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BOOK OF  APOCALYPSE 

INCARNATE 
PATRONS  The apocalypse: the end of the world as we
know it. Many a religion foretells a day of
DIVERSIFY YOUR DARK PORTFOLIO  total destruction, whether its a war that
rends the planar verse, fiends overflowing
from the Negative Planes in the pursuit of
conquest, or the slow and dwindling
TABLE OF CONTENTS  heat-death of the universe. Arguably, there
is no greater force than the apocalypse--for
what could stand up to that which ends all
Apocalypse Incarnate 1 things?
The Ancient Dragon 3 Warlocks of this patron serve powerful
beings from the Outer Plane of
The Cold-Hearted 4 Abbadon--the Four Horsemen of the
Apocalypse. Though each warlock of this
The Dream Eater 6
path might pledge their allegiance to a
The Grimoire 8 different horseman in particular, and the
emissaries of each might find themselves in
The Nightingale 9 bickering conflict with the rest, their overall
goal is the same: bring the end of
everything ever-nearer. Most warlocks of
So long as there has been magic in the this patron are chaotic, and tend towards
world, there have always been those who the evil alignments.
seek ever more power--and there have
always been powerful beings, be they TABLE: APOCALYPSE FEATURES 
deities, devils, or otherworldly enigmas,
Level Features
willing to extend their power to lesser life
forms in exchange for a lifetime of servitude. 1st Gift of the Horseman
These beings are what we call
“patrons”--the source of a warlock’s power. 6th Harbinger Steed
Any powerful being can become a patron--a 10th Tempered Body
god, a devil, an ancient dragon, even a
sentient magic weapon. 14th Arcana Apocalypta
This title contains 6 new warlock patrons,
as well as a handful of invocations designed EXPANDED SPELL LIST 
for each, to add to your campaigns.
The Apocalypse Incarnate lets you choose
from an expanded list of spells when you
learn a warlock spell. The following spells
are added to the warlock spell list for you.

TABLE: APOCALYPSE SPELLS
Spell Spells
Level
1st inflict wounds, ray of sickness
2nd blindness/deafness, flame blade
3rd feign death, speak with dead
4th fire shield, phantasmal killer
5th contagion, destructive wave
GIFT OF THE HORSEMAN  ​Death. ​You gain resistance to necrotic
When you choose this patron at 1st level,
choose which of the four Horsemen of the
Apocalypse to pledge your allegiance to, as
described below. This decision grants you
proficiencies immediately, and again at later
levels.
​ ou learn the ​toll the dead ​and
​Death. Y
spare the dying ​cantrips, if you don’t already
know them.
Famine. Y ​ ou gain proficiency in the use of
cooking utensils, if you don’t already have it.
Additionally, you learn the ​primal savagery
cantrip.
Plague. Y​ ou gain proficiency in the use of
a poisoner’s kit, if you don’t already have it.
Additionally, you learn the ​poison spray
cantrip.
War. ​You gain proficiency with medium
armor and shields.
HARBINGER STEED  spell.
At 6th level, you learn to call upon an
otherworldly steed, summoned straight from
the depths of Abbadon itself. You know the
find steed ​spell, and can cast it once without
expending a spell slot. The steed you
summon in this way has a horrific
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appearance connected to the horseman you
chose at 1st level; for instance, a steed
connected to Death might be an undead
horse skeleton, while a steed connected to
War might come heavily plated with skin like
metal armor.
Once you use this feature, you can’t do so
again until you finish a long rest.
TEMPERED BODY 
At 10th level, your body is tempered by the
wild forces of the apocalypse, as
determined by the horseman you chose at
1st level.
damage. Additionally, spells that cause a
creature to return to life (but not undeath)
require no material components when cast
on you.
Famine. Y​ ou gain resistance to acid
damage, and you are no longer required to
eat or drink.
Plague. ​You gain resistance to poison
damage, and are immune to disease and
the poisoned condition.
War. ​You gain resistance to fire, cold, or
lightning damage (your choice).
ARCANA APOCALYPTA 
At 14th level, you draw upon your patron to
perform powerful apocalyptic magic, as
determined by the horseman you chose at
1st level.
​Death. ​You know the c​ ircle of death ​spell.
​Famine. Y ​ ou know the i​ nsect plague
​Plague. ​You know the ​harm ​spell.
​War. ​You know the ​steel wind strike ​spell.
Spells granted by this feature can be cast
once without expending a spell slot. Once
you cast the spell in this way, you can’t do
so again until the next dusk.
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THE ANCIENT  Spell Spells

