I made my next death save, triggering Deny Death for 9 hp and got up and dodged. The troll believed me to be dead, so it passed its turn and failed another save against Contagion. A party member offered to interfere and heal me, but I insisted he not because I needed this build/patron to prove itself to me. I failed my first death save and passed my turn. saves, failed his first save against Contagion. My Death Ward absorbed a hit but the next attacks went throughĪnd put me down. I used my Second Wind to buffer my health just a bit and successfully hit with Contagion, selecting Slimy Doom. The troll took another 5 attacks and put me into single digits. I took my chances and cast the level 5 Bestow Curse targeting Con. I think I dropped to half health in that one round.
The Dire Troll went first on initiative and look 5 attacks on me. I also cast Death Ward a few hours before the fight, so I could still get another short rest in. Cloak of Flies ended up being useless due to poison immunity. I started with having a level 5 Bestow Curse (no concentration) loaded into my Ring of Spell Storing via Sign of Ill Omen and activated Cloak of Flies before initiative was rolled. I did have some ideal equipment (Weapon +3, Armor +1, Shield +2, Rod of the Pact Keeper +3, Ring of Spell Storing and Cloak of Protection) and I know 5e monsters are on the weak side, but I did not know what I was going up against and I was very close to dying……but true to the patron’s name, I just would not die. So, I decided to finally speak up for the Undying as I recently had a very successful experience with a Fighter 1/Undying Warlock 9 by single handedly defeating a Dire Troll (CR 13). Not only that, but people also seem to have a tendency to not realize how an Undying Warlock can make for a legit necromancer and they tend to go straight to untested homebrewing, which I am for to an extent, but I prefer an official source for balance (I know there are exceptions in both cases). I have never written a “guide” or even really started a threat about D&D/Pathfinder since I tend to leave that to those with more experience, but I have been very bothered for a while now with how the Undying Patron for the Warlock has been overall ignored, misunderstood and underrated. Overbearing try-hard over-optimization is not. Please do not comment about anything that does not relate back to the Undying Patron. Warning: This is a very long guide to one archetype as I like to ramble and rant.
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