You have made a pact with an entity of extreme cunning and deception in exchange for the life of a Wizard. Beings of this kind are often intelligent and even honorable Devils, feeding off the energy of deception to maintain their power over the hells. As a vehicle to transport this energy you have been given a dark artifact known as a hungering book. To all others, it appears as a typical spellbook, but upon receiving it you were given a glimpse into the true horror the book possessed. Since that first viewing, the true nature of the book has been hidden even from you. You are now left with one option, feed the book, or die.

Expanded Spell List

The Imposters 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.

The Imposter Expanded Spells

The Hungering Book

1st-level Imposter feature

Your Patron has bestowed you with a dark and magical book known as The Hungering Book. While the book is in your possession you gain several features. If you gain the use of another magical book The Hungering book consumes it and absorbs its magic.

• You have proficiency in deception
• You can use the book as a spellcasting focus for your warlock spells.
• You can use it as a spellbook if you gain a feature that allows you to use a spellbook
• The book is under the effects of an Arcane lock spell targeting you as the opener and you know when someone is trying to open your book even if you are asleep.

Wizard's Deception

1st-level Imposter feature

Your spellbook empowers you to mimic the practices of a Wizard.

You learn mage armor, magic missile, and shield, you can cast each spell once per short rest without expending a spell slot and they don't count against your spells known. In addition, you learn the fire bolt cantrip, if you take the Agonizing Blast invocation you can add your Charisma modifier to the damage roll.

Imposter's Shadow

6th-level Imposter feature

As an action, you can cause The Imposter's shadow to appear within your book

While The Imposter's shadow is summoned you are incapable of naturally casting shadows. The shadow perfectly follows your movements, mimicking the effects of a real shadow. It can cast the somatic components of your spells for you and removes the need for verbal components. When casting spells with verbal components the shadow's mouth appears to move.

You can telepathically command the shadow to move up to 30ft at the start of your turn and can tell if the shadow sees or hears something without actually perceiving through the shadow's senses. The shadow can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch wide without squeezing. It returns to the book instantly if it is 150ft away from you.

Defense of Shadow

10th-level Imposter feature

As the power of The Imposter grows within, you have begun to meld into shadow yourself.

While The Imposter's shadow is attached to a creature, that creature has resistance to piercing damage. In addition, you have advantage on stealth checks made to hide in dim light.

Maddening Deception

14th-level Imposter feature

Once per short rest, as an action, you can hold up The Hungering Book and reveal its true form to a creature within 30ft of you. Only that creature can see its revealed form. The creature makes a Wisdom saving throw with disadvantage against your spell DC, on a fail, the creature becomes charmed and frightened by you until the end of your next turn.