Fiend Patron Warlock Guide
Your patron is a fiend from the Lower Planes — a demon lord, an archdevil, or another powerful fiend. Your pact grants you destructive power, letting you hurl fire and drain the life force of your foes.
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Best Races for Fiend Patron Warlock
All 10 races ranked by synergy with the Fiend Patron. Click any to see the full build.
Tiefling fire resistance and innate spellcasting complement the Warlock's magical abilities.
Extra saving throw advantages protect against debilitating spells and effects.
Extra saving throw advantages protect against debilitating spells and effects.
Fiend Patron Features
Dark One's Blessing
Level 3When you reduce a hostile creature to 0 hit points, you gain temporary hit points equal to your Charisma modifier + your warlock level (minimum of 1).
Fiend Spells
Level 3You gain additional spells that count as warlock spells for you: Burning Hands, Command (level 1); Blindness/Deafness, Scorching Ray (level 3); Fireball, Stinking Cloud (level 5); Fire Shield, Wall of Fire (level 7); Flame Strike, Hallow (level 9).
Dark One's Own Luck
Level 6When you make an ability check or saving throw, you can add a d10 to your roll. You can do so after seeing the initial roll but before any of the roll's effects occur. Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a short or long rest.
Fiendish Resilience
Level 10When you finish a short or long rest, you can choose one damage type. You gain resistance to that damage type until you choose a different one with this feature. Damage from magical weapons or silver weapons ignores this resistance.
Hurl Through Hell
Level 14When you hit a creature with an attack, you can instantly transport the target through the Lower Planes. The creature disappears and hurtles through a nightmarish landscape. At the end of your next turn, the target returns to the space it previously occupied (or the nearest unoccupied space). If the target is not a fiend, it takes 10d10 psychic damage as it reels from its experience. Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest.
Is Fiend Patron Right for You?
Pick the Fiend Patron if you want a Warlock focused on dealing ranged and area spell damage. Compare it with the other Warlock subclasses to make sure it fits your party, then build the Tiefling version for the strongest start.
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