You Might Be a Fathomless Warlock | Warlock Subclass Guide for DND 5e

[@youmightbeadnd]

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[@crookedfang1534]

I'm so proud of how far you've come. You deserve so much more subscribers.

[@ZpEB2741]

Can't believe this guy got through this whole video without once asking us what we knew about rolling down in the deep.

[@ericpeterson8732]

Adele is passe.

[@PaullyDre]

I cant fathom it.

[@nightshiftloser2600]

@@ericpeterson8732Think he meant Masked Wolf - Astronaut in the Ocean

[@astercat49]

This is BY FAR my favorite Warlock subclass. The flavor, the mechanics, it’s all just *chef’s kiss*.

[@Kylora2112]

Great damage, great utility, awesome flavor. I have a sea elf fathomless warlock I bring to a lot of one-shots that's a blast to play.

[@masonreidhead7506]

Hexblade is superior

[@astercat49]

@masonreidhead7506 mechanically, sure. But Fathomless has much cooler flavor.

[@Lagi42800]

I cast : cook seafood

[@MoonbornUwU]

Kinda wanna play a pact of the blade fathomless warlock

[@zetten4109]

When the dm ask “how do you kill him” after I roll a critical as tentacle warlock 😈

[@stormbrigade5194]

Me as the forever DM. " Oh no! Not again!"

[@rs-bx9im]

Naur!

[@Tsukuyomi_99]

Oh you already know how😉😏

[@jmninternational1116]

NOOOO

[@NeutralDrow]

"Bigby's Almighty Pimpslap"

[@emanoelwesley7773]

I read the title as HOMELESS warlock, and was super excited to know what this subclass will be like. 😂🤣🤣🙃

[@Simsystwistedmind]

The patron would be the Bowery King from the John Wick movies.

[@dakila101]

Ah yes, the Fat Homeless Warlock. Truly a subclass ever made. 😂

[@t2i3m4]

Just make a Great Old One Warlock whose patron is "The Illuminati"

[@happyslapsgiving5421]

A Warlock with the Far Traveler, Hermit or Urchin background. 😂

[@NeutralDrow]

D20 Modern Warlock, with the Ghost In The Machine patron. ...not a joke, that's actually a thing in Unearthed Arcana.

[@caarthikraj8184]

As someone whose favorite warlocks are Fathomless and Great Old One I will never be free of tentacle jokes.

[@Doyoulikeadacheese]

As someone who's favorite playable race is the Centaur, I know your pain. But they're all horse jokes in my case.

[@andrewfornes5320]

As someone with a giant octopus tattooed on my arm irl, I won't either. I feel you brother.

[@Caelreth15]

​@@andrewfornes5320 I want to get an octopus tattoo

[@andrewfornes5320]

@@Caelreth15 You should, I got mine in a japanese style for a sleeve that I am currently working on. The Octopus sits at the inside of my elbow joint and the tentacles end at the part where my palm starts. I have a jellyfish on the backside of my arm in a similar placement. I chose to do my sleeve in color and got the octopus done in green with purple accents. The jellyfish is more of a teal color with light blue areas to show the glowing lines they have in real life.

[@IloveHamberger]

Kidnaps the wizard to cast shape earth and fill it using a decaner of endless water to create fixed teleport locations

[@casbot71]

The best multiclass is with the Bard, for ..... _reasons._

[@sailorsloth8183]

For all the sea shanties you can sing! Right? …right?

[@adrianbrown3085]

*New bard college unlocked: College of H3nt@!*

[@MeatbagSlayer]

Bard: *Procceds to roll a Nat 1* Dragon: Keep your Kentucky fried fetish away from me! *Procceds to melt the Bard with acid*

[@bodenking]

Oh so you can be the Soggy Bottom Boys

[@NeutralDrow]

Obviously, it's because the Human world is a mess. Life under the sea is better than anything they got up there!

[@TheDisplacerBeast]

I had a fathomless warlock/tempest cleric who’s warlock patron was a leviathan that lived in a rimmed mountain, holding a vast and deep inland sea… that was slowly going dry thanks to global warming. So, he was sent on a mission to strengthen bonds with a god of rain, to petition them into establishing a permanent rainfall over the mountain. It was nice to have a friendly warlock patron who just needed help and really disliked the eldritch profiling that they received. It was also the first time i had a character be devoted to multiple powers, which was quite fun to explore.

