Hit Points

• Hit Dice: 1d10 per witch knight level
  
• Hit Points at 1st Level: 10 + your Constitution modifier
• Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d10 (or 6) + your Constitution modifier per witch knight 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 Athletics, Acrobatics, Arcana, Intimidation, Insight, and Perception

Pact of the Blade

As a bonus action, you can create a pact weapon in your empty hand. You can choose the form that this melee or ranged weapon takes each time you create it (see the Weapons section of the Player's Handbook for weapon options). Your pact weapon disappears if it is more than 5 feet away from you for 1 minute or more. It also disappears if you use this feature again, if you dismiss the weapon (no action required), or if you die.

You can transform one magic weapon into your pact weapon by performing a special ritual while you hold the weapon. You perform the ritual over the course of 1 hour, which can be done during a short rest. You can then dismiss the weapon, shunting it into an extradimensional space, and it appears whenever you create your pact weapon thereafter. You can’t affect an artifact or a sentient weapon in this way. The weapon ceases being your pact weapon if you die, if you perform the 1-hour ritual on a different weapon, or if you use a 1-hour ritual to break your bond to it. The weapon appears at your feet if it is in the extradimensional space when the bond breaks.

Pact of the Forge

As a bonus action, you can create pact armor on your body if you are not currently wearing armor. You can choose the form that this light or medium armor takes each time you create it (see the Armor section of the Player's Handbook for armor options).

This ability otherwise follows the same rules as the pact of the blade feature detailed above, replacing any instance of the word "weapon" with the word "armor."

Pact of the Sigil

Intricate runic sigils are tattooed or branded onto your skin, strengthening your connection with your patron and granting you a measure of supernatural protection. While you are not wearing any armor, your Armor Class equals 10 + your Dexterity modifier + your Charisma modifier. You can use a shield and still gain this benefit.

Archery

You gain a +2 bonus to attack rolls you make with ranged weapons.

Dueling

When you are wielding a melee weapon in one hand and no other weapons, you gain a +2 bonus to damage rolls with that weapon.

Great Weapon Fighting

When you roll a 1 or 2 on a damage die for an attack you make with a melee weapon that you are wielding with two hands, you can reroll the die and must use the new roll, even if the new roll is a 1 or a 2. The weapon must have the two-handed or versatile property for you to gain this benefit.

Two-Weapon Fighting

When you engage in two-weapon fighting, you can add your ability modifier to the damage of the second attack.

Spell Slots

The Witch Knight table shows how many spell slots you have to cast your witch knight spells of 1st through 5th level. The table also shows what the level of those slots is; all of your spell slots are the same level. To cast one of your witch knight spells of 1st level or higher, you must expend a spell slot. You regain all expended spell slots when you finish a short or long rest.

For example, when you are 6th level, you have two 2nd-level spell slots. To cast the 1st-level spell searing smite, you must spend one of those slots, and you cast it as a 2nd-level spell.

Spells Known of 1st Level and Higher

At 2nd level, you know two 1st-level spells of your choice from the witch knight spell list.

The Spells Known column of the Witch Knight table shows when you learn more witch knight spells of your choice of 1st level and higher. A spell you choose must be of a level no higher than what’s shown in the table’s Slot Level column for your level. When you reach 9th level, for example, you learn a new witch knight spell, which can be 1st, 2nd, or 3rd level.

Additionally, when you gain a level in this class, you can choose one of the witch knight spells you know and replace it with another spell from the witch knight spell list, which also must be of a level for which you have spell slots.

Patron Spells

Each patron has a list of associated spells. You learn these spells at the levels specified in the patron description. These spells count as witch knight spells for you, but don't count against the number of witch knight spells you know. These spells can’t be replaced when you gain a level in this class.

Pact of the Blade

Your pact weapon gains the following improvements:

• You can use any weapon you summon with your Pact of the Blade feature as a spellcasting focus for your witch knight spells.
• If the weapon has the light property, you can choose to create two of that weapon when you use this feature. If one of these weapons disappears, the other disappears as well.
• The weapon gains a +1 bonus to its attack and damage rolls, unless it is a magic weapon that already has a bonus to those rolls.

