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<blockquote data-quote="Faolyn" data-source="post: 8410572" data-attributes="member: 6915329">The MM specifically states that Cult Fanatics are 4th-level spellcasters who use Wisdom and have cleric spells prepared. It's exactly the same wording as the Priest, who is also in the MM. By RAW, a Cult Fanatic is a spellcasting cleric. Also, the flavor text of the Cultist from the MM says this: &quot;Cultists swear allegiance to dark powers such as elemental princes, demon lords, or archdevils.&quot; and that Cult Fanatics are their leaders.So I think you're at least partially wrong here. The MM is pretty clearly indicating that spellcultists are getting their power from arch-things (maybe not every arch-thing, but some at least). Now, it could very well be that the arch-thing is merely channeling the power from something else into their cleric, and instead of [Arch-Thing] --&gt; [Cultist] it's actually[Magic Source] --&gt; [Arch-Thing] --&gt; [Cultist]But it's almost the same thing. The Cult Fanatic is getting clerical spells via their arch-thing.So again, the takeaway from this is that D&amp;D doesn't have a consistent rule on this.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Faolyn, post: 8410572, member: 6915329"] The MM specifically states that Cult Fanatics are 4th-level spellcasters who use Wisdom and have cleric spells prepared. It's exactly the same wording as the Priest, who is also in the MM. By RAW, a Cult Fanatic is a spellcasting cleric. Also, the flavor text of the Cultist from the MM says this: "Cultists swear allegiance to dark powers such as elemental princes, demon lords, or archdevils." and that Cult Fanatics are their leaders. So I think you're at least partially wrong here. The MM is pretty clearly indicating that spellcultists are getting their power from arch-things (maybe not [I]every [/I]arch-thing, but some at least). Now, it could very well be that the arch-thing is merely channeling the power from something else into their cleric, and instead of [Arch-Thing] --> [Cultist] it's actually [Magic Source] --> [Arch-Thing] --> [Cultist] But it's almost the same thing. The Cult Fanatic is getting clerical spells via their arch-thing. So again, the takeaway from this is that D&D doesn't have a consistent rule on this. [/QUOTE]

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