Here goes. I am currently playing in a west march style campaign and I have really invested in the creation of my char. My background story is in a state of constant development. To the point that given enough time I could actually write a series of books on him.
Things have been great with the campaign but there is one thing with my character that is bothering me. My patron. I have chosen to go with the Great Old One and selected Khirad - the Star of Secrets to be my patron. I am thankful it has not come up in RP yet but I am just drawing a blank as to what my patron would get from the pact. I will add that I am not playing an evil warlock. More neutral siding a bit on chaos.
I am hoping that some of the ideas will help my muse flourish and spark the story I need to add this aspect to my character.
Well GOOs don't work in the same ways as people do in the not Far Realms. If I remember correctly, warlocks may not even know that they have gotten their powers from their patron, and the patron might not even know they gave them to you, in the case of GOOs.
A reason though could be entertainment. Since you are chaotic neutral, maybe he wanted to see what a mortal would do with power, to see if they used it for their desires, good, pure evil? If you haven't made it already so that your character knows who their patron is, maybe they're getting a little mad from the knowledge of Khirad, since they are the Star of Secrets. Maybe Khirad enjoys to see that.
I really like this idea. As far as my character goes, yes he knows where his warlock powers come from. I could play it off as he does not know his patron's purpose though. That would work really well.
Thank you for the tip. It has been a great hel . If anyone else has any other ideas I am welcome to them. In this campaign I do not see it coming up anytime too soon.
As an Elder Evil whatever Khirad wants from you, it’s probably not good! I would probably play it something like this:
You stumbled upon a vestige of Khirad’s power through your study of the occult. Khirad is not aware of your existence; however, his/her power may be corrupting or maddening in some way. He demands nothing from you; however, you are now drawn toward chaos and destruction. Maybe you also develop some new personality traits and/or flaws.
A Vestige of Khirad is located in the Amber Temple in Curse of Strahd. Those who were granted the gifts of Khirad had their voices turned into whispers, and their smiles seemed cruel and evil to onlookers, page 193. That’s just weird and awesome!
A Vestige of Khirad is located in the Amber Temple in Curse of Strahd. Those who were granted the gifts of Khirad had their voices turned into whispers, and their smiles seemed cruel and evil to onlookers, page 193. That’s just weird and awesome!
This has been so fun to role play. No one has said anything it has them wondering if I am evil or not. As I do good things but am soft spoken and chaotic at times. The talking directly into their minds has not helped this either
A patron like Khirad would use a neutral or good character to get at that they cannot get because they are evil. So, they might even come in a "fair seeming guise," much as Sauron disguised himself as Annatar, the Lord of Gifts in the Second Age of Tolkien's middle Earth.
From an RP perspective, the DM should provide opportunities for you to gain magical knowledge or items that ultimately further Khirad's aims while not altering your purpose - chaos and evil aren't necessarily opposed in aim, depending on how they're working.
So here's a question: how close are you to your patron? How important is the relationship to your daily life? Or does your patron simply see you as a useful tool? Heck, they might not even truly recognize you as anything until you're higher level. Much as a whale doesn't seem to acknowledge am individual barnacle.
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He is a shadow monk/goo-lock with the spy background. When the opportunity arises he looks for his patron in the sky and meditates looking for guidance on how to gain the knowledge he is after. I might add that this guidance is not always give and rarely is it ever clear.
What he gets from his patron are gifts to gain the upperhand in diplomacy and abilities to enhance his combat for when negotiations become aggressive.
I could see a case where the stealth and uncanny nature of the monk could be of use in getting special magic items or bits of knowledge from the sequestered temples of rival orders. A GOO might use the natural rivals of the monk, or a potential other enemy, as a conflict where said Monklock thinks they've done something for the good of their order, only to find out that Khirad wanted it done to gain access to an area of the dungeon. GOOs are inscrutable, so you may not ever know much
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Hello fellow locks.
Here goes. I am currently playing in a west march style campaign and I have really invested in the creation of my char. My background story is in a state of constant development. To the point that given enough time I could actually write a series of books on him.
Things have been great with the campaign but there is one thing with my character that is bothering me. My patron. I have chosen to go with the Great Old One and selected Khirad - the Star of Secrets to be my patron. I am thankful it has not come up in RP yet but I am just drawing a blank as to what my patron would get from the pact. I will add that I am not playing an evil warlock. More neutral siding a bit on chaos.
I am hoping that some of the ideas will help my muse flourish and spark the story I need to add this aspect to my character.
Thank you in advance.
Well GOOs don't work in the same ways as people do in the not Far Realms. If I remember correctly, warlocks may not even know that they have gotten their powers from their patron, and the patron might not even know they gave them to you, in the case of GOOs.
A reason though could be entertainment. Since you are chaotic neutral, maybe he wanted to see what a mortal would do with power, to see if they used it for their desires, good, pure evil? If you haven't made it already so that your character knows who their patron is, maybe they're getting a little mad from the knowledge of Khirad, since they are the Star of Secrets. Maybe Khirad enjoys to see that.
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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.
I really like this idea. As far as my character goes, yes he knows where his warlock powers come from. I could play it off as he does not know his patron's purpose though. That would work really well.
Thank you for the tip. It has been a great hel . If anyone else has any other ideas I am welcome to them. In this campaign I do not see it coming up anytime too soon.
As an Elder Evil whatever Khirad wants from you, it’s probably not good! I would probably play it something like this:
You stumbled upon a vestige of Khirad’s power through your study of the occult. Khirad is not aware of your existence; however, his/her power may be corrupting or maddening in some way. He demands nothing from you; however, you are now drawn toward chaos and destruction. Maybe you also develop some new personality traits and/or flaws.
A Vestige of Khirad is located in the Amber Temple in Curse of Strahd. Those who were granted the gifts of Khirad had their voices turned into whispers, and their smiles seemed cruel and evil to onlookers, page 193. That’s just weird and awesome!
This has been so fun to role play. No one has said anything it has them wondering if I am evil or not. As I do good things but am soft spoken and chaotic at times. The talking directly into their minds has not helped this either
A patron like Khirad would use a neutral or good character to get at that they cannot get because they are evil. So, they might even come in a "fair seeming guise," much as Sauron disguised himself as Annatar, the Lord of Gifts in the Second Age of Tolkien's middle Earth.
From an RP perspective, the DM should provide opportunities for you to gain magical knowledge or items that ultimately further Khirad's aims while not altering your purpose - chaos and evil aren't necessarily opposed in aim, depending on how they're working.
So here's a question: how close are you to your patron? How important is the relationship to your daily life? Or does your patron simply see you as a useful tool? Heck, they might not even truly recognize you as anything until you're higher level. Much as a whale doesn't seem to acknowledge am individual barnacle.
May the gentle moonlinght guide you to greater wisdom
To answer this I must give a little more details.
He is a shadow monk/goo-lock with the spy background. When the opportunity arises he looks for his patron in the sky and meditates looking for guidance on how to gain the knowledge he is after. I might add that this guidance is not always give and rarely is it ever clear.
What he gets from his patron are gifts to gain the upperhand in diplomacy and abilities to enhance his combat for when negotiations become aggressive.
I could see a case where the stealth and uncanny nature of the monk could be of use in getting special magic items or bits of knowledge from the sequestered temples of rival orders. A GOO might use the natural rivals of the monk, or a potential other enemy, as a conflict where said Monklock thinks they've done something for the good of their order, only to find out that Khirad wanted it done to gain access to an area of the dungeon. GOOs are inscrutable, so you may not ever know much
May the gentle moonlinght guide you to greater wisdom