Archaic Invocations

Presented here is an expansion to the eldritch

invocations found within the Player’s Handbook called
Archaic Invocations. These invocations follow all the
rules of other eldritch invocations.

Antecedent of Materials
You see objects as one iteration earlier, or 5 years,
whichever is older. This appearance looks grey,
colorless, and ethereal to you. For example, if a
message was written on a note, erased, and written over,
you would see both the old and new text.

Antecedent of Others
Prerequisite: 15th level
You see people with shadows of who they once where.
This appearance looks grey, colorless, and ethereal to
you. For example, if you see an old man, you might see
ethereal shapes of him in his younger days, and others
in his childhood, perhaps depicting some emotion
which, now, lacks context in your viewing.

All Will Serve

You know the charm person spell, which doesn’t
count against your number of warlock spells known.
Additionally, creatures charmed by you regard
information concerning your patron positively and
with delight when discussed.

Assured Blast
Prerequisite: 7th level
You can cast magic missile at will, only as a 1st-level
spell, without expending a spell slot.

Call for Aid

Prerequisite: 5th level
You know the spirit guardians spell. When you cast it, it
always deals force damage, and the spirits that appear
are instead apparitions of your patron’s servants.

Caster of Ritual Magicks

You learn one spell with the ritual tag from the
Wizard spell list and can cast that spell only as a
ritual. It doesn’t count against the number of warlock
spells you know. Additionally, you can cast any spell
with the ritual tag you know as a ritual. Finally, casting
spells as ritual takes only 1 minute of extra casting time
for you.

Claviger Seeming
You gain another creature type that fits or is closest
to your patron, in addition to humanoid. Fey for the
Archfey, Fiend for the Fiend, Aberration for the Great
Old One, and so on. When a feature references your
type, you can always choose which type to use for that
feature in that instance. This very well may create
physical changes within you. Talk with your DM to
discuss how this feature might alter your character.

Chicane Allied Adaptation

Prerequisite: 3rd level, eldritch blast cantrip
You have resistance to force damage. As a reaction
when a creature within the range of your eldritch blast
has force damage rolled against them, you can attempt
to interfere with your eldritch blast. Make a ranged
spell attack against the attacker’s spell save DC, or DC
15 if they have none. On a success, the force damage to
the creature is halved.

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 Curse Consumer
Prerequisite: 13th level
When a target is hexed, you may remove the hex and
end the spell as a bonus action. They must make a
Charisma saving throw against your warlock spell save
DC. On a failure, they are stunned until the start of their
next turn.
You cannot use this ability again until you finish a
short or long rest.

Door to the Realm

Prerequisite: 17th level
You can cast gate once without using a spell slot. You
can’t do so again for 7 days.

Dual Pact Weapons

Prerequisite: Pact of the Blade feature
You can bind up to two pact weapons and summon them
both as a bonus action. In addition, when you engage in
two weapon fighting, you can add your ability modifier to
the damage of the second attack.

Eldritch Ally
Prerequisite: 5th level, eldritch blast cantrip, Pact of the
Chain feature
When you forgo one of your attacks to allow your
familiar to make an attack with its reaction, the damage
is increased by 2d10 force damage.

Eldritch Orb
You know the chromatic orb spell, which doesn’t count
against your number of warlock spells known. When
you cast it, its dice become d10’s and you can deal
psychic damage with it.

Empowered Agility
Prerequisite: Pact of the Blade feature, 5th level
You know the zephyr strike spell.

Enchantment Apprentice
Choose one spell from the Enchantment school list.
The spell you choose must be of a level you can cast, as
shown on the Warlock table, or a cantrip. This spell is
added to your spell list and does not count against the
number of Warlock spells you know. The chosen spell
counts as a Warlock spell for you.

Enchantment Master
Prerequisite: 11th level
Choose one 6th-level spell from the Enchantment school
list. You can cast this spell once without expending a
spell slot. You must finish a long rest before you can do
so again.

Excogigating Arcana
Prerequisite: Pact of the Tome feature
You gain proficiency in the Arcana and History skills and
add double your proficiency bonus to any ability check
you make that uses either of the two skills.

Eyes of a Thousand
You can perform one day’s worth of downtime research
in an hour, reading materials many times faster than
normally capable

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Fugite Omnis
You gain the ability to hover a few inches off of the
ground. You can ascend and descend as part of your
movement. You can’t hover a foot or more above the
ground, and fall if you are above that height. If you were
to be knocked prone while hovering, you are instead
made to stand on the ground.

Footsteps Revealed
You ignore nonmagical difficult terrain.

Hand of my God
If you physically see someone who is an active cleric,
warlock, or some other serving person who has had
magical prowess given to them by the one they follow,
your patron imparts you with knowledge to recognize
them as such and what, if not who, they serve. Cultists
that derive power from their leader, for example.
In addition, you gain advantage on Charisma
checks for attempts to pass yourself off as a servant of
another master of this kind.

Hands of the Rune Keeper

Prerequisite: 5th level
You can cast glyph of warding without expending a spell
slot twice, and regain the ability to do so when you finish
a long rest.

