I have a player who's a fighter & wants to add a level of Hexblade. I'm a bit hazy how this works. As I understand it, the patron acts through his weapons? Or does he get a magic weapon that becomes his specific magic focus? Is the patron itself a magic sword in the Shadowfell? I know this is a n00b question, but I'm just a bit hazy on it as a new 5e DM.
We talked a bit about it and are trying to figure out how it works and are sort of picturing a Venom/Carnage spiritual symbiote kind of thing for him.
Any Hexblade illustrations/analogies would be helpful. Thanks.
Hexblade is weird. At the very least, it appears as if the patron is a sentient weapon (though not necessarily one that they have physically handled). I think it makes a little more sense for the true patron to have formed the pact through a weapon rather than the weapon be the patron.
Depends really on which story you go with, it has been discussed in length somewhere else on this forum.
I play a HexBlade which has the Raven Queen as a patron and was given the power to summon a powerful blade (the ordinary HexBlade weapon). We play it almost as a cleric or a paladin with, making my patron the same as their gods. The only difference is that my patron TEACHES me how to tap into new powers and does not controll those powers as the clerics and paladins gods might do.
Makes it alot easier to play and understand for everyone.
I have a player who's a fighter & wants to add a level of Hexblade. I'm a bit hazy how this works. As I understand it, the patron acts through his weapons? Or does he get a magic weapon that becomes his specific magic focus? Is the patron itself a magic sword in the Shadowfell? I know this is a n00b question, but I'm just a bit hazy on it as a new 5e DM.
We talked a bit about it and are trying to figure out how it works and are sort of picturing a Venom/Carnage spiritual symbiote kind of thing for him.
Any Hexblade illustrations/analogies would be helpful. Thanks.
Dale
Helping you make lives better through TTRPGs
Hexblade is weird. At the very least, it appears as if the patron is a sentient weapon (though not necessarily one that they have physically handled). I think it makes a little more sense for the true patron to have formed the pact through a weapon rather than the weapon be the patron.
Depends really on which story you go with, it has been discussed in length somewhere else on this forum.
I play a HexBlade which has the Raven Queen as a patron and was given the power to summon a powerful blade (the ordinary HexBlade weapon). We play it almost as a cleric or a paladin with, making my patron the same as their gods. The only difference is that my patron TEACHES me how to tap into new powers and does not controll those powers as the clerics and paladins gods might do.
Makes it alot easier to play and understand for everyone.
I looked for an extended thread on it but couldn't find it. This helps a little bit still confused. I’ll roll a perception check & hope I find it.
Dale
Helping you make lives better through TTRPGs
It's just what the books say. As DM, you are welcome to fill in the blanks as you like.
The patron can be some particular force or being, or the Warlock may not know who or what is giving these powers.
There can be frequent demands, or the patron may not even take note of what the Warlock does.
You fill in the blanks in a way that works for your setting.