Most of my spells as warlock only do miss

[Karajtek]

Is this a deluxe edition feature, where all of my eldritch blast, fire bolt, even my main hand attacks only do Miss... Why? Character stats: lv3 warlock with str8 dex13 con14 int13 wis10 cha17... I'm gettin really upset, because i have 10 hours in this campaign and i dont want to start over cuz of this (and i think my friends neither)

[VoiD]

Did you get pact of the blade to hit with your main weapon using cha?

If you didn't, your melee attacks are probably using the terrible (8) str stat, if it's a finese weapon then it's the low (13) dex stat, and fire bolt sounds like an int (13) cantrip.

Eldritch blast should be fine, as long as you don't try to use it at point blank range, and I think it also gets a penalty for firing from below(?)

[xposethedarkside]

You have to do things to shift the die rolls in your favor. bless from a cleric is a 1D4 bonus to attack rolls, +2 to attack rolls from the high ground, attacking from stealth for advantage. Stuff like that.

[LordAnubis]

Eldritch Blast is the only cantrip a Warlock needs to cast in combat. You should have Agonizing Blast invocation to add your CHA modifier to damage. And like all ranged attacks, you will benefit from having high ground bonus of +2 to your hit chance (that's equal to +10% more chance to hit).

[zero]

as per always, how many attacks are you considering when making this remark.

with 17 cha your eld blasts should be hitting frequently, especially on low defense targets.

and as others have said: from what situations are you using it, going high up and absuing advantage goes a long way

[TheMasterBlaster]

CHA is the stat for your spell Attacks. Are you wearing armor/shield or weapons that you aren't proficient with? that can make a massive difference.

Do you use spells or positioning of other characters in combat to give you Advantage on your Attacks? that makes an even bigger difference!

main hand weapon Attack is either STR or DEX (Finesse) depending on the weapon, unless you are Pact of the Blade and use CHA for your Pact weapon Attack.

[desrtfox071]

Are you getting into melee range and thus have the "threatened" debuff?

[Mizu]

you need to get your charisma up if you want to hit with spells as a warlock, get it to 18 first chance you get (I have found that taking actor is great for charisma characters, it gets you +1 charisma so you can get to 18 and makes you a god at deception and performance rolls. Then at your second feat pump two more points into charisma to get it to 20). And if you want to do melee attacks make sure to get pact of the blade so that your pact weapon starts hitting based off your charisma modifier (and you get double attack like a dedicated melee user) instead of your lame strength or middling dex.

[Wiegs]

Are you in melee range with an enemy when your spells miss ? Because that would give you a disadvantage so lower chances to hit.

[DevilripperTJ]

try bless on your character to improove hit chance and restart is not needed you can respec your class for 100 gold once you found the npc for it.

[Ronin Gamer]

Dice rolls are dice rolls, if you can't handle that then that's a you problem chief.

[YippeeKai-Yay]

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[Karajtek]

I always try to get the high position bonus, but it barely hit the target and i also try to avoid close combat, because mostly i like to use spells :/