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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Felon" data-source="post: 4592150" data-attributes="member: 8158">Well, first, every description of how gods work in D&D tells us that they are neither omniscient nor omnipresent. They are not capable of evaluating every spell cast in their name on a case-by-case basis, and probably wouldn't if they could as most uses would be too minor to merit their attention. If the invoker knows how to invoke the prayer, it works without the god in question reviewing and stamping the petition. It's basically a pool of power set up for casters to attune themselves to. Since the invoker holds genuine faith in the gods why can't he attune himself?Second, in the invoker's description it's made clear that all gods at some point in the ancient past made pacts to work together against the primordials. Think of the invoker's spell ability stemming from comprehending and invoking those pacts. Third, gods make it possible for mortals to invoke their power because it promulgates their power and authority on the material plane, which is something a lot of gods in D&D seem to find important. If you shut yourself off from invocation, there are other fish in the sea, and those are the ones whose power will be proclaimed. See, I think the invoker's description places him in a similar arena to the archivist. He's a spell-beggar if you please, or a spell-lawyer, or a spell-opportunist. Just so, a cleric or paladin could be considered spell-syccophants or spell-slaves.</blockquote>

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