The Brood

The Brood, an eldritch abomination from the Shadowfell, an ever-growing mass of souls connected together into an endlessly hungry, growing amalgamation. It increases in power by the second, its influence steadily spreading to the material plane as more dying souls converge into its being... and one can only wonder how long it will be until it arrives itself.

Expanded Spell list

The Brood 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.

Brood Expanded Spells

SPELL LEVEL	SPELLS
1st	Unseen Servant, Longstrider
2nd	Summon Beast, Dragon's Breath
3rd	Conjure Animals, Phantom Steed
4th	Conjure Woodland Beings, Summon Construct
5th	Summon Celestial, Summon Draconic Spirit

Manifest Apparition

1st-level Brood feature

After having accepted the power of the Brood, you are defended by its progeny. You are able to summon an apparition of the Brood, the power of a single member to aid and follow you in your journey. As an action, you can summon a beast of CR 1/4 or lower. Its creature type is fiend, it shares initiative with you, and gains a bonus to its hit point maximum equal to your warlock level. You can take this action a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus per long rest. Additionally, you can communicate telepathically and use an action to perceive through the summoned creature's senses, seeing through its eyes and hearing what it hears, regardless of distance, so long as you are on the same plane of existence. While perceiving through the summoned creature's senses, you are blinded and deafened to your own surroundings.

If you use this action when an apparition is already summoned,  the previous apparition is dismissed.

Soul Capture

6th-level Brood feature

You’re able to capture a creature’s essence and add it to the Brood's ever expanding mass of souls. When you reduce a hostile creature’s hit points to 0, you can use your reaction to capture its spirit, provided you can capture its Creature Type. When you reach certain levels in this class, you can capture other Creature Types, as shown in the Creature Summoning table. You can hold up to two spirits at a time. If you capture a third spirit while already holding two, the oldest one immediately vanishes.

While you possess at least one captured spirit, you can use an action to summon it, expending it and manifesting it in an unoccupied space you can see within 90 feet of you. The creature is an ally to you and your companions. The creature's stat block is determined in the Creature Summoning table. The creature acts as if it was summoned using a spell slot level equal to your proficiency bonus.

In combat, the creature shares your initiative count, but it takes its turn immediately after yours. It obeys any commands you give it (Requiring an action from you). If you don't issue any, it takes the Dodge action and uses its move to avoid danger.

The creature disappears when it drops to 0 hit points, after 1 minute, or if you summon another creature using this feature. It also disappears if you fall unconscious. You can dismiss the creature early as a bonus action. After disappearing in any of these ways the creature's soul returns to integrate itself into the Brood's mass. You can only summon a creature in this way a number of times equal to half your proficiency bonus(Rounded up) per long rest.

WARLOCK LEVEL	CREATURE TYPE	STAT BLOCK
6th	Beast, Fey	Bestial Spirit, Fey Spirit
10th	Aberration, Elemental	Aberrant Spirit, Elemental Spirit
14th	Celestial, Fiend	Celestial Spirit, Fiendish Spirit

Manifestation: Enhancement

10th-level Brood feature

The Brood is able to give you more power, a greater part of itself. The apparition summoned by the Manifest Apparition now gains a bonus to its max health equal to double your warlock level, and adds your proficiency bonus to its attack rolls, damage rolls, and saving throw DC's. Additionally, it grows one size larger, and when it takes the attack action it can attack twice instead of once.

Manifestation: Perfection

At 14th level, you gain near full control of a portion of the Brood. A small portion... but it's more than enough. Spirits summoned by your soul capture feature now act as if they were summoned using a spell slot level equal to your proficiency bonus + 2, and no longer disappear after 1 minute, though they still disappear once they hit 0 hitpoints or if you summon another creature using this feature. However, for the spirit to benefit from this feature it requires more time. To have a spirit benefit from this feature you must take 10 minutes (As if you were casting a ritual spell) to summon them.