Are Eldritch Blast simultaneous?

After reading Can you move between the separate attacks of a spell?, I was quite surprised to learn that eldritch blast can be considered to not fire the beams simultaneously. Given that the spell's duration is instantaneous, I assumed it was clean cut that they all fired simultaneously.
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Can you cast 2 Eldritch Blast?

Unless they're also a Sorcerer with Quickened Spell, have Action Surge from levels in Fighter, and/or have that magic item... they're not allowed to cast Eldritch Blast twice in the same turn.
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Does Eldritch Blast scale with multiclass?

On the other question - the cantrip eldritch blast, as with all cantrips, scales off total character level, regardless of what classes those levels are in.
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How many times can you cast Eldritch Blast in one turn?

You only cast it once (the Cast a Spell action) but create 1 to 4 blasts, each blast requires it's own damage roll.
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Can Eldritch blast hit the same target twice?

Yes, Repelling Blast can push a target out of the range of subsequent beams from eldritch blast.
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Can you twin spell Eldritch Blast?

You can only twin Eldritch Blast between level 1 and 4. Once you hit level 5 it shoots 2 beams and can target more than 1 enemy making it an invalid option for Twinning.
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Can warlocks use Eldritch Blast twice?

This means that via Quickened Spell, Eldritch Blast could be cast twice within the same turn, or it could be cast in addition to another damaging spell at a Warlock's disposal.
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How do you shoot two Eldritch blasts?

The spell creates more than one beam when you reach higher levels: two beams at 5th level, three beams at 11th level, and four beams at 17th level. You can direct the beams at the same target or at different ones. Make a separate attack roll for each beam."
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Can you cast 2 cantrips?

You cannot cast two cantrips during one action. That's why many cantrips scale as you level. To further explain what you read, if you cast a spell as a bonus action, you can only use your action to cast a cantrip. For example, there's a monster next to you.
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Can you cast Eldritch Blast twice with quickened spell?

No. From the chapter on Spellcasting: "(If you use a bonus action to cast a spell,) you can't cast another spell during the same turn, except for a cantrip with a casting time of 1 action." The reason is balance - as you may have noticed, two fireballs in one turn is a bit much.
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What is the most powerful multiclass 5e?

Dungeons and Dragons: Best Multiclass Combinations
  1. 1 Rogue/Artificer. The rogue/artificer combination creates one of the most powerful tacticians in the game.
  2. 2 Artificer/Barbarian. ...
  3. 3 Barbarian/Rogue. ...
  4. 4 Fighter/Rogue. ...
  5. 5 Paladin/Warlock. ...
  6. 6 Paladin/Bard. ...
  7. 7 Rogue/Ranger. ...
  8. 8 Sorcerer/Warlock. ...
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What's a good multiclass for warlock?

Hexblade covers some of the Fighter abilities, but if you want another patron, Fighter is a good multiclass for any Bladelock. Action Surge and a fighting style like Dueling are both good abilities. It can actually be useful to take your first level in Fighter to get the equipment and proficiencies.
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How do warlock spells work with Multiclassing?

You can use spell slots interchangeably for casting warlock and bard spells. However, spell slots and pact magic slots don't combine when multiclassing. As a result, a level 1 bard has 2 first level slots and a level 4 warlock has 2 second level slots so you have a total of 2 first and 2 second level slots.
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How many times can a warlock use Eldritch Blast?

The most Eldritch Invocations a Warlock can have is 8 once they hit level 18. As you might expect, this is also when the strongest options are readily available to you. You can check the table below to see how many Invocations you get at each level.
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Do you roll for each Eldritch Blast?

The spell creates more than one beam when you reach higher levels: two beams at 5th Level, three beams at 11th level, and four beams at 17th level. You can direct the beams at the same target or at different ones. Make a separate Attack roll for each beam.
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Why do people like Eldritch Blast?

Eldritch blast will stay reliable for long times, at at higher levels you probaly won't encounter them at all. Why eldritch blast is so good: Invocations. Eldritch Blast is a Warlock only cantrip and the design was so Warlocks could invest this as to be a consistent blaster.
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Can you cast fireball twice?

You can cast fireball (a 3nd-level spell) as an action and then use Action Surge to take an additional action and cast fireball again. Since you aren't casting a spell with a bonus action, the bonus action spellcasting rules don't affect you.
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Can you cast Firebolt twice?

Although you could use your Action Surge to cast Firebolt twice, you could only get one bonus action weapon attack total on your turn, since you only get one bonus action per turn (and only on your turn).
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Can you use twinned spell on cantrips?

No, you can not.
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Can you cast Eldritch blast with one hand?

Eldritch Blast is a Cast a Spell action - not the Attack action. Eldritch Blast is also not a one-handed melee weapon. So no can do.
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How often can Eldritch Blast be used?

Their use is unlimited.

A warlock can use any invocation he knows at will, with the following qualifications:... Their invocations are infinitely usable, meaning that two warlocks with different invocations are completely different in combat.
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Do you add charisma to each Eldritch Blast?

You missed the last bit of the description: "When you cast eldritch blast, add your Charisma modifier to the damage it deals on a hit." Since it can hit 4 times, the modifier can be added each time.
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Can Eldritch Blast crit?

Yes, every portion of eldritch blast has its own chance to crit, subject to the critical chance for that damage type and critical multiplier improvements available with certain feats and inside the cores of the Tainted Scholar tree.
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Can a bard learn Eldritch Blast?

Outside of Warlocks, Bards can learn Eldritch Blast from their Magical Secrets feature.
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Can you twin hex?

You can't twin hex

To be eligible, a spell must be incapable of targeting more than one creature at the spell's current level. Hex is able to target more than one creature if the first one dies so it is ineligible. This targeting is referred to as "curse"ing but the effect is the same.
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