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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 8448866" data-attributes="member: 7006">Let's all not forget that this change has nothing to do nor need to worry any member of the general D&amp;D populace.&nbsp; This is purely for ONE player and their ONE table wanting to make a change.&nbsp; So saying &quot;there's no need to change it&quot; completely misses the point.Now that being said... my personal take is that what type of name selected depends on whether or not the name is actually used in-game by the populace at large... or if its just a game mechanic identifier.&nbsp; If it's the former... names like &quot;greenpriest&quot; or &quot;wildpriest&quot; to me trod upon the identity of the Clerics of the Nature domain.&nbsp; Me personally, anything related or connected to the term &quot;priest&quot; would be Cleric only because there should be by my way of thinking a substantial divide between Clerics and &quot;Druids&quot; (whatever they end up being called) in terms of how they get their power, what is important to them, how are they seen amongst the populace.&nbsp;&nbsp; Nature domain Clerics and Druids have a seeming overlap, so in-world there really should be a way they are separate and different from each other.&nbsp; And not attributing the obvious religious rank of &quot;priest&quot; to whatever the druid-equivalent is would be one important step in my opinion.If you are going to have these nature / spirit&nbsp; / hermetic type people out in the world... ones who are not a part of the religious orthodoxy of your world... then it would be important to select a name that does not have religious connection.&nbsp; Which is why &quot;Greenbonds&quot; or &quot;Greenseers&quot; tend to get play.&nbsp; Other options could be things like &quot;Forester&quot;, &quot;Hermit&quot;, &quot;Wilder&quot;, &quot;Timberjack&quot;, &quot;Agrarian&quot;, &quot;Rustic&quot;, &quot;Pillarist&quot;, &quot;Henger&quot; and so forth.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 8448866, member: 7006"] Let's all not forget that this change has nothing to do nor need to worry any member of the general D&D populace. This is purely for ONE player and their ONE table wanting to make a change. So saying "there's no need to change it" completely misses the point. Now that being said... my personal take is that what type of name selected depends on whether or not the name is actually used in-game by the populace at large... or if its just a game mechanic identifier. If it's the former... names like "greenpriest" or "wildpriest" to me trod upon the identity of the Clerics of the Nature domain. Me personally, anything related or connected to the term "priest" would be Cleric only because there should be by my way of thinking a substantial divide between Clerics and "Druids" (whatever they end up being called) in terms of how they get their power, what is important to them, how are they seen amongst the populace. Nature domain Clerics and Druids have a seeming overlap, so in-world there really should be a way they are separate and different from each other. And [I]not[/I] attributing the obvious religious rank of "priest" to whatever the druid-equivalent is would be one important step in my opinion. If you are going to have these nature / spirit / hermetic type people out in the world... ones who are not a part of the religious orthodoxy of your world... then it would be important to select a name that does not have religious connection. Which is why "Greenbonds" or "Greenseers" tend to get play. Other options could be things like "Forester", "Hermit", "Wilder", "Timberjack", "Agrarian", "Rustic", "Pillarist", "Henger" and so forth. [/QUOTE]

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