The Order of Desolation

Acceptance into the Order of Illriggers makes you a comrade with every other illrigger, regardless of which Archdevil you serve. Each Archdevil has churches, underground fanes, secret societies, cults. All with leaders manically devoted to the Archdevil who grants them their power. But the association of Illriggers consider themselves each more alike to the others in the order than to the priests and warlocks who serve the same master.

Members of the Order of Desolation, also known as the Desolate or the Knights of Desecration, are expected to be intelligent, resourceful, tactical, manipulative. A temple or cult may believe that the presence of an Illrigger in their midst is a sign that their Archdevil approves on their actions, but the Illriggers are independent. They serve no order, no hierarchy, no authority but the Archdevil themselves and pride themselves on being separate from all other organizations. It is not unusual, therefore, for a member of the Order of Desolation to seek help, and find it, from other members of order first, even from Illriggers who serve other Archdevils before going to any church, cult, or temple to their own archdevil.

Hit Points

• Hit Dice: 1d10 per Illrigger level
• Hit Points at 1st Level: 10 + your Constitution modifier
• Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d10 (or 6) + your Constitution modifier per Illrigger level after 1st

Proficiencies

• Armor: Light armor, medium armor, shields
• Weapons: Simple weapons, martial weapons
• Tools: None

• Saving Throws: Constitution, Charisma
• Skills: Choose two from Arcana, Athletics, Deception, Insight, Intimidation, Investigation, Persuasion, and Religion

Equipment

You start with the following equipment, in addition to the equipment granted by your background:

• (a) a martial weapon and a shield or (b) two martial weapons
• (a) chain shirt or (b) leather armor
• (a) a priest's pack or (b) a dungeoneer's pack
• A holy symbol and five javelins

Forked Tongue

At 1st level, you gain proficiency in your choice of two of the following skills: Deception, Insight, Intimidation, or Persuasion.

Your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check you make that uses either of those skills.

Infernal Conduit

There is a well of infernal power within you that replenishes after you take a long rest. With this well, you can transfer hit points between yourself and other creatures. You can transfer a number of hit points equal to your illrigger level x 4.

As an action, you can touch a willing creature to either heal yourself by dealing necrotic damage to that creature or heal the creature by dealing necrotic damage to yourself. You can draw a number of hit points to transfer in this way from your pool, up to the maximum amount remaining in your pool.

You can also target an unwilling creature. When you do so, the target must make a Constitution save. On a success, they are unaffected and immune to this feature for the next 24 hours. On a failure, the creature is effected as though they were willing.

If you are at maximum hit points and drain hit points from a creature, you gain temporary hit points equal to the amount you drained. You can not give another creature temporary hit points in this way.

At 9th level, you can choose to remove a level of exhaustion by spending 4 points from your pool. Alternatively, you can spend 4 points to bestow a level of exhaustion on a creature.

At 13th level, when a creature is effected by your infernal conduit, you learn the emotional state and surface level thoughts of the creature. Additionally, you have advantage on Wisdom (Insight) checks made against the creature for the next hour.

Underhanded Technique

At 2nd level, you adopt a deceptive style of fighting as your specialty. Choose one of the following options. You can't take an Underhanded Technique option more than once, even if you later get to choose again.

Preparing and Casting Spells

The illrigger table shows how many spell slots you have to cast your spells. To cast one of your illrigger spells of 1st level or higher, you must expend a slot of the spell’s level or higher. You regain all expended spell slots when you finish a long rest.

You prepare the list of illrigger spells that are available for you to cast, choosing from the illrigger spell list. When you do so, choose a number of illrigger spells equal to your Charisma modifier + half your illrigger level, rounded down (minimum of one spell). The spells must be of a level for which you have spell slots.

For example, if you are a 5th-level illrigger, you have four 1st-level and two 2nd-level spell slots. With a Charisma of 14, your list of prepared spells can include four spells of 1st or 2nd level, in any combination. If you prepare the 1st-level spell hell’s lash, you can cast it using a 1st-level or a 2nd-level slot.

Casting the spell doesn’t remove it from your list of prepared spells. You can change your list of prepared spells when you finish a long rest. Preparing a new list of illrigger spells requires time spent in prayer and meditation: at least 1 minute per spell level for each spell on your list.

Spellcasting Ability

Charisma is your spellcasting ability for your illrigger spells, since their power derives from your ability to command the attention of your patron archdevil. You use your Charisma whenever a spell refers to your spellcasting ability. In addition, you use your Charisma modifier when setting the saving throw DC for an illrigger spell you cast and when making an attack roll with one.

Authority Spells

Each of the Lords of Hell grant different spells to their elite death commandos. You gain access to these spells at the levels specified in the Invoke Authority description. Once you gain access to an oath spell, you always have it prepared. Authority spells don’t count against the number of spells you can prepare each day.

If you gain an authority spell that doesn’t appear on the illrigger spell list, the spell is nonetheless an illrigger spell for you.

Invoke Authority

You invoke the authority granted you by your Archdevil lord, channelling baleful energy to fuel magical effects. Each Invoke Authority option provided by your Archdevil explains how to use it.

When you use your Invoke Authority, you choose which option to use. You must then finish a short or long rest to use your Invoke Authority again.

