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Message: <blockquote data-quote="O-Castitatis-Lilium" data-source="post: 9255982" data-attributes="member: 7044618">I mean...Isn't that what a warlock is for?  A warlock gets their powers from from non-gods, just beings with extremely high levels of power. I'm confused by this because you just described what a warlock does, and what a druid does to be fair, without the Gods. The Warlock doesn't heal as far as I know, so that answers your question on what they would have, and Druids have heals, but mainly for themselves, which again answeres the question on whether or not they would be able to heal others or not. In honest, I'm not sure what you are looking for here, as the warlock is a thing that does what you are describing. If you want a better example of Non-divine religions, look at Buddhism or Confucianism. Buddhism worships a person who was human and still is considered human. Confusianis, and Taoism now that I think about it, worship teachings and knowledge; and "worship" in a sense Confucius. Taoists view their texts and knowledge as their gods, so even there they are separated. Buddhists worship a man that found Godhood through worship of another God, in turn the monks and nuns they have today come from his original religion. Buddhism is a little different because of it's mixed lineage in terms of religion and divinity VS non divine beings, so that's why you have monks and nuns that worship the man.In any case, if you really wanted to compare non-divine vs divine, then the people that practice Confusianism and Taoism are warlocks and don't do healing and divine intervention (which they don't I don't believe they claim to...it's been WAY too long since I've actually read about them in fairness), they would be purely for damage and possibly self healing; and Catholicism and Christianity follow a divine being and would be considered clerics and paladins that can smite the undead. Warlocks and Druids in DnD don't follow divine beings, they follow a patron and nature specifically which are not divine beings, so they really don't get healing powers unless it's to heal themselves. Warlocs or Druids wouldn't be called anything else really, they wouldn't be clerics or paladins, because there is no divine backing to them, they would be called something else which they are: Warlocks and Druids. I mean, I'm just basing this on what I think you are after, because your post is a little confusing on what you are asking for, because you are asking for something that already exists in the game, at least to me anyways. Take my post how you see fit in that regard lol.</blockquote>

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