Pact of the Forge

Your pact armor gains the following improvements:

• The armor you summon with your Pact of the Forge feature can be heavy armor, or a shield, and you have proficiency with it while you wear it.
• The armor you conjure can be used as a spellcasting focus for your witch knight spells.
• If the chosen armor normally imposes disadvantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks or has a Strength requirement, your pact armor doesn't.
• While you are wearing your pact armor, you gain a +1 bonus to AC, unless it is magic armor that already has a bonus to AC.

 Extended Transformation. The maximum duration of your transformation is extended by a number of hours equal to half your witch knight level (rounded down).

Maximized Transformation. While transformed, you gain the "enlarge" effect of the enlarge/reduce spell.

Potent Transformation. You gain one additional benefit of your choice from your patron's list of aspects.

Resilient Transformation. You gain temporary hit points equal to your witch knight level.

Patron Spells

You gain patron spells at the witch knight levels listed in the Archfey Spells table. See the Pact Magic class feature for information on how patron spells work.

Seasonal Affinity

Beginning at 1st level, the nature of your power changes with your mood, much like that of your patron. You learn the Sylvan language if you do not already know it. In addition, choose spring, summer, autumn or winter. Your chosen season gives you access to additional spells as described below, which count as patron spells for you:

Patron's Aspects: The Archfey

At 3rd level, your patron grants you fey features while in your altered form. These can range from vibrantly colored skin and hair to plant-like protrusions, or any other physical characteristics common to creatures of the fey realms.

When you use your Metamorphosis, you gain one benefit of your choice from the following list, the effects of which last until the transformation ends:

Gift of the Eladrin. You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed or frightened, and magic can’t put you to sleep.

Light Feet, Quick Hands. You gain advantage on Dexterity (Acrobatics) and Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) ability checks.

Seasonal Resistance. You gain resistance to a damage type based on your chosen season: lightning in spring, fire in summer, necrotic in autumn, or cold in winter.

Ensnaring Stride. The ground within 15 feet of you is difficult terrain for your enemies.

Fey's Best Friend

Beginning at 6th level, your patron grants you a companion from the Feywild to eagerly aid you in battle. As an action, you can summon a blink dog, which appears in an unoccupied space of your choosing within 30 feet of you.

The dog is friendly to you and your companions and obeys your commands. See this creature's game statistics in the modified Blink Dog stat block presented here, which uses your proficiency bonus (PB) in several places.

In combat, the dog shares your initiative count, but it takes its turn immediately after yours. It can move and use its reaction on its own, but the only action it takes on its turn is the Dodge action, unless you take a bonus action on your turn to command it to take another action. That action can be one in its stat block or some other action. If you are incapacitated, the dog can take any action of its choice, not just Dodge.

Once you summon the dog, you can't do so again until you finish a long rest, unless you expend a spell slot of 1st level or higher to summon it.

The dog remains for a number of hours equal to your proficiency bonus, until it is reduced to 0 hit points, or until you die. Anything the dog was wearing or carrying is left behind when the dog vanishes.

Patron Spells

You gain patron spells at the witch knight levels listed in the Celestial Spells table. See the Pact Magic class feature for information on how patron spells work.

Divine Knowledge

When you choose this patron at 1st level, you gain proficiency in the Religion skill, and two cantrips from the Cleric spell list. These cantrips count as patron spells for you.

Patron's Aspects: The Celestial

At 3rd level, your patron grants you celestial features while in your altered form. These can range from golden glowing eyes to white wings, blazing symbols upon the forehead, or any other physical characteristics common to celestials.

When you use your Metamorphosis, you gain one benefit of your choice from the following list, the effects of which last until the transformation ends:

Angelic Arrows. Your ranged weapon attacks deal additional radiant damage equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum 1).

Detect Evil. You know the location of any undead or fiend within 30 feet of you that is not behind total cover. You know the type (undead or fiend) of any being whose presence you sense, but not its identity.

Divine Intuition. You gain advantage on Wisdom (Insight) and Wisdom (Perception) checks.

