The Loa
Your patron is a family of (or individual) loa, living between this world and that of the supreme overgod or over-power, who is beyond the normal ranking of the gods. Most deities have individual portfolios and work to progress these portfolios, as expected by the overgod who can punish the deities if they falter. The loa however, are not deities with an individual portfolio. They are roaming spirits of sort with a natural connection to the overgod. They are not simply prayed to, they have to be served. And in exchange they can give you a glimpse of their connection to Bondye, the overgod.
The loa all differ from each other. For example, Baron Samedi is head of the Guédé family and loa of the dead. And the Sim'bi are a great family of serpents with strong connections to poisons. You are known as a bokor (male) or caplata (female). A Vodou witch serving with "both hands", practicing both good and evil sorcery, guiding those in need and hexing those you call your enemy.
Loa Expanded Spell List
| Spell Level | Spells |
|---|---|
| 1st | Detect Poison and Disease, Tasha's Hideous Laughter |
| 2nd | Gentle Repose, Healing Spirit |
| 3rd | Bestow Curse, Speak with Dead |
| 4th | Dominate Beast, Locate Creature |
| 5th | Dominate Person, Greater Restoration |
Fetish
Starting at 1st level you create a number of fetishes, or charms. These fetishes can capture the lingering energies of creatures slain and are represented by a fetish die, a d6. You gain a fetish die whenever a hostile creature of at least CR 1/4 is reduced to 0 hit points within 30 feet of you. You can have a number of fetish dice equal to your warlock level. After a long rest, you lose all your fetish dice.
As a bonus action, you can choose an ally you can see within 60 feet of you and spend a number of fetish dice equal to half your warlock level or less. Roll the spent dice and add them together. The target regains a number of hit points equal to the total + your Charisma modifier.
Wanga
At 6th level the spirits caught in your fetishes can be commanded to poison the mind of your foes with wicked thoughts. As a bonus action, you can spend a number of your fetish dice to force an equal number of creatures within 60 feet to succeed on a Wisdom saving throw against your warlock spell save DC or become frightened of you until the end of your next turn.
Priyè Gine
Starting at 10th level you can cite verses honoring the loa and open your senses to them, allowing yourself to become possessed. As an action you can read minds as per the Detect Thoughts spell and you are under the effect of Truesight within 60 feet, for up to 1 minute as the loa bless you with their connection to the all-knowing Bondye.
Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest.
Notes V1.3.4
- Swamp by Jakub Skop.
- Baron Samedi by aquiles-soir.
- V1.0.1: spelled Loa as Lao.
- V1.1.1: Fetish dice reset after long rest
- V1.1.2: Changed wording on Priyè Gine. Added number of attacks for zombie
- V1.2.3: Added CR requirement to Fetish
- V1.2.4: Changed Speak with Animals to Detect Poison and Disease, Spirit Guardians to Dominate Beast and Augury to Gentle Repose
- V1.3.4: Fetish now generates dice if creatures die within 30 ft.
Zombie
At 14th level you can bring a recently slain creature back from the dead as a zombie. As an action, you can administer a special cocktail of venoms and deliriant drugs to a humanoid creature that has died within the last minute. That creature comes back to the world of the living as a Greater Zombie (statistics below) with its own Initiative.
On each of your turns, you can use a Bonus Action to mentally command it if it can hear and understand you. You decide what action the creature will take and where it will move during its next turn, or you can issue a general command, such as to guard a particular chamber. If you issue no commands, the creature only defends itself against hostile creatures. Once given an order, the creature continues to follow it until its task is complete. Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest. You can only have one zombie at any time.
Greater Zombie
Medium Undead, Neutral
- Armor Class 15 (Natural Armor)
- Hit Points 97 (13d8 + 39)
- Speed 30 ft.
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 18 (+4) 10 (+0) 17 (+3) 4 (-3) 6 (-2) 6 (-2)
- Saving Throws WIS +1
- Damage Resistances Cold, Necrotic
- Damage Immunities Poison
- Condition Immunities Charmed, Exhaustion, Frightened
- Senses Darkvision 60 ft., Passive Perception 8
- Languages Understands the languages it knew in life but can’t speak
- Challenge 5 (1,800 XP)
Turn Resistance The zombie has advantage on saving throws against any effect that turns undead.
Undead Fortitude If damage reduces the zombie to 0 hit points, it must make a Constitution saving throw with a DC of 5 + the damage taken, unless the damage is radiant or from a critical hit. On a success, the zombie drops to 1 hit point instead.
Actions
Multiattack The zombie makes two Empowered Slam attacks.
Empowered Slam Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d6 + 4) bludgeoning damage and 7 (2d6) necrotic damage.
