Acolyte of the Skin

Alchemist	Artificer	Barbarian	Fighter	Monk	Rogue	Sorcerer	Wizard
Favored Soul		Bard Stormsinger	Cleric Dark Apostate	Druid Blightcaster	Paladin Sacred Fist	Ranger Dark Hunter	Warlock 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

Eldritch Beam attacks

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

• Give up Enlightened Spirit enhancements
• Gain Acolyte of the Skin enhancements

Dice comparison table

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)Not really an existing level, but it's effectively 28th warlock level. / 16th (Pact)

Past life

• +1 MRR, +5 Fire Spell Power (stacks 3 times)

Final Comparison

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!]}