WARLOCK

Warlocks quest for knowledge that lies hidden in the fabric of the multiverse. They often begin their search for magical power by delving into tomes of forbidden lore, dabbling in invocations meant to attract the power of extraplanar beings, or seeking places of power where the influence of these beings can be felt. In no time, each Warlock is drawn into a binding pact with a powerful patron. Drawing on the ancient knowledge of beings such as angels, archfey, demons, devils, hags, and alien entities of the Far Realm, Warlocks piece together arcane secrets to bolster their own power.

Warlocks view their patrons as resources, as means to the end of achieving magical power. Some Warlocks respect, revere, or even love their patrons; some serve their patrons grudgingly; and some seek to undermine their patrons even as they wield the power their patrons have given them.

Once a pact is made, a Warlock’s thirst for knowledge and power can't be slaked with mere study. Most Warlocks spend their days pursuing greater power and deeper knowledge, which typically means some kind of adventure.

LEVEL 2: MAGICAL CUNNING

You can perform an esoteric rite as an action. When you do, you regain all of your expended Pact Magic spell slots. Starting from level 10, you can use this feature as a bonus action as well. Once you use this feature, you can't do so again until you finish a Long Rest.

LEVEL 3: WARLOCK SUBCLASS

You gain a Warlock subclass of your choice. The Archfey Patron, Celestial Patron, Fiend Patron, and Great Old One Patron subclasses are detailed after this class's description. A subclass is a specialization that grants you features at certain Warlock levels, For the rest of your career, you gain each of your subclass's features that are of your Warlock level or lower.

LEVEL 4: ABILITY SCORE IMPROVEMENT

You gain the Ability Score Improvement feat (see chapter 5) or another feat of your choice for which you qualify. You gain this feature again at Warlock levels 8, 12, and 16.

LEVEL 9: CONTACT PATRON

In the past, you usually contacted your patron through intermediaries. Now you can communicate directly; you always have the Contact Other Plane spell prepared. With this feature, you can cast the spell without expending a spell slot to contact your patron, and you automatically succeed on the spell’s saving throw.

Once you cast the spell with this feature, you can’t do so in this way again until you finish a Long Rest.

LEVEL ll: MYSTIC ARCANUM

Your patron grants you a magical secret called an arcanum. Choose one level 6 Warlock spell as this arcanum.

You can cast your arcanum spell once without expending a spell slot, and you must finish a Long Rest before you can cast it in this way again.

As shown in the Warlock Features table, you gain another Warlock spell of your choice that can be cast in this way when you reach Warlock levels 13 (level 7 spell), 15 (level 8 spell), and 17 (level 9 spell). You regain all uses of your Mystic Arcanum when you finish a Long Rest.

Whenever you gain a Warlock level (or when you finish a long rest after you reach level 20), you can replace one of your arcanum spells with another Warlock spell of the same level.

LEVEL 19: EPIC BOON

You gain an Epic Boon feat (see chapter 5) or another feat of your choice for which you qualify. Boon of Fate is recommended.

LEVEL 20: ELDRITCH MASTER

When you use your Magical Cunning feature, you throughly channel your patron's power for a number of rounds equal to your Charisma modifier. While in this state, your pact magic slots are considered to be 6th level and you regain 1 expended Pact Magic spell slot at the start of each of your turns.

ELDRITCH INVOCATION OPTIONS

Eldritch Invocation options appear in alphabetical order.

GAZE OF TWO MINDS

Prerequisite: Level 5+ Warlock You can use a Bonus Action to touch a willing creature and perceive through its senses until the end of your next turn. As long as the creature is on the same plane of existence as you, you can take a Bonus Action on subsequent turns to maintain this connection, extending the duration until the end of your next turn. The connection ends if you don’t maintain it in this way.

While perceiving through the other creature's senses, you benefit from any special senses possessed by that creature, and you can cast spells as if you were in your space or the other creature’s space if the two of you are within 60 feet of each other.

GIFT OF THE DEPTHS

Prerequisite: Level 5+ Warlock You can breathe underwater, and you gain a Swim Speed equal to your Speed.

You can also cast Water Breathing once without expending a spell slot. You regain the ability to cast it in this way again when you finish a Long Rest.

GIFT OF THE PROTECTORS

Prerequisite: Level 9+ Warlock, Pact of the Tome Invocation A new page appears in your Book of Shadows when you conjure it. With your permission, a creature can take an action to write its name on that page, which can contain a number of names equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum of one name).

When any creature whose name is on the page is reduced to O Hit Points but not killed outright, the creature magically drops to 1 Hit Point instead. Once this magic is triggered, no creature can benefit from it until you finish a Long Rest.

As a Magic action, you can erase a name on the page by touching it.

INVESTMENT OF THE CHAIN MASTER

Prerequisite: Level 5+ Warlock, Pact of the Chain Invocation When you cast Find Familiar, you infuse the summoned familiar with a measure of your eldritch power, granting the creature the following benefits.

Aerial or Aquatic. The familiar gains either a Fly Speed or a Swim Speed (your choice) of 40 feet.

Quick Attack. As a Bonus Action, you can command the familiar to take the Attack action.

Necrotic or Radiant Damage. Whenever the familiar deals Bludgeoning, Piercing, or Slashing damage, you can make it deal Necrotic or Radiant damage instead.

Your Save DC. If the familiar forces a creature to make a saving throw, it uses your spell save DC.

