On Cleric additions

Started by MrGrendel, January 24, 2012, 01:42:49 PM

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MrGrendel

QuoteI'm only going to bless dwarves was in part an answer to the DMs' ongoing challenge to attempt clerics that are more than buffbots.

The gods get power from the prayers of mortals of any race. In the absence of other dwarves, I would imagine a dwarf priest would prefer to strengthen his god through human worship rather than help neither the humans nor his god.

In terms of "different," I think it's a change to see a priest so exclusive, and it might add some nice flavor. Looking at things objectively, I'm not sure it would be the norm in this unusual circumstance. In fact, I wonder if a priest would not be reasonably worried about their deity getting ticked over investing power in this priest and not getting any worship at all in return.

At least that's my best argument "for" prayer regarding racial deities. Patron conversions, yeah, that will work differently. Of course, if you're the one dwarf priest on the island, you'll have a massive edge on every single potential dwarf convert that does show up. That might actually even the field.

The King Of Beasts

No other gods cover mining, and plenty of humans mine. Make mining important!