Death Pact Warlock (3.5e Alternate Class Feature)
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Death Pact Warlock
Throughout history, countless magical secrets have been discovered, hoarded, and taken to their inventor's grave. Necromancy being what it is, those secrets aren't always as lost as some might want to think. Many Warlocks rise to power on the back of the ancient lore held by Lich Queens, Vampire Lords, or Ghost Princes. Some of these were even Warlocks in life, passing on their knowledge in a twisted sort of apprenticeship. Others employ magic like speak with dead to learn of these forgotten magics without needing to consort with unliving horrors, or simply plunder the tombs of ancient mages. Regardless of the source of their power, those who follow this path inevitably surrender to the temptation of eternal unlife.
Class: Warlock
Level: 1st-20th
Replaces: Deceive Item, Imbue Item
Benefit: The Warlock gains the following abilities.
Rebuke Undead: At 1st level, the Warlock gains the Rebuke Undead ability of a Cleric of his level.
Spell-Stitched Rebirth: At 6th level, the Warlock engraves runes upon his flesh, passing into undeath and gaining arcane power. He gains the Necropolitan and Spell-Stitched templates. Neither template effects his ECL, and he pays no XP cost to become a Necropolitan. Unlike a normal Spell-Stitched creature, he gains new spells if his Wisdom score changes, and cannot use any SLAs that are of higher level than the spells that a Bard of his level could cast.
Spell-Stitched Reanimation: At 11th level, the Warlock refines the techniques he used to become undead, and begins to apply them to his own creations. Any undead he creates (typically by use of the the dead walk invocation) gains the Spell-Stitched template, and its Wisdom score is treated as being four higher for the purposes of determining what kind of SLAs it is entitled to.
Greater Undeath: At 16th level, the Warlock elevates himself to one of the greater forms of undead. He may replace the Necropolitan template with another template that is acquired, changes the base creature's type to undead, and has a CR adjustment of +2 or less. He retains the Spell-Stitched template, even if the new template somehow renders him ineligible. As previously, this template does not effect his ECL.
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| Class | Warlock + |
| Identifier | 3.5e Alternate Class Feature + |
| Rating | Unrated + |
| Summary | Throughout history, countless magical secr … Throughout history, countless magical secrets have been discovered, hoarded, and taken to their inventor's grave. Necromancy being what it is, those secrets aren't always as lost as some might want to think. Many Warlocks rise to power on the back of the ancient lore held by Lich Queens, Vampire Lords, or Ghost Princes. Some of these were even Warlocks in life, passing on their knowledge in a twisted sort of apprenticeship. Others employ magic like speak with dead to learn of these forgotten magics without needing to consort with unliving horrors, or simply plunder the tombs of ancient mages. Regardless of the source of their power, those who follow this path inevitably surrender to the temptation of eternal unlife. ender to the temptation of eternal unlife. + |
| Title | Death Pact Warlock + |
