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In today’s Forgotten Realms Player's Guide preview, we describe a new warlock eldritch pact available to choose from when you create a warlock.
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You have forged a pact with the dark beings that lurk in the shadows of the drow civilization. Spells of darkness, poison, madness, and spite fill your mind. You might turn your powers to noble ends, but you always face the temptation to enhance your spells by hurting your friends—just a little.
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Additional powers:
Level 10 Utility Spells
Darkest MirrorWarlock (Dark) Utility 10A dark membrane snaps shut over your eyes. They reflect another world now, filled with shadows and spectral foes.EncounterArcane
Minor Action PersonalEffect: Until the end of the encounter, you can see invisible creatures as if they were not invisible. All other creatures, including your allies, are invisible to you. You can end this effect on your turn as a minor action.
Level 13 Encounter Spells
All Must SacrificeWarlock (Dark) Attack 13The spell cuts with a jagged black ray—and if your allies donate their pain, it punches deeper.EncounterArcane, Implement, Necrotic
Standard Action Ranged 20
Target: One creature
Attack: Charisma vs. ReflexHit: 2d8 + Charisma modifier necrotic damage. You can choose to deal 1d8 damage to each ally within 3 squares of you to deal 1d8 extra damage with this power for each ally who takes damage.Dark Pact: You instead deal an extra 1d10 damage for each ally that takes damage.
Level 25 Daily Spells
Ring of TormentWarlock (Dark) Attack 25Your will compresses a tiny fragment of the hells into a ball of darkness, madness, and torment. Then you share.DailyArcane, Implement, Necrotic, Psychic
Standard Action Ranged 20
Target: One creature
Attack: Charisma vs. WillHit: 4d8 + Charisma modifier necrotic damage, and ongoing 10 psychic damage (save ends).Aftereffect: You choose a second creature within 20 squares of you and deal ongoing 5 psychic damage to it (save ends). The first time that creature fails a saving throw against this ongoing damage, you choose a third creature within 20 squares of you and deal ongoing 5 psychic damage to it (save ends).Miss: Half damage, and ongoing 10 poison damage (save ends). This ongoing damage does not spread.Dark Pact: Add your Intelligence modifier to the ongoing damage.
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You have forged a pact with the dark beings that lurk in the shadows of the drow civilization. Spells of darkness, poison, madness, and spite fill your mind. You might turn your powers to noble ends, but you always face the temptation to enhance your spells by hurting your friends—just a little.
Download the Dark Pact excerpt (304 Kbs PDF)
Download the Dark Pact illo (239 Kbs JPG)
Additional powers:
Level 10 Utility Spells
Darkest MirrorWarlock (Dark) Utility 10A dark membrane snaps shut over your eyes. They reflect another world now, filled with shadows and spectral foes.EncounterArcane
Minor Action PersonalEffect: Until the end of the encounter, you can see invisible creatures as if they were not invisible. All other creatures, including your allies, are invisible to you. You can end this effect on your turn as a minor action.
Level 13 Encounter Spells
All Must SacrificeWarlock (Dark) Attack 13The spell cuts with a jagged black ray—and if your allies donate their pain, it punches deeper.EncounterArcane, Implement, Necrotic
Standard Action Ranged 20
Target: One creature
Attack: Charisma vs. ReflexHit: 2d8 + Charisma modifier necrotic damage. You can choose to deal 1d8 damage to each ally within 3 squares of you to deal 1d8 extra damage with this power for each ally who takes damage.Dark Pact: You instead deal an extra 1d10 damage for each ally that takes damage.
Level 25 Daily Spells
Ring of TormentWarlock (Dark) Attack 25Your will compresses a tiny fragment of the hells into a ball of darkness, madness, and torment. Then you share.DailyArcane, Implement, Necrotic, Psychic
Standard Action Ranged 20
Target: One creature
Attack: Charisma vs. WillHit: 4d8 + Charisma modifier necrotic damage, and ongoing 10 psychic damage (save ends).Aftereffect: You choose a second creature within 20 squares of you and deal ongoing 5 psychic damage to it (save ends). The first time that creature fails a saving throw against this ongoing damage, you choose a third creature within 20 squares of you and deal ongoing 5 psychic damage to it (save ends).Miss: Half damage, and ongoing 10 poison damage (save ends). This ongoing damage does not spread.Dark Pact: Add your Intelligence modifier to the ongoing damage.
