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Cleric vs Paladin: Concepts and Mechanical realisation
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<blockquote data-quote="sunrisekid" data-source="post: 6828652" data-attributes="member: 57326"><p>This is what I'm getting at. None of those characters resemble D&D clerics, in my opinion. Moses wears robes, might resemble an angry Gandalf. Van Helsing... I don't remember, he wore glasses and had a suitcase full holy water and crosses? Imotep, not sure who that is. None of them wore heavy armor and carried a mace.</p><p></p><p>Maybe it's all the Basic D&D art that overly influenced how I imagine clerics (see other thread). I, personally, remain unconvinced of their interestingness as a character concept, that isn't better executed through other means. The paladin, as stated earlier. Using 5E rules, I woould rather see any reference to religiousness, or conduit of the gods, simply be represented by, say, the Acolyte background. Eg, cleric of nature as ranger with acolyte background. Cleric of trickery as rogue with acolyte. I'm sure many would disagree, citing background as insufficient to convey such deific relationships as the cleric enjoys. Now that I think of it, I also never liked all those gods/pantheons either - for reasons that escape me it just never came up often in the games I played. Not really sure where the bias comes from but I'm sure it's there (for no great reason).</p><p></p><p>(Stepping out of the conversation briefly, I'm sure I am not the only player who approaches the game books as containing rules "for a game", rather than as "rules of the game". Now that I reflect a bit over the years, the games I've been in were all very house-ruled for certain themes/tropes. Hm.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sunrisekid, post: 6828652, member: 57326"] This is what I'm getting at. None of those characters resemble D&D clerics, in my opinion. Moses wears robes, might resemble an angry Gandalf. Van Helsing... I don't remember, he wore glasses and had a suitcase full holy water and crosses? Imotep, not sure who that is. None of them wore heavy armor and carried a mace. Maybe it's all the Basic D&D art that overly influenced how I imagine clerics (see other thread). I, personally, remain unconvinced of their interestingness as a character concept, that isn't better executed through other means. The paladin, as stated earlier. Using 5E rules, I woould rather see any reference to religiousness, or conduit of the gods, simply be represented by, say, the Acolyte background. Eg, cleric of nature as ranger with acolyte background. Cleric of trickery as rogue with acolyte. I'm sure many would disagree, citing background as insufficient to convey such deific relationships as the cleric enjoys. Now that I think of it, I also never liked all those gods/pantheons either - for reasons that escape me it just never came up often in the games I played. Not really sure where the bias comes from but I'm sure it's there (for no great reason). (Stepping out of the conversation briefly, I'm sure I am not the only player who approaches the game books as containing rules "for a game", rather than as "rules of the game". Now that I reflect a bit over the years, the games I've been in were all very house-ruled for certain themes/tropes. Hm.) [/QUOTE]
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