SRD5:Warlock
Warlock is aclass in 5th edition and part of the SRD. As a Warlock, you gain the following class features.
Hit Points
Hit Dice: 1d8
Hit Points at 1st Level: 8 + your Constitution modifier
Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d8 (or 5) + your Constitution modifier per Warlock level after first
Proficiencies
Armor: Light Armor
Weapons: Simple Weapons
Tools: None
Saving Throws: Wisdom , Charisma
Skills: Choose two from Arcana, Deception, History, Intimidation, Investigation, Nature, Religion.
Equipment
You start with the following equipment, in addition to the equipment granted by your background:
- (a) a light crossbow and 20 bolts or (b) any simple weapon
- (a) a component pouch or (b) an arcane focus
- (a) a scholar's pack or (b) an dungeoneer's pack
- Leather armor, any simple weapon, and two daggers
| Level | Proficiency Bonus |
Features | Cantrips Known |
Spells Known |
Spell Slots |
Slot Level |
Invocations Known |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | +2 | Otherworldly Patron, Pact Magic | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1st | — |
| 2nd | +2 | Eldritch Invocations | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1st | 2 |
| 3rd | +2 | Pact Boon | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2nd | 2 |
| 4th | +2 | Ability Score Improvement | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2nd | 2 |
| 5th | +3 | — | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3rd | 3 |
| 6th | +3 | Otherworldly Patron feature | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3rd | 3 |
| 7th | +3 | — | 3 | 8 | 2 | 4th | 4 |
| 8th | +3 | Ability Score Improvement | 3 | 9 | 2 | 4th | 4 |
| 9th | +4 | — | 3 | 10 | 2 | 5th | 5 |
| 10th | +4 | Otherworldly Patron feature | 4 | 10 | 2 | 5th | 5 |
| 11th | +4 | Mystic Arcanum (6th level) | 4 | 11 | 3 | 5th | 5 |
| 12th | +4 | Ability Score Improvement | 4 | 11 | 3 | 5th | 6 |
| 13th | +5 | Mystic Arcanum (7th level) | 4 | 12 | 3 | 5th | 6 |
| 14th | +5 | Otherworldly Patron feature | 4 | 12 | 3 | 5th | 6 |
| 15th | +5 | Mystic Arcanum (8th level) | 4 | 13 | 3 | 5th | 7 |
| 16th | +5 | Ability Score Improvement | 4 | 13 | 3 | 5th | 7 |
| 17th | +6 | Mystic Arcanum (9th level) | 4 | 14 | 4 | 5th | 8 |
| 18th | +6 | — | 4 | 14 | 4 | 5th | 8 |
| 19th | +6 | Ability Score Improvement | 4 | 15 | 4 | 5th | 8 |
| 20th | +6 | Eldritch Master | 4 | 15 | 4 | 5th | 8 |
Otherworldly Patron
At 1st level, you have struck a bargain with an otherworldly being of your choice: the Archfey, the Fiend. Your choice grants you features at 1st level and again at 6th, 10th, and 14th level.
Otherworldly Patrons
The beings that serve as patrons for warlocks are mighty inhabitants of other planes of existence — not gods, but almost godlike in their power. Various patrons give their warlocks access to different powers and invocations, and expect significant favors in return.
Some patrons collect warlocks, doling out mystic knowledge relatively freely or boasting of their ability to bind mortals to their will. Other patrons bestow their power only grudgingly, and might make a pact with only one warlock. Warlocks who serve the same patron might view each other as allies, siblings, or rivals.
| Subclass | Summary | Features | Flags | License | Source |
|---|
Pact Magic
Your arcane research and the magic bestowed on you by your patron have given you facility with spells.
Cantrips
You know two cantrips of your choice from the warlock spell list. You learn additional warlock cantrips of your choice at higher levels, as shown in the Cantrips Known column of the Warlock table.
Spell Slots
The Warlock table shows how many spell slots you have. The table also shows what the level of those slots is; all of your spell slots are the same level. To cast one of your warlock spells of 1st level or higher, you must expend a spell slot. You regain all expended spell slots when you finish a short or long rest.
For example, when you are 5th level, you have two 3rd-level spell slots. To cast the 1st-level spell thunderwave, you must spend one of those slots, and you cast it as a 3rd-level spell.
