Patron: The Giver of Gifts

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<div class='cover-footer'>This Season, You'll be Making a List and Checking it Twice. <br/> Your Holiday 2020 Gift from Lightkeeper Studios</div>

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# Warlock Patron: The Giver of Gifts

##### Your 2020 Gift From Lightkeeper Studios

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### Forward

Welcome, Adventurers and DM's. What lays in these pages is the first step of a dream. For a great many years, I have had a dream to start my own tabletop gaming studio, because games like D&D, Deadlands, and more have always granted me respite in a weary and difficult world. </br></br> With everything occuring in 2020, I found myself with significantly more free time on my hands, and a much larger need for that respite. </br> </br> It is because of this I chose to launch Lightkeeper Studios this winter, and provide you all with what I hope will be something that helps keep that darkness at bay at least a little bit. <br/> <br/> In this, what I hope will be the first of many, many, pieces of content, you'll meet The Giver of Gifts, the literal embodiment of the holiday. While it is tailored to "Christmas" which I celebrate, I do hope you feel comfortable re-skinning, and tailoring the aesthetics inside to fit your preferred celebration. <br/> <br/> I truly hope you enjoy, because we all have a story to tell, ever single one of us, and the fun part in both tabletop and life, is we get to fill the pages. Good, or bad, high's and lows, our stories are our own, and no one else's and I am truly, unfathomably greatful to be a part of your story, even just for a moment. <br/> <br/> Live Well. Do Good. Hold Fast. I believe in you.<br/> </br> - Jay B. <br/>Owner and Founder <br/>Lightkeeper Studios<br/>

### Additional Thanks

A special thanks goes out to the following: My wife and kids who had my back while I worked on this and push me to be be better every day, 
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TJ My Rules Lawyer friend who helped with QA and Balance
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CYMYKMatter and Vid from the Penny Arcade Expo Community Discord who got me back into D&D years after I walked away, and taught me how to DM. 
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And so many other creators who inspire me so much, that it would be impossible to list them all. 
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# The Giver of Gifts

Your Patron is an otherworldly spirit of kindness, cheer, and justice. They slumber, in the far north, all but one month of the year, awakening annually, to spread joy to those deserving, and mete out justice to the evil. While they slumber, they are still always watching, and taking notes on whether the people of the world are naughty or nice. During their annual month of activity, they enter the material plane, and appear to be everywhere at once, though they are seldom seen. 
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Those that follow this patron seek to uphold this standard all year round, spreading cheer, and are easily spotted by their festive garb, larger than life personalities, and propensity for always having an upbeat personality… until they come across someone naughty, and then they stand ready to take notes, names, and provide appropriate punishment. 
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One day you hope to meet the Giver of Gifts yourself, but until then, you will do whatever you can to live up to their ideals.

### Gift Giver Features
| Warlock Level  | Feature |
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|  1st  | Expanded Spell List, Bonus Cantrips, Gift Givers Bag |
|  6th  | Gift Givers Garb |
|  10th  | Gift Givers Sight |
|  14th  | Gift Givers Judgement |

### Expanded Spell List
The Giver of Gifts lets you choose from an expanded list of spells when you learn a warlock spell. The following spells are added to the warlock spell list for you.

#### Giver of Gifts Expanded Spells <br/> <br/> 
| Spell Level  | Spells |
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|  1st  | Detect Evil and Good, Kringle's Crazed Caroling |
|  2nd  | Find Reindeer, Snilloc's Snowball Storm |
|  3rd  | Heart Sight, Holiday Guardians |
|  4th  | Greater Invisibility, Summon Krampus |
|  5th  | Far Step, Geas |

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### Bonus Cantrips

At 1st Level, you learn the <i>Dancing Lights</i> and <i>Ray of Frost</i> cantrips. They count as warlock cantrips for you, but they don’t count against your number of cantrips known. Additionally the dancing lights can be wreathed in garland, bells, and holly should you choose.

