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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Neonchameleon" data-source="post: 9358227" data-attributes="member: 87792">In most fantasy RPGs clerics wear cloth armour and use their magic as their primary approach.  Closer to a Divine Soul Sorcerer or sometimes a Celestial Warlock than they are to a D&D cleric.The identity problem is that in D&D Cleric = holy warrior. Historically, especially pre-4e, wearing heavy armour. In pre-4e D&D Paladins weren't just "holy warriors" (as mentioned that was clerics), they were humourless prigs who couldn't make mistakes or even fall for tricks lest they either lose all their powers or fall like Anakin Skywalker to Darth Vader.But because the Cleric is squatting on the holy warrior spot the Paladin has to be something else, and preferably something that doesn't lead to antisocial behaviour. And late 4e/5e picked a pretty good backup choice.</blockquote>