Improved Pact Blade Proficiency (4e Warlock Variant)

You can use the following class features in place of the Warlock's Warlock|Prime Shot]] and proficiency with simple ranged weapons. If you use this variant, you gain the following class features in place of those class features.

Improved Pact Blade Proficiency (Warlock Variant)
You have extensively trained in the use of pact blades and can channel your spells through another weapon that you have trained more extensively with.

Pact Blade Proficiency
Choose a single simple weapons|simple]] or military weapons|military]] melee weapons|melee]] weapon. You gain weapon proficiency|proficiency]] with that weapon, and you can use that weapon as a warlock implement, as if it was a Pact Blade|pact blade]] (though you cannot use any other property of a pact blade with the weapon).

Pact Blade Channelling
When you make a ranged attack|ranged]] implements|implement]] attack with a pact blade or the weapon you selected with your pact blade proficiency, you can choose to use the power as a melee attack|melee attack]]. If you do so, you add the weapon's bonuses and penalties|proficiency bonus]] to the attack roll, and you can use the reach|reach]] and high crit|high crit]] properties if the weapon has them, but the range of the power is reduced to melee 1.

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