[@icelessgreen6160]

Ooooh that's a cool idea, I must steal it

[@TheDisplacerBeast]

@@icelessgreen6160 feel free! I think i took pact of the chain and had an imp reskinned as a seagull.

[@K.R.W-ch2wx]

​@@TheDisplacerBeastBecause we alll know seagulls are secretly devils

[@silverscreen842]

Rimmed, you say?

[@simplestickland3367]

I love fathomlesswarlock because of how easy it is to reflavor spells with tentacles.

[@nocteexmortis979]

One of the most overlooked benefits of the Fathomless Warlock is Guardian Coil. As a Reaction, after you or your ally within ten feet of your Tentacle of the Deep take damage, prevent 1d8, eventually 2d8, damage. Keep in mind the EXACT WORDING: When you or a creature you can see within ten feet of your tentacle TAKES DAMAGE, you can use your reaction to reduce it. It doesn’t say reduce the damage dealt, it says once they take damage, reduce the damage to that creature. This is important, because this means you can choose to apply it before, or after, Resistance or Vulnerability. Be your Bear Totem Barbarian’s best friend.

[@williaminnes6635]

"and the thing about a mermaid is, when you want a fish, you've got a woman, and when you want a woman, you've got a fish." (retained from a KZbinr who was somewhere between Nicholas Moran and lindybeige while delivering a talk on failed British tank designs from 80 years ago)

[@KnicKnac]

Fathomless has some interesting ideas. I do like the controlling route. Slowing effects without saves would be fun. Telekinetic, Crusher, Ray of Frost, etc just be the annoying guy.

[@dixonsdsmossed2237]

Kraken week brought us an early gift

[@dejatwo]

Glad to see you made a Kraken Week video too!

[@ShadowRoadX]

Crab themed. All the tentacles become crab claws, take levels in Wizard for the Necromancer subclass, animate undead crab legions. Call him the Crabomancer.

[@Kylora2112]

I absolutely love this subclass! I have a Pact of the Chain Sea Elf Fathomless Warlock I bring to a lot of one-shots. She plays up the charisma side of things by being a musician who got rejected from bard colleges for not having all the other bard skills. Her familiar is an imp that was true polymorphed into a squid she calls Mr. Cuddles (his actual name is Grover). She's so much fun to play ☺

[@bthsr7113]

She sounds like a delight!

[@An1m0s1ty7]

currently playing a fathomless warlock dip with a graviturgy wizard, it feels fucking awesome. no one gets to reach me or my squad unless i let them , and my ranger loves plopping down spike growths for me to turn into an organic arcane blender. looking forward to the day i can play a character whos main lvls are in fathomless warlock

[@knightghaleon]

This is the Cthulhu warlock I usually play because the GOOlock just doesn't have enough tentacles and the crowd control is just nice

[@progfrogg]

I was hoping you would cover this one!!!! I'm super excited to play the character I made around this class, hopefully one day haha

[@triaina_]

Your videos made me start playing DnD now I’m obsessed and in debt because of how expensive books are

[@davidlewis8814]

There just no reason for the phrase “icy nonsense” to make me giggle for so long

[@NeutralDrow]

Absolutely concur with this and Genie being my favorite Warlock patrons. Not even necessarily mechanically (well...yes, mechanically too, but I didn't put your level of thought into it - I just saw "easily transportable pocket dimension" and "ability to breath and survive water's cold and crushing pressure" and fell in love), but just the scope of potential patrons. My current fathomless projects are a plasmoid who's convinced they're a materially-trapped water elemental (patron: Ben-Hadar, elemental prince of water) and an Owlin armorer artificer underwater archaeologist who prefers swimming to flying (patron, requiring DM approval: an ancient topaz dragon, who's happy for a treasure/squid delivery service that doesn't require getting wet).

[@CitanulsPumpkin]

If you as a DM really want to see the fathomless warlock get the most out of fathomless plunge and get up to some serious shenanigans, give them a decanter of endless water and a wand or blessing that gives them the mold earth cantrip. Preferably before level 5.

[@t2i3m4]

Time to make my totally original character Javey Dones.