Spells Known of 1st Level and Higher
At 1st level, you know two 1st-level spells of your choice from the warlock spell list.
The Spells Known column of the Warlock table shows when you learn more warlock spells of your choice of 1st level and higher. A spell you choose must be of a level no higher than what’s shown in the table’s Slot Level column for your level. When you reach 6th level, for example, you learn a new warlock spell, which can be 1st, 2nd, or 3rd level.
Additionally, when you gain a level in this class, you can choose one of the warlock spells you know and replace it with another spell from the warlock spell list, which also must be of a level for which you have spell slots.
Spellcasting Ability
Charisma is your spellcasting ability for your warlock spells, so you use your Charisma whenever a spell refers to your spellcasting ability. In addition, you use your Charisma modifier when setting the saving throw DC for a warlock spell you cast and when making an attack roll with one.
Spell save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Charisma modifier
Spell attack modifier = your proficiency bonus + your Charisma modifier
Spellcasting Focus
You can use an arcane focus as a spellcasting focus for your warlock spells.
Eldritch Invocations
In your study of occult lore, you have unearthed eldritch invocations, fragments of forbidden knowledge that imbue you with an abiding magical ability.
At 2nd level, you gain two eldritch invocations of your choice. Your invocation options are detailed at the end of the class description. When you gain certain warlock levels, you gain additional invocations of your choice, as shown in the Invocations Known column of the Warlock table.
Additionally, when you gain a level in this class, you can choose one of the invocations you know and replace it with another invocation that you could learn at that level.
Eldritch Invocation List
For a list of official and unofficial invocations, see the 5e:Eldritch Invocation List article.
| Invocation | Prerequisite | Summary | Source Notes | Source |
|---|
Pact Boon
3rd level Warlock feature.
Your otherworldly patron bestows a gift upon you for your loyal service. You gain one of the following features of your choice.[SRD5 OGL/CC-BY] [1]
Your Pact Boon
Each Pact Boon option produces a special creature or an object that reflects your patron’s nature.[1]
- Pact of the Chain. Your familiar is more cunning than a typical familiar. Its default form can be a reflection of your patron, with imps and quasits tied to the Fiend.[SRD5 OGL/CC-BY] [1]
- Pact of the Blade. If you serve the Fiend, your weapon could be an axe made of black metal and adorned with decorative flames.[SRD5 OGL/CC-BY] [1]
- Pact of the Tome. Your Book of Shadows could be a weighty tome bound in demon hide studded with iron, holding spells of conjuration and a wealth of forbidden lore about the sinister regions of the cosmos, a gift of the Fiend.[SRD5 OGL/CC-BY] [1]
Ability Score Improvement
When you reach 4th level, and again at 8th, 12th, 16th, and 19th level, you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can increase two ability scores of your choice by 1. As normal, you can’t increase an ability score above 20 using this feature.
Mystic Arcanum
At 11th level, your patron bestows upon you a magical secret called an arcanum. Choose one 6th-level spell from the warlock spell list as this arcanum. You can cast your arcanum spell once without expending a spell slot. You must finish a long rest before you can do so again.
At higher levels, you gain more warlock spells of your choice that can be cast in this way: one 7th-level spell at 13th level, one 8th-level spell at 15th level, and one 9th-level spell at 17th level. You regain all uses of your Mystic Arcanum when you finish a long rest.
Eldritch Master
At 20th level, you can draw on your inner reserve of mystical power while entreating your patron to regain expended spell slots. You can spend 1 minute entreating your patron for aid to regain all your expended spell slots from your Pact Magic feature. Once you regain spell slots with this feature, you must finish a long rest before you can do so again.
Optional Class Features
These features are GM optional.[2]
Additional Warlock Spells
1st level Warlock feature.
Included in the warlock spell list.[2]
Pact Boon Option
3rd level Warlock feature.
Pact of the Talisman
Talisman given by your patron.[2]
Eldritch Versatility
4th level Warlock feature.
When you use the Ability Score Improvement feature, you may excahange a known cantrip for another, replace a Pact Boon option for another, or replace one spell from your Mystic Arcanum feature for another.[2]
Sources
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