Born of a supernatural bloodline, a warlock seeks to master the perilous magic that suffuses his soul. Unlike sorcerers or wizards, who approach arcane magic through the medium of spells, a warlock invokes powerful magic through nothing more than an effort of will. By harnessing his innate magical gift through fearsome determination and force of will, a warlock can perform feats of supernatural stealth, beguile the weak-minded, or scour his foes with blasts of eldritch power.
Adventures: Many warlocks are champions of dark and chaotic powers. Long ago, they (or in some cases, their ancestors) forged grim pacts with dangerous extraplanar powers, trading portions of their souls in exchange for supernatural power. While many warlocks have turned away from evil, seeking to undo the wrongs of their former colleagues, they are still chained by the old pacts through which they acquired their powers. The demand to further the designs of their dark patrons, or to resist them, drives most warlocks to seek the opportunities for power, wealth, and great deeds (for good or ill) offered by adventuring
Characteristics: Warlocks harbor great reserves of mystical energy. The font of dark magic burning in their souls makes them resistant to many forms of attack and arms them with dangerous power. Warlocks do not wield spells, but they do learn to harness their power to perform a small number of specific attacks and tricks called invocations. Warlocks make up for their lack of versatility by being tougher and more resilient than sorcerers or wizards.
Alignment: Warlocks are often chaotic or evil (and more than a few are both). The powers they serve can be cruel, capricious, and wild, unbound by conventional views of right and wrong. However, even warlocks who derive their powers from the most sinister of patrons have been known to turn the black powers at their command against evil. A good-aligned warlock is a grim and fearsome enemy of evil. All too familiar with the darkness lurking in his heart, he gazes unflinchingly on the evil in others and battles the foulest of foes without fear.
Religion: Warlocks know firsthand the power of supernatural beings, so they do not scorn religion. Evil warlocks sometimes seek the favor of cruel and bloodthirsty deities, while good warlocks often turn to the worship of noble and true deities for the strength to win the battle raging in their tortured souls.
Background: Warlocks are born, not made. Some are the descendants of people who trafficked with demons and devils long ago. Some seek out the dark powers as youths, driven by ambition or the desire for power, but a few blameless individuals are simply marked out by the supernatural forces as conduits and tools. The exact nature of a warlock’s origin is up to the player to decide; just as a sorcerer is not beholden to the magic-wielding ancestor that bequeathed his bloodline with arcane power, a warlock is not bound to follow the source that gifted him with magic.
Warlocks are not half-fiends or tieflings by default (although many creatures of those kinds become some of the most powerful and terrifying representatives of the class). The mark that the supernatural powers leave on their servants is often a mark in the soul, not the flesh. In fact, many warlocks are created by nonevil powers—wild or fey forces that can be every bit as dangerous as demons or devils. Whatever their origin, warlocks are widely feared and misunderstood. Most are wanderers who rarely stay in one place for long.
Races: Ambitious and often unprincipled, humans are the most likely to seek out the dangerous shortcuts to power that lead to life as warlocks. Half-orcs are common as warlocks as well, since they often find that the powers that create warlocks do not discriminate against individuals of mixed heritage. Warlocks of other races are rare at best.
Other Classes: The warlock views sorcerers and wizards as bitter rivals. He values the strength and cleverness of resourceful fighters and rogues but rarely gets along with clerics or paladins. Of course, most warlocks understand that it’s a bad idea to antagonize their comrades (especially those who hold the key to healing magic), and so they work out an uneasy truce with characters who otherwise might ostracize them.
Role: A warlock serves much the same role in an adventuring party as a sorcerer or wizard would. He is much more limited in his abilities compared to the spell selection of spellcasters, and he must rely on his eldritch blast in place of the spell power of an arcane caster. Like a bard, he often fits best in a party that already has another spellcaster or two, since his unique abilities provide him with little magic to use for his companions’ benefit.
Warlocks have the following game statistics.
Abilities: A high Charisma score makes a warlock’s invocations harder to resist. High Dexterity is very valuable to a warlock, allowing him to better aim his eldritch blasts, and a good Constitution score is also useful.
Alignment: Any evil or any chaotic.
Hit Die: d6.
The warlock’s class skills (and the key ability for each skill) are Bluff (Cha), Concentration (Con), Craft (Int), Disguise (Cha), Intimidate (Cha), Jump (Str), Knowledge (arcana) (Int), Knowledge (the planes) (Int), Knowledge (religion) (Int), Profession (Wis), Sense Motive (Wis), Spellcraft (Int), and Use Magic Device (Cha).
