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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ahrimon" data-source="post: 6739277" data-attributes="member: 12630">I'll concede that it could have happened.  But it's no further of a stretch than any character not fitting in.  How many times have we (general we) had that character that just didn't fit in yet we all make those leaps of character logic to fit everyone in?  Unfortunately, not all of us live in gaming nirvana and have to deal with a player or group that causes issues.  However if they had been insistent I would have either dropped the request for tithes or if they really wanted me to play a different character I would have.  I have always had enough character ideas that I wasn't short of a replacement.It worked though.  After a few sessions the other players realized that the cleric was not their personal heal servant and from then on anyone playing a cleric didn't have to worry about being treated as a second rate character and I stopped asking.I did get a chuckle at some of the outrage in this thread.  Folks acted like I was some sort of evil machiavellian overloard hording my healing over the other players heads.  In character I asked them for donations to the church equating to, if I remember right, 3gp per spell level for cure spells only.  Some of the players balked at first, others went along with it without question.  There was never a heal with held from the other characters, just that a small tithe was required after the adventure.  And like I said above, after a few sessions they came to realize that they've always forced a heal-bot onto one player and taken it for granted.  It made the group a better group of friends and a better group of players.Edit: I didn't quite answer your question.  I'm not sure what I would have done had they insisted on a cleric from another religion.  I'd say that falls firmly into the ridiculous request category for me.  That would d be like the cleric of Torm insisting that the Paladin also worship Torm because his cleric wouldn't adventure with a heretic from another god.  Or like the group insisting that the fighter be S&B because they want a more defensive fighter.  Or the wizard has to be an evoker because the other players want a blaster.</blockquote>

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