The Awakened One patron option for warlocks is a potentially neat subclass. Rather than choosing a flesh-and-blood or divine/terrifying patron, you choose a construct with awareness and independence. This construct then gives you access to some of its racial features such as immunity to poison, damage absorption, and invulnerability. You also gain access to spells such as animate objects, stoneskin, and locate object.
Overall, I like this patron option, especially because you can now have a scarecrow or homunculi as a patron, but I think this supplement falls flat in a few ways. It’s not terribly polished, and it doesn’t give you a lot of Awakened One options or lore. I’d love to know more about how Awakened Ones came to be, whether or not you could construct your own Awakened One, if choosing the Awakened One changes your personality, or if the Awakened One wants to rid you of your humanity. While the skeleton is all there in this PDF, there is still a lot to be desired, especially given how potentially cool this patron could be.
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