Skill Points at 1st Level: (2 + Int modifier) × 4.
Skill Points at Each Additional Level: 2 + Int modifier.
| Level | Base Attack Bonus | Fort Save | Ref Save | Will Save | Special | Inv.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | +0 | +0 | +0 | +2 | Eldritch blast 1d6, invocation (least) | 1 |
| 2nd | +1 | +0 | +0 | +2 | Detect magic | 2 |
| 3rd | +2 | +1 | +1 | +3 | Damage reduction 1/cold iron, eldritch blast 2d6 | 2 |
| 4th | +3 | +1 | +1 | +4 | Deceive item | 3 |
| 5th | +3 | +1 | +1 | +4 | Eldritch blast 3d6 | 3 |
| 6th | +4 | +2 | +2 | +5 | New invocation (least or lesser) | 4 |
| 7th | +5 | +2 | +2 | +5 | Damage reduction 2/cold iron, eldritch blast 4d6 | 4 |
| 8th | +6/+1 | +2 | +2 | +6 | Fiendish resilience 1 | 5 |
| 9th | +6/+1 | +3 | +3 | +6 | Eldritch blast 5d6 | 5 |
| 10th | +7/+2 | +3 | +3 | +7 | Energy resistance 5 | 6 |
| 11th | +8/+3 | +3 | +3 | +7 | Damage reduction 3/cold iron, eldritch blast 6d6, new invocation (least, lesser, or greater) | 7 |
| 12th | +9/+4 | +4 | +4 | +8 | Imbue item | 7 |
| 13th | +9/+4 | +4 | +4 | +8 | Fiendish resilience 2 | 8 |
| 14th | +10/+5 | +4 | +4 | +9 | Eldritch blast 7d6 | 8 |
| 15th | +11/+6/+1 | +5 | +5 | +9 | Damage reduction 4/cold iron | 9 |
| 16th | +12/+7/+2 | +5 | +5 | +10 | New invocation (least, lesser, greater, or dark) | 10 |
| 17th | +12/+7/+2 | +5 | +5 | +10 | Eldritch blast 8d6 | 10 |
| 18th | +13/+8/+3 | +6 | +6 | +11 | Fiendish resilience 5 | 11 |
| 19th | +14/+9/+4 | +6 | +6 | +11 | Damage reduction 5/cold iron | 11 |
| 20th | +15/+10/+5 | +6 | +6 | +12 | Eldritch blast 9d6, energy resistance 10 | 12 |
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All of the following are class features of the warlock.
Weapon and Armor Proficiency: Warlocks are proficient with all simple weapons. They are proficient with light armor but not with shields.
Because the somatic components required for warlock invocations are relatively simple, a warlock can use any of his invocations while wearing light armor without incurring the normal arcane spell failure chance. However, like arcane spellcasters, a warlock wearing medium or heavy armor or using a shield incurs a chance of arcane spell failure (all invocations, including eldritch blast, have a somatic component). A multiclass warlock still incurs the normal arcane spell failure chance for arcane spells received from levels in other classes.
Invocations (Sp): A warlock does not prepare or cast spells as other wielders of arcane magic do. Instead, he possesses a repertoire of attacks, defenses, and abilities known as invocations that require him to focus the wild energy that suffuses his soul. A warlock can use any invocation he knows at will, with the following qualifications:
A warlock’s invocations are spell-like abilities; using an invocation is therefore a standard action that provokes attacks of opportunity. An invocation can be disrupted, just as a spell can be ruined during casting. A warlock is entitled to a Concentration check to successfully use an invocation if he is hit by an attack while invoking, just as a spellcaster would be. A warlock can choose to use an invocation defensively, by making a successful Concentration check, to avoid provoking attacks of opportunity. A warlock’s invocations are subject to spell resistance unless an invocation’s description specifically states otherwise. A warlock’s caster level with his invocations is equal to his warlock level.
The save DC for an invocation (if it allows a save) is 10 + equivalent spell level + the warlock’s Charisma modifier. Since spell-like abilities are not actually spells, a warlock cannot benefit from the Spell Focus feat. He can, however, benefit from the Ability Focus feat, as well as from feats that emulate metamagic effects for spell-like abilities, such as Quicken Spell-Like Ability, Empower Spell-Like Ability, or Maximize Spell-Like Ability.
