Can one PC choose not to take a rest? (Dark Spiral Aura and Rod of Corruption woes.)

[Kingreaper]

I'm pretty sure it's stated somewhere that "until end of encounter"/"until a short rest" means "about five minutesish" if there's not an encounter going on, and there aren't any short rests.

 

[keterys]

Nope. That rule only applies for Sustained powers.

Though it perhaps should apply for more things, in general.

 

[Aulirophile]

I'm pretty sure it's stated somewhere that "until end of encounter"/"until a short rest" means "about five minutesish" if there's not an encounter going on, and there aren't any short rests.

Rule specifically says "Until end of encounter or five minutes, whichever comes first." It only applies to powers that say "till end of encounter" however, "till you rest" means till you rest. No ifs, ands, or buts.

 

[On Puget Sound]

On a side note, I found it necessary to house-nerf Rod of Corruption to "burst x+1, where x = the enhancement bonus of the rod" - Otherwise a +1 rod is still about the awesomest tool ever for off-hand, even for a paragon level warlock.

 

[Aulirophile]

On a side note, I found it necessary to house-nerf Rod of Corruption to "burst x+1, where x = the enhancement bonus of the rod" - Otherwise a +1 rod is still about the awesomest tool ever for off-hand, even for a paragon level warlock.

Presumably they'd want to upgrade it when they get Dual Implement Spellcaster anyway....

 

[Dungeon Masta]

It might be fun to have a BBEG with a sort of "disenchant" ability... But personally I wouldn't do it just to nerf one character's abuse, unless you put in some nice foreshadowing, making it clear that the BBEG does have some way of "eating" magic.

Maybe fun to do once. Not a whole lot though, or you risk a DM vs PC dynamic.

 

[Stalker0]

2. Rod of Corruption is nearly standard issue offhand rod for a lot of warlocks I've seen. It's a very strong option.

Wait, option? You mean warlocks don't have to use the rod of corruption?

 

[Jhaelen]

Yeah, CharOp is great if you want to know how good a class is gonna be against a block of tofu.

Yep, assuming the block of tofu stands on an infinite, otherwise empty plain without any detrimental environmental conditions.

 

[Thanlis]

Or they are being strikers and leaving the controlling to the controller...

That'd be a goofy way to play a warlock. If you want to do pure damage without a side of controller, I'd have to recommend the barbarian or ranger. (Which I think is also what the CharOp guides say -- which one are you referring to, specifically?)

 

[Neonchameleon]

Pure damage and spellcasting belongs to a sorceror. (And I'd like to know just when an Eyebite/Pact blade combo stopped being controllery. Or Eyes of the Vestige, Hellish Rebuke, or whatever the other non-darklock one is).

But wait. A darkpact warlock managed to claw together some temporary power and decided to cling on to it by force of will and at some cost to himself? From fluff alone I'd allow this.