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jmartkdr2 replied to the thread D&D General Warlocks' patrons vs. Paladin Oaths and Cleric Deities.That kind of was the original question: how the dm should adjudicate the class's fluff, when the mechanics technically only imply that... -
jmartkdr2 reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General Warlocks' patrons vs. Paladin Oaths and Cleric Deities with
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Most questions about RPGs, especially trad-leaning ones, are ultimately questions about the division of authority between GMs and... -
jmartkdr2 reacted to Remathilis's post in the thread D&D General Warlocks' patrons vs. Paladin Oaths and Cleric Deities with Like.
In my experience, DMs like to hide behind passive aggressive rules like losing your abilities if you roleplay wrong so they can shift...
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jmartkdr2 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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jmartkdr2 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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jmartkdr2 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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jmartkdr2 reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D General Warlocks' patrons vs. Paladin Oaths and Cleric Deities with Like.
So if the GM wants of course the gods can take away the cleric's powers and the patrons the warlock's powers. Though it probably would...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread D&D General Warlocks' patrons vs. Paladin Oaths and Cleric Deities with Like.
If you think that, you haven't understood Cthulhu. Cthulhu is beyond noticing their human followers. Cthulhu doesn't care about ending...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to Li Shenron's post in the thread D&D General Warlocks' patrons vs. Paladin Oaths and Cleric Deities with Like.
That's certainly different! If your player asks for more interaction, of course a good DM starts looking forward to making it happen :)...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D General Warlocks' patrons vs. Paladin Oaths and Cleric Deities with Like.
I find it helps to think of Warlock patrons as, well, patrons. You know, wealthy nobles who would pay artists to fund their art. It’s...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D General Warlocks' patrons vs. Paladin Oaths and Cleric Deities with Like.
The best way is to write up the pact at level 1. The patron(you) and the PC(player) negotiate out a contract for the power. Then the...
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jmartkdr2 replied to the thread D&D General Pact of the Blade Warlocks - How often do you change your weapon?.This might be a 2024 rules specific question - under the 2014 rules with no masteries I almost never did but masteries might change that.
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jmartkdr2 replied to the thread D&D General Ranger Identity Patch (+).You might need to move “combat pet” into the major power category and leave the middle-power pet to scouting buddies, but overall I...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to Minigiant's post in the thread D&D General Ranger Identity Patch (+) with Like.
You know how the warlock is or was a 2 choice class: Pact type and Patron type. I think Ranger might be best as a 3 choice class. 1) A...
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jmartkdr2 replied to the thread D&D General Ranger Identity Patch (+).The trick with a pet class - one where the pet is the main thing the character is bringing- is to make it so two turns (pet and master)...