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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BalazarIago" data-source="post: 2226408" data-attributes="member: 31750">Putting the rules aside, my comments have to do with the actions of the Player. It is not the place of a priest to decide if the actions of his God were appropriate or not.  What exactly did he expect his God to do?  Send an Avatar to kill the goblins and rescue the important and obviously devout 3rd level cleric? How is he to know that his God did not help him?  He is still alive when his friends were killed, and he was rescued.  Who is to say that his God did not arrange for the arrival of the adventuring party or that He stayed the hand of the goblin leaders.  Perhaps the God was not able to protect his Follower directly because of the God of the Goblins taking offence.  Gods deal with politics too.  Who is to say that the priest was not being punished for his lack of faith, or even tested to see if he is worthy. The point is, this priest is having a crisis of faith.  He is deciding to turn his back on his God because he feels that his God turned his back on him.  Perhaps an Elder in the Chuch shoud sit down with him and explain the fact that the priest serves the God, not the other way around.  That Gods do things for a reason that lowly priest are not always privy to, and that expectations are not going to be met, no matter which diety he decides to worship.  If the priest feels that at the first sign of personal anguish, lose and setback, is a sign that his God has forsaken him, then he obviously places more value on his role in the Church that is reasonable. As for him changing Gods.  An Evil God might take him, just for spite, but a Lawful Good God would not.  Who is to say that at the first sign of difficulty, this priest won't bail again.  He obviously feels that a God is required to earn his devotion, instead of learning that it is the God who requires a level of devotion and repays that devotion with granting the priest special powers and divine spells.  Personally, I think that this priest needs a kick in the ass and be told that he should be on his knees begging forgiveness and thankful he still alive so that he may spread the Word. But this is just me.</blockquote>

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