D&D 2E Kits Versus Subclasses?

[Weiley31]

The one thing I would like to see brought back is the 2E FR Specialty Priests in 5E.

I would like that too. Especially ALL the titles such as Silverstars of Selune, Demarches of Mask, Deathbringer of Bhaal, Watcher of Helm, etc etc.

Sidenote: every time I try to look up the info, I either get half completed lists or not that much. Wish there was a better link for said info.

 

[Perun]

Ever since 3E the cleric hasn't been the same and they cleric/priest lost a lot of flavor that made them unique and fun playing. I used to play a lot of them just for the backgrounds and not the mechanics of it.

This. AD&D 2e Specialty priests from Faiths & Avatars, Powers & Pantheons and Demihuman Deities were the peak of subclass design in 2e. The books also introduced Crusaders and Monks "generic" cleric subclasses. And it wasn't only the mechanics, the sheer amount of information in those books was amazing. Even though I dislike the FR, those three books remain among my favourite accessories ever.

 

[R_J_K75]

Sidenote: every time I try to look up the info, I either get half completed lists or not that much. Wish there was a better link for said info.

Where are are you searching?

 

[Weiley31]

Where are are you searching?

What all the specialty priests are in DND so I have em for when I play clerics in 5E.

 

[R_J_K75]

What all the specialty priests are in DND so I have em for when I play clerics in 5E.

Im gonna guess that information is out there throughout the various previous edition of D&D but doubt its compiled in one place. Even if it is, its probably incomplete at best and most likely be a very extensive list.

 

[dave2008]

What all the specialty priests are in DND so I have em for when I play clerics in 5E.

I could not find one list, but from what I gather they can be found in the following 2e books:

• The Complete Priests Handbook
• Faith and Avatars
• Demihuman Deities
• Monster Mythology
• Powers & Pantheons
• Legends & Lore

My suggestion would be to start a thread or wiki thread and get help listing the specialty priest. There are definitely to many for me to want to do it alone.

EDIT: Also, isn't a specialty priest just a priest of specific god? Are you looking for a list of which gods got a specialty priest write-up?

 

[R_J_K75]

EDIT: Also, isn't a specialty priest just a priest of specific god? Are you looking for a list of which gods got a specialty priest write-up?

I think that that's Cleric, they travel the world spreading the word of their god, recruiting, and adventuring. The specialty priests built temples, oversaw them, held mass, looked over acolytes and lay priests, or went on specific missions for their deity, waged holy wars etc. At least that's how I saw them in the Forgotten Realms. There is some overlap between the SP and Cleric duties.

 

[R_J_K75]

I would like that too. Especially ALL the titles such as Silverstars of Selune, Demarches of Mask, Deathbringer of Bhaal, Watcher of Helm, etc etc.

This. AD&D 2e Specialty priests from Faiths & Avatars, Powers & Pantheons and Demihuman Deities were the peak of subclass design in 2e. The books also introduced Crusaders and Monks "generic" cleric subclasses. And it wasn't only the mechanics, the sheer amount of information in those books was amazing. Even though I dislike the FR, those three books remain among my favourite accessories ever.

Those three FR books (Faiths & Avatars, Powers & Pantheon sand Demihuman Deities added so much flavor to both the cleric and the specialty priest. You could flip to any page, point read a paragraph or two and have an adventure idea that's how in depth they were. There was a time when no one wanted to play a cleric in our game so that was all I played for years when I got the chance to run a PC. One that sticks out the most was a 3E cleric of Ilmater, Melrig Davidian, who took the vow of poverty and the saint prestige class but I used all the non mechanical stuff from the Ilmater entry in F&A. Probably one of the funnest characters I ever played. I made the character around the time the movie the Passion of the Christ came out, the character wasn't based on the movie or Jesus but definitely inspired the concept for the character. After one adventure we came back to Waterdeep and I had my share of treasure to "spend". I was building a small church in Dock Ward so a portion of the money went to that and the rest went to feeding the homeless. I bought so many carts of food that I inadvertently drove up the price in the ward drastically. If a bushel of apples was a cp the first day, the next day it was 1 gp, that's if you could even get them. No good deed goes unpunished.