Warlock

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Warlock
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Introduced in Update 26, the Warlock class creates Eldritch Blasts to destroy enemies in addition to a variety of arcane spells to aid them in their adventures. Charisma is their casting stat for spell DCs and spell points. Originally a premium class, Warlock was made free with Update 53.

Design intention of the class is toward concentrating mostly on its Eldritch Blast ability and ways to manipulate other arcane blasts in various ways. While the Warlock does have spell abilities, they are closer to a ranged character than a traditional caster. It is a regular class, not race-specific iconic one.

Class Summary

Alignment: Any - but being Lawful, Chaotic or Good restricts your pact options.

Hit die: d6

Class Skills

Skill points at 1st level: (2 + Intelligence modifier) x4

Skill points at each additional level: 2 + Intelligence modifier

Jump (Strength)
Spellcraft (Intelligence)
Use Magic Device (Charisma)
Bluff (Charisma)
Concentration (Constitution)
Intimidate (Charisma)

Weapon and Armor Proficiencies

	Simple weapons
	Light armor

Paths

• Eldritch Blaster

Enhancement Trees

• Enlightened Spirit, OR Acolyte of the Skin, mutually exclusive
• Soul Eater
• Tainted Scholar

Advancement table

Table: The Warlock								Warlock Spells
Level	Base Attack Bonus	Fortitude Save	Reflex Save	Will Save	Auto-Granted Feats	Eldritch Blast Damage	Pact Damage	Spell Points	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
1st	+0/+0	+0	+0	+2	Eldritch Blast, Pact Choice, Magical Training, Light armor proficiency, Simple weapon proficiency	1d8	-	50	1	-	-	-	-	-
2nd	+1/+1/+6	+0	+0	+3	Deceive Item, Pact Spell	1d8	1d6	75	2	-	-	-	-	-
3rd	+2/+2/+7/+12	+1	+1	+3		1d8	1d6	100	2	-	-	-	-	-
4th	+3/+3/+8/+13	+1	+1	+4	Eldritch Blast, Pact Save Bonus +1	2d8	2d6	125	2	1	-	-	-	-
5th	+3/+3/+8/+13	+1	+1	+4	Pact Spell	2d8	2d6	150	2	1	-	-	-	-
6th	+4/+4/+9/+14	+2	+2	+5	Pact Special Ability	2d8	3d6	175	2	1	-	-	-	-
7th	+5/+5/+10/+15	+2	+2	+5		2d8	3d6	200	2	1	1	-	-	-
8th	+6/+6/+11/+16	+2	+2	+6	Eldritch Blast, Pact Save Bonus +2	3d8	4d6	225	2	2	1	-	-	-
9th	+6/+6/+11/+16	+3	+3	+6	Pact Spell	3d8	4d6	250	2	2	1	-	-	-
10th	+7/+7/+12/+17	+3	+3	+7		3d8	5d6	275	2	2	1	1	-	-
11th	+8/+8/+13/+18	+3	+3	+7		3d8	5d6	300	2	2	2	1	-	-
12th	+9/+9/+14/+19	+4	+4	+8	Eldritch Blast, Pact Save Bonus +3, Paragon's Aegis	4d8	6d6	325	2	2	2	1	-	-
13th	+9/+9/+14/+19	+4	+4	+8	Deceive Item	4d8	6d6	350	2	2	2	1	1	-
14th	+10/+10/+15/+20	+4	+4	+9	Pact Spell, Paragon's Aegis	4d8	7d6	375	2	2	2	2	1	-
15th	+11/+11/+16/+21	+5	+5	+9	Pact Special Ability	4d8	7d6	400	2	2	2	2	1	-
16th	+12/+12/+17/+22	+5	+5	+10	Eldritch Blast, Pact Save Bonus +4, Paragon's Aegis	5d8	8d6	425	2	2	2	2	1	1
17th	+12/+12/+17/+22	+5	+5	+10	Pact Spell	5d8	8d6	450	2	2	2	2	2	1
18th	+13/+13/+18/+23	+6	+6	+11	Paragon's Aegis	5d8	9d6	475	2	2	2	2	2	1
19th	+14/+14/+19/+24	+6	+6	+11	Pact Spell	5d8	9d6	500	2	2	2	2	2	2
20th	+15/+15/+20/+25	+6	+6	+12	Eldritch Blast, Pact Save Bonus +5, Paragon's Aegis	6d8	10d6	525	2	2	2	2	2	2

