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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 7395257" data-attributes="member: 7006">I mentioned in one of my original posts back on page 2 or 3 that Gruumsh has multiple tenets he is concerned about (like all deities do).  He's not one-and-only-one rule... the tenets of Gruumsh include several things.  And thus it stands to reason (as I mentioned) that there will be many worshippers who might only concern themselves with one aspect of the god, not every single aspect of the god.  And thus a case could easily be made why there could be a Gruumsh workshipper who does not go all-in on "Destroy!  Destroy!", and thus to answer your question... in my opinion the cleric could help the innocents without violating the PART of Grummsh's will that the cleric is in service for.If you personally want to run Gruumsh as a black-and-white "He cares about one thing and one thing only"... that's obviously your prerogative for your game.  Personally, I think that's rather poor way to play-- it's my belief that every god would have different sects, customs, and lessons to be gained because that's what happens when you get people talking.  No one can ever agree on anything.  Especially when it comes to the lessons of some supreme being that almost none of them have ever seen or heard and all their communication is second or third-hand from divine intermediaries or even just other mortals spouting off their opinion on what THEY think the god wants.And the advantage of this is that you have incredibly easy ways to deal with situations such as what the OP presented.  When you aren't purely in black-and-white, it is easier to compromise and get people at least halfway to what they all want (both yourself and your players.)  Sure it might rankle some DMs to have to compromise on their own beliefs of how their world should work... but if avoiding conflict with their player is the ultimate goal, compromise is a pretty cheap price to pay.</blockquote>

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