The four grades of invocations, in order of their relative power, are least, lesser, greater, and dark. A warlock begins with knowledge of one invocation, which must be of the lowest grade (least). As a warlock gains levels, he learns new invocations, as summarized on the Warlock table and described below. A list of available invocations can be found following this class description, and a complete description of each invocation can be found in Warlock Invocations.
At any level when a warlock learns a new invocation, he can also replace an invocation he already knows with another invocation of the same or a lower grade. At 6th level, a warlock can replace a least invocation he knows with a different least invocation (in addition to learning a new invocation, which could be either least or lesser). At 11th level, a warlock can replace a least or lesser invocation he knows with another invocation of the same or a lower grade (in addition to learning a new invocation, which could be least, lesser, or greater). At 16th level, a warlock can replace a least, lesser, or greater invocation he knows with another invocation of the same or a lower grade (in addition to learning a new invocation, which could be least, lesser, greater, or dark).
Finally, unlike other spell-like abilities, invocations are subject to arcane spell failure chance as described under Weapon and Armor Proficiency above. Warlocks can qualify for some prestige classes usually intended for spellcasters; see Warlocks and Prestige Classes for details.
Eldritch Blast (Sp): The first ability a warlock learns is eldritch blast. A warlock attacks his foes with eldritch power, using baleful magical energy to deal damage and sometimes impart other debilitating effects.
An eldritch blast is a ray with a range of 60 feet. It is a ranged touch attack that affects a single target, allowing no saving throw. An eldritch blast deals 1d6 points of damage at 1st level and increases in power as the warlock rises in level. An eldritch blast is the equivalent of a 1st-level spell. If you apply a blast shape or eldritch essence invocation to your eldritch blast (see Warlock Invocations), your eldritch blast uses the level equivalent of the shape or essence.
An eldritch blast is subject to spell resistance, although the Spell Penetration feat and other effects that improve caster level checks to overcome spell resistance also apply to eldritch blast. An eldritch blast deals half damage to objects. Metamagic feats cannot improve a warlock’s eldritch blast (because it is a spell-like ability, not a spell). However, the feat Ability Focus (eldritch blast) increases the DC for all saving throws (if any) associated with a warlock’s eldritch blast by 2.
Detect Magic (Sp): Beginning at 2nd level, a warlock can use detect magic as the spell at will. His caster level equals his class level.
Damage Reduction (Su): Fortified by the supernatural power flowing in his body, a warlock becomes resistant to physical attacks at 3rd level and above, gaining damage reduction 1/cold iron. At 7th level and every four levels thereafter, a warlock’s damage reduction improves as shown on the Warlock table.
Deceive Item (Ex): At 4th level and higher, a warlock has the ability to more easily commandeer magic items made for the use of other characters. When making a Use Magic Device check, a warlock can take 10 even if distracted or threatened.
Fiendish Resilience (Su): Beginning at 8th level, a warlock knows the trick of fiendish resilience. Once per day, as a free action, he can enter a state that lasts for 2 minutes. While in this state, the warlock gains fast healing 1.
At 13th level, a warlock’s fiendish resilience improves. When in his fiendish resilience state, he gains fast healing 2 instead. At 18th level, a warlock’s fiendish resilience improves to fast healing 5.
Energy Resistance (Su): At 10th level and higher, a warlock has resistance 5 against any two of the following energy types: acid, cold, electricity, fire, and sonic. Once the types are chosen, this energy resistance cannot be changed. At 20th level, a warlock gains resistance 10 against the two selected types of energy.
Imbue Item (Su): A warlock of 12th level or higher can use his supernatural power to create magic items, even if he does not know the spells required to make an item (although he must know the appropriate item creation feat). He can substitute a Use Magic Device check (DC 15 + spell level for arcane spells or 25 + spell level for divine spells) in place of a required spell he doesn’t know or can’t cast.
If the check succeeds, the warlock can create the item as if he had cast the required spell. If it fails, he cannot complete the item. He does not expend the XP or gp costs for making the item; his progress is simply arrested. He cannot retry this Use Magic Device check for that spell until he gains a new level.
Warlocks choose the invocations they learn as they gain levels, much like bards or sorcerers choose which spells to learn. However, a warlock’s arcane repertoire is even more limited than that of a sorcerer, and his invocations are spelllike abilities, not spells.
In addition to its grade (least, lesser, greater, or dark), every invocation has a spell level equivalent, which is used in the calculation of save DCs and for other purposes. A least invocation has a level equivalent of 1st or 2nd; a lesser, 3rd or 4th; a greater, 5th or 6th; and a dark invocation has a level equivalent of 5th or higher (maximum 9th). The level equivalent for each invocation is given in its description.
