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Warlock

Kind: Class
Hit points at level 1: 8 + Constitution modifier
Hit points per level: 5 + Constitution modifier
Hit die: d8
Primary ability: Charisma
Spellcasting ability: Charisma

Bound by a pact to an all-powerful patron, warlocks trade their loyalty for supernatural abilities and unique magic.

Level progression

Level by level, from the game's progression table: what you get, what you choose, and when you pick a subclass or a feat.

Level 1
Proficiency in 2 skills
Arcana, Deception, History, Intimidation, Investigation, Nature, Religion
Learn 2 spells
Blade Ward, Booming Blade, Bone Chill, Eldritch Blast, Friends, Mage Hand, Minor Illusion, Poison Spray, Toll the Dead, True Strike
Ability bonuses at character creation (+2 and +1)
Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, Intelligence, Wisdom, Charisma
Proficiency in Wisdom saving throws · Proficiency in Charisma saving throws · Proficiency with light armour · Proficiency with simple weapons
+1 Pact Magic slot (1st level)
Choose a subclass
Level 2
Choose 2
- Agonising Blast: When you cast Eldritch Blast, add your Charisma Modifier to the damage it deals, unless it is negative.
- Armour of Shadows: You can cast Mage Armour on yourself at will, without expending a spell slot.
- Beast Speech: You can cast Speak with Animals at will, without expending a spell slot.
- Beguiling Influence: You invoke your patron's bewitching charm. You gain Proficiency in Deception and Persuasion.
- Devil's Sight: You can see normally in darkness, both magical and non-magical, to a distance of 24 m.
- Fiendish Vigour: You can cast False Life on yourself at will as a Level 1 spell without expending a spell slot.
- Mask of Many Faces: You can cast Disguise Self at will, without expending a spell slot.
- One with Shadows: You learn how to cast One with Shadows.
- Repelling Blast: When you hit a creature with Eldritch Blast, you can push the creature up to 4.5 m away from you.
- Thief of Five Fates: Once per Long Rest, you can cast Bane using a Warlock Spell Slot.
+1 Pact Magic slot (1st level)
Level 3
Choose 1
- Pact of the Chain: Gain the service of a familiar, a fey spirit that takes a form of your choosing. This can be an animal, imp, or quasit.
- Pact of the Blade: You can Summon a pact weapon, or Bind the one you are wielding, making it magical.
- Pact of the Tome: Your patron grants you a grimoire called 'The Book of Shadows', which allows you to cast Guidance, Vicious Mockery, and Thorn Whip.
Warlock Spell Slot set to 0
+2 Pact Magic slots (2nd level)
Level 4
Feat (Ability Improvement or another feat)
Level 5
Deepened Pact
Pleased with your service, your otherworldly patron added new boons to the terms of your pact. Pact of the Blade: You gain an Extra Attack with your pact weapon. Pact of the Chain: Your familiar gains an Extra Attack. Pact of the Tome: You can cast Animate Dead, Haste, and Call Lightning once each per Long Rest.
Choose 1
- Mire the Mind: You can cast Slow with a Warlock spell slot.
- Sign of Ill Omen: You can cast Bestow Curse with a Warlock spell slot.
- Agonising Blast: When you cast Eldritch Blast, add your Charisma Modifier to the damage it deals, unless it is negative.
- Armour of Shadows: You can cast Mage Armour on yourself at will, without expending a spell slot.
- Beast Speech: You can cast Speak with Animals at will, without expending a spell slot.
- Beguiling Influence: You invoke your patron's bewitching charm. You gain Proficiency in Deception and Persuasion.
- Devil's Sight: You can see normally in darkness, both magical and non-magical, to a distance of 24 m.
- Fiendish Vigour: You can cast False Life on yourself at will as a Level 1 spell without expending a spell slot.
- Mask of Many Faces: You can cast Disguise Self at will, without expending a spell slot.
- One with Shadows: You learn how to cast One with Shadows.
- Repelling Blast: When you hit a creature with Eldritch Blast, you can push the creature up to 4.5 m away from you.
- Thief of Five Fates: Once per Long Rest, you can cast Bane using a Warlock Spell Slot.
Warlock Spell Slot set to 0
+2 Pact Magic slots (3rd level)
Level 7
Choose 1
- Book of Ancient Secrets: You can inscribe magical rituals in your Book of Shadows. Gain the Ray of Sickness, Chromatic Orb, and Silence spells. You can cast these spells once per Long Rest, and they don't expend any spell slots when cast.
- Dreadful Word: You can cast Confusion with a Warlock spell slot.
- Sculptor of Flesh: You can cast Polymorph with a Warlock spell slot.
- Mire the Mind: You can cast Slow with a Warlock spell slot.
- Sign of Ill Omen: You can cast Bestow Curse with a Warlock spell slot.
- Agonising Blast: When you cast Eldritch Blast, add your Charisma Modifier to the damage it deals, unless it is negative.
- Armour of Shadows: You can cast Mage Armour on yourself at will, without expending a spell slot.
- Beast Speech: You can cast Speak with Animals at will, without expending a spell slot.
- Beguiling Influence: You invoke your patron's bewitching charm. You gain Proficiency in Deception and Persuasion.
