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<blockquote data-quote="Helldritch" data-source="post: 8537194" data-attributes="member: 6855114">If you want to go that far, the first adventures were about lost temples... temples = gods.As soon as clerics were introduced, gods were too.As soon as the head of D&amp;D pointed its head in an official boxed set, clerics were there.1st player handbook ever? Clerics were there.1st splat book ever? Deities and demi gods.A game in its infancy, such as D&amp;D had already the pîllage of lost temples and endless dungeons beneath them.And what about Blackmoor? The temple of the Gods...The first published adventure ever talks about lost gods.B2 speaks about the Gods of chaos.I think you only see what you want to see. The gods have always been there. The cleric class? Nope. But the gods? Yep. Clerics were added simply to add healing, and a justifications for the healing trips and the cure the characters were seeking between forays. By making the cleric class available, they just shorten the number of trips required to get to town to get... healing at the temple...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Helldritch, post: 8537194, member: 6855114"] If you want to go that far, the first adventures were about lost temples... temples = gods. As soon as clerics were introduced, gods were too. As soon as the head of D&D pointed its head in an official boxed set, clerics were there. 1st player handbook ever? Clerics were there. 1st splat book ever? Deities and demi gods. A game in its infancy, such as D&D had already the pîllage of lost temples and endless dungeons beneath them. And what about Blackmoor? The temple of the Gods... The first published adventure ever talks about lost gods. B2 speaks about the Gods of chaos. I think you only see what you want to see. The gods have always been there. The cleric class? Nope. But the gods? Yep. Clerics were added simply to add healing, and a justifications for the healing trips and the cure the characters were seeking between forays. By making the cleric class available, they just shorten the number of trips required to get to town to get... healing at the temple... [/QUOTE]

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