DM Entry: Warlock Patron Pacts

This has been added to the Aryathan Jiil Classes and Prestige Classes.pdf and uploaded to the google drive. This is a new set of Warlock options. Details listed in red on the table below are the changes to the warlock with this option. The table is shown so you can see that the warlock does still gain many of the traditional warlock class features.

Warlock: Patron Pacts

Level	Base Attack	Base Fort	Base Ref	Base Will	Special	Spell-like Abilities per Encounter	Spell-like Abilities Known	Max Spell Level
1st	+0	+0	+0	+2	Source Pact, 1st domain granted power, modified eldritch blast	1	1	1
2nd	+1	+0	+0	+3	Detect magic	1	2	1
3rd	+2	+1	+1	+3	DR 1/cold iron, 2nd domain granted power	1/1	3	2
4th	+3	+1	+1	+4	Deceive item	1/1	4	2
5th	+3	+1	+1	+4		1/1/1	5	3
6th	+4	+2	+2	+5		1/1/1	6	3
7th	+5	+2	+2	+5	DR 2/cold iron	3/1/1/1	7	4
8th	+6/+1	+2	+2	+6	Fiendish resilience 1	3/1/1/1	8	4
9th	+6/+1	+3	+3	+6		3/3/1/1/1	9	5
10th	+7/+2	+3	+3	+7	Energy resistance 5	3/3/1/1/1	10	5
11th	+8/+3	+3	+3	+7	DR 3/cold iron	3/3/3/1/1/1	11	6
12th	+9/+4	+4	+4	+8	Imbue item	3/3/3/1/1/1	12	6
13th	+9/+4	+4	+4	+8	Fiendish resilience 2	:/3/3/3/1/1/1	13	7
14th	+10/+5	+4	+4	+9		:/3/3/3/1/1/1	14	7
15th	+11/+6/+1	+5	+5	+9	DR 4/cold iron	:/:/3/3/3/1/1/1	15	8
16th	+12/+7/+2	+5	+5	+10		:/:/3/3/3/1/1/1	16	8
17th	+12/+7/+2	+5	+5	+10		:/:/:/3/3/3/1/1/1	17	9
18th	+13/+8/+3	+6	+6	+11	Fiendish resilience 5	:/:/:/3/3/3/1/1/1	18	9
19th	+14/+9/+4	+6	+6	+11	DR 5/cold iron	:/:/:/3/3/3/1/1/1	19	9
20th	+15/+10/+5	+6	+6	+12	Energy resistance 10	:/:/:/3/3/3/1/1/1	20	9

Alignment: Any evil or chaotic. Hit Die: d6. Skill Points per level: 2 + Int mod. Class Skills: Bluff, Concentration, Craft, Disguise, Intimidate, Jump, Knowledge (arcana), Knowledge (the planes), Knowledge (religion), Profession, Sense Motive, Spellcraft, and Use Magic Device.

This warlock option allows you to focus on the source of your warlock power, called “pacts,” at the cost of some of your normal warlock abilities. You gain all of the warlock’s normal abilities, except for those specified below.

Lose: You do not learn to use any warlock invocations, nor do you learn eldritch blast. However, you may still learn eldritch essences and blast shapes, see below.

Gain: You choose a source for your pact, such as Fey or Infernal, for example. Each pact source has 4 associated domains. At first level, you gain the granted power of one of those domains, chosen by you; then again at 3^rd level you choose a granted power from among those same four domains.

In place of eldritch blast, you gain an at-will spell-like ability, detailed with your source pact, that otherwise functions in all others ways as an eldritch blast. Your caster level for this ability is equal to your warlock level. Your modified eldritch blast deals half damage to objects unless stated otherwise, just as the normal warlock’s eldritch blast.

As you advance as a warlock, you may choose a new spell from among all of your pact source’s domains to use as a spell-like ability (caster level equals your warlock level). Consult the table above to see when you may learn a new spell-like ability and the highest level you may choose from. You may instead learn a blast shape or eldritch essence of the same or lower spell level in place of learning a spell-like ability.

With the exception of 1^st level spells, you can only learn a spell of a new level if you have learned at least 2 spells of the previous level.