Holy Resistance. You gain resistance to radiant damage and necrotic damage.

Aura of Vindication

Beginning at 6th level, your patron rewards you and those friendly to you for punishing its enemies. You emit an aura of vindication while you aren’t incapacitated. When you deal damage to a hostile creature during your turn, you can use

Improved Aspects: The Celestial

At 10th level, when you use your Metamorphosis, you can choose benefits from the previous list or the following additions:

Angel's Sight. You gain darkvision out to 60 feet, can see invisible creatures and objects, and can notice secret doors hidden by magic.

Celestial Flight. You gain a flying speed equal to your walking speed.

Inner Peace. You regain hit points equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum 1) if you end your turn in combat with fewer than half of your hit points remaining and you aren’t incapacitated.

Purity of Mind. You gain advantage on Wisdom saving throws.

Falling Sword

At 14th level, you learn to channel the righteous fury of the heavens into a devastating attack. As an action, you fly 20 feet up into the air, and crash down to the ground at an unoccupied space you can see within 60 feet. Each creature within 10 feet of the point of impact must make a Strength saving throw. On a failed save, they take 4d8 force damage and are knocked prone. On a successful save, they take half as much damage and are not knocked prone. The damage increases to 6d8 at 19th level.

You must finish a long rest before you can use this feature again.

The Fathomless

You have chosen the Fathomless as your otherworldly patron. You can find a description of this patron in Tasha's Cauldron of Everything in the warlock character options.

Patron Spells

You gain patron spells at the witch knight levels listed in the Fiend Spells table. See the Pact Magic class feature for information on how patron spells work.

Aura of Vengeance

At 1st level, your bond with your patron grants you the ability to exact vengeance on any who would dare strike you in melee combat. You can use your reaction to activate a deadly magical aura. This aura extends 5 feet from you in every direction, but not through total cover.

Choose flame, ice, or shadow. Any creature within your aura that hits you with a melee attack takes 1d4 damage. The type of this damage depends on your chosen element (fire for flame, cold for ice, or necrotic for shadow). Your aura's dam-

-age increases when you reach certain levels in this class, increasing to 2d4 at 5th level, 3d4 at 11th level, and 4d4 at 17th level.

Your aura also gains an additional effect depending on your choice of element, as detailed below. You can change your element choice each time you finish a long rest. The aura persists for 1 minute, or until you choose to deactivate it (no action required by you). You must finish a short or long rest before you can use this feature again.

Patron's Aspects: The Fiend

At 3rd level, your patron grants you fiendish features while in your altered form. These can range from devilish horns to vestigial bat-like wings, sharpened teeth, or any other physical characteristics common to demons and devils.

When you use your Metamorphosis, you gain one benefit of your choice from the following list, the effects of which last until the transformation ends:

Aura of Resistance. You and friendly creatures within 10 feet of you gain resistance to a damage type based on your chosen element for your Aura of Vengeance (fire for flame, cold for ice, necrotic for shadow).

Fiendish Strength. You gain advantage on Strength checks and Strength saving throws.

Infernal Connection. You gain advantage on Wisdom (Insight), Wisdom (Perception), and Intelligence (Investigation) checks to detect the presence or influence of celestials and fiends in the world around you.

Stoneskin. You gain resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage from non-magical attacks.

Hellfire Infusion

At 6th level, your mastery of infernal power increases. Your Aura of Vengeance takes on an eerie hue, and its radius extends to 10 feet.

In addition, while your aura is active, any damage you deal of your chosen element (fire for flame, cold for ice, or necrotic for shadow) ignores resistance of that type.

Improved Aspects: The Fiend

At 10th level, when you use your Metamorphosis, you can choose benefits from the previous list or the following additions:

Devil's Sight. You have darkvision out to a range of 60 feet. Magical darkness doesn't impede your darkvision.

Flame

On a failed save, the creature can't take reactions until its next turn.

Ice

On a failed save, the creature suffers disadvantage on its next attack roll or ability check.

Shadow

On a failed save, you gain temporary hit points equal to half the amount of damage the creature takes.

