I’m firm on my stance of a no unless an extreme circumstance comes up, which I can’t begin to think of one.
Basically my warlock player kept jokingly saying ‘oh if I get into shit I’ll just call my patron to save me’
Last session they fought Venomfang and dropped to 2hp with 2/5 players down, on their turn, they said ‘I call my patron to kill the dragon and save me!’
I kinda paused then laughed thinking they was joking, but they was dead serious and proceeded to try and explain that the patron wouldn’t let him die.
I explained that, one, it’s not how Patrons work or anything in the rules backing this up and two, patrons, especially this patron is an observer which we was made clear in the story of his character.
The player got a little shitty with me and I firmly told him ‘having a patron isn’t a get out of jail free card, you choose your path and deal with the consequences’ Note this player started the fight with Venomfang without the parties input, which I also reminded them of.
In the end the warlock and Sorcerer scored back to back crits on spells which sent VF into the woods in retreat.
So, has anyone encountered this before or had a patron get involved in a fight kind of like the Clerics ability in 5e, we are playing 2024 rules.
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r/DnD I’m firm on my stance of a no unless an extreme circumstance comes up, which I can’t begin to think of one. Basically my warlock player kept jokingly saying ‘oh if I get into shit I’ll just call my patron to save me’ Last session they fought Venomfang and dropped to 2hp with 2/5 players down, on their turn, they said ‘I call my patron to kill the dragon and save me!’ I kinda paused then laughed thinking they was joking, but they was dead serious and proceeded to try and explain that the patron wouldn’t let him die. I explained that, one, it’s not how Patrons work or anything in the rules backing this up and two, patrons, especially this patron is an observer which we was made clear in the story of his character. The player got a little shitty with me and I firmly told him ‘having a patron isn’t a get out of jail free card, you choose your path and deal with the consequences’ Note this player started the fight with Venomfang without the parties input, which I also reminded them of. In the end the warlock and Sorcerer scored back to back crits on spells which sent VF into the woods in retreat. So, has anyone encountered this before or had a patron get involved in a fight kind of like the Clerics ability in 5e, we are playing 2024 rules. submitted by /u/More-Parsley7950 [link] [comments]
I’m firm on my stance of a no unless an extreme circumstance comes up, which I can’t begin to think of one.
Basically my warlock player kept jokingly saying ‘oh if I get into shit I’ll just call my patron to save me’
Last session they fought Venomfang and dropped to 2hp with 2/5 players down, on their turn, they said ‘I call my patron to kill the dragon and save me!’
I kinda paused then laughed thinking they was joking, but they was dead serious and proceeded to try and explain that the patron wouldn’t let him die.
I explained that, one, it’s not how Patrons work or anything in the rules backing this up and two, patrons, especially this patron is an observer which we was made clear in the story of his character.
The player got a little shitty with me and I firmly told him ‘having a patron isn’t a get out of jail free card, you choose your path and deal with the consequences’ Note this player started the fight with Venomfang without the parties input, which I also reminded them of.
In the end the warlock and Sorcerer scored back to back crits on spells which sent VF into the woods in retreat.
So, has anyone encountered this before or had a patron get involved in a fight kind of like the Clerics ability in 5e, we are playing 2024 rules.
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