tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1197678759994283970.post4501920609616839121..comments2024-03-19T00:05:32.681-04:00Comments on Applied Phantasticality: Cure This and ThatGordon Cooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12907319916602597979noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1197678759994283970.post-38302699960108423912014-03-21T06:20:25.021-04:002014-03-21T06:20:25.021-04:00I agree with the term prophet for a priest that ch...I agree with the term prophet for a priest that chooses an adventuring life to seek new revelation. You can treat priest spells similar to magic user spells. Not all clerics have access to all spells. Spells are gifts from the divine; therefore, an individual priest only has access to a limited number of spells. <br />..<br />“There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work.”<br /> ..<br />Hence, the typical 3rd level village priest would know bless, command and purify food and drink. A priest may cast a spell repeatedly iff that spell’s alignment is equal to that of the priest (i.e., good priests may cast cure wounds multiple times), provided they don’t exceed their level based limit. Cure disease is a 3rd level spell and not routinely available to the masses.<br />…<br />Since the primary ability of a priest is wisdom, many priests will have low physical (str., dex., con.) ability scores and may not be appropriate for the adventuring/ prophet's life.<br /><br />…<br /> The term priest includes clerics; however, the term cleric only applies to followers of the tri-union (LG, NG, CG) God of the Universal Church of Good. Unlike pagan priests or shamans, clerics have a professional and salaried hierarchy. The advantage that medieval clerical orders had over pagan religions is scholasticism and a closed canon. The first universities of the medieval world were founded as religious centers of learning that teach in the official church language; Latin in the catholic West and Greek in the orthodox East. <br />.. <br />Clovis Cithoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18208194219083373456noreply@blogger.com