it occurs to me to wonder: Faiths & Avatars discusses Clerics/Mystics/Specialty Priests/Knights of various gods in excruciatingly mechanical detail but is less clear on the what this means to the people themselves. Are Sp Priests selected by the god vs clerics /1 Sort of elect themselves to service? Mystics, tbh, confuse me; and I mean the rest are, I suppose, variations on the concept of paladins (ie, Needles of Meiliki … which looks misspelt) /fin
— 🌈Jaye🦄Em🌹Edgecliff🏳️🌈 (@jayeedgecliff) January 27, 2019
1/3) It varies, but usually specialty priests are “appointed” from regular novice (or rising) clergy ranks by senior clerics who notice talent (the s-p candidate MUST willingly accept), and is ultimately approved/stripped of status by the deity (i.e. constant.. 2/3) …"performance review"). Paladins the same way, except that more of them personally appoint/pledge themselves directly to the deity (overnight vigil), and the deity speaks or sends visions/signs to them to indicate acceptance/rejection. The emphasis on deity…#Realmslore
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 27, 2019
3/3) …avatars and avoidance of faith detail at that time, to avoid real-world religious backlash robbed us of much lore that should have been provided for ROLEPLAYING (daily rituals and prayers, do's and don'ts, secret and public secular aims of priesthoods. etc.).#Realmslore
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 27, 2019
