Warlocks have gotten a lot of love in the remasteredDungeons & Dragons.

Fighting styles grant you bonuses based on your weaponry and your tactics in battle.

Building a warlock can be intimidating.

Dungeons & Dragons image showing a Warlock casting a storm.

Jallarzi’s Storm of Radiance by Joseph Weston.

This guide will cover the main choices and how you could tie them together in a narrative.

Celestial

Team Player

The celestial is the biggest departure from the warlock’s core identity.

This gets mixed in with some damage spells and features.

Dungeons & Dragons image showing a monk, a goblin and an orc paladin.

Lorcan, Warlock Collector by Andrew Mar

Unfortunately,a campaign that uses these warlocks thematically is also more likely to resist psychic damage.

All options are mechanically viable, but some offer perks that a warlock will be interested in.

Best Backgrounds For A Warlock

Your choice of background determines your starting ability scores and origin feat.

Winged, red demon with glowing eyes holding a sword.

Lorcan, Warlock Collector by Andrew Mar

Party Synergies

Repelling Blast

These invocations give you new tactical options that rely on good teamwork.

Fun

Anything you want!

Is there actually a reason to combine Lightning Lure with Repelling Blast?

Dungeons & Dragons image showing a group of orcs.

Orc species by Mike Pape.

Not really, but it’s fun to visualize flinging people back and forth like a magic yoyo.

Twist an NPC’s arm a bit with an influence roll in D&D.

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Hag by Linda Lithen

Dungeons & Dragons 2024 Player’s Handbook artwork of a warlock dragonborn using their arcane focus by Ignatius Budi.

Warlock dragonborn by Ignatius Budi

Dungeons & Dragons image showing a barbarian, a ranger and a monk fighting gnolls.

Art by Craig J Spearing

A collage of influence actions in use.

Tabletop

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