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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Celtavian" data-source="post: 4416082" data-attributes="member: 5834">reI like playing clerics. I have enjoyed the cleric since 2nd edition introduced Specialty priests. So I'll list my cleric concepts.Cleric of Tempus: Easy concept. My cleric makes war because he likes to make war. The easiest way for him to constantly make war is to join an adventuring group that is always looking for a fight. That's what he has done. I picture him not so much as an archetype priest that watches over a flock so much as a warrior that prays to Tempus and is so fervent in his worship that Tempus grants him power on the battlefield. The cleric of Tempus firmly believes in Tempus. Dedicates his battles to Tempus. He does what he believes is Tempus's will. He expounds the ideology of Tempus. He makes war in Tempus's name. Cleric of Mystra: This cleric adventured seeking hidden magic, lore, and the mysteries that lie in the those places in the world that one only finds as an adventurer. This also led him into conflict with those that abuse magic and use it to enslave and kill others, something that was an affront to Mystra.Adventuring gives you a chance to find hidden artifacts and magical evils, so this was a perfect career for a Mystran priest. Cleric of Lathander: This was my favorite priest. If they killed or changed Lathander, I'm going to be a bit perturbed. This was a female Aasimar priest with a Solar angel descendant. The solar had escorted a female priest ancestor into the realm of a demon that had stolen Lathander's mace. The female ancestor recovered the mace enraging the demon. She escaped while the solar ancestor was captured by the demon lord and imprisoned.The solar and the female ancestor had relations during the quest and she was pregnant with his child. So the demon lord as vengeance informed the solar of the pregnancy. The demon lord waited until the child was born and proven to be healthy. Then he made the solar watch as he tore apart the mother in front of the newborn infant. He informed the solar that this would be his family tradition until the his bloodline was no more.Suffice it to say that the goal of the cleric I made was to kill this demon lord. That was her entire focus. So she adventured to gain the power and the allies to attack this demon lord on his own plane and break the family curse so she could have children someday.On top of that she was just a good person who wanted to help people and drive evil from the world. I planned to have to her launch a war against Thay to break the backs of the Red Wizards down the line. I never got around to that part of the story. Cleric of Shaundakul: She adventured because that is what Shaundakul expects of his priests. She had a wandering spirit and just took to the road.I've never had a problem developing backgrounds for clerics. Clerics seem to me the best class (along with paladins) for developing interesting backgrounds. They are more driven to adventure than say a fighter who decides to go look for things to fight. Some gods require their priests to adventure. Some gods require their priests to fight. Almost every god has some kind of dogmatic reason for a priest to adventure since they have the best reason for their followers growing their power. If you're having trouble finding a background for a cleric, you must have very poorly detailed gods.The best detailed gods are from he Forgotten Realms. If you play in the realms or just want to read about some detailed gods I suggest looking in Faiths and Pantheons. Maybe your DM can write up some dogma for whatever gods he uses in his campaign. That will give you some fodder for thinking up a background for a priest.</blockquote>

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