One of my characters actually has his cousin as his patron. He's a warlock subclass I made that's for the patron to be a descendant of a demon lord, which both of them are. The demon lord was also kinda made for the campaign to, and he's a descendant of a guy who had that demon lord as his patron.
I used Hastur. Great for RP. I formed an obsession with yellow and attacked Illithid on sight. DM actually gave me the favored enemy of a ranger specifically for mind flayers. I would periodically have to show the Yellow Sign to someone. I tried to pick the biggest, meanest criminal I could find, because they would always end up going missing in a couple of days. Had to be someone no one would miss.
I'm currently working on a HB Patron called "the Sin Eater." It is a fallen celestial cast out of the Celestial plane for interfering too much on the Prime Material, killing evil beings. Its punishment was to be sent into the Abyss where it was expected to redeem itself by fighting the creatures there until it was eventually overwhelmed. Instead of being Overwhelmed however, it thrived and killed and devoured many demons, becoming more demonic itself. Eventually it becomes powerful enough to either project itself, or visit the Prime Material, to grant those who have been victimized the power to strike down those who have wronged them.
I am still trying to figure out the pact boons but the final one is a Devil Trigger like transformation into a modified Battleforce Angel. I'm new to DnD but in the session I am playing now, my first and only, I am playing with a Druid who can beastshape into elementals who have a CR value of 5 and the Battleforce Angel is the only Celestial I have that kinda fits what I was looking for at the same CR.
Currently Working on a Patron called the Dark Windlord, who is a deity named Sorontur, the God of Night and Curses tied to the moon. He is a Dark Gryphon, a creature of the Underdark that is able to crush armor and bite off limbs, that is how strong they are. They can also Levitate, temporarily turn Invisible, and cast spells. He and his followers were banished to the Underdark by Samalir the Sunlord for joining the Dragons in fighting the Giants. He turned the other Gryphons into nearly mindless beasts, ones we know today: Griffins.
My First Character was a warlock. He is a half-elf fiendish tome-/blastlock who came to be a warlock when his parents were slayed by orcs he desperately tried to save them. Since then he was a sailor to get away from his past and never touch that part of him again until our campaign started. I told my DM that every fiendish Patron is fine and he can surprise me, because my character forgot about it all the years and I never decided. Last week my warlock came to know that his patron is wendonai ;D well I am excited to see what’s next. Especially with drow things going on all around the campaign
although it is my first character and this warlock was quite a challenge I am really happy how it turned out until now
I have had an idea to do a hexblade patron who actually takes over the body of a being when a certain sword is touched, often a dead paladin seeking revenge.
This gives me excuses to be any race I want and/or multiclass into paladin. My favorite build of this is a Yuan-ti conquest paladin with a two(or maybe four) level dip in Hexlock
Playing an Undying Tome Warlock in a Curse of Strahd campaign currently. Got inspired from the concept of Venom (a symbiotic parasite that enhances its host, but can harm it if not fed properly) and the Necromorph infection (taking dead or living flesh and repurposing it), and came up with my warlock's patron being a sentient undead ooze/amalgam that is fused to part of her body, and is slowly corrupting her. For that extra squick factor, it has to be fed flesh regularly, the fresher the better, to slow down the corruption of her living parts. Their deal was originally supposed to be temporary, but they can't be separated without killing them both, so they're desperately trying to find someone who can help them.
Went with this instead of a traditional patron because I've always liked the idea of a warlock whose patron grows in power alongside them, rather than being gifted their boons in stages. It also makes for some interesting roleplay with the rest of the group, especially when they don't know about the undead ooze and the paladin uses Divine Sense on an NPC we're talking to halfway through the first session XD
My smuggler goblin hexblade (soon to be pact of the blade) warlock met his patron, the Raven Queen, shortly after blackrazor introduced itself while I worked on an illegal weapon shipment from a mysterious longship into our starting city's harbour. Blackrazor was lost shortly after due to unforeseeable circumstances. The warlock's new patron revealed herself after the encounter and has demanded that I find blackrazor and shunt him back to shadowfell. One of my party members has disclosed to me that he's searching for blackrazor as well. I imagine that he intends on wielding the sentient weapon. I can't wait to see his reaction when I YEET THAT ****ER INTO THE SHADOWFELL.
I introduced him as a standard btw Devils/Demons exist NPC. One ended up making a Warlock pact with him. It’s a good laugh, with the Devil now actively pushing his agenda on the individual and by whole the group. It’s great for keeping the players busy between fighting guards and murdering the wrong people.
My Celestial Warlock: Fallen aasimar (fell after his mother was killed by paladins). Spent his teen years turning his minor healing ability into a steady income stream. after he saves a lords son, and gets a huge payout, he drinks himself to death... no literally, he dies of alcohol poisoning in a gutter. Before the Raven Queen can transition him, a brilliant light intervenes. A Solar steps in. His father is his patron. But the relationship is not good. He was supposed to be a great hero, a Favored Soul Sorcerer, but now since he cannot be exalted, he will be a servant. the warlock wakes up with a brand over his heart. it is a celestial glyph that means "Debt".