Hexmaster
Prerequisite: 5th level
You know the hex spell, which doesn’t count against the
number of warlock spells you know. The spell doesn’t
require concentration for you.

Intertwining Influence
Prerequisite: 7th level
You know the web spell. When you cast it, you can
recreate a minor form of the domain of your Patron,
choosing from the list below as appropriate.
Great Old One. The webs are ethereal and
require Constitution saving throws and checks instead
of Dexterity and Strength. If a creature fails a check
or saving throw for the web three times, they contract
long term madness, as described on page 260 of the
Dungeon Master’s Guide.
The Fiend. The webs are alight with flames.
Any time a creature fails a saving throw or check for the
web, they take an additional 1d6 fire damage.
The Archfey. The webs are enchanting and
require Wisdom saving throws and checks instead
of Dexterity and Strength. If a creature fails a check
or saving throw, they are charmed by you while they
remain in the web and are not hurt by you or your allies.
If they fail a check or saving throw three or more times,
they will follow your basic instructions for up to 1 hour,
as long as they are not significantly self-sacrificial, or
unless they are hurt by you or your allies.

Janus’ Tongue
Prerequisite: 7th level
You gain proficiency in the Deception skill and
double your proficiency bonus for it. Creatures can’t
automatically detect your lies if they have such a feature.

Lock and Key

You can cast the arcane lock and knock spells. Once you
have cast one twice or both once, you can’t do so again
until you finish a short or long rest.

