What domains would be available to Clerics of GOD?

[Green Knight]

I'm talking the Judeo-Christian God, here. Jehovah, Yahweh, etc.

SOOOO, let's say he existed in a D&D setting. So what Domains would be available to any Clerics who worshipped him? What Prestige Domains (From Defenders of the Faith) would also be available? I've got some ideas, but I want to see if anyone has any better ideas (Which is VERY likely, as I'm not all that bright ).

I have the PHB, the Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting, Faiths & Pantheons, the Ravenloft Campaign Setting, and Defenders of the Faith. So if you put down a Domain that isn't from one of those books, I'd appreciate it if you could list from which book it comes from and a brief description of what the deal with that Domain is.

NOTE: I'm not looking to start a religious debate here. Thanks for the help.

 

[jgbrowning]

I'm talking the Judeo-Christian God, here. Jehovah, Yahweh, etc.

SOOOO, let's say he existed in a D&D setting. So what Domains would be available to any Clerics who worshipped him? What Prestige Domains (From Defenders of the Faith) would also be available? I've got some ideas, but I want to see if anyone has any better ideas (Which is VERY likely, as I'm not all that bright ).

I have the PHB, the Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting, Faiths & Pantheons, the Ravenloft Campaign Setting, and Defenders of the Faith. So if you put down a Domain that isn't from one of those books, I'd appreciate it if you could list from which book it comes from and a brief description of what the deal with that Domain is.

NOTE: I'm not looking to start a religious debate here. Thanks for the help.

I always find it amusing that it is the judeo-christian god and not the judeo-christian-muslim god. anyway it depends. there's really a duality god in the bible. one vengefull and unforgiving and the other one the opposite. it was one useful way of expressing the environment around them. i'd say all domains because just look at all the saints.

joe b.

 

[Jack Haggerty]

That depends entirely on which version of the Judeo-Christian God you're talking about...

Every different regilion that uses Him... Jewdaism, Catholic Christianity, Protestant Christianity, and Islam too... each has a very different view on how He and His followers should and do act.

Good, Healing, Knowledge, Law, Protection, Strength, Sun and War would all suit Him, depending on you point of view.

Catholicism, with all of its Patron Saints, could feasibly use practically any domain... except for perhaps a select few such as Chaos, Evil and Magic.

 

[Green Knight]

Re: Re: What domains would be available to Clerics of GOD?

I always find it amusing that it is the judeo-christian god and not the judeo-christian-muslim god. anyway it depends. there's really a duality god in the bible. one vengefull and unforgiving and the other one the opposite. it was one useful way of expressing the environment around them. i'd say all domains because just look at all the saints.

joe b.

*sigh* Didn't take long, did it?

A real argument could be made that Allah ISN'T the same as the Judeo-Christian God. Hell, apparently the name "Allah" existed long before Muhammed came along. It was the name of a local moon god (So it's not coincidental that the symbol of Islam is a crescent moon). And unlike Islam, Christianity doesn't discount what came before, the Torah (Which is the Old Testament in Christianity). Islam, however, has its own book. So amusing or not, there's good reason why it's the Judeo-Christian God and not the Judeo-Christian-Muslim God. If Muslims had slapped the Old and New Testaments in front of the Koran then it might be a different story.

 

[Green Knight]

That depends entirely on which version of the Judeo-Christian God you're talking about...

Every different regilion that uses Him... Jewdaism, Catholic Christianity, Protestant Christianity, and Islam too... each has a very different view on how He and His followers should and do act.

Good, Healing, Knowledge, Law, Protection, Strength, Sun and War would all suit Him, depending on you point of view.

Catholicism, with all of its Patron Saints, could feasibly use practically any domain... except for perhaps a select few such as Chaos, Evil and Magic.

Well, then give me your version. In your opinion, what Domains would Clerics of God have?

 

[jgbrowning]

Re: Re: Re: What domains would be available to Clerics of GOD?

"[*sigh* Didn't take long, did it? "

I wasnt starting a debate just stating what i thought. i think followers of God could have any domain. including evil. they would use evil against non-believers, but im a little less cut-and-dried than most DM's

"A real argument could be made that Allah ISN'T the same as the Judeo-Christian God. Hell, apparently the name "Allah" existed long before Muhammed came along. It was the name of a local moon god (So it's not coincidental that the symbol of Islam is a crescent moon). And unlike Islam, Christianity doesn't discount what came before, the Torah (Which is the Old Testament in Christianity). Islam, however, has its own book. So amusing or not, there's good reason why it's the Judeo-Christian God and not the Judeo-Christian-Muslim God. If Muslims had slapped the Old and New Testaments in front of the Koran then it might be a different story. [/B][/QUOTE]"

Muslims do accept the torah. they consider themselves sons of abraham. They just consider the koran to supercede other books the way the old christians used to view the new testement.

joe b.

