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Deekin reacted to Remathilis's post in the thread D&D General Warlocks' patrons vs. Paladin Oaths and Cleric Deities with
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In my experience, DMs like to hide behind passive aggressive rules like losing your abilities if you roleplay wrong so they can shift... -
Deekin reacted to saviirkad's post in the thread D&D General Warlocks' patrons vs. Paladin Oaths and Cleric Deities with Like.
I've run two warlocks, three "patrons," of varying interaction with the PC. I'm a firm believer in the warlock class specifically...
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Deekin reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread D&D General Warlocks' patrons vs. Paladin Oaths and Cleric Deities with Like.
No, they cannot. A paladin player could choose to become an oathbreaker using the optional subclass changing rules, but there is no way...
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Deekin reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General Warlocks' patrons vs. Paladin Oaths and Cleric Deities with Like.
The GM could put up a fight about it, but a good 5e GM is going to prioritize player desires over (entirely fungible) setting logic. If...
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Deekin reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread D&D General Warlocks' patrons vs. Paladin Oaths and Cleric Deities with Like.
Whist the subclass name is archfey, the text presents a wider range of ideas. After naming a few archfey is goes on to say this:
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Deekin reacted to Mustrum_Ridcully's post in the thread D&D General Warlocks' patrons vs. Paladin Oaths and Cleric Deities with Like.
A Cleric or Paladin also gets their power from leveling up. In that regard, Clerics, Paladins and Warlocks are really the same. The...
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Deekin reacted to Neonchameleon's post in the thread D&D General Warlocks' patrons vs. Paladin Oaths and Cleric Deities with Like.
These rules were removed from paladins for a very good reason. Those being that they actively encouraged bad DMing and negative play...
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Deekin reacted to DEFCON 1's post in the thread D&D General Warlocks' patrons vs. Paladin Oaths and Cleric Deities with Like.
Are DMs really so lazy that they can't just make up their own rule at their own table for forcing Warlock players to play to their pact...
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Deekin reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread D&D General Warlocks' patrons vs. Paladin Oaths and Cleric Deities with Like.
The thing about BG3 is it has examples of both ways of doing it. If you want the story to involve conflict with a patron you can play as...
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Deekin reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General Warlocks' patrons vs. Paladin Oaths and Cleric Deities with Like.
Personally, I think it's even simpler than that. People are stuck on an idea of "temptation" and "contract" which forces the patron to...
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Deekin reacted to MechaTarrasque's post in the thread D&D General Warlocks' patrons vs. Paladin Oaths and Cleric Deities with Like.
Since most of the patrons are unpleasant, I figure the primary purpose of the warlock is to harvest pain. Every hp of damage to a...
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Deekin reacted to Distracted DM's post in the thread D&D General Warlocks' patrons vs. Paladin Oaths and Cleric Deities with Like.
Yeah that's another good recommendation! I did think to check some Dungeon Crawl Classics sources- I use the carousing-downtime rules...
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Deekin reacted to Distracted DM's post in the thread D&D General Warlocks' patrons vs. Paladin Oaths and Cleric Deities with Like.
I appreciate all the replies and discourse, thank you! Just finished running a morning game, nice to come back to see everyone's...
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Deekin reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread D&D General Warlocks' patrons vs. Paladin Oaths and Cleric Deities with Like.
No they don’t. The there is no game mechanics attached to the patron. If a warlock decides that they don’t have a patron and their...
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Deekin reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread D&D General Warlocks' patrons vs. Paladin Oaths and Cleric Deities with Like.
Exactly - this is up to the player to decide. A rogue might be a middle class landowner who decides to go on an adventure.