A Paladin and a Cleric are praying to the same god, which is heard from first?

[Dannyalcatraz]

A divine rubber stamp?

Form signs and wonders for mass mailings?

 

[Achan hiArusa]

I dunno, how many ears does the god have and how big they are. I would imagine that Ganesh would have no problem hearing them both simultaneously.

You could go and ask an Athar about it, but I'm sure you would get laughed at.

 

[frankthedm]

From a pre 4E perspective, Cleric, hands down. Shear issue of loyalty. Clerics are instruments of a gods will, where as paladins work for the gods due to coinciding goals. Even a lawful good cleric of a lawful good god can do a few things to benefit his god's goals that may go against their shared alignment. A paladin falls if he does the same.

 

[AllisterH]

Pre 3E, I always believed it was Paladins since paladins I always saw as being "higher" in the hierachy in the god's eyes.

Paladins were SPECIAL pre 3E and the way I remember was that if a paladin said "jump" to the clergy, the clergy should respond while in mid air, "How high".

(As an aside, this is partly why I never liked the Miko storyline and thought Roy was DAMN wrong when he said "just because you're a paladin, it doesn't mean you get to lord it over us..." Um, Roy, yeah, that's EXACTLY what it meant)

 

[pawsplay]

In the old school, paladins were divinely chosen champions. They would win over anything but a high priest.

New school? Paladins seem to much more common, and more similar to monks, clerics, and cavaliers than to divine emissaries.

 

[AllisterH]

In the old school, paladins were divinely chosen champions. They would win over anything but a high priest.

New school? Paladins seem to much more common, and more similar to monks, clerics, and cavaliers than to divine emissaries.

YES!!

This is what I remember pre 3e. By having the stats requirement be so tough, it meant that paladins were a rarity and as such, it was much more understood that a paladin, was CHOSEN by a god were as a cleric CHOSE a god.

Clearly, the guy who actually got CHOSEN by the deity is going to have the deity's ears. Furthermore, the deity doesn't HAVE that many paladins and presumably replacing one is a very long process for the deity.

Clerics are a dime a dozen....

 

[Wombat]

This is D&D and game mechanics

All are equal

 

[Man in the Funny Hat]

This is D&D and game mechanics

All are equal

EQUAL? You ARE actually talking about D&D, yes? Are we even reading the same boards?