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 Magus’ Collection
Prerequisite: 5th level
You can attune up to 6 magic items that require
attunement.
Master’s Watch
Choose one spell from the Divination school list. The
spell you choose must be of a level you can cast, as
shown on the Warlock table, or a cantrip. This spell is
added to your spell list and does not count against the
number of Warlock spells you know. The chosen spell
counts as a Warlock spell for you.
Master’s Warden
Prerequisite: 11th level
You know what time it is. In fact, you always know
the exact time, counted from the beginning of the
universe. Additionally, choose one 6th-level spell from
the Divination school list. You can cast this spell once
without expending a spell slot. You must finish a long
rest before you can do so again.
At higher levels, you can replace this spell with
another spell of your choice from the Divination school
that can be cast in this way: 7th level spell at 13th level,
and one 8th level spell at 15th level.
Otherworldy Soul
Prerequisite: 5th level
You can cast reverse gravity without expending a spell slot.
When cast in this way, the spell only reverses gravity on
you, and lasts until the end of your next turn. You can’t
cast this spell again until you finish a long rest.
Patron’s Blessing, Patron’s Curse
You can call upon your Patron to assist you. Roll a
d20. If you roll a 20, you gain advantage on attack rolls,
ability checks, and saving throws for one minute. If you
roll a 1, you are banished to the realm of you Patron for
1d4 hours, after which your body returns from the place
that you left, alive or dead. Good luck.
On a result of 2-10, your next saving throw against a
hostile creature is made at disadvantage. On a result of
11-19, this roll is made with advantage.
Once you call on your Patron, regardless of the result,
you can’t do so again for 7 days.
Planar Trail
Prerequisite: hex spell known
When you hex a target, you have advantage on any
Wisdom (Perception) or Wisdom (Survival) check you
make to find them until the spell ends.
Purity of Eldritch Warfare
Prerequisite: 5th level, Pact of the Blade feature, eldritch
blast cantrip
You can make a weapon attack blended with eldritch
magic as an action. Regardless of if you hit or miss,
as part of the weapon attack you can cast eldritch blast.
When cast in this way, the cantrip has half as many
additional beams (rounded up).
Psychography of the Rune Keeper
You can write in any language that has written form. In
addition, you can write without physical movement on
any surface within 15 feet of you as long as you can
see it. The handwriting matches your own unless you
attempt to make it look differently.
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Psychometry
You know the age, in years, of anything or anyone that
you touch. You also know the most recent school of
magic, if any, used by or on anything or anyone that you
touch. If you touch a magic item, you receive the same
effect as if you had cast identify on it.
Psychosomatism
When you are subjected to an effect that would make
you roll a Strength, Dexterity, or Constitution saving
throw, you can make a Charisma saving throw in its
place. You may use this ability up to a number of
times equal to your Charisma modifier, and regain all
expended uses of this ability after you finish a long rest.
Reaper’s Scythe
Prerequisite: 7th level, Pact of the Blade feature
When you deal damage to a CR 0 or 1/8 non-humanoid
creature with a melee weapon attack, the creature
instantly dies and can’t be brought back to life except
with a wish spell. Any creature you reduce to 0 hit
points, regardless of type, can’t be healed while they
remain at 0.
Rejuvinate Favor
Prerequisite: 5th level
The next time you die, your patron brings you back to
life in 1d10 hours. Once this happens, you must replace
this eldritch invocation with another, and this invocation
permanently disappears from the list available to you,
unless your patron chooses to let you take it at a later
level. If you were resurrected with some other feature
or ability before your hour to be revived came to pass,
this invocation remains.
Revealing Light
Prerequisite: Archfey patron, 5th level
You know the moonbeam spell, which doesn’t count
against your number of warlock spells known. You add
your Charisma modifier for the damage rolls of the spell.
Sense the Master
You know the blindness/deafness spell, which doesn’t count
against your number of warlock spells known. When
you cast this spell and the target fails their saving throw,
you can replace their auditory or visual sensations with
noises or visions of your patron. When the spell ends,
the creature contracts short term madness as described
in the DMG, and must make a Charisma saving throw.
On a failure, they take psychic damage with a number of
d6’s equal to the number of rounds they were under the
effects of the spell.
Shade Great Weapon
Prerequisite: 11th level
You know the shadowblade spell. When you cast it, as a
bonus action on each of your turns, and as part of using
a bonus action to cause the sword to reappear in your
hand, you can make an additional weapon attack with
the spell, for which you don’t add your Dexterity modifier.
Sonic Silence
You are immune to thunder damage, the deafened
condition, and other effects that would harm you by your
listening to them. This does not make you immune to
vocal enchantments, potentially harmful illusions, or
anything similar.
Sybil Triune
Prerequisite: Great Old One patron
Your third eye opens. As long as you can see, you are
aware of the location of any hidden or invisible creature
within 30 feet of you.
Sybaritic Servant
You gain an ability to place an Eldritch Mark on any
person you can see by touching them. This mark
cannot be seen or removed by any mortal, short of the
wish spell. Your patron is aware of when and who you
place this mark upon. Shortly after you do so, whoever
you have marked could be taken for consideration as
a Warlock by your patron, and could be approached in
some fashion by your master. If successful, your patron
may choose to reward you with a minor magic item, an
additional invocation, a boon of some sort, or something
similar. Your patron might also consider this a normal
duty for any warlock, and expect it of you.
Any reward is not gauranteed, and if you abuse
this power of drawing attention from your master, you
may be stripped of this invocation against your will, and
can then replace it with another.
The Servant’s Master
Prerequisite: 5th level, Pact of the Chain feature
Your familiar gains the first level Otherworldy Patron
feature of your patron and one Eldritch Invocation
feature of your choice, for which they count as 2nd level.
Turn Celestials
Prerequisite: Fiend patron
As an action, you present your arcane focus and speak
an invocation censuring the celestial. Each celestial that
can see or hear you within 30 feet of you must make
a Wisdom saving throw. If the creature fails its saving
throw, it is turned for 1 minute or until it takes any
damage.
A turned creature must spend its turns trying
to move as far away from you as it can, and it can’t
willingly move to a space within 30 feet of you. It also
can’t take reactions. For its action, it can use only the
Dash action or try to escape from an effect that prevents
it from moving. If there’s nowhere to move, the creature
can use the Dodge action.
A celestial of CR 8 or higher has advantage on
the saving throw against this effect, and a celestial of CR
16 or higher is immune to it. Once you use this feature,
you can’t do so again until you finish a short or long rest.
Quotidian Prayer
At the start of every day, you implore your patron for
favor. When you finish a long rest, you can add your
Charisma modifier to one ability check, saving throw, or
attack roll you make. This benefit lasts until you begin
your next long rest.
Word of Necrosis
Prerequisite: Lich or Undying patron
You know the word of radiance cantrip, which doesn’t
count against the number of cantrips you know. It
deals necrotic damage and adds half of your Charisma
modifier (rounded up) to its damage rolls for you.
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Whispers Across the Cosmos
Prerequisite: 18th level
You can cast sending at will, without expending a spell
slot or material components.
Zed-Eldritch Drain
Prerequisite: 5th level
You can drain the soul of another wounded creature.
As an action, choose a creature within 5 feet of you.
This ability automatically fails if the creature has
an Intelligence of 6 or less, or has more hit points
remaining than your warlock level. That being must
make a Charisma saving throw against your warlock
spell save DC. On a failure, you remove their soul
and transform it into raw mana, replenishing one of
your Warlock spell slots. This doesn’t kill the creature,
but lowers their Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma
scores to 3. They can’t speak, can move only falteringly,
and become like a feral animal. A remove curse spell
or greater magic will restore their ability scores. On a
success, they withstand your effects.
You can use this feature once and regain the ability to
do so when you finish a long rest.
Credits
Thanks for reading! The homebrew is by me,
SwordMeow. About half of these 50 invocations are
from an earlier brew (much earlier, about 1.5 years) and
have been revised and improved.
Much of this work has been contributed to by people
from the DoMT (https://discord.gg/JSArr5p) with
feedback or more directly with an invocation or two,
such as the idea of Reaper’s Scythe and Whispers
Across the Cosmos directly were from Peanut. Thanks
guys!
Art credits, in order of appearance: Wolf-Father by
Pimsri, spindly dunmer by TheMinttu, and Calamity
Pound! by Adrian Mihai Marchidan.
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template, and watercoloring images done in Photoshop.
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