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<blockquote data-quote="Daiba" data-source="post: 3876792" data-attributes="member: 56787">I've played a lot of clerics (and enjoyed them), and I have to say that it's all in how you present yourself.&nbsp; I.E., if I'm playing a philosophy cleric of Battle, or something like that, I'll bill myself as a warrior.&nbsp; If I'm playing a cleric if Heironeous, I'll call myself a paladin and structure the backstory around that kind of portrayal.This next point applies to character creation in general: Take the mechanics and mold them to the character concept - never allow the crappy inherent flavor packaged with the game to impair your roleplaying and storycrafting experience...The most fun I've ever had as a cleric was playing a half-orc with 5 intelligence who desperately wanted to be a priest of St. Cuthbert (but was denied entrance into the clergy due to his severely limited mental faculties).&nbsp; He was almost certainly incapable of parsing or consistently following a rigid dogma, but his heart was in the right place (and presumably, Cuthbert was understanding enough to grant him power for it).&nbsp; The other players quickly got used to the fact that he wasn't very bright and had a single combat strategy: &quot;make himself big&quot; and &quot;smash&quot;.&nbsp; Healing was definitely an afterthought.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Daiba, post: 3876792, member: 56787"] I've played a lot of clerics (and enjoyed them), and I have to say that it's all in how you present yourself. I.E., if I'm playing a philosophy cleric of Battle, or something like that, I'll bill myself as a warrior. If I'm playing a cleric if Heironeous, I'll call myself a paladin and structure the backstory around that kind of portrayal. This next point applies to character creation in general: Take the mechanics and mold them to the character concept - never allow the crappy inherent flavor packaged with the game to impair your roleplaying and storycrafting experience... The most fun I've ever had as a cleric was playing a half-orc with 5 intelligence who desperately wanted to be a priest of St. Cuthbert (but was denied entrance into the clergy due to his severely limited mental faculties). He was almost certainly incapable of parsing or consistently following a rigid dogma, but his heart was in the right place (and presumably, Cuthbert was understanding enough to grant him power for it). The other players quickly got used to the fact that he wasn't very bright and had a single combat strategy: "make himself big" and "smash". Healing was definitely an afterthought. [/QUOTE]

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