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Wartex1
2015-05-10, 03:51 PM
I'm mostly making this out of boredom, so it may be weirdly designed. I'm accepting suggestions for any needed alterations.

The Self
You may have been touched by some awesome power, such as a god or other powerful being, but that only allowed you to bring out the power of your own psyche. Though it may seem there is only one patron of your power, that being yourself, the power of your personality can take many forms.

Expended Spell List
The Self grants you access to new magical abilities. The following spells are added to the Warlock Spell List for you.

1st
Chromatic Orb, Disguise Self
2nd
Alter Self, Phantasmal Force
3rd
Protection From Energy, Spirit Guardians
4th
Mordenkainen's Private Sanctum, Phantasmal Killer
5th
Bigby's Hand, Dispel Evil and Good

Tarot Arcana
When you choose this Patron at 1st level, you choose which Tarot Arcana you have as well. This should reflect your personality or any hidden truths you may have. Each Tarot Arcana has a respective damage type that provides special bonuses. Your 1st level bonus is that your Eldritch Blast can deal damage of your Tarot Arcana's type, ignoring resistance.

Fool - Force
Magician - Fire
Priestess - Poison
Empress - Cold
Emperor - Bludgeoning
Hierophant - Lightning
Lovers - Psychic
Chariot - Piercing
Justice - Radiant
Hermit - Acid
Fortune - Thunder
Strength - Slashing
Hanged Man - Necrotic

Embracing the Shadow
At 6th level, because of your acceptance of your true self, you can manifest the image of your personality. Whenever you cast a spell, a large entity that reflects your personality and Tarot Arcana appears briefly next to you, but cannot perform any actions. For spells such as Phantasmal Killer or Bigby's Hand that use images or nondescript magical constructs (Up to the DM on which spells qualify), you may choose to have the image of your personality appear instead to perform the actions of the spell. If you do this, the damage dealt by the spell changes to that of your Tarot Arcana and ignores resistance.

Mask as the Self
Once you reach 10th level, you gain resistance to the damage type associated with your Tarot Arcana. In addition, once per Short Rest, you can use a bonus action to gain immunity to that damage type for 10 minutes.

Embodied Face
Upon reaching 14th level, you can physically manifest yourself as the image of your personality. As a bonus action, you appear as the image of your personality for 1 minute. During this time, your AC is equal to 13 + your Charisma modifier and you add your Charisma modifier to the damage of all damage-dealing spells that you cast if you do not do so already. This feature recharges on a Long Rest.




Anyways, here's another Pact Boon with an Invocation for more Persona-y goodness.

Pact of the Card
Your Patron gives you a mysterious fortune-telling deck with special properties. Once per Long Rest, you may perform a 1 minute ritual using these cards that gives you insight on what may happen later. This allows you to gain or grant advantage on a single attack roll, skill check, ability check, or saving throw or until you take another Long Rest. You always have these cards on hand, and if they leave your person, they return to you whenever you look for them.

Reversed Fortune
Requires Pact of the Card
Once per Long Rest, whenever a creature other than you makes an attack roll, skill check, ability check, or saving throw, you may use your reaction to grant disadvantage on that roll by drawing a card from your deck in reversed position.

Scarce
2015-05-11, 12:35 AM
Embracing the Shadow
At 6th level, because of your acceptance of your true self, you can manifest the image of your personality. Whenever you cast a spell, a large entity that reflects your personality and Tarot Arcana appears briefly next to you, but cannot perform any actions. For spells such as Phantasmal Killer or Bigby's Hand that use images or nondescript magical constructs (Up to the DM on which spells qualify), you may choose to have the image of your personality appear instead to perform the actions of the spell. If you do this, the damage dealt by the spell changes to that of your Tarot Arcana and ignores resistance.


This doesn't seem to have much of a mechanical effect at all, except for the rare chance of ignoring resistance.

Mcdt2
2015-05-11, 12:57 PM
This doesn't seem to have much of a mechanical effect at all, except for the rare chance of ignoring resistance.

Well, it would cause them to take additional damage if they are vulnerable to that damage type. But yeah, otherwise, I don't see it doing much of anything.

AuraTwilight
2015-05-11, 03:33 PM
Ribbon abilities are a thing.

Mcdt2
2015-05-13, 04:23 PM
Ribbon abilities are a thing.

Yes, but then I'd expect there to be another (non-ribbon) ability at level 6, since otherwise Warlocks of The Self are considerably weaker at that level than other warlocks.

Hmm. At level 6 all the patrons give an ability which recharges on a short rest. Archfey gives a teleport+invisibility, Fiend boosts an ability check or save, and Great Old One is defensive. Maybe give it an ability that attacks people with your Persona (presumably doing the Arcana's damage type). Not sure what would be a fair amount of damage, though.