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AAmphytrion reacted to GobHag's post in the thread D&D General The Player's Quantum Ogre: Warlock Pacts with
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Nothing. But the fiction of the Warlock is that they do have a sacrifice/payment to get their powers, whether or not those powers are... -
AAmphytrion reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General The Player's Quantum Ogre: Warlock Pacts with Like.
Cursed items are another good example. Where do those stand on the "player has final say" scale?
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AAmphytrion reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General The Player's Quantum Ogre: Warlock Pacts with Like.
How so? Animal companions die and spellbooks get destroyed at least as often as warlock decides to thumb nose at source of their power...
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AAmphytrion reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General The Player's Quantum Ogre: Warlock Pacts with Like.
This is where we disagree. IMO if your priority is making sure the player's cool superpowers for their PC are maintained just as the...
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AAmphytrion reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General The Player's Quantum Ogre: Warlock Pacts with Like.
IMO because your power comes from someone else. Just like clerics and paladins. I've explained this many times. Fiction first in my...
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AAmphytrion reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General The Player's Quantum Ogre: Warlock Pacts with Like.
I play all my D&D and D&D-like games with a 1e/2e attitude. Narrative weight is a thing, and the rules are never more important than the...
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AAmphytrion reacted to Remathilis's post in the thread D&D General The Player's Quantum Ogre: Warlock Pacts with
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Oh, I HATE gray Jedi with a burning passion. It flies in the face of George defined the Force and deliberately mischaracterized the idea... -
AAmphytrion reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General The Player's Quantum Ogre: Warlock Pacts with Like.
I think I've been very clear on that point. If you are playing a Warlock in my campaign, your patron will matter, and your pact will...
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AAmphytrion reacted to Bae'zel's post in the thread D&D General The Player's Quantum Ogre: Warlock Pacts with Like.
That's a very good example, actually. i don’t mind such exceptions as long as they still “work” in the setting. Please no more “grey”...
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AAmphytrion reacted to Necropolitan's post in the thread D&D General The Player's Quantum Ogre: Warlock Pacts with Like.
And if the DM doesn't like that definition the player is free to find a different DM who'll allow it.
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AAmphytrion reacted to Epic Meepo's post in the thread D&D General The Player's Quantum Ogre: Warlock Pacts with Like.
I imagine a lot of DM/player drama could be avoided by asking everyone during session 0: "Do you consider a characters' class to be the...
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AAmphytrion reacted to Necropolitan's post in the thread D&D General The Player's Quantum Ogre: Warlock Pacts with Like.
Somebody telling you "No" isn't them being a 'tyrant.' The DM can't force you to do anything and you can't force the DM to do anything.
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AAmphytrion reacted to Necropolitan's post in the thread D&D General The Player's Quantum Ogre: Warlock Pacts with Like.
It's not 'power-tripping' to tell you no. Any player 'alienated' by not getting their way 100% of the time isn't one anyone should want...
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AAmphytrion reacted to Bae'zel's post in the thread D&D General The Player's Quantum Ogre: Warlock Pacts with Like.
Aside from jerk-off DMs picking on Warlocks (and paladins, and clerics etc), I was curious about something. For those of you who want...
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AAmphytrion reacted to Scribe's post in the thread D&D General The Player's Quantum Ogre: Warlock Pacts with Like.
Nobody I have seen is demanding either.