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<blockquote data-quote="Li Shenron" data-source="post: 7349301" data-attributes="member: 1465">What if a Cleric's god tells her that she has to make a pact with a patron? For example a good deity forcing her cleric to get a celestial patron who served the deity itself, in order to grow and better serve the cause. Same could happen with an evil deity and fiendish patron, or a nature deity and fey patron, or a crazy deity and GOO patron.What if the cleric accidentally makes a pact that cannot be easily broken, for example is tricked into signing a contract with an archdevil or bonding with a hex, and the deity doesn't want to abandon her?What if the pact occurred prior to the character becoming a Cleric? The iconic &quot;sell your soul&quot; pact doesn't require the character any specific behaviour because the price is paid after life, but perhaps the character takes clerical vows exactly in hope it would help her break a pact she regrets, and the deity is pleased and accepts her?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Li Shenron, post: 7349301, member: 1465"] What if a Cleric's god [I]tells [/I]her that she [I]has[/I] to make a pact with a patron? For example a good deity forcing her cleric to get a celestial patron who served the deity itself, in order to grow and better serve the cause. Same could happen with an evil deity and fiendish patron, or a nature deity and fey patron, or a crazy deity and GOO patron. What if the cleric [I]accidentally [/I]makes a pact that cannot be easily broken, for example is tricked into signing a contract with an archdevil or bonding with a hex, and the deity doesn't want to abandon her? What if the pact occurred [I]prior[/I] to the character becoming a Cleric? The iconic "sell your soul" pact doesn't require the character any specific behaviour because the price is paid after life, but perhaps the character takes clerical vows exactly in hope it would help her break a pact she regrets, and the deity is pleased and accepts her? [/QUOTE]

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