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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 2521577" data-attributes="member: 22779">Well, speaking as someone who loves playing cleric's I admit to some bias towards them.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />My current character (3.5) is a priest of Cuthbert.&nbsp; Now, I took him a little bit away from the standard and made him a bit of a cultist.&nbsp; Borrowing heavily from Zorastrian beliefs, I decided that Korbach believes in the spiritual purity of fire.&nbsp; All other elements are tainted by evil (water) and only fire can purify.&nbsp; He prostyletizes frequently and constantly tries to convince those around him of the truth of his faith.&nbsp; Korbach has become one of my all time favourite characters, not because he's death on wheels, but because sliding into the mindset of this character is just so much fun.&nbsp; I also slid in a level of Half-Elemental Fire from Dragon, but that was after I had created the character that I got that Dragon issue.&nbsp; It just fit so well that both me and my DM thought of it at the same time.&nbsp; Mechanically, he operates as the front line fighter most of the time.&nbsp; It's a very high RP game though, so combat has become somewhat secondary.&nbsp; His goal is to found his own church and spread his unique faith.&nbsp; Kind of a Jim Jones with arsonist tendencies.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Really, I can't imagine thinking that clerics are slotted into any particular role.&nbsp; The vast differences brought on by different faiths means that two clerics should rarely look even remotely similar in outlook.&nbsp; A cleric is tied to his faith and his alignment.&nbsp; Take it to an extreme and you've got a lovely little zealot on your hands.&nbsp; Tone it down and you've got the friendly Father Generic guiding those around him with the lightest of touches.&nbsp; Clerics, with perhaps the exception of the bard, are the most gregarious of classes.&nbsp; They should automatically be searching out others to talk to (and occasionally set on fire) to bring the word of their faith.&nbsp; Then again, there's always the aesthetic cleric who is more like a mendicant monk travelling to &quot;find the path&quot; of his faith.&nbsp; He's quieter about his beliefs, but, they are no less strong for all of that.&nbsp; The possiblilities for role play with a priest really are endless.Allowing yourself to fall into a rut dictated by the mechanics of the class is not necessary.&nbsp; With a bit of creativity on the part of the player, a cleric should be a vibrant, living character that is very, very memorable.&nbsp; Just like any other class.&nbsp; It's never up to the DM or the mechanics to make a class role play worthy.&nbsp; It's always up to the player to make a character memorable.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 2521577, member: 22779"] Well, speaking as someone who loves playing cleric's I admit to some bias towards them. :) My current character (3.5) is a priest of Cuthbert. Now, I took him a little bit away from the standard and made him a bit of a cultist. Borrowing heavily from Zorastrian beliefs, I decided that Korbach believes in the spiritual purity of fire. All other elements are tainted by evil (water) and only fire can purify. He prostyletizes frequently and constantly tries to convince those around him of the truth of his faith. Korbach has become one of my all time favourite characters, not because he's death on wheels, but because sliding into the mindset of this character is just so much fun. I also slid in a level of Half-Elemental Fire from Dragon, but that was after I had created the character that I got that Dragon issue. It just fit so well that both me and my DM thought of it at the same time. Mechanically, he operates as the front line fighter most of the time. It's a very high RP game though, so combat has become somewhat secondary. His goal is to found his own church and spread his unique faith. Kind of a Jim Jones with arsonist tendencies. :) Really, I can't imagine thinking that clerics are slotted into any particular role. The vast differences brought on by different faiths means that two clerics should rarely look even remotely similar in outlook. A cleric is tied to his faith and his alignment. Take it to an extreme and you've got a lovely little zealot on your hands. Tone it down and you've got the friendly Father Generic guiding those around him with the lightest of touches. Clerics, with perhaps the exception of the bard, are the most gregarious of classes. They should automatically be searching out others to talk to (and occasionally set on fire) to bring the word of their faith. Then again, there's always the aesthetic cleric who is more like a mendicant monk travelling to "find the path" of his faith. He's quieter about his beliefs, but, they are no less strong for all of that. The possiblilities for role play with a priest really are endless. Allowing yourself to fall into a rut dictated by the mechanics of the class is not necessary. With a bit of creativity on the part of the player, a cleric should be a vibrant, living character that is very, very memorable. Just like any other class. It's never up to the DM or the mechanics to make a class role play worthy. It's always up to the player to make a character memorable. [/QUOTE]

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