Maxperson
Morkus from Orkus
It helps to say when you're talking about something from a future book that may not come out with the same wording. They change things in-between playtesting and release, so that may no longer be true when the 5.5e PHB comes out.I was talking about 3e that can be a godless philosophy, and 5e 2024 that derives Divine magic from the Astral plane.
This by the way is from the December cleric write up for 5.5e.
"Clerics draw power from the realms of the gods and harness it to work miracles. Blessed by a deity, a pantheon, or another immortal entity, a Cleric can reach out to the divine magic of the Outer Planes—where gods dwell—and channel that energy to bolster people and to battle foes."
Almost no gods dwell on the Astral Plane. It seems that they get their power from the plane of their god(s) in the playtest docs.