Level

DRAGON  1st command, identify

Beneath the ground, atop the mountains, 2nd dragon’s breath, locate object
amidst the darkest swamps, and soaring
over the rocky coast--dragons are an 3rd bestow curse, tiny servant
ever-present threat in worlds fantastical. 4th polymorph, stoneskin
Sometimes dragons act as rogue elements,
pillaging and plundering the settlements 5th dominate person, legend lore
around them and bending servants to their
will. Others are the basis of entire religions DRACONIC MASTER 
and civilizations--the core element of
When you choose this patron at 1st level,
worship and government for entire races of
choose the heritage your draconic master
settled people. No matter their role, the
hails from.
power of the dragon is undeniable.
Warlocks of this patron serve dragons
TABLE: DRACONIC HERITAGE 
ancient enough to accrue incredible,
world-bending power, both natural and Color Element
magical. Depending whether the dragon is
Black Acid
chromatic or metallic, warlocks of this
patron vary greatly in alignment and Blue Lightning
purpose.
Brass Fire
TABLE: ANCIENT DRAGON FEATURES  Bronze Lightning
Level Features
Copper Acid
1st Draconic Master, Unarmored
Gold Fire
Defense
Green Poison
6th Wealth of the Hoard
Red Fire
10th Draconic Spellcasting
Silver Cold
14th Dragon Mastery
White Cold
EXPANDED SPELL LIST 
The Ancient Dragon lets you choose from UNARMORED DEFENSE 
an expanded list of spells when you learn a At 1st level, your patron bestows the gift of
warlock spell. The following spells are draconic scales upon you. While you aren’t
added to the warlock spell list for you. wearing armor, your Armor Class is
calculated as 13 + your Dexterity modifier.
TABLE: ANCIENT DRAGON SPELLS Additionally, you are resistant to the

damage type associated with your draconic
master’s heritage, as determined above.
WEALTH OF THE HOARD  HEARTED
At 6th level, you have serviced your
draconic patron well in expanding their
hoard, and your own riches swell in return.
You have advantage on Wisdom
(Perception) checks and Intelligence
(Investigation) checks made to find gold and
other valuables, as well as to determine
their approximate value.
Additionally, the number of magic items
you can attune to at a time increases by
one.
DRACONIC SPELLCASTING  that connects all things--or, more
At 10th level, you have learned the esoteric
techniques of draconic magic. When you
cast a spell that deals the damage type
associated with your patron’s draconic
heritage, you can add your Charisma
modifier to the amount of damage dealt.
DRAGON MASTERY 
At 14th level, you have proven yourself
worthy of draconic blood, and your patron
has granted you the ability to temporarily
transform into a dragon-like being. As an
action, you can cause yourself to become
draconic, gaining the following benefits:
● The resistance granted to you at 1st
level becomes immunity.
● Spells you cast that deal the damage
type associated with your patron’s
draconic heritage deal maximum
damage.
The transformation lasts for 1 minute, and
ends early if reduced to zero hit points or
dismissed early as a bonus action.
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THE COLD- 
 
In the deepest, cruelest nights of winter,
only the hardest and most adaptable
creatures survive: giants, winter wolves,
white dragons, and other cold-hearted
beings. As a result, the powers that rule
over winter are often cold-hearted
themselves--distant, cruel, and utterly
devoid of kindness or love.
Many warlocks of this patron serve winter
deities like Auril the Frostmaiden and
Thrym, the giant god of ice and cold.
Others, like druids, serve the spirit of nature
particularly, the spirit of winter itself. Still a
third clan fall behind otherworldly beings--far
flung alien creatures that reach out and
touch the world with the coldness of the
dark void they hail from. As a result,
warlocks of this patron are extremely
variable in alignment and cause.
TABLE: COLD-HEARTED FEATURES 
Level Features
1st Bonus Cantrips, Curse of the
Cold
6th Icewalker
10th Winter Hide
14th Boreal Touch
EXPANDED SPELL LIST 
The Cold-Hearted lets you choose from an
expanded list of spells when you learn a
warlock spell. The following spells are
added to the warlock spell list for you.
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TABLE: COLD-HEARTED SPELLS Additionally, when you walk over bodies of