Class feats

Level 1

• Eldritch Blast (Stance): Eldritch Blast deals 1d8 damage at level 1, and increases by +1d8 at Warlock level 4, 8, 12, 16, and 20; for a total of 6d8 at level 20. The base damage is Force, though enhancements can change this to Evil (will affect evil enemies) or Piercing. The base Eldritch Blast scales with 125% spell power, but different shape or essences can change this percentage.
• Pact Choice: Choose between Fey, Fiend, Great Old One, Celestial, Abyss or Carceri Storm; this will affect what alignment you can be, your save bonus, extra spells, special abilities, and extra damage for your Eldritch Blast (see Pact Choices table below).

Level 2

• Deceive Item: UMD +5; increases to +10 at Level 13.
• Pact Damage: +1d6 extra damage to your Eldritch Blast based on your pact (see below); this will increase by +1d6 every even Warlock levels, for a total of 10d6 at level 20.
• 1st-level Pact Spell: Receive a bonus 1st-level spell in your spellbook based on your pact (see below); this is in addition to the spells you can already learn, and cannot be changed (similar to the spontaneous casting of healing spells by clerics and repair spells by artificers).

Level 4

• Pact Save Bonus: +1 to a save based on your pact (see below); increases by +1 at Warlock levels 8, 12, 16, and 20.

Level 5

• 2nd-level Pact Spell.

Level 6

• Special Ability: Gain a special ability based on your pact (see below).

Level 9

• 3rd-level Pact Spell.

Level 12

• Paragon's Aegis: +5 MRR; increases by +5 at Warlock Levels 14, 16, 18, and 20.

Level 14

• 4th-level Pact Spell.

Level 15

• Special Ability: Gain a second special ability based on your pact (see below).

Level 17

• 5th-level Pact Spell.

Level 19

• 6th-level Pact Spell.

Pact Choices

Every Warlock chooses one of the six Pacts at character creation: Fey, Fiend, Great Old One, Celestial, Abyss or Carceri Storm. This defines the source of the Warlock's power and determines several variables for the Warlock's development. The choice is permanent. As of Update 36 Patch 3, Pacts have been made a type of Bond, meaning that they cannot be active at the same time as an Aasimar's bond or the Half-Elf's Warlock Dilettante ability.

