[RPG] What would be the effects of allowing dual Pact Weapons

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I have been considering a Hexblade Warlock with a houserule to allow two Pact Weapons, so that they could dual-wield. What would the effects of such a houserule be? It is an extra option for Pact of the Blade, but is it stronger than things they can already do? It doesn’t seem like it to me, except maybe with the Improved Pact Weapon invocation giving two +1 weapons. But even that doesn’t seem too bad considering Polearm Master could basically do the same thing.

Best Answer

Something similar can already be achieved RAW

You mention that you're playing a Hexblade Warlock, with the Pact of the Blade pact boon. Whilst Pact of the Blade only allows the single weapon, this is separate from your "Hex weapon", by which I mean the weapon that you can designate as per your Hex Warrior class feature.

The Hexblade warlock's Hex Warrior feature (Xanathar's Guide to Everything, p. 55) says:

Whenever you finish a long rest, you can touch one weapon that you are proficient with and that lacks the two-handed property. When you attack with that weapon, you can use your Charisma modifier, instead of Strength or Dexterity, for the attack and damage rolls. 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.

Although you cannot shunt your "Hex weapon" into an extradimensional space like your Pact weapon, both can be used with Charisma instead of Strength or Dexterity. Hence you could duel wield your Pact weapon and your Hex weapon (assuming they are both Light weapons), both of which would use Charisma, which is the next best thing to having two Pact weapons.

Hopefully this suits your purposes, since otherwise you're into homebrew/houserule territory.


Note that if you go with this plan, you can only use Eldritch Invocations like Thirsting Blade with your Pact weapon, not your Hex weapon, so if you wanted to make use of that combo, treat your Hex weapon as your "offhand weapon" and your Pact weapon as your "main weapon", which would then allow you to make 3 attacks per turn with Thirsting Blade and two-weapon fighting.