Subclass Cleric Apocalypse Domain
The Apocalypse Domain is an offense-focused Cleric subclass built on damage and debuffing — its spell list emphasizes damaging effects, and it has three separate target-marking tools (Visions of Annihilation, Doom Song, and All Will Be Dust) to make your attacks and follow-up spells land harder.
This is a full progression subclass with features at Levels 3, 5, 6, 7, and 9, and an expanded spell list focused on damaging and debilitating effects.
| LEVEL | FEATURE |
|---|---|
| 3 | Apocalypse Domain Spells, Visions of Annihilation, Doom Song |
| 5 | Apocalypse Domain Spells (expanded) |
| 6 | All Will Be Dust |
| 7 | Apocalypse Domain Spells (expanded) |
| 9 | Apocalypse Domain Spells (expanded) |
Your Domain grants an expanding spell list that is always prepared and doesn't count against your limit:
| CLERIC LEVEL | SPELLS ADDED |
|---|---|
| 3 | Darkness, Hellish Rebuke, Phantasmal Force, Thunderwave |
| 5 | Hunger of Hadar, Fear |
| 7 | Blight, Ice Storm |
| 9 | Cloudkill, Insect Plague |
10 spells across darkness, terror, poison, ice, and plague themes. Cloudkill and Insect Plague are always prepared from Level 9.
A separate Bonus Action spell with its own resource pool — it does not cost Channel Divinity.
- Resource: You have 1 Visions of Annihilation charge, plus 1 additional charge for each Wisdom breakpoint you cross (14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24), for up to 7 total at 24 Wisdom. Charges refresh on a Long Rest.
- Trigger: As a Bonus Action, spend one charge to target an enemy you can see. No saving throw.
- Effect: All attack rolls against the marked target have Advantage, ticking at the start of each of your turns for as long as the mark lasts.
This gives you a third target-marking tool at Level 3 alongside Doom Song, usable independently of your two Channel Divinity uses.
Your Channel Divinity option at Level 3. Doom Song doesn't lock anyone down directly — it marks a target and makes everyone near that target easier to land critical hits on.
- Trigger: Spend Channel Divinity as a Bonus Action to mark one creature you can see with Doom Song. No saving throw.
- Effect: Every non-ally creature within 30 meters of the marked target has its critical hit threshold reduced by 1 (crits on a 19 or 20 against it), for as long as the mark lasts.
A second Channel Divinity option, gained at Level 6. This isn't a death-triggered passive — it's a debuff you cast directly.
- Trigger: Spend Channel Divinity as a Bonus Action to target one creature you can see.
- Effect: The target has Disadvantage on all saving throws against spells until the effect ends.
This stacks with your save-or-suffer Domain spells (Hunger of Hadar, Fear, Cloudkill, Insect Plague) — mark a target with All Will Be Dust first, then land the follow-up spell against a much weaker save.
The Apocalypse Domain is an offense-oriented Cleric built around three independent marking tools that set up its attacks and damage spells.
Your combat identity:
- Open with Visions of Annihilation (free of Channel Divinity, several charges per Long Rest) — mark a target so every attack against it, from you or your party, rolls with Advantage
- Or open with Doom Song (Channel Divinity) — mark a target in the enemy cluster so everyone near it becomes easier to crit
- Or open with All Will Be Dust (Channel Divinity, Level 6+) — mark a target so it has Disadvantage on saves against your spells
- Blast with Domain spells — Hunger of Hadar at Level 5 creates a blinding damage zone, Fear at the same level scatters enemies
- At Level 9, Cloudkill or Insect Plague against an All Will Be Dust-marked target is much more likely to land its full effect