Archfey Warlock: half-elf party girl. she's the 4th child of a noble family, so she gets all of the benefits of the money, but none of the pressures of carrying on the name. One day she goes to a festival, and while at the dance she sees a beautiful woman. the two dance and wind up slipping off to near by woods together for some... alone time. Turns out the woman is Titania. The two get on well, and the half-elf's part of the bargain is pretty simple: When Titania's in the material plane... booty call. Neither wants any strings, just enjoying each other.
Undying: Accererack is the patron, and the one's he's helping is his doppelganger from this current reality. Accererack is planning to harvest him later when the time is right.
Hexblade: A verdant ring, pulled from a strange unearthly corpse. Only those of great courage can wear the ring and wield to bring evil to it's knees.
Is it ok for a patron to force power onto someone? Just for a character concept, some immensely powerful being gives its power away with nothing in return
Is it ok for a patron to force power onto someone? Just for a character concept, some immensely powerful being gives its power away with nothing in return
I don't see why not. The relationship could always change into something more traditional. And even if not, roleplaying a warlock who was essentially captive to his patron could be fairly interesting.
There doesn't have to be a relationship between the patron and warlock. It could be something simple as the patron giving power to a warlock to annoy someone else. patrons are very complex, and it doesn't have to be some deal where the DM gets to think they have some control over the PC like many folks seem to believe.
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Any time an unfathomably powerful entity sweeps in and offers godlike rewards in return for just a few teensy favors, it’s a scam. Unless it’s me. I’d never lie to you, reader dearest.
I'm building a warlock with a patron that's literally the moon. It talks to my warlock via a big ass moth that lives in her hair and tells her what to do. Her backstory includes almost being sacrificed to a now mostly dead cult and being a weird mostly feral swamp child that people think is crazy because she talks to the moon.
It's a fun character with a fun story, but I'm not sure how to classify that patron so I can build her properly. I'm guessing celestial or undying, maybe great old one but it's hard to say. Any advice would be lovely.
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Here's a crazy idea from somewhere on the Internet:
Have the DM be your patron.
rofl @Grunk999 I was thinking the same exact thing but for a cleric
One of my characters actually has his cousin as his patron. He's a warlock subclass I made that's for the patron to be a descendant of a demon lord, which both of them are. The demon lord was also kinda made for the campaign to, and he's a descendant of a guy who had that demon lord as his patron.
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Here, have some homebrew classes! Subclasses to? Why not races. Feats, feats as well. I have a lot of magic items. Lastly I got monsters, fun, fun times.
For the Undying, The Raven Queen
For the Celestial, a Ki-rin
For the Hexblade, a Shadow Dragon
For the Fiend, a Cambion or Balor or Pit Fiend
For the Great Old One, Dendar
For the Archfey, I have a homebrew Faerie Dragon Lord
I used Hastur. Great for RP. I formed an obsession with yellow and attacked Illithid on sight. DM actually gave me the favored enemy of a ranger specifically for mind flayers. I would periodically have to show the Yellow Sign to someone. I tried to pick the biggest, meanest criminal I could find, because they would always end up going missing in a couple of days. Had to be someone no one would miss.
You basically described half of my ideas so I'm glad it's been play tested and works. Thanks friend
I'm currently working on a HB Patron called "the Sin Eater." It is a fallen celestial cast out of the Celestial plane for interfering too much on the Prime Material, killing evil beings. Its punishment was to be sent into the Abyss where it was expected to redeem itself by fighting the creatures there until it was eventually overwhelmed. Instead of being Overwhelmed however, it thrived and killed and devoured many demons, becoming more demonic itself. Eventually it becomes powerful enough to either project itself, or visit the Prime Material, to grant those who have been victimized the power to strike down those who have wronged them.
I am still trying to figure out the pact boons but the final one is a Devil Trigger like transformation into a modified Battleforce Angel. I'm new to DnD but in the session I am playing now, my first and only, I am playing with a Druid who can beastshape into elementals who have a CR value of 5 and the Battleforce Angel is the only Celestial I have that kinda fits what I was looking for at the same CR.
I just made my own based on vampires, undeath and blood magic. I tried to balance it well, but am real curious to see what everyone thinks:
https://www.dndbeyond.com/subclasses/278940-the-night-lord
Currently Working on a Patron called the Dark Windlord, who is a deity named Sorontur, the God of Night and Curses tied to the moon. He is a Dark Gryphon, a creature of the Underdark that is able to crush armor and bite off limbs, that is how strong they are. They can also Levitate, temporarily turn Invisible, and cast spells. He and his followers were banished to the Underdark by Samalir the Sunlord for joining the Dragons in fighting the Giants. He turned the other Gryphons into nearly mindless beasts, ones we know today: Griffins.
