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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Charlaquin" data-source="post: 8191585" data-attributes="member: 6779196">My preferred interpretation of the warlock/patron power dynamic is that it works like, well, patronage. A patron pays an artist or artisan, generally because they like their work and want to see them do more of it. There are sometimes conditions of patronage, e.g. “I’ll pay you to make a statue of me” and other times it’s simply to support the artist in doing whatever they want to do. It’s not a service or a contractual arrangement, it’s an informal arrangement where one party provides the other with resources, on the assumption that the receiving party will use those resources to do something the providing party will enjoy.Accordingly, I like my patrons to provide their warlocks with power, often without condition, just to see what they’ll do with it. Sometimes they might offer suggestions, and occasionally they might place conditions, but it’s generally an informal thing. The patron expects that if they give the warlock power, the warlock will use it to do something the patron likes. If that expectation is consistently not met, the patron may stop providing patronage, but it’s not a contractual relationship, as many DMs portray it.Of course, this model of patronage where there is a single patron with a great deal of resources is a little archaic. Modern patronage tends to take the form of crowdfunding. Lots of people with few resources, all contributing a little bit to finance something they all want. I’d love to see a warlock that functioned with a similar model of patronage. Perhaps a custom Patron. Call it “The Legion.”</blockquote>

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