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===Making a Warlock===

Being somewhat nontraditional spellcasters, and also having decent damage-dealing capability, Warlocks can fit into pretty much any party structure fairly well.

'''Abilities:''' A Warlock's most important asset is the spells he can cast from his spheres. The Eldritch Blast is generally a fallback ability when there isn't a spell that you would be better off casting, or when a monster needs finishing off. His ability to summon can help out in a tight spot or when battlefield control is needed.

'''Races:''' Warlocks can be any non-Outsider. Actual Outsiders don’t bargain away their souls because they already have the ability to use the powers they would get, and that is represented by them having access to classes like [[True Fiend (3.5e Class)|True Fiend]] or [[Conduit of the Lower Planes (3.5e Class)|Conduit of the Lower Planes]]. However, a Warlock who later becomes an Outsider can still be a Warlock.

'''Alignment:''' Warlocks who bargain away their souls for power tend to be Evil, though nothing requires them to be. In fact, demons and devils will jump on the chance to corrupt someone Good to Team Evil, but such instances are rare. People whose power comes from their blood can be any alignment.

'''Starting Gold:''' 4d4*10 gp (100 gold).

'''[[SRD:Race Descriptions#Starting Age|Starting Age]]:''' As [[SRD:Rogue|Rogue]].

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<div>{{Anchor|Table: The Warlock}}</div>
Hit Die: d6
|-
! rowspan="2" | Level
! rowspan="2" | [[BAB|Base<br/>Attack Bonus]]
! colspan="3" | [[SRD:Saving Throw|Saving Throw]]s
! rowspan="2" | Special
|-
! [[SRD:Saving Throw#Fortitude|Fort]] || [[SRD:Saving Throw#Reflex|Ref]] || [[SRD:Saving Throw#Will|Will]]
|- 
|1st|| class="left" | +0 || +0 || +2 || +2
| class="left" | [[#Eldritch Blast|Eldritch Blast]], [[#Sphere|Sphere]]
|- 
|2nd|| class="left" | +1 || +0 || +3 || +3
| class="left" | [[#Fiendish Similarities|Fiendish Similarities]]
|- 
|3rd|| class="left" | +2 || +1 || +3 || +3
| class="left" | [[#Sphere|Sphere]]
|- 
|4th||class="left" | +3 || +1 || +4 || +4
| class="left" | [[#Call Fiends|Call Fiends]]
|- 
|5th||class="left" | +3 || +1 || +4 || +4
| class="left" | [[#Hellfire Blast|Hellfire Blast]]
|- 
|6th||class="left" | +4 || +2 || +5 || +5
| class="left" | [[#Sphere|Sphere]]
|- 
|7th||class="left" | +5 || +2 || +5 || +5
| class="left" | [[#Damage Reduction|Damage Reduction]]
|- 
|8th||class="left" | +6/+1 || +2 || +6 || +6
| class="left" | [[#Bonus Feat|Bonus Feat]]
|- 
|9th||class="left" | +6/+1 || +3 || +6 || +6
| class="left" | [[#Sphere|Sphere]]
|- 
|10th||class="left" | +7/+2 || +3 || +7 || +7
| class="left" | [[#Dark Blast|Dark Blast]]
|- 
|11th||class="left" | +8/+3 || +3 || +7 || +7
| class="left" | [[#Fiendish Servant|Fiendish Servant]]
|- 
|12th||class="left" | +9/+4 || +4 || +8 || +8
| class="left" | [[#Sphere|Sphere]]
|- 
|13th||class="left" | +9/+4 || +4 || +8 || +8
| class="left" | [[#Energy Resistance|Energy Resistance]]
|- 
|14th||class="left" | +10/+5 || +4 || +9 || +9
| class="left" | [[#Fear Aura|Fear Aura]]
|- 
|15th||class="left" | +11/+6/+1 || +5 || +9 || +9
| class="left" | [[#Fiendish Apotheosis|Fiendish Apotheosis]], [[#Sphere|Sphere]]
|- class="noalt"
| colspan="42" class="skill" |
'''Class Skills ([[Skill Points::4]] + [[SRD:Intelligence|Int]] modifier per level, &times;4 at 1st level)'''<br/>
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Bluff Skill|Bluff}} ([[SRD:Charisma|Cha]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Concentration Skill|Concentration}} ([[SRD:Constitution|Con]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Disguise Skill|Disguise}} ([[SRD:Charisma|Cha]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Hide Skill|Hide}} ([[SRD:Dexterity|Dex]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Intimidate Skill|Intimidate}} ([[SRD:Charisma|Cha]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Knowledge Skill|Knowledge}} (all skills, taken individually) ([[SRD:Intelligence|Int]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Listen Skill|Listen}} ([[SRD:Wisdom|Wis]])
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Move Silently Skill|Move Silently}} ([[SRD:Dexterity|Dex]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Sense Motive Skill|Sense Motive}} ([[SRD:Wisdom|Wis]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Sleight of Hand Skill|Sleight of Hand}} ([[SRD:Dexterity|Dex]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Spellcraft Skill|Spellcraft}} ([[SRD:Intelligence|Int]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Spot Skill|Spot}} ([[SRD:Wisdom|Wis]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Use Magic Device Skill|Use Magic Device}} ([[SRD:Charisma|Cha]]).
|}

====Class Features====

'''Weapon and Armor Proficiency:''' Warlocks are proficient in light armor, shields (but not great shields), and simple weapons.

