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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Haldrik" data-source="post: 8032697" data-attributes="member: 6694221">Some words are ambiguous. Like "paladin". On the one hand, the word is an extremely specific identity in European history, relating to Charles the Great. On the other hand, it is a normal part of the English language to mean any kind of heroic defender of a cause, somewhat synonymous to "champion" (also a specific historical custom).The D&D Paladin seems a less recognizable amalgum of both of these meanings.As far as I know, the term "cleric" is a neutral term that applies to any "clergy", whether Catholic, Muslim, or Wiccan. The term "priest" is actually specific, to mean someone who performs ceremonies in a "temple", but then this temple is sometimes a more abstract concept. I would never use the term priest for a shaman, for example. But I might refer to a shaman as a cleric, maybe. Probably not, but it could happen. All rabbis are clerics, but not all clerics are rabbis. All priests are clerics, but not all clerics are priests. All imams are clerics, but not all clerics are imams. Etcetera.I am trying to imagine a historically accurate setting, that focuses on "crusaders" versus "jihadists". It seems like it could be interesting, even informative to all of the relevant reallife cultures today. But. Can anyone imagine WotC publishing such a setting?Creating a D&D class called "crusader" or "jihadist" ... how could this possibly go right?Inaccuracy is automatically concerning.Asian pop culture is sometimes guilty of using analogous racist tropes too.No one is immune from bad behavior.</blockquote>

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