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<blockquote data-quote="Nonlethal Force" data-source="post: 3004072" data-attributes="member: 35788"><p>Another poster already beat me to the fact that the CArc references wild sources or fey. It also mentions on the same page that the source of the warlocks power ultimately is decided by the player. Certainly, however, in games that you DM you can read the text to imply a much more fiendish source. I'll not deprive you of that right on yur behalf.</p><p></p><p>I would, however, like to illustrate how nonlethal damage can be very beneficial to demonic/devlish powers. [Really, any evil power, but the topic of demonic/devlish is specifically being discussed.] I could easily imagine a demon lord that knows that the kill/resurrect route to torture can fail because a person can refuse the resurrection. So, what better way to torture a character than large doeses of Nonlethal damage. Nonlethal damage still can hurt like the dickens ... just won't kill the tortured one. I could see this appealing enough to demon/devil lords to force a few of their henchmen to have this power at their service.</p><p></p><p>Also, I can envision a warlock who has seen the evil of his lineage to such an extreme that he cannot bring himself to repeat such torture. However, he certainly cannot deny his gift. Thus, the warlock sets off to learn how to use the gift in means that are not lethal so as to bring the evil portions of his heritage to justice.</p><p></p><p>There are two perfectly legit demonic/devlish rationale for allowing this.</p><p></p><p>And if anyone is counting, I would also go with a feat that doesn't change damage dice. However, there is nothing really wrong with making it a seperate invocation, either.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nonlethal Force, post: 3004072, member: 35788"] Another poster already beat me to the fact that the CArc references wild sources or fey. It also mentions on the same page that the source of the warlocks power ultimately is decided by the player. Certainly, however, in games that you DM you can read the text to imply a much more fiendish source. I'll not deprive you of that right on yur behalf. I would, however, like to illustrate how nonlethal damage can be very beneficial to demonic/devlish powers. [Really, any evil power, but the topic of demonic/devlish is specifically being discussed.] I could easily imagine a demon lord that knows that the kill/resurrect route to torture can fail because a person can refuse the resurrection. So, what better way to torture a character than large doeses of Nonlethal damage. Nonlethal damage still can hurt like the dickens ... just won't kill the tortured one. I could see this appealing enough to demon/devil lords to force a few of their henchmen to have this power at their service. Also, I can envision a warlock who has seen the evil of his lineage to such an extreme that he cannot bring himself to repeat such torture. However, he certainly cannot deny his gift. Thus, the warlock sets off to learn how to use the gift in means that are not lethal so as to bring the evil portions of his heritage to justice. There are two perfectly legit demonic/devlish rationale for allowing this. And if anyone is counting, I would also go with a feat that doesn't change damage dice. However, there is nothing really wrong with making it a seperate invocation, either. [/QUOTE]
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