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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sword of Spirit" data-source="post: 6983790" data-attributes="member: 6677017">Two other thoughts.First, if a god won't let their clerics resurrect an atheist, then why would they let them resurrect a character who didn't specifically worship them? Do all of the characters in the party have to worship the same god as the cleric god in order for the cleric's spells to work on them? I suppose you could say that the basic acknowledgement of the god's divinity that would be common in a polytheistic society is sufficient, and dedicated worship isn't required.The other thought is that it never really occurred to me the ramifications of warlocks in a setting like Faerun where a patron deity is necessary to avoid an especially unpleasant afterlife. This most likely could be resolved by warlock patrons that were in league with certain deities. For instance, devils owe allegiance to Asmodeus, so he'll probably take you (in fact he definitely will take you--his devils recruit in the Fugue Plane!) The same is likely true for many of the fiendish patrons--few of them are actively opposed to evil deities. Signing up with one of them probably gets you a spot by default, and the evil deity might even take a hands off approach and let the patron handle you entirely. Great Old Ones are more problematic, and the idea that if you are sufficiently tainted you might just be left afloat in the Fugue Plane is an interesting and cool dilemma. I could easily see a character attempting to walk the line of using this power without sufficiently getting away from the power of their patron deity, but they may or may not succeed. Fey pact might very well be the hardest to interpret. You might say that someone like Silvanus will pick up the souls of fey pact warlocks, or you might say that fey themselves might come to claim you and take you away to become a fey spirit after death. The fact that devils and demons can take souls from the Fugue Plane is precedent that more than just deities can.</blockquote>

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