Pact Boon
At 3rd level, a warlock gains the Pact Boon feature. Here is a
new playtest option for that feature: the Pact of the Aspect.
Pact of the Aspect:
Your patron grants you the power to briefly manifest a guise
that is tapped into their power. As a bonus action, you can
assume an Eldritch Incarnation, donning a form that allows
you to attain a greater stage of power. You can stay in this
form for a number of turns equal to your Warlock Level +
your Charisma Ability Score.
When in your Eldritch Incarnation, you gain the following
features:
You can add your Charisma Modifier to the attack or
damage rolls of spells. You must announce this before you
roll your dice.
You can reduce damage you take equal to your Charisma
Modifier.
Choose one Charisma Skill appropriate to your form. You
gain advantage in all rolls using that skill.
Your Eldritch Incarnation ends early if you fall
unconscious. You can also end your Eldritch Incarnation on
your turn as a bonus action.
Eldritch Incarnation
The Pact of the Aspect allows the warlock to alter their form
subtly, though the severity of this change is down to the player
and DM's discretion. If you're playing this type of Warlock,
take a moment to describe how your Eldritch Incarnation
manifests itself.
For instance, it might form as a subtle, gloomy discoloration
of the character's guise, or in augmenting the Warlock's form
to appear more beautiful. At the same time it could take the
form of a devilish visage with quasi-real horns and veins
glowing with an eerie light, or a horrifying aberrant with
tentacles covering the warlock's lips and a vile sheen of mucus
coating their skin.
These factors should be considered in a role-playing
environment, as a subtler Eldritch Incarnation could be
overlooked in an encounter taking place in a busy marketplace,
whilst a more over Eldritch Incarnation might risk the
Warlock's reputation in exchange for a more frightening
visage.
Eldritch Invocations
At 2nd level, a warlock gains the Eldritch Invocations feature.
Here are new playtest options for that feature.
These new invocations are tied to the Pact of the Aspect,
allowing you to enhance the style of play you make with this
new Pact Boon.
Arcane Armor
Prerequisite: Pact of the Aspect
When you enter your Eldritch Incarnation, you gain
temporary Hit Points equal to your Warlock Level + your
Charisma Ability Score. You can't gain temporary hit points
from this again until after 1 minute.
Arms of the Aspect
Prerequisite: Pact of the Aspect
Your Eldritch Incarnation gains the following feature: Your
range for melee attack and melee spell attack rolls becomes
10-feet.
Blood Pact
Prerequisite: Pact of the Aspect
You can treat with your Patron in an offering of your blood
as life force. You can spend 1 minute and expend Hit Dice,
which you can add to the turns you can use your Eldritch
Incarnation.
Corporeal Manifestation
Prerequisite: 5th Level, Pact of the Aspect
You use your Charisma Ability Score in place of
Constitution when determining your Warlock hit points. Your
Eldritch Incarnation gains the following feature: You add your
Charisma Modifier to your Constitution Saving Throws.
Dreadforce
Prerequisite: 5th Level, Pact of the Aspect
Your Eldritch Incarnation gains the following feature: You
ignore a creature's damage resistances and treat their
immunities as resistances instead.
Graceful Guise
Prerequisite: 7th Level, Pact of the Aspect
While you are in your Eldritch Incarnation, you can allure
those captivated by your guise. As an action you can make a
Charisma (Persuasion) check contested by the creature's
Charisma Saving Throw. On a failed save, the creature is
charmed by you while you maintain your Eldritch
Incarnation. You can have only one target charmed at a time.
If you charms another, the effect on the previous target ends.
Looming Presence
Prerequisite: 15th Level, Pact of the Aspect
While you are in your Eldritch Incarnation, you create an 5-
foot aura around you. Allied creatures within that aura gain
the benefits of your Eldritch Incarnation feature, using your
Charisma Modifier.
Mastered Aspect
Prerequisite: 15th Level, Pact of the Aspect
You can maintain your Eldritch Incarnation.
Power of the Pact
Prerequisite: Pact of the Aspect When you are in your
Eldritch Incarnation, the first spell you cast through your
Pact Magic feature does not expend a spell slot (excluding
your Mystic Arcanum spells.)
Radiant Splendor
Prerequisite: Pact of the Aspect
Your Eldritch Incarnation gains the following feature: You
can shed bright light in a 30-foot radius and dim light for an
additional 30 feet.
Sinister Shield
Prerequisite: 9th Level, Pact of the Aspect
Your Eldritch Incarnation gains the following feature: You
can use your reaction to increase your AC by your Charisma
Modifier until the end of your next turn.
Terror Incarnate
Prerequisite: 7th Level, Pact of the Aspect
While you are in your Eldritch Incarnation, you can terrify
those afraid of your guise. As an action action you can make a
Charisma (Intimidation) check contested by the creature's
Wisdom Saving Throw. On a failed save, the creature is
frightened by you while you maintain your Eldritch
Incarnation. Creatures immune to fear automatically succeed
on the saving throw.
Wave of Doom
Prerequisite: Pact of the Aspect
While you are in your Eldritch Incarnation, at the end of
your turn, you can unleash an wave of wicked intent, surging
outwards from you in a 10-foot radius. Hostile creatures in
that radius take necrotic damage equal to your Charisma
Modifier.