thunder wrote:
I'm not sure how it goes for the hellion faiths, but I think the vows are quite clear that priests > paladins:
vow of poverty wrote:
[T]he Paladin shall give to the church or the needy all excess wealth.... No less than one tenth shall go directly to a priest of the faith for the upkeep of the priesthood and the ministry, if such a priest is available.
vow of obedience wrote:
Paladins must obey the commands of Paladins in higher standing in their order, priests of the same faith, or any priest of a good god, provided the priest is in good standing with the gods of good, and is approved by a council of Paladins as being worthy.
vow of service wrote:
A Paladin who finds his honor tarnished must immediately confess to a priest and seek to atone for the evil by restitution, service, and sacrifice. No Paladin found wanting in any of these vows shall command others on the field of battle, nor sit in council with others until the Paladin has repented of the unknightly deeds and atoned for them.
Priests aren't greater than a paladin. You can quite clearly notice that they need to actually be approved by a council of paladins as being worthy of recognition. They only reserve that sort of honor for those worthy of praise and those that are recognized as having authority on the matter, not just some joe schmoe priest. I highly doubt a paladin of Alshain is going to want to listen to an Aludran priest when it comes to ways to deal with evil doers.
Dulrik wrote:
I'd have more sympathy for this view if a symbol were something vital. But it's not called a symbol for nothing, it's literally symbolic. The bonuses it provides to statistics are minor at best. Holy symbols are important primarily for RP purposes, which is why I've purposefully made it so that you can only receive one by roleplaying with a priest character.
That people still seem to desperately want them despite being of limited utility is inexplicable but welcome to me. Priest is the only class that SK NEEDS to function, which is not true of paladins or hellions. I'm not going to dilute a unique spell that makes other players want to recruit priests into their religion.
Herein lies your problem Dulrik. The religions on SK are not Christianity. They don't preach about serving their god with only faith, and not sight. A symbol of their faith identifies them as being part of a religion, and since they are divine manifestations of their god's power that they can wear, WHY WOULDN'T THEY WEAR IT?
It's like having a little piece of heaven with them.
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