Warlocks

[Clockwork]

Hello,

I have a couple of questions about how warlocks are handled in this setting.

The Warlock Lore topic notes that there are two types of pacts with devils, the first of which (Pact Certain) results in an immediate alignment shift to Lawful Evil. Is the same true for the second (Pact Insidious) also?

It is noted that invocations are illegal in Baldur’s Gate (I assume the same is true in other authorities’ jurisdictions also) and its environs, specifically those areas where there are NPC guards present. Would this still count in self-defence, notably being attacked by wolves when moving to the bandit cave? What about inside the bandit cave itself?

How would Warlocks be perceived by the authorities in Amn?

Thanks