A warlock can dismiss any invocation as a standard actionComplete Arcane, page 8, paragraph 3., just as a wizard can dismiss a spell.
Invocations and Eldritch Blast: Eldritch blast is an invocation. Other invocations provide a warlock with the ability to modify his eldritch blast or add new eldritch attacks.
Some of a warlock’s invocations, such as frightful blast, modify the damage or other effects of the warlock’s eldritch blast. These are called eldritch essence invocations. Unless noted otherwise, eldritch blasts modified by eldritch essence invocations deal damage normally in addition to imparting the effects described in the invocation description.
A warlock can apply only one eldritch essence invocation to a single eldritch blast, choosing from any of the eldritch essence invocations that he knows. When a warlock applies an eldritch essence invocation to his eldritch blast, the spell level equivalent of the modified blast is equal to the spell level of the eldritch essence invocation. If a warlock targets a creature with an eldritch essence blast that has immunity to the invocation’s effect, it still takes the damage from the blast normally (provided it isn’t also immune to the eldritch blast).
A warlock can apply an eldritch essence invocation and a blast shape invocation (see below) to the same blast. When a warlock uses both kinds of invocations to alter an eldritch blast, the spell level equivalent is equal to the spell level of the level of the eldritch essence invocation or the level of the blast shape invocation, whichever is higher.
Example: Morthos, a 1st-level warlock, decides to make his eldritch blast attack into a frightful blast. Morthos’s eldritch blast is the equivalent of a 1st-level spell, while frightful blast is an effect equivalent to a 2nd-level spell. His frightful blast is thus the equivalent of a 2nd-level spell.
Frightful Blast: Target must make Will save or become shaken.
Hammer Blast: Eldritch blast deals normal damage to objects.
Sickening Blast: Target must make Fortitude save or become sickened.
Baneful Blast: Eldritch blast deals extra damage against specified creature type.
Beshadowed Blast: Target must make Fortitude save or become blinded for 1 round.
Brimstone Blast: Blast deals fire damage, and target must make Reflex save or catch fire.
Deteriorating Blast: Can reduce damage reductions by 5 for 1 minute.
Hellrime Blast: Blast deals cold damage, and target must make Fortitude save or take –4 penalty to Dexterity.
Bewitching Blast: Target must make Will save or be confused for 1 round.
Hindering Blast: Target of your eldritch blast must succeed on a Will save or be slowed for 1 round.
Noxious Blast: Target must make Fortitude save or be nauseated.
Penetrating Blast: Blast is +4 to penetrate spell resistance; target struck must succeed on a Will save or have its spell resistance reduced by 5 for 1 minute.
Repelling Blast: Target must make Reflex save or be knocked back.
Vitriolic Blast: Blast ignores spell resistance and deals acid damage for several rounds.
Binding Blast: Target of your eldritch blast must make Will save or be stunned for 1 round.
Utterdark Blast: Target must make Fortitude save or gain two negative levels.
Some of a warlock’s invocations, such as eldritch spear, modify the range, target(s), or area of a warlock’s eldritch blast. These are called blast shape invocations. Unless noted otherwise, eldritch blasts subject to blast shape invocations deal damage normally in addition to imparting the effects described in the invocation description. A warlock can apply only one blast shape at a time to an eldritch blast, and he can choose from any of the blast shape invocations that he knows. A warlock need not apply a blast shape invocation to his eldritch blast. When a warlock applies a blast shape invocation to his eldritch blast, the spell-level equivalent is equal to the spell level of the blast shape invocation.
A warlock can apply a blast shape invocation and an eldritch essence invocation (see Eldritch Essence Invocations above) to the same blast. When a warlock uses an eldritch essence and a blast shape to alter an eldritch blast, the spell-level equivalent is equal to the spell level of the eldritch essence invocation or the blast shape invocation, whichever is higher.
Example: Morthos decides to make his eldritch blast attack a hellrime spear. Eldritch spear is the equivalent of a 2nd-level spell, while hellrime blast is the equivalent of a 4th-level spell. His hellrime spear is therefore the equivalent of a 4th-level spell.
Eldritch Glaive: Shape eldritch blast into a melee weapon with reach.
Eldritch Spear: Blast range increases to 250 feet.
Hideous Blow: Melee attack channels eldritch blast.
Eldritch Chain: Blast jumps from initial target to secondary targets.
Eldritch Cone: Blast takes the shape of a cone.
