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Message: <blockquote data-quote="willpax" data-source="post: 122634" data-attributes="member: 1602">Fitting clerics into VP-powered magicI'm currently toying with a system that adapts D&D style magic to a WP/VP system, and have dealt with clerics in the following way: I have always leaned toward the "clerics gain power through the collective faith of the worshippers" rationalization. So clerics gain a separate pool of power points from their own prayers and the "contributions" of other PCs and NPCs through worship. I am currently adjusting the numbers, but the main concept would be a cap on total power a character is able to pool based on wisdom and level. This adjustment gives clerics much more power at their disposal than arcane magicians, so I also adjust the magical capabilities. Essentially, clerics are good at producing minor effects over a wide range/lots of people (making them essentially war mages, able to give an entire platoon a small bonus) or they are able to perform single spectacular effects (such as instant healing of wounds). I am still tinkering with the numbers. One aspect of balance is that the bad guys have access to the same power pool. Makes those leaders-of-large-bands-of-evil-cultists just a bit meaner. . .</blockquote>