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<blockquote data-quote="Ketjak" data-source="post: 45676" data-attributes="member: 1083">Surely you jestBecause there are other ways to reach one's deity a la commune than the use of the commune spell when clerics get them - like, for example, scrolls with commune on them, magical items, altars, and whatever else a suitably creative DM can think of.What, you're kidding us, right? Being directly contacted by your god won't be a deep and moving experience? Real people freak out when they see considerably less important people than the entity to which they have completely dedicated their lives. Why do you believe the focused attention of a deity, no matter how short, will be less important?IMC, commune typically results in a divine agent picking up the other end of the line (which is still enough to trigger the requirement for Contemplative). It's the unimaginative DM who allows a commune spell to reach the cleric's deity without any appropriate epiphany to come along with it.Heh. Assuming contacting a deity is so banal in your world, the rules say it does count. <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=":)" />- Ketjak</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ketjak, post: 45676, member: 1083"] [b]Surely you jest[/b] Because there are other ways to reach one's deity a la commune than the use of the commune spell when clerics get them - like, for example, scrolls with commune on them, magical items, altars, and whatever else a suitably creative DM can think of. What, you're kidding us, right? Being [i]directly contacted[/i] by your [u][i][b]god[/b][/i][b][/b][/u] won't be a deep and moving experience? Real people freak out when they [i]see[/i] considerably less important people than the entity to which they have completely dedicated their lives. Why do you believe the focused attention of a deity, no matter how short, will be less important? IMC, commune typically results in a divine agent picking up the other end of the line (which is still enough to trigger the requirement for Contemplative). It's the unimaginative DM who allows a commune spell to reach the cleric's deity without any appropriate epiphany to come along with it. Heh. Assuming contacting a [i]deity[/i] is so banal in your world, the rules say it does count. :) - Ketjak [/QUOTE]

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