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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolfwood2" data-source="post: 2846615" data-attributes="member: 39394">You're overstating the case a mite, though.  While heirarchy is more important than levels, levels are hardly meaningless.  Power always commands respects, and a high level cleric is one of the most powerful people in the world, capable of miracles few others can duplicate.  The cleric can't walk in and order the expert around purely on the basis of his power, but the expert isn't going to treat him like a 2nd level temple guard either.  The cleric is one of the church's most powerful resources, and he will get cut a fair amount of slack and deference on that basis alone.Moreover, even in Eberron those in charge tend to be a bit more impressive than "4th level expert" in any situation where merit is a factor in how far you rise.  (Which is the case for most church positions, the Dragonmarked houses, and nearly anything except the highest levels of the nobility.)  Even in the real world extraordinary talent rises to the top, and in Eberron extraordinary people are those capable of achieving mutliple class levels.  Most of the true leader types tend to top out around mid-level (say 7th to 12th), which makes them pretty amazing in a world of 1st and 2nd levelers.  It's just that 13+ tends to be the realm of the legendary.I'll also note that only one Eberron religion can even be said to have a single leader, and the Keeper of the Flame recieves special powers from the Flame that make her an 18th level cleric when near it.  (I suppose Olian the Grand Druid might count if you consider the Gatekeepers to be a religion.... and he's 20th level!)</blockquote>

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