 

[Tonguez]

Re: Re: Re: What domains would be available to Clerics of GOD?

*sigh* Didn't take long, did it?

A real argument could be made that Allah ISN'T the same as the Judeo-Christian God. Hell, apparently the name "Allah" existed long before Muhammed came along. It was the name of a local moon god (So it's not coincidental that the symbol of Islam is a crescent moon). And unlike Islam, Christianity doesn't discount what came before, the Torah (Which is the Old Testament in Christianity). Islam, however, has its own book. So amusing or not, there's good reason why it's the Judeo-Christian God and not the Judeo-Christian-Muslim God. If Muslims had slapped the Old and New Testaments in front of the Koran then it might be a different story.

Actually Muslims do acknowledge the Torah as 'gospel'

Also the word Allah is basically the same as the word Halelujah (both containing the word Jah/Jeh(ovah) = God also rendered as El (Elohim and Yaweh all being a names of GOD)

As to Domains
As stated earlier ALL Domains are suitable for the Ominipotent GOD of everything. However if a choice is required I'd do the base Domains in this order

Major Domains - Most suitable ranked from most favoured to less favoured
Good, Jehovah-Tsidkenu (Righteousness)
Healing, -Rohphe (Healer)
Protection, - Jireh (Provider)
Destruction, Shaddai (Devastator)
Fire, The Lord is a Consuming Fire
Air,
Knowledge,
Law, Adonai (Master)
Strength, El-Rohi (the Strong One who Sees -Shepherd)
Sun,
War, -Saboath (Lord of Hosts)
Minor Domains okay but not favoured
Water
Earth,
Plant,
Travel,
Animal,

Prohibitted DomainsThese domains are used at the peril of ones soul!
Trickery,
Luck,
Evil,
Chaos,
Death,
Magic,

 

[jgbrowning]

Re: Re: Re: Re: What domains would be available to Clerics of GOD?

As to Domains
As stated earlier ALL Domains are suitable for the Ominipotent GOD of everything. However if a choice is required I'd do the base Domains in this order

Major Domains - Most suitable ranked from most favoured to less favoured
Good, Jehovah-Tsidkenu (Righteousness)
Healing, -Rohphe (Healer)
Protection, - Jireh (Provider)
Destruction, Shaddai (Devastator)
Fire, The Lord is a Consuming Fire
Air,
Knowledge,
Law, Adonai (Master)
Strength, El-Rohi (the Strong One who Sees -Shepherd)
Sun,
War, -Saboath (Lord of Hosts)
Minor Domains okay but not favoured
Water
Earth,
Plant,
Travel,
Animal,

Prohibitted DomainsThese domains are used at the peril of ones soul!
Trickery,
Luck,
Evil,
Chaos,
Death,
Magic,

First i have a few complaints about your prohibitted domains. Luck and trickery are both praised when used against the infedel and condemned when used against the believer. Chaos would be the same, death also and magic only if you belive that arcane magic comes from "the debil."
Evil i might give you as a prohibited.

Second, the basic assumption of this whole thread is that the omnipotent GOD of everything has been discribed by christians, jews and muslims.

I'd rather postulate that a greater concept of an omnipotent god has been created within hinduism. God is everything, everything is god. Time is all now, space is all now, you are all now. etc.. that thinking does not limit GOD to being only "good" as we perceive good.

if we use my hinduesque idea all domains would be allowed.

joe b.

 

[Aristotle]

I agree with some of what's been said here... Here is my take on it. The "one true God" is the god of everything. He created both good and evil, and therefore would have control over all domains. How I would handle this? There are two ways...

1.) God has every domain. End of story.

2.) God has every domain, but each "God fearing" (I didn't want to exclude any) religion only acknowledges certain ones for the purposes of priestly practices.

In addition to this some religions might have a "sub-pantheon" of some sort. For instance the catholics might have a sub-pantheon containing The Virgin Mary and all of the Saints. If this idea was used, then each "deity" in the sub-pantheon would have his or her own domains. Priests would pray to the appropriate sub-deity to invoke each...

Just off the top of my head and at 5:30am. So the concept may have flaws.

 

[Lily Inverse]

If you're set on the four-domain per deity limit (Not sure about that) rather than have priests of God just pick whatever domain they want have them pick out a specific patron saint or archangel who supplies their selection of domain powers, favored weapon, etc. . .

This would have the advantage of having multiple types of priests without compromising the "One God above All" concept. For example, while you are a devout priest of God, you are favored by St. Patrick, and thus have access to the Luck domain.

It would take a LOT of research though.