Legends of Belariath

Classes

Cleric

A Divine Calling, a choice to pursue a path in the hopes of achieving favor from the Divine form the basis for seeking to become a cleric. A desire to serve as a role model to others of similar faiths or to convert those about them to believe as they do for they are the voice of their deity, their faith the foundation that sets them apart from the every day citizen as well as strive to speak for their Gods/esses even if its self-serving. Their thoughts, their goals spent in daily obeisance to the Voice within and to serve as the Voice directs them, according to the whim and desires of their faith. Sexual worship, pain, pleasure, love, war even deceit can manifest in these bastions from the Divine.

Character Creation

Allowable Races: Centaur, Chirot, Dark Elf, Dwarf, High Elf, High Human, Merfolk, Minotaur, Sithian, Wemic

Qualifying Classes: Can dual only with Druid, Knight, Healer, Monk, Fire Mage, Air Mage, Water Mage, Earth Mage, Priest/ess, Dark Paladin, Paladin, Seductress

Type of Class: Divine

Spell Spheres Allowed: Divine, Common, Racial

Armor: A and B

Weapons: A and B

Class Bonus Stats:

	STR	INT	AGI	RES	STA	SPL	LFE
Bonus Stats	2	3	0	2	0	0	2

Mindset:

A Divine Calling, a choice to pursue a path in the hopes of achieving favor from the Divine form the basis for seeking to become a cleric. A desire to serve as a role model to others of similar faiths or to convert those about them to believe as they do for they are the voice of their deity, their faith the foundation that sets them apart from the every day citizen as well as strive to speak for their Gods/esses even if its self-serving. Their thoughts, their goals spent in daily obeisance to the Voice within and to serve as the Voice directs them, according to the whim and desires of their faith. Sexual worship, pain, pleasure, love, war even deceit can manifest in these bastions from the Divine.

Concept:

In some way, a deity was involved. Clerics are as varied as the grains of sand on a beach. At sometime they had clerical training in the religious organization of their deity and have a bond of sorts with their deity. Clerics are the backbone of temples and religions. Priests may be more worldly-wise, more cynical, more like the hierarchy of any religion who mix faith with pragmatism. Clerics are less likely to have that awareness and filter their actions more through their concept of what their deity wants than through self-interest.

Advantage:

Righteous Oration
A cleric with this ability, when speaking on a subject within the profile of their deity would always sound believable to the listener. The cleric has so much faith and conviction in the topic that their words ring with an innate truth to them.
Mechanic: Those of an undecided nature who hear the cleric will find themselves swayed by the words in matters relating to the faith of the cleric. Those who have strong convictions will believe that the cleric believes his words are true, even if the person does not.

Disadvantage:

Divine Wrath
There are truly hundreds of ways a cleric can successfully displease their deity. If at any time they prove fatuous enough to complete this, then they may find themselves a target to their God's exasperation. Punishment can come in many forms, and will not alleviate until the cleric truly understands the error of their ways, and only through intense prayer, or some sort of display of allegiance, will they be able to quell their deity's ire. Examples of plausible punishments: Temporary loss to stats, blindness, mute, deafness, impotence, etc...