I would figure after they get rid of the debuff, for obvious reasons they should no longer have a level in Warlock and should instead have a level in their chosen class instead. Maybe the curse after the Patron leaves is that they only get partial of the level ups over the next few “days” (at Dawn, not on LR) as their bodies adjust to having the symbiotic part of the patron ripped out of them. After a few days they have every benefit of the next level in their class.

@laren first place my mind goes is killing themselves in the presence of a cleric that’s ready to revivify. Said cleric tries to revive them and instead revives the patron, in one piece, who adds insult to injury by also absorbing some of the PCs’ power as well (debuff affecting a key class ability being limited in some way) that wears off after a few LRs. After this, they have to find their way out of wherever people go when they die and they’ll probably get revenge on the patron. yay new BBEG!

@thedamo I’m definitely done with it - Mastodon is so much better

@whereistanya I don't see how anyone thinks that forcing people to mark their emails as spam is ever a good idea.