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Acolyte of the Skin

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Acolyte of the Skin is a variant Warlock archetype themed around Demonic power and transformation. Introduced in Update 58.

Changes from base class[edit]

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:
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.[UnverifiedIcon tooltip.png"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)Icon tooltip.pngNot really an existing level, but it's effectively 28th warlock level. / 16th (Pact)

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.[UnverifiedIcon tooltip.png"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!]