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<blockquote data-quote="Aldarc" data-source="post: 8515171" data-attributes="member: 5142">Elric is still a magical being who performs magic and relies on it, but magic in the world of Melnibone isn't necssarily about spamming flashy spells left and right like a video game MMO or ARPG character. You may want to check out Through Sunken Lands. There's a class that is clearly inspired by Elric: i.e., &quot;the Eldritch Sorcerer-King.&quot; It's a Warrior/Mage hybrid that doesn't get spells but does get cantrips and rituals. That said, one of my chief complaints about how warlocks work in D&amp;D is that the pact-making class doesn't really involve any real ritual summoning or pact-making. It seemingly relegates the archetype's pact-making to an &quot;off-screen past.&quot; Compare this with the Goetic in MCG's Invisible Sun that involves summoning/binding angels, demons, spirits, etc., and then actively bargaining with them for magical favors, arcane knowledge, etc. This is how one mechanically plays the class. I don't see the point in having the warlock at all in D&amp;D if it doesn't really have any mechanical teeth or &quot;oomph!&quot; that properly reinforces the archetype. One may as well play as a wizard and roleplaying having a fey, diabolic, or eldritch patron. It's the same difference mechanically speaking.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Aldarc, post: 8515171, member: 5142"] Elric is still a magical being who performs magic and relies on it, but magic in the world of Melnibone isn't necssarily about spamming flashy spells left and right like a video game MMO or ARPG character. You may want to check out [I]Through Sunken Lands[/I]. There's a class that is clearly inspired by Elric: i.e., "the Eldritch Sorcerer-King." It's a Warrior/Mage hybrid that doesn't get spells but does get cantrips and rituals. That said, one of my chief complaints about how warlocks work in D&D is that the pact-making class doesn't really involve any real ritual summoning or pact-making. It seemingly relegates the archetype's pact-making to an "off-screen past." Compare this with the Goetic in MCG's Invisible Sun that involves summoning/binding angels, demons, spirits, etc., and then actively bargaining with them for magical favors, arcane knowledge, etc. This is how one mechanically plays the class. I don't see the point in having the warlock at all in D&D if it doesn't really have any mechanical teeth or "oomph!" that properly reinforces the archetype. One may as well play as a wizard and roleplaying having a fey, diabolic, or eldritch patron. It's the same difference mechanically speaking. [/QUOTE]

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