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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 6782007" data-attributes="member: 7635"><p>I think the reason why clerics cannot spontaneously pray for a miracle with any effect is something to do with "game balance". That said, at least 2e tried to make priest spell lists unique to that particular faith in an attempt to keep priest of a specific faith from casting spells that didn't fit the faith of the deity (so that clerics of Thor got lightning spells and clerics of Pelor didn't get Animate Dead). Of course, they were impossible to balance properly (mostly due the haphazard nature of 2e's sphere assignment) but at least you know that a priest of a certain faith could only do things his god wanted him to. On the other hand, that assumed all priests of Thor had a standardized set of powers and couldn't be commoners, so...</p></blockquote><p></p>