Comments on: Promises, Oathes And Pacts http://www.dungeonmastering.com/tools-resources/promises-oathes-and-pacts The D&D Blog Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:54:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Darren http://www.dungeonmastering.com/tools-resources/promises-oathes-and-pacts#comment-12653 Darren Sun, 19 Jun 2011 16:13:23 +0000 http://www.dungeonmastering.com/?p=2921#comment-12653 Can a demonic Warlock really be good? Yes. It's happened to all of us, siding with an enemy to fight a third faction. Be it our characters or ourselves. I can imagine someone brokering a deal with a demon, and the demon being just as confused as the DM would be. It would be a sacrifice to serve the greater good. The good Warlock would use the powers, I dunno, to save an orphanage, (excuse the classic phrase) "no matter the cost." It's great to see these kinds of stereotypes broken. An evil paladin is another good example, as it's a perfectly logical option... just badly viewed. Can a demonic Warlock really be good?

Yes. It’s happened to all of us, siding with an enemy to fight a third faction. Be it our characters or ourselves.

I can imagine someone brokering a deal with a demon, and the demon being just as confused as the DM would be. It would be a sacrifice to serve the greater good. The good Warlock would use the powers, I dunno, to save an orphanage, (excuse the classic phrase) “no matter the cost.”

It’s great to see these kinds of stereotypes broken. An evil paladin is another good example, as it’s a perfectly logical option… just badly viewed.

]]> By: Wordworm: It’ll Eat Your Words : Guang Keshar http://www.dungeonmastering.com/tools-resources/promises-oathes-and-pacts#comment-10236 Wordworm: It’ll Eat Your Words : Guang Keshar Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:45:08 +0000 http://www.dungeonmastering.com/?p=2921#comment-10236 [...] Promises, Oathes And Pacts (dungeonmastering.com) [...] [...] Promises, Oathes And Pacts (dungeonmastering.com) [...]

]]> By: Ravenous Role Playing » Blog Archive » Friday Five: 2010-02-05 http://www.dungeonmastering.com/tools-resources/promises-oathes-and-pacts#comment-10076 Ravenous Role Playing » Blog Archive » Friday Five: 2010-02-05 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:24:31 +0000 http://www.dungeonmastering.com/?p=2921#comment-10076 [...] Promises, Oathes And Pacts I love it when my players make an oath, take a pact or undertake a promise. It gives me some level of power of their characters that they have willingly (if not knowingly) given me. It allows for great adventure hooks, increased interaction between the PCs and NPCs of the game, and gives the PCs actions some meaning other than to do the typical adventurer trope. [...] [...] Promises, Oathes And Pacts I love it when my players make an oath, take a pact or undertake a promise. It gives me some level of power of their characters that they have willingly (if not knowingly) given me. It allows for great adventure hooks, increased interaction between the PCs and NPCs of the game, and gives the PCs actions some meaning other than to do the typical adventurer trope. [...]

]]> By: kocho http://www.dungeonmastering.com/tools-resources/promises-oathes-and-pacts#comment-10063 kocho Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:07:01 +0000 http://www.dungeonmastering.com/?p=2921#comment-10063 i personally would love to be a dm with the monk guy, he would be an impossibly fun villain to play, I can imagine it already: "Hey, try to kill me and I'll drop an enlarged blood stone on a city!" now imagine facing him i personally would love to be a dm with the monk guy, he would be an impossibly fun villain to play, I can imagine it already:
“Hey, try to kill me and I’ll drop an enlarged blood stone on a city!”
now imagine facing him

]]> By: Noumenon http://www.dungeonmastering.com/tools-resources/promises-oathes-and-pacts#comment-10059 Noumenon Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:42:16 +0000 http://www.dungeonmastering.com/?p=2921#comment-10059 <i>Countless warriors have fallen to his blade, many of them spared the final blow, only to hear him utter the word ‘unworthy’ as he departed.</i> I want to be that character. Awesome. Countless warriors have fallen to his blade, many of them spared the final blow, only to hear him utter the word ‘unworthy’ as he departed.

I want to be that character. Awesome.

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