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Acolyte of the Skin
Acolyte of the Skin is a variant Warlock archetype themed around Demonic power and transformation. Introduced in Update 58.
Changes from base class[edit]
- Alignment
- Any non-good
- True Patron: Fiend
- The only pact option for Acolytes. Same as Fiend pact, except:
- No autogranted spells
- Level 6 ability: Instead of Dark One's Luck, gain Fiendskin: +1 profane bonus to Fire Resistance per Warlock Level.
- Eldritch Blast and Pact dice
- Give up Warlock's blast and pact dice progression, instead receive the following feats automatically:
- 1: Lesser Pact Attunement: +2d8 Blast Dice, +2d6 Pact Dice
- 6: Pact Attunement: +2d8 Blast Dice, +2d6 Pact Dice
- 12: Greater Pact Attunement: +2d8 Blast Dice, +2d6 Pact Dice
- 18: Ultimate Pact Attunement: +2d8 Blast Dice, +2d6 Pact Dice
- Multiclass characters can pick up these feats (just like Monk stance upgrade feats).
- This is a total of 8d8 Blast Dice, 8d6 Pact Dice. For comparison, a standard Warlock at level 18 has 5d8 Blast Dice and 8d6 Pact Dice (can push to 6d8 Blast and 10d6 Pact at level 20).
- Note also, under this pact any Bonus Pact Dice such as through the Tainted Scholar enhancements are still restricted to the standard 1d4 increase in Pact damage.[Unverified
"Note also, under this pact any Bonus Pact Dice such as through the Tainted Scholar enhancements are still restricted to the standard 1d4 increase in Pact damage." has not been verified in-game. Please verify it!]
- Enhancements
Dice comparison table[edit]
Level | Eldritch Blast Damage | Pact Damage | Effective original warlock level |
1st | 2d8 | 2d6 | 4th (Blast) / 4th (Pact) |
6th | 4d8 | 4d6 | 12th (Blast) / 8th (Pact) |
12th | 6d8 | 6d6 | 20th (Blast) / 12th (Pact) |
18th | 8d8 | 8d6 | 28th? (Blast)![]() |
Past life[edit]
- +1 MRR, +5 Fire Spell Power (stacks 3 times)
Final Comparison[edit]
Overall compared to a standard Warlock, an Acolyte of the Skin hones their focus even further into the Eldritch Blast and more permanent passive effects/defenses, and further away from supplemental spells. When purely looking at Passive effects an Acolyte of the Skin has some of the strongest passive defenses found anywhere, and among Warlock trees the strongest set of SLA attacks calculated off of Blast damage plus the strongest baseline Blast damage dice for both core and Pact. This does come at the cost of lower adaptability and flexibility from less free-granted spells/SLAs, so an Acolyte will really need to make use of a strong UMD and potion/scroll/wand set to at least partially make up for it. Since the Blast is more like a weapon than a spell, an Acolyte is much closer to a fighter/archer hybrid than a true spellcaster compared to other Warlocks.[Unverified"Overall compared to a standard Warlock, an Acolyte of the Skin hones their focus even further into the Eldritch Blast and more permanent passive effects/defenses, and further away from supplemental spells. When purely looking at Passive effects an Acolyte of the Skin has some of the strongest passive defenses found anywhere, and among Warlock trees the strongest set of SLA attacks calculated off of Blast damage plus the strongest baseline Blast damage dice for both core and Pact. This does come at the cost of lower adaptability and flexibility from less free-granted spells/SLAs, so an Acolyte will really need to make use of a strong UMD and potion/scroll/wand set to at least partially make up for it. Since the Blast is more like a weapon than a spell, an Acolyte is much closer to a fighter/archer hybrid than a true spellcaster compared to other Warlocks." has not been verified in-game. Please verify it!]