Eldritch Line: Blast affects all within a 60-foot line.
Eldritch Doom: Blast affects all enemies within 20 feet.
In addition to the potent blast shape and eldritch essence invocations, warlocks learn a number of others that enable them to perform many tricks and attacks. These invocations are briefly described below, and their full descriptions in their hyperlinked names.
Warlocks get a minimum of three least invocations at 1st, 2nd, and 4th levels.
All-Seeing Eyes: As comprehend languages on written material, bonus on Search and Spot checks.
Baleful Utterance: Speak word of the Dark Speech and shatter objects as the shatter spell.
Beguiling Influence: Gain bonus on Bluff, Diplomacy, and Intimidate checks.
Breath of the Night: Create a fog cloud as the spell.
Call of the Beast: Speak with animals and influence their behavior.
Cocoon of Refuse: Subject is entangled by trash and detritus in an area.
Cold Comfort: You and nearby allies protected by endure elements.
Dark One’s Own Luck: Gain a luck bonus on one type of save.
Darkness: Use darkness as the spell.
Devil’s Sight: See normally in darkness and magical darkness.
Earthen Grasp: Use earthen grasp as the spell.
Entropic Warding: Deflect incoming ranged attacks, leave no trail, and prevent being tracked by scent.
Leaps and Bounds: Gain bonus on Balance, Jump, and Tumble checks.
Miasmic Cloud: Create a cloud of mist that grants concealment and fatigues those who enter.
Otherworldly Whispers: Gain bonus on Knowledge checks.
See the Unseen: Gain see invisibility as the spell and darkvision.
Serpent’s Tongue: Gain the scent ability, +5 bonus on saves against poison.
Soulreaving Aura: As reaving aura, plus gain temporary hit points if nearby creature dies.
Spiderwalk: Gain spider climb as the spell.
Summon Swarm: Use summon swarm as the spell.
Swimming the Styx: Gain swim speed and ability to breathe water.
Warlocks get lesser (or least) invocations at 6th, 8th, and 10th level. At any of those levels, they may exchange one least invocation for another least invocation.
Charm: Cause a single creature to regard you as a friend.
Crawling Eye: Your eye leaves your head and grows spidery legs, enabling it to scout for you.
Curse of Despair: Curse one creature as the bestow curse spell, or hinder its attacks.
The Dead Walk: Create undead as the animate dead spell.
Disembodied Hand: Detach one of your hands and send it forth to manipulate objects or attack.
Dread Seizure: Intense pain slows a single creature and hinders its ranged attacks.
Fell Flight: Gain a fly speed with good maneuverability.
Flee the Scene: Use short-range dimension door as the spell, and leave behind a major image.
Hungry Darkness: Create shadows filled with a swarm of bats.
Ignore the Pyre: Gain resistance to an energy type for 24 hours.
Mask of Flesh: Touch attack imposes 1d6 Cha penalty and transforms you to look like target.
Relentless Dispelling: As targeted dispel magic, with additional targeted dispel magic the next turn.
Stony Grasp: Use stony grasp as the spell.
Thieves’ Bane: As hold portal, plus the portal explodes for 5d6 damage when forced open.
Voidsense: Gain blindsense 30 feet.
Voracious Dispelling: Use dispel magic as the spell, causing damage to creatures whose effects are dispelled.
Walk Unseen: Use invisibility (self only) as the spell.
Wall of Gloom: Use wall of gloom as the spell.
Weighty Utterance: Force one flying creature down 5’/level, possibly striking the ground for damage.
Witchwood Step: Walk on water and move through some obstacles unimpeded.
Warlocks get greater (or lesser or least) invocations at 11th, 13th, and 15th levels. At any of those levels, they may exchange one lesser invocation they have for a lesser or least invocation, or one least invocation for another least invocation.
Caustic Mire: Acidic sludge slows progress, deals damage.
Chilling Tentacles: Use black tentacles as the spell, and deal extra cold damage to creatures in the area.
Devil’s Whispers: As suggestion, plus subject believes his actions were his own idea.
Devour Magic: Use targeted greater dispel magic with a touch and gain temporary hit points based on the level of spells successfully dispelled.
Dragonward: Provides multiple protections against the attacks of dragons.
Enervating Shadow: Gain total concealment in dark areas and impose a Strength penalty on adjacent living creatures.
Hellspawned Grace: Transform into a hellcat for 1 round/2 warlock levels.
Nightmares Made Real: Create illusory terrain that damages foes and allows you to hide.
