Warlock Patron: The Vilemaw

## Warlock Patron: The Vilemaw (Ver. 5)

The Vilemaw is ever hungry, consuming what ever she can. Though she prefers humanoids, they do have other uses too.

### Expanded Spell List

| Spell Level  | Spells |
|:---:|:-----------:|
|  1  | Detect Poison and Disease, Longstrider |
|  2  | Melf's Acid Arrow, Web |
|  3  | Bestow Curse, Feign Death |
|  4  | Death Ward, Vitriolic Sphere |
|  5  | Contagion, Insect Plague |

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#### Underlings
At level 1, you gain the ability to speak with spiders telepathically and understand them.

Also at level 1, you gain the ability to summon a spider companion, you cast a ritual for 10 minutes in order to bring it from a different plane to yours and you can't do so again until you finish a long rest. This spider will follow your orders to the best of it's abilities. If you take a long rest whilst the spider is still alive, it will return to it's plane.

When rolling for the Spider's Hit Points, add your Charisma Modifier to the total rather than its Constitution Modifier.

In combat, they roll their own initiative. If they are not given a command, they will defend themselves by taking the dodge action. No action is required to give a command.

At level 5, you may summon a Swarm of Spiders instead. Also at this level you can summon up to 2 different spiders of your choice before needing a long rest.

At level 9, you may summon a Great Spider. (Stat block is below).

At level 14, you may summon up to 3 spiders of your choice.

#### Cocoon
At level 6, you gain the ability to wrap your prey into cocoons.

You can attempt to cover a creature in a thick webbing. As an action, you can make a ranged spell attack up to 60 feet. On a hit, the creature is now in a cocoon from your webbing and is restrained. The creature can attempt to break out by making a Strength check against your Spell Save DC. The webbing can also be attacked and destroyed (AC is 10 + Charisma Modifier; hp equal to player level; immunity to bludgeoning, poison, and psychic damage).

Any damage that occurs to the web, apart from damage from the restrained creature, also occurs to the restrained creature but halved.

Unlike the *Web* spell, these webs are not vulnerable to fire damage.

You can do this a number of times equal to your Cha Modifier and regain all charges after a short rest.

#### Volatile Spiderlings
At level 10, your summoned spiders can explode on command.

Your summoned spiders gain a new ability, Volatility.  As an action on the Spider's turn, a Spider can explode and all creatures within 5 feet of the Spider must make a Dexterity Saving Throw. On a failure the creature takes 2d4 acid damage, on a success they take half damage instead.

A Swarm of Spiders deals 4d4 acid damage. A Great Spider deals 3d6 acid damage in a 10 foot radius. 
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#### Spider Monarch
At level 14, you are able to take the form of a Spider Monarch. You can do this twice before needing a long rest.

Whilst in this form you cannot cast any spells apart from spells and cantrips which do not require any material components.

You may still use your subclass abilities whilst in this form.

You keep your Int, Wis and Cha scores and modifiers.

Whilst in Spider Monarch form, you become proficient in Dex Saving Throws.

You can speak telepathically to any willing creature in any language you know.

When you are knocked down to 0 HP, you revert back to your original form and any extra damage left over carries over.

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### Eldritch Invocations

#### Gifts To The Great
*Prerequisite: The Vilemaw (Warlock Patron), Pact Of The Tome*

You may perform a 10 minute ritual using a the body of a living creature, as a offering to the Vilemaw to summon a Spider. This does not go against the number of spiders you can summon. To summon a Spider, you must offer a creature sized between Tiny and Medium, Swarm of Spiders offering must be between Small and Medium and a Great Spider's offering must be Medium.
You cannot do this again until you have had a long rest.

#### Neurotoxin
*Prerequisite: Pact Of The Chain*

When your familiar uses the Help action, the creature who is being helped deals an additional 1d8 poison damage on a hit.

#### Webbed Blade
*Prerequisite: Pact Of The Blade*

On your turn when you attack a creature with your Pact weapon, you may attempt to slow the creature. On a hit, the creature makes a Dexterity Saving Throw, on a fail the creature speed is reduced by half.

You can only do this twice until you finish a short rest.

