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Your pact weapon disappears if it is more than 5 feet YOUR PACT BOON
away from you for 1 minute or more. It also disappears Each Pacl Boon oplion produces a special crealure or an
if you use this feature again. if you dismiss the weapon objecl thal refiecls your palron's nalure.
(no action required), or if you die, Pact ofthe Chain. Your familiar is more cunning than a
Vou can transform one magic weapon into your pact typical familiar. Ils defaull form can be a refieclion of your
weapon by performing a special ritual while you hold palron, with spriles and pseudodragons tied to lhe Archfey
the weapon. Vou perform the ritual over the course and imps and quasits lied to lhe Fiend. Because lhe Great Old
of 1 hour, which can be done during a short rest. One's nalure is inscrulable, any familiar form is suitable for il.
Vou can then dismiss the weapon, shunting it into an Pact afthe 8lade. If your patron is the Archfey, your
extradimensional space, and it appears whenever you weapon mighl be a slender blade wrapped in leafy vines.
If you serve the Fiend, your weapon
could be an axe made
create your pact weapon thereafter. Vou can't affect an of black metal and adorned wilh decorative fiames. If your
artifact or a sentient weapon in this way. The weapon palron is lhe Greal Old One, your weapon mighl be an
ceases being your pact weapon if you die, if you perform ancienl.looking spear, wilh a gemslone embedded in ils
the l.hour ritual on a different weapon, or ifyou use head, carved to look like a lerrible unblinking eye.
a l.hour ritual to break your bond to it. The weapon Pact ofthe Tome. Your Book ofShadows might be a fine,
appears at your feet if it is in the extradimensional space gíll-edged lome wilh spells of enchanlmenl and illusion,
when the bond breaks. gifted lo you by lhe lordly Archfey. It could be a weighty tome
bound in demon hide sludded wilh iron, holding spells of
conjuralion and a weallh offorbidden lore aboul lhe sinisler
PACT OF THE TOME
Your patron gives you a grimoire called a Book of regions of lhe cosmos, a gíft of lhe Fiend. ar il could be lhe
Shadows. When you gain this feature, choose three tattered diary of a lunatic driven mad by conlact wilh the
of spells lhal only your own
Greal Old One, holding
scraps
cantrips from any class's spelllist. While the book is on burgeoning insanity allows you lo undersland and casl.
your person, you can cast those cantrips at will. They ~ r
don't count against your number of cantrips known.
[f you lose your Book of Shadows, you can perform OTHERWORLDLY PATRONS
a l.hour ceremony to receive a replacement from your The beings that serve as patrons for warlocks are
patrono This ceremony can be performed during a short mighty inhabitants of other planes of existence-not
or long rest, and it destroys the previous book. The book gods, but almost godlike in their power. Various patrons
turns to ash when you die. give their warlocks access to different powers and
invocations, and expect significant favors in returno
ABILITY SCORE IMPROVEMENT Some patrons collect warlocks, doling out mystic
When you reach 4th leveI. and again at 8th, 12th, 16th, knowledge relatively freely or boasting of their ability
and 19th leveI, you can increase one ability score of your to bind mortaIs to their will. Other patrons bestow their
choice by 2, or you can increase two ability scores of power only grudgingly, and might make a pact with
your choice by 1. As normal, you can't increase an ability only one warlock. Warlocks who serve the same patron
score above 20 using this feature. might view each other as allies, siblings, or rivaIs.
MYSTIC ARCANUM THEARCHFEY
At 11th levei, your patron bestows upon you a magical Your patron is a lord or lady of the fey, a creature of
secret called an arca num. Choose one 6th-leveI spell legend who holds secrets that were forgotten before
from the warlock spelllist as this arcanum. the mortal races were born. This being's motivations
Vou can cast your arca num spell once without are often inscrutable, and sometimes whimsical, and
expending a spell slot. Vou must finish a long rest before might involve a striving for greater magical power or the
you can do so again. settling of age-old grudges. Beings of this sort include
At higher leveIs, you gain more warlock spells of your the Prince of Frost; the Queen of Air and Darkness,
choice that can be cast in this way: one 7th.level spell ruler of the Gloaming Court; Titania of the Summer
at 13th leveI, one 8th.level spell at 15th levei, and one Court; her consort Oberon, the Green Lord; Hyrsam,
9th-leveI spell at 17th leveI. Vou regain all uses of your the Prince of Fools; and ancient hags.
Mystic Arcanum when you finish a long rest.
EXPANDED SPELL LIST
ELDRITCH MASTER The Archfey lets you choose from an expanded list of
spells when you learn a warlock spell. The following
At 20th leveI, you can draw on your inner reserve of
mystical power while entreating your patron to regain spells are added to the warlock spelllist for YOU.
expended spell slots. Vou can spend 1 minute entreating
your patron for aid to regain all your expended spell slots ARCHFEY EXPANDED SPELLS
from your Pact Magic feature. Once you regain spell slots Spell Levei Spells
with this feature, you must finish a long rest before you 1st faerie fire, sleep
can do so again. 2nd calm emotions, phantosmal force
3rd blink, plont growth
4th dominate beast, greater invisibility
5th dominate person, seeming

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