Some Invoke Authority effects require saving throws. When you use such an effect from this class, the DC equals your illrigger spell save DC.

Authority Spells

Invoke Authority

When you pledge yourself to Moloch at 3rd level, you gain the following two Invoke Authority options.

Cloud of Brimstone. As a bonus action, you can teleport up to 30 feet.

Compel the Graceless. As an action, you can target a creature within 30 feet of you. The target must make a Wisdom save. On a failure, the target must attack their closest ally.

If the target has a Dexterity score that is lower than yours, it makes its save with disadvantage.

Scion of Moloch

At 7th level, you can choose a second option from the Underhanded Technique class feature.

Blessing of Shadow

Once you reach 15th level, the seals from your Baleful Interdict feature conceals you from your target. You are invisible to creatures that have a seal placed on them.

Shadowform

Starting at 20th level you may use an action to become a Greater Shadow for one minute. You gain damage resistance to acid, cold, fire, lightning, thunder; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical weapons.

You gain Incorporeal Movement and a fly speed of 50. You can move through other creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain. You take 5 (1d10) force damage if you end your turn inside an object. Your weapon attacks deal necrotic damage and successful attack drain 1d4 strength from the target. The target dies if this reduces its Strength to 0. Otherwise, the reduction lasts until the target finishes a short or long rest. If a non-evil humanoid dies from this attack, a new shadow rises from the corpse 1d4 hours later.

You regain the use of this ability after a long rest.

Authority Spells

Invoke Authority

When you pledge yourself to Dispater at 3rd level, you gain the following two Invoke Authority options.

Devastator. As an action, you can cause your seals to flair with hellish energy. You deal an extra 1d6 necrotic damage with your melee weapon attacks while your seal remains on them.

Compel the Weak. As an action, you can target a creature within 30 feet of you. The target must make a Wisdom save. On a failure, the target must attack their closest ally.

If the target has a Strength score that is lower than yours, it makes its save with disadvantage.

Bonus Proficiencies

Also upon becoming a painkiller at 3rd level, you gain proficiency with heavy armor.

Scion of Dispater

Starting at 7th level, whenever you deal damage to a target by consuming your seal, you gain advantage on your next weapon attack roll against that creature before the end of your next turn.

Blessing of Fury

Once you reach 15th level, whenever you take the Attack action against a creature with one of your seals placed on it, you can make an additional attack against that creature.

Devil Knight

Starting at 20th level you can use your action to transform yourself into a devil for one minute. Your size becomes large. Your Strength becomes 26 (+8) and your Constitution becomes 24 (+7). You emanate an aura of fear forcing every creature that starts their turn within 20 feet of you to make a Wisdom saving throw against your spell save DC or be frightened for 1 minute. Affected targets can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of their turns, ending the effect on on a success.

Your type becomes fiend (devil) and while you are in this form, Hell is your home plane. You replenish this ability after a long rest.

Authority Spells

Invoke Authority

When you pledge yourself to Asmodeus at 3rd level, you gain the following two Invoke Authority options.

Infernal Arcanist. When you cast a spell that has a casting time of 1 action, you can use your Invoke Authority to cast it as a bonus action.

Compel the Credulous. As an action, you can target a creature within 30 feet of you. The target must make a Wisdom save. On a failure, the target must attack their closest ally.

If the target has a Charsima score that is lower than yours, it makes its save with disadvantage.

Scion of Asmodeus

Starting at 7th level, creatures that have a seal on them make saving throws against your spells with disadvantage.

Blessing of Fire

Once you reach 15th level, when a creature that has one of your seals on it makes a melee attack against you, you can use your reaction to deal 1d6 fire damage per spell-level expended to place the seal.

Hellmage

At 20th level, you can use your action to assume the form of an Archmage of Hell for one minute. While in this form, you may use your reaction to absorb a spell that targets only you. The spell has no effect, and you regain a spell slot equal to the level of the spell cast on you.

1st Level

• Charm Person
• Command
• Compelled Duel
• Comprehend Languages
• Cure Wounds
• Detect Magic
• Furious Interdict*
• Hellish Rebuke
• Hell's Lash*
• Hex
• Immobilizing Interdict*
• Rejuvenating Interdict*
• Shield of Faith

2nd Level

• Burning Halo*
• Darkness
• Enthrall
• Hold Person
• Invisibility
• Lesser Restoration
• Protection from Poison
• Ray of Enfeeblement
• Suggestion

3rd Level

• Counterspell
• Dispel Magic
• Fear
• Fly
• Summon Hell*
• Interdict Iteritas*
• Remove Curse
• Revivify
• Tongues
• Vampiric Touch

4th Level

• Aura of Loathing*
• Banishment
• Blight
• Death Ward
• Dimension Door
• Interdict Barrier

5th Level

• Aura of Desecration*
• Contact Other Plane
• Dispel Evil and Good
• Hold Monster
• Ultimatum*

Aura of Desecration

5th-level abjuration

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: Self (30-foot radius)
• Components: V
• Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes

Life-defiling energy radiates from you in an aura with a 30-foot radius. Until the spell ends, the aura moves with you, centered on you. Each creature in the aura (except you) takes 1d6 damage at the beginning of each of your turns, and you heal an amount equal to the total damage inflicted to all creatures.