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I want a DnD warlock subclass that’s more mysterious and represents that mechanically
Aug 7, 2025
I want a DnD warlock subclass that’s more mysterious and represents that mechanically. I don’t want to know what my patron is until it’s WAY too late.
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I want a warlock subclass in Dn D whose
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patron is some creature magically bound
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somewhere in a way that you have no way
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to know who or what they are. I think
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warlocks not knowing specifically who or
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what their patron is is very very
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interesting and I feel like we've lost a
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lot of that in Dn D. Like you could have
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a fiend who's, you know, shadowy and
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doesn't talk to you directly, or you can
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have a great old one that's like far off
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in the far realms, but you probably at
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least have an idea of who or what those
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are and why you've made a pact with
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them. but like a an intentionally
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hidden from you chained being like maybe
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it was magically entrapped by wizards
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10,000 years ago and can't safely be
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released into the world and they're like
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whispering you offers of power in
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exchange for growing strong enough to
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eventually free them. Like that would be
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thematically so much more interesting
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than I think a lot of people handle
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warlocks. And mechanically, you could
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have like stuff around forced movement
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and uh like speed debuffs, paralysis
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even. Um or or conversely breaking those
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effects, maybe both. So like maybe half
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of your spell list is stuff that
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prevents you from being held in place
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and the other half is stuff that holds
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other people in place. Uh and you know,
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control the battlefield that way or
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something like that. just really lean
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into that that chained concept. Um, but
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I want
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thematically I also just want the
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experience of I don't know who my patron
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is. Um, every time I gain a level, I
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have to ask myself like, is what I am
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getting worth the potential of this
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unknowable creature being released into
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the world? And may maybe even as part of
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the subclass, like the DM or or a random
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table or something picks random
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abilities as you discover like this drip
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drip drip of secrets about your patron.
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Um, I think that would be a really
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really fun mystery to explore as a
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character and would give you a great
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like thematic and mechanical reason to
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go to like just one more level maybe
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just to see what's next, like find that
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next secret. I think that would make the
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warlock a lot more interesting for me as
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a player thematically because uh like I
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said in my previous video, I like I just
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haven't engaged with any of the subasses
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really. I think this would be so
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interesting to play and the mechanics
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could be so cool. Uh anyway, uh if folks
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are in homebrew, if folks have ideas or
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if you just know of something out there
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like this that already exists, let me
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know in the comments. I'd love to see
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what people
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