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<blockquote data-quote="James Gasik" data-source="post: 8590335" data-attributes="member: 6877472"><p>X'ellisar Laeralagos (or "Zelis") was a High Elf from a prestigious family of arcane casters. Having middling to no talent for magic, he left his homeland and began wandering in the lands of the other races. One night, he was accosted by bandits, and was stabbed and left for dead. A human priestess of the Goddess of Magic found him and nursed him back to health, and he discovered the faith of this foreign deity.</p><p></p><p>He became first a lay worshipper, then an acolyte, and through his growing faith, he was able to wield magic in a way he'd never thought possible. Unfortunately, delving into the archives of the Church, he discovered evidence that the Goddess was actually an Elven deity who was now being worshipped by a different name. When he brought this to the attention of his fellows, the Bishop branded him a heretic and he was cast out. Receiving a vision from the Goddess, asking him to spread the truth of her faith far and wide, he has so far eluded the inquisitors of the church by disguising himself as a regular adventurer.</p><p></p><p>One of the more memorable tenets of his faith is that the blessings of the Goddess are not free- those who benefit are asked to tithe, no more than they can afford. According to her teachings, this is to prevent people from foolishly risking life and limb, knowing that they can just ask the Gods to heal them. So it's basically an incentive to be wiser and more cautious.</p><p></p><p>Zelis's allies had mixed reactions about him charging for healing, even though he kept the money in a separate pouch, and the instant he found a church or shrine of his Goddess (or an allied deity), he would immediately donate the accrued monies and personally tithe as well.</p><p></p><p>The party Rogue was adamant that it was unfair that he be charged for healing (even though Zelis was happy to accept small amounts of coin as a token payment) and once tried to rob him- everyone was quite surprised when he was struck by lightning the instant he took the pouch from the Cleric! On the other hand, the party's Barbarian brokered a deal where he got free heals for being the Cleric's "bodyguard".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="James Gasik, post: 8590335, member: 6877472"] X'ellisar Laeralagos (or "Zelis") was a High Elf from a prestigious family of arcane casters. Having middling to no talent for magic, he left his homeland and began wandering in the lands of the other races. One night, he was accosted by bandits, and was stabbed and left for dead. A human priestess of the Goddess of Magic found him and nursed him back to health, and he discovered the faith of this foreign deity. He became first a lay worshipper, then an acolyte, and through his growing faith, he was able to wield magic in a way he'd never thought possible. Unfortunately, delving into the archives of the Church, he discovered evidence that the Goddess was actually an Elven deity who was now being worshipped by a different name. When he brought this to the attention of his fellows, the Bishop branded him a heretic and he was cast out. Receiving a vision from the Goddess, asking him to spread the truth of her faith far and wide, he has so far eluded the inquisitors of the church by disguising himself as a regular adventurer. One of the more memorable tenets of his faith is that the blessings of the Goddess are not free- those who benefit are asked to tithe, no more than they can afford. According to her teachings, this is to prevent people from foolishly risking life and limb, knowing that they can just ask the Gods to heal them. So it's basically an incentive to be wiser and more cautious. Zelis's allies had mixed reactions about him charging for healing, even though he kept the money in a separate pouch, and the instant he found a church or shrine of his Goddess (or an allied deity), he would immediately donate the accrued monies and personally tithe as well. The party Rogue was adamant that it was unfair that he be charged for healing (even though Zelis was happy to accept small amounts of coin as a token payment) and once tried to rob him- everyone was quite surprised when he was struck by lightning the instant he took the pouch from the Cleric! On the other hand, the party's Barbarian brokered a deal where he got free heals for being the Cleric's "bodyguard". [/QUOTE]
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