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Aravine
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Posted - 21 Sep 2007 :  17:02:41  Show Profile  Visit Aravine's Homepage Send Aravine a Private Message  Reply with Quote  Delete Topic
Poll Question:
which is the better class? why?

Choices:

Favored Souls( divine casting sorcerers)
Clerics

(Anonymous Vote)

The brave don't live forever,the cautious don't live at all

Edited by - Aravine on 03 Dec 2007 18:19:51

Zanan
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Posted - 21 Sep 2007 :  23:45:48  Show Profile  Visit Zanan's Homepage Send Zanan a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Voted for cleric - obviously - though the archivist beats them both hands down.

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KnightErrantJR
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Posted - 21 Sep 2007 :  23:48:43  Show Profile  Visit KnightErrantJR's Homepage Send KnightErrantJR a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Archivists are pretty interesting, and I really like cloistered clerics myself.
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Marquant Volker
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Posted - 21 Sep 2007 :  23:52:24  Show Profile Send Marquant Volker a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I will go for the original Cleric
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Purple Dragon Knight
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Posted - 22 Sep 2007 :  03:17:40  Show Profile Send Purple Dragon Knight a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Cleric! Feel thy POWAH!!!

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Pharaun Mizzrym
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Posted - 22 Sep 2007 :  03:31:37  Show Profile  Visit Pharaun Mizzrym's Homepage Send Pharaun Mizzrym a Private Message  Reply with Quote
A Chosen!
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Aravine
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Posted - 24 Sep 2007 :  13:25:04  Show Profile  Visit Aravine's Homepage Send Aravine a Private Message  Reply with Quote
even though Clerics are technically better spellcasters, I am more of a fghter type person and therefore favor the former

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Alisttair
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Posted - 24 Sep 2007 :  14:27:38  Show Profile  Visit Alisttair's Homepage Send Alisttair a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Favored Souls are a good change of pace....this is making me want to play one :)

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sirreus
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Posted - 24 Sep 2007 :  16:55:42  Show Profile  Visit sirreus's Homepage Send sirreus a Private Message  Reply with Quote
divine characters are my favorite( real gods with real powers).
it's a hard decision because the cleric class is based on pc intentions while fav soul is based on deity intentions. my fav. divine prestige class is pious templar. the mettle class feature can't be beat.

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Xysma
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Posted - 25 Sep 2007 :  04:33:40  Show Profile  Visit Xysma's Homepage Send Xysma a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I voted for cleric as the better class. I like the concept of the Favored Soul, but mechanically I have a problem with the design of the class. Having spells known tied to CHA and spell DCs tied to WIS limits a PC's effectiveness IMO.

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GRYPHON
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Posted - 02 Dec 2007 :  19:07:47  Show Profile Send GRYPHON a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Have to go with the Cleric...

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Na-Gang
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Posted - 03 Dec 2007 :  17:34:06  Show Profile  Visit Na-Gang's Homepage Send Na-Gang a Private Message  Reply with Quote
In our campaigns there's a house rule that allows Favoured Souls to choose their known spells from two of their deity's domains. We felt that having an inherent divine connection would more likely manifest in the more domainy, portfolio-specific spells, than the generic prayer-type cleric spells.
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BARDOBARBAROS
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Posted - 03 Dec 2007 :  17:34:45  Show Profile  Visit BARDOBARBAROS's Homepage Send BARDOBARBAROS a Private Message  Reply with Quote
clerics...

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RIMV
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Posted - 03 Dec 2007 :  18:28:46  Show Profile  Visit RIMV's Homepage Send RIMV a Private Message  Reply with Quote
My current party that I DM has both a Cleric of Lathander two Favored Souls, one of Mystra and one of Tempus. Both have their strengths and weaknesses, which my group has managed to compliment wonderfully.

As for which is a better class to play, that is entirely up to the individual player and I can't answer properly as I have never played a Favored Soul, but I DM the NPC Cleric of Lathander. Perhaps in the next game I play in I might just play a Favored Soul just to see what it is like.

No vote from me.
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Penknight
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Posted - 04 Dec 2007 :  00:40:52  Show Profile Send Penknight a Private Message  Reply with Quote
It depends on what the character is wanting to accomplish, really. I like to run a straight cleric and burn off my turn attempts to power my metamagic feats. And yet, I made a half celestial paladin/favored soul that could do the same thing really. I guess it just depends on your overall desires. No vote from me either.

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