The Gulthias Tree

A twisted amalgamation of tree and nightmare, it hungers for all life to grow its own self. It devours the life inherent in all its forms and corrupts its surroundings to facilitate this process. Life to death to life, from flesh to corpse, towards power unending. So was your choice, in a bid for any scrap of power that could be found you discovered it. A thing of living death -a small thing, but powerful nonetheless. You bonded with it and the shard sensing a kindred soul bonded with you. The result was a creature of both parts but greater than its sum would or should bring. Where you go from here is now the question.

The chosen of a gulthias tree seeks power in most powerful of ways and the most effective is the simplest -that of the old ways. To kill and to devour and not necessarily always in that order. Relentless and constant, such is the Unliving Tree.

Expanded Spell List

The Fiend lets you choose from an expanded list of spells when you learn a warlock spell. The following spells are added to the warlock spell list for you.

Fiend Expanded Spells

Spell Level	Spells
1st	entangle, false life
2nd	barkskin, spike growth
3rd	animate dead, vampiric touch
4th	black tentacles, blight
5th	cloudkill, contagion

The Hungry Tree's Grasp

When you bond with this patron you receive the cantrips Shillelagh and Thorn Whip

Vampiric Strike

"Feed me. Feed Me. Feed Me! FeEd ME! FEED ME! FEED ME!!"

You gain a number of charges equal to your Proficiency at level 1. You can expend 1 charge to regain a number of hit points equal to the damage dealt by your melee weapons. You regain all charges on a short rest. This heady sensation is overpowering to the mind, body, and soul. Every time you use this feature, you must succeed on a DC 12 Wisdom saving throw or be afflicted with short-term madness.

Blightbringer

"One is many and many are mine."

At level 6, you may manifest the icon of the gulthias tree and devour a medium or larger sized corpse. You may roll a number of hit die equal to the CR of the creature killed with a minimum of 1. This does not expend any of your hit die. Optionally, instead of rolling for hit points, you may have the image form a number of blights equal to the CR or your charisma modifier which ever is lower. The blights summoned may be any combination of "twig blight", "needle blight", and "vine blight" the total number equal to half your level rounded down. The creatures summoned are loyal to you and a number of creatures equal to your charisma modifier unless attacked where they will specifically target the attacker. All other blights and other evil plant creatures don't regard you as hostile unless you harm them.

That Which Corrupts

"Some wouldn't die no matter what I did. So I ate that as well."

Starting at level 10, when attacking a creature it can no longer regain hitpoints. This resets on a long rest. Your hitpoint maximum and ability scores can no longer be reduced.

The Manifestation of Evil

"I'll be back. I always will."

• As long as you have a hit die, you can spend it to remain at one hp if you would be brought down to zero.
• You are immune to poison and necrotic.
• You regain 1 hitpoint per turn. You die only if you start your turn with 0 hit points and can't regenerate. All dismembered parts are regrown from the head or the next largest body part if missing and so on.

Invocations

Gulthian Blessing

Prerequisite: Gulthias Tree Patron, 5th level You may infuse a weapon with the essence of your patron. This weapon becomes magical if it already wasn't and gains the following properties. Vampiric Strike. The weapon deals damage as normal, and you can expend 1 charge to regain a number of hit points equal to the damage dealt. Each time a charge is spent, red blood oozes from the weapon's pores, and you must succeed on a DC 12 Wisdom saving throw or be afflicted with short-term madness.

 

Green Thumb

Prerequisite: Gulthias Tree Patron, 7th level "I've always been a good farmer. The harvest that makes everything worth it." Plant creatures summoned by you add half your proficiency rounded down to their attack and damage rolls and saving throws.

 

Fertilizer

Prerequisite: Gulthias Tree Patron, 7th level "Corpses make for the best nutrients." Plant creatures summoned by you add your level to their hitpoints and hitpoint maximum and half your proficiency their ac.

 

Blightcaller

Prerequisite: Gulthias Tree Patron, 7th level "A blight on this land forevermore." You can now have a total number of blights equal to your level.

 

Lord of Flora

Prerequisite: Gulthias Tree Patron, 14th level "You dare!!" All plants that would be hostile to you now roll with disadvantage when attacking you. All saves you make against them are with advantage.

 

Tyrant of Flora

Prerequisite: Gulthias Tree Patron, 5th level "Made for me. Die for me." Attacking plant monsters under your control no longer causes them to be hostile.

 

Enduring Barkskin

Prerequisite: 5th level "Long life of a tree means a long life for me." Barkskin now lasts 8 hours.

 

Vigorous Growth

Prerequisite: 5th level "It's as if they've a life of their own." Entangle, Barkskin, and Spike Growth no longer require concentration.

 

Thickened Barkskin

Prerequisite: 5th level "Tough all the way down." Gain resistance to all physical damage when casting barkskin.

 

Sophisticated Barkskin

Prerequisite: 5th level "Your form now looks, smells, and feels pleasing to the senses while maintaining its toughness." Gain proficiency in Persuasion and Performance. If already proficient, gain expertise instead.

 

Leafmetal Barkskin

Prerequisite: 5th level "It seems to be some exotic growth." Increase the ac of barkskin by half your proficiency rounded up.

 

Improved Shillelagh

Prerequisite: Shillelagh "Looks like the magic stick is growing." At levels 5, 11, and 17 add a +1 bonus to attack and damage to a maximum of 3.

 

Corrupted Shillelagh

Prerequisite: Shillelagh "Dark magic that staff used. Now it rots whatever its master hits." When you hit with this weapon deal an extra point of poison damage. At level 5, 11, and 17 it becomes a d4, d6, d8 respectively.

 

Adept Vampiric Strike

Prerequisite: Gulthias Tree Patron, 11th level "A lifetime of thirst trains the mind, body, and soul to endure." When you use your vampiric strike feature, you gain temporary hitpoints equal to your level and damage equal to your charisma for a number of turns equal to your proficiency.

 

Mastered Vampiric Strike

Prerequisite: Gulthias Tree Patron, Adept Vampiric Strike, 17th level "Flesh, blood, and bone. All are mine and tastes divine." When you use your vampiric strike feature, you add half your proficiency to all checks, saves, attacks, and damage.

 

Bloodvine

Prerequisite: Thorn Whip "Looks like its hungry." Thorn whip now adds your charisma modifier to its damage rolls. When targeting a creature below its maximum number of hitpoints, your thorn whip damage die increases by 1 level.

 

Stranglevine

Prerequisite: Thorn Whip, 17th level "Well aren't you popular." Thorn whip now lasts a minute. When you successfully hit a creature, you can choose to automatically grapple them. If the target is Medium or smaller, it is also restrained until this grapple ends. While grappling the target, the you have advantage on attack rolls against it and can't use this attack against other targets. When you move, any Medium or smaller target you are grappling moves with you. To break free requires a strength saving throw equal to your spell dc.

 

Brutevine

Prerequisite: Thorn Whip, 5th level "Hey no one said you could leave." When you hit a creature with thorn whip you can choose to pull them 30 feet closer and if they fail a strength save equal to your spell save dc they fall prone.

 

Twitchvine

Prerequisite: Thorn Whip, 11th level "Hair-trigger released. Soon to be deceased" You can cast thorn whip as a bonus action. If cast as an action, you can make a number of attacks equal to half your proficiency rounded down. Each attack only deals half damage.