#dnd 5e warlock

[fatumfate]

It's that time again when my digital art looks like shit and my traditional one is better than ever (even when I switch art styles like socks after a marathon)... soooo have another Will art!

He was looking for some late night drink 🍷hope you understand, even warlock needs a quick break.

[homebrewersscrapebook]

Warlock of Chance and Misfortune: Jynx

Art by RunMonsterRun

Jynx was once named Jennifer Wynfaire, a travelling performer and carnival charlatan who "predicted" people's futures. She often engineered situations to prove her unique gift for divination and future sight. In truth, Jennifer had been and was always a deeply and harshly jealous woman. She indulged in the desperation of carnival goers, as she predicted either sublime bliss or total ruination in the days or weeks to come. She was a master manipulator and a talented scribe with a gift for forgery, creating letters full of love-felt confessions or horrid accusations to ensure her reputation as a brilliant soothsayer and psychic remained uncontested.

Of course, all good things must come to an end. And Jennifer's came when a disguised Hag slipped into the carnival and watched her scam, scheme, and steal from the needy, the worried, and the lovelorn. Especially when the decision for good and bad fortunes only ever seemed dictated by the amount of money given to Jennifer and not the character of her petitioners. It was the act of self-interest and greed that spurred the obscured Hag into action.

And that was how, mid-prediction over a pauper family's meagre offering of a few copper, Jennifer was struck ill. Her condition never seemed to recover over several days, and no healer could deduce what had befallen the fortuneteller, bar one. A kindly old woman who offered to heal Jennifer on two conditions: one, that Jennifer was never to predict another future after she was healed, and two, that Jennifer was to give her three droplets of her blood and a mouthful of her breath as payment. Delirious and weak, Jennifer immediately agreed to the woman's bizarre terms, kissing the old healer to give the mouthful of her breath and pricking her finger and letting the three droplets fall on the woman's tongue.

By sunrise, Jennifer was completely healed, but when she tried to tell a fortune a day later, she was wracked with pain and lost her voice for a day. Hearing an echo inside her head, No more fortunes, girlie; that was the promise... break it again and I'll break a part of you! Unable to continue performing, she was abandoned by her ringmaster. As night fell, she once more heard the old woman's voice inside her head. Well... Now I don't have to keep tracking you down; you can finally settle your debt! Three great labours of my choosing, and then you earn your freedom! I'll even be generous and give you a little something to ensure your success!

Now going by the name Jynx, the former performer seeks to undermine her capricious and wily patron and ruin the Hag's own schemes as she plots to free herself from this arcane bondage without losing the power she'd been gifted along with it.

Jynx [Jennifer Wynfaire] level 5 Archfey warlock (Pact of the Tome) Character Sheet

Intiative Bonus: +2

Hit Points: 38 [5D8 +10]

Armour Class: 13

Speed: 30ft

Stat Block Str: 8 [-1] Dex: 14 [+2] Con: 14 [+2] Int: 12 [+1] Wis: 10 [+0] Cha: 19 [+4]

Proficiency Bonus: +3

Saving Throws: Str: -1 Dex: +2 Con: +2 Int: +1 Wis: +3 Cha: +7

Skill Proficiencies: Acrobatics [+5], Arcana [+4], Deception [+7], Intimidation [+7], Persuasion [+7], Sleight of Hand [+5]. Stealth [+5]

Tool Proficiencies: Forgery Kit, Disguise Kit

Languages: Common, Sylvan

Actions

Dagger: Melee, +5 to hit, 1d4+2 damage, Ranged attack (20/60)

Sling: Ranged attack, +5 to hit, 1d4+2 damage, (30/120)

Spells: +7 to hit, Spell Save DC 15

Eldritch Invocations: Beguiling Influence (Proficiency on Deception/Persuasion skills), Mask of Many Faces (Cast Disguise Self at will without using a spell slot), and Misty Visions (cast silent image at will, without expending a spell slot)

Cantrips: Blade Ward, Eldritch Blast, Friends (pact boon), Mage Hand, Message (pact boon), Ray of Frost (pact boon)

Levelled Spells: Armour of Agathys, Charm Person, Hex, Invisibility, Major Image, and Suggestion

[the-local-siren]

DND Warlock Patron: The Hag

A hag knows her share of secret knowledge and if one is so lucky one of these hags might be tempted to share what she knows with them. Although a rare warlock patron most often warlocks of these types are the daughters of hags. Spending time with a sliver of their mother’s power before the time comes for them to transform into another of their mother’s kind. Those who aren’t the daughters of hags should be wary, this kind of patron is not afraid to demand cruel or obscene acts from their warlock.

Dark Bargain: At 1st level you invoke a small portion of a hag’s power by making a bargain with another creature. You issue the creature a demand which can be no longer than one sentence. The creature gains advantage on all rolls that aid them in completing the demand while gaining disadvantage on all rolls that directly oppose this demand. A creature can choose to freely accept this bargain. If the creature is unwilling it must make a Charisma saving throw against your warlock spell save DC, on a success it can ignore the demand. 