#### Rappel
*Prerequisite: The Vilemaw (Warlock Patron), 5th Level*

As a reaction, when you have to make a Dexterity Saving Throw, you can attempt to use a web shot to a point in order to avoid danger.

Instead of taking full damage on a failed save, you take half instead, and on a success you take no damage.

Once the outcome has been determined, you may descend/ move to any unoccupied spot within 20ft of where you are.

You may do this once per short rest.
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> ## Great Spider
>*Medium*
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> - **Armor Class** 13
> - **Hit Points** 3d8 + Character's Charisma Mod
> - **Speed** 30 ft, 30 ft climbing.
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>|STR|DEX|CON|INT|WIS|CHA|
>|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|
>|12 (+1)|16 (+3)|13 (+1)|3 (-4)|12 (+1)|4 (-3)|
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> - **Skills** Perception +2, Stealth +5
> - **Senses** Darkvision 60 ft.
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> - **Web Walker.** The spider ignores the restriction of movement caused by a spider web.
> - **Spider Climb.** The spider climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check. 
> - **Web Sense.** When in contact with a web, the spider knows the exact location of all the creatures that are in contact with the fabric.
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> ### Actions
> ***Bite*** Melee Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, reach 5 ft.,one creature. *Hit* 1d6+1 piercing damage, and the target must make a DC 12 Constitution Saving Throw, taking 2d6 poison damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful save. If the poison damage reduces the target to 0 hit points, the target is stable but poisoned for 1 hour, even after regaining hit points, it is paralyzed while poisoned in this way.

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### Change Log
 
 ##### Underlings
 - Added a ten minute ritual timer to summon a spider.
 
 ##### Spider Monarch
 - Changed from being able to do a number of times equal to Cha Mod per short rest to twice per long rest.
 
 ##### Eldritch Invocations
 #### Gifts To the Great
 - Creature offering size now scales with Spider types.
 
 #### Neurotoxin
 - Changed damage type from Acid to Poison.
 
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> Image Credit: League Of Legends
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> ## Spider Monarch
>*Large*
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> - **Armor Class** 15
> - **Hit Points** D6 equal to Character Level
> - **Speed** 40 ft, Climbing 40 ft
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>|STR|DEX|CON|
>|:---:|:---:|:---:|
>|14 (+2)|16 (+3)|12 (+1)|
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> - **Skills** Stealth +7
> - **Damage Resistances** Acid, Poison
> - **Condition Immunities** Poisoned
> - **Senses** Darkvision 60 feet
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> - **Web Walker.** The spider ignores the restriction of movement caused by a spider web.
> - **Spider Climb.** The spider climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check. 
> - **Web Sense.** When in contact with a web, the spider knows the exact location of all the creatures that are in contact with the fabric.
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> ### Actions
> ***Multiattack.*** You can make 3 attacks and with your Bite or Poison as an action.
>
> ***Bite.*** Melee Weapon Attack: Spell Attack Mod to hit, reach 5 ft., one target Hit: 2d8 + Cha Mod Piercing damage.
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> ***Poison.*** You may only do this ability if you have hit a creature with a Bite attack. The last creature you have hit with the Bite attack must make a Constitution Saving Throw against your Spell Save DC. On a failure, the creature takes 2d8 poison damage and is poisoned. If the creature fails the save by more than 5, it is also paralyzed. On a success, the creature takes half damage only.  If the poison damage reduces the target to 0 hit points, the target is stable but poisoned for 1 hour, even after regaining hit points, it is paralyzed while poisoned in this way. 
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> ***Web (Recharge 5-6).*** Spell Attack Mod to hit, range 40/70 ft., one creature. *Hit:* The target is restrained by webbing. As an action, the restrained target can make a Strength check against your Spell Save DC, bursting the webbing on a success. The webbing can also be attacked and destroyed (AC 10; hp 5; vulnerability to fire damage; immunity to bludgeoning, poison, and psychic damage). 
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> ### Bonus Action
> ***Skittering Frenzy.*** You can increase your own and your spiders movement speed by 10 feet. You cannot do this again until one round has passed.
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> ***Venomous Glands.*** For 1 minute your spider's attacks deal extra damage equal to your Charisma Modifier. You can do this once per transformation.

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