### Gift Givers Bag
At 1st level, you gain a bag of holding, which resembles a large burlap sack. 1d6 times/day you can produce an exquisitely wrapped, but otherwise mundane gift valued at no more than 100gp to give freely to another character. 
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Any attempt to use this gift for selfish means (Examples: Selling it/using It for material gain/bribery) results in the contents changing to a pile of coal.
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On using the gift selfishly, roll 1d20, on a 1 the Gift Givers Bag Vanishes until you have been judged Nice by The Giver of Gifts.
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Otherwise this bag may be used as a normal bag of holding.
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Should the bag be moved more than 60’ away, it can be summoned back to your hand as an action.
### Gift Givers Garb
At 6th level, you gain the ability to wreath yourself in unbridled cheer, and joy, that inspires those around you to want to be the best versions of themselves. </br></br> Once per long rest, as a bonus action, you appear to be clothed in full holiday garb, this can take the appearance of anything from a red suit and cap, to a festive sweater, to being fully decked out with blinky lights, and garland. </br>
</br> This effect lasts for 10 minutes, and grants advantage on persuasion checks, as the person you are speaking with is filled with a sense of warmth, cheer, and a desire to be Nice.

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### Gift Givers Sight
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At 10th level, you gain the sight of the gift giver, and can use that sight see a glimpse of the past, present, or what is yet to come. Once per long rest, as an action you may touch the mind of a creature within 60' see an event from their past, present, or future. You choose whether that event is a "Naughty" or "Nice" event, and from what time period in the targets life it comes from. 
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It must make a Wisdom saving throw, and does so with advantage if you or your companions are Fighting it. If it fails the saving throw, you see the event clearly, and can recall it.
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### Gift Givers Judgement
At 14th Level, you gain access to the powers of judgement typically reserved for the Gift Giver themselves. As an action you can: Move up to your move speed without provoking an attack of opportunity, Cast “Heart Sight” on the target of your choice, and may cast either Eye Bite if the target is Evil or Heal if the creature is good. If the creature is Neutral, or Unknown, you may cast either. </br></br> 
Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish a long rest.

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### Spells List

> ##### Spell List Reference:
> While some of the spells below are exclusive to this content, existing spells can also be found in the following places: </br> </br>
>* <b> Detect Evil and Good (PHB PG. 231)
>* Snilloc's Snowball Storm (XGE PG. 165)
>* Greater Invisibility (PHB PG. 246)
>* Far Step (XGE PG. 155)
>* Geas (PHB PG. 244) </b>
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> Additionally "Heart Sight" Is a modified version of the Pixie ability, which can be found in the Monster Manual, in its original form, on page 253. </br> </br>
> Finally at the after the two brand new Eldritch Invocations you'll find one new Mystical Arcanum "Summon Holiday Treant" which I hope you enjoy.

#### Detect Evil and Good
*1st-Level Divination*
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- **Casting Time:** 1 Action
- **Range:** Self 
- **Components:** V, S
- **Duration:** Concentration, Up to 10 Minutes
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For the duration, you know if there is an aberration, celestial, elemental, fey, fiend, or undead within 30 feet of you, as well as where the creature is located. Similarly, you know if there is a place or object within 30 feet of you that has been magically consecrated or desecrated.</br></br>
The spell can penetrate most barriers, but it is blocked by 1 foot of stone, 1 inch of common metal, a thin sheet of lead, or 3 feet of wood or dirt.

#### Far Step
*5th-Level Conjuration*
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- **Casting Time:** 1 Bonus Action
- **Range:** Self
- **Components:** V
- **Duration:**  Concentration, Up to 1 Minute
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You teleport up to 60 feet to an unoccupied space you can see. On each of your turns before the spell ends, you can use a bonus action to teleport in this way again.

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#### Find Reindeer
*2nd-Level Conjuration*
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- **Casting Time:** 10 Minutes
- **Range:** 30 Feet
- **Components:** V, S
- **Duration:** Instantaineous
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You summon a spirit that assumes the form of an unusually intelligent, strong, and loyal reindeer, creating a long-lasting bond with it. Appearing in an unoccupied space within range, It has the statistics of a reindeer, though it is a celestial, fey, or fiend (your choice) instead of its normal type. Additionally, your reindeers Intelligence becomes 6, and it gains the ability to understand one language of your choice that you speak. </br>

Your reindeer serves you as a mount, both in combat and out, and you have an instinctive bond with it that allows you to fight as a seamless unit. While mounted on your reindeer, you can make any spell you cast that targets only you also target your reindeer. </br>

When the reindeer drops to 0 hit points, it disappears, leaving behind no physical form. You can also dismiss your reindeer at any time as an action, causing it to disappear. In either case, casting this spell again summons the same reindeer, restored to its hit point maximum. </br>

While your reindeer is within 1 mile of you, you can communicate with each other telepathically. </br>

You can’t have more than one reindeer bonded by this spell at a time. As an action, you can release the reindeer from its bond at any time, causing it to disappear. </br>  See Appendix: Summons for Reindeer Stats.

