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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pawsplay" data-source="post: 3565548" data-attributes="member: 15538">That would really depend on your ideals. Ideals would be the proper word; if you have goals, we return to practical considerations. If you have simply ideals, as I said, minor deviations might not matter. For such a deity, I'm not sure if you could even discuss something like "dogma," as your doctrine would essentially be your portfolio. A deity who insisted on extremely rigid adherence to some kind of handbook sounds like the individual preference of a peculier deity, and not at all common for reasons I've touched on above. If a deity wants any clerics at all casting spells, there will be numerous reasons to allow some wiggle room. If a Sun deity exhorts their worshippers to "abhor darkness," they're not going to strip a rogue/cleric infiltrator of his powers just to be funny, just because he's been working nights lately. That would suppose the deity is botha) very actively involved with his clerics, andb) largely unconcerned with their welfare or success</blockquote>