'''{{Anchor|Sphere}}:''' A Warlock gains basic access to a [[Tome_of_Fiends_(3.5e_Sourcebook)/Spheres_and_Feats#Fiendish_Spheres|sphere]] at first level, third level, and every third level after that. If the Warlock selects a sphere that he already has basic access to, he upgrades it to advanced access. If he already had advanced access, he gains expert access.

'''{{Anchor|Eldritch Blast}} ([[SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Supernatural|Su]]):''' As an attack action, a Warlock may fire a blast of fire at his foes. This has a range of Close (25 feet +5 ft./2 levels), does 1d6 fire damage per level of Warlock, and requires a ranged touch attack to hit.

'''{{Anchor|Fiendish Similarities}}:''' A 2nd level Warlock may qualify for and take feats with the [Fiend] or [Necromantic] tag, as long as he meets the other requirements. For [Necromantic] feats, he may use his character level as his caster level.

'''''{{Anchor|Call Fiends}}'' ([[SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Spell-Like|Sp]]):''' At 4th level, a Warlock can Summon an Outsider with the [Evil] subtype once per day, as long as the Outsider’s Challenge Rating is 3 less than his character level or lower. He can also choose to double the number of creatures summoned by reducing the max CR of the creatures by 2 per doubling (a 9th level Warlock could summon one CR 6 fiend, two CR 4 fiends, 4 CR 2 fiends, or 8 CR 1 fiends). This is treated as a spell of one half the Warlock’s level, rounded down, with a caster level equal to his levels in Warlock.

'''{{Anchor|Hellfire Blast}} ([[SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Supernatural|Su]]):''' At 5th level, a Warlock may choose to fire a blast of hellfire instead of normal fire, at the cost of 2d6 points of damage (i.e. a 5th level Warlock could use a 5d6 fire blast or a 3d6 hellfire blast). This blast bypasses fire resistance and deals half damage to creatures with fire immunity.

'''{{Anchor|Damage Reduction}} ([[SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Extraordinary|Ex]]):''' At 7th level, a Warlock gains damage reduction equal to one half his class level, rounded up. This damage reduction is bypasses by whatever material is baneful to the Warlock’s fiendish patron or ancestor (silver for Baatezu, wood for Yugoloths, stone for Demodands, and iron for Tanar’ri) or Good aligned weapons. At 13th level, it is bypassed only by one of those, which the Warlock chooses upon taking the level. If a Warlock later takes levels in [[True Fiend (3.5e Class)]], the damage reduction stacks and, at the third level of True Fiend, is bypassed only by weapons that are both Good and made of a baneful substance.

'''{{Anchor|Bonus Feat}}:''' At 8th level, a Warlock gains one bonus feat, which can be any [Fiend] feat he qualifies for.

'''{{Anchor|Dark Blast}} ([[SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Supernatural|Su]]):''' At 10th level, a Warlock may choose to change the damage of his Eldritch Blast to Unholy damage by reducing the damage it deals by 4d6 (a 10th level Warlock could opt to fire a 10d6 fire blast, 8d6 hellfire blast, or 6d6 unholy blast).

'''{{Anchor|Fiendish Servant}}:''' An 11th level Warlock is followed by a cohort whose CR is 2 less than his level, but the cohort can only have levels in True Fiend, Fiendish Brute, or Conduit of the Lower Planes (they can also have racial hit dice).

'''{{Anchor|Energy Resistance}}:''' At 13th level, a Warlock gains resistance 10 to two energy types of his choice, and resistance 5 to a third.

'''{{Anchor|Fear Aura}} ([[SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Supernatural|Su]]):''' At 14th level, a Warlock can radiate a 20 foot aura of fear (as per the spell) at will with a caster level equal to his character level. The save DC is 10 + {{1/2}} the Warlock's Hit Dice + the Warlock's Cha modifier.

'''{{Anchor|Fiendish Apotheosis}}:''' A 15th level Warlock becomes an Outsider with the [Evil] subtype, even if his own alignment is not evil. He is immortal and does not age. This allows him to qualify for the Fiend classes, which can be used to fill out his last 5 levels if he so desires.
Allowed Alignments	Lawful Good +, Lawful Neutral +, Lawful Evil +, Neutral Good +, Neutral +, Neutral Evil +, Chaotic Good +, Chaotic Neutral + and Chaotic Evil +
Article Balance	Very High +
Base Attack Bonus Progression	Moderate +
Class Ability	Alternate Magic +
Class Ability Progression	Full +
Fortitude Save Progression	Poor +
Identifier	3.5e Class +
Length	15 +
Minimum Level	1 +
Rating	Unrated +
Reflex Save Progression	Good +
Skill	Bluff +, Concentration +, Disguise +, Hide +, Intimidate +, Knowledge +, Listen +, Move Silently +, Sense Motive +, Sleight of Hand +, Spellcraft +, Spot + and Use Magic Device +
Skill Points	4 +
Summary	A Warlock that doesn't suck. +
Title	Warlock +
Will Save Progression	Good +