i'm currently playing a warlock, and it's looking like i'll take a divine soul dip. but i'm having a little writer's block thinking of a good hook for how the new sorcerer origin pops up, after it's not in my backstory.
happy to hear whatever ideas you've played with. if you'd like more direction, my guy is already doing a "wasn't really aware of it" thing with his warlock patron, and he does have a deity he actively follows, though he's not devout.
Who is your Warlock patron? If it's The Celestial then it makes sense for it to just be a continuation of that, but if it's something else then there could be some fun possibilities in having multiple entities vying for your soul, kind of like a manifest conscience?
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hey haravikk. the patron is a draugr from a dead culture, that my halfling sorta stumbled upon as a small child, at the draugr's barrow. kinda like a onceler/pan's labyrinth situation. but we're playing witchlight where to begin the adventure
you lost something in the past as a story hook, so my guy doesn't have an active memory of the patron or a relationship.
i set the basic idea of draugr who was on voyages probably, and supplied the dm with a vague vibe and draugr trivia and kinda said, make it whatever you want and use them or don't use them, whatever. maybe evil, maybe not, definitely pagan/creepy/weird.
the pc is consciously a follower of the neutral halfling goddess of nature, weather, music and love, and himself has like the opposite of a traumatic backstory. he's a capable likable working class dude, not devout, but he does pray, he does think about teachings, he does thank her when things go well.
my party member said he has tee-ball coach energy, so like your friend's dad who takes the family to church but also has playboys, that kinda deal.
Who is your Warlock patron? If it's The Celestial then it makes sense for it to just be a continuation of that, but if it's something else then there could be some fun possibilities in having multiple entities vying for your soul, kind of like a manifest conscience?
also I'm like, thinking there's an outside shot it can be another deity
I like the idea of a god trying to woo you away from your patron, or some of your patron's power rubbing off on you in a way that was unintended.
Another possibility: your character always had this potential through an ancestor who was a celestial or high level cleric, but it remained dormant until using pact magic turned it on. You might even work with your DM to do a story tie in to your draugr patron: were they the cleric ancestor of yours? An enemy of that ancestor? Do they disapprove of your newly expressed power?
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hey all :)
i'm currently playing a warlock, and it's looking like i'll take a divine soul dip. but i'm having a little writer's block thinking of a good hook for how the new sorcerer origin pops up, after it's not in my backstory.
happy to hear whatever ideas you've played with. if you'd like more direction, my guy is already doing a "wasn't really aware of it" thing with his warlock patron, and he does have a deity he actively follows, though he's not devout.
thanks, cheers
Who is your Warlock patron? If it's The Celestial then it makes sense for it to just be a continuation of that, but if it's something else then there could be some fun possibilities in having multiple entities vying for your soul, kind of like a manifest conscience?
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I have unsubscribed from all topics and will not reply to messages. My homebrew is now 100% unsupported.
hey haravikk. the patron is a draugr from a dead culture, that my halfling sorta stumbled upon as a small child, at the draugr's barrow. kinda like a onceler/pan's labyrinth situation. but we're playing witchlight where to begin the adventure
you lost something in the past as a story hook, so my guy doesn't have an active memory of the patron or a relationship.
i set the basic idea of draugr who was on voyages probably, and supplied the dm with a vague vibe and draugr trivia and kinda said, make it whatever you want and use them or don't use them, whatever. maybe evil, maybe not, definitely pagan/creepy/weird.
the pc is consciously a follower of the neutral halfling goddess of nature, weather, music and love, and himself has like the opposite of a traumatic backstory. he's a capable likable working class dude, not devout, but he does pray, he does think about teachings, he does thank her when things go well.
my party member said he has tee-ball coach energy, so like your friend's dad who takes the family to church but also has playboys, that kinda deal.
also I'm like, thinking there's an outside shot it can be another deity
I like the idea of a god trying to woo you away from your patron, or some of your patron's power rubbing off on you in a way that was unintended.
Another possibility: your character always had this potential through an ancestor who was a celestial or high level cleric, but it remained dormant until using pact magic turned it on. You might even work with your DM to do a story tie in to your draugr patron: were they the cleric ancestor of yours? An enemy of that ancestor? Do they disapprove of your newly expressed power?