You crush or shatter the infernal orb and speak your Patron's true name, invoking the full weight of your pact and the legacy you seek to reclaim.
Your Patron, personally intervenes—subtly or spectacularly—to grant a favor aligned with ambition, influence, seduction, manipulation, vengeance, or inheritance. The warlock describes the desired outcome, not the method.
The DM determines the exact form of the intervention. The effect may:
- Replicate any spell of 8th level or lower
- Produce a non-spell effect of comparable power
- Reshape social, political, or infernal circumstances in a decisive way
No roll is required. The intervention automatically succeeds.
Examples of your Patron's favors include:
- The sudden downfall or disgrace of a political enemy
- Restoration of lost titles, lands, or influence—through legally binding but morally tainted means
- The exposure of secrets related to the caster's pact
- The resurrection or preservation of a loved one, altered or bound by infernal terms
- The creation of an unbreakable scandal, contract, or leverage point
The Price of Favor
This helps advances the Patron's designs—and rewrites the warlock’s legacy.
When this spell is cast, the DM chooses one or more of the following consequences, or invents one of similar weight:
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The Legacy Is Claimed
Any change in a political nature exists because of infernal intervention. Infernal agents, devilish “advisors,” or binding contracts quietly ensure that the family’s future success serves Hell’s interests. -
Truth Over Vengeance
The warlock learns the full truth behind their personal turmoil—and discovers that restoring what was lost requires protecting or empowering someone who helped cause their destruction. -
A Name Rewritten
Records across the world subtly change. The warlock’s past is remembered differently: feared, infamous, or whispered to have consorted with Hell long before their fall. Their return comes with reputation as much as power. -
A Living Reminder
A resurrected relative, reclaimed heir, or symbolic remnant of the family returns… loyal to your Patron first. They are not hostile—but their allegiance is unmistakable. -
The Patron's Smile
Your patron does not immediately demand repayment. Instead, she ensures that future opportunities, rivals, and temptations are arranged so that refusing her later requests will cost far more than accepting them.
Single Use
Once this spell is cast, it can never be cast again. The infernal orb is destroyed, and your Patron will never again answer a plea made with such finality.
* - (Flawless crimson infernal orb; the orb shatters upon casting)