### Patron: The Hexblade ___ - You have made your pact with a mysterious entity from - the Shadowfell – a force that manifests in sentient magic - weapons carved from the stuff of shadow. The mighty - sword Blackrazor is the most notable of these weapons, - which have been spread across the multiverse over the - ages. The shadowy force behind these weapons can offer - power to warlocks who form pacts with it. Many hexblade - warlocks create weapons that emulate those formed in - the Shadowfell. Others forgo such arms, content to weave - the dark magic of that plane into their spellcasting. ___ - Because the Raven Queen is known to have forged the - first of these weapons, many sages speculate that she - and the force are one and that the weapons, along with - hexblade warlocks, are tools she uses to manipulate - events on the Material Plane to her inscrutable ends. ___ - <B> Original Source:</B> Xanathar's Guide to Everything ___ #### Patron Spell List ___ - Each Patron has a list of spells—its patron spells—that - you gain at the warlock levels 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, and 9th - These spells are known so long as you are within - good standing with your patron. If you have a patron spell - that doesn’t appear on the warlock spell list, the spell - is nonetheless a warlock spell for you. <table> <caption> <B> Hexblade Patron Spells </B> </caption> <thead> <tr> <th id="co1" headers="blank">Spell Level</th> <th id="co2" headers="blank">Spells</th> </tr> </thead> <th id="sp1" headers="blank"><em>1st</em></th> <td headers="co1 sp1">Shield, Wrathful Smite</td> </tr> <tr> <th id="sp2" headers="blank"><em>2nd</em></th> <td headers="co1 sp2">Mirror Image, Branding Smite</td> </tr> <tr> <th id="sp3" headers="blank"><em>3rd</em></th> <td headers="co1 sp3">Blink, Elemental Weapon</td> </tr> <tr> <th id="sp4" headers="blank"><em>4th</em></th> <td headers="co1 sp4">Phantasmal Killer, Staggering Smite</td> </tr> <tr> <th id="sp5" headers="blank"><em>5th</em></th> <td headers="co1 sp5">Banishing Smite, Cone of Cold</td> </tr> </table> ___ #### Hex Warrior ___ - At 1st level, you acquire the training necessary to - effectively arm yourself for battle. You gain proficiency - with shields and martial weapons. ___ - Whenever you finish a long rest, you can touch one - weapon that you are proficient with. This is now your <B>Hex - Weapon</B>. You may only have 1 <B>Hex Weapon</B> at a time. ___ - You can perform the somatic components of spells even - when you have weapons or a shield in one or both hands, - so long as your <B>Hex Weapon</B> is in at least one of your - hands. ___ #### Accursed Specter ___ - Your <B>Hex Weapon</B> is possessed by a tormented spirit and - by giving slain creature soul to harvest, you can release - part of its torment momentarily. ___ - Starting at 1st level, you can Curse the soul of a person - you slay, temporarily binding it in your service. When you - slay a hostile large creature or smaller while your <B>Hex - Weapon</B> is in at least one of your hands, you can cause its - spirit to rise from its corpse as a medium sized specter. - When the specter appears, it gains temporary hit points - equal to half your warlock level + your Charisma Modifier. ___ - The specter goes after you on your initiative count. It - obeys your verbal commands, and it gains a special bonus - to its attack rolls equal to your Charisma modifier - (minimum of +0). ___ - The specter remains in your service until you finish a long - rest, at which point it vanishes to the afterlife. ___ - Once you bind a specter with this feature, you can't use - the feature again while you still have another specter - formed. ___ #### Hexblade's Curse ___ - Starting at 6th level, you gain the ability to place a baleful - Curse on someone. As a bonus action, choose one - creature you can see within 30 feet of you. The target is - Cursed for 1 minute. The Curse ends early if the target - dies, you die, or you are incapacitated. Until the Curse - ends, you gain the following benefits: <ol> <li>You gain a bonus to damage rolls against the Cursed target. The bonus equals your proficiency bonus.</li> <ul><li>If you do damage to the target using your <B>Hex Weapon</B>, you may roll the damage for the weapon twice and choose which one to keep.</li></ul> <li>Any attack roll you make against the Cursed target is a critical hit on a roll of 19 or 20 on the d20. </li> <ul><li>If you score a critical with your <B>Hex Weapon</B>, you can add an additional damage die of the <B>Hex Weapon</B> on top of doubling the damage dice. (don’t double this new die)</li></ul> <li>If the Cursed target dies, you regain hit points equal to your warlock level + your Charisma modifier (minimum of 1 hit point). </li> <ul><li>If you defeat the target using your <B>Hex Weapon</B>, if any of the above healing would put you to your max or above, any excess healing may be stored into the <B>Hex Weapon</B> until you utilize this part of the Hexblade’s Curse feature again or you take a short or long rest. You may use this additional healing from your weapon as a bonus action or reaction on a later turn. You may only heal yourself with this extra healing.</li></ul> <li>While your Accursed Specter is attacking a creature effected by a Hexblade’s Curse, its attacks are done so with advantage</li> <ul><li>Additionally, if you Accursed Specter hits a creature who is under the effects of Hexblade’s Curse, the Saving throw DC of the Accursed Specter’s Life Drain feature uses the Warlock Spell Save DC instead of its own.</li></ul> </ol> ___ - You can use your Hexblade’s Curse feature a number of - times equal to your proficiency bonus. You regain all uses - of this feature after you take a long rest. ___ #### Armor of Hexes ___ - Starting at 10th level, your hex grows more powerful. If - the target Cursed by your Hexblade’s Curse hits you with - an attack roll, you can use your reaction to roll a d6. ___ <ul> <li>On a 4 or higher, the attack instead misses you, regardless of its roll.</li> <li>On a 3 or lower you get your reaction back, but it can't be used on the same turn you tried to use this feature.</li> </ul> \pagebreakNum ___ #### Master of Hexes ___ - Starting at 14th level, if you roll initiative with no uses of - Hexblade’s Curse, regain 1 use. ___ - When a creature dies with your Hexblade's Curse on - them, while you still have an Accursed Specter in your - service, you may make your Accursed Specter inhabit - another creature within range of your Hexblade's Curse to - extend it further, on a new target. Choose a target within - range that you can see. That creature is now affected by - your Hexblade's Curse, but your Accursed Spirit is also - dismissed (no action required). The creature is then - Hexblade's Cursed for 1 minute. After this creature dies, - you may still summon another Accursed Specter to be in - your service. Once you use this part of this feature you - may not do so again until you finish a short rest. ___ - Additionally, you may target creatures up to 60 feet away - instead of 30 feet away, with your Hexblade’s Curse. ___ - Finally your Accursed Specter gains temp hit points equal - to your warlock level + Charisma modifier instead of half - your warlock level + Charisma modifier.