[@grantbourgeois2436]

I feel like this would work with a swords bard to make a good island hopper ex-pat soldier

[@werecatauthor4249]

i was expecting a tentacle joke, but not within the first thirty seconds

[@christosgiannopoulos828]

Finally. One of my favourite subclasses. Also I'm surprised I didn't see that coming. Like I thought you were gonna do the open sea paladin for kraken week for some reason

[@bradwillis7415]

@youmightbeadnd I have rewatched this at least five times now. Thanks for making this. Just know, content like this helps pierce the dark that is my current struggle with depression.

[@youmightbeadnd]

I hope you're doing well. We all struggle sometimes. Try to keep moving and don't be afraid to lean on those you love!

[@kdavidsmith1]

The Hat sent, curse him to the briny depths. I would also suggest that sea weed, school of fish or other flavoring could replace the octopus arms.

[@akumawellplayed2344]

This reminds of me of another Warlock Subclass. The Lurker in the Deep. Which is essentially this

[@nocteexmortis979]

Lurker in the Deep was the UA version of the Fathomless.

[@eesedesesesrdtsuperjoshuab7907]

I’m so happy, this is my favourite warlock subclass and one of my favourite subclasses overall

[@jackstephenson185]

I’m running a campaign for a heap of new players and these are awesome for that. But the only video I need next is on the illusion wizard! It’d a a great help for you to put this up next, Thanks

[@brokeninkwell3818]

The moment I saw this subclass, I knew I needed to add it to my swashbuckler character to effectively create a cursed pirate.

[@drawberry_jam]

Woo!! One of my favorite Warlocks for Kraken Week!

[@frasechico]

Once played a pvp one-shot, capture the flag. Played a Fathomless Warlock / Giant Barbarian (Pact of the Blade + stuff like mirror image and armor of agathys). To quote me during that session; "I AM THE RAID BOSS"

[@lutherdelange7808]

I love the idea of the class and it's very near the top of my to play list. Thanks YMBADND

[@WolfHreda]

I made a Pact of the Tome Fathomless W with the ritual invocation. He's very much inspired by the drowned priests of the Iron Islands in Game of Thrones.

[@finnmchugh99]

I'd like to nominate Path of the Depths Barbarian for the Kraken themed thing that's going around. It is technically official and was made by wotc and as a LoL Bilgewater crossover with a group of subclasses. Was on DnDB but removed for unknown reasons but can find it on sites like wikidot etc.

[@davidperte62]

I love the flavor of this subclass, a shame I never get in sea related campaigns 😢

[@jdizzy192]

YEEEESSSS MY FAVORITE SUBCLASS TO MIX WITH SWASHBUCKLER ROGUE

[@NanashiKokoro]

I went with the Pact of the Blade myself, but you've given me alot of reasons to consider Talisman instead

[@bthsr7113]

GOO who? Also, that is a whole lot of mobility denial/forcing. Pairs great with damage over time abilities, especially the ones that are area effects.

[@danlaleman5733]

I feel that fathomless is the closest to 3rd editions aberrant sorcerer, with all of the evards black tentacles association

[@PhthaloTheBlue]

Literally been waiting in this one forEVER! Thank you.

[@PhthaloTheBlue]

I have been COOKING with this subclass. Made a Yuan-ti pureblood character that multiclassed into way of mercy monk. Named this character “the sea serpent” by flavoring the tentacles as snakes out eels. With all the oceanic potential and all the “storm magic” the potential is endless. Paired with the inky tentacle magic tattoo this quickly became a character who can keep enemies at BAY. See what I did there? 😅😢

[@GrahamMaclagan]

Should do the holy version of this subclass, the Tempest Cleric. Currently playing one and it has some great mechanics, like Wrath of the Storm and Destructive Wrath.

[@MilkMan2486]

I read this so wrong. Fathomless not fatherless.

[@robertthepunchwizard5964]

To be fair there is plenty of people who would play this to appeal to their own fantasies that I would call fatherless behavior

[@Starocean56]

Honesrtly combining this with summon Shadow Spawn with the Despair option to further cut off movement by using the souls of Davy Jones locker to further hold things dowm can just break a boss fight by robbing it of literally all of its movement with no saves whatso ever. Combine this with your friendly wizard casting silence, and you turn your forever dm into a forever player. Try it, if ya land lovers dare.

