| murtag |
Being a bit of an 'out of the box' player (not the owner of this account, but rather his roommate, so don't blame him for my post), I think its a decent Arcane caster. Problem is, with my understanding of the Warlock class, it isn't a normal 'Arcane' caster. In fact, being a reader of the Constantine graphic novels and a big Cthulhu reader amongst other arcane readings, the Warlock is sacrificing his soul and health to generate this magic, being part of the Pact. Saying that Fortitude and Constitution are in no way capable of playing a part of his spellcasting is like saying a Wizard's spellcasting has nothing to do with Arcane magic. Its the VERY CORE of what he is doing. Charisma is natural essence, alongside Constitution. Those two elements are the mainstay of the Soul in D&D terms being his presence and his life force.
As well, having played a non-OP Warlock, I like the change-up of the names. Complete Mage specifies that not all Warlocks are bound to Dark Forces, and I in fact enjoyed taking the Fey pact playing with an Elven Warlock. Also played a Hell-pact Halfling who was CG and stuck with a bad family decision. Still, I believe those 'other invocations' that were stricken as 24-hour effects is a bad move on your part. However, this is your custom version and I'm putting in my input, but for a normal Arcane caster variant, I applaud your decisions. I, personally, want to play something that's not the ordinary (In my different gaming groups I very rarely play Human and I always play strange combinations that I can get roleplaying stories for that the GMs think will be interesting: least of all being the Half-Orc Bard who used Perform/Sing as an alternate route for Torture).
Good luck in your attempt, however. As to the individual whom wrote about the Primus, Secundus and Tertiary pacts, I think a little more clarification on the powers would be interesting whenever you make the link/posting of it. Sounds very promising (I enjoyed playing a Star-Pact Warlock in 4th Edition, being a major Cthulhu fan and playing a Half-Elf named Achmed Al-Khamed the Insane to mimic the Mad Arab Alhazred).