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====Gloom Pact====
Presented in "Heroes of Shadow", the Gloom Pact is a [[necromancer]]-esque pact drawing upon the eerie powers of the [[Shadowfell]].

''Pact Boon:'' Your at-will utility is Convocation of Shadows, where dropping an enemy to 0 HP or being adjacent to an enemy reduced to 0 HP lets you become Insubstantial with Phasing until the end of your next turn.

''Pact Reward:'' You can use your Dexterity modifier (with a cumulative +2 bonus at levels 5, 15 and 25) as a damage bonus to your warlock attack powers. It also applies to the damage rolls of your Warlock's Ally from 9th level onwards.

''Pact Weapon:'' Fitting their sinister motif, Gloom Hexblades with the Scourge of Exquisite Agony, a one-handed melee flail with a +2 proficiency bonus, a D10 damage die, and the Reach property. It grants access to Flesh Rend (at-will) and Spirit Flay (encounter).

''Pact Weapon Retribution:'' When an adjacent enemy attacks you, Shadow Scourge lets you punish them with necrotic & psychic damage, as well as making them grant you combat advantage until the end of your next turn.

''Summon Warlock's Ally:'' You can conjure forth a Dark Creeper; a small, sneaky, shadow-bred humanoid that will slink around the battlefield and backstab your enemies for you.

''Hexblade's Action:'' When you spend an action point to take an extra action, you can become insubstantial until the end of your next turn.

''Pact Aspect:'' You gain +2 to Stealth Checks and Resistance 10 to Necrotic, which increases to Resist 20 at 21st level. If you already had higher necrotic resistance than that, increase your resistance by +5.

''Pact Curse:'' You can inflict the Curse of Ages, which inflicts necrotic damage and slows & weakens the target until the end of your next turn.

''Pact Invocation:'' When you use the Dark Invocation, until the end of the encounter, roll a D20 whenever an enemy targets you with a melee or ranged attack. On a 10+ you have total concealment against that attack. On a 1-2, the enemy gets a +10 power bonus to that attack's damage roll if it hits you. On any other result, nothing happens.

''Improved Pact Boon:'' Using Convocation of Shadows also grants you combat advantage against a single target of your next attack before the end of your next turn.

''Pact Transformation:'' Using the Shadow Transformation turns you into a ghostly reaper figure, a slowly flying wraith whose presence dims light and who is insubstantial, yet can lash out with a touch that inflicts necrotic damage and temporary weakness.

''Greater Summon Warlock's Ally:'' You have the power to call forth a Sorrowsworn, a mighty custodian of the cycle of life and death from the darkness of the Shadowfell.