Cleric Domain for Tower Shield and/or martial weapons? [Archive] - Wizards Community

Cleric Domain for Tower Shield and/or martial weapons? [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Grifter0730
09-30-04, 10:19 PM Is there any domain that grants a cleric the ability to use a Tower Shield and/or martial weapons (specifically swords such as longsword, greatsword, etc)?
Lavis Knight
09-30-04, 10:22 PM War gives you one weapon and a focus in it ^^
Silimaure
09-30-04, 11:59 PM But it's important to note that that weapon must be your god's favored weapon :p
Kary Wanzer
10-01-04, 02:29 AM :r: If you are a non-deity cleric, and are also true neutral (since I believe that most of the alignments have certain weapons associated with them, at least when casting some kind of divine spell whose name I can't remember at the moment), then perhaps you could get away with any sort of weapon proficiency and focus (even an exotic one?) with War as one of your domains. Hmm, a true neutral, non-deity cleric of the Spiked Chain... :b:
Dracoulis The Phyrexian
10-01-04, 03:04 AM :r: If you are a non-deity cleric, and are also true neutral (since I believe that most of the alignments have certain weapons associated with them, at least when casting some kind of divine spell whose name I can't remember at the moment), then perhaps you could get away with any sort of weapon proficiency and focus (even an exotic one?) with War as one of your domains. Hmm, a true neutral, non-deity cleric of the Spiked Chain... :b:

Of course, it's up to your DM to decide whether that will fly or not. Even then, it's sort of hard seeing a true neutral deity-less cleric following the concept of War. They're not really... dedicated enough to something that major, are they?

But, even then: It probably should be a martial weapon. Not exotic, because they're exotic. Just martial.
dirkformica
10-01-04, 04:00 AM Well, War could never give an Exotic Weapon proficiency because it specifically states in the Domain Power description:

"Granted powers: Free Martial Weapon Proficiency with deity's favored weapon (if necessary) and Weapon Focus with the deity's favored weapon."

However, I guess a DM could allow a specific Deity to have an Exotic Weapon as its favored weapon which could possibly allow an exotic weapon via War. And if you find such an incredibly generous DM, let us all know! ;)

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Grifter0730 09-30-04, 10:19 PM	Is there any domain that grants a cleric the ability to use a Tower Shield and/or martial weapons (specifically swords such as longsword, greatsword, etc)?
Lavis Knight 09-30-04, 10:22 PM	War gives you one weapon and a focus in it ^^
Silimaure 09-30-04, 11:59 PM	But it's important to note that that weapon must be your god's favored weapon :p
Kary Wanzer 10-01-04, 02:29 AM	:r: If you are a non-deity cleric, and are also true neutral (since I believe that most of the alignments have certain weapons associated with them, at least when casting some kind of divine spell whose name I can't remember at the moment), then perhaps you could get away with any sort of weapon proficiency and focus (even an exotic one?) with War as one of your domains. Hmm, a true neutral, non-deity cleric of the Spiked Chain... :b:
Dracoulis The Phyrexian 10-01-04, 03:04 AM	:r: If you are a non-deity cleric, and are also true neutral (since I believe that most of the alignments have certain weapons associated with them, at least when casting some kind of divine spell whose name I can't remember at the moment), then perhaps you could get away with any sort of weapon proficiency and focus (even an exotic one?) with War as one of your domains. Hmm, a true neutral, non-deity cleric of the Spiked Chain... :b: Of course, it's up to your DM to decide whether that will fly or not. Even then, it's sort of hard seeing a true neutral deity-less cleric following the concept of War. They're not really... dedicated enough to something that major, are they? But, even then: It probably should be a martial weapon. Not exotic, because they're exotic. Just martial.
dirkformica 10-01-04, 04:00 AM	Well, War could never give an Exotic Weapon proficiency because it specifically states in the Domain Power description: "Granted powers: Free Martial Weapon Proficiency with deity's favored weapon (if necessary) and Weapon Focus with the deity's favored weapon." However, I guess a DM could allow a specific Deity to have an Exotic Weapon as its favored weapon which could possibly allow an exotic weapon via War. And if you find such an incredibly generous DM, let us all know! ;)