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<blockquote data-quote="MarkB" data-source="post: 7349402" data-attributes="member: 40176">Essentially, the difference is motivation. For a warlock, it's not necessary for the character to actually believe in the cause or ideals of their patron. They can, and maybe they'll feel more comfortable if they do, but essentially it's a transaction - service in return for power.For a cleric it's not strictly necessary for the character to get anything out of the relationship. It's nice that they do obtain powerful abilities, but that's not why they're there. They're a cleric because they believe in their deity's cause and ideals, and they'd still retain those beliefs even if they got nothing in return except for warm fuzzy feelings. The fact that they gain raw, tangible power is merely an occupational perk.Those two motivations are different to each other, but importantly, they're not contrary to each other. The same character can quite easily hold beliefs in an ideal at the same time as being motivated to enter into a pragmatic business relationship.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MarkB, post: 7349402, member: 40176"] Essentially, the difference is motivation. For a warlock, it's not necessary for the character to actually believe in the cause or ideals of their patron. They [i]can[/i], and maybe they'll feel more comfortable if they do, but essentially it's a transaction - service in return for power. For a cleric it's not strictly necessary for the character to get anything out of the relationship. It's nice that they do obtain powerful abilities, but that's not why they're there. They're a cleric because they believe in their deity's cause and ideals, and they'd still retain those beliefs even if they got nothing in return except for warm fuzzy feelings. The fact that they gain raw, tangible power is merely an occupational perk. Those two motivations are different to each other, but importantly, they're not [i]contrary[/i] to each other. The same character can quite easily hold beliefs in an ideal at the same time as being motivated to enter into a pragmatic business relationship. [/QUOTE]

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