Gaia Patron

Druids believe that all the Earth is sacred. They love the land and revere the Spirit of Place. They also believe that there are mysteries in the landscape - that ancient sites use the powers of stone and mounded earth, of sacred well and healing spring, to channel energy from within the land and from the sun, moon and stars; and that we can attune ourselves to the rhythm of the Earth and the energy that flows, like dragon-lines of force, from sacred site to sacred site.

Many Druids work to develop their sensitivity to Earth and water currents, working as dowsers, or exploring the ways in which different places seem to offer different gifts: some bringing feelings of great peace, others energising and waking us up, others encouraging us to heal or to sleep.

Druids are often interested in the concepts of ley-lines, earth chakras and landscape temples, and while some pursue these interests in combination with the practice of geomancy.

Druids believe that walking the old tracks or hiking across the land can bring benefits that are spiritual as well as physical. A love of the land can invigorate and heal our souls as well as our bodies.

 

 

(Credit to Vogie, Giant in the Playground )

Expanded Spell List

At 1st level, your link to the earth allows you to learn spells normally associated with the Druid class. When your Pact Magic or Mystic Arcanum feature lets you learn or choose a warlock cantrip or a warlock spell of 1st level or higher, you can choose the new spell from the druid spell list or the warlock spell list. You must otherwise obey all the restrictions for selecting the spell, and it becomes a warlock spell for you.

However, your patron's magic that was granted to you came with the caveat that it cannot directly harm a living natural being. You have no restrictions against using any magic against vampires, undead, constructs, and the like, but dealing damage directly with a spell or cantrip to a living being will immediately give you a level of exhaustion and remove your Pact Magic feature until you finish a long rest in atonement. Using magic to augment your power, create weapons, and harm living things indirectly, such as Primal Savagery, Earth Tremor, Absorb Elements, Heat Metal, and their ilk are fine to be used. The DM chooses the line between direct and indirect damage, and the warlock can always tell if a creature is living or not. 

Empowered by Gaia

At 1st level, While physically in contact with the earth, if you cast a Pact Magic spell with the range of self, or a spell targeting yourself, you may do so without expending a spell slot. You can use this feature twice, and regain expended uses when you finish a short or long rest. (Mystic Arcanum spells do not use this feature)

Additionally, you gain proficiency with medium armor, shields, and martial weapons. You also learn 2 cantrips from the Druid spell list. They count as warlock cantrips for you, but they don’t count against your number of cantrips known.

Bound Shapeshifting

Gaia has bound you to a series of four CR 1 (or lower) non-swarm beasts that you can magically assume the shape of with an action, as the Druid's Wild Shape feature. You can use this feature twice per short or long rest.

• At 6th level, you gain two shapes that have no flying or swimming speed. One shape will be a predator, the other will be hoofed.
• At 8th level, you gain a beast shape that has a swimming speed, but no flying speed.
• At 10th level, you gain a beast shape that has a flying speed, but no swimming speed.

Gaia's Secrets

At 10th level, while physically in contact with the ground:

• If you are healed by a spell or by spending Hit Die, add your Constitution modifier (minimum of 1)
• You gain the ability to cast your known healing and restoration spells into potions. You spend 1 minute focusing your magic on a vial of mundane water and expend a spell slot to transform it into a potion. You can create up to two potions at a time, and potions created this way last 24 hours.

Elemental Charm

Starting at 14th level, you can connect with a friendly elemental to craft a charm that further expands your abilities. Choose one from the following list. You may create additional charms over time, over the course of 7 long rests. The charms resize as you change form and persist to be used even when shapeshifted. 

• Cold Iron Amulet - as a reaction, you can gain resistance to psychic damage until the beginning of your next turn, and if a fiend, fey, or fey spirit creature ends its turn within 5 feet of you, it takes radiant damage equal to your warlock level + twice your Charisma modifier (minimum 2). Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a short or long rest.
• Bear Charm - When you start a short rest, if you have an unexpanded spell slot, you can store a spell slot in this charm. You can use this slot at will, but only for spells on the druid spell list. Once you use this slot, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest while physically in contact with the ground.
• Fulgurite Talisman - As a reaction, you gain immunity to lightning and thunder damage until the beginning of your next turn. Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a short or long rest.
• Soul-Catcher Bead - If you are reduced to 0 hit points, you can use your reaction instead be reduced to 1 hit point. Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest while physically in contact with the ground.
• Healing Charm - Your Healing spells targeting only yourself can be cast as a bonus action without verbal or somatic components
• Camouflage Charm - you gain the Shroud of Shadow invocation, allowing you to cast Invisibility at will, without expending a spell slot. This doesn't count against the number of invocations you know, and you cannot replace it when you gain a level in the class.
• Stalking Charm - Choose two types of favored enemy: fey, monstrosities, undead, aberrations, celestials, constructs, dragons, elementals, or fiends. You gain a +2 bonus for damage rolls against all your favored enemies. Additionally, you have advantage on saving throws against the spells and abilities used by favored enemy, you have advantage on Wisdom (Survival) checks to track your favored enemies, as well as on Intelligence checks to recall information about them.
• Beast Amulet - You can cast Speak with Animals & Animal Friendship at will, without expending a spell slot. Additionally, you can communicate telepathically with your familiar or charmed animal companion while shapeshifted, while it is within 60 feet of you.
• Shapeshifting Focus - You can use your Bound Shapeshifting feature as a bonus action, rather than an action.