At any given time, the top three levels of spells that you know are each usable once per encounter. Below the top three spell levels, the next three lower spell levels are each usable three times per encounter. And below the top six spell levels, the next three lower spell levels are each usable at will. Refer to the table above for convenience.

Uses per Encounter: On the table above, a : indicates an at-will ability.

The save DC for one of your spell-like abilities (if it allows a save) is 10 + spell level + your Charisma modifier.

Your domain spell-like abilities are subject to spell resistance, although the Spell Penetration feat and other feats that improve caster level checks to overcome spell resistance also apply to your domain spell-like abilities. Unlike normal spell-like abilities, your domain spell-like abilities do require appropriate material, focus, and xp components, although none of them require verbal or somatic components. Those without material or focus components are activated by sheer acts of will, and can be used even when you are helpless or paralyzed (as long as you are actually conscious).

Starting at 6^th level, and at every even-numbered warlock level thereafter, you may choose to learn a new spell-like ability in place of one you already know. In effect, the warlock “loses” the old spell in exchange for the new one. The new spell-like ability must be the same spell level as that of the spell being exchanged, and it must be at least two levels lower than the highest-level warlock spell-like ability you can cast. You may only swap out a single spell-like ability at any given level, and you must choose whether or not to swap the spell at the same time that you gain new spells known for the level.

Source Pact

This paragraph will list some details about the source of your warlock power.

Alignment: Any alignment restriction will be detailed here.

Domains: Four domains will be listed here. You choose one of these domain’s granted powers at 1^st level, and another of these domain’s granted powers at 3^rd level.

Modified Eldritch Blast (Sp): This will give you details of your modified eldritch blast.

Spell-like Abilities

     1^st level—up to 4 spells listed here

     2^nd level—up to 4 spells listed here

     3^rd level—up to 4 spells listed here

     4^th level—up to 4 spells listed here

     5^th level—up to 4 spells listed here

     6^th level—up to 4 spells listed here

     7^th level—up to 4 spells listed here

     8^th level—up to 4 spells listed here

     9^th level—up to 4 spells listed here

Celestial Pact

You derive your warlock power from a pact with an eladrin member of the Court of Stars (such as Morwel Queen of Stars, Faerinaal the Queen’s Consort, or Gwynharwyf the Whirling Fury).

Alignment: Chaotic Good

Domains: Celestial, Holy, Oracle, Purification

Heavenly Blast (Sp): A successful ranged touch attack deals 1d6 points of holy damage/2 levels and at the same time heals an ally half that amount, as if by a cure spell (no attack roll required for this healing).

Spell-like Abilities

     1^st level—identify, nimbus of light, protection from evil, protection from law, vision of Heaven

     2^nd level—augury, consecrate, deific vengeance, spiritual weapon

     3^rd level—blessed sight, divination, magic circle against evil, magic circle against law, recitation

     4^th level—castigate, divine smite, lesser planar ally, scrying

     5^th level—commune, dance of the unicorn, dispel evil, dispel law, heavenly lightning

     6^th level—call faithful servants, fires of purity, legend lore

     7^th level—greater scrying, heavenly lightning storm, holy word, righteous wrath of the faithful, word of chaos

     8^th level—aura of faith, discern location, holy aura, sunburst

     9^th level—foresight, gate, greater visage of the deity, summon monster IX (chaotic or good only)

Chromatic Dragon Pact

You derive your warlock power from a pact with a great wyrm chromatic dragon (black, blue, green, red, or white).

Alignment: Lawful Evil, Neutral Evil, or Chaotic Evil

Domains: Chromatic Dragon, Domination, Thunder, Water

Fire Blast (Sp): A successful ranged touch attack deals 1d10 points of fire damage/3 levels.

Spell-like Abilities

     1^st level—cause fear, command, shatter

     2^nd level—enthrall, gust of wind, soundburst

     3^rd level—call lightning, claws of darkness, suggestion

     4^th level—dominate person, fear, lightning bolt

     5^th level—greater command, rebuking undead, shout

     6^th level—chain lightning, geas/ quest, symbol of fear

     7^th level—aura of terror, control weather, mass suggestion

     8^th level—greater stunning breath, power word stun, true domination

     9^th level—monstrous thrall, storm of vengeance, weird

Death Pact

You derive your warlock power from a pact with a Lich Lord (such as Bemabaz, Bi’Phelillil, Cagut, It’bothabt, Machamacham, Obith Malatel, Orikral, Remokalt, or Valastr).

