User:Chutiste/Blade of Frontiers

I wanted to make a build that actually uses Wyll's special features:

• Wyll has the Blade special to grant him proficiency in rapiers
• the Infernal Rapier scales off of spellcasting ability

Neither of these things is directly relevant for the standard Pact of the Blade build. Wyll only needs the bonus proficiency for levels 1 and 2, because Warlock doesn't have martial weapons, but from level 3 can bind any weapon and be proficient in it.

By the time he gets his hands on the infernal rapier, he's already using Charisma for melee attacks, and unless he takes the Dual Wielder feat can't make use of binding a secondary weapon. Granting him a weapon that is mostly useless is diabolical!

So, our build has to avoid getting rapier or martial weapon proficiency from another source, and can't rely on weapon binding for either Charisma scaling or proficiency. That means the build can't have any levels in Barbarian, Fighter, Paladin, or Ranger, and can't start as either Bard or Rogue.

It's a shame that rapiers aren't light!