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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 2847189" data-attributes="member: 7635">politics man, politics.This would work best in a setting vaguely akin to a christian medival society, esp one stooped in general ignorance and superstition. Where wizards and other casters are both rare and feared. Deities would be non-interventionist and hard to reach, so multiple viewpoints could be viewed as right. The difference between a cleric and a expert/priest is spellcasting, and the cleric is both loved and feared for his power. The cleric takes on a holy-warrior attitude in which he is both keeper to the greater secrets and social pariah. He could be a challenge to the churches power; so the church hierarchy keeps close reins on him. At best, he is kept under an obidient heel, at worst, he is accused of witchcraft (like all spellcasters) and hunted.Obviously, this idea differs greatly from D&D norms, esp with common magic and interventionist gods. There are middle grounds (Eberron is one). I was just looking at another way to place a spellcasting holy-man into the game without relying on the old cliches of clerics in D&D...</blockquote>