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<blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 7570737" data-attributes="member: 82106">Sure, I hear you. Here's what is weird about the cleric. It actually has a hard time fitting ANY particular concept. If its considered a warrior, then why the weapon restrictions? For that matter, why even if it is a 'priest'? Surely only a very particular sort of guy is restricted to maces, basically Bishop Turpin. Only the cleric ain't no cleric, or bishop. He's got no flock, no bishopric, no religious duties, nothing. I mean, you can create some, as color, but they're not there as part of the class! He's not really a 'wonder worker' either, exactly. That is, you can play your cleric as one, but that does ignore his fighting ability.I think the class has elements to evoke a couple different concepts, but none of them are fully realized, and its pretty odd, as D&amp;D is not shy of larding restrictions and oddball stuff onto a class to make it do a thing.Frankly, I think the cleric doesn't correspond to ANYTHING. It is a good class, but only in D&amp;D terms, it simply doesn't match up with anything outside of D&amp;D very well.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AbdulAlhazred, post: 7570737, member: 82106"] Sure, I hear you. Here's what is weird about the cleric. It actually has a hard time fitting ANY particular concept. If its considered a warrior, then why the weapon restrictions? For that matter, why even if it is a 'priest'? Surely only a very particular sort of guy is restricted to maces, basically Bishop Turpin. Only the cleric ain't no cleric, or bishop. He's got no flock, no bishopric, no religious duties, nothing. I mean, you can create some, as color, but they're not there as part of the class! He's not really a 'wonder worker' either, exactly. That is, you can play your cleric as one, but that does ignore his fighting ability. I think the class has elements to evoke a couple different concepts, but none of them are fully realized, and its pretty odd, as D&D is not shy of larding restrictions and oddball stuff onto a class to make it do a thing. Frankly, I think the cleric doesn't correspond to ANYTHING. It is a good class, but only in D&D terms, it simply doesn't match up with anything outside of D&D very well. [/QUOTE]

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