it counts as magical for the purpose of overcoming resistance and immunity to nonmagical attacks and damage.

FAQs About Pact of the Blade

General Questions

1. Can you summon a greatsword with Pact of the Blade?: Yes, you can turn a greatsword into your pact weapon with the Pact of the Blade feature, as the benefit extends to every pact weapon you conjure with that feature, no matter the weapon’s type, which can include two-handed weapons.
2. How many weapons can you have with Pact of the Blade?: A Warlock with Pact of the Blade can have one Pact Weapon active at a time.
3. Does Pact of the Blade work with Hexblade?: Pact of the Blade was never intended to work with the Hexblade patron weapon, as your patron is supposed to be “… almost godlike in their power”, so it doesn’t make sense it would give you the power to banish it to an extradimensional space.

Using Pact of the Blade

4. Can you change weapons in Pact of the Blade?: Unfortunately, no, Pact of the Blade does not allow you to change the form of the magical weapon you’ve bonded to, invocations or no.
5. Can a pact of the Blade warlock use any weapon?: It also specifically says you can use any type of magic weapon and do this, so you can make a magic ranged weapon into your Pact Weapon, rather than only melee weapons.
6. Can you dual wield Pact of the Blade?: Well, per 5e rules, the Pact of the Blade boon only applies to one weapon, therefore you should only be allowed to use CHA on whichever weapon you have designated as your pact weapon.

Hexblade and Pact of the Blade

7. Can you Hexblade a greatsword?: Hex Warrior lets you use CHA for attacks with pact weapon regardless of the type, so yes, you can turn a greatsword into your pact weapon with the Pact of the Blade feature.
8. Can a Hexblade have two weapons?: Hexblade allows you to use Charisma for attacks with one weapon you choose, plus with any pact weapon you have, so you can have two separate weapons: your pact weapon, plus your Hexblade-chosen weapon.
9. Can Hexblades have two pact weapons?: You only get one active Pact Weapon at a time, but it’s up to your DM in the end, and technically, yes, both use Charisma modifier for attacks.

Choosing the Best Patron and Race

10. What is the best patron for the Pact of the Blade?: The Hexblade patron is designed to work with the Pact of the Blade, making the warlock a better combatant.
11. What is the best race for the Pact of the Blade?: In terms of early power, it’s the single most front-loaded of all the warlocks, and any race that gives you +2 CHA is ideal, but CON is also super valuable to a Hexblade, so Levistus Tiefling, Scourge Aasimar, or the classic Half Elf are all great.

Using Pact of the Blade with Other Features

12. What is the benefit of pact of the Blade?: Pact Of The Blade gives you the ability to summon a melee weapon of your choice as an action, providing that Warlock with proficiency with that weapon as long as they’re holding it.
13. Can you use a bow with Pact of the Blade?: You can also use Pact of the Blade to bond with a magic weapon, turning it into your pact weapon, and this magic weapon doesn’t have to be a melee weapon, so you could use the feature on a +1 longbow, for instance.

Specific Weapon Questions

14. Can I use Shadow Blade as my pact weapon?: The key things are that shadow blade never counts as a pact weapon or as a hex warrior weapon, so you can never use Charisma with it, and this means the hexblade has to use strength or dexterity to attack with a shadow blade and not Charisma.
15. Can a longsword be a Hexblade?: If you make it your hex weapon or pact weapon, yes, a longsword can be a Hexblade.