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<blockquote data-quote="Byronic" data-source="post: 5043593" data-attributes="member: 56829"><p>When I think of a pacifist Cleric I think of Keiko in the last battle of the anime <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomed_Megalopolis" target="_blank">Doomed Metropolis</a>. In this she confronts the demon sorcerer Y<strong>asunori Katō.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Now while she wasn't a pacifist previously, she becomes one at the beginning of the last battle. She drops her sword when entering and starts walking towards him. </strong><strong>Katō summons demons of ill aspect, spirits so tainted and vile and they attack her. Does she attack? Yes and no, she becomes the </strong>bodhisattva Kwannon, channelling the Goddess of Mercy. While she probably attacks the minions in DnD terms, in the movie she redeems them. They turn from black blobs of malevolent evil to golden shiny things with the faces of babies as she cleanses them.</p><p></p><p>While it looks a lot better in the anime then I just described it, it's a wonderful example of a pacifist Cleric. Non violent, yet still clearly destroying the enemy. And I don't see why a pacifist wouldn't stay with the party. Think of it as a catholic priest, they can't marry or have sex but they can hang around with people who are married and have sex. Sometimes oaths serve to show that you are on a more advanced spiritual path then others. Or as a penitent act or any other reason which would result in you being a pacifist but being able to tolerate others. Who knows, maybe you redeem the souls of those that your comrades kill so that they may rest in peace?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Byronic, post: 5043593, member: 56829"] When I think of a pacifist Cleric I think of Keiko in the last battle of the anime [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomed_Megalopolis"]Doomed Metropolis[/URL]. In this she confronts the demon sorcerer Y[B]asunori Katō. Now while she wasn't a pacifist previously, she becomes one at the beginning of the last battle. She drops her sword when entering and starts walking towards him. [/B][B]Katō summons demons of ill aspect, spirits so tainted and vile and they attack her. Does she attack? Yes and no, she becomes the [/B]bodhisattva Kwannon, channelling the Goddess of Mercy. While she probably attacks the minions in DnD terms, in the movie she redeems them. They turn from black blobs of malevolent evil to golden shiny things with the faces of babies as she cleanses them. While it looks a lot better in the anime then I just described it, it's a wonderful example of a pacifist Cleric. Non violent, yet still clearly destroying the enemy. And I don't see why a pacifist wouldn't stay with the party. Think of it as a catholic priest, they can't marry or have sex but they can hang around with people who are married and have sex. Sometimes oaths serve to show that you are on a more advanced spiritual path then others. Or as a penitent act or any other reason which would result in you being a pacifist but being able to tolerate others. Who knows, maybe you redeem the souls of those that your comrades kill so that they may rest in peace? [/QUOTE]
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