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silverwolfer
Senior Scribe
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 Posted - 04 Jun 2013 : 00:23:46
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We see folks like monks who worship a god or goddess and not really gain any powers from it, and you see various lay folks who do such and get none either. Then you see various clerics who can, and my question is, is it something that is given by the gods , or someone that has some sort of innate ability and the gods tap them .
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Kentinal
Great Reader
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Posted - 04 Jun 2013 : 03:05:00
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Trying to stay nice, look to the rules.
The Cleric, Wizard and Fighter select a career path, they spend years learning it.
The Cleric devotion and sacrifices to a deity is awarded divine ability.
The Wizard by hard study learns and improve the use of the arcane.
The Fighter trains his weapons and builds his body.
Then they all become thieves raiding tomes, raiding goblins, kobolds and so on.
Then of course the other core class is the Thief, he does not do much training however learns enough to hide and shadows and take advantage of others, learns some about sword, some about magic.
Every one that honors a deity might be blessed by them, clearly though a Cleric has more blessings. |
"Small beings can have small wisdom," the dragon said. "And small wise beings are better than small fools. Listen: Wisdom is caring for afterwards."
"Caring for afterwards ...? Ker repeated this without understanding.
"After action, afterwards," the dragon said. "Choose the afterwards first, then the action. Fools choose action first."
"Judgement" copyright 2003 by Elizabeth Moon |
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Thauranil
Master of Realmslore
India
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Posted - 04 Jun 2013 : 14:02:33
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| Many clerics do gain their abilities through devotion and sacrifice and no doubt a lot of religious study but many are also chosen by their patron god to be a their priest , even if they are not especially willing. Erevis Cale is a good example of the latter type. |
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How does one become a cleric?