- Devil's Sight: You can see normally in darkness, both magical and non-magical, to a distance of 24 m.
- Fiendish Vigour: You can cast False Life on yourself at will as a Level 1 spell without expending a spell slot.
- Mask of Many Faces: You can cast Disguise Self at will, without expending a spell slot.
- One with Shadows: You learn how to cast One with Shadows.
- Repelling Blast: When you hit a creature with Eldritch Blast, you can push the creature up to 4.5 m away from you.
- Thief of Five Fates: Once per Long Rest, you can cast Bane using a Warlock Spell Slot.
Warlock Spell Slot set to 0
+2 Pact Magic slots (4th level)
Level 8
Feat (Ability Improvement or another feat)
Level 9
Choose 1
- Minions of Chaos: You can cast Conjure Elemental with a Warlock spell slot.
- Otherworldly Leap: You can cast the Enhance Leap spell without expending a spell slot.
- Whispers of the Grave: You can cast Speak with Dead without expending a spell slot.
- Book of Ancient Secrets: You can inscribe magical rituals in your Book of Shadows. Gain the Ray of Sickness, Chromatic Orb, and Silence spells. You can cast these spells once per Long Rest, and they don't expend any spell slots when cast.
- Dreadful Word: You can cast Confusion with a Warlock spell slot.
- Sculptor of Flesh: You can cast Polymorph with a Warlock spell slot.
- Mire the Mind: You can cast Slow with a Warlock spell slot.
- Sign of Ill Omen: You can cast Bestow Curse with a Warlock spell slot.
- Agonising Blast: When you cast Eldritch Blast, add your Charisma Modifier to the damage it deals, unless it is negative.
- Armour of Shadows: You can cast Mage Armour on yourself at will, without expending a spell slot.
- Beast Speech: You can cast Speak with Animals at will, without expending a spell slot.
- Beguiling Influence: You invoke your patron's bewitching charm. You gain Proficiency in Deception and Persuasion.
- Devil's Sight: You can see normally in darkness, both magical and non-magical, to a distance of 24 m.
- Fiendish Vigour: You can cast False Life on yourself at will as a Level 1 spell without expending a spell slot.
- Mask of Many Faces: You can cast Disguise Self at will, without expending a spell slot.
- One with Shadows: You learn how to cast One with Shadows.
- Repelling Blast: When you hit a creature with Eldritch Blast, you can push the creature up to 4.5 m away from you.
- Thief of Five Fates: Once per Long Rest, you can cast Bane using a Warlock Spell Slot.
Warlock Spell Slot set to 0
+2 Pact Magic slots (5th level)
Level 10
Learn 1 spell
Blade Ward, Booming Blade, Bone Chill, Eldritch Blast, Friends, Mage Hand, Minor Illusion, Poison Spray, Toll the Dead, True Strike
Level 11
Learn 1 spell
Circle of Death, Arcane Gate, Eyebite, Flesh to Stone, Create Undead
+1 Pact Magic slot (5th level)
Level 12
Choose 1
- Lifedrinker: Attacks made with your weapon deal additional Necrotic damage equal to your Charisma modifier.
- Minions of Chaos: You can cast Conjure Elemental with a Warlock spell slot.
- Otherworldly Leap: You can cast the Enhance Leap spell without expending a spell slot.
- Whispers of the Grave: You can cast Speak with Dead without expending a spell slot.
- Book of Ancient Secrets: You can inscribe magical rituals in your Book of Shadows. Gain the Ray of Sickness, Chromatic Orb, and Silence spells. You can cast these spells once per Long Rest, and they don't expend any spell slots when cast.
- Dreadful Word: You can cast Confusion with a Warlock spell slot.
- Sculptor of Flesh: You can cast Polymorph with a Warlock spell slot.
- Mire the Mind: You can cast Slow with a Warlock spell slot.
- Sign of Ill Omen: You can cast Bestow Curse with a Warlock spell slot.
- Agonising Blast: When you cast Eldritch Blast, add your Charisma Modifier to the damage it deals, unless it is negative.
- Armour of Shadows: You can cast Mage Armour on yourself at will, without expending a spell slot.
- Beast Speech: You can cast Speak with Animals at will, without expending a spell slot.
- Beguiling Influence: You invoke your patron's bewitching charm. You gain Proficiency in Deception and Persuasion.
- Devil's Sight: You can see normally in darkness, both magical and non-magical, to a distance of 24 m.
- Fiendish Vigour: You can cast False Life on yourself at will as a Level 1 spell without expending a spell slot.
- Mask of Many Faces: You can cast Disguise Self at will, without expending a spell slot.
- One with Shadows: You learn how to cast One with Shadows.
- Repelling Blast: When you hit a creature with Eldritch Blast, you can push the creature up to 4.5 m away from you.
- Thief of Five Fates: Once per Long Rest, you can cast Bane using a Warlock Spell Slot.
Feat (Ability Improvement or another feat)

Spell slots by level

Level	Pact Magic
1	1 × 1st
2	2 × 1st
3	2 × 2nd
4	2 × 2nd
5	2 × 3rd
6	2 × 3rd
7	2 × 4th
8	2 × 4th
9	2 × 5th
10	2 × 5th
11	3 × 5th
12	3 × 5th

Running totals of the slots each level adds in the progression table, for a single-class character. Pact Magic slots are all of the highest level and come back on a short rest.