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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Luthien Greyspear" data-source="post: 2740283" data-attributes="member: 34334">There's no intro to the section on prestige classes, but there is one for the class itself:"The mystery of death and dying is one that occupies the attention of almost every race, regardless of that race's behaviors and beliefs. The death delver is that rare individual who, rather than fearing and avoiding death, delves as deeply into its mysteriesas he can, to better understand and eventually gain some small power over it.  Unlike necromancers, and other classes associated with death magic, the focus of a death delver's studies -- or, more accurately, his journey -- is much more deeply personal.  Rather than concentrating on using death and death magic to affect the outside world, a death delver seeks to attune himself to the ebb and flow of death itself, and thereby draw strength from his understanding and indomitable courage in the face of it."  (All from Heroes of Horror, page 93; emphasis mine)The above implies no connection with any negative energy source or evil deity.  In fact, the class description itself does not have any notation that the ability to rebuke undead is (for the delver) an exceptional or supernatural ability.  While this is obviously an oversight (which is repeated several times throughout the book), it does provide a possible loophole.  If this is an exceptional ability (born of an understanding of death and natural skill) rather than supernatural (My god says destroy them!), then technically, there is no negative energy being used.  Hence, not the same as an evil cleric rebuking the undead.</blockquote>

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