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<blockquote data-quote="Zaruthustran" data-source="post: 6212422" data-attributes="member: 1457"><p>If only that were true. I really dislike how they kept clerics the same: cast like wizards, fight like fighters, with bonus divine powers. And absolutely zero mechanical obligations to care about their supposed god's goals, tenets, or commandments. </p><p></p><p>It's easy to represent reliance on a higher power. Several iterations of the Warlock class dealt with acquiring and spending favor. Oriental Adventures had the Wu-Jen class, which gradually acquired weird and cool taboos that had to be observed (not eating meat, celibacy, no alcohol, can't cut hair, can't touch corpses, etc.) I mean, that's what old school priests were all about: prohibitions. Don't do this, don't do that. I'd love, love, love the Cleric to have had such mechanically-represented flavor. Alas. But I'll settle for a warlock. Especially if the 5e warlock wasn't restricted to Arcane. Actually... is that even a distinction, anymore? Looking at the spell list in 5e, they list school of magic but don't designate arcane or divine. Hmm.</p><p></p><p>Anyway: it's my hope that the type of patron (fey, infernal, etc.) matters as much or more than the type of pact (book, blade, chain). I'd love it even more if they had a bunch of specific, named patrons. And a system (like the random tables for magic items) for players & DMs to create their own patrons.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zaruthustran, post: 6212422, member: 1457"] If only that were true. I really dislike how they kept clerics the same: cast like wizards, fight like fighters, with bonus divine powers. And absolutely zero mechanical obligations to care about their supposed god's goals, tenets, or commandments. It's easy to represent reliance on a higher power. Several iterations of the Warlock class dealt with acquiring and spending favor. Oriental Adventures had the Wu-Jen class, which gradually acquired weird and cool taboos that had to be observed (not eating meat, celibacy, no alcohol, can't cut hair, can't touch corpses, etc.) I mean, that's what old school priests were all about: prohibitions. Don't do this, don't do that. I'd love, love, love the Cleric to have had such mechanically-represented flavor. Alas. But I'll settle for a warlock. Especially if the 5e warlock wasn't restricted to Arcane. Actually... is that even a distinction, anymore? Looking at the spell list in 5e, they list school of magic but don't designate arcane or divine. Hmm. Anyway: it's my hope that the type of patron (fey, infernal, etc.) matters as much or more than the type of pact (book, blade, chain). I'd love it even more if they had a bunch of specific, named patrons. And a system (like the random tables for magic items) for players & DMs to create their own patrons. [/QUOTE]
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