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Message: <blockquote data-quote="fusangite" data-source="post: 352300" data-attributes="member: 7240">I think it is really unfortunate that the 3E DDG did not cover the most burning and relevant issues about religion in D&D. Again, as an ex-Runequest player, I must tout my former game system which was much more interested in how characters' lives were affected by organized religion than which god had the most hit points.My view is this:(a) in order to officiate at a religious service, you should have at least one level of divine spell-casting. Thus all druids and clerics and mid-high level Paladins and Rangers should be able to carry out the liturgical functions of the church.(b) generally, most churches do not give significant authority to people who cannot officiate to some degree (just as armies give minimal authority to people who cannot fight to some degree).(c) naturally, every church will have accountants, criers and other individuals who have no spell-casting ability. But these individuals should have limited authority. Thus, each church's bookkeepers and administrators need not have divine caster levels but in all likelihood, the person heading their part of temple bureaucracy would.</blockquote>