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<blockquote data-quote="Falling Icicle" data-source="post: 6545423" data-attributes="member: 17077">Warlocks don't just magically start at level 20. There are no shortcuts or freebies. They have to work to master their powers just like everyone else. It even describes the relationship between a warlock and its patron as usually being like master and apprentice. Their patron isn't merely loaning them power, it's teaching them. Warlocks learn, study, and grow in power just as sorcerers and wizards do, they just employ different methods and learn different magical secrets. Here are a few relevant quotes from the warlock class description:&quot;Warlocks are seekers of the knowledge that lies hidden in the fabric of the multiverse.&quot;&quot;Drawing on the ancient knowledge of beings such as fey nobles, demons, devils, hags, and alien entities of the Far Realm, warlocks piece together arcane secrets to bolster their own power.&quot;&quot;More often, though, the arrangement is similar to that between a master and an apprentice. The warlock learns and grows in power, at the cost of occasional services performed on the patron's behalf.&quot;&quot;Warlocks are driven by an insatiable need for knowledge and power, which compels them into their pacts and shapes their lives.&quot;&quot;Once a pact is made, a warlock's thirst for knowledge and power can't be slaked with mere study and research.&quot;&quot;In your study of occult lore, you have unearthed eldritch invocations, fragments of forbidden knowledge that imbue you with an abiding magical ability.&quot;Warlocks aren't that different from many wizards, who often serve as apprentices under a master wizard. They just learn very different types of magic and have very strange and exotic masters. The way I see it, warlocks exist in a thematic space somewhere between sorcerers and wizards. They have been infused with a spark of their patron's magic, giving them an innate ability to wield power through the force of their personalities, which is similar to sorcerers. But instead of being born with that gift, it's bestowed to them. And while they don't have the studious and methodical nature of bookish wizards, they still have a thirst for knowledge and a desire to unlock the secrets of existence.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Falling Icicle, post: 6545423, member: 17077"] Warlocks don't just magically start at level 20. There are no shortcuts or freebies. They have to work to master their powers just like everyone else. It even describes the relationship between a warlock and its patron as usually being like master and apprentice. Their patron isn't merely loaning them power, it's teaching them. Warlocks learn, study, and grow in power just as sorcerers and wizards do, they just employ different methods and learn different magical secrets. Here are a few relevant quotes from the warlock class description: "Warlocks are seekers of the knowledge that lies hidden in the fabric of the multiverse." "Drawing on the ancient knowledge of beings such as fey nobles, demons, devils, hags, and alien entities of the Far Realm, warlocks piece together arcane secrets to bolster their own power." "More often, though, the arrangement is similar to that between a master and an apprentice. The warlock learns and grows in power, at the cost of occasional services performed on the patron's behalf." "Warlocks are driven by an insatiable need for knowledge and power, which compels them into their pacts and shapes their lives." "Once a pact is made, a warlock's thirst for knowledge and power can't be slaked with mere study and research." "In your study of occult lore, you have unearthed eldritch invocations, fragments of forbidden knowledge that imbue you with an abiding magical ability." Warlocks aren't that different from many wizards, who often serve as apprentices under a master wizard. They just learn very different types of magic and have very strange and exotic masters. The way I see it, warlocks exist in a thematic space somewhere between sorcerers and wizards. They have been infused with a spark of their patron's magic, giving them an innate ability to wield power through the force of their personalities, which is similar to sorcerers. But instead of being born with that gift, it's bestowed to them. And while they don't have the studious and methodical nature of bookish wizards, they still have a thirst for knowledge and a desire to unlock the secrets of existence. [/QUOTE]

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