Eldritch Invocations

Arcana Unlocked

Prerequisite: Pact of the Tome feature

Spells previously forbidden now appear in your Book of Shadows. Choose one spell of your choice from any class. A spell you choose must be of a level you can cast, as shown on the Warlock table, or a cantrip. If the spell is not a cantrip, you gain the ability to cast the chosen spell once using a warlock spell slot. You can't cast the spell again in this way until you finish a long rest. If the spell is a cantrip, you can cast it at will.

You can select this invocation multiple times. Each time you do so, you must choose a different spell. If you later replace this invocation with a different one, you lose access to the chosen spell.

 

Armor of Lies

Prerequisite: 5th level

You can cast mirror image at will, without expending a spell slot or material components.

 

Burning Blood

When you take damage from a creature within 5 feet of you, you can use your reaction to deal fire damage to that creature equal to your Proficiency Bonus + your Charisma modifier.

 

Call from Beyond

Prerequisite: Great Old One patron

If you fail on an Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma saving throw, you can use your reaction to roll again by listening to secrets whispered by your patron. You must use the new result.

You can’t use this invocation again until you finish a long rest.

 

Death Rattle

Prerequisite: Undying patron.

When a creature you can see, within 20 feet of you dies, you can use your reaction to syphon the last bits of life essence from it, regaining a spell slot.

Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish a short or long rest.

 

Deny Death

Prerequisite: Undying patron, 7th level.

You can extend your power over death onto others. You can cast Revivify using a warlock spell slot once without requiring any material components. Doing so however requires a lot of effort from you and causes you to gain one level of exhaustion.

You can’t use this invocation again until you complete a long rest.

 

Despoiler of Life

When any creature casts a spell or uses a magical ability that restores hit points within 30 feet of you, you can use your reaction to cause that creature to instead restore hit points equal to the minimum value possible for that spell or ability.

 

Eldritch Intel

Prerequisite: 5th level, Pact of the Tome feature

You open up a means of communication with your patron. You may write down one question in your Book of Shadows and seek answers from your patron, as if casting the commune spell. Your patron will be truthful in whatever answer they give. Once you have used this invocation, you can’t use it again until you’ve finished a long rest.

 

Eldritch Metamorphosis 

Prerequisite: 9th level

You can cast Enlarge/Reduce on yourself at will, without expending a spell slot or material components. 

 

Eldritch Steed

Prerequisite: 5th level

You can summon a steed (warhorse stats) as an action. Your steed acts independently of you, but it always obeys your commands. In combat, it rolls its own initiative and acts on its own turn.

When the steed drops to 0 hit points, it disappears, leaving behind no physical form. If the steed is reduced to 0 hit points, it can’t be summoned again until you’ve completed a Short Rest.

As an action, you can temporarily dismiss your Steed. It disappears into a pocket dimension where it awaits your summons. Alternatively, you can dismiss it forever. As an action while it is temporarily dismissed, you can cause it to reappear in any unoccupied space within 30 feet of you.

You can’t have more than one steed at a time. If you use this feature again, the original steed is dismissed forever.

 

Eldritch Warding

Prerequisite: Pact Armor

While you wear your pact armor, it gains a +1 bonus to AC, unless it is magic armor that already has an AC bonus.

In addition, you can use your Charisma modifier in place of your Dexterity modifier when determining your AC.

 

Far Watch

Prerequisite: 7th level, Pact of the Tome feature

A new page appears in your Book of Shadows. With your permission, a creature can use its action to write its name on that page, which can contain a number of names equal to your proficiency bonus.

You can cast the locate creature spell, targeting a creature whose name is on the page, without using a spell slot and without using material components. When you do so, a map of the area around you appears in your tome, with a mark showing the creatures position.

As an action, you can magically erase a name on the page by touching it.

 

Frightening Visage

Prerequisite: 5th level

When making a Charisma (Intimidation) check, you can make your face resemble that of a fiend, giving you advantage. You can’t use this again until you finish a short or long rest.

 

Lich’s Touch

Prerequisite: Undying patron, Eldritch Blast cantrip.

When you score a critical hit on a target with your Eldritch Blast, the target must succeed on a Constitution saving throw, DC = your Warlock spell save DC. On a failure, the target is Paralyzed for 1 minute. The target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on a success.

 

Lolth's Grasp

Prerequisite: 7th level

You can cast Spider Climb on yourself at will, without expending a spell slot or material components.

 

Mount of the Black Rider

Prerequisite: 9th level, Eldritch Steed

When you summon your steed, now you choose whether it is a Warhorse, Pegasus, or Nightmare (minus the confer fire resistance and ethereal stride features).

 

Pact Armor

Prerequisite: Pact of the Blade feature

You gain proficiency with medium armor, and can transform or attune to a suit of armor you’re proficient with in the same manner as you would your pact weapon.

While you are bonded to a suit of armor in this way, you can summon it onto your body as an action.

Your pact armor 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 armor (no action required), or if you die.

 

Puppeteer

Prerequisite: 5th level

You can cast animate dead once using a warlock spell slot.

You can’t do so again until you finish a long rest.

 

Reveal Unseen Horrors

Prerequisite: 15th level, Great Old One patron

You can cast phantasmal killer at will without expending a spell slot. You must finish a long rest before you can use this invocation on the same creature again.

 

Secrets from Beyond

Prerequisite: 9th level, Great Old One patron

You can cast contact other plane at will, without expending a spell slot or requiring any components. You may make a Charisma saving throw to avoid insanity instead of an Intelligence saving throw.

 

Suspend Decay

Prerequisite: 7th level

You can cast gentle repose at will, without expending a spell slot. When you cast gentle repose on a corpse that you haven’t targeted in the past 10 days, you gain the ability to ask it one question as if you had cast speak with dead. This question doesn’t count against the number of questions you can ask if you subsequently cast speak with dead on that corpse.

 

Undead Link

Prerequisite: 5th level, Undying patron

All undead with Intelligence scores of 5 or lower perceive you as an undead creature and do not attack you unless you attack them first or they are directly commanded to attack you personally. You have advantage on Charisma checks made to influence ghouls and undead creatures.

Additionally, the first time you make a saving throw against a spell or other effect from a given undead source, you have advantage on your saving throw. This feature doesn't give you advantage on any other saving throw against that undead until you finish a long rest.