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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rechan" data-source="post: 4592002" data-attributes="member: 54846">From <a href="http://forums.gleemax.com/showthread.php?t=1125385" target="_blank">WotC's staff blog</a>:I find it interesting that the same fluff can excite one person, and turn the other off.For instance, this fluff turns me off really hard. If an Invoker really holds no allegiance to any God, and can just ask any deity for help, then it makes me wonder who would ever endow Invokers with their power to begin with. Why would you give someone access to divine power if they're not going to pray to you? What does a God get out of giving an Invoker a piece of divinity if the Invoker goes "Thanks! Now, watch as I go give a prayer to the deity you have sworn as your nemesis!" And why would a God grant that prayer, when the Invoker owes him jack? The Invoker comes off as a spell begger, a religious hobo with no allegiances, mooching off the scraps of the Gods' pity. Which may make an intriguing concept for a character, but not, imho, a whole class around. I could see it if the Invoker was asking lower-rung beings (Saints, Demon princes, Angels, Exarchs/Demi-Gods, Ancestors/Legendary Heroes), or Spirits (even though that is likely the Shaman's bag), or stealing power from esoteric sources or finding loopholes in the Divine power (the Archivist's bag), but not directly asking the Gods. It feels utterly lacking in focus, from a character perspective. There's also no real repercussions. So what, the Invoker violates 3 deity's religious tenants; who's going to punish him? No one, because he answers to no particular deity. I would expect Corellan to get fairly pissy if he found out an Invoker was asking him to do a favor by answering a prayer, and then that same Invoker turns around several seconds later and asks Lolth for the same.And while you could take the Invoker and call him an Archivist, there is that lack of knowledge powers in there that have the same feel.</blockquote>

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