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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kigmatzomat" data-source="post: 2846700" data-attributes="member: 9254">IMC each the rank and file priests are Adepts. However most small communities have a single priest and even larger towns only have a handful of adepts by the DMG.   This simply isn't enough manpower to handle the things that need doing so the priesthood is supported by lay-members who have various degrees of temporal and spiritual authority.  These deacons handle many of the daily administrative tasks of a temple and some have limited ceremonial duties.   Any class can be a deacon though most commoners aren't deacons until they are older (higher level).  Clerics rarely stay in small villages baptizing babies and performing weddings, no matter how much they want to.  They have a much greater link to their god and cannot be wasted.  The simple ability to turn/rebuke undead marks them as channelers of divine power in excess of Adepts.  Their combat abilities (heavy armors, decent BAB) and superior spellcasting make it so that any church should be compelled to apply as much social pressure as possible to get them somewhere their powers are useful.  Of course, I also think that clerics should be more prone to get prophetic dreams and other signs from their god when they aren't doing that thing they should do.</blockquote>