#### Geas
*5th-Level Enchantment*
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- **Casting Time:** 1 Minute
- **Range:** 60 feet
- **Components:** V
- **Duration:**  30 Days
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You place a magical command on a creature that you can see within range, forcing it to carry out some service or refrain from some action or course of activity as you decide. If the creature can understand you, it must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or become charmed by you for the duration. While the creature is charmed by you, it takes 5d10 psychic damage each time it acts in a manner directly counter to your instructions, but no more than once each day. A creature that can't understand you is unaffected by the spell.

You can issue any command you choose, short of an activity that would result in certain death. Should you issue a suicidal command, the spell ends.

You can end the spell early by using an action to dismiss it. A remove curse, greater restoration, or wish spell also ends it.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 7th or 8th level, the duration is 1 year. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 9th level, the spell lasts until it is ended by one of the spells mentioned above.

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### Spells List (Continued)

#### Greater Invisibility 
*4th-Level Illusion*
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- **Casting Time:** 1 Action
- **Range:** Touch
- **Components:** V, S
- **Duration:**  Concentration, Up to 1 Minute
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You or a creature you touch becomes invisible until the spell ends. Anything the target is wearing or carrying is invisible as long as it is on the target's person.

#### Heart Sight 
*3rd-Level Divination*
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- **Casting Time:** 1 Action
- **Range:** Touch
- **Components:** V, S
- **Duration:**  Concentration, Up to 1 Minute
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You touch a creature and magically know the creature's current emotional state. If the target fails a Charisma saving throw, you also know the creature's Alignment. Celestials, Fiends, and Undead automatically fail the saving throw.

#### Holiday Guardians
*3rd-Level Conjuration*
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- **Casting Time:** 1 Action
- **Range:** Self (15-Foot Radius)
- **Components:** V, S, M (A Small Bell, A Vial of Milk, Cookie Crumbs)
- **Duration:**  Concentration, Up to 1 Minute
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You call forth the guardians of the holiday to protect you. They flit around you to a distance of 15 feet for the duration. They appear to be gnomes of some sort, dressed in green, with pointy hats, and pointier knives.

When you cast this spell, you can designate any number of creatures you can see to be unaffected by it. An affected creature’s speed is halved in the area, and when the creature enters the area for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there, it must make a Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes 3d8 radiant damage. On a successful save, the creature takes half as much damage.

<b>At Higher Levels.</b> When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th level or higher, the damage increases by 1d8 for each slot level above 3rd.

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#### Kringle's Crazed Caroling
*1st-Level Enchantment*
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- **Casting Time:** 1 Action
- **Range:** 30 Feet
- **Components:** V, S, M (A bough of Holly, a Sprig of Mistletoe)
- **Duration:**  Concentration, Up to one minute
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A creature of your choice that you can see within range is overwhelmed with a sense of holiday cheer and compelled to burst into carols and go wassailing. The target must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or stand in place singing carols at the top of its lungs for the duration. A creature with an Intelligence score of 4 or less isn’t affected.

At the end of each of its turns, and each time it takes damage, the target can make another Wisdom saving throw. The target has advantage on the saving throw if it’s triggered by damage. On a success, the spell ends.

#### Summon Krampus
*1st-Level Enchantment*
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- **Casting Time:** 1 Action
- **Range:** 60 Feet
- **Components:** V, S, M (A lump of pure anthracite coal carved into a skull, a page containing a confession of a foul act)
- **Duration:**  Concentration, Up to one hour
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You utter foul words, summoning Krampus from the Gift Givers hallowed grounds. Krampus appears to hunt the naughty, in an unoccupied space you can see within range, and disappears when it drops to 0 hit points or when the spell ends.

Roll initiative for Krampus, which has its own turns. When you summon it and on each of your turns thereafter, you can issue a verbal command to it (requiring no action on your part), telling it what it must do on its next turn. If you issue no command, it spends its turn attacking any creature within reach that has attacked it.
As part of casting the spell, you can form a circle on the ground with the coal used as a material component.