[@עומרשרייבר-ל4ר]

Nice, a video about the subclass of my first ever warlock.

[@bradwillis7415]

Kraken week! Love it!!! One of my favorite Warlock types!!!!

[@HobGungan]

I want to play my Teifling Fathomless Warlock again so bad

[@BlairsVaultOfStarsAndDreams]

What about making the Cone of Cold spell a Cone of Scalding Seafoam instead? It could work like an acid if it hits players/creatures, but become difficult terrain to anything else not directly caught in it, by making a zone of damaging seafoam that slowly dissolves after 2 + Cha modifier turns.

[@CRocker246]

Sleet storm but its a bunch of frozen clams landing down on ya

[@TheIdealofGreed]

7:00 I don't recognize this fight or this lady, what Avatar spinoff/fan project is this from?

[@dagamerboi]

a lot of people site 30 feet of movement speed as concerningly low, but for swimming speed, that's actually kinda crazy

[@zacharyagee2010]

That sponsor is just perfection.

[@Spyko-]

definitely my favorite subclass for my favorite class ! slappy the tentacle is my best friend

[@ucancallmehiu]

the puns, u've outdone urself sir

[@sarchiaponeseriale4380]

If you multiclass this with a swarm keeper ranger you can make a waterbender.

[@alstefansp]

FINALLY HE MADE THE VIDEO

[@shadowldrago]

This subclass sounds like it could be an utter PAIN for mobile monsters since you have so many ways of reducing their movement.

[@nocteexmortis979]

Fathomless Warlocks tend to cause DMs to rip their hair out. Lance of Lethargy, grasp of Hadar, Repelling Blast, tentacle strikes, all in your Evard’s Black Tentacles. It’s a Warlock cheese grater. If you just want them to hate you instead, use Sleet Storm. Difficult terrain, with 20 feet of movement knocked off, while you push and pull them to the middle of the area, and relentlessly mock them as they lay prone.

[@shadowldrago]

@@nocteexmortis979 Add a Conquest Paladin to stack fear and potentially NO movement on top of that, and a ranged Rogue or Fighter can comfortably pick off the targets from a distance. Forget cheese grater, that shit is a BLENDER.

[@nocteexmortis979]

@@shadowldrago 😁 I know, but you can’t tell them all the secrets, they have to experiment. That’d be like me telling them about the fact that Pact of the Tome Fathomless Warlock is ridiculous because you suddenly become the best ritual caster in the game, plus pick up Guidance and Spare the Dying.

[@shadowldrago]

@@nocteexmortis979 Both of those DO sound very useful. I might make a Fathomless Warlock. Depends if I can think of a good concept for a character.

[@nocteexmortis979]

@@shadowldrago Book of Ancient Secrets is the only Invocation you need to pull it off, it allows you to cast any spell in the game that has the Ritual tag, as long as you have some way to learn it, be that scroll, another caster, etc.

[@DoodleDragon-ii3oc]

1 more video and you'll have 100 videos on your channel Make it a good one :) (not that any other of your videos aren't great) Also which sourcebook is the fathomless warlock in?

[@bthsr7113]

Thematically this intro feels more like an aqua druid... which should totally be a thing. After all, what says primal powers of nature like tidal waves, hurricanes, and squid swarms?

[@FarothFuin]

One thing to exploit, on my table that i dm the warlock/bard did it and we checked and is raw: the tentacle didnt dissapear when the pc falls to zero hp, also, is unatackble, enemies cant attack him, there's no npc chart for it, also is not a spell, so you can just use wall of force (an ally can), summon him on the other side of the wall, and start attacking the enemy each turn, you can encase the enemy on the wall of force ball and just sit down and see how the tentacle start slapping the bbeg to death for the duration On my table, the patron was mr krabbs from bob squarepants and when the pc almost died on the sea, he offer him a deal, 100gp each month as a vip suscription of the sea powers, and with the bonus of a mr squidward to summon (the tentacle), so squidward literally appears, sometimes o the worst moments, like when its taking a bath, to help in battle, and one per ingame month, bob just arrives to collect 100gp from the pc... but imagining squidward slapping a bear to dead is really funny 😂🤣

[@humansteve3402]

BEST WARLOCK CLASS

[@erikwilliams1562]

This subclass and the bard in general are on a FBI watch list

[@mariapolternest7993]

Why?

