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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 9859338" data-attributes="member: 23751">I quoted where that's not true.  Both player and DM work together to figure out how present the patron is in the campaign."Work with your DM to determine how big a part your pact will play in your character's adventuring career."And if the DM uses Xanathar's, it's entirely up to the DM..."A pact can range from a loose agreement to a formal contract with lengthy, detailed clauses and lists of requirements. The terms of a pact-what a warlock must do to receive a patron's favor-are always dictated by the patron. On occasion, those terms include a special proviso that might seem odd or whimsical, but warlocks take these dictates as seriously as they do the other requirements of their pacts."No.  Because the DM has a say, and can in fact completely dictate it via the PHB rules, the player can't cheese the game like that unless the DM okays it.Page 6 of the 5e PHB..."Your DM might set the campaign on one of these worlds or on one that he or she created. Because there is so much diversity among the worlds of D&D, you should check with your DM about any house rules that will affect your play of the game. Because there is so much diversity among the worlds of D&D, you should check with your DM about any house rules that will affect your play of the game."</blockquote>