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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 9472158" data-attributes="member: 42582">Dunno. I mean, the same question could be asked of any other class - eg is there a good reason for all second story burglars to also be good at striking from behind?The reason is that someone things it works for the game.But anyway, as others have posted, there is clearly no need to adhere to that particular bit of flavour text, and it is eminently predictable that many players of the game won't.Well, here is the text again, for the first level class feature:Pact Magic Through occult ceremony, you have formed a pact with a mysterious entity to gain magical powers.So that seems to make it fairly clear that the pact is formed from the outset. Not at 3rd level.At 3rd level certain (sub)class features are gained.Well, the rules text clearly states that the pact happens at 1st level.The fact that the sub-class benefit doesn't occur until 3rd level doesn't seem relevant to that. I mean, here is how it is described:Warlock Subclass You gain a Warlock subclass of your choice. A subclass is a specialization that grants you features at certain Warlock levels. For the rest of your career, you gain each of your subclass’s features that are of your Warlock level or lower.This claim appears to be flat-out contradicted by the rules text.</blockquote>