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TheHand reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D General The Player's Quantum Ogre: Warlock Pacts with
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As an aside: I think the warlock class structure is the best of the bunch and would use it as the template for a lot of different types... -
TheHand reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D General The Player's Quantum Ogre: Warlock Pacts with Like.
Here's the thing: it is 2025. We have reached the point where we understand, even when playing a traditional RPG like D&D, that the GM...
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TheHand reacted to Seramus's post in the thread D&D General The Player's Quantum Ogre: Warlock Pacts with Like.
I believe very strongly in reflavoring things. So a player that loves the mechanics of a Warlock should be able to reflavor the whole...
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TheHand reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D General The Player's Quantum Ogre: Warlock Pacts with Like.
All characters learned their skills from someone. They all have backstories and ties to setting elements outside themselves. The rogues...
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TheHand reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread D&D General The Player's Quantum Ogre: Warlock Pacts with Like.
This feels extremely hypothetical at this point. AD&D had a whole lot of ways to "back up" or DM-proof spellbooks for a reason. But the...
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TheHand reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread D&D General The Player's Quantum Ogre: Warlock Pacts with Like.
This dichotomy bugs me as well, but I think the primary answer is that we're talking about two different groups of warlock players here.
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TheHand reacted to Stalker0's post in the thread D&D General The Player's Quantum Ogre: Warlock Pacts with Like.
Consider clerics. I would argue most games aren't forcing players to do all of these religious rituals and maintain a long codex of...
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TheHand reacted to Voadam's post in the thread D&D General The Player's Quantum Ogre: Warlock Pacts with Like.
With a response of intrusive involved patrons ordering the PC around are not inherent in the 5e warlock concept. Patrons demanding...
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TheHand reacted to Scribe's post in the thread D&D General The Player's Quantum Ogre: Warlock Pacts with Like.
Yes, or they have a wildly different take on the Warlock (Cleric/Paladin) and do not want what they see as baggage. Note: I've...
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TheHand reacted to Voadam's post in the thread D&D General The Player's Quantum Ogre: Warlock Pacts with Like.
I think the warlock is one of the better designed 5e classes, I think it would be great if the cleric and druid mechanics were more like...
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TheHand reacted to CreamCloud0's post in the thread D&D General The Player's Quantum Ogre: Warlock Pacts with Like.
Warlock: 'Pact of the Quantum' includes features such as -being in a different location to where it was last thought you were at...
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TheHand reacted to Voadam's post in the thread D&D General The Player's Quantum Ogre: Warlock Pacts with Like.
I see a patron relationship as a possible story hook, something a player and DM can make important if they want. I am not a fan of...
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TheHand reacted to Voadam's post in the thread D&D General The Player's Quantum Ogre: Warlock Pacts with Like.
5e has had options in the default fiction since the 14 PH for having the patron be an arcane battery who is not even aware of your...
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TheHand reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D General The Player's Quantum Ogre: Warlock Pacts with Like.
I think players are generally allergic to anything that smells of taking away their control of their character. It is that simple, I...
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TheHand replied to the thread D&D General I'm a Fighter, not a Lover: Why the 1e Fighter was so Awesome.I think I’ll add that all the cheating and UA cheesiness that went on with rolling for attributes in my formative years soured me to the...