D&D (2024) The Cleric should be retired

[MGibster]

Really? I was under the impression that monastism (?) was one of the most widely shared religious concepts.

We had a discussion in this thread on whether priest was appropriate. I don't think monastery is safe.

 

[Laurefindel]

We had a discussion in this thread on whether priest was appropriate. I don't think monastery is safe.

Seen from this angle, that makes more sense. Not sure if I agree, but that'd be consequent.

 

[Gorck]

If you retire the cleric where do they go? I guess it depends on their alignment.

The obvious answer is Florida

 

[Azzy]

The obvious answer is Florida

Home of trailer parks, hurricanes, meth, and alligators.

 

[Starfox]

d12 HD, martial
d10 HD, half-caster
d8 HD, 2/3rd caster, 1-7th level spells
d6 HD full caster

I would be quite fond of rogues with d12 HD.

 

[Blue Orange]

Really? I was under the impression that monastism (?) was one of the most widely shared religious concepts.

If you look at the typical Christian-type monastery with life-time monks making beer and cheese, I agree that's pretty specific, but monastery as the concept of a secluded place to dedicate oneself to spiritual life is pretty universal, I think.

I kinda wondered about that. Buddhists seem to have something similar but I don't see it in Islam or Judaism, to take the only other religions I'm even vaguely familiar--Muslims and Hindus seem to have solitary holy men but no big groups of them in buildings. Maybe it's just something that two big religions happen to have and we think it's more universal than it is.

 

[Starfox]

Just as an aside, a solitary monk is an eremite. A monk living in a community is a cenobite.

 

[James Gasik]

Just as an aside, a solitary monk is an eremite. A monk living in a community is a cenobite.

Cenobites are bad, put the Lament Configuration down, it's not a toy!

 

[Vikingkingq]

I kinda wondered about that. Buddhists seem to have something similar but I don't see it in Islam or Judaism, to take the only other religions I'm even vaguely familiar--Muslims and Hindus seem to have solitary holy men but no big groups of them in buildings. Maybe it's just something that two big religions happen to have and we think it's more universal than it is.

There is monasticism in Hinduism, but not in Islam. There has sometimes been monasticism in Judaism, but it's rather uncommon and many of the communities that practiced it didn't survive to the present.

So it is more universal than two religions, but it's not necessarily ubiquitous.

 

[RoughCoronet0]

Home of trailer parks, hurricanes, meth, and alligators.

Combine them together and you get the terrifying Floridanado. CR 30 elemental that summons giant crocodiles every round, has a Trailer Slam attack, and shoots out meth missile.