WARLOCK SUBCLASSES

VOLUME I

Featuring 2 new Otherworldly Patrons, 4 new

Eldritch Invocations and a new Pact Boon for use
in your games of Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition.
 OTHERWORLDY PATRONS
& ELDRITCH POWERS
The powers wielded by warlocks are as varied and unique as the
beings that grant them. Within these pages you will be
introduced to two more types of Otherworldly Patrons:
The Corruptor – those who make pacts, willingly or
otherwise, with these malevolent beings find themselves
transformed and mutated by their patron’s penchant for twisting
and corrupting the natural order.
The Skulker in the Woods – many strange and mysterious
beings exist within the dark depths of forests; some consider
themselves the domain’s protectors, others its masters. The
warlocks who make pacts with them gain influence over the
wooded realms of nature.
You will also find additional options for warlocks including a
new pact boon, the Pact of the Parasite, and four new Eldritch
Invocations.
ABOUT THIS SUPPLEMENT
This is the second installment in a series of supplements from
DragonRoc RPG Design, each of which focuses on one of the
classes from Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition, offering new
subclasses and additional optional features.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Otherworldly Patrons
The Corruptor ........................................................ 2
The Skulker in the Woods ..................................... 3
Additional Warlock Features
Pact of the Parasite ................................................ 4
Eldritch Invocations .............................................. 4
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Designers: Daniel Lieberman & René Beauregard
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THE CORRUPTOR
Your patron is a powerful entity bent on growing its own
influence through the corruption of all things. These beings,
known to the realms as aberrations, are selfish, invasive, and
destructive creatures. Their motives are to collect the world’s
deepest secrets for themselves and unseat all those who may
stand in the way, while also being self-protective to a paranoid
degree. It may be from Khyber, the underworld of Eberron, a
spawning ground for nightmarish creatures and those that
control them or perhaps it inhabits the chaotic outer planes.
Entities who might bestow the “gifts” of twisted mutations
upon a warlock include some beholders, elder brains, and
morkoths, as well as infamous beings such as Ygorl the Lord of
Entropy, Belashyrra the Lord of Eyes, and the aptly titled Dyrrn
the Corruptor.
EXPANDED SPELL LIST
1st-level Corruptor feature
The Corruptor 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.
CORRUPTOR EXPANDED SPELLS
Spell Level Spell
1st absorb elements, inflict wounds
2nd alter self, Nystul’s magic aura
3rd bestow curse, nondetection
4th confusion, greater invisibility
5th geas, antilife shell
ANATOMY DISTORTION
1st-level Corruptor feature
Your connection to your patron doesn’t only you grant you the
ability to cast spells, but also permanently entrenches itself in
your physical form. The link itself may have altered you, or
perhaps it was an experiment that mutated your anatomy. Your
creature type changes to aberration. In addition, you gain one of
the following features:
Natural Armor. Your skin hardens and is more difficult to
damage. When you aren't wearing armor, your AC is 12 + your
Charisma modifier. You can use your natural armor to determine
your AC if the armor you wear would leave you with a lower
AC. A shield's benefits apply as normal while you use your
natural armor.
Swift Stride. The muscles in your arms and legs grow in
unnatural ways. Your walking speed increases by 5 feet and you
gain a climbing speed equal to your walking speed.
Honed Cognizance. Your senses have been supernaturally
enhanced. You gain proficiency in the Perception skill if you
don’t already have it and have blindsight with a range of 10 feet.
Within that range, you can effectively see anything that isn't
behind total cover, even if you're blinded or in darkness.
Moreover, you can see an invisible creature within that range,
unless the creature successfully hides from you.
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PIERCING GAZE
