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<blockquote data-quote="tuxgeo" data-source="post: 6084490" data-attributes="member: 61026">Didn't vote. I like ZombieRoboNinja's reminder that D&amp;D 3E gave Clerics *two* domains, plus the comparison about Mystra vs. Shar. How about this? Call them &quot;Concerns.&quot; (And where's the &quot;Other - Explain In Comments&quot; option in the poll?)Reasons: 1) Domains or spheres are things that the deity (if there is one) is concerned about, in, and with. 2) Organizations are sometimes called &quot;concerns,&quot; as in the &quot;going concern&quot; concept in Accounting. Perhaps churches (with or without hierarchy) could count as &quot;concerns.&quot; 3) Many people praying as one (with the same concern) should have more of an effect than one of them praying alone, if prayer has any effect at all. Another idea: Split things up more -- Have armor proficiencies come from the Deity worshipped (no armor for you if you're merely a philosopher!), but have cantrips and domain spells come from one or two things that the deity (or philosophy) concerns itself with. (E.g. a Cleric of a philosophy about avoiding attachments would get no armor, but would be heck-on-wheels at escaping grabs, and could probably cast Freedom of Movement as a 30-second Ritual.) (This also refers back to 3E, wherein specific spells would be different level for different casters, to reflect how well or poorly each spell fits in with the concept of that kind of caster.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="tuxgeo, post: 6084490, member: 61026"] Didn't vote. I like ZombieRoboNinja's reminder that D&D 3E gave Clerics *two* domains, plus the comparison about Mystra vs. Shar. How about this? Call them "Concerns." (And where's the "Other - Explain In Comments" option in the poll?) Reasons: 1) Domains or spheres are things that the deity (if there is one) is concerned about, in, and with. 2) Organizations are sometimes called "concerns," as in the "going concern" concept in Accounting. Perhaps churches (with or without hierarchy) could count as "concerns." 3) Many people praying as one (with the same concern) should have more of an effect than one of them praying alone, if prayer has any effect at all. Another idea: Split things up more -- Have armor proficiencies come from the Deity worshipped (no armor for you if you're merely a philosopher!), but have cantrips and domain spells come from one or two things that the deity (or philosophy) concerns itself with. (E.g. a Cleric of a philosophy about avoiding attachments would get no armor, but would be heck-on-wheels at escaping grabs, and could probably cast Freedom of Movement as a 30-second Ritual.) (This also refers back to 3E, wherein specific spells would be different level for different casters, to reflect how well or poorly each spell fits in with the concept of that kind of caster.) [/QUOTE]

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