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<blockquote data-quote="gyor" data-source="post: 7714739" data-attributes="member: 6670153">That is an excellent point,&nbsp; in some ways the Favoured Souls are closer to the Chosen like Elminister or Manshoon (who is still a Chosen of Mystria, even though he gives her the finger at every opportunity)&nbsp; then clerics. Favoured Souls are basically part God (and in 5e fluff so are the Angels that spawned them), admittedly a tiny piece. &nbsp;The Gods allow Clerics allow to draw power from them,&nbsp; they encourage Paladin's to swear oaths that link them to the ideals that Gods embody, but the Favoured Soul has their own divine spark,&nbsp; they are effectly proxies of a God, either by blood or by adoption,&nbsp; endowed directly with a piece of the God in their own souls. Obviously the divine spark isn't big enough to make them actual Gods,&nbsp; it's would be more of a spark of a spark,&nbsp; but it's does give them powers. &nbsp;Look at how Eliminister and the other Chosen in the Forgotten Realms use their magic,&nbsp; innately,&nbsp; sorceror like,&nbsp; in some cases including healing. &nbsp;Now Favoured Souls would be a particular breed of Chosen,&nbsp; not the innately most powerful kind that receives immortality,&nbsp; but a less,&nbsp; but more flexible breed. &nbsp;So Domains don't really fit the Favoured Soul as the Favoured Soul is not a Priest (they can be,&nbsp; but it's not required)&nbsp; like a cleric will be universal viewed as a Priest even if they chose not to be involved in organized religion. &nbsp;Jesus would be a Favoured Soul, so would the Antichrist and the Pope a Cleric,&nbsp; just for comparison sake.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="gyor, post: 7714739, member: 6670153"] That is an excellent point, in some ways the Favoured Souls are closer to the Chosen like Elminister or Manshoon (who is still a Chosen of Mystria, even though he gives her the finger at every opportunity) then clerics. Favoured Souls are basically part God (and in 5e fluff so are the Angels that spawned them), admittedly a tiny piece. The Gods allow Clerics allow to draw power from them, they encourage Paladin's to swear oaths that link them to the ideals that Gods embody, but the Favoured Soul has their own divine spark, they are effectly proxies of a God, either by blood or by adoption, endowed directly with a piece of the God in their own souls. Obviously the divine spark isn't big enough to make them actual Gods, it's would be more of a spark of a spark, but it's does give them powers. Look at how Eliminister and the other Chosen in the Forgotten Realms use their magic, innately, sorceror like, in some cases including healing. Now Favoured Souls would be a particular breed of Chosen, not the innately most powerful kind that receives immortality, but a less, but more flexible breed. So Domains don't really fit the Favoured Soul as the Favoured Soul is not a Priest (they can be, but it's not required) like a cleric will be universal viewed as a Priest even if they chose not to be involved in organized religion. Jesus would be a Favoured Soul, so would the Antichrist and the Pope a Cleric, just for comparison sake. [/QUOTE]

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