The Forgotten Warlock Subclass Nobody Plays

Why nobody plays Undying Warlocks...

[devin]

The Lv14 ability is literally a Lv1 Fighter ability with some extra fluff.

[TheMightyBattleSquid]

To be fair, the subclass was... *dead on arrival*

[honahamomoru]

Fool! 28 hp as a Bonus Action is very powerful
*Get a call from Hell*
What? The Fiend get 25 thp every time they kill an enemy? Oh...alright.
*Get a call from Heaven*
What? The Celestial can heal half of there maximum hp before they make a death save? Oh...alright.

[tobiasschmid]

my group did one simple homebrew to make this subclass amazing. You can use the lvl 14 ability every turn.

[DnDShorts]

mfw when WotC literally remakes my subclass, but better, gives it an almost identical name, and acts like I don't exist 💀

[gluttonusrex]

Honestly like the concept of Undying Warlock. Really like the Idea of a Zombie warrior, yes you can do it with the Undead Warlock but Form of Dread doesn't really fit what I have in mind. I like the idea of a Warrior charging headfirst with no semblance of safety and when their limbs got cut he'll just grab that arm and smack someone with it then proceeds to attach it back. Definitely going to make a Homebrew Rework of it once I got more experience DMing/Playing

[caseywellington]

I really, really like the idea of a class that isn't remarkably tanky, but they just can't seem to be killed. Like, half your abilities trigger at low HP and basically just prevent death, while the other half get stronger the less HP you have.

[RaptorsVevo]

I played this subclass in a gothic campaign where undead were the main antagonist, and it was incredible. If you know the game is going to revolve around zombies, vampires, etc, this subclass is a great multiclass dip

[Hxx]

The Genie getting bonus damage on Eldritch blast and a free player home is what really made me want to play one.

[ryanjackson]

I played an Undying Warlock for a year and a half. It is obviously not the strongest mechanically, but the roleplay opportunities are the best. Each ability translates how your character is slowly losing their grip on mortality and becoming another undead of their patron. And if you ask me, the roleplay opportunity matters in this roleplaying game haha

[jamoyothebadger]

The one advantage to this class is that it does what it says on the tin honestly...doesn't die. If you use its expanded spell list and take pact of the tome you have 3 safety nets everyday to just not die. Death ward, defy death, gift of the protectors. And if you take another boon, you still have 2 of those.

Seems to me that the flavour of Undead is a warlock who wants to take after their patron, becoming a mini lich or mummy. While an undying just doesn't want to die, and becomes more like a zombie or wraith, through a pact with the same type of patron.

This is up there in the class group of "so specific and useless I'm tempted to give it a go one day" for me at least.

[saltypork]

Contagion is absolute fire on a Warlock though. You can cast it using an invisible familiar from any distance away, take a short rest, then go fight the target with all your slots. Alternatively, you can cast it in combat to apply the poisoned condition without a save.
Also, the one ability that only works on undead is extremely powerful, as an always-on Sanctuary spell. It will completely change the way your party approaches any encounter involving undead.

[iampierce]

My favorite character I ever played was an undead warlock detective who was investigating the murder of his patron

[aurorasideras]

Hol up. Undying warlock gets a ton of role play abilities. They aren’t super powerful mechanically, but extending your lifespan by 10x, not needing to eat, breathe, or drink… being able to reattach body parts? Those are cooler than several other warlock subclasses.

[CatPot]

I feel in love with the flavor of just not dying, but I realized how under powered it was after I announced I was using it. My Dm is very kind and gave my character all of the subclass abilities at level 2 for undying, but my normal subclass is hexblade

[dojopar]

One of my longest running characters is an undying half drow warlock. The thing I really find is that warlocks make insane support casters, especially with pact of the tome giving access to every catnip and every ritual in the game. Pact of the tome is so wild in that you can stay awake forever with it, and it lets you do light activity during long rests. My warlock was always the most equipped person in the party because while everyone else was sleeping, they would be awake every night, scribing spell scrolls. But uh yeah, I never really used any of the undying features except for the one that let's you cheat death and the one that makes it so you don't have to breathe or eat.

[isaactelesco]

Excuse me, its one of my favorite characters. A human varient undying warlock whos patron is the Jigari(mongolian ancestor spirits) and his name is his title jigari(the shaman of he tribe who speaks to his ancestors.)

The ancestors grant their shaman a Blood hawk, a familiar whom helps the shaman foresee the grounds ahead and protect him from dangers as a companion. By allowing their shaman to read the bones of wisdom (his pact boon of the tome) where he records rituals and rites from across the realms and every class he can. (He now has 12 cantrips and every ritual spell able to be learned as a warlock of the tome at level 20) hes built to be a support character and has singlehandedly defeated armies of troll and orckin while rescuing a contingent of dwarves. Stopped more arcane traps than the rogue and wizard combined. Rescued our party members from death more times than i can count and has deciphered ancient secrets to subvert the adventures wish to kill us almsot constantly. And the flavor of the subclasses abilities mechanically have sold me forever on building support characters who arent support classes.

[DemonOfMyMind]

Undead warlock is my favorite warlock subclass. They really made a fantastic one with the reworked version!

[dawnskgardner]

Ironically this video has made it so the class cannot die as well... its immortalized existence and explanation means it will stay here forever...

[codyed]

I love a one level dip into the undead warlock it's so fun (although hexblade tends to be a better dip)