water 2 feet deep or less, the water freezes
Spell Spells
Level solid in a 5-foot radius surrounding you.
When walking over bodies of water more
1st fog cloud, ice knife than 2 feet in depth, your footsteps create
discs of ice, allowing you to pass over the
2nd see invisibility, snilloc’s snowball
water’s surface. These discs last for 1
swarm
minute, after which they melt back into
3rd sleet storm, slow mundane water.
Other creatures can attempt to follow you
4th fire shield, ice storm across these discs by making a DC 15
5th cone of cold, dominate person Dexterity (Acrobatics) check. On a failed
check, the creatures slip on the ice and fall
into the surrounding water.
BONUS CANTRIP 
When you choose this patron at 1st level, WINTER HIDE 
​ nd ​ray of frost
you learn the ​frostbite a
At 10th level, winter has hardened you. You
cantrips and can cast them at will.
gain resistance to cold damage and fire
damage. Additionally, you are immune to
CURSE OF THE COLD  the harsh effects of extremely cold climates.
At 1st level, you learn to draw every bead of
warmth from a creature, rendering it frail BOREAL TOUCH 
and lifeless. As an action, designate a
At 14th level, you have mastered the art of
creature within 30 feet of you. For 1 minute,
delivering frigid curses onto creatures. If you
the chosen creature suffers the following
deliver your Curse of the Cold feature by
effects:
touch instead of from 30 feet away, you
● The creature’s movement speed is
bring the target’s body down to hypothermic
reduced by 10 feet.
temperatures. In addition to being affected
● The creature has disadvantage on
by the Curse of the Cold, the target must
Dexterity checks and saving throws.
make a Constitution saving throw against
● Attacks made by you against the
your warlock spell save DC. On a failed
creature deal additional cold damage
save, the target takes 8d10 cold damage,
equal to your Charisma modifier.
and their movement speed is reduced by 20
feet for the duration of the curse. On a
Once you use this feature, you can’t use it
successful save, the target takes half as
again until you finish a short or long rest.
much damage and isn’t slowed, but is still
affected by the curse.
ICEWALKER 
At 6th level, your patron blesses you with  
ease when traversing cold terrain. You are
unhindered by difficult terrain caused by
snow, ice, and winter storms.
   

THE DREAM 
EATER 
The Plane of Dreams is a constant that
connects almost every living thing: anything
that sleeps and dreams visits this plane
nearly every night, connected to the rest of
the living world like a network of waiting
minds. Though the plane itself is an
ever-shifting mindscape that ebbs and flows
with its dreamers, not all of its aspects are
perfectly controlled; some creatures are
born in the Plane of Dreams, immune to its
changing masters, and seek to draw on this
network of living minds like a psychic
vampire. These powerful beings are called
Dream Eaters.
Each Dream Eater is unique in
personality, alignment, and agenda, making
warlocks of this patron just as unique. Some
are very kind, seeking to curb the hunger of
the rest of their kind by finding some other
way of drawing energy harmlessly; others
are malevolent beings that sustain
themselves on the dreams of the rich and
powerful, using their warlocks to plunge
important figures into an unending sleep like
death.
TABLE: DREAM EATER FEATURES  rising from their mind before wavering and
Level Features
1st Bonus Cantrip, Dreaming Eye
6th Sleep Siphon
10th Dreaming Mind
14th Nightmare Grasp
EXPANDED SPELL LIST 
The Dream Eater lets you choose from an
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expanded list of spells when you learn a
warlock spell. The following spells are
added to the warlock spell list for you.
TABLE: DREAM EATER SPELLS
Spell Spells
Level
1st alarm, sleep
2nd calm emotions, silence
3rd catnap, feign death
4th confusion, phantasmal killer
5th legend lore, modify memory
BONUS CANTRIP 
When you choose this patron at 1st level,
you know the ​friends c​ antrip and can cast it
at will. Creatures affected by this cantrip feel
vaguely sleepy until the cantrip’s effects
end.
DREAMING EYE 
At 1st level, your work has widened the
bounds of your sight, and you can see the
connections between this plane of existence
and the Plane of Dreams. When a creature
is sleeping, you can see a psychic thread
disappearing into thin air. The color and
shape of this thread is unique to each
creature. Trancing creatures also give off
this thread, as trancing creatures are
capable of controlled dreaming in a
meditative sense.
As a result of this vision, you can always
tell whether a creature is pretending to
sleep at a glance, as these creatures bear
no psychic thread of dreams.
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SLEEP SIPHON  naturally, be shaken awake by damage

