Quote Originally Posted by strangebloke View Post
Not if he's just hitting you from stealth. But yeah, it isn't any good against surprise.

But, like, nothing is.
I don't know how you can get 200 damage out of a single attack if you're not utilizing Assassinate, but perhaps I misunderstood your point.

As an aside: things that are good against surprise include Death Ward, Aid, Contingency: Cure Wounds/False Life/Armor of Agathys/Dimension Door/Otiluke's Resilient Sphere (you word the condition differently for all of these), Clone, and the Alert feat.

But Tomb of Levistus is still pretty good at what it does. I think we agree on that point. I personally wouldn't prioritize it but I'd consider it if I had extra invocations left over on a full warlock.