6th-level Corruptor feature
You have magically empowered sight that has a myriad of
effects. As a bonus action, you can target a conscious creature
you can see within 60 feet and can choose one of the following
effects:
Dazzling Eye. The targeted creature must succeed on a
Wisdom saving throw equal to your spell save DC or be
charmed by you until the start of your next turn. While
charmed in this way, its speed is halved, and the next attack
roll made against them before the end of your next turn has
advantage.
Dreadful Glare. The targeted creature must succeed on a
Charisma saving throw equal to your spell save DC or be
frightened of you until the start of your next turn.
Thrusting Leer. The targeted creature must succeed on a
Strength saving throw equal to your spell save DC or be
pushed up to 15 feet away.
Lethargic Stare. The targeted creature must succeed on a
Constitution saving throw or fall asleep until the end of their
next turn. The target awakens if it takes damage or another
creature takes an action to wake it. This has no effect on
constructs or undead.
You can use this feature a number of times equal to your
Charisma modifier (minimum once). You regain all expended
uses when you finish a long rest.
ABERRANT FORTITUDE
10th-level Corruptor feature
You have advantage on saving throws against spells and other
magical effects. You are also immune to your choice of the
charmed or frightened condition (chosen when you gain this
feature).
TWISTED MUTATION
14th-level Corruptor feature
You can use your heightened connection to your patron to
distort the body of your enemies. As an action, choose one
creature you can see within 60 feet. The target takes necrotic
damage equal to your warlock level and must succeed on a
Constitution saving throw equal to your spell save DC or
become corrupted for 1 minute. A corrupted creature’s form
twists unnaturally, giving it disadvantage on all attack rolls, its
speed is halved, and it takes necrotic damage equal to your
Charisma modifier at the start of each of its turns.
Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you
finish a short or long rest.
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THE SKULKER IN THE WOODS
As the night grows its darkest, the leaves rustle sending an
unsettling chill down the spine of the forest inhabitants – as no
breeze moves through the trees. The sound of timber creaking
and snapping echoes through the woods as roots begin to pull up
from the ground and swell to abnormal proportions, capturing
any who are caught unaware.
Your patron is an entity who animates the forests and plant life
in order to protect itself, further empowering the stability of the
roots and the fortitude of creeping plants. Known beings that
might grant these boons and powers include woodland nymphs,
elder earth elementals, the Deogen, and green hag covens but
there are many more strange forest dwellers whose identities
remain a mystery.
EXPANDED SPELL LIST
1st-level Skulker in the Woods feature
The Skulker in the Woods 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.
SKULKER IN THE WOODS EXPANDED SPELLS
Spell Level Spell
AWAKENED VINES
6th-level Skulker in the Woods feature
You can use your connection to your patron to animate natural
elements to aid you. As an action, you summon a number of
Vine Blights (see page 32 of the Monster Manual) equal to your
proficiency bonus. They each appear in unoccupied spaces of
your choice that you can see within 30 feet of you. The vine
blights are friendly to you and your companions. They take their
turn on your initiative and obey any verbal commands that you
issue them (no action required by you). If you don’t issue any
command to them, they defend themselves from hostile
creatures, but otherwise take no actions.
The vine blights last for up to 1 hour, until they are reduced to
0 hit points, or you dismiss them as an action. Once you use this
ability you cannot use it again until you finish a short or long
rest.
BARK PHASE
10th-level Skulker in the Woods feature
Your synergy with plant life allows you to bound from tree to
tree. When you are in physical contact with a tree, as a bonus
action, you can magically teleport up to 120 feet to an
unoccupied space within 5 feet of another tree you can see.

