Cleric's of Hieronious

[Vennettai]

I have a 10th lvl human cleric of hieronious. He is lawfull good and i would like to know how i would play a charecter like that. like how would i act if i saw a party member, or someone stealing. Or do i let people try and atone for there sins or whatever. im not really good at playing this type of charecter.

any help would be appreciated

 

[Venator]

As a cleric of Hieronius it is your duty to uphold and preserve the wishes of your god, to the extent of what he allows. You have to do the honorable, just, and valorous thing. Thats what Hieronious is all about. The line between Clerics and Paladins of Hieronious is nonexsistant imo.

He makes a great god to worship if you are playing the "Chivalrous Knight" type.

He would absolutely not condone stealing.

 

[hopeless]

Reg: Hieronimous

Or a hopeless fanatic hiding an inability to allow the rest of the group any attention if its not about his character...
Sorry, old wound... the only advice I can give is that you look at what you want your character to express whether its a dislike of slavery, a hero he worships, why he took up the calling and more importantly how he wants others to think of his character's faith.
Its easy to just play it out like the one I described above, in his case he played a Paladin and whilst he claimed to be following his code shouldn't there be more to it than that?

Sometime in the future I'm hoping he'll start the next part of his campaign and given what the Paladin's player has been saying about pulling a twist in the tale he's planning to turn his character into a cleric or a blackguard and given how he's running it, the blackguard would be less evil...

Needless to say whatever you decide upon cannot be worse than that, just have fun and please drop us a line afterwards to let us know what you decided upon after all there's bound to be someone else with the same question!

 

[Nonlethal Force]

A cleric of Heironeous would be martial, most likely. I'd even suggest that they would be heavily melee focused, but I suppose a ranged cleric of Heironeous wouldn't be out of the question. When choosing spells, the cleric would choose spells that will either enable him to get to the truth or be a better combatant - remember you don't have to memorize healing spells since you can cast them spontaneously. A cleric of Heironeous would not be likely to often cast spells of the illusion or necromancy schools. It could happen, but it'd be quite limited.

They could be about themselves - but I like to think of clerics as being more concerned about the people around them, specifically the commoners. Let your character focus around doing good things not for his own sake but so that he can then turn around and tell the people that Heironeous has indeed blessed them! A cleric is ultimately about convincing people to follow them. They are a great cantidate for the leadership feat ... and what's interesting is that they are the least likely character to need a cohort! But give you character a passion for the commoner - especially saving them from persecution, slavery, or any other injustice.

 

[Vennettai]

Thanks for the advise.

I was really thinking about making him all about helping people who need it. as well as doing stuff like trying to convert people while in town stuff like that. i do have a cohort a paladin cohort. My charecter wouldnt be the best at melee but he doesnt suck at it either.
mainly my charecter would heal but we have 2 clerics me and my friends wife so we should be good for healing.

 

[Nonlethal Force]

Well, typically clerics who focus on healing as their schtick tend to go with Pelor as their deity. This is purely generalization, however. There is nothing wrong with a cleric of Heironeous that heals more than fights. Its just not stereotypical. But there's nothing wrong with that.

 

[kenobi65]

I play a paladin of Heironeous in Living Greyhawk, and he tries to illustrate the tenets of the Archpaladin by example: chivalry, justice, valor, honor, and treating adversity as a challenge. Helping / defending the weak is definitely a Heironean schtick.

I don't think that Heironeans need to be as stick-like as some other LG gods, such as St. Cuthbert or Pholtus, who tend to be pretty inflexible and intolerant.

 

[Nonlethal Force]

I don't think that Heironeans need to be as stick-like as some other LG gods, such as St. Cuthbert or Pholtus, who tend to be pretty inflexible and intolerant.

Yeah ... except that St. Cuthbert is LN. Just poking fun, though. I know what you mean and your point is legit!

 

[kenobi65]

Yeah ... except that St. Cuthbert is LN. Just poking fun, though. I know what you mean and your point is legit!

Ah, St. Cuthbert was originally LG. My understanding is that they shifted him to LN in 3E because they needed a core deity in that alignment slot.

 

[Nonlethal Force]

Oh yeah? See? Now I'm glad I made the comment. I learned something today. Thanks!

... Although that is a pretty lame reason to move a diety. Couldn't they have come up with another god? It is a pantheon, after all....