Source: UA12 - Villainous Options (02.04.2026)
Path of the Death Knight Feat (Prerequisite: Level 4+, Weapon Mastery Feature)
You gain the following benefits.
Ability Score Increase. Increase your Strength or Charisma score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
Death Points. Your dedication to the path of the Death Knight gives you access to profane powers of undeath. Your ability to use such powers is represented by Death Points. You have a number of Death Points equal to your Proficiency Bonus. You regain all expended Death Points when you finish a Long Rest.
You can expend Death Points to use certain Path of the Death Knight benefits. This feat gives you one such benefit: Dread Strike.
Dread Strike. You always have the Wrathful Smite spell prepared. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for this spell. You can cast it without expending a spell slot by expending 1 Death Point. When you expend Death Points to cast Wrathful Smite, the target has Disadvantage on Wisdom saving throws to avoid or end the spell’s effect. You can also cast the spell using any spell slots you have.