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The Dual Wielding Ranger: How Aragorn, Drizzt, and Dual-Wielding Led to the Ranger's Loss of Identity
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<blockquote data-quote="Xetheral" data-source="post: 8243243" data-attributes="member: 6802765"><p>Some clerics certainly do, but not all. If a setting has distant, enigmatic, or whimsical deities there can be clerics who have no idea what their deity wants them to do, clerics who have no idea who their deity is, or even clerics who actively oppose everything (they think) their deity stands for and are worried about the ominous fact that for some reason the deity still gives them spells....</p><p></p><p>On top of those examples, one can use the Cleric class to represent Ur-priest-style characters who <em>steal</em> their power from unknowing deities.</p><p></p><p>Or take a page from the hilarious sidebar from the old 3.0 Arms & Equipment Guide about special mounts who are smarter than their Paladins/Blackguards either trying to help hide their master's limitations, or exploiting their masters (depending on alignment). The same could easily be true for a smart cleric and a really dumb deity.</p><p></p><p>Priestess: "Yes, I am the High Priestess of the Frog God. Yes, he asks for a sacrifice of flies, but few realize that it is but a metaphor for how the fleetingness of life that so troubles us humans is in fact universal, extending even to the most humble of creatures."</p><p></p><p>Frog God: "What? No! Flies are really tasty! Give me more flies!"</p><p></p><p>Priestess: <em>buries head in hands</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Xetheral, post: 8243243, member: 6802765"] Some clerics certainly do, but not all. If a setting has distant, enigmatic, or whimsical deities there can be clerics who have no idea what their deity wants them to do, clerics who have no idea who their deity is, or even clerics who actively oppose everything (they think) their deity stands for and are worried about the ominous fact that for some reason the deity still gives them spells.... On top of those examples, one can use the Cleric class to represent Ur-priest-style characters who [I]steal[/I] their power from unknowing deities. Or take a page from the hilarious sidebar from the old 3.0 Arms & Equipment Guide about special mounts who are smarter than their Paladins/Blackguards either trying to help hide their master's limitations, or exploiting their masters (depending on alignment). The same could easily be true for a smart cleric and a really dumb deity. Priestess: "Yes, I am the High Priestess of the Frog God. Yes, he asks for a sacrifice of flies, but few realize that it is but a metaphor for how the fleetingness of life that so troubles us humans is in fact universal, extending even to the most humble of creatures." Frog God: "What? No! Flies are really tasty! Give me more flies!" Priestess: [I]buries head in hands[/I] [/QUOTE]
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