At 6th level, you can call your patron into
your dreams to feed upon your psychic
energy in exchange for power. At the end of
a long rest where you sleep, you can
choose to reduce your hit point maximum by
a number up to your warlock level. In
exchange, you gain a number of temporary
hit points equal to twice the number of hit
points you lost. These temporary hit points
disappear the next time you fall asleep or
unconscious, at which point your hit point
maximum returns to normal.
DREAMING MIND 
At 10th level, your visits to the Plane of
Dreams have hardened you against its
effects. You are resistant to psychic
damage, and cannot be forced to fall asleep
by magical means.
Additionally, while you are sleeping, you
can choose whether effects like the ​dream
spell​ ​affect you.
or other creatures, or any other means
short of a ​wish ​spell. The creature can
only leave when you choose to end the
spell or the spell’s duration ends.
● If you trap a creature in this way, you
feed on its dreams. The damage the
spell deals upon waking up increases to
8d8, and you gain a number of
temporary hit points equal to half the
damage dealt. These hit points can
stack with those granted by your Sleep
Siphon feature, and disappear the next
time you fall asleep or unconscious.
Once you cast the spell in this way, you
can’t do so again until the end of your next
long rest.

NIGHTMARE GRASP 
At 14th level, you learn to mimic the powers
of your master, trapping creatures on the
Plane of Dreams to prey on them when
necessary. You know the ​dream ​spell, and
can cast it once without expending a spell
slot or material components.
When you cast the spell in this way and
choose to appear as a monstrous and
terrifying messenger, you gain a number of
benefits:
● The length of your message is not
limited to ten words.
● If the target fails its Wisdom saving
throw, you are able to trap the creature
on the Plane of Dreams. So long as you
are present in the target’s dream and
tormenting it, it cannot wake up

THE GRIMOIRE  TABLE: GRIMOIRE SPELLS
Among the most curious of warlock patrons
is The Grimoire--an ancient tome of
knowledge that has slowly accumulated the
power of its contents, until it forms a
sentience of its own. The Grimoire is able to
extend the power of its contents, usually lost
and esoteric magic and knowledge, to
warlocks who agree to further its agenda,
which might range anywhere from reviving
their dead master to accumulating more
knowledge in their name.
Some of these books are good: the Book
of Exalted Deeds, for instance, is a
good-aligned patron from this creed. Others,
like the Necronomicon, are so
soul-shakingly evil that even touching them
can be enough to bend a warlock to their
service for eons. It’s very rare that a book
with such great power will decide to do
nothing with it, and as such, these patrons
tend towards the extremes of alignment.
TABLE: GRIMOIRE FEATURES  you cast a spell of that school of magic, you
Level Features
1st Bonus Cantrips, Mystic Specialty
3rd Pact Boon: Book of Knowledge
6th Mystic Potency
10th Knowledgeable
14th Mystic Flexibility
EXPANDED SPELL LIST 
The Grimoire lets you choose from an
expanded list of spells when you learn a
warlock spell. The following spells are
added to the warlock spell list for you.
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Spell Spells
Level
1st detect magic, find familiar
2nd arcane lock, levitate
3rd blink, glyph of warding
4th arcane eye, leomund’s secret
chest
5th animate objects, mislead
BONUS CANTRIPS 
When you choose this patron at 1st level,
you learn two cantrips of your choice from
the wizard spell list. These cantrips count as
warlock cantrips for you.
MYSTIC SPECIALTY 
At 1st level, you begin to study a particular
school of magic at the behest of your
patron. Choose a school of magic. Any time
gain temporary hit points equal to your
Charisma modifier + the spell’s level.
PACT BOON: BOOK OF 
KNOWLEDGE 
At 3rd level, if you choose the Pact of the
Tome boon, you gain the following
additional features.
​Book of Knowledge. ​At the end of a
short or long rest where you’ve spent an
hour or more studying your Book of
Shadows, your patron bestows you with
unusual knowledge. Choose one
proficiency: a language, a tool, a skill that
uses Intelligence, or a weapon. Until the
end of your next long rest, you are proficient
in the chosen proficiency.

