Zardnaar
Legend
Modern D&D has done a lot if things that have generally improved the game. I don't miss THAC0 nor do I use it.
However 2E had a fairly unique way dealing with priests. The broke the cleric and Druid spell lists into spheres. Spheres usually had a theme such as protection, elemental, healing, sun etc. Different priests, clerics and specialty priests would have access to different spheres so there was no spell list as such, more of a sphere list.
A specialty priest was basically a priest of a specific deity such as a sunlord of lathendar. Druids were a specialty priest. Other types of priests were usually cleric variants such as a Crusader.
You could also have major and minor access to a sphere. Minor access was level 1 to 3, major access was up to level 7.
The system was also good for low magic settings as you might only have a few spheres. DM doesn't want magical healing well no priest has that domain. Same thing with raise dead.
It was a but all over the place though. Some were very weak and you had things like some if the FR specialty priests.
So overall more interesting than 5E but also a bit of a mess ymmv of course if you designed your own.
However 2E had a fairly unique way dealing with priests. The broke the cleric and Druid spell lists into spheres. Spheres usually had a theme such as protection, elemental, healing, sun etc. Different priests, clerics and specialty priests would have access to different spheres so there was no spell list as such, more of a sphere list.
A specialty priest was basically a priest of a specific deity such as a sunlord of lathendar. Druids were a specialty priest. Other types of priests were usually cleric variants such as a Crusader.
You could also have major and minor access to a sphere. Minor access was level 1 to 3, major access was up to level 7.
The system was also good for low magic settings as you might only have a few spheres. DM doesn't want magical healing well no priest has that domain. Same thing with raise dead.
It was a but all over the place though. Some were very weak and you had things like some if the FR specialty priests.
So overall more interesting than 5E but also a bit of a mess ymmv of course if you designed your own.
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