I know that they are different classes with different stats,abilitys and whatever,but the reason I posted to the lore thread is to know if there is a in lore difference. I heard the deity known as the ravenqueen can make both warlocks and clerics,so what exactly is the difference lore wise?
A cleric has no real power, and instead acts as a sort of gateway for their deity’s power. Meanwhile, a warlock has power permanently granted to them via a pact with a powerful being that doesn’t necessarily need to be a deity.
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A cleric accesses their power through their faith. A warlock accesses their power through a contract. Hot take, that’s the only difference. I think it’d be really cool to play a character who’s narratively a cleric of a particularly legalistic god but who’s mechanically a warlock, and indeed, whose faith is in whatever contract they’ve signed with that god.
What really blurs the line is when you mix in Paladins, which get their magical power through an oath. So you have clerics getting magic through faith, paladins getting magic through an oath and warlocks getting magic through a pact.
My fighter/Hexblade Warlock acts more like a cleric or a paladin, but without healing abilities. His power came from a pact with a more benevolent being who is not a god despite having a handful of people worship him as a god.
So really, I think it comes down to how you want to role play it.
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Current D&D Characters: Kromen Flintfist, Hill Dwarf Order of the Scribes Wizard/Armorer Artificer Eiphrok, Half-Orc Oath of Glory Paladin/Draconic Bloodline Sorcerer
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I know that they are different classes with different stats,abilitys and whatever,but the reason I posted to the lore thread is to know if there is a in lore difference. I heard the deity known as the ravenqueen can make both warlocks and clerics,so what exactly is the difference lore wise?
A cleric has no real power, and instead acts as a sort of gateway for their deity’s power. Meanwhile, a warlock has power permanently granted to them via a pact with a powerful being that doesn’t necessarily need to be a deity.
"Ignorance is bliss, and you look absolutely miserable."
A cleric accesses their power through their faith. A warlock accesses their power through a contract. Hot take, that’s the only difference. I think it’d be really cool to play a character who’s narratively a cleric of a particularly legalistic god but who’s mechanically a warlock, and indeed, whose faith is in whatever contract they’ve signed with that god.
What really blurs the line is when you mix in Paladins, which get their magical power through an oath. So you have clerics getting magic through faith, paladins getting magic through an oath and warlocks getting magic through a pact.
My fighter/Hexblade Warlock acts more like a cleric or a paladin, but without healing abilities. His power came from a pact with a more benevolent being who is not a god despite having a handful of people worship him as a god.
So really, I think it comes down to how you want to role play it.
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Laugh at life or life will laugh at you.
Current D&D Characters:
Kromen Flintfist, Hill Dwarf Order of the Scribes Wizard/Armorer Artificer
Eiphrok, Half-Orc Oath of Glory Paladin/Draconic Bloodline Sorcerer