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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Turtlejay" data-source="post: 5043548" data-attributes="member: 70267">Since the whole HP/damage/bloodied part of the game is an abstraction, you can do this however you please.  Perhaps your pacifist cleric never does any physical damage.  His prayers that do HP damage are just that, prayers.  Invocations.  Pleadings to his God to aid his allies and show his adversaires the way.  Once the enemy has been demoralized enough, trying to bring him down any further is pretty fruitless, hence the penalty.  Minions are awed by the Divine power and faint or go into delusions, removing them from combat entirely. This is just one flavor, that may or may not work for your pacifist.  What if your Cleric is fine with defending himself, but has taken a vow not to murder?  Once an enemy is bloodied, he must be very cautious as to not break that vow. I would kind of like to have the feat come with at least a little roleplaying baggage, though.  Declaring yourself a Pacifist should have more than just an occasional in-combat effect. Jay</blockquote>