An OGL Warlock for Pathfinder 1e?

So, 4e had a really interesting class, the warlock. I played a few, and enjoyed them. I kinda wanted to make a pathfinder st ed version, but since nothing in 4e was covered by the Open Game License, I couldn’t.

Now 5e also has a warlock, and it IS covered by the OGL. That means I could legally take the OGL ideas fo the 5e warlock, and adapt them for any other OGL game. I might well do this for Pathfinder 2e or Starfinder at some point, but I am going to start by looking at a Pf1 version.

Let’s look at what the class table and proficiencies and such might look like.

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Alignment: Though they are often seen as dire and untrustworthy, a warlock may be of any alignment.

Hit Die: d8

Starting Wealth: 4d6 × 10 gp (average 140 gp.) In addition, each character begins play with an outfit worth 10 gp or less.

Class Skills

The warlock’s class skills are Bluff (Cha), Diplomacy (Cha), Intimidate (Cha), Knowledge (arcana) (Int), Knowledge (history) (Int), Knowledge (nobility) (Int), Knowledge (planes) (Int), Knowledge (religion) (Int), Linguistics (Int), Profession (Wis), Sense Motive (Wis), Spellcraft (Int), and Use Magic Device (Cha)

Skill Ranks Per Level: 6 + Int modifier.

Table: The Warlock

                                             Base Atk                                   Spells       Spell     Max Spell    

Level  Class Features       Bonus  Fort    Ref  Will      Known     Slots     Level

1st       Cantrips, Patron      +0         +2       +0       +2         2                  1           1st

2nd     Invocation                +1         +3        +0      +3         3                  2          1st

3rd     Invocation                 +2         +3        +1      +3         4                  2           1st

4th     Pact Boon                   +3         +4        +1      +4         5                  2          1st

5th     Invocation                  +3        +4        +1      +4          6                 2          2nd

6th     Patron gift                  +4        +5        +2       +5         7                 2          2nd

7th     Invocation                  +5        +5        +2       +5         8                 2          2nd

8th     Patron gift                  +6        +6        +2       +6         9                  2         2nd

9th     Invocation                  +6        +6        +3       +6         10               2          3rd

10th   Patron gift                  +7        +7        +3       +7         10                2          3rd

11th   Invocation                  +8        +7        +3       +7         11               3          3rd

12th   Patron Gift                 +9        +8         +4       +8         11               3          3rd

13th   Invocation                  +9        +8        +4       +8          12              3          4th

14th   Patron Gift                  +10      +9        +4       +9         12               3          4th

15th   Invocation                  +11      +9         +5       +9         13               3          4th

16th   Patron Gift                  +12      +10      +5       +10       13               3          4th

17th   Invocation                  +12      +10      +5       +10        14               4          5th

18th   Patron Gift                  +13      +11      +6       +11       14               4          5th

19th   Invocation                   +14      +11      +6      +11        15               4          5th

20th   Eldritch Master          +15      +12      +6      +12        15               4          5th

Weapon and Armor Proficiency

A warlock is proficient with all simple weapons and light armor. She can cast warlock spells while wearing light armor without incurring the normal arcane spell failure chance. Like any other arcane spellcaster, a warlock wearing medium armor, heavy armor, or a shield incurs a chance of arcane spell failure if the spell in question has a somatic component. A multiclass warlock still incurs the normal arcane spell failure chance for arcane spells received from other classes.

So, what do all those class features mean? And why is spell slots a single entry, rather than a whole table like most spellcasters?

Tune in tomorrow to find out!

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