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<blockquote data-quote="ptolemy18" data-source="post: 3940566" data-attributes="member: 24970">That used to be the case in 3E... but now that they've &quot;narrowed&quot; Wizards so much (something that bugs me since I hardly ever play non-spellcasters, but oh well... I'm just&nbsp; crossing my fingers and waiting to see when and if they reintroduce Monster Summoning), it almost seems like the Warlock is absorbing some of the flavor and powers of the traditional Necromancer Specialist Wizard. Like a necromancer, it seems that many of their powers are &quot;curse&quot; effects and are aimed at a specific foe (in tune with the idea of&nbsp; the Warlock as a &quot;Striker&quot; class), whereas the Wizards are being herded towards large-scale Evocation effects.As for the dark, Gothy aura surrounding the Warlock class, it seems like this is probably mostly flavor text, since they are diminishing the importance of alignment and allowing &quot;unaligned&quot; characters. :/ So it'll be like in a typical anime series (sorry for saying the &quot;a&quot; word... okay, let's also say, a typical episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer) where you have some guy who is a devilish Tiefling Warlock who looks totally evil and has some dark tragic past but when push comes to shove he fights the Pit Fiend along with everyone else.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ptolemy18, post: 3940566, member: 24970"] That used to be the case in 3E... but now that they've "narrowed" Wizards so much (something that bugs me since I hardly ever play non-spellcasters, but oh well... I'm just crossing my fingers and waiting to see when and if they reintroduce Monster Summoning), it almost seems like the Warlock is absorbing some of the flavor and powers of the traditional Necromancer Specialist Wizard. Like a necromancer, it seems that many of their powers are "curse" effects and are aimed at a specific foe (in tune with the idea of the Warlock as a "Striker" class), whereas the Wizards are being herded towards large-scale Evocation effects. As for the dark, Gothy aura surrounding the Warlock class, it seems like this is probably mostly flavor text, since they are diminishing the importance of alignment and allowing "unaligned" characters. :/ So it'll be like in a typical anime series (sorry for saying the "a" word... okay, let's also say, a typical episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer) where you have some guy who is a devilish Tiefling Warlock who looks totally evil and has some dark tragic past but when push comes to shove he fights the Pit Fiend along with everyone else. [/QUOTE]

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