The title is the main question. For those who don't know the way caster feat let's you cast a spell (with a cast time of 1 action or less) as a reaction for an attack of opportunity. It also says that the spell can only target the one triggering the attack.
I know that pre level 5, when you only have one beam with Eldritch Blast, there is no problem. Same if you were to use the Meta Magic, Twin Spell. But unlike twin spell post lvl 5 (it can target multiple targets now due to the extra beam) the War Caster feat doesn't make it clear about that.
My assumption is, so long as all the beams target the triggered target you can still cast Eldritch blast with this feature. Which I guess would mean you could do the same at level one with magic missile if you were the human variant of the new custom lineage and you took the war caster feat.
What Korbin_Orion said. But don't forget you'll be making those ranged attacks with disadvantage unless all enemies within 5 feet of you (including your target) are incapacitated or can't see you.
The title is the main question. For those who don't know the way caster feat let's you cast a spell (with a cast time of 1 action or less) as a reaction for an attack of opportunity. It also says that the spell can only target the one triggering the attack.
I know that pre level 5, when you only have one beam with Eldritch Blast, there is no problem. Same if you were to use the Meta Magic, Twin Spell. But unlike twin spell post lvl 5 (it can target multiple targets now due to the extra beam) the War Caster feat doesn't make it clear about that.
My assumption is, so long as all the beams target the triggered target you can still cast Eldritch blast with this feature. Which I guess would mean you could do the same at level one with magic missile if you were the human variant of the new custom lineage and you took the war caster feat.
Yes.
What Korbin_Orion said. But don't forget you'll be making those ranged attacks with disadvantage unless all enemies within 5 feet of you (including your target) are incapacitated or can't see you.
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Or take 1 of 2 feats:
Crossbow expert or the new gunner feat
or have reach more than 5 foot will work most the time (while the target will be more than 5ft away there might be another hostile within 5 ft)