[@house382]

A (de)buff to movement is a (de)buff to all skills. - MockRock

[@dlbell23]

I don't want to go read it myself. That's literally why I watch the videos.

[@VerbenaComfrey]

I want to play this so badly! But Im stuck as always the DM/GM, never a player. Maybe someday .

[@DParkerNunya]

I've actually had a Fathomless I've been waiting to play for forever who's flavor is that they are cursed so that they are turning into a sea monster. I need to play them so badly that I feel like I'm going insane.

[@chipscreations3987]

You even made the sponsor sea themed

[@ElrondsHairline]

Please make celestial warlock! A bunch of us are waiting!

[@casbot71]

But we didn't get a poll on this, what happened to democracy? _You are not the Senate._ We demand the right to arbitrarily string a particular class along for ages!!

[@SKo.4882]

I agree but it is Kraken week

[@artiscommunication.2271]

I adore this warlock 👏

[@johnmiller2689]

Great video!

[@christianhdzm]

Now that I think about it, do celestial warlocks exist? Can it be done?

[@happyslapsgiving5421]

Yeah. I've been waiting for a video on that one.

[@nocteexmortis979]

Yeah, there’s an entire subclass devoted to it, and they are kickass healers and party power multipliers.

[@Alpha.Phenix]

7:24 R.I.P. Mr. Thomson

[@salgutierrez4710]

I kinda wanna multiclass this with Open Seas paladin

[@Dahaka-rd6tw]

WHEN ARE WE GONA GET "yOU MIGHT BE A SPACE CLOWN" SHORT?

[@NepalmDragon]

Anybody else besides me think, “Hmmm Conquest Paladin Fear + Fathomless space control = BIG damage”? 😂

[@nobodyimportant2470]

I do have a character idea for fathomless though it kind of leans towards being an INCEL. Drow male tiered of sexism in their matriarchal society made a pact with a creature of the deep that wants to ascend to godhood and overthrow Loth. If successful the Under Dark will be flooded and the faithful will be transformed into something resembling Ursula from the Disney version of The Little Mermaid.

[@stayslapped1568]

Amulet of Vigor and Silvergill Adept!

[@trentgrady9389]

Can i just point out how is there an ocean themed warlock before an ocean themed druid or ranger

[@luciuslepel7433]

THANK YOU, MY LIST OF CHARACTORS HAS A WET BOY

[@wolfox7776]

Deep thoughts with The Deep

[@X20Adam]

Is this a part of Kraken week? Or just really good timing? Edit: KRAKEN WEEK KRAKEN WEEK KRAKEN WEEK KRAKEN WEEK KRAKEN WEEK

[@Regfife]

6:59 Where is this from? It's not from the show but it looks good...

[@mattyminer1405]

Shit, I have never been this early

[@vlogswagon2342]

Yay more warlock

[@fancy2047]

Draconic Sorcerer next please 🙏🙏

[@michaelcouch9400]

Is there a Monk/Wizard subclass if not dude could you homebrew one for me I really need your help😢❤ love your chanel💕❤️

[@TheIdealofGreed]

No mention of Kraken Week?

[@PenguinDnD]

I Love Warlock

[@jamesedmison2768]

👍for kraken week

[@kubiakpella]

Oathbreaker Paladin pls

[@berkay1448]

please please let there be fat and homeless jokes

[@berkay1448]

nooooo

[@christianhdzm]

Snow warlock...... Mmm 🤔 so if I wanted to make one of those, how would I go about it?

[@robertabblebaum7813]

I've thought about it as well. Was thinking ask DM to let me choose cold damage type spells only. And possibly change eldritch blast to 2D4, one of which is cold. Or add a scaling cold damage dice as an invocation.

[@sailorsloth8183]

Patron could be entities like the Yuki-onna or Ded Moroz (before he was turned into another iteration of Santa Claus).

[@christianhdzm]

You could have the element or the plane of cold itself as your patron, why limit yourself to a regular creature when the unfatomable force of cold itself can be your patron?

[@TakaD20]

bottomless warlock

[@CarolWhite-t1q]

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