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Grimoire Warlock

<-general description->.

Making a Grimoire Warlock

Warlocks can either be controllers or strikers, depending on how they are built.

Abilities: Depending on your initial clause, charisma or wisdom are key to your invocation and eldritch blast saving throws. Dexterity makes your eldritch blast harder to avoid

Races: <-description of relative likelihood of various races to join this class->.

Alignment: Any, though lawful characters are more likely to sign a contract.

Starting Gold: 3d4×10 gp (75 gp).

Starting Age: "Simple" or "As rogue"

Table: The Grimoire Warlock

Hit Die: d6

Level Base
Attack Bonus
Saving Throws Special Invocations Known Maximum Grade
Fort Ref Will
1st +0 +0 +2 +2 Contract, Invocations, Eldritch Attack 1 Least
2nd +1 +0 +3 +3 Eldritch Shaping 1 -
3rd +2 +1 +3 +3 Fighting Style 2 -
4th +3 +1 +4 +4 3 -
5th +3 +1 +4 +4 4 -
6th +4 +2 +5 +5 5 Lesser
7th +5 +2 +5 +5 Eldritch Shaping 5 -
8th +6/+1 +2 +6 +6 6 -
9th +6/+1 +3 +6 +6 7 -
10th +7/+2 +3 +7 +7 8 -
11th +8/+3 +3 +7 +7 9 Greater
12th +9/+4 +4 +8 +8 Eldritch Shaping 9 -
13th +9/+4 +4 +8 +8 10 -
14th +10/+5 +4 +9 +9 11 -
15th +11/+6/+1 +5 +9 +9 12 -
16th +12/+7/+2 +5 +10 +10 13 Dark
17th +12/+7/+2 +5 +10 +10 Eldritch Shaping 13 -
18th +13/+8/+3 +6 +11 +11 14 -
19th +14/+9/+3 +6 +11 +11 15 -
20th +15/+10/+5 +6 +12 +12 16 -

Class Skills (2 + Int modifier per level, ×4 at 1st level)
Appraise (Int), Concentration (Con), Knowledge (Int), Listen (Wis) Spellcraft (Int), Spot (Wis), Use Magic Device (Cha),

Class Features

All of the following are class features of the Grimoire Warlock.

Weapon and Armor Proficiency: Simple weapons and light armor. No shields.

Attack Bonus: Eldritch Attack (if you choose a shape that requires an attack roll, you add +1 to the attack roll plus a +1 Competence bonus to attacks for every four levels (round down) you possess when using a signature blast shape.)

Invocations: Invocations are spell-like abilities that use a move action, are subject to spell failure chance for medium and heavy armor, and have a somatic and verbal component. They may be dispelled with a move action. They are split between four grades: Least, Lesser, Greater, Dark. At CL1 level, you may learn least invocations. At CL6, lesser; CL11 greater; CL16 dark.

When you gain access to the next grade of invocations, you gain mastery with the prior grades. The benefit gained is shown in the following chart.

Table: Invocations Prior Grade Mastery Benefits
Grades Prior Benefit Gained
1 Somatic component unneeded. Standard action to refresh these invocations.
2 Invoking and Dispelling time changes to swift or move action. Move action to refresh these invocations.
3 Swift action to refresh these invocations.
4 Invocations are refreshed automatically.
5 Immediate action to invoke and dispel.
6 May cast invocation along with another invocation

At every caster level other than 2nd, 7th, 12th, and 17th, you gain an invocation. The invocation you gain must be on your invocations knowable list. The invocations knowable list is made up of the standard invocation list (see below) plus the invocations of your contract. Instead of an invocation, you may also choose an eldritch (blast) shape or eldritch essence, though they must also be on the invocations knowable list.

When you use an invocation, you cannot use it again until you refresh your invocations. To refresh your invocations, you use a full-round action that provokes attacks of opportunities. You may make a disguise check to make it look like you are doing something else, such as thinking thoughtfully. Invocations that are still in effect are also refreshed. You may not reinvoke an invocation that is still in effect, except to reset its duration.

Contract (Ex): Warlocks gain their power by signing contracts with powerful creatures. The creature that signs the contract gains <something> in return for giving away these powers. Every contract has at least one clause.

A clause is a purpose or a concept, though more may be added through the feat "Extra Clause". Every clause adds 5 invocations per grade to the invocations knowable list and has a special power, similar to the special powers of clerical domains. Each clause also has a list of 4 to 6 class skills.

Initial Clause (Ex): At first level, you must choose a clause. This clause determines many key abilities about yourself. You gain all skills of the clause as class skills. If the clause is a purpose, saving throws for the special effects of your invocations are keyed off of Wisdom. If the clause is a concept, saving throws for the special effects of your invocations are keyed off of Charisma.

Extra Clauses (Ex): If by some means, you gain an extra clause, you add all invocations of that clause to your invocations knowable list. You choose one skill on the clause's skill list, and that skill becomes a class skill for you. Saving throws for these invocations are still based off of your initial clause. The extra clauses cannot clash with any prior clauses. For example, if you have a clause for "Goodness", you cannot take a clause for "Evilness".

