if your polearm is your pact and hex weapon then the damage automatically adjusts to be your charisma mod instead of strength, assuming you are a hexblade
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Zephr1 is correct but just to clarify - You need to set the weapon customization check boxes for pact/hex weapon. From then on, it will calculate the damage correctly.
Assuming RAW and you mean a hexblade warlock, then no you would not get to use charisma when using any polearm as a weapon due to the hexblade class description specifying the type of weapon can not be a two-handed weapon.
You be wrong, as Hex Warrior Ability, ie the one that gives you the ability to use Charisma as your attack / damage modifier as this lovely line at the bottom "this benefit lasts until you finish a long rest. If you later gain the Pact of the Blade feature, this benefit extends to every pact weapon you conjure with that feature, no matter the weapon’s type." So if the polearm is his pact weapon he's good to use Charisma with it.
You be wrong, as Hex Warrior Ability, ie the one that gives you the ability to use Charisma as your attack / damage modifier as this lovely line at the bottom "this benefit lasts until you finish a long rest. If you later gain the Pact of the Blade feature, this benefit extends to every pact weapon you conjure with that feature, no matter the weapon’s type." So if the polearm is his pact weapon he's good to use Charisma with it.
I mean I wasn't technically wrong haha, I wasn't considering Pact of the Blade which is my bad as I was thinking Pact of the Blade only affected the weapon variety if you got Improved Pact Weapon and that just mentions bows.
To answer your question OP, if you mean from a rules perspective then it would appear you add CHA modifier to your bonus attack as well, but in Beyond it appears it doesn't extend this so you'd have to customise the 'Polearm Master - Bonus Attack' to have the right modifier.
You be wrong, as Hex Warrior Ability, ie the one that gives you the ability to use Charisma as your attack / damage modifier as this lovely line at the bottom "this benefit lasts until you finish a long rest. If you later gain the Pact of the Blade feature, this benefit extends to every pact weapon you conjure with that feature, no matter the weapon’s type." So if the polearm is his pact weapon he's good to use Charisma with it.
I mean I wasn't technically wrong haha, I wasn't considering Pact of the Blade which is my bad as I was thinking Pact of the Blade only affected the weapon variety if you got Improved Pact Weapon and that just mentions bows.
To answer your question OP, if you mean from a rules perspective then it would appear you add CHA modifier to your bonus attack as well, but in Beyond it appears it doesn't extend this so you'd have to customise the 'Polearm Master - Bonus Attack' to have the right modifier.
thanks, I didn't think so, just confirms you really need to learn all the rules anyway, you can't rely on the character builder.
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If I build a pamlock (polearm warlock with polemaster feat) will the bonus damage use the charisma modifier and pact weapon modifiers?
Or do you have to do everything manually anyway?
I don't know what a polearm warlock is, but you can always define a custom action if you need to if the modifiers aren't acting appropriately.
if your polearm is your pact and hex weapon then the damage automatically adjusts to be your charisma mod instead of strength, assuming you are a hexblade
"The D&D rules help you and the other players have a good time, but the rules aren't in charge. You're the DM, and you are in charge of the game" - Dungeon Masters Guide
Zephr1 is correct but just to clarify - You need to set the weapon customization check boxes for pact/hex weapon. From then on, it will calculate the damage correctly.
Assuming RAW and you mean a hexblade warlock, then no you would not get to use charisma when using any polearm as a weapon due to the hexblade class description specifying the type of weapon can not be a two-handed weapon.
You be wrong, as Hex Warrior Ability, ie the one that gives you the ability to use Charisma as your attack / damage modifier as this lovely line at the bottom "this benefit lasts until you finish a long rest. If you later gain the Pact of the Blade feature, this benefit extends to every pact weapon you conjure with that feature, no matter the weapon’s type." So if the polearm is his pact weapon he's good to use Charisma with it.
Right, but does it add the wisdom modifier to your polearm bonus action hitting other end of weapon?
I mean I wasn't technically wrong haha, I wasn't considering Pact of the Blade which is my bad as I was thinking Pact of the Blade only affected the weapon variety if you got Improved Pact Weapon and that just mentions bows.
To answer your question OP, if you mean from a rules perspective then it would appear you add CHA modifier to your bonus attack as well, but in Beyond it appears it doesn't extend this so you'd have to customise the 'Polearm Master - Bonus Attack' to have the right modifier.
thanks, I didn't think so, just confirms you really need to learn all the rules anyway, you can't rely on the character builder.