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<blockquote data-quote="Greenfield" data-source="post: 5591402" data-attributes="member: 6669384">When I create a character I like to sit down and think of the person I'm going to portray before I ever touch a die or even think about numbers.One of my earliest was Brother Brian, a Cleric of Dagda (Celtic mythology).&nbsp; It just tickled me to wave a kettle in the face of a Vampire to drive him off.I thought about what a Cleric should be in a world like that, a world where deities take a very active role, and a cleric is the voice of their deity in the mortal world.&nbsp; A cleric wouldn't run on &quot;faith&quot;, nor would he ask others to accept what he said on faith.&nbsp; He could absolutely prove that his deity was real, and that what he said was true.So, looked at this way, how could a cleric be anything but a religious fanatic?&nbsp; A man without anything resembling doubt about the course he had chosen, and who was empowered by his deity to perform miracles, large and small in that deity's name would have to be unwavering in his pursuit of the deity's goals.So Brother Brian was going to go out and preach the word of Dagda to the unbelievers.&nbsp; He understood that many believed in other gods, and he accepted that.&nbsp; They were just wrong.&nbsp; And he was going to tell them so.He got sort of ruined for play after a while though.&nbsp; Went through a Monty Haul module called Castle Amber module (&quot;Expert&quot; D&amp;D, for those who remember it), and came away with wings and a few other things that made him unplayable in any normal game.&nbsp; Backtracking him just seemed wrong though, so I retired him.But he was fun while he lasted.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Greenfield, post: 5591402, member: 6669384"] When I create a character I like to sit down and think of the person I'm going to portray before I ever touch a die or even think about numbers. One of my earliest was Brother Brian, a Cleric of Dagda (Celtic mythology). It just tickled me to wave a kettle in the face of a Vampire to drive him off. I thought about what a Cleric should be in a world like that, a world where deities take a very active role, and a cleric is the voice of their deity in the mortal world. A cleric wouldn't run on "faith", nor would he ask others to accept what he said on faith. He could absolutely prove that his deity was real, and that what he said was true. So, looked at this way, how could a cleric be anything but a religious fanatic? A man without anything resembling doubt about the course he had chosen, and who was empowered by his deity to perform miracles, large and small in that deity's name would have to be unwavering in his pursuit of the deity's goals. So Brother Brian was going to go out and preach the word of Dagda to the unbelievers. He understood that many believed in other gods, and he accepted that. They were just wrong. And he was going to tell them so. He got sort of ruined for play after a while though. Went through a Monty Haul module called Castle Amber module ("Expert" D&D, for those who remember it), and came away with wings and a few other things that made him unplayable in any normal game. Backtracking him just seemed wrong though, so I retired him. But he was fun while he lasted. [/QUOTE]

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