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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Falling Icicle" data-source="post: 6544222" data-attributes="member: 17077">I don't even use alignments in my games. For me, this discussion is purely academic.The Queen of Air and Darkness is evil, as are most hags. Titania, Oberon, and the other archfey of the seelie court are good or neutral.Great Old Ones are more alien than evil. Regardless, it says you can play a warlock who has learned how to tap into the power of a GOO and it might not care about you or even be aware of you, so the alignment of the GOO itself isn't even relevant unless you want it to be.Fiends are evil, but it says "you have made a pact with a fiend from the lower planes of existence, a being whose aims are evil, even if you strive against those aims." You can have an antagonistic relationship with your patron. You don't have to do what your patron tells you to do. Maybe a fiend tricked you into believing it was an angel or something else, and now that you've discovered the truth, you've vowed to fight back. Maybe you just made a terrible mistake, and now regret it. Maybe the fiend was the dupe and YOU tricked IT, and now it hates you and sometimes you have to fend off the assassins and other minions it sends to kill you. In any case, just because your patron is evil doesn't mean you have to be! It's also worth noting that all of the pacts and patrons in the book are simply examples and suggestions. The player and DM should work together to create a patron that will work for their game, and it's up to them to decide what the nature of the warlock's relationship with it will be. It might be a big part of the warlock's life, or a distant, aloof entity that has little or no impact at all. You aren't required to use the patrons or pacts they provide, either. If the player wants to be a fiend pact warlock but doesn't want to have an evil patron, re-flavor it as a celestial or genie pact instead. The warlock's flavor text is just fluff. It's there to provide inspiration for stories and character concepts, not to take options away.</blockquote>

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