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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 312585" data-attributes="member: 4937">I don't really want the 2 ed. specialty priests to come back.  I think the 3 ed. system handles it nicely, and I do agree (with posters like buzzard) that really what is needed is guidelines and restrictions on spell selection or other general activity based on the deity doctrine and portofolio - not a new list of powers for each dieties cleric.  Any class is vanilla if you don't role play the character as a unique individual, and it never hurts to give the newbies tips on how to do this.I also agree with those that say that the cleric class ought to be custumizable.  (In fact I have some suggestions on of custumizing all classes in a generally minimally abusable manner that maybe I ought to try to publish in the next Asgard.)  And I also agree that most of the 2ed. specialty priests were broken, and for all the reasons that everyone is suggesting.And I further agree that part of the problem was that their was no way to adequately play test scores of new classes.  BUT...That is exactly my problem with 3 ed. prestige classes.  Sure, many of them are ok, but there are a few out thier that are munchkins delight and which are gauranteed to be showing up in any powergaming group.  So I for one don't want to see this 'problem' 'fixed' by creating more prestige classes, especially in a misguided attempt to recreate the 'flavor' of the old 2 ed. specialty priests.</blockquote>

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