The New Warlock Handbook [3.5, WIP]

[Soranar]

Here's a ranged warlock build I've played before:

The Eldritch Assassin

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Race: Human
Alignment: neutral evil
Template : necropolitan (fits very well with an evil build and you don't use hellfire so it complements well)
2 Flaws

1 Warlock Spell Hand,Wild Talent (or hidden talent if allowed), Point blank shot,Psionic Shot
2 Warlock
3 Warlock Martial Study
4 Warlock deceive item
5 Factotum
6 Assassin Psionic Meditation
7 Assassin uncanny dodge
8 Assassin
9 Eldritch Theurge Greater Psionic Shot
10 Eldritch Theurge
11 Arcane Trickster
12 Arcane Trickster Martial Stance (Assassin's Stance)
13 Arcane Trickster
14 Arcane Trickster
15 Arcane Tricksterobtain familiar
16 Arcane Trickster
17 Arcane Trickster
18 Arcane Trickster any improved familiar feat
19 Arcane Trickster
20 Arcane Trickster

U can use the assassin spell sniper's shot to turn your eldritch spear into a sneak attack at any range

Damage:

Eldritch blast of a level 16 Warlock (7d6)
psionic shot damage (4d6)
sneak attack (9d6)
total= 20d6 damage (+ Int from dipping factotum)

options:

-assassin spells (which tend to complement the warlock side fairly well)
-warlock invocations (with 1 dark)
-lots of skillpoints with a great skill list
-no need for Con
-a high INT score is a must to get enough skillpoints
-martial study makes hide a class skill at all levels which helps out with the assassin skill requirements

notes:

-the familiar can become a scout/tracker to find your prey
-the necropolitan template is rather useful for many of your levels only provide d4 hitpoints(and the rest d6, though you should be far from melee)
-Factotum dip can be traded for a rogue level instead (for another 1d6 sneak ), which lets you pick a strongheart halfling as your base race
-if allowed, the practiced invoker feat (basically the same as practiced spellcaster but for warlocks) would bump your eldritch blast all the way up to that of a 20 level warlock