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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 6829526" data-attributes="member: 22779">And, there's an additional point I was trying, with limited success, to raise as well.  We accept that Bless can come from any source - treat it the same as a wizard spell in that respect - but, this isn't a wizard spell - it's divine.  Being a divine spell, it comes tightly wrapped with specific flavour - it comes from the deity of the caster.  In a very real sense, every spell that a cleric casts is aligned with the deity of that cleric.  When a War Domain priest drops a +10 on your attack using his domain power, there's no doubt, (is there?) that this is coming directly from that War Deity.The implications of this apparently, though, get a free pass.  My priestess of Tiamat can grant that paladin of Bahumat a +10 attack, directly from my goddess, and it's perfectly fine.  Never minding that Tiamat might have something to say in this matter.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />  And the paladin of Bahumat must accept that blessing, again, with zero implication, and that's perfectly fine.  But, my warlord being trained in tactics and whatnot spots an opening for you and lets you make an extra attack and that's completely unbelievable?  That's infringing on your character?I'm really having a problem seeing the difference here.  It looks an awful lot like a double standard.</blockquote>

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