Painful Slumber of Ages: Creature falls asleep, takes damage when awakened.
Tenacious Plague: Use insect plague as the spell, but the summoned locust swarm deals damage as a magic weapon.
Wall of Perilous Flame: Create a wall of fire as the spell, but half the damage from the wall results from supernatural power.
Warlock’s Call: Use sending as the spell, but risk damage from recipient.
Warlocks get dark invocations (or least, lesser, or greater, if they really prefer that) at levels 16, 18, and 20; they get no more invocations after that unless they take the Extra Invocation feat, which can never grant another dark invocation, so three is all they can ever get. At the aforementioned levels, they may exchange one least, lesser, or greater invocation for an invocation of equal or lesser grade.
Caster’s Lament: Your touch can break enchantment, and you can counterspell.
Dark Discorporation: Become a swarm of batlike shadows, gaining many benefits of the swarm subtype.
Dark Foresight: Use foresight as the spell, and communicate telepathically with a close target of the effect.
Impenetrable Barrier: Conjure a wall of force as the spell, except utterly opaque.
Path of Shadow: Use shadow walk as the spell and speed up natural healing.
Retributive Invisibility: Use greater invisibility as the spell (self only); deals damage in a burst if dispelled.
Steal Summoning: Take control of another caster’s summoned monster.
Word of Changing: Use baleful polymorph as the spell, but effect could become permanent.
Warlocks benefit in a specific way from prestige classes that have “+1 level of existing arcane spellcasting class” or “+1 level of existing spellcasting class” as a level advancement benefit. A warlock taking levels in such a prestige class does not gain any of his class abilities, but he does gain an increased caster level when using his invocations and increased damage with his eldritch blast. Levels of prestige classes that provide +1 level of spellcasting effectively stack with the warlock’s level to determine his eldritch blast damage (treat his combined caster level as his warlock class level when looking at the Warlock table to determine eldritch blast damage) and his eldritch blast caster level (half his total caster level from his warlock levels and his levels in the prestige class that grant him an increased spellcasting level). A warlock also gains new invocations known at these prestige class levels as though he had gained a level in the warlock class.
A warlock cannot qualify for prestige classes with spellcasting level requirements, as he never actually learns to cast spells. However, prestige classes with caster level requirements, such as the acolyte of the skin, are well suited to the warlock. A warlock’s caster level for his invocations fulfills this requirement. See page 71 in Chapter 3 for more details on caster level requirements, spellcasting level requirements, and specific spell requirements for feats and prestige classes.
Armor: Studded leather (+3 AC, armor check penalty –1, speed 30 ft., 20 lb.).
Weapons: Heavy mace (1d8, 8 lb., one-handed, bludgeoning).
Light crossbow (1d8/19–20, range inc. 80 ft., 4 lb., piercing).
Skill Selection: Pick a number of skills equal to 3 + Int modifier.
| Skill | Ranks | Ability | Armor Check Penalty |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluff | 4 | Cha | — |
| Concentration | 4 | Con | — |
| Spellcraft | 4 | Int | — |
| Use Magic Device | 4 | Cha | — |
| Disguise | 4 | Cha | — |
| Sense Motive | 4 | Wis | — |
| Spot (cc) | 2 | Wis | — |
Invocations Known: Baleful utterance.
Feat: Toughness.
Bonus Feat: Point Blank Shot.
Gear: Backpack with waterskin, 1 day’s trail rations, bedroll, sack, and flint and steel. Hooded lantern, 3 pints of oil. Case with 10 crossbow bolts.
Gold: 4d4 gp.
Source: Complete Arcane, page 5. Corrected for errata.
A being of fell magic, an epic warlock is a supernatural force incarnate, losing all but the smallest fragment of his humanity.
Hit Die: d6.
Skill Points at Each Additional Level: 2 + Int modifier.
Invocations: The epic warlock’s caster level is equal to his class level. He does not learn additional invocations except by use of the Extra Invocation feat.
Eldritch Blast: The epic warlock’s eldritch blast damage increases by 1d6 at every even-numbered level higher than 20th (10d6 at 22nd level, 11d6 at 24th level, and so on).
Damage Reduction: The epic warlock’s damage reduction increases by 1 point (to 6/cold iron) at 23rd level and by 1 additional point every four levels thereafter (7/cold iron at 27th, 8/cold iron at 31st, and so on).
Bonus Feats: The epic warlock gains a bonus feat every three levels higher than 20th (23rd, 26th, 29th, and so on).