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RadicalTaoist 10-01-05, 02:40 PM	"Your hooves carry me; your boughs protect me; your rivers nurture me; your glades feed me. I know no fear for you walk by my side." Orgek accompanied this short prayer with a little ritual, slapping his short sword hilt against his breast followed by the long sword on top, both blades held flats outward in a double fencer's salute. And all of a sudden Ehlonna was very much there, and very much real, in a way only Orgek could understand. He looked into Her eyes, and She told him that She loved him, and would guard him from all harm. I know. I love you too. She smiled, and bade Her champion go forward. Casting divine favor for +2 luck to attack and damage. I'm currently in an online game on the Real Adventures forum. This is what I'm waiting to post as soon as it's my turn (I got a nat 1 on initiative though :(). Word for word. Can anyone else recall examples of where you decided against "I cast Magic Missile" or "Another full attack" and went for a description far more dramatic?
Gingerbread Guy 10-03-05, 01:45 AM	Oh, absolutely. In a play-by-post game, I played a female dwarven cleric who, rather than a deity, worshiped the spirits of her clan ancestors. I always wrote out prayers appropriate to the given spell, and often the situation and/or target. If casting detect evil she'd respectfully ask her ancestor spirits to help her seek out the corrupt. If casting a cure spell on an ally, she'd explain to her ancestors how they had recieve the wound (usually fighting along side her in battle, and/or furthering a mutual goal), and ask them to lend their strength. I was always careful to word the prayers as humble requests, rather than commands. This helps to reinforce that she's not the one working the magic, she's just an agent who helps spread the will of her people - stark contrast to arcane casters, who throw spell energy around on a whim. It really bothers me when players toss divine magic around without any thought or care to its origins. I've always portrayed clerics (and to some extent druids) as being spendthrift when it comes to their magic, reasoning that it isn't really their own energy. The exception is with some, more evil clerics who feel that their daily selection of prayers is litterally their god-given right, and they'll do exactly what they please with it. I guess as long as thought has been put into the process, I'm happy. ~Ginger