The circle is large enough to encompass your space. While the spell lasts, the summoned demon can’t cross the circle or harm it, and it can’t target anyone within it. Using the material component in this manner consumes it when the spell ends.
</br> </br> See Appendix: Summons for Reindeer Stats.

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## Additional Eldritch Invocations

At 2nd Level, a warlock gains the Eldritch Invcations feature. Here are new options for that feature, in addition tot he options in the <i>Player's Handbook.</i>

If an eldritch invocation has a prerequisite, you must meet it to learn the invocation. You can learn the invocation at the same time that you meet it's prerequisite. L level prerequisite refers to your level in this class.

### Festive Blast
###### <i>(Prerequisite: Eldritch Blast Cantrip)</i>
</i>"Where's your holiday spirit?"</i>
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 Your Eldritch Blast now smells of holiday cheer. Choose a scent of Peppermint, Mulled Wine, Pine Trees, or Fresh Fallen Snow. Once on each of your turns when you hit a creature with Eldritch Blast,  they are immediately donned with a festive hat, and must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or take an additional 1d4 psychic damage and have disadvantage on the next Attack roll it makes before the end of its next turn, as it briefly fills with a sense of wonderment and joy.
 
### Keeper of the List
###### <i>(Prerequisite: Pact of the Tome, 5th Level)</i>
</i>"Making a List and Checking it Twice"</i>
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 An additional page springs into existence in your tome. When that page is turned to, it unfurls into a list in front of you. You may cast Heart Sight an additional (Charisma Modifier + 1) times without using a spell slot per long rest. The name, mood at the time, and alignment (if detected) of the target automatically become written on “The List” and can be updated by casting Heart Sight on the same target again. You can also detect the general direction of anyone on the list within 30’ provided they are not behind full cover. 
 
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 ## Additional Mystical Arcanum
 
 In Addition to the normal Mystical Arcanum listed in the PHB, the following is added to your list of options upon reaching the appropriate level:
 
 #### Summon Holiday Treant
 *7th-Level Conjuration*
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 - **Casting Time:** 1 Action
 - **Range:** 60 Feet
 - **Components:** V, S, M (A Holiday Ornament, a piece of jewelry worth 100gp or more in the shape of a star)
 - **Duration:**  Concentration, Up to 1 Hour
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You summon the fey spirit of a Treant to aid you. The creature appears in an unoccupied space within range. Its statistics are that of a treant except while motionless, it appears to be a fully decked out holiday tree complete with ornaments, decorations, and lights.

You can communicate telepathically with this Treant and it can respond telepathically using any language you know. It retains its memories between summonings.

The Treant is friendly to you and your companions for the duration. The Treant has its own turns, and it rolls its own initiative. It obeys any verbal commands that you issue to it (no action required by you).

The Treant disappears when it drops to 0 hit points or the spell ends.
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See Appendix: Summons for Treant Stats
 
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# Appendix: Summons

Included in the previous pages were spells that allow you to summon the literal embodiments of the holiday season to fight by your side. Below you will find the relevant statistics for them.

