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<blockquote data-quote="Ahnehnois" data-source="post: 6237899" data-attributes="member: 17106">Well, even if that did happen, it's entirely possible that everyone just notes that in this game, divine worship has its benefits and moves on. After all, if there aren't some benefits, why are people swearing themselves to the service of extraplanar ideologues?Then again, this isn't a typical scenario in any version of D&amp;D that I'm aware of. Even in the Divine Power buffed up example, the fighter is typically better, and spells are limited in duration and subject to dispelling.At what point in history have power figures ever been the most individually skilled and effective people? In the very fuzzy time periods and locales that D&amp;D is based on, you had monarchs who were frequently children and suffered disabilities due to their lifestyle choices and inbreeding, and were often, in the modern lens, myopic bigots with delusions of grandeur. And yet people bowed to them. They had plenty of smarter and stronger people in their service. Why do you think that is?And for that matter, why doesn't Arthur work for Merlin, why isn't Gandalf the King, and why isn't Elminster in charge of the Realms?And, whatever answers you see for these questions, why not apply the same logic to your D&amp;D game?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ahnehnois, post: 6237899, member: 17106"] Well, even if that did happen, it's entirely possible that everyone just notes that in this game, divine worship has its benefits and moves on. After all, if there aren't some benefits, why are people swearing themselves to the service of extraplanar ideologues? Then again, this isn't a typical scenario in any version of D&D that I'm aware of. Even in the Divine Power buffed up example, the fighter is typically better, and spells are limited in duration and subject to dispelling. At what point in history have power figures ever been the most individually skilled and effective people? In the very fuzzy time periods and locales that D&D is based on, you had monarchs who were frequently children and suffered disabilities due to their lifestyle choices and inbreeding, and were often, in the modern lens, myopic bigots with delusions of grandeur. And yet people bowed to them. They had plenty of smarter and stronger people in their service. Why do you think that is? And for that matter, why doesn't Arthur work for Merlin, why isn't Gandalf the King, and why isn't Elminster in charge of the Realms? And, whatever answers you see for these questions, why not apply the same logic to your D&D game? [/QUOTE]

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