You regain use of this feature after a short or long rest.

Hag’s Cauldron: Starting at 6th level you learn how to brew certain spells into a more malleable form with the aid of a cauldron. After a long rest you can brew up to three potions. You can imbue these potions with any 1st or 2nd level spell. Either you or an ally can use these potions as a bonus action which causes the imbued spell to be cast. Spells cast in this manner are casted at their base level. Any spell casted in this way uses your spell attack bonus and your warlock spell save DC. 

Fearsome Retribution: At 10th level your hag teacher shows you how to fear nothing and turn that fear onto others. You become immune to the frightened condition. If a creature attempts to inflict the frightened condition onto you, you may use your reaction to strike fear back into their heart. The creature must make a Wisdom saving throw against your Warlock spell save DC or else become frightened for one minute. The creature also takes psychic damage equal to your charisma modifier (to a minimum of 1 damage).

The Witch’s Hut: Starting at 14th level your patron teaches you to turn even your home into a weapon. As an action you summon a hut of your design around you and gain temporary hit points equal to half of your maximum. While inside the hut your size becomes Huge. Additionally on subsequent turns you may use your bonus action to cause the hut to hurl a fireball onto the ground below.

The fireball has a range of 60ft and all creatures within 15ft of the fireball must make a dexterity saving throw or else take 4d6 fire damage or half as much on a success. The hut lasts for one minute or until all of the temporary hit points are depleted. You regain use of this feature after a long rest.

Eldritch Invocations:

Subtle Curses- Prerequisite: Eldritch Blast, The Hag Patron When a creature is hit by the effects of Eldritch Blast you can inflict a Wisdom saving throw which causes the creature to suffer your choice of Blind, Silenced or Deafened condition on a failure.

Advanced Cauldron- Prerequisite: 10th Level, The Hag Patron You can also choose to imbue 3rd levels spells into your potions.

Fortified Walls- Prerequisite: 17th Level, The Hag Patron The Witch’s Hut now grants temporary hitpoints equal to your maximum.

[fallenichor]

Another one of the tarot cards I did for my dnd group. This is a homebrew warlock patron our dm created for one of our players, known as the Chains. Our dm has done a lot of really cool lore and worldbuilding for this campaign, leading to the creation of this creature as well as others somewhat like it.

The continent the campaign is set on doesn’t always like letting go of the dead, and will sometimes hold onto them and give them a form as a semi deific being representative of what they pursued in life. Before they became the Chains, this creature was a little girl named Cecelia, who you can see perched on its arm.

Our dm writes a lot of really amazing things, including doing fanfic commissions, and you can find more about things they’ve written and art they’ve gotten done on Instagram @ piccolo_pain

[starsweeping-dm]

And here we have my very first subclass and the winner (by a narrow margin!) of my first poll, the Draconic Patron! You’ve managed to gain the favor of a powerful dragon, and here are its effects!

Unarmored defense got nerfed from its original, instead allowing for you to basically have Half Plate without the stealth disadvantages rather than a full unarmored defense like a monk or a barbarian. 

The Eldritch Blast element changes was a last minute addition. Not too worth it until you get to level 14.

Frightening Afterimage isn’t super powerful but it does seem fun. 

Unwavering Bravery, cause the only person you should be scared of at this point is your patron. 

And Avatar of the Dragon got a lot of changes over time. It didn’t originally have immunity, but you did have an unarmed strike the dealt a decent amount of elemental damage that got scrapped since you’d still likely avoid melee. It at one point had an AC of 19 as well but that got changed. The last effect changed constantly, from dropping the charisma modifier to only doing half of the level. And the debuff once it ends was far more punishing as you gained exhaustion and couldn’t move for 3 turns mid combat. 

I want to hear your thoughts though! Do you like the variants of the expanded spell list? What’s overpowered and what’s underpowered? What would you do differently?

[snippitysnap]

An icon for my warlock gnome in an up and coming game this Wednesday.

[the-local-siren]

DnD Warlock Cantrip: Eldritch Chains

Artwork by- stickerb

Enchantment Cantrip Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute  

Special Requisite: Eldritch Chains can only be taken by a 1st Level Warlocks and it’s effects change due to which Patron has granted them their magic. Eldritch Chains is always known and does not count against the maximum number of cantrips known.

You fling forth eldritch chains from the core of your being and attempt to bind another creature with these chains. An unwilling creature must make a Dexterity saving throw, on a failure the creature is bound to the effects determined by your patron. These effects last for one minute or until either you or the targeted creature are reduced to 0 hitpoints.

By taking the Eldritch Spear invocation the range increases to 120 feet. 

The Archfey Patron: The eldritch chains mystify and manipulate whoever is attached to them. After the chains have pierced the creature’s very being they immediately become invisible. While chained to you, the creature becomes charmed. 

At 5th level the creature is instead considered to be under a Suggestion spell. At 11th level this the creature is instead considered to be under a Dominate spell. At 17th level you may force the creature to make a Wisdom saving throw, on a fail the chains instead last for 1 hour. However on a success the chains break ending all effects.

