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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mordane76" data-source="post: 1964158" data-attributes="member: 7172">I have to agree with Arbiter on this one.  It's an interesting idea, and might fit flavor better than a generic cleric class does, but it becomes a nightmare for even standard D&D, which would have 10+ cleric classes, and even worse for setting like Forgotten Realms...That said, since you didn't do anything in this class that couldn't be done in under 10 levels... why not, make clerics multiclass into a prestige class at level X for their deity?  It goes a little further than Arbiter says - instead of allowing people access to PrC, you MAKE them take them at a certain level if they wish to advance further in the faith.  You could have a 5-10 generic cleric, and then at the cut-off they must jump ship into a specific deity PrC or another PrC.  It would eliminate the generic cleric feel, but also give some source-delinated control for the purpose of figuring PC strength versus EL.  Since the PrC in most WotC and other books have seen a good deal of play-testing in and outside of the company, you know what you're up against in terms of power.  Or, if you feel so inclined, you can make your own PrC and test them for such a purpose.</blockquote>