The Knives

Your patron is a Sentient tri-pair of flaming knives. Any and all Warlocks who embrace this patron are completely faithful to do whatever the bidding of the knives be. While not much is known about them, what has been recorded is written off as delusions of an addled mind, one having seen a darkness that would one day consume the world. Another account under the effects of a Zone of Truth has stated to the effect of it being a sentient set of cursed flaming knives. 

In truth, The Knives seek the destruction of the lower planes so they may inhabit them as their own. they seek to set upon an era where they are in command of everything their followers can get their own hands on, seeing the material plane as useful proving grounds for their own goals and ambitions until The Knives believe they can help with their own crusade of the lower planes. The Knives themselves rarely grant an in-person audience unless they are to be terminated personally or to join them in the takeover of lower planes. At the DM's discretion, you may get an audience in several ways. one shall be listed here.

• To get an audience you may be in competition with up to four other warlocks. each will carry a symbol of the knives on them, you included. you must take at least 2 others to be granted audience by killing another warlock. if you come across a body with a symbol, you are not permitted to take it unless your party has killed them. gathering three symbols will allow you to perform a special ritual to seek an audience. after which, you will either be thrusted into the lower planes for it's conquest or sent back for various reasons.

Being granted audience summons a portal that anyone can walk through, but can only be seen by a follower of The Knives. to everyone else there is illusionary shrubbery obscuring the area where the portal appears. it can be sensed by others with appropiate spells but can't be seen in such ways.

The DM may give you specific instructions to sacrifice a specific character or creature that poses a threat to your patron.

Expanded Spell List

The Knives 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 Knives Expanded Spells

Spell Level	Spells
1st	burning hands, dissonant whispers
2nd	heat metal, cloud of daggers
3rd	conjure barrage, erupting earth
4th	fire shield, wall of fire
5th	conjure volley, mislead

Reach of The Knives

Starting at 1st level, You may cast another spell, Knives Toss, as an action, dealing 2d6 per knife (rolled separately). expending 4 charges causes this spell tosses 3 knives at 45 degrees of each other for 15ft. This spell does not count towards the number of spells you know. Regain the use after 4 hours. The damage scales by 1d6 at 6th, 10th, 14th level

Knives Sacrifice

The Knives Demand Sacrifice. If a creature is hit with your Knives abilities, they become uniquely cursed. if they die before the start of your next turn, their soul becomes sacrificed to the Knives, their body disintegrates, leaving behind any loot they had on their person, And your Knives abilities gain 4 charges. 1 charge is equal to an hour.

Additionally, you may use any sort of dagger type weapon as a spellcasting focus. You can also perform a special rite by speaking the incantations in the knives tongue for 1 minute with a dagger or knife to sacrifice an unconscious or otherwise incapacitated creature with less than 20% of their hit point maximum or less than 20 hit points. this applies your curse and kills them at the same time.

You may attempt to use an action to fast talk the incantations to complete the rite faster with a successful religion check with a DC of 15 + the highest CR or Level from every hostile creature you can see, (Maximum of 1 creature) reducing the time to that same action, but all other conditions must be met. The check fails if the creature has more than 20% hit points or more than 20 hit points, Whichever is greater, and is simply damaged as normal. same effect applies if the check fails normally

Barrage of Sacrifice

Starting at 6th level, As an action, you may cast a new Spell, Knives Storm. You can choose to Leap up into the air as high as your maximum movement speed or stand your ground and expend 8 charges to launch an assault of knives down below as a 30ft circle or a cone (Depending on if you jump or not) centered on a target of your choice. You also ignore any additional fall damage up to your maximum movement speed.

Any creature caught in your attack must make a DEX saving throw or take 4d8 DMG or half on a successful save. extra damage is raised to 6d8 at 10th Level, 8d8 at 14th level, then 8d10 at 18th level. Creatures within 7.5ft of the center cannot make this save.

You gain 1 charge for every enemy killed with The Knives Sacrifice curse. 1 charge for this spell is equal to 2 hours

Knives Riposte

Starting at 10th level, as a reaction to succeeding against an attack save, you may cast Knives Toss, with your center toss centered on the target you are using the reaction for. This does expend uses of Knives Toss

you are also granted 4 extra charges.

Hellfire Enchantment

Starting at 14th level, you gain a boon from your patron that allows you to add two extra die to any fire or dagger attack you can see, giving it your knives sacrifice trait, affecting the creature it hits. you can only do this 3 times after a short or long rest. You cannot use this reaction on your own attacks and spells.