Resistance. When the familiar takes damage, you can take a Reaction to grant it Resistance against that damage.

LESSONS OF THE FIRST ONES

Prerequisite: Level 2+ Warlock You have received knowledge from an elder entity of the multiverse, allowing you to gain one Origin feat of your choice (see chapter 5).

Repeatable. You can gain this invocation more than once. Each time you do so, choose a different Origin feat.

LIFEDRINKER

Prerequisite: Level 9+ Warlock, Pact of the Blade Invocation Whenever you hit a creature with your pact weapon, the creature takes 1d6 extra Necrotic, Psychic, or Radiant damage (your choice), and you can expend one of your Hit Dice to roll it and regain a number of Hit Points equal to the roll plus your Constitution modifier (minimum of 1).

MASK OF MANY FACES

You can cast Disguise Self without expending a spell slot.

MASTER OF MyRIAD FORMS

Prerequisite: Level 5+ Warlock You can cast Alter Self without expending a spell slot and when you cast it this way, it does not require concentration.

MISTY VISIONS

Prerequisite: Level 2+ Warlock You can cast Silent Image without expending a spell slot.

ONE WITH SHADOWS

Prerequisite: Level 5+ Warlock While you're in an area of Dim Light or Darkness, you can cast Invisibility on yourself without expending a spell slot.

OTHERWORLDLY LEAP

Prerequisite: Level 2+ Warlock You can cast Jump on yourself without expending a spell slot.

PACT OF THE BLADE

As a Bonus Action, you can trace arcane sigils in the air to conjure up to two pact weapons in your hands —Simple or Martial melee weapons of your choice with which you bond— or create a bond with up to two magic weapons you touch. You can then dismiss the weapons, shunting it into an extradimensional space, and they appear whenever you create your pact weapon thereafter. Until the bond ends, you have proficiency with the weapons, and you can use them as a Spellcasting Focus.

Whenever you attack with a bonded weapon, you can use your Charisma modifier for the attack and damage rolls, instead of using Strength or Dexterity, and you can cause the weapons to deal Necrotic, Psychic, or Radiant damage or their normal damage type. If a weapon has any ability score requirement (like Heavy weapon property), you fulfill that requirement as long as your Charisma score meets the required number.

Your pact weapons disappears if they are more than 5 feet away from you for 1 minute or more. They also disappear if you use this feature again, if you dismiss the weapons (no action required). Your bond with the weapons ends if you die. The weapon appears at your feet if it is in the extradimensional space when the bond breaks.

PACT OF THE CHAIN

You learn the Find Familiar spell and can cast it as a Magic action without expending a spell slot. Once per long rest when you cast the spell using this feature, you can ignore the material component of the spell.

When you cast the spell, you choose one of the normal forms for your familiar or one of the following special forms: Imp, Pseudodragon, Quasit, Skeleton, Slaad Tadpole, Sphinx of Wonder, Sprite, or Venomous Snake (see appendix B for the familiar’s stat block).

Additionally, when you take the Attack action, you can forgo one of your own attacks to allow your familiar to make one attack of its own with its Reaction.

PACT OF THE TOME

Stitching together strands of shadow, you conjure forth a book in your hand at the end of a Short or Long Rest. This Book of Shadows (you determine its appearance) contains eldritch magic that only you can access, granting you the benefits below. The book disappears if you conjure another book with this feature or if you die.

Cantrips and Rituals. When the book appears, choose three cantrips, and choose two level 1 spells that have the Ritual tag. The spells can be from any class's spell list, and they must be spells you don’t already have prepared. While the book is on your person, you have the chosen spells prepared, and they function as Warlock spells for you.

On your adventures, you can add other ritual spells to your Book of Shadows. When you find such a spell, you can add it to the book if the spell's level is equal to or less than half your warlock level (rounded up) and if you can spare the time to transcribe the spell. For each level of the spell, the transcription process takes 2 hours and costs 50 gp for the rare inks needed to inscribe it.

Spellcasting Focus. You can use the book as a Spellcasting Focus.

REPELLING BLAST

Prerequisite: Level 2+ Warlock, a Warlock Cantrip That Deals Damage via an Attack Roll

Choose one of your known Warlock cantrips that requires an attack roll. When you hit a Large or smaller creature with that cantrip, you can push the creature up to 10 feet straight away from you. You can change the selected cantrip when you finish a long rest.

Repeatable. You can gain this invocation more than once, Each time you do so, choose a different eligible cantrip.

THIRSTING BLADE

Prerequisite: Level 5+ Warlock, Pact of the Blade

You gain the Extra Attack feature for your pact weapon only. With that feature, you can attack twice with the weapon instead of once when you take the Attack action on your turn.

When you reach level 11 in this class, The Extra Attack of this invocation confers two extra attacks rather than one.

VISIONS OF DISTANT REALMS

Prerequisite: Level 9+ Warlock

You can cast Arcane Eye without expending a spell slot.

WHISPERS OF THE GRAVE

Prerequisite: Level 7+ Warlock

You can cast Speak with Dead without expending a spell slot.

WITCH SIGHT

Prerequisite: Level 15+ Warlock

You have Truesight with a range of 30 feet.

WARLOCK SPELL LIST

This section presents the Warlock spell list. The spells are organized by spell level and then alphabetized, and each spell’s school of magic is listed. In the Special column, C means the spell requires Concentration, R means it’s a Ritual, and M means it requires a specific Material component.