Warlock
Bound by a pact to an all-powerful patron, warlocks trade their loyalty for supernatural abilities and unique magic.
- Hit Dice
- d8
- Primary Ability
- Charisma
- Saving Throws
- Wisdom, Charisma
- Armour Proficiency
- Light Armour
- Weapon Proficiency
- Simple Weapons
- Spellcasting Ability
- Charisma
- Subclass Choice
- Level 1
Strengths
- Eldritch Blast is the most efficient cantrip in the game and costs nothing
- Spell slots come back on a short rest
- Invocations grant lasting power without spending spells
Weaknesses
- It has very few slots, so long fights leave it with nothing but cantrips
- The pact choice locks in a playstyle early
- It brings no healing and little party support
Subclasses
- The ArchfeyGraced by a lady or lord of the fey, you are imbued with all the sumptuous and scary qualities of your patron's extraordinary realm.
- The FiendYou have pledged your soul to the Hells or Abyss in return for a deadly arsenal of fiendish arcana.
- The Great Old OneYou pledged something unthinkable to an unspeakably ancient entity - which in return furnished you with powers of cerebral entropy and control.
- The HexbladeYou 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.
Level progression
| Level | Features | Spell Slots |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Subclass Choice Choose 2 skills 7 optionsArcana, Deception, History, Intimidation, Investigation, Nature, ReligionChoose 2 cantrips 10 optionsBlade Ward, Booming Blade, Bone Chill, Eldritch Blast, Friends, Mage Hand, Minor Illusion, Poison Spray, Toll the Dead, True Strike | 11 |
| 2 | Choose 2 features 10 optionsAgonising Blast, Armour of Shadows, Beast Speech, Beguiling Influence, Devil's Sight, Fiendish Vigour, Mask of Many Faces, One with Shadows, Repelling Blast, Thief of Five Fates | 12 |
| 3 | Choose 1 feature 3 optionsPact of the Chain, Pact of the Blade, Pact of the Tome | 22 |
| 4 | 22 | |
| 5 | Deepened PactPleased with your service, your otherworldly patron added new boons to the terms of your pact. Pact of the Blade: You gain an Extra Attack with your pact weapon. Pact of the Chain: Your familiar gains an Extra Attack. Pact of the Tome: You can cast Animate Dead, Haste, and Call Lightning once each per Long Rest. Choose 1 feature 12 optionsMire the Mind, Sign of Ill Omen, Agonising Blast, Armour of Shadows, Beast Speech, Beguiling Influence, Devil's Sight, Fiendish Vigour, Mask of Many Faces, One with Shadows, Repelling Blast, Thief of Five Fates | 32 |
| 6 | — | 32 |
| 7 | Choose 1 feature 15 optionsBook of Ancient Secrets, Dreadful Word, Sculptor of Flesh, Mire the Mind, Sign of Ill Omen, Agonising Blast, Armour of Shadows, Beast Speech, Beguiling Influence, Devil's Sight, Fiendish Vigour, Mask of Many Faces, One with Shadows, Repelling Blast, Thief of Five Fates | 42 |
| 8 | 42 | |
| 9 | Choose 1 feature 18 optionsMinions of Chaos, Otherworldly Leap, Whispers of the Grave, Book of Ancient Secrets, Dreadful Word, Sculptor of Flesh, Mire the Mind, Sign of Ill Omen, Agonising Blast, Armour of Shadows, Beast Speech, Beguiling Influence, Devil's Sight, Fiendish Vigour, Mask of Many Faces, One with Shadows, Repelling Blast, Thief of Five Fates | 52 |
| 10 | Choose 1 cantrip 10 optionsBlade Ward, Booming Blade, Bone Chill, Eldritch Blast, Friends, Mage Hand, Minor Illusion, Poison Spray, Toll the Dead, True Strike | 52 |
| 11 | Choose 1 Mystic Arcanum 5 optionsCircle of Death, Arcane Gate, Eyebite, Flesh to Stone, Create Undead | 53 |
| 12 | Choose 1 feature 19 optionsLifedrinker, Minions of Chaos, Otherworldly Leap, Whispers of the Grave, Book of Ancient Secrets, Dreadful Word, Sculptor of Flesh, Mire the Mind, Sign of Ill Omen, Agonising Blast, Armour of Shadows, Beast Speech, Beguiling Influence, Devil's Sight, Fiendish Vigour, Mask of Many Faces, One with Shadows, Repelling Blast, Thief of Five Fates | 53 |