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<blockquote data-quote="Turanil" data-source="post: 2852765" data-attributes="member: 9646">Just an idea that crossed my mind:Suppose there are no gods, or that if there are gods, the don't give spells to humans anyway. So: arcane magic draws on magical energies around; psionic magic draws from within the practitioner himself; and divine magic would draw from worshippers through a magical focus. That is, the cleric must have something that is magical in nature and was originally crafted through arcane magic, typically a statue of the god or demon worshipped, or a temple. When worshipers come to pray, meditate, participate into rituals, or even have creatures sacrificed (in case of demon worship), they unknowingly lend some of their inner magical energies (like some psionic energy) into the focus. The cleric can thus draw on this energy provided he is next to the focus, or if not, has his holy symbol (another magical item), plus also is attuned to the focus (as reflected by his cleric level). Now, the number of worshippers determines the maximum level of spells available to the cleric. And if worshippers don't come often enough, the focus won't give so much magical energy (spells) to the cleric. For a druid a focus could be standing stones, maybe drawing power from the Earth rather than from worshippers.Note that there could be such kind of clerics along true clerics getting spells from true gods. You could just have a few deities in a setting, along many false cults that would be called &quot;idolatry&quot; by the righteous Church. And you could have a world where deities don't exist or don't intervene, where a main religion would have no magical wielding priests, but where numerous cults with focus-using clerics would exist.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Turanil, post: 2852765, member: 9646"] Just an idea that crossed my mind: Suppose there are no gods, or that if there are gods, the don't give spells to humans anyway. So: arcane magic draws on magical energies around; psionic magic draws from within the practitioner himself; and divine magic would draw from worshippers through a magical focus. That is, the cleric must have something that is magical in nature and was originally crafted through arcane magic, typically a statue of the god or demon worshipped, or a temple. When worshipers come to pray, meditate, participate into rituals, or even have creatures sacrificed (in case of demon worship), they unknowingly lend some of their inner magical energies (like some psionic energy) into the focus. The cleric can thus draw on this energy provided he is next to the focus, or if not, has his holy symbol (another magical item), plus also is attuned to the focus (as reflected by his cleric level). Now, the number of worshippers determines the maximum level of spells available to the cleric. And if worshippers don't come often enough, the focus won't give so much magical energy (spells) to the cleric. For a druid a focus could be standing stones, maybe drawing power from the Earth rather than from worshippers. Note that there could be such kind of clerics along true clerics getting spells from true gods. You could just have a few deities in a setting, along many false cults that would be called "idolatry" by the righteous Church. And you could have a world where deities don't exist or don't intervene, where a main religion would have no magical wielding priests, but where numerous cults with focus-using clerics would exist. [/QUOTE]

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