-Personally speaking, I both like and dislike the concept that, with different 'Pacts', you get different powers.
Why I like it: It definitely adds flavor. A Warlock who gets his/her powers from an evil source will certainly be different from a Warlock who gets his/her powers from a benign source.
Why I don't like it: I sort-of liked the old idea, that the source of the powers was a "fluff" thing that didn't impact the "mechanics". The problem with this, now, is that if the designers focus too much on one specific pact, there will be a lot more options for one than there will another.
The pacts aren't exclusive: you can choose powers from other pacts (though there may be bonuses for powers from your own pact).
-If this is true, then what is the point of creating mechanical bonuses, then? Liken it back to "flavor text", and there you go.
I'm still into the Fey Pact, from the PHB.
Hell, if WotC gets that Game Table up and running, maybe I'll run a game there.
-Which brings up the question: Will it be 3e compatible?
-Which brings up the question: Will it be 3e compatible?
I would think not
I would think not
-They'd be losing out on a lot, then, I am thinking.
I was thinking with the passing of many of the gods of the Pre-spellplague realms, what would be the possibility of creating a Warlock pact with gives a warlock powers from the echos of dead gods like Bhaal and Helm.
This could work with other characters like a Cleric or Paladin as well, but the recent article on the Star Pact has made me wonder of the possibilities of something like that. Or if not an arcane Warlock, perhaps some kind of Divine version of the class. (Perhaps that's what a Fourth Edition Binder might be)?
Rough idea, and not enough to post it to it's own thread in my mind (yet), but fits with the topic of warlock pacts for the realms.
I hope this is okay.
I was thinking with the passing of many of the gods of the Pre-spellplague realms, what would be the possibility of creating a Warlock pact with gives a warlock powers from the echos of dead gods like Bhaal and Helm.
-In 3e, Warlock Pacts were left up in the air, and didn't have any kinds of mechanical differences. 4e changed that, and I like that. For making up new pacts, I can definitely see something with the power of dead deities (Perhaps their essences augment the individual, in exchange for having a 'host' body to inhabit, creating a sort of symbiotic/parasitic relationship). Also, I can see 'pacts' with the different Bloodlines that Pathfinder has- Draconic, Elemental, Demonic, Infernal, and as on.
-In 3e, Warlock Pacts were left up in the air, and didn't have any kinds of mechanical differences. 4e changed that, and I like that. For making up new pacts, I can definitely see something with the power of dead deities (Perhaps their essences augment the individual, in exchange for having a 'host' body to inhabit, creating a sort of symbiotic/parasitic relationship). Also, I can see 'pacts' with the different Bloodlines that Pathfinder has- Draconic, Elemental, Demonic, Infernal, and as on.
That could likely be a Paragon path, one for each dead deity. With powers linked to those deities. The question would be if you select the Mystra version two Paragon path would that prevent you from using Bhaal warlock abilities?
The question would be if you select the Mystra version two Paragon path would that prevent you from using Bhaal warlock abilities?
-I don't know, since apparently you can use the powers of other pacts. Mind you, I know about this much of the 4e rules, so maybe someone else can come along and help with that.
-Which brings up the question: Will it be 3e compatible?
Actually the game table will be setting and edition neutral, its kinda like a virtual version of the table you play with your group usually, only that it´s online. No rules are enforced or tracked, the only thing they add is a dice roller.
But since it won´t come out this year.....things can still change so don´t hold your breath.
Actually the game table will be setting and edition neutral, its kinda like a virtual version of the table you play with your group usually, only that it´s online. No rules are enforced or tracked, the only thing they add is a dice roller.
-That's a step in the right direction, then. Though, it'd be a lot easier if there were rule tracker things. Like HP, of spells, or whatever.
-That's a step in the right direction, then. Though, it'd be a lot easier if there were rule tracker things. Like HP, of spells, or whatever.
Sounds good at first, but this would mean that housruling would be tough since you would have to modify the powers (code). Having a hit point total above each character miniature that can be set by DM and player is certanly doable - but I would prefer more freedom than set rules, especially since D&D is not that tough to track.
Of course it would be good if they added a timer that shows initiative order for everyone so that all the players can see it.
-Well, I'm just saying, that's all.
Yes and I even agree with you - I just don´t think wizards is going into that direction right now.
-They'd be losing out on a lot, then, I am thinking.
sure, but 3e has been abandoned to Paizo
sure, but 3e has been abandoned to Paizo
don´t you mean picked up?