Judas Patron

The Judas Patron grants power through the sacred force of betrayal. These warlocks do not merely break promises; they weaponize divided loyalties, expose hidden weaknesses, and turn an enemy’s trust into a blade. Their magic marks targets with red-gold sigils, severs bonds between allies, and rewards carefully chosen treachery. A Judas Patron warlock excels at controlling the battlefield, punishing coordinated foes, and surviving when every alliance has collapsed.

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Hit Die

d8 Hit Die; Hit Points equal 8 + your Constitution modifier at 1st level, and 5 + your Constitution modifier for each Warlock level after 1st

Subclass of Warlock

Judas Patron

Trust is a weapon. Betrayal is the hand that wields it.

SystemD&D 5E (2024)

RoleBattlefield controller, social manipulator, and single-target debuffer

Hit Died8 Hit Die; Hit Points equal 8 + your Constitution modifier at 1st level, and 5 + your Constitution modifier for each Warlock level after 1st

ResourcePact Magic spell slots, uses of Mark of Betrayal’s Disadvantage effect, and proficiency-bonus-based subclass uses

Primary AbilitiesCharisma & Constitution

SavesWarlock spell save DC; subclass features primarily call for Wisdom saving throws. At level 10, you gain Resistance to Psychic damage and Advantage on saves against Charmed and Frightened.

SystemD&D 5E (2024)

The Judas Patron

Spellcasting & Powers

You are a Warlock spellcaster and use Pact Magic as described by the Warlock class. Your subclass features emphasize Psychic damage, Wisdom saving throws, enemy isolation, and punishing attacks against allies.

Curated Spell List

1st-Level Pact Magic

Charm Person A fitting expression of manufactured trust and calculated intimacy.
Dissonant Whispers Turns private doubts into an immediate psychological weapon.
Hex Marks a chosen foe with personal misfortune and resentment.

2nd-Level Pact Magic

Detect Thoughts Lets the warlock uncover the loyalties and fears behind a target’s words.
Suggestion Tempts a creature into acting against its own apparent interests.
Misty Step Represents slipping away the instant an alliance collapses.
Phantasmal Force Creates a personalized deception that isolates and destabilizes one foe.

3rd-Level Pact Magic

Bestow Curse A direct supernatural consequence for a broken oath or failed defense.
Fear Turns a moment of doubt into a rout among enemies.
Hypnotic Pattern Distracts a group while the warlock chooses which relationship to break first.
Vampiric Touch Makes betrayal physically intimate by stealing vitality from a victim.

4th-Level Pact Magic

Compulsion Forces enemies to abandon their positions or separate from their allies.
Confusion Scrambles coordination and makes former companions unreliable to one another.
Greater Invisibility Allows the warlock to act as an unseen agent behind enemy lines.
Raulothim's Psychic Lance Strikes a target with focused mental anguish and leaves it incapacitated on a failed save.

5th-Level Pact Magic

Dominate Person The ultimate expression of turning a trusted individual into an unwilling instrument.
Hold Monster Freezes a powerful foe while its allies are forced to reconsider their position.
Modify Memory Rewrites the emotional evidence on which trust and loyalty depend.
Synaptic Static Punishes a group by disrupting the thoughts that let it function together.

Multiclassing

A character multiclassing into Warlock must meet the normal 2024 Warlock multiclassing prerequisite of Charisma 13 or higher. This subclass grants no additional proficiencies beyond its level 3 feature.

Proficiencies

At level 3, you gain proficiency in Deception or Insight; if you already have proficiency in the chosen skill, you gain Expertise in it instead. You gain no armor or weapon proficiencies from this subclass.

Skill Options

Deception
Insight

Training & Initiation

Most initiates begin with a deliberate betrayal: exposing a corrupt superior, abandoning a doomed cause, or breaking a sacred promise to prevent a greater disaster. The future warlock then offers the act to a patron connected to betrayal, treachery, or betrayed dead. The pact is sealed through a confession, a red mark, and a promise never to pretend that loyalty is simple.

Societal Perception

Ordinary people tend to distrust Judas Patron warlocks, assuming they will sell out anyone for the right price. Some oppressed communities secretly admire them as liberators who expose corrupt leaders. Courts, criminal organizations, and intelligence networks may seek their services while fearing their eventual betrayal.

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