Eldritch Attack (Sp): You get a damage dealing ability! It's base damage is 1d4 physical damage per caster level. You may choose to make it bludgeoning, piercing, or slashing damage, but it otherwise does not bypass damage reduction except for creatures with damage reduction bypassed by specifically magic. Spell Resistance applies. You should probably explain what this ability looks like ("A stream of needles shoot out of my hands and strike the ork before disappearing"). It is equivalent to a first level spell, though the Eldritch Shape and Eldritch Essence may change the level.

Every time you use Eldritch Attack, you must choose an Eldritch Shape and you may apply an Eldritch Essence. An Eldritch Shape effects the area, range, and casting action. You use the higher equivalent spell level of the Eldritch Shape and Eldritch Essence to determine the equivalent spell level of the Eldritch Attack. An Eldritch Essence adds extra effects to the blast.

At first level, you start with two Eldritch Shapes, Ray and Strike, and one Eldritch Essence, Power.

Eldritch Shaping (Ex): At 2nd level, and every 5 levels onwards, you may add a new Eldritch Shape and a new Eldritch Essence to your list of Blasts and Essences known. You may choose any shape or essence as long as it does not start with the word "Greater".

Fighting Style (Ex): Choose a fighting style, either ranged, melee, or support. If you choose ranged, you gain Sharpshooter as a bonus feat. If you choose melee, you gain Toughness, Grimoire as a bonus feat. If you choose support, you gain Augment Healingbook acronym as a bonus feat.


Invocations
Eldritch Shapes

Note: When I get the format figured out, I'll try building a template. Until then, they are in pre tags.

Ray:

 Grade:  Least (1)
 Range:  Depends on Grade.  Close for Least, Medium for Lesser, Long for Greater and Dark.
 Area:  Ray
 Action:  Standard
 Target:  Living creature
 Special:  This is considered a signature attack.

Strike:

 Grade:  Least (1)
 Range: Threat Range
 Area:  Melee
 Action:  Standard
 Target:  Living creature
 Special:  This is considered a signature attack.

AoO:

 Grade:  Least (1)
 Range: Threat Range
 Area:  Melee
 Action:  Attack of Oppurtunity
 Target:  Provoking creature
 Special:  You are never considered unarmed.

Allies:

 Grade:  Lesser (2)
 Range:  Personal
 Area: 60ft Sphere 
 Action:  Standard
 Target:  Allies
 Special:  May only use [healing] Eldritch Essences.

Chain:

 Grade:  Lesser (2)
 Range:  As Ray
 Area:  Ray
 Action:  Standard
 Target:  Two living creatures (see special)
 Special:  Make a ranged attack against the first creature.  If it succeeds, you may make a ranged attack against the second.

Line:

 Grade:  Lesser (2)
 Range:  5ft per CL
 Area:  Line
 Acton:  Standard
 Target:  All living creatures in area.

Cone:

 Grade:  Greater (3)
 Range:  5ft per 2 CL
 Area:  Cone
 Action:  Standard
 Target:  All living creatures in area
Eldritch Essences

Power:

 Grade:  Least (1)
 Effect:  Increase size of damage dice by 1.  (d4s become d6s)

Spellstrained:

 Grade:  Lesser (3)
 Effect:  Add 2 Spellstrained levels.
 Save:  Will negates.
Clauses

Ex-Grimoire Warlocks

Any Grimoire Warlock who breaks the initial clause of its contract loses all class abilities until it resigns the contract and an atonement spell is cast on the Grimoire Warlock. Extra clauses that are broken causes the loss of abilities gained from signing each extra clause.

Epic Grimoire Warlock

Table: The Epic Grimoire Warlock Hit Die: d6
Level Special
21st
22nd
23rd
24th
25th
26th
27th
28th
29th
30th

2 + Int modifier skill points per level.

Invocations: Your caster level continues to increase.

Bonus Feats : The epic Grimoire Warlock gains a bonus feat (selected from the list of epic Grimoire Warlock bonus feats) every n levels after 20th.

Epic Grimoire Warlock Bonus Feat List: <-list of bonus epic feats->.

Human Grimoire Warlock Starting Package

Weapons: <-Weapon selection for starting at 1st level with this class.->.

Skill Selection: Pick a number of skills equal to 4 + Int modifier.

Skill Ranks Ability Armor
Check
Penalty
<-Skill name-> <-4 for class skills and 2 for cross-class skills-> <-Abbrieviated key ability-> <-armor check penalty based on starting armor. If innapplicable put "—"->
<-Skill name-> <-4 for class skills and 2 for cross-class skills-> <-Abbrieviated key ability-> <-armor check penalty based on starting armor. If innapplicable put "—"->

<-copy and paste the rows as necessary.->

Feat: <-1st-level feat selection->.

Bonus Feats: <-1st-level feat bonus feats due to class or sample race. remove this section if this sample doesn't get any bonus feats at 1st level. ->.

Gear: <-Starting armor and other equipment outside of weapons.->.

Gold: <-Starting gold using this package.->.





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