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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 8298899" data-attributes="member: 22779">Bit late to the party, but, I'd point out that this is perfectly in keeping with the background of Binders for Warlocks.  A Vestige (the thing that Binders bound) was the essence of some super powerful being, but, it had no actual power in and of itself.  The only impact a Vestige could have would be to give minor alterations to the Binder's appearance and behavior for the duration of being bound.  They most certainly could never refuse the binding or take away powers.  About the only real refusal was a restriction of binding multiple vestiges where some vestiges refused to be bound to others.But, again, the notion that your Great Old One patron is so scrutable the it tells you that you have to do X in order to keep your powers is a bit ludicrous.  That's the whole point of having a GOO patron.  That they not only are inscrutable but also probably couldn't care less that you are a warlock of them.Never minding something like an Archfey patron that is so old that it probably doesn't even register the individual existence of its warlocks.Not every warlock has sold his or her soul to a demon.  Not every patron MUST be an interfering DMNPC that is a foil to the players.  That's for individual groups to decide.</blockquote>