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What Happens if a Cleric/Warlock/etc PC Gravely Offends Their Supernatural Patron?
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<blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 8539800" data-attributes="member: 22424"><p>IMC:</p><p></p><p>The gods in my setting are unknowable - indeed, it's not absolutely certain that they even exist (except that only those specific gods grant spells, so...). The consequence of this is that Clerics suffer no direct effect on their powers. They are, however, likely to be considered heretics by the church authorities. But then, most PC Clerics have a good chance of falling into that bracket anyway. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Warlocks may have a pact in place, but they don't have that sort of a direct relationship with their Patron. So, again, there are no direct effects. The Patron is very likely to send other agents to exact an appropriate revenge, of course... and failing that, they <em>will</em> extract their price after death.</p><p></p><p>Paladin oaths are slightly different - I ask Paladin players to come up with five specific points that make up the oath (I'll never touch blood; I'll never cut my hair; I'll never drink alcohol...). Breaking individual parts of this doesn't have any effect unless and until the Paladin breaks the <em>fifth</em>, at which point they either lose their powers temporarily until they atone, or they switch to being an Oathbreaker Paladin - either is fine. (Paladin's <em>aren't</em> allowed to atone for individual infractions until they've gone through the full cycle.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="delericho, post: 8539800, member: 22424"] IMC: The gods in my setting are unknowable - indeed, it's not absolutely certain that they even exist (except that only those specific gods grant spells, so...). The consequence of this is that Clerics suffer no direct effect on their powers. They are, however, likely to be considered heretics by the church authorities. But then, most PC Clerics have a good chance of falling into that bracket anyway. :) Warlocks may have a pact in place, but they don't have that sort of a direct relationship with their Patron. So, again, there are no direct effects. The Patron is very likely to send other agents to exact an appropriate revenge, of course... and failing that, they [I]will[/I] extract their price after death. Paladin oaths are slightly different - I ask Paladin players to come up with five specific points that make up the oath (I'll never touch blood; I'll never cut my hair; I'll never drink alcohol...). Breaking individual parts of this doesn't have any effect unless and until the Paladin breaks the [I]fifth[/I], at which point they either lose their powers temporarily until they atone, or they switch to being an Oathbreaker Paladin - either is fine. (Paladin's [I]aren't[/I] allowed to atone for individual infractions until they've gone through the full cycle.) [/QUOTE]
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