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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tonguez" data-source="post: 120049" data-attributes="member: 1125">All of them, the thing about monotheisitc gods is that they are the God of Everything. You could link a name to a particular Name of God and say that Clerics are dedicated to that particular ‘aspect’ (if you want to take this path), the 'Patron Archangel' tangent is similar to the Names of God one but more suited to psudoCatholicism. You could just allow clerics to choose (my favourite)From the Standard List I would divide them thus (as based on my interpretation of the biblical God)Favoured Domains (These are the True Priests of God and of the higher priesthood (Aaronic Priests if you like))Air, Animal, Destruction, Good, Healing, Knowledge, Law, Protection, Strength, WarNeutral Domains (These Clerics are minor priests (like the OT Levites))Earth, Fire, Luck, Plant, Sun, Travel, Trickery, Water *NB Trickery is marginal and could be banned.Banned Domains (These are Evil Clerics serving demonic powers)Chaos,  Death, Evil, Magic *NB According to Biblical Teaching withery (see Witch of Endor) and use of Magic is evil, however the Wisemen who attened Jesus' birth were Magi (Wizard/Priests-Astrologers) Specifically mentioned in the bible are Leviathan and Behemoth and as these are not described they could be presented as any Huge/Colossal creature. Behemoth is however connected to the Sumerian Bahamut and in a DnD world you could present Behemoth as a mega-dragon or maybe even a Tarrasque.Dragons are also mentioned in Revelations and in the Apocrypha in association with Daniel (of the Lion Den fame) -–this dragon is an aquatic type and you could easily incorporate them.Goliath could easily be defined as a giant of some sort and of course ANY monster in the MM can be recast as a ‘demonic beast’. Remember in a biblical campaign ALL monsters are either servants of god (Angels, Angelic Beings or Blessed creatures (the Talking Donkey), Demonic Pawns of the Devil or Mundane animals Other dangerous Creatures mentioned in the bible are Lions, Snakes, Scorpions and Eagles “I have given you the power to walk amongst lions and scorpions” (Luke) and these should be used extensively. Presenting Giant forms of these adds that extra element and also suggests other monsters – eg Griphons (animal), Scorpion-Men and Snake-men (demons),.Lammusa, and Sphinx (angels)NB* Seraphim (Angels) are described as having the faces of Four Beasts – Lion, Eagle, Bull, Man. Babylonian Myth mentions the griphon like Azul as a Guardian of the Divine Bathhouse and the Bull of Heaven was sent to Earth by Babylonian gods and is very similar to the DnD Gorgon (a huge form)Anyway you should take a look at Sumerian/Babylonian myth (Bahamut and Tiamat for one), Arabic pre-Islamic Myth (lots of Djinn and Efreets, Talking Fish and Flying horses), and Hebrew Myth (Lilitu – the Daughters of Lilith are a kind of succubus, the Golem)Of course for purely human(oid) opposition you have Phillistine warlords with hill giant mercenaries in tow, Babylonian scorcerers, Egyptian Clerics and any manner of Desert Bandit....</blockquote>

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