MYSTIC POTENCY  THE
At 6th level, your patron has shown you
methods of magic lost to time, and your
power grows with startling speed. When you
cast a spell from the school of magic you
chose at 1st level, the effects are more
potent. If the spell requires you to make a
spell attack roll, you have a +2 bonus to that
roll. If the spell provokes a saving throw, the
spell save DC of this throw increases by 2.
KNOWLEDGEABLE  the seed of creativity in mortal things,
At 10th level, your mind has been expanded
by the influence of your patron. You gain
proficiency in Intelligence saving throws,
and in one skill of your choice that uses
Intelligence.
MYSTIC FLEXIBILITY 
At 14th level, the extent of your knowledge
is incredibly deep. Over the course of 1
minute, you can choose one of the warlock
spells you know and replace it with another
spell from the warlock spell list. The spell
you choose to replace it with must be from
the school of magic you chose at 1st level.
Once you use this feature, you can’t do so
again until you finish a long rest.
 
   
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NIGHTINGALE 
Poetry and song is the shifting tapestry that
connects the present to the past. In it, all
manner of stories and heroes are
represented; lost empires, valiant warriors,
and otherwise forgotten gods. There is
some argument over what role deities of
music, poetry, and inspiration play in this
craft: some believe that these deities placed
allowing them to flourish and create, while
others believe these beings were born from
the act of creation, and in a sense are the
children of mortal creativity.
Warlocks of this patron serve all manner
of beings: song and poetry deities, like Milil
and Deneir, powerful devils like Baalphegor,
or fey beings like Verenestra or Titania. In
many ways, warlocks of this patron
resemble bards in their disposition and
spellcasting, and many bards seeking more
power or inspiration forge pacts with these
beings.
TABLE: NIGHTINGALE FEATURES 
Level Features
1st Bonus Cantrip, Touch of
Inspiration
3rd Pact of the Song
6th Gift of Inspiration
10th Vivid Personality
14th Inspiring World
EXPANDED SPELL LIST 
The Nightingale lets you choose from an

expanded list of spells when you learn a
warlock spell. The following spells are
added to the warlock spell list for you.
TABLE: NIGHTINGALE SPELLS
Spell Spells
Level
1st dissonant whispers, speak with
animals
2nd animal messenger, silence
3rd haste, sending
4th compulsion, dominate beast
5th dominate person, legend lore
BONUS CANTRIP 
When you choose this patron at 1st level,
you learn the ​vicious mockery ​cantrip and
can cast it at will.
TOUCH OF INSPIRATION 
At 1st level, you can draw on your patron for
inspiration as part of your pact. As a
reaction, when making an ability check,
attack roll, or saving throw, you can choose
to add your Charisma modifier to the roll.
Once you use this feature, you can’t do so
again until you finish a short or long rest.
PACT OF THE SONG  chosen skill.
At 3rd level, you have another Boon option
in addition to the other options presented in
the Pact Boon feature, as described below.
​Pact of the Song. Y​ ou can use your
action to create a musical instrument in your
empty hand. You can choose the form that
this instrument takes each time you create
it. You are proficient with it while you wield
it. You can use the musical instrument as a
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spellcasting focus for your spells, in a
similar fashion to a bard. When you do so,
you have a +1 bonus to spell attack rolls
and to the save DC of spells cast through
the instrument.
Your pact instrument disappears if it is
more than 5 feet away from you for 1 minute
or more. It also disappears if you use this
feature again, if you dismiss the weapon (no
action required), or if you die.
GIFT OF INSPIRATION 
At 6th level, you learn to extend the
inspiration your patron grants you to others.
When a creature within 30 feet of you
makes an ability check, attack roll, or saving
throw, you can choose to add your
Charisma modifier to the roll. Doing so
expends your use of the Touch of
Inspiration feature.
VIVID PERSONALITY 
At 10th level, your bouts of inspiration have
permanently altered your personality,
making it more vivid and eccentric. You can
add your proficiency modifier twice to
Charisma saving throws. Additionally,
choose one skill that uses Charisma. If you
aren’t proficient in the chosen skill, you
become proficient. If you are already
proficient, you can add your proficiency
bonus twice to any checks that use the
INSPIRING WORLD 
At 14th level, you no longer rely on your
patron for inspiration, as you’ve learned to
draw it from the world around you. When
you or a friendly creature within 30 feet of
you scores a critical hit, you regain the use
of your Touch of Inspiration feature if it has
already been expended.