The Creeping Horror subclass is more akin to a curse than a choice. Leverage a pact imposed on you by an invader of your dreams—an unknowable, nightmarish being that haunts your sleep and twists your waking reality.
As its chosen vessel, you’ll stalk the shadowy groves and gloomy alleys which even the animals shun in fear. Evoke dread in your enemies while teetering on the brink of your own unraveling. From fading into shadows to evoking mortal dread in your enemies, your abilities grow as you do, but so does the creeping loss of what makes you human. Will you master the darkness, or become another crazed fragment of the Horror’s eternal nightmare?
This subclass is perfect for players who crave psychological horror and love walking the line between power and corruption. With features that emphasize fear, shadows, and the surreal, the Creeping Horror transforms your warlock into a being of dread that blurs the line between reality and the dreamlike terror of the unknown.
- from the publisher's blurb