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> ## Reindeer
>*Large Beast, Unaligned*
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> - **Armor Class** 10 (Natural Armor)
> - **Hit Points** 13 (2d10 + 2)
> - **Speed** 50 Feet
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>|STR|DEX|CON|INT|WIS|CHA|
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>|16 (+3)|10 (+0)|12 (+1)|2 (-4)|10 (+0)|6 (-2)|
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> - **Senses** Passive Perception 10
> - **Languages** --
> - **Challenge** 1/4 (50 XP)
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> **Charge**   If the reindeer moves at least 20 feet straight toward a target and then hits it with a ram attack on the same turn, the target takes an extra 7 (2d6) damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 13 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone.
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> ***Ram*** *Melee Weapon Attack:* +5 to hit, Reach 5 ft., one target. *Hit:* 6 (1d6 + 3) bludgeoning damage.
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> ***Hooves*** *Melee Weapon Attack:* +5 to hit, Reach 5 ft., one prone creature. *Hit:* 8 (2d4 + 3) bludgeoning damage.
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> ## Treant
>*Huge, Chaotic Good*
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> - **Armor Class** 16 (Natural Armor)
> - **Hit Points** 138 (12d12 + 60)
> - **Speed** 30 Feet
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>|STR|DEX|CON|INT|WIS|CHA|
>|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|
>|23 (+6)|8 (-1)|21 (+5)|12 (+1)|16 (+3)|12 (+1)|
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> - **Damage Vulnerabilities** Fire
> - **Damage Resistances** Bludgeoning, Piercing
> - **Senses** Passive Perception 13
> - **Languages** COmmon, Druidic, Elvish, Sylvan
> - **Challenge** 9 (5,000 XP)
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> **False Appearance.**  While the treant remains motionless, it is indistinguishable from a normal tree.
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> **Siege Monster**  The treant deals double damage to objects and structures.
> ### Actions
> ***Multiattack.*** The treant makes two slam attacks.
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> ***Slam*** *Melee Weapon Attack:* +10 to hit, Reach 5 ft., one target. *Hit:* 16 (3d6 + 6) bludgeoning damage.
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> ***Rock*** *Ranged Weapon Attack:* +10 to hit, Range 60/180 ft., one target. *Hit:* 28 (4d10 + 6) bludgeoning damage.
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> ###### Source:
> MM, page 289
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> ###### Additional Note: 
> Treants Summoned by the *Summon Holiday Treant* Arcanum lack the *Animate Trees* Ability.

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# Summons (Continued)

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> ## Krampus
>*Large Monstrosity, Neutral Evil*
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> - **Armor Class** 16 (Natural Armor) 
> - **Hit Points** 100 (12d8 + 44)
> - **Speed** 30 Feet
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>|STR|DEX|CON|INT|WIS|CHA|
>|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|
>|18 (+4)|14 (+2)|18 (+4)|11 (+0)|13 (+1)|16 (+3)|
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> - **Skills** Intimidate +5, Insight +4, Stealth+4
> - **Damage Immunities** Cold
> - **Condition Immunities** Charmed
> - **Senses** Darkvision 60ft, Passive Perception 12
> - **Languages** Common, Sylvan, Abyssal
> - **Challenge** 5 (1,500 XP)
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> **Winter Wonderland**   The aura of Krampus is such that the weather around him changes. The weather in a 500 ft. radius around Krampus is always varying degrees of snow, and up to a 1 mile radius and simply colder and more winter-like than normal.  
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> **He See's You When You're Sleeping** Krampus can take the hide action as a bonus action. Krampus can attempt to hide even when only lightly obscured by heavy rain, mist, falling snow, or any winter weather. 
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> **Spellcasting** Krampus is a 5th Level Spellcaster. His casting ability is Charisma (Save DC 15, +5 to hit with spell attacks) Krampus as the following spells prepared. 
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> * Cantrips (At-Will): *Ray of Frost, Minor Illusion, Thaumaturgy*
> * 1st Level (4 Slots): *Ice Knife, Shield*
> * 2nd Level (3 Slots): *Snilloc's Snowball Swarm, Mirror Image*
> * 3rd Level (2 Slots): *Sleet Storm, Tidal Wave*
> ### Actions
> ***Multiattack.*** Krampus can make two attacks. One with his gore, and one with his lump of coal.
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> ***Gore*** *Melee Weapon Attack:* +6 to hit, Reach 5 ft., one target. *Hit:* 12 (2d8 + 4) piercing damage.
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> ***Lump of Coal*** *Ranged Weapon Attack:* +4 to hit, Range 60 ft., one target. *Hit:* 9 (1d10 + 4) fire damage.
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> ##### Krampus Spell Locations
> The spells in Krampus's spell list can be found at the following locations: 
> * Ice Knife (XGE Pg. 157)
> * Minor Illusion (PHB Pg. 260)
> * Mirror Image (PHB Pg 260)
> * Ray of Frost (PHB Pg. 271)
> * Shield (PHB Pg. 275)
> * Sleet Storm (PHB Pg. 276)
> * Snilloc's Snowball Storm (XGE Pg. 165)
> * Tidal Wave (XGE Pg. 168)

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Will you keep the list, ride reindeer into glorious combat, spread joy and hope, or summon Krampus itself?

All that in more can be found in this first release from Lightkeeper Studios, their holiday gift to the world for 2020

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