The Celestial Patron: The chains you inflict onto others are not one to be feared but instead help bolster you and your allies. By firing an eldritch chain onto an ally healing is shared between you. If you or the affected allied creature regains hitpoints the other regains half as many hitpoints (rounded down).

 At 5th level this applies to temporary hitpoints. At 11th level you and your ally are considered to be under the effects of the Bless spell. At 17th level you are able to target two additional allied creatures but when you regain hitpoints you can only choose one allied creature under the effects of these chains to regain half of those hitpoints.

The Fiend Patron: These chains in particular burn the very soul of whoever is afflicted with them. Upon failing their Dexterity saving throw, the targeted creature takes 1d6 Fire damage. This fire damage bypasses resistances and immunities. Additionally while concentrating on this spell you can use your action to apply the 1d6 fire damage again. When the targeted creature is reduced to 0 hitpoints you activate Dark One’s Blessing regardless of who reduced the creature to 0 hitpoints.

At 5th level the damage is increased to 2d6 on initial and subsequent turns. At 11th level the damage is increased to 3d6. At 17th level the damage is increased to 4d6 and the targeted creature is considered to have fire vulnerability.

The Great Old One Patron: These chains pierce the very mind of their victims causing them to be forced to observe the unfathomable before them. While inflicted with these chains the creature gains disadvantage on all Wisdom saving throws. Additionally if the creature attempts to make a hostile action you can use your reaction to deal 1d6 Psychic damage. The creature must then make a flat DC check of 5, on a fail the creature loses that action.

At 5th level the damage increases to 2d6. At 11th level the damage increases to 3d6. At 17th level the damage increases to 4d6.

The Undying Patron: Chains that smell like rot and the deep earth of graves starts to consume the afflicted creature. Once the creature fails it’s Dexterity saving throw it takes 1d4 Necrotic damage and you regain 1d4 hitpoints. On subsequent turns while concentrating on this spell you can use your bonus action to inflict the damage again. Each subsequent time you damage the creature you also regain the hitpoints.

At 5th level the damage and healing increases to 2d4. At 11th level the damage and healing increases to 3d4. At 17th level the damage and healing increases to 4d4.

[the-local-siren]

Pact Boon: Pact of the Ring

Not all relationships between Warlock and Patron are created equal. Those who acquire this pact boon quickly find that out. Your Patron gifts with a ring that is unique to them.Perhaps the glistening emeralds of the feywild, scorching rubies from the Nine Hells or a glistening obsidian that shines like the foreboding night sky. The more extravagant the ring the more valued the warlock is. After all not every Patron seeks merely another soul or slave.

Pact of the Ring: Upon acquiring the ring you gain +1 to your AC and savings throws as if you were under the Warding Bond spell. However, instead of gaining damage resistance you instead gain immunity to the charmed and frightened condition.

If this ring is destroyed you may summon it again onto your finger after a one hour ritual. If another creature attempts to wear this ring it will burn them dealing 5d10 fire damage refusing to let them wear it.

Eldritch Invocations:

Opal Opulence- Prerequisite Pact of the Ring Your ring gains a beautiful opal as one of it’s gemstones. You learn the Bane spell and this does not count against your total of Warlock spells known. While maintaining concentration for this spell, you are under the effects of the Bless spell.

Engagement Ring- Prerequisite Pact of the Ring, Warlock level 13 Your ring acquires a platinum band that replaces the previous one. Upon being attacked you may use your reaction to activate this feature. Upon doing so you gain the damage resistance feature from the Warding Bond spell. This effect lasts for one minute. You cannot use this feature again until after a long rest.

Loyalty- Prerequisite Pact of the Ring, Warlock level 17 Upon reaching half your maximum you may use your action to briefly summon your patron in a desperate plea. Upon being summoned the sheer presence of your Patron cause all hostile creatures within 60ft to take 10d10 damage. The damage type ignores resistances and treats immunities as resistances. Each Patron also supplies an additional effect. After you use this feature you cannot do so again until after a long rest.

Fiend Patron- Deals fire damage, all hostile creatures must make a Wisdom saving throw against your spell save DC or else be frightened for one hour.

Archfey Patron-  Roll one 1d8 and the damage is chosen from the result from one of the listed damage types. Hostile creatures must make a Wisdom saving throw against your spell save DC or else be charmed for one hour. 1.Acid 2.Cold 3.Fire 4.Force 5.Lightning 6.Poison 7.Psychic 8.Thunder

Great Old One Patron- Deals psychic damage. Additionally all hostile creatures must make a Wisdom saving throw or else suffer from an effect of long term madness.

Hexblade- Deals a choice of magical slashing, piercing or bludgeoning damage. Additionally any hostile creature wielding a weapon must make an attack roll against themselves.

Celestial- Deals radiant damage. All friendly creatures have 5d10 hitpoints restored

Undying- Deals necrotic damage. Additionally all creatures that have died in no less than 24 hours are reanimated as if by the Animate Dead Spell. This effect lasts for one minute afterwards the undead turn to ash.