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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Arial Black" data-source="post: 6900331" data-attributes="member: 6799649">Then this player wouldn't choose to play a cleric!If the DM 'forced' the player to play a cleric (or any other class), that would be bullying!But if the player chooses to play a cleric who worships, say, Lathander, god of the dawn, who gets his spells granted by said god, and who is confident that this god actually exists (because the D&D rules and this particular game world-The Forgotten Realms-have his existence as real as any other part of this made-up world) then it's not unreasonable for the DM to be annoyed if the cleric marches about slagging off his own god. The player can, but the character shouldn't because it doesn't make sense for that character.Also, the players are choosing to play D&D. They know that the fantasy worlds in which these games are set have gods, and those gods have worshippers, and the DM is going to play those NPCs accordingly. This does not constitute religious bullying! The DM is not asking the players to worship those made-up Forgotten Realms gods! The player has freely chosen to play a cleric who does worship that god.Now, the party can act as disrespectful as they want, but the DM should have the NPCs react realistically to that behaviour.On the other hand, if the characters are behaving respectfully but the players' table banter is disrespectful of those made-up gods, then the DM has to remind himself about the difference between 'player' and 'character'.</blockquote>

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