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Theziner wrote:

Why should I be forced to take a feat when its situational at best for my character

You don't have to. If you prefer to take other feats and have DMs apply different rulings to your character, go for it. If you want to be able to have consistent rulings applied to your character then you're going to have to take the feat until such time as WotC makes it clear which ruling is the correct one.

Theziner wrote:

Frankly I'm kind of fed up with being nerfed. I've had 3 items nerfed on my character. I've had judges rule that I needed to end up at least 3 squares away for my shadow walk to trigger ( i couldn't walk 3 squares back then walk two squares forward and get my concealment) on top of this curse bull. Is it so complicated that they can't open the book and read the Warlock entry?

If its such a problem for you, take a different class. Because your inpreterpation that you can walk away 3 squares and then walk back 2 and still have Shadow Walk, while technically correct, isn't how I would rule it.

If ever you had me as your DM I wouldn't let you do it (unless someone could show me a Wizards source saying that's how they intended for it to work). Such is life when you are in a living campaign. You could of course report me for not interpreting the rules as written but instead using common sense in applying rules. And I'd have no way to stop you. If WotC thought it important enough they could revoke my DMing privileges. Although frankly I'd prefer they say outright how its suppose to work.

As a player I am very careful when relying on anything that isn't black and white.

Bigfluffylemon wrote:

This you are 'interpreting' wrong, and RAW are actually clear, for once. The rule states you need to move three squares. It says nothing about needing to end three squares away from your starting position to benefit.

What's the point to requiring the movement be 3 squares away from the originating square, if you're just going to let the person move back to the original square? I've never come across this interpretation before. Every time I've seen a Warlock they always assume they have to end their turn 3 squares away.

Bigfluffylemon wrote:

Imagine this setup: W--E W=Warlock - = empty space E = enemy. If the warlock moves two squares forward and one square back, would you take the opportunity attack? Of course you would. So you'd give the warlock the penalty of moving through that square, but not the benefit?

Are you saying Warlocks only have to move 3 squares in total? The feature clearly says

if you move at least 3 squares away from where you started your turn

. So you're hypothetical of moving forward 2 squares and then back 1 square seems to be against the rules regardless.

[EDIT]: Looking on the forums I'll admit that everyone here seems to take it for granted that Shadow Walk activates after you've moved 3 squares away from the original square, so I'll let them walk back to their original square. But I won't be telling my local Warlocks about this.