



This isn’t much of a problem in 3.5e, unless you’re a particular stickler for worldbuilding. So, an arcane spellcaster whose magic is received due to a body-or-soul connection? Allowing magic power to be cast without a spellbook and intensive arcane study? So.a sorcerer? 5e even suggests “you are favored by an Archfey” as a backstory for sorcerers in the Player's Handbook - that’s almost exactly a Pact of the Archfey Warlock right there. It’s concept is simple: a spellcaster that gains their powers through a pact with a powerful entity. It first showed up as a class in 3.5e, designed specifically to be able to outpower any other spellcaster of the same level. To begin with, it helps to take a look at the origins of the warlock class.
