Subclass Cleric Apocalypse Domain
The Apocalypse Domain is an offense-focused Cleric subclass. Where other Domains give Clerics tools to support, control, or protect, the Apocalypse Domain focuses on damage and lockdown — your spell list emphasizes destruction, your Channel Divinity immobilizes enemies, and your Level 6 feature triggers a chain reaction on kills.
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 new action resource — VisionsOfAnnihilation — that replenishes on rest. This resource powers your Channel Divinity and other Apocalypse features, representing the overwhelming psychic weight of the end you've witnessed.
Your Channel Divinity option at Level 3. Doom Song immobilizes enemies in range.
- Trigger: Use Channel Divinity as an action
- Effect: Creatures in range that fail their saving throw are paralyzed or restrained
- Save: Wisdom against your Spell Save DC
The defining Level 6 feature of the Apocalypse Domain.
When a creature dies within range, AllWillBeDust triggers automatically:
- The death releases a pulse of energy
- Nearby creatures take damage and may be pushed, frightened, or debilitated
- The effect chains — if the pulse kills another creature, it triggers again
This passive is always active — no charges, no action cost, no decisions. It fires every time a creature dies within range.
The Apocalypse Domain is an offense-oriented Cleric with a chain-reaction passive that rewards aggressive positioning and kill sequencing.
Your combat identity:
- Open with Doom Song — lock down clustered enemies before they can act
- Blast with Domain spells — Hunger of Hadar at Level 5 creates a zone of terror and blindness, Fear at the same level pushes enemies into your kill zone
- Land the first kill — All Will Be Dust fires and the cascade begins
- Control the sequence — position yourself so each death triggers the next
- At Level 9, drop Cloudkill or Insect Plague into a locked-down cluster and watch All Will Be Dust chain through the aftermath