My First Character was a warlock. He is a half-elf fiendish tome-/blastlock who came to be a warlock when his parents were slayed by orcs he desperately tried to save them. Since then he was a sailor to get away from his past and never touch that part of him again until our campaign started. I told my DM that every fiendish Patron is fine and he can surprise me, because my character forgot about it all the years and I never decided. Last week my warlock came to know that his patron is wendonai ;D well I am excited to see what’s next. Especially with drow things going on all around the campaign
although it is my first character and this warlock was quite a challenge I am really happy how it turned out until now
I have had an idea to do a hexblade patron who actually takes over the body of a being when a certain sword is touched, often a dead paladin seeking revenge.
This gives me excuses to be any race I want and/or multiclass into paladin. My favorite build of this is a Yuan-ti conquest paladin with a two(or maybe four) level dip in Hexlock
Playing an Undying Tome Warlock in a Curse of Strahd campaign currently. Got inspired from the concept of Venom (a symbiotic parasite that enhances its host, but can harm it if not fed properly) and the Necromorph infection (taking dead or living flesh and repurposing it), and came up with my warlock's patron being a sentient undead ooze/amalgam that is fused to part of her body, and is slowly corrupting her. For that extra squick factor, it has to be fed flesh regularly, the fresher the better, to slow down the corruption of her living parts. Their deal was originally supposed to be temporary, but they can't be separated without killing them both, so they're desperately trying to find someone who can help them.
Went with this instead of a traditional patron because I've always liked the idea of a warlock whose patron grows in power alongside them, rather than being gifted their boons in stages. It also makes for some interesting roleplay with the rest of the group, especially when they don't know about the undead ooze and the paladin uses Divine Sense on an NPC we're talking to halfway through the first session XD
My smuggler goblin hexblade (soon to be pact of the blade) warlock met his patron, the Raven Queen, shortly after blackrazor introduced itself while I worked on an illegal weapon shipment from a mysterious longship into our starting city's harbour. Blackrazor was lost shortly after due to unforeseeable circumstances. The warlock's new patron revealed herself after the encounter and has demanded that I find blackrazor and shunt him back to shadowfell. One of my party members has disclosed to me that he's searching for blackrazor as well. I imagine that he intends on wielding the sentient weapon. I can't wait to see his reaction when I YEET THAT ****ER INTO THE SHADOWFELL.
In exchange I'll become a very powerful warlock.
One that semi naturally developed is an Incubus.
I introduced him as a standard btw Devils/Demons exist NPC. One ended up making a Warlock pact with him. It’s a good laugh, with the Devil now actively pushing his agenda on the individual and by whole the group. It’s great for keeping the players busy between fighting guards and murdering the wrong people.
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Primary Class - Warlock (Pact of Chain)
Primary Race - Changeling
My Celestial Warlock: Fallen aasimar (fell after his mother was killed by paladins). Spent his teen years turning his minor healing ability into a steady income stream. after he saves a lords son, and gets a huge payout, he drinks himself to death... no literally, he dies of alcohol poisoning in a gutter. Before the Raven Queen can transition him, a brilliant light intervenes. A Solar steps in. His father is his patron. But the relationship is not good. He was supposed to be a great hero, a Favored Soul Sorcerer, but now since he cannot be exalted, he will be a servant. the warlock wakes up with a brand over his heart. it is a celestial glyph that means "Debt".
Archfey Warlock: half-elf party girl. she's the 4th child of a noble family, so she gets all of the benefits of the money, but none of the pressures of carrying on the name. One day she goes to a festival, and while at the dance she sees a beautiful woman. the two dance and wind up slipping off to near by woods together for some... alone time. Turns out the woman is Titania. The two get on well, and the half-elf's part of the bargain is pretty simple: When Titania's in the material plane... booty call. Neither wants any strings, just enjoying each other.
Undying: Accererack is the patron, and the one's he's helping is his doppelganger from this current reality. Accererack is planning to harvest him later when the time is right.
Hexblade: A verdant ring, pulled from a strange unearthly corpse. Only those of great courage can wear the ring and wield to bring evil to it's knees.
Is it ok for a patron to force power onto someone? Just for a character concept, some immensely powerful being gives its power away with nothing in return
I don't see why not. The relationship could always change into something more traditional. And even if not, roleplaying a warlock who was essentially captive to his patron could be fairly interesting.
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There doesn't have to be a relationship between the patron and warlock. It could be something simple as the patron giving power to a warlock to annoy someone else. patrons are very complex, and it doesn't have to be some deal where the DM gets to think they have some control over the PC like many folks seem to believe.
Any time an unfathomably powerful entity sweeps in and offers godlike rewards in return for just a few teensy favors, it’s a scam. Unless it’s me. I’d never lie to you, reader dearest.
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I'm building a warlock with a patron that's literally the moon. It talks to my warlock via a big ass moth that lives in her hair and tells her what to do. Her backstory includes almost being sacrificed to a now mostly dead cult and being a weird mostly feral swamp child that people think is crazy because she talks to the moon.
It's a fun character with a fun story, but I'm not sure how to classify that patron so I can build her properly. I'm guessing celestial or undying, maybe great old one but it's hard to say. Any advice would be lovely.