> 1. Should a priest who has minor access to a sphere (eg Haelyn &
> Nercomatic) be allowed to cast realm spells in that Sphere (eg Legion of
> dead). Another example is priests of Avani with minor access to creation
> and the maintain armies realm spell.

Personally, I'd say yes, with a fair bit of GM ruling on the matter.
If the use of the realm spell (and, indeed, the spell itself) was all
fine and dandy as far as the god's religion went, eg. a priest
of Avani using Maintain Army on his templar knights, then I don't see
a problem. On the other hand, if the tenets of the faith don't agree
with the spell or its uses, eg. that priest of Haelyn trying to
summon hordes of undead warriors - definitely not a noble or decent
thing to do - then I'd argue that the god refuses to grant that
particular request. If the player finds a way around it, then their
god should stiff 'em for breaking the faith....... hehehe.......

> Also if you think that minor access to a sphere allows the realm spells
> to be cast then should only the lower level realm spell be avalible.
> This would mean that Maintain Armies which requires a level 2 caster can
> be cast by priests of Avani but Legion of Dead which requires a level 5
> caster can not be cast by priests of Haelyn?

Again, I'd keep it as read that the Minor access level restriction
applies to realm spells just as it does to normal magic. If Haelyn
doesn't grant you the ability to raise the dead as a persoanl spell,
I see no reason why he'd let you get away with doing it on a national
level, no matter how nicely the priest asks.

John.

"Once I was a lamb, playing in a green field. Then
the wolves came. Now I am an eagle and I fly in a
different universe."
"And now you kill the lambs," whispered Dardalion.
"No, priest. No one pays for lambs."
- David Gemmel, Waylander