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Message: <blockquote data-quote="grimslade" data-source="post: 3879459" data-attributes="member: 6061">The paladin denies herself her powers when she falls. The powers of the paladin come from walking the righteous path; a paladin that has strayed from the path realizes her flaw and it unfocuses her power. It may be subconscious but it is there. At least IMC.Warlocks can make pacts with theoratically anyone. A mercantile god, like Zilchus in Greyhawk, could be considered good but is primarily lawful. The bargain or contract is an object of religious significance to his followers. The pact or covenant is a tool for the righteous to gain power over discord. The quid pro quo comes in the form of order over chaos and the tenor of good reaped from the pact. Zilchus is much pleased.  The 'lock gets neat powers.Looking at it another way, peope of questionable morals may have to be bribed into doing good. The altruistic become clerics and paladins to good gods, the less than corrupt form a pact with an angel on a deadline and become 'locks. The war of G vs. E needs footsoldiers and in a 'points of light' setting the altruistic have their hands full. Warlocks with celesial pacts are mercenaries of the higher path.</blockquote>