Originally Posted by Vollmond
Originally Posted by Darth_Trethon
Originally Posted by rodeolifant
Warlocks are not Clerics. They don't draw their power directly from another entity. It's typically more of a learning thing; the Patron unlocks the power within the Warlock.
That's mostly up to how you role-play and DMs can alter the rules however they see fit or you can implement house rules at a D&D table but otherwise no, that is wrong. Warlocks are not required to have any magical aptitude and they are not wizards who learn their magic either...no, warlock powers are granted by their patrons. As a rule: wizards learn magic, hence intelligence and all the faffing about with spell books, paper, and ink. Sorcerers have magic as an inate ability and they discover their power as they use their natural gift. But warlocks are NOT learners or have natural talent for magic, they receive their magic from their patrons...and so it can be revoked.
This is wrong. In fact, great old one warlocks don't make any pacts at all. They just accidentally or deliberately gain access to their power. There is a discussion about this that the main mental stat for warlocks should be intelligence and not charisma. So it was in DnD 5, but conservative players demanded that everything be returned as it was. However, in the next edition of DnD, it is generally planned to allow warlocks to choose any mental stat.
Another case of someone projecting their own ideas onto other people's games.

For example, Dendar the Night Serpent is named as a GOO patron in the PHB. She quite deliberately dishes out warlock powers to her yuan-ti servants. Whilst Great Cthulhu might be oblivious to a warlock tapping into their powers, Dendar is not.

Last edited by FrostyFardragon; 29/07/23 09:56 AM.