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<blockquote data-quote="steeldragons" data-source="post: 7100070" data-attributes="member: 92511">I have, in my homebrew world, a near dead language from the former dominant empire, a la &quot;Latin.&quot; Clerical spells are basically, invocations and prayers spoken/&quot;cast&quot; in that language. It's the language of the world's religions...and, thus, the language of divine magic.So, to the ear of someone who doesn't know the language, it's just as incomprehensible as a mage speaking an arcane incantation.To those who know the language they would be translated -and could be understood- as such like, &quot;Oh great Astar, sovereign of all creation, grant your devoted servant the power to overcome this enemy of your divine Order!&quot; That could, conceivably, be a Bless &quot;spell&quot; for a cleric of my world's Light/Good/Law/Civilization/King of the Gods.&quot;Merciful Mother, Shining Rose, if I be worthy, grant your life-giving fire that this servant of Good might be restored to fight in your glory.&quot; a Cure Wounds&nbsp; for my homebrew's goddess of healing.And so on. Anyone that can speak the language could say the same words...but only a legit cleric/devoted priest (or paladin, etc...) of the invoked deity is going to actually be heard or receive a &quot;response.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="steeldragons, post: 7100070, member: 92511"] I have, in my homebrew world, a near dead language from the former dominant empire, a la "Latin." Clerical spells are basically, invocations and prayers spoken/"cast" in that language. It's the language of the world's religions...and, thus, the language of divine magic. So, to the ear of someone who doesn't know the language, it's just as incomprehensible as a mage speaking an arcane incantation. To those who know the language they would be translated -and could be understood- as such like, "Oh great Astar, sovereign of all creation, grant your devoted servant the power to overcome this enemy of your divine Order!" That could, conceivably, be a Bless "spell" for a cleric of my world's Light/Good/Law/Civilization/King of the Gods. "Merciful Mother, Shining Rose, if I be worthy, grant your life-giving fire that this servant of Good might be restored to fight in your glory." a Cure Wounds for my homebrew's goddess of healing. And so on. Anyone that can speak the language could say the same words...but only a legit cleric/devoted priest (or paladin, etc...) of the invoked deity is going to actually be heard or receive a "response." [/QUOTE]

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