Thesik Patron

Warlock Subclass — Homebrew for Heretics of the Old Gods

Overview

This subclass uses the Sorcerer-King Patron rules as written in the Unearthed Arcana 2025: Apocalyptic Subclasses document. The features, mechanics, and class progression are unchanged. What follows is the patron-specific spell list and description for this option.

The Sorcerer-King Patron chassis is shared across four options in this setting: Thesik, Barani, Kosveret, and J’mon Sa Ord — all ancient beyond mortal reckoning, all outliving the world they were born into.

Thesik is the first among the Mind Lords of the Shattered Teeth — three ancient psionicists who transferred their consciousnesses into obsidian orbs millennia ago to preserve their power and their carefully maintained corner of the world. He was once a brilliant young man who loved pranks and camaraderie and the thrill of being the best at everything he attempted. That person is difficult to find now. What remains is a god of death who has been sitting in the dark for longer than most civilizations have existed, filled with regret, wanting nothing more than to finally end his existence, and unable to do so because the responsibility of maintaining what he built weighs too heavily on what is left of his conscience.

In the centuries since the Exodus, Thesik’s depression has curdled into something more dangerous. He has stopped believing in preservation. He has started believing in acceleration. The world is dying — has been dying since before the gods left — and Thesik has concluded that the kindest thing he can do for it is to help it finish. He has made pacts with forces that would appall his younger self. He directs power toward ends that his oldest friend would not sanction and his lost love would not forgive.

A warlock serving Thesik is serving someone who has decided that destruction is mercy. Whether the warlock shares that belief, has rationalized it, or simply doesn’t care about the ideology behind the power they’ve been granted is between them and whatever remains of their conscience.

Appropriate alignments: Neutral Evil, Chaotic Evil

Patron Spells

Warlock Level	Spells
3	Command, Hold Person, Mind Spike, Inflict Wounds, Cause Fear
5	Speak with Dead, Animate Dead
7	Compulsion, Phantasmal Killer
9	Dominate Person, Synaptic Static