The Showman

While all warlocks are skilled in the art of magic, very few are what most people would consider “magicians”, skilled in the arts of physical illusion, sleight of hand, and showmanship. Those who are might find themselves drawn to the mysterious Showman, believed a minor trickster deity (who most often takes the form of a white rabbit), long forgotten and bereft of worshipers. Under the Showman’s patronage, warlocks command an amalgamation of real and fake magic, such that it’s never clear if they’re casting spells, performing a ruse, or putting on a show.

 

Spell Level	Spells
1st	find familiar, fog cloud
2nd	knock, rope trick
3rd	blink, speak with dead
4th	freedom of movement, secret chest
5th	creation, mislead

Starting at 1st level, you gain proficiency in the Sleight of Hand skill, and you learn the prestidigitation cantrip, which does not count against your total number of cantrips known. 

     Additionally, you can attempt to cast any cantrip that you do not know from the wizard spell list. by succeeding on a DC 12 Intelligence (Arcana) check. While being cast, the cantrip counts as a warlock spell for you. On a failure, the spell fails.

 

Starting at 6th level, you can use your Charisma modifier instead of the normal modifier for Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) checks, and you can add your Charisma modifier to all skill checks involving picking locks, escaping ropes or manacles, or other similar feats of escape artistry.
     Additionally, as a bonus action, you can vanish in a puff of smoke (or into a shower of confetti or a number of released doves) teleporting to any unoccupied location you choose within 120 feet. You can only choose a destination from which no conscious creature can see you appear. Once you use this ability, you can’t use it again until you finish a short or long rest.

 

When you reach 10th level, you learn to alter your spellcasting in a number of ways, both to hide it from your foes (or audience) and to expand your magical repertoire. Whenever you cast a spell of 1st level or higher, you can manipulate it in one of two ways:

     Conceal. You can cast the spell without using spell components by succeeding on a Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check. The DC for this check equals 8 + the spell’s level. On a failure, the spell fails. You cannot use this ability on a spell with expensive material components. 

     Transmute. You can attempt to cast any other spell from the wizard spell list of the same level or lower instead of the spell you initially cast. When you do so, you must succeed on an Intelligence (Arcana) check with a DC equal to 14 + the spell’s level. Otherwise, the spell fails.

 

Upon reaching 14th level, you gain a mastery over illusion magic. You can cast the spells silent image and major image at will without using a spell slot or spell components, and you can concentrate on one of these spells in addition to another spell. 

 

This pact boon is available to warlocks of The Showman.

 

You can use an action to conjure a magical hat, cap, or helmet, which can take any form you choose; you can only have one such hat in existence at a time. The opening of any hat summoned with this ability leads to a unique extradimensional space, allowing the hat to act as a bag of holding

New Warlock Invocations