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<blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 7163039" data-attributes="member: 23751"><p>The 2e cleric is at its base a cleric of the entire religion. If it's polytheisitic, the cleric would be a follower of the greek religion, as an example. </p><p></p><p>"The most common type of priest is the cleric. The cleric may be <strong>an adherent of an religion</strong> (though if the DM designs <strong>a specific mythos</strong>, the cleric’s abilities and spells may be changed-see following)."</p><p></p><p>It goes on to later describe the specific mythos as gods of war, harvest, etc., indicating that the cleric might be allowed to follow a single god, but you have to ask the DM if that's allowed.</p><p></p><p>3e clerics say the following.</p><p></p><p>"Clerics of a given religion are all supposed to get along, though schisms within a church are often more bitter than conflicts between religions. Clerics who share some basic ideals, such as goodness or lawfulness, may find common cause with each other <strong>and see themselves as part of an order or body that supersedes any given religion.</strong>"</p><p></p><p>and...</p><p></p><p>"Some clerics devote themselves not to a god but to a cause or a source of divine power. These characters wield magic the way clerics devoted to individual gods do, but they are not associated with any religious institution or any particular practice of worship."</p><p></p><p>So it's clear that in 3e you can be a cleric without a god or even be a cleric of an order that includes multiple gods.</p><p></p><p>From 4e.</p><p></p><p>"As a cleric, the deity (or deities) you choose to revere goes a long way toward defining you, or at least how other people in the world see you."</p><p></p><p>I don't see similar language in the 5e PHB, making it the first edition to require a specific god, though I may have missed it in the text somewhere.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Maxperson, post: 7163039, member: 23751"] The 2e cleric is at its base a cleric of the entire religion. If it's polytheisitic, the cleric would be a follower of the greek religion, as an example. "The most common type of priest is the cleric. The cleric may be [B]an adherent of an religion[/B] (though if the DM designs [B]a specific mythos[/B], the cleric’s abilities and spells may be changed-see following)." It goes on to later describe the specific mythos as gods of war, harvest, etc., indicating that the cleric might be allowed to follow a single god, but you have to ask the DM if that's allowed. 3e clerics say the following. "Clerics of a given religion are all supposed to get along, though schisms within a church are often more bitter than conflicts between religions. Clerics who share some basic ideals, such as goodness or lawfulness, may find common cause with each other [B]and see themselves as part of an order or body that supersedes any given religion.[/B]" and... "Some clerics devote themselves not to a god but to a cause or a source of divine power. These characters wield magic the way clerics devoted to individual gods do, but they are not associated with any religious institution or any particular practice of worship." So it's clear that in 3e you can be a cleric without a god or even be a cleric of an order that includes multiple gods. From 4e. "As a cleric, the deity (or deities) you choose to revere goes a long way toward defining you, or at least how other people in the world see you." I don't see similar language in the 5e PHB, making it the first edition to require a specific god, though I may have missed it in the text somewhere. [/QUOTE]
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