Alignment: Chaotic Evil, Lawful Evil, Neutral Evil

Domains: Death, Decay, Spell, Undead

Rebuking Blast (Sp): You rebuke a single undead creature within range. Your rebuke check is 1d20 + your Charisma modifier, and your rebuke damage is equal to your 1d6/2 levels (without adding your Warlock level or Charisma modifier). Otherwise this effect functions like a normal rebuke, command, or bolster undead as an evil cleric. You can benefit from feats and granted powers (among other things) that modify your rebuke check or rebuke damage, but not from effects that grant you additional rebuke attempts per day, since this is an at-will ability.

Spell-like Abilities

     1^st level—cause fear, doom, mage armor

     2^nd level—death knell, ray of enfeeblement, silence

     3^rd level—animate dead, anyspell, contagion

     4^th level—death ward, enervation, Rary’s mnemonic enhancer

     5^th level—blight, break enchantment, slay living

     6^th level—antilife shell, create undead, greater anyspell

     7^th level—destruction, limited wish, withering palm

     8^th level—antimagic field, create greater undead, horrid wilting

     9^th level—energy drain, Mordenkainen’s disjunction, wail of the banshee

Demonic Pact

You derive your warlock power from a pact with a demon lord from the Abyss (such as Baphomet, Dagon, Demogorgon, Fraz-Urb'luu, Graz'zt, Juiblex, Kostchtchie, Lolth, Malcanthet, Obox-ob, Orcus, Pale Night, Pazuzu, Sess'Innek, Yeenoghu, Zuggtmoy, etc.).

Alignment: Chaotic Evil

Domains: Chaos, Demonic, Entropy, Evil

Abyssal Blast (Sp): A successful ranged touch attack splatters Abyssal slime on the target, dealing 1 point of Constitution damage/3 levels (minimum 1). Creatures with the good or lawful subtypes take Constitution drain instead of Constitution damage. This Abyssal slime devours flesh and organic materials on contact and is even capable of dissolving metal. Bright green, wet, and sticky, it devours flesh on contact. Against wood or metal, this green slime deals 1d6 points of damage/2 levels, ignoring metal’s hardness but not that of wood. It does not harm stone. You must choose to target a creature or an object, but not a creature and its equipment in the same round.

Spell-like Abilities

     1^st level—cause fear, demonflesh, protection from good, protection from law

     2^nd level—demoncall, desecrate, shatter, vision of entropy

     3^rd level—demon wings, magic circle against good, magic circle against law, ray of exhaustion

     4^th level—chaos hammer, dimensional anchor, fear, unholy blight

     5^th level—dispel good, dispel law, lesser planar binding, waves of fatigue

     6^th level—animate objects, create undead, disintegrate, planar binding

     7^th level—blasphemy, fiendish clarity, insanity, word of chaos

     8^th level—cloak of chaos, greater planar binding, scintillating pattern, unholy aura

     9^th level—Abyssal rift, gate, summon monster IX (chaotic or evil only)

Gem Dragon Pact

You derive your warlock power from a pact with a great wyrm gem dragon (amethyst, crystal, emerald, sapphire, or topaz).

Alignment: Chaotic Neutral

Domains: Force, Mineral, Radiance, Thirst

Crystal Shard Blast (Sp): A successful ranged touch attack deals 1d6 points of magic piercing damage/2 levels, and threatens a critical hit on a natural 18-20 for x3 damage.

