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Full Moon Storyteller
I must interject.
Acolytes still can perform simple ceremonies, they just won't have mechanical advantage. Unless, of course, the Acolyte has Magic Initiate. Which I think makes for good flavor for some of the upper rank, but non-classed, in religious orders. Have them with Ceremony, Thaumaturgy, and one other cleric cantrip and they would perform 95% of what is expected of a religious leader in DnD.
Acolytes still can perform simple ceremonies, they just won't have mechanical advantage. Unless, of course, the Acolyte has Magic Initiate. Which I think makes for good flavor for some of the upper rank, but non-classed, in religious orders. Have them with Ceremony, Thaumaturgy, and one other cleric cantrip and they would perform 95% of what is expected of a religious leader in DnD.