Variable	Acquired at Level	Fey	Fiend	Great Old One	Celestial	Abyss	Carceri Storm
Alignment Restriction	(character creation)	None	not be Good	not be Lawful	not be Chaotic	not be Good	None
Eldritch Blast Pact Damage (default color)	+1d6 every even level (= total 10d6 at Lvl 20)	Sonic (white)	Fire (red)	Acid (green)	Electric (gold)	Negative (purple)	Cold (blue)
Pact Damage Save*	-	Reflex	Fortitude	Will	Reflex	Fortitude	Will
Pact Save Bonus	+1 at 4, 8, 12, 16 and 20 (= total +5 at Lvl 20)	Reflex ("Beguiling Defenses")	Fortitude ("Fiendish Resilience")	Will ("Thought Shield")	Will ("Celestial Awareness")	Fortitude ("Abyssal Resillience")	Will ("Bulwark of the Storm")
1st-level Spell	Level 2	Obscuring Mist	Command	Entangle	Bless	Mage Armor	Merfolk's Blessing
2nd-level Spell	Level 5	Blindness	Rage	Knock	Soundburst	Spawn Screen	Gust of Wind
First Special Ability	Level 6	Dark Delirium: (Daze Monster: 10% chance damage breaks; no save; works on orange-named)	Dark One's Luck: (+2 to all saves)	Entropic Ward: (+5 MRR, +25% Fortification)	Celestial Attunement: +5 PRR and +1 to all Saves	Unhallowed Flesh: +5 PRR and +5 MRR	Frozen Footsteps: +10% Cold Absorption
3rd-level Spell	Level 9	Slow	Fire Shield	Phantasmal Killer	Magic Circle Against Evil	Halt Undead	Creeping Cold
4th-level Spell	Level 14	Greater Dispel Magic	Binding Chain	Dominate Person	Prayer	Death Aura	Ice Storm
Second Special Ability	Level 15	Misty EscapeAbundant Step-like ability	Hurl through Hell1Single-target save-or-die	Create Thrall²Charm Monster variant	AmeliorateAttempt to obliterate an Undead, or severely weaken any non-Undead foe. Undead must succeed on a Will save vs DC (15 + Warlock level + Charisma mod) or be destroyed. Undead who make this save, or enemies who are not undead, instead are terrorized and have their Magical Resistance Rating reduced by 10 for 6 seconds.	Channel the AbyssChannel the Abyss: Shroud yourself in the Abyss, which will grant you unholy power at a cost. You gain +2 Charisma, +10 Negative Healing Amplification, and +10 Negative Spell Power. You have +100% critical hit resistance, are healed by Negative Energy, take 50% healing from Positive Energy, and take double damage from Light. You are considered Undead rather than your original type for the purposes of most effects.	Absolute ZeroAttempt to lock a single enemy in ice permanently. Enemies must succeed on a Will save vs DC (15 + Warlock level + Charisma Mod) or be forever trapped in solid ice. Enemies made of fire will instead be destroyed with no save. Does not affect bosses.
5th-level Spell	Level 17	Otto's Sphere of Dancing	Power Word: Blind	Mass Suggestion	Holy Aura	Symbol of Pain	Niac's Biting Cold
6th-level Spell	Level 19	Otto's Irresistible Dance	Howl of Terror	Power Word: Kill	Freedom of Movement	Rend the Soul	Greater Creeping Cold

• * This is the Saving Throw that a target must make to reduce the Pact (elemental) damage; it does not reduce the basic "Eldritch Blast" damage.

• Note that with Reflex saves, targets with Evasion can save for no Pact Damage, but the Eldritch Blast damage remains unchanged.

• ¹: Hurl through Hell does not work on bosses, and may not be relevant at all in a boss fight, though is a powerful single-target "insta-kill".
• ²: Create Thrall does not work on bosses, may not be relevant at all in a boss fight, and is a single-target "charm" which is quite often not liked by some party members in non-reaper difficulties. However it has a higher than normal DC and is very effective in Reaper at turning champions into player friendly wrecking balls.

Gallery

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  Warlock with Force and Acid Eldritch Blasts

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  Sonic Eldritch Blast

Spells

See also: Warlock spells

• A warlock casts warlock spells, which are drawn from the Warlock spell list.
• A Warlock must choose and prepare their spells in advance (see below).
• To prepare or cast a spell, a warlock must have a Charisma score equal to at least 10 + the spell level. The Difficulty Class for a saving throw against a warlock's spell is 10 + the spell level + the warlock's Charisma modifier.
• Like other spellcasters, a warlock can prepare only a certain number of spells of each spell level per day.
• Their base daily spell allotment is given on Table: The Warlock.
• The Arcane Spell Failure from light armor (but not shields) is ignored by Warlocks when casting Warlock spells. The Enlightened Spirit Tier IV enhancement extends this benefit to medium armor.
• See also spell usefulness.

See also

• Official Warlock forum
• Warlocks! - Official Forum Discussion
• Warlock in PnP