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<blockquote data-quote="GreatLemur" data-source="post: 3127894" data-attributes="member: 28553">Specialty priests are one of the very few things that I miss about Second Edition.&nbsp; Even with domains and granted powers and turn/rebuke and cure/inflict, the Cleric class still seems a little too focused on rather pigeonholed characteristics.&nbsp; I don't see why the servants of, say, a god of luck or of the sea would necessarily have any undead-related abilities, or a focus on healing (or inflicting) damage.Frankly, I'm not sure a 3/4 BAB and Heavy Armor Proficiency make a lot of sense, either.&nbsp; I mean, hasn't the Paladin got the holy warrior angle covered?&nbsp; The Cloistered Cleric variant from Unearthed Arcana seems like it ought to be the default, really: A divine equivalent to the Wizard.&nbsp; Although maybe a divine equivalent to the Sorcerer would make more sense.&nbsp; I've never understood by what in-game logic a Cleric has to ask his god to queue up a specific set of miracles he'd like to perform that day....Okay, I'm getting off-topic, here.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GreatLemur, post: 3127894, member: 28553"] Specialty priests are one of the very few things that I miss about Second Edition. Even with domains and granted powers and turn/rebuke and cure/inflict, the Cleric class [i]still[/i] seems a little too focused on rather pigeonholed characteristics. I don't see why the servants of, say, a god of luck or of the sea would necessarily have any undead-related abilities, or a focus on healing (or inflicting) damage. Frankly, I'm not sure a 3/4 BAB and Heavy Armor Proficiency make a lot of sense, either. I mean, hasn't the Paladin got the holy warrior angle covered? The Cloistered Cleric variant from Unearthed Arcana seems like it ought to be the default, really: A divine equivalent to the Wizard. Although maybe a divine equivalent to the Sorcerer would make more sense. I've never understood by what in-game logic a Cleric has to ask his god to queue up a specific set of miracles he'd like to perform that day. ...Okay, I'm getting off-topic, here. [/QUOTE]

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