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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 9512432" data-attributes="member: 6801845">Because you keep bringing this up, I thought I'd clarify once again that this wasn't the scenario that I presented. The player declared that they made a request and the what the result was during play.&nbsp; There was no negotiation, no cost.In the campaign world referred to, god's powers is channeled through spells and powers granted to clerics.&nbsp; Cleric powers being limited to what is granted by their class has been true in every campaign I've ever played in.&nbsp; If a god did grant something special it wasn't to just the cleric, it certainly wasn't &quot;just ignore the rules of the game because the cleric asked pretty please&quot;.Gods in the campaign world occasionally send representatives such as Valkyries for Odin.&nbsp; The powers and wars of the gods may echo and dramatically affect the mortal realm but gods never interact directly with the mortal world. At best communication with them is limited to spells like Commune.&nbsp; A deity has never, ever, spoken directly to a mortal.&nbsp; This was made clear to the player more than once.The rules of the game don't even hint at a cleric just asking for a special favor so what you're talking about is a house rule you've invented.&nbsp; Great if it works for you but you've given little in the way of costs that would actually matter to the player.&nbsp; In addition, don't expect everyone to adopt or agree with your house rule just because it adds to your game.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 9512432, member: 6801845"] Because you keep bringing this up, I thought I'd clarify once again that this wasn't the scenario that I presented. The player declared that they made a request and the what the result was during play. There was no negotiation, no cost. In the campaign world referred to, god's powers is channeled through spells and powers granted to clerics. Cleric powers being limited to what is granted by their class has been true in every campaign I've ever played in. If a god did grant something special it wasn't to just the cleric, it certainly wasn't "just ignore the rules of the game because the cleric asked pretty please". Gods in the campaign world occasionally send representatives such as Valkyries for Odin. The powers and wars of the gods may echo and dramatically affect the mortal realm but gods never interact directly with the mortal world. At best communication with them is limited to spells like Commune. A deity has never, ever, spoken directly to a mortal. This was made clear to the player more than once. The rules of the game don't even hint at a cleric just asking for a special favor so what you're talking about is a house rule you've invented. Great if it works for you but you've given little in the way of costs that would actually matter to the player. In addition, don't expect everyone to adopt or agree with your house rule just because it adds to your game. [/QUOTE]

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