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<blockquote data-quote="mlund" data-source="post: 6008184" data-attributes="member: 50304">Morals shmorals - Tiamat and Lloth get to hand out divine magic spells at their whims, for pity's sake. Divine magic is basically assign on the basis of fealty and patronage. Even in a setting without personified deities these metaphysical ideals (good, evil, or indifferent) hand out and withhold boons from clerics. Cross your patron and you're cut off until you find another one.Warlocks had similar issues. Sure, they could just steal what they wanted but at least they were on the radar if they started trying to siphon eldritch power from Cthulu, Asmodeus, or the Rose King without making a deal.Wizards and Psions laughed at the other characters and their silly restrictions. They manifest power without restriction or consequence. Sure, they could make a powerful or deadly enemy, but nobody just says &quot;You're cut off,&quot; when they go rogue. They own their power and that's what makes them better (and smarter) than you other putzes.Having bloodline consequences in transformations for the sorcerer touched off a fire-storm because it moved sorcerers away from the &quot;awesome wizards&quot; category and towards the &quot;non-wizard putzes with restrictions on their powers&quot; category. Having a divine-source druid similarly moves them away from the &quot;unrestricted power&quot; column towards the &quot;restricted power&quot; column.- Marty Lund</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mlund, post: 6008184, member: 50304"] Morals shmorals - Tiamat and Lloth get to hand out divine magic spells at their whims, for pity's sake. Divine magic is basically assign on the basis of fealty and patronage. Even in a setting without personified deities these metaphysical ideals (good, evil, or indifferent) hand out and withhold boons from clerics. Cross your patron and you're cut off until you find another one. Warlocks had similar issues. Sure, they could just steal what they wanted but at least they were on the radar if they started trying to siphon eldritch power from Cthulu, Asmodeus, or the Rose King without making a deal. Wizards and Psions laughed at the other characters and their silly restrictions. They manifest power without restriction or consequence. Sure, they could make a powerful or deadly enemy, but nobody just says "You're cut off," when they go rogue. They [b]own[/b] their power and that's what makes them better (and smarter) than you other putzes. Having bloodline consequences in transformations for the sorcerer touched off a fire-storm because it moved sorcerers away from the "awesome wizards" category and towards the "non-wizard putzes with restrictions on their powers" category. Having a divine-source druid similarly moves them away from the "unrestricted power" column towards the "restricted power" column. - Marty Lund [/QUOTE]

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