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<blockquote data-quote="Kesh" data-source="post: 3525720" data-attributes="member: 1308">Two words: <a href="http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ex/20051007a&amp;page=3" target="_blank">Archivist class</a>. (From Heroes of Horror)I consider clerics to be drawing spells from their own faith. Those who worship a particular deity may be receiving divine inspiration, or they may simply be using their faith to gather the magic to themselves.An archivist studies the formulae behind how magic works, same as a wizard; the difference is, they couch it in divine terms, rather than arcane. Spellbooks are simply a way of documenting how that magic is gathered and converted into a spell. Scrolls are like loading an arrow into a bow: the magic is already gathered and prepared, simply requiring a trigger to activate &amp; direct it.If using HoH, I'd consider scrolls from an evil source possibly causing Taint when used, just to remind the cleric where they're receiving that magic from. Aside from that, I have no problems with divine spells being scribed into scrolls.In one of my campaigns, I intend to introduce some new divine spells through scrolls. They exist because they were granted by a diety that was killed by other gods, who themselves never grant the spell to their followers. However, those followers can use the scrolls, and Archivists could learn the spells to continue their use. Clerics not tied to a specific deity could add it to their known spells, and a cleric could petition their deity to grand themselves &amp; other faithful access to it.Yeah, I have a thing for ancient knowledge. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kesh, post: 3525720, member: 1308"] Two words: [url=http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ex/20051007a&page=3]Archivist class[/url]. (From [i]Heroes of Horror[/i]) I consider clerics to be drawing spells from their own faith. Those who worship a particular deity may be receiving divine inspiration, or they may simply be using their faith to gather the magic to themselves. An archivist studies the formulae behind how magic works, same as a wizard; the difference is, they couch it in divine terms, rather than arcane. Spellbooks are simply a way of documenting how that magic is gathered and converted into a spell. Scrolls are like loading an arrow into a bow: the magic is already gathered and prepared, simply requiring a trigger to activate & direct it. If using HoH, I'd consider scrolls from an evil source possibly causing Taint when used, just to remind the cleric where they're receiving that magic from. Aside from that, I have no problems with divine spells being scribed into scrolls. In one of my campaigns, I intend to introduce some new divine spells through scrolls. They exist because they were granted by a diety that was killed by other gods, who themselves never grant the spell to their followers. However, those followers can use the scrolls, and Archivists could learn the spells to continue their use. Clerics not tied to a specific deity could add it to their known spells, and a cleric could petition their deity to grand themselves & other faithful access to it. Yeah, I have a thing for ancient knowledge. :) [/QUOTE]

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