There's Powerful Deviltry at Work Here...

[Lonely Tylenol]

All we know of the Boon of Souls is that the patron of the Warlock, who may be one of three sources (possibly Shadow, Infernal or Feral, from another note in the article)

And almost certainly more when the supplements start coming out. I've already pointed out that the warlock's powers could come from pretty much anywhere, and I expect them to. What happened in 3.5? The warlock started out being weakly connected to infernal or fey powers by some vague mention of pacts. Later, explicitly infernal and celestial warlocks were added in supplements.

The typical D&D adventurer's life involves killing evil things and taking their stuff. The real issue is more one of context. If the patron was a 'feral' being, such as some druidic force of nature, and the warlock received a boon for giving in to the nature of 'tooth and claw'...would that be evil? Is the act of a coup-de-grace on monster that was trying to kill you, instead of healing that monster to health and trying to rehabilitate it, actively evil? The moral code of a D&D character is not so simple a thing, I'd venture.

I still like the idea of a shadow warlock acting like a hunter of those who violate the rules of life and death. Undead, the resurrected, and those who have artificially extended their lives are all his targets.

 

[Nifft]

I still like the idea of a shadow warlock acting like a hunter of those who violate the rules of life and death. Undead, the resurrected, and those who have artificially extended their lives are all his targets.

"Pardon me, sir, but there's a large robot here to see you about -- enervation! Gah!"

Inevitable conflict, -- N