In the character creator, when creating a new character and having Expanded Rules on the Home tab as the only additional source selected, when the character gets access to General Feats, one of the feats available from the expanded rules is Eldritch Adept. Eldritch Adept should allow the selection of any Warlock invocation, so long as you meet the pre-requisites. In the 2024 rules, Pact of the Blade, Pact of the Chain, and Pact of the Tome are all Warlock invocations without prerequisites, and therefore should be available to select. The only options available, however, are shown below:
Since the list stops at Misty Visions, you might think you could scroll down - but you'd be wrong. And just to be sure, I opened dev tools and saw the list of options in json format and confirmed the Pact of the <Blank> options were not there:
In fact a lot of the options available in the character creator for me should not be because they have a prerequisit of level 2+ warlock (eg misty visions)
I have been in an email conversation with D&D Beyond Customer Service regarding this issue. Here is the last comment they sent to me:
Hello,
Thank you for your response. Pact of the Blade is not classified as an Eldritch Invocation; rather, it is a Warlock class feature, specifically a Pact Boon available at 3rd level. As feats cannot confer class features, Pact of the Blade will not appear in the Eldritch Adept selection list but in the Pact Boon dropdown once your warlock reaches 3rd level.
I’ll be glad to help you further if you have any other questions or concerns!
Jerico Wizards of the Coast | Customer Service Representative
Respectfully, Jerico needs to read the 2024 PHB. Or, short of that, just use the site he's supporting:
Or maybe, he's perfectly re-stating the problem as we're describing it. If, as he says, "Pact of the Blade is not classified as an Eldritch Invocation; rather, it is a Warlock class feature, specifically a Pact Boon available at 3rd level," then yes, that is the problem. It should not be that way, and instead should be the way as the 2024 PHB describes.
Agreed. I responded similarly. Rules as written, Pact of the Blade is an Invocation without a prerequisite. I responded to Jerico via email on the 18th of December. No response yet (today is 26 December). I created a homebrew Feat mirroring the PotB and added it myself.
It seems he's responding based on the same information we've described above; in the ruleset the feat was built under, it's not an Eldritch Invocation.
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In the character creator, when creating a new character and having Expanded Rules on the Home tab as the only additional source selected, when the character gets access to General Feats, one of the feats available from the expanded rules is Eldritch Adept. Eldritch Adept should allow the selection of any Warlock invocation, so long as you meet the pre-requisites. In the 2024 rules, Pact of the Blade, Pact of the Chain, and Pact of the Tome are all Warlock invocations without prerequisites, and therefore should be available to select. The only options available, however, are shown below:
Since the list stops at Misty Visions, you might think you could scroll down - but you'd be wrong. And just to be sure, I opened dev tools and saw the list of options in json format and confirmed the Pact of the <Blank> options were not there:
Adding onto this because I'm seeing the same issue.
Also seeing this
Still an issue for me.
In fact a lot of the options available in the character creator for me should not be because they have a prerequisit of level 2+ warlock (eg misty visions)
Pay attention to any of the dozen or so threads connected to this and the answer is clear.
The feat was built with the 2014 version of Warlock in mind. It has not been updated. We've received no word of whether or not it will be updated.
It is 2025 and this is still an issue. Anyone have a workaround or bug fix?
I have been in an email conversation with D&D Beyond Customer Service regarding this issue. Here is the last comment they sent to me:
Hello,
Thank you for your response. Pact of the Blade is not classified as an Eldritch Invocation; rather, it is a Warlock class feature, specifically a Pact Boon available at 3rd level. As feats cannot confer class features, Pact of the Blade will not appear in the Eldritch Adept selection list but in the Pact Boon dropdown once your warlock reaches 3rd level.
I’ll be glad to help you further if you have any other questions or concerns!
Jerico
Wizards of the Coast | Customer Service Representative
Respectfully, Jerico needs to read the 2024 PHB. Or, short of that, just use the site he's supporting:
Or maybe, he's perfectly re-stating the problem as we're describing it. If, as he says, "Pact of the Blade is not classified as an Eldritch Invocation; rather, it is a Warlock class feature, specifically a Pact Boon available at 3rd level," then yes, that is the problem. It should not be that way, and instead should be the way as the 2024 PHB describes.
Agreed. I responded similarly. Rules as written, Pact of the Blade is an Invocation without a prerequisite. I responded to Jerico via email on the 18th of December. No response yet (today is 26 December). I created a homebrew Feat mirroring the PotB and added it myself.
It seems he's responding based on the same information we've described above; in the ruleset the feat was built under, it's not an Eldritch Invocation.