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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 8730359" data-attributes="member: 29398">Agreed.I once tried playing a Cleric who would only minister to the faithful.&nbsp; In practice this meant she wouldn't cast beneficial spells on you (i.e. cures, mostly) unless you were of her own faith...which, as you might imagine, went over real well with the &quot;heathens&quot; who made up the rest of her party.&nbsp; In one case it literally came down to her saying to a downed comrade &quot;Convert or die&quot;; the comrade converted (or at least was convincing enough that my Cleric bought it), the cure was cast, and his life was saved.By the end of her career - which came within just a few sessions courtesy of some foes or other - the rest of the party were lining up to kill her.Even with that, I'm surprised we don't see a lot more of this: even mildly fanatical Clerics putting their religion ahead of the party.IME some care and some don't; the bigger issue can be that those who do care care in different directions and-or about different things than does the DM, and believe me that can lead to headaches.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 8730359, member: 29398"] Agreed. I once tried playing a Cleric who would only minister to the faithful. In practice this meant she wouldn't cast beneficial spells on you (i.e. cures, mostly) unless you were of her own faith...which, as you might imagine, went over real well with the "heathens" who made up the rest of her party. In one case it literally came down to her saying to a downed comrade "Convert or die"; the comrade converted (or at least was convincing enough that my Cleric bought it), the cure was cast, and his life was saved. By the end of her career - which came within just a few sessions courtesy of some foes or other - the rest of the party were lining up to kill her. Even with that, I'm surprised we don't see a lot more of this: even mildly fanatical Clerics putting their religion ahead of the party. IME some care and some don't; the bigger issue can be that those who do care care in different directions and-or about different things than does the DM, and believe me that can lead to headaches. [/QUOTE]

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