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<blockquote data-quote="DSPaul" data-source="post: 3880248" data-attributes="member: 9390">This is mostly speculation, but I kind of see warlocks having a very different relationship with their various patrons than clerics do with their gods.&nbsp; Gods and clerics have a master-servant relationship:&nbsp; A cleric vows to obey their god in all things, usually out of genuine devotion rather than self-interest. In turn, the god grants them divine power to make them a more capable servant.&nbsp; A warlock, OTOH, sounds like they have a more &quot;quid pro quo&quot; relationship with their patron -- the warlock performs specific services for the patron, and gains arcane power as payment.&nbsp; It's more like a business transaction, in that the warlock isn't expected to obey or even like the patron outside of a specific deal.&nbsp; That might also be why celestials seem less likely to make pacts with warlocks -- the whole thing is more mercenary than an incarnation of pure good might be comfortable with.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DSPaul, post: 3880248, member: 9390"] This is mostly speculation, but I kind of see warlocks having a very different relationship with their various patrons than clerics do with their gods. Gods and clerics have a master-servant relationship: A cleric vows to obey their god in all things, usually out of genuine devotion rather than self-interest. In turn, the god grants them divine power to make them a more capable servant. A warlock, OTOH, sounds like they have a more "quid pro quo" relationship with their patron -- the warlock performs [I]specific[/I] services for the patron, and gains arcane power as payment. It's more like a business transaction, in that the warlock isn't expected to obey or even like the patron outside of a specific deal. That might also be why celestials seem less likely to make pacts with warlocks -- the whole thing is more mercenary than an incarnation of pure good might be comfortable with. [/QUOTE]

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