Patron Spells

You gain patron spells at the witch knight levels listed in the Great Old One Spells table. See the Pact Magic class feature for information on how patron spells work.

Strange Arcana

Beginning at 1st level, you gain proficiency in the Arcana skill, the mind sliver cantrip, and one other cantrip from the Warlock spell list. These cantrips count as patron spells for you.

Patron's Aspects: The Great Old One

At 3rd level, your patron grants you alien features while in your altered form. These can range from writhing tendrils on the head or face to glowing patterns beneath translucent skin, bizarre vestigial limbs, or any other physical characteristics common to denizens of realms far removed from the one in which you exist.

When you use your Metamorphosis, you gain one benefit of your choice from the following list, the effects of which last until the transformation ends:

Limited Telepathy. You can magically transmit simple messages and images to any creature within 60 feet of you that can understand a language. This form of telepathy doesn't allow the creature to respond.

Magic Sense. You sense magic within 60 feet of you at will. This otherwise works like the detect magic spell.

Unseemly Visage. You gain advantage on Charisma (Intimidation) checks.

Weird Insight. You gain advantage on Wisdom (Insight) and Intelligence (Investigation) ability checks.

Devour Magic

At 6th level, your patron's will manifests in you as an insatiable hunger for magic. When you deal damage to a creature with a melee attack, if the target creature has a spell list, you can use your reaction to sap their magical strength. Make a Charisma ability check with a DC equal to 10 + the creature's highest spell level.

On a successful check, you gain temporary hit points equal to the creature's highest spell level + your Charisma modifier. In addition, the creature can't cast spells until the start of your next turn.

You must finish a short or long rest before you can use this feature again.

Improved Aspects: The Great Old One

At 10th level, when you use your Metamorphosis, you can choose benefits from the previous list or the following additions:

Spell Sense. You gain awareness of the presence of creatures within 60 feet of you that have a spell list. You know the distance and direction to each creature, but can't sense anything else about it.

Resist Psychic. You gain resistance to psychic damage, and have advantage on Intelligence saving throws.

Empowered Levitation. You can use a bonus action on your turn to cast levitate on yourself without expending a spell slot. When cast in this manner, damage cannot break your concentration on the spell, but it ends when your metamorphosis ends. In addition, you can move horizontally at half your walking speed, so long as you are never more than 20 feet (vertically) from solid ground.

Violent Tendril. When you take the Attack action on your turn, you can use your bonus action to lash out with an eerie tentacle at a creature within 15 feet of you. Make a melee attack roll against the creature. On a hit, the creature takes

Patron Spells

You gain patron spells at the witch knight levels listed in the Undying Spells table. See the Pact Magic class feature for information on how patron spells work.

Plague Strike

Beginning at 1st level, when you deal damage to a creature with a melee attack, you can use a bonus action to incur a sickness in your foe. The target must make a Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the target takes 1d8 poison damage and is poisoned until the start of your next turn. The damage increases when you reach certain levels in this class, increasing to 2d8 at 5th level, 3d8 at 11th level, and 4d8 at 17th level.

You can use this ability a number of times equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum of once), and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.

Patron's Aspects: The Undying

At 3rd level, your patron grants you undead features while in your altered form. These can range from ghostly translucent

skin to skeletal limbs, sunken eyes, or any other physical characteristics common to the undead.

When you use your Metamorphosis, you gain one benefit of your choice from the following list, the effects of which last until the transformation ends:

Resist Decay. You gain resistance to necrotic damage and cold damage.

Resist Poison. You gain advantage on saving throws against poison, and have resistance to poison damage.

Undead Constitution. You gain advantage on saving throws against disease, and on Constitution saving throws against chilling effects from spells such as frostbite.

Debilitating Toxins. When you successfully deal poison damage or necrotic damage to a creature, that creature can't regain hit points until the start of your next turn.

Virulent Affliction

At 6th level, you gain the ability to spread sickness from one creature to another. As a bonus action, you cause an affliction in a creature that you can see within 30 feet of you. It is either blinded, deafened, poisoned, cannot speak, or has its movement speed halved (your choice) for 1 hour.

Multiclassing Prerequisites

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