Spell-like Abilities

     1^st level—color spray, mage armor, magic weapon, parching touch

     2^nd level—desiccate, emerald planes, hypnotic pattern, magic missile

     3^rd level—blast of force, greater magic weapon, searing light, tormenting thirst

     4^th level—dispel water, Otiluke’s resilient sphere, sonic weapon (special version of weapon of energy, dealing sonic damage), widened faerie fire

     5^th level—mass desiccate, rainbow pattern, shard storm, wall of force

     6^th level—flesh to stone, rainbow, repulsion, symbol of thirst

     7^th level—forcecage, mephit mob, Mordenkainen’s sword, prismatic spray

     8^th level—horrid wilting, mass heal, Otiluke’s telekinetic sphere, scintillating pattern

     9^th level—Bigby’s crushing hand, energy drain, implosion, prismatic wall

Infernal Pact

Your derive your warlock power from a pact with an archdevil from the Nine Hells of Baator (such as Bel Lord of the First, Dispater Lord of the Second, Mammon Lord of the Third, Belial Lord of the Fourth, Levistus Lord of the Fifth, Glasya Lord of the Sixth, Baalzebul Lord of the Seventh, Mephistopheles Lord of the Eighth, or Asmodeus Lord of the Ninth).

Alignment: Lawful Evil

Domains: Diabolic, Evil, Law, Pride

Hellfire Blast (Sp): A successful ranged touch attack deals 1d6 points of hellfire damage/2 levels (or 1d8 points of hellfire damage/2 levels against creatures with the chaotic or good subtypes).

Spell-like Abilities

     1^st level—hypnotism, protection from good, protection from chaos

     2^nd level—calm emotions, desecrate, devil’s eye, eagle’s splendor

     3^rd level—devil’s ego, heroism, magic circle against chaos, magic circle against good

     4^th level—divine power, hellfire, order’s wrath, unholy blight

     5^th level—dispel chaos, dispel good, lesser planar binding, mass reduce person

     6^th level—create undead, forbiddance, hold monster, planar binding

     7^th level—blasphemy, dictum, greater heroism, hellfire storm

     8^th level—demand, greater spell immunity, shield of law, unholy aura

     9^th level—investiture of the pit fiend, mass charm monster, summon monster IX (evil or lawful only)

Metallic Dragon Pact

You derive your power from a pact with a great wyrm metallic dragon (brass, bronze, copper, gold, or silver).

Alignment: Chaotic Good

Domains: Cold, Fire, Lightning, Metallic Dragon

Bile Blast (Sp): A target creature becomes immobilized for 1 round/2 levels, Fortitude negates (see Tome of Magic page 140).

Spell-like Abilities

     1^st level—burning hands, chill touch, lesser orb of electricity, vision of glory

     2^nd level—chill metal, crackling sphere, produce flame, shield other

     3^rd level—diamondsteel, lightning bolt, resist energy (cold or fire only), sleet storm

     4^th level—great electric bolt, ice storm, protection from energy, wall of fire

     5^th level—arc of lightning, fire shield, lesser globe of invulnerability, wall of ice

     6^th level—chain lightning, cone of cold, fire seeds, wall of iron

     7^th level—control weather, electrical storm, fire storm, ironguard

     8^th level—incendiary cloud, iron body, lightning ring, polar ray

     9^th level—elemental swarm (fire only), greater dragon ally, obedient avalanche, thunderswarm

Seelie Court Fey Pact

You derive your warlock power from a pact with the Seelie Court.

Alignment: Chaotic Good or Chaotic Neutral

Domains: Dream, Fey, Passion, Trickery

Quill Fire (Sp): A successful ranged touch attack deals 1 point of Strength damage/3 levels (minimum 1) and 1 point of Wisdom damage/3 levels (minimum 1).

Spell-like Abilities

     1^st level—cause fear, disguise self, faerie fire, sleep

     2^nd level—augury, charm person, invisibility, Tasha’s hideous laughter

     3^rd level—confusion, deep slumber, inspired aim, nondetection

     4^th level—blinding beauty, crushing despair, phantasmal killer

     5^th level—false vision, greater command, nightmare, tree stride

     6^th level—dream sight, greater heroism, heroes’ feast, mislead

     7^th level—greater scrying, liveoak, screen, song of discord

     8^th level—Otto’s irresistible dance, polymorph any object, power word stun, unearthly beauty

     9^th level—dominate monster, summon nature’s ally IX, time stop, weird

Slaadi Pact

You derive your warlock power from a pact with a Slaad Lord (such as Ygorl, Ssendem, Chourst, Rennbuu, or Wartle).