1st ensnaring strike, entangle ANIMATED MEGAFLORA

14th-level Skulker in the Woods feature
2nd barkskin, spike growth
The foundation of your control over botanic growth has
3rd plant growth, speak with plants expanded to its terminal degree. As an action you can summon
4th grasping vine, guardian of nature an Animated Megaflora (see the stat block on page 4) in an
unoccupied space of your choice that you can see within 60 feet
5th commune with nature, wrath of nature of you. It is friendly to you and your companions. It takes its
turn on your initiative and obeys any verbal commands that you
DEEP ROOTS issue it (no action required by you). If you don’t issue any
1st-level Skulker in the Woods feature command to it, it defends itself from hostile creatures, but
otherwise takes no actions.
You channel the essence of the woods to remain anchored. You
The animated megaflora lasts for up to 10 minutes, until it is
can cause roots to grow from your legs and firmly plant into any
reduced to 0 hit points, or you dismiss it as an action. Once you
solid ground as a bonus action. Until you use another bonus
use this ability you cannot use it again until you finish a long
action to pull up your roots, your movement speed is 0, you have
rest.
advantage on Strength checks and Strength saving throws, and
you cannot be knocked prone or moved.

GRIPPING RHIZOME
1st-level Skulker in the Woods feature
You gain proficiency in the Nature skill and learn the druidcraft
and thorn whip cantrips. They count as warlock cantrips for you,
but do not count against your number of cantrips known.
When your Deep Roots feature is active, if you hit a Large or
smaller creature with the thorn whip spell, you can force the
target to make a Strength saving throw against your spell save
DC or become grappled. The creature can repeat the save at the
end of each of its turns to break free. If you cast thorn whip
again while a creature is grappled using this feature, the grapple
is immediately released.
At 6th level you can maintain a grapple on up to 2 creatures at
the same time using this feature before needing to release the
grapple on one if you cast thorn whip again. At 10th level this
increases to up to 3 creatures and at 14th level up to 4 creatures.
At 10th level you can grapple a Huge creature using this
feature. While doing so, you cannot grapple any other creatures
using this feature or cast thorn whip again without releasing it.

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 ANIMATED MEGAFLORA PACT BOON OPTION
Huge plant 3rd-level Warlock feature
When you choose your Pact Boon feature, the following
Armor Class 15 (natural armor) additional option is available to you.
Hit Points 5 + your Charisma modifier + 5 times your level in
this class PACT OF THE PARASITE
Speed 30 ft. A “gift” from your otherworldly patron, perhaps even an aspect
or piece of your patron themselves, now lives inside you and
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA shares your life force. When you receive this pact boon your hit
23 (+6) 10 (+0) 20 (+5) 6 (-2) 10 (+0) 3 (-4) point maximum increases by a number equal to your warlock
level and increases by 1 again whenever you gain a level in this
Condition Immunities blinded, charmed, deafened, frightened class. In addition, as a bonus action you can regain hit points
Senses Blindsight 60 ft. (blind beyond that radius), passive equal to 1d8 + your Charisma modifier. You can use this ability
perception 10 a number of times equal to your proficiency modifier and you
Languages understands the languages you speak regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.
Challenge — Proficiency Bonus +3

False Appearance. While the animated megaflora remains

motionless, it is indistinguishable from a normal tree.
Siege Monster. The animated megaflora deals double damage to
objects and structures.
ACTIONS
Multi-attack. The animated megaflora makes three attacks; two
slam attacks and one with its grasping root attack.
Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 15 ft., one target.
Hit: 3d6 + 6 bludgeoning damage.
Grasping Root. Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 15 ft., one
creature not grappled by the animated megaflora. Hit: The target is
grappled (escape DC 15). Until the grapple ends, the target takes
1d6 + 6 bludgeoning damage at the start of each of its turns. The
root has AC 15 and can be severed by dealing 6 slashing damage
or more to it at once. Cutting the root doesn’t hurt the blight but
ends the grapple.
ELDRITCH INVOCATION OPTIONS
When you choose eldritch invocations, you have access to these
additional options.
ELDRITCH COMPANION
Prerequisite: 5th-level warlock
You can cast find steed once using a warlock spell slot. You
can’t do so again until you finish a long rest. When you cast the
spell, you can choose one of the normal forms for your steed or
one of the following special forms: brown bear, death dog, giant
hyena, giant toad, lion, tiger.
ELDRITCH MOUNT
Prerequisite: 12th-level warlock
You can cast find greater steed once using a warlock spell slot.
You can’t do so again until you finish a long rest. When you cast
the spell, you can choose one of the normal forms for your steed
or one of the following special forms: displacer beast, giant
scorpion, hell hound, manticore, owl bear, winter wolf.

FORM OF PANDORYM
Prerequisite: 18th-level warlock, Pact of the Parasite
You can cast Tenser’s transformation, without expending a spell
slot or material components. Once you do you can’t do so again
until you finish a long rest.

SYMBIOTIC AUGMENTATION
Prerequisite: 12th-level warlock, Pact of the Parasite
You can cast enhance ability on yourself at will, without
expending a spell slot or material components.

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