There's no RAW requirement for it in 5e; that was a thing in prior editions that your alignment couldn't be more than 1 remove from your deity's- so an LE Cleric could serve an NE or LN deity, but not a CE or LG one. Granted, it would be odd for a Cleric's alignment to be fundamentally at odds with their deity's, particularly on the Good/Evil axis, but that's between the player and the DM anymore.
OK good to know. I used to think they had to match exactly but there are times when a gods tenants match my characters but their alignment is a little different.
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It is not a requirement in the core rules if that is what you are asking. In terms of roleplay it could be interesting to play a cleric who is aligned differently to the god even if only slightly. The difference between a lawful good god and a chaotic good cleric could be massive. Even though both of them are trying to do what is right perhaps the cleric is misguided and does what they think is right (the ends justify the means and that sort of thing) which could lead to some interesting challenges in terms of RP with that players god. Remember, just because only paladins have an inbuilt feature in the game about what happens if they don't RP according to their oaths doesn't mean as a DM you can't introduce different rulings even if they are temporary to get players more engaged in RP. In the example I was talking about before what if a CG character falls out with the gods beliefs and has to go on a quest to redeem themselves in the gods good books.
To answer your question overall, mechanically as far as I can tell in 5e there is nothing to stop a player from playing a CE character worshiping a LG god. You just might want to discuss with your player/dm what the RP connotations of that are.
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Does a cleric of a god have to have the same alignment as that god?
"Sooner or later, your Players are going to smash your railroad into a sandbox."
-Vedexent
"real life is a super high CR."
-OboeLauren
"............anybody got any potatoes? We could drop a potato in each hole an' see which ones get viciously mauled by horrible monsters?"
-Ilyara Thundertale
There's no RAW requirement for it in 5e; that was a thing in prior editions that your alignment couldn't be more than 1 remove from your deity's- so an LE Cleric could serve an NE or LN deity, but not a CE or LG one. Granted, it would be odd for a Cleric's alignment to be fundamentally at odds with their deity's, particularly on the Good/Evil axis, but that's between the player and the DM anymore.
OK good to know. I used to think they had to match exactly but there are times when a gods tenants match my characters but their alignment is a little different.
"Sooner or later, your Players are going to smash your railroad into a sandbox."
-Vedexent
"real life is a super high CR."
-OboeLauren
"............anybody got any potatoes? We could drop a potato in each hole an' see which ones get viciously mauled by horrible monsters?"
-Ilyara Thundertale
It is not a requirement in the core rules if that is what you are asking. In terms of roleplay it could be interesting to play a cleric who is aligned differently to the god even if only slightly. The difference between a lawful good god and a chaotic good cleric could be massive. Even though both of them are trying to do what is right perhaps the cleric is misguided and does what they think is right (the ends justify the means and that sort of thing) which could lead to some interesting challenges in terms of RP with that players god. Remember, just because only paladins have an inbuilt feature in the game about what happens if they don't RP according to their oaths doesn't mean as a DM you can't introduce different rulings even if they are temporary to get players more engaged in RP. In the example I was talking about before what if a CG character falls out with the gods beliefs and has to go on a quest to redeem themselves in the gods good books.
To answer your question overall, mechanically as far as I can tell in 5e there is nothing to stop a player from playing a CE character worshiping a LG god. You just might want to discuss with your player/dm what the RP connotations of that are.