Alignment: Chaotic Neutral

Domains: Change, Chaos, Liberation, Wild Magic

Karach Blade (Sp): You wield pure raw chaos matter from Limbo. This weapon’s shape is unusual no matter what form it appears in, and always seems to be in constant motion, appearing like a shiny mercury-like metal. None of its shapes can be called by the name of a known weapon type, like sword or club. You are proficient with this weapon, regardless of its form, and you may select it for feats such as Weapon Focus (karach blade). Rather than determine its form and type of damage each round, follow this procedure: If the attack roll is a natural multiple of 3, it overcomes all of a target’s damage reductions (unless it requires Epic or has no exception). Likewise, if the attack roll is a natural multiple of 5 it bypasses all of the target’s energy resistances. The weapon deals 1d8 points of damage/2 levels (half of which is physical and half is energy), regardless of your size. With a karach blade, you make a normal melee attack roll, and you add your Strength modifier to the physical damage (but not the energy damage). Additionally, if the attack roll is a natural multiple of 6, you gain a +4 shield bonus until the start of your next turn. If you drop your weapon, are disarmed, or your weapon is sundered or otherwise destroyed, it evaporates into nothing instantly. The karach blade has hardness equal to your warlock level and hit points equal to your warlock level. You can produce this weapon again at any time as a swift mental action. You always wield this as a one-handed exotic melee weapon, by default, although you do not get multiple attacks from a high base attack bonus. If you take the Two-Weapon Fighting feat, you may optionally split your karach blade into two light weapons that each deal 1d4 points of damage/2 levels. If you take the Weapon Focus (karach blade) feat, you may optionally attack as if with a light weapon rather than a one-handed weapon for 1d6 points of damage/2 levels. If you take the Weapon Specialization (karach blade) feat, you may optionally attack as if with a two-handed weapon for 1d10 points of damage/2 levels.

 Spell-like Abilities

     1^st level—enlarge person, Nahal’s reckless dweomer, omen of peril, protection from law

     2^nd level—chaos shield, gaseous form, shatter, undetectable alignment

     3^rd level—alternate reality, magic circle against law, rage, stone shape

     4^th level—chaos hammer, freedom of movement, reincarnate, unluck

     5^th level—baleful polymorph, break enchantment, dispel law, vortex

     6^th level—animate objects, greater dispel magic, transmute rock to mud, wildstrike

     7^th level—Hornung’s surge selector, refuge, transmute metal to wood, word of chaos

     8^th level—cloak of chaos, fleshy blight, mind blank, wildzone

     9^th level—shapechange, stabilize, summon monster IX (chaotic only), unbinding

Unseelie Court Fey Pact

You derive your warlock power from a pact with the Unseelie Court.

Alignment: Chaotic Evil, Chaotic Neutral, or Neutral Evil

Domains: Bestial, Corruption, Magic, Night

Backbiter (Sp): A target must succeed on a Will save (DC 10 + your Charisma modifier + the highest level of warlock spell-like ability you can cast) or be hit with its own weapon (no attack roll is required). Whatever weapon the target is wielding at the time does full damage as normal for the target. A projectile weapon deals improvised damage. An unarmed target hits itself with a natural attack or an unarmed attack. The wielder gets no warning or knowledge of the spell’s effect on his weapon, and although he makes the attack, the self-dealt damage can’t be consciously reduced (though damage reduction applies) or changed to nonlethal damage.

Spell-like Abilities

     1^st level—doom, magic fang, Nystul’s magic aura, sleep

     2^nd level—blindness/ deafness, bull’s strength, deeper darkness, identify

     3^rd level—contagion, deep slumber, dispel magic, greater magic fang

     4^th level—claws of the savage, imbue with spell ability, morality undone, phantom steed

     5^th level—charm monster, feeblemind, nightmare, spell resistance

     6^th level—antimagic field, hold monster, pox, shadow walk

     7^th level—spell turning, waves of exhaustion, whirlwind of teeth

     8^th level—befoul, greater shadow evocation, protection from spells, spread of savagery

     9^th level—despoil, shades, Mordenkainen’s disjunction, were-doom