Warlock template

[marina17july90]

Hello, guys! I need a warlock template for my fantasy campaign.
Any ideas or which book has such template?

[isf]

What do you mean by warlock?

[Celjabba]

Originally Posted by marina17july90

Hello, guys! I need a warlock template for my fantasy campaign.
Any ideas or which book has such template?

Here is a list of published template :
http://forums.sjgames.com/showthread...73#post1601473
and
http://forums.sjgames.com/showpost.p...&postcount=131

No template named "warlock", but there are dozens of various magic user templates.

What exactly define a warlock for you ? besides a male practitioner of magic ?

[Anders]

You have a patron that grants you spells and special abilities. There are two places I would look for that: Thaumatology, Spirit-Assisted Magic (if you want to use the regular magic system), or Divine Favor (if you want to go the Powers-route).

[Astromancer]

Since the word "Warlock" (unless you go with the Victorian notion of it meaning "oathbreaker") means "spirit singer," I'd look for a Shaman or Summoner template. Maybe you should blend the two ideas together.

[Astromancer]

Originally Posted by Anders

You have a patron that grants you spells and special abilities. There are two places I would look for that: Thaumatology, Spirit-Assisted Magic (if you want to use the regular magic system), or Divine Favor (if you want to go the Powers-route).

Wouldn't that be covered by the Pact mechanic? Just take the powers you want and assign the Pact Limitation "Duty to Patron."

[Flyndaran]

Originally Posted by Astromancer

Since the word "Warlock" (unless you go with the Victorian notion of it meaning "oathbreaker") means "spirit singer," I'd look for a Shaman or Summoner template. Maybe you should blend the two ideas together.

That latter Norse "spirit singer" etymology is listed as implausible by Wikipedia and Oxford English Dictionary.

[Anders]

Originally Posted by Astromancer

Wouldn't that be covered by the Pact mechanic? Just take the powers you want and assign the Pact Limitation "Duty to Patron."

That's how it works in Divine Favor. You buy the Patron advantage, limited by Pact, and then you buy the various special abilities as Alternative Abilities to the Patron advantage.

[AlexanderHowl]

Originally Posted by Flyndaran

That latter Norse "spirit singer" etymology is listed as implausible by Wikipedia and Oxford English Dictionary.

I have to agree. The entomology suggests the Old English word for betrayer or deceiver. A warlock should probably have the Divine power modifier (with an unpleasant associated condition). The Death or Evil power talents from Powers and the Diease, Hell, or Taint power talents from Horror would be appropriate.

[Donny Brook]

"Warlock" is a fascinating word etymologically. Each syllable has various intriguing possible roots. 'War' could be related to concepts of 'truth' (as in 'verify'), 'words' ( as in verbal'), 'protect' (as in 'warden'), and more. 'Lock' can be connected to 'free' or 'absent' (as in 'loose' or 'less'), or 'word' (as in 'logos'), or 'connected' (as in 'lock'), or 'rules' (as in legislation'), and more.

This is why warlocks in my setting are word-mages (and usually love a good pun).