tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3777471469694473699.post4319354626381170308..comments2023-12-31T02:38:15.848-05:00Comments on The Labyrinth: Understanding Fantasy Classes: The ClericLabyrinthianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15566448535889913865noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3777471469694473699.post-56041050661097088602010-09-28T14:43:22.467-04:002010-09-28T14:43:22.467-04:00+1 or the Red DM's comment.
Any time PCs go...+1 or the Red DM's comment. <br /><br />Any time PCs go to a temple, whether it be on the out fringes of civilization or a major metropolis in the heart of a mighty empire, those who tend the temple are clerics, though they should be more of a holy man than a warrior. <br /><br />This is a great post and really made me rethink the cleric. I wonder if I should be rethinking other classes as well.Manticonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3777471469694473699.post-20670145583362366952010-09-27T21:31:18.383-04:002010-09-27T21:31:18.383-04:00I love playing clerics, but I have always thought ...I love playing clerics, but I have always thought it a failing of D&D that there isn't a class in the main game who is by design a more typical holy man.The Red DMhttp://theredboxblog.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3777471469694473699.post-61381388375317956282010-09-27T19:20:55.709-04:002010-09-27T19:20:55.709-04:00I've always liked playing clerics but I can se...I've always liked playing clerics but I can see why folks tend to stay away.<br /><br />First is the image: I'd wager what most westerners picture when they hear 'priest' is an elderly gentleman in a black coat. He's soft spoken and used to teach Sunday school. Not the kind of person one would associate with high adventure.<br /><br />The other extreme is the image of a raving zealot who wishes all to convert or die. Granted the Paladin gets this too but at least he gets a cool horse and a fighter's base attack.<br /><br />Another problem is a cleric's power doesn't stem from him. A fighter is a deadly weapon, a thief is cunning and quick, a mage has his own arcane might, a cleric has. . .piety? His strength is clearly not his own. Without his god he is nothing. Many gamers don't want their character's powers tied to something other in such a way.<br /><br />Then there's the whole 'your character worships another god' thing. For my part, when I was a more devout Catholic I stayed away from the cleric because I didn't even want to pretend to worship something else. Mages were fine because I was manipulating a great neutral power but clerics? Even for just pretend I didn't want to praise any other deity.<br /><br />I know better now but I also understand how other's would find being the cleric uncomfortable.<br /><br />These days I like clerics. It brings with it a lot of roleplaying potential. What better character to have a crisis of faith? What better way to explore a foreign philosophies? If done right I think our fine D&D priestly orders can offer us much in the way of epic RP.Challhttp://www.taoofchall.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com