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02-16-2004, 08:20 PM #1
One of the odd situations in the BR materials is the existence of cults to
various awnsheghlien. Most notably the Serpent has extensive temple
holdings dedicated to his worship, but a few others have their own temples
(the Sphinx for one, and it`s not entirely clear to whom/what the Hand of
Azrai in the Gorgon`s Crown is dedicated to) and one or two would appear to
have a following that would seem to merit a kind of clergy. Arguably
almost any of the major awnsheghlien could inspire such a cult. However,
when it comes to actual worship in BR we have only a few deities with their
own clergy.
In order to reflect the worship of various Cerilian cults might the
prestige class system be useful? Let`s say, for instance, I wanted to
portray the clergy for the Sons of the Serpent. The prestige class for
such characters might have prereqs that coincide with the
espionage/intrigue aspect of that temple (that is, things most appropriate
to rogue levels) and then a character class description that basically had
all the features of the cleric with a few tweaks here and there to coincide
with the worship of that particular awnshegh.
Such characters would not have the same kind of ability with their magics
as the worshippers of the standard gods because they would have to hold off
on taking the class until 5th+ level, so they would never be as effective
in terms of spellcasting ability with a character who started off as a
cleric of a particular deity.
The same kind of thing could be used to address the other perennial BR
issue when it comes to the use of magic; elven access to druidic "nature"
spells. If such a thing were portrayed as a prestige class then they could
gain access to a spell list specifically written up to address their use of
nature magic in a way that A) functions in "the 3e way" which seems to be
of such concern to many people and B) would maintain parity with the BR
materials in that such a character class would not be "a druid" in the same
sense that Erik`s priesthood is, but does allow them to cast the kinds of
magics that the BR texts indicate they should have access to. Such a
prestige class could have its charisma-based spellcasting and various
things to make it an "elven equivalent" of a druid, but different enough
not to make it comparable to the worshipper of Erik.
Comments?
Gary
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