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<blockquote data-quote="Lathanderite" data-source="post: 3676906" data-attributes="member: 54090"><p><strong>Rank in Lathanderite Clergy</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow'"><span style="font-size: 12px">To clear some things up, I was asked what specific ranks of the church do. To help with this, considering I have not yet found specifics online or in any of the gaming materials I own, I will simply post the following, until it is found to be otherwise. This is a general layout of what the ranking in church heirarchy might be.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>Dawngreeter-</strong> These are the acolytes, the caretakers of the churches. They are the individual greeters, as their title suggests, and the first face most of those in need might encounter. They are friendly and charismatic sorts, but still rather neophytes in the ways of clerical magic.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>Dawnlord- </strong> These are your preachers, who deliver sermons every dawn. Also charismatic, these individuals tend to be shining epitomies of Lathander's dogma. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>High Dawnlord- </strong> Researchers at their heart, they determine what sorts of sermons will be delivered on a daily basis. What needs touched upon for every sermon is ultimately up to them. They have little access to the more obscure of Lathanderite texts.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>Dawnmaster-</strong> Like the High Dawnlords, these individuals are also researchers. They happen to have a touch more access to the more obscure of texts and artifacts, but are still rather limited. It is these individuals who read and interpret Lathander's word.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>Morninglord- </strong> These are the indiviudals who seek out obscure texts and artifacts, as deemed by the High Morninglords. They tend to be more combat-oriented, and adventurous, hardly content to remain within the temple for the rest of their days.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>High Morninglord- </strong> These individuals are the most extensive researchers of Lathanderite dogma and lore. They pore over ancient texts, determining the locations of obscure texts and artifacts, divining the locations of such things with powerful clerical magics. It is their resposibility to determine what the Morninglords will seek to find, and also to determine what other texts will be available to the lower-ranking members of the clergy.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>Morningmaster- </strong> There are four Morningmasters to each temple, managing four different sections of the heirarchy. The first directly oversees the Dawngreeters, making certain that the temple is well-kept and that those who would seek to worship, or seek aid, are to be treated well. A second takes care of the treasury of the church, calculating tithes made and overall expenses. A third directly oversees such things as confessions, taking the time to listen to any and all who may be in dire need, while also being aware of the sermons being delivered in the church. A last individual heads the instructive branch of the church, ensuring that all acolytes and higher ranking individuals are instructed to their duties properly.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>High Morningmaster- </strong> Each temple has one of these, who directly oversees everything in the temple. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>Sunrise Lord- </strong> There is a single Sunrise Lord in every province of Faerun, overseeing all the temples in each region. </span> </span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lathanderite, post: 3676906, member: 54090"] [b]Rank in Lathanderite Clergy[/b] [FONT=Arial Narrow][SIZE=3]To clear some things up, I was asked what specific ranks of the church do. To help with this, considering I have not yet found specifics online or in any of the gaming materials I own, I will simply post the following, until it is found to be otherwise. This is a general layout of what the ranking in church heirarchy might be.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial Narrow][SIZE=2][B]Dawngreeter-[/B] These are the acolytes, the caretakers of the churches. They are the individual greeters, as their title suggests, and the first face most of those in need might encounter. They are friendly and charismatic sorts, but still rather neophytes in the ways of clerical magic. [B]Dawnlord- [/B] These are your preachers, who deliver sermons every dawn. Also charismatic, these individuals tend to be shining epitomies of Lathander's dogma. [B]High Dawnlord- [/B] Researchers at their heart, they determine what sorts of sermons will be delivered on a daily basis. What needs touched upon for every sermon is ultimately up to them. They have little access to the more obscure of Lathanderite texts. [B]Dawnmaster-[/B] Like the High Dawnlords, these individuals are also researchers. They happen to have a touch more access to the more obscure of texts and artifacts, but are still rather limited. It is these individuals who read and interpret Lathander's word. [B]Morninglord- [/B] These are the indiviudals who seek out obscure texts and artifacts, as deemed by the High Morninglords. They tend to be more combat-oriented, and adventurous, hardly content to remain within the temple for the rest of their days. [B]High Morninglord- [/B] These individuals are the most extensive researchers of Lathanderite dogma and lore. They pore over ancient texts, determining the locations of obscure texts and artifacts, divining the locations of such things with powerful clerical magics. It is their resposibility to determine what the Morninglords will seek to find, and also to determine what other texts will be available to the lower-ranking members of the clergy. [B]Morningmaster- [/B] There are four Morningmasters to each temple, managing four different sections of the heirarchy. The first directly oversees the Dawngreeters, making certain that the temple is well-kept and that those who would seek to worship, or seek aid, are to be treated well. A second takes care of the treasury of the church, calculating tithes made and overall expenses. A third directly oversees such things as confessions, taking the time to listen to any and all who may be in dire need, while also being aware of the sermons being delivered in the church. A last individual heads the instructive branch of the church, ensuring that all acolytes and higher ranking individuals are instructed to their duties properly. [B]High Morningmaster- [/B] Each temple has one of these, who directly oversees everything in the temple. [B]Sunrise Lord- [/B] There is a single Sunrise Lord in every province of Faerun, overseeing all the temples in each region. [/SIZE] [/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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