Hey everyone! I need some ideas for a Warlock patron.
I’m playing the new Vestige Warlock in an upcoming campaign where my friends and I are testing the new subclasses. For anyone unfamiliar, the subclass’s flavor is that your patron is a dying god a forgotten deity that has lost its worshippers and is desperately trying to reclaim its former power. In exchange for helping restore it, the vestige shares what little divine power it has left with you.
The subclass also comes with a Vestige Companion, a little familiar that’s connected to your patron, which I absolutely love.
I’d love to hear any patron ideas you have! Official D&D lore, homebrew, completely original creations, or even just cool concepts are all welcome. If it’s your own original patron, I’d be honored to use it (with your permission, of course).
The Astral Plane and its bevy of dead gods has been my go-to on the two occasions I've run this. Couple of things that come to mind are:
Tu'narath Home of the githyanki, and built on the corpse of a six-armed god. Also known as The One In The Void. Whilst the deity is ostensibly 'dead' its spark of divinity persists, meaning that the city behaves in odd ways, such as earthquakes, and a fog that manifests from the gith's own frustration. You could run a gith character, or invent a similar location to be connected to - a place with a spark of consciousness that's beginning to stir.
Morkoths Morkoths are described as having sprung from the petrified remains of a god of greed and strife, and consequently, they still hold a little bit of that extra-planar power. You could go straight to a Morkoth if that fits, or you could use the basic concept - a fragment from the corpse of a long-dead god of whatever vice/virtue best suits, grown into something new and sentient.
Hunefer Wayyyy back in 2e (I think) there was mention of something called a Hunefer, which is an undead resulting from a god or demigod abandoning their physical form. On rare occasions, the fragments of divinity left over in that corporeal body could resurrect it, resulting in a Hunefer. They were pretty powerful in their own right, and were desperate to reclaim the divinity they had lost, often trying to reunite with their other half. You could pick an established god, or piggyback one of the concepts above and have a patron who's the revived physical shell of a god who's long dead. Helping it to become divine again seems like a pretty solid pact motivation.
Karsus Throwing this in because of Baldur's Gate. Karsus was a mortal mage who was also, very briefly, a god of magic. That didn't last long, but because he'd been touched by divinity, his soul remained bound to the prime material after his death. Again, you could use him directly, or a similar concept of an exceptional mage who sought power in life and has similar drives in death.
Other Vestiges Speaking of Karsus, there are actually a number of named vestiges in the 3.5 book Tome of Magic which might be worth checking out. They're all of a similar vein to Karsus - powerful beings who touched godhoof but have since fallen into obscurity. It includes some really cool figures, like Acererak the Devourer (the lich from Tomb of Annihilation); Tenebrous, the Shadow that Was (the sentient fragments of Orcus' time as a divinity); Amon, the Void Before the Altar (a forgotten god of light, now twisted into something dark); and Balam, the Bitter Angel (a fallen solar).
Hey everyone! I need some ideas for a Warlock patron.
I’m playing the new Vestige Warlock in an upcoming campaign where my friends and I are testing the new subclasses. For anyone unfamiliar, the subclass’s flavor is that your patron is a dying god a forgotten deity that has lost its worshippers and is desperately trying to reclaim its former power. In exchange for helping restore it, the vestige shares what little divine power it has left with you.
The subclass also comes with a Vestige Companion, a little familiar that’s connected to your patron, which I absolutely love.
I’d love to hear any patron ideas you have! Official D&D lore, homebrew, completely original creations, or even just cool concepts are all welcome. If it’s your own original patron, I’d be honored to use it (with your permission, of course).
The Duke brothers from trading places is my go to but for you, the cameo in the coming to America movie.
Your patron is the god Om, and your companion is a turtle.
Someone beat me to it, darn! There's only one thing to do!
mumble-grumble-smite-you-with-a-bolt-of-lightning-mumble-grumble...
The Astral Plane and its bevy of dead gods has been my go-to on the two occasions I've run this. Couple of things that come to mind are:
Tu'narath
Home of the githyanki, and built on the corpse of a six-armed god. Also known as The One In The Void. Whilst the deity is ostensibly 'dead' its spark of divinity persists, meaning that the city behaves in odd ways, such as earthquakes, and a fog that manifests from the gith's own frustration. You could run a gith character, or invent a similar location to be connected to - a place with a spark of consciousness that's beginning to stir.
Morkoths
Morkoths are described as having sprung from the petrified remains of a god of greed and strife, and consequently, they still hold a little bit of that extra-planar power. You could go straight to a Morkoth if that fits, or you could use the basic concept - a fragment from the corpse of a long-dead god of whatever vice/virtue best suits, grown into something new and sentient.
Hunefer
Wayyyy back in 2e (I think) there was mention of something called a Hunefer, which is an undead resulting from a god or demigod abandoning their physical form. On rare occasions, the fragments of divinity left over in that corporeal body could resurrect it, resulting in a Hunefer. They were pretty powerful in their own right, and were desperate to reclaim the divinity they had lost, often trying to reunite with their other half. You could pick an established god, or piggyback one of the concepts above and have a patron who's the revived physical shell of a god who's long dead. Helping it to become divine again seems like a pretty solid pact motivation.
Karsus
Throwing this in because of Baldur's Gate. Karsus was a mortal mage who was also, very briefly, a god of magic. That didn't last long, but because he'd been touched by divinity, his soul remained bound to the prime material after his death. Again, you could use him directly, or a similar concept of an exceptional mage who sought power in life and has similar drives in death.
Other Vestiges
Speaking of Karsus, there are actually a number of named vestiges in the 3.5 book Tome of Magic which might be worth checking out. They're all of a similar vein to Karsus - powerful beings who touched godhoof but have since fallen into obscurity. It includes some really cool figures, like Acererak the Devourer (the lich from Tomb of Annihilation); Tenebrous, the Shadow that Was (the sentient fragments of Orcus' time as a divinity); Amon, the Void Before the Altar (a forgotten god of light, now twisted into something dark); and Balam, the Bitter Angel (a fallen solar).
Hope this helps! Let us know what you decide on.