Would playing a character for both organized play and friendly DnD who is both a Cleric and worshipper of Myrkul as their diety make sense? All the other deities seem unappealing to me, and my only option besides Myrkul was the goddess Auril (which gives me Lich King vibes). However she's kind of evil and we can't have a Cleric worshipping a crazy evil lady, can we? How would you react to this choice of a worshipped deity, would you allow it at your table, how does this interact with the rules or may affect the path you have set forth for the campaign? Can it make sense?
My new character's Peace Domain Cleric quote is, "Brings peace through the death of foes or those who partake in villainy. With death, they can finally be relieved of all their suffering, pain, and anger," which can be an explanation for a Peace Cleric worshipping someone like Myrkul, whereas if I chose Auril, it'd be, peace through the beauty of endless nights of snow. My Cleric is chaotic neutral, so maybe she's a bit crazy. (But Clerics aren't allowed to worship evil deities right? So I didn't choose Auril) As the question of why a person who worships Myrkul be a healer of all classes, wouldn't they like it better if their party members died? Well uh, advice on that explanation? Healing those who wish to live, or believing in alternate forms of healing depending on the PC/NPC? Heal whether through death to ease the pain, or heal through life, possibly a philosophical character flaw that could be discovered through the campaign?
A cleric is a priest of a dirty, or a philosophy. Evil deities and evil philosophies have clerics, too. Google Fazoul Chembril.
You may be confusing character alignment with fiery alignment. Myrkul is Neutral Evil.
The healing issue you have is based on an extremely narrow, short-term view. Gods take the long view. Presumably your Cleric is doing Myrkul’s work, and your party is helping with that…. Even if it’s just you becoming famous and spreading the worship of Myrkul that way. Myrkul likely would have no problem with you even healing a Paladin of Torm, especially since it would give a kind of bragging rights.
As for the Peace domain, Myrkul’s only domain in 5e is Death. However, if your DM is ok with you worshiping Myrkul with the Peace domain, it isn’t hard to justify. Death is very peaceful.
Google the “Battle of Mons Graupius” and the phrase “they made a desert and called it peace”.
A cleric is a priest of a dirty, or a philosophy. Evil deities and evil philosophies have clerics, too. Google Fazoul Chembril.
You may be confusing character alignment with fiery alignment. Myrkul is Neutral Evil.
The healing issue you have is based on an extremely narrow, short-term view. Gods take the long view. Presumably your Cleric is doing Myrkul’s work, and your party is helping with that…. Even if it’s just you becoming famous and spreading the worship of Myrkul that way. Myrkul likely would have no problem with you even healing a Paladin of Torm, especially since it would give a kind of bragging rights.
As for the Peace domain, Myrkul’s only domain in 5e is Death. However, if your DM is ok with you worshiping Myrkul with the Peace domain, it isn’t hard to justify. Death is very peaceful.
Google the “Battle of Mons Graupius” and the phrase “they made a desert and called it peace”.
You're a genius.
So for Wizards Organized Play, is a diety of non-Peace domain for a Peace Domain Cleric permissible? Or would that only be okay and possibly allowed for non-organized play?
Like if I don't choose the Acolyte background, do the "must share the domain" rules not apply? Also, will I be able to still get spells from him during the worst of situations or will he have to match my alignment?
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Would playing a character for both organized play and friendly DnD who is both a Cleric and worshipper of Myrkul as their diety make sense? All the other deities seem unappealing to me, and my only option besides Myrkul was the goddess Auril (which gives me Lich King vibes). However she's kind of evil and we can't have a Cleric worshipping a crazy evil lady, can we? How would you react to this choice of a worshipped deity, would you allow it at your table, how does this interact with the rules or may affect the path you have set forth for the campaign? Can it make sense?
My new character's Peace Domain Cleric quote is, "Brings peace through the death of foes or those who partake in villainy. With death, they can finally be relieved of all their suffering, pain, and anger," which can be an explanation for a Peace Cleric worshipping someone like Myrkul, whereas if I chose Auril, it'd be, peace through the beauty of endless nights of snow. My Cleric is chaotic neutral, so maybe she's a bit crazy. (But Clerics aren't allowed to worship evil deities right? So I didn't choose Auril) As the question of why a person who worships Myrkul be a healer of all classes, wouldn't they like it better if their party members died? Well uh, advice on that explanation? Healing those who wish to live, or believing in alternate forms of healing depending on the PC/NPC? Heal whether through death to ease the pain, or heal through life, possibly a philosophical character flaw that could be discovered through the campaign?
A cleric is a priest of a dirty, or a philosophy. Evil deities and evil philosophies have clerics, too. Google Fazoul Chembril.
You may be confusing character alignment with fiery alignment. Myrkul is Neutral Evil.
The healing issue you have is based on an extremely narrow, short-term view. Gods take the long view. Presumably your Cleric is doing Myrkul’s work, and your party is helping with that…. Even if it’s just you becoming famous and spreading the worship of Myrkul that way. Myrkul likely would have no problem with you even healing a Paladin of Torm, especially since it would give a kind of bragging rights.
As for the Peace domain, Myrkul’s only domain in 5e is Death. However, if your DM is ok with you worshiping Myrkul with the Peace domain, it isn’t hard to justify. Death is very peaceful.
Google the “Battle of Mons Graupius” and the phrase “they made a desert and called it peace”.
You're a genius.
So for Wizards Organized Play, is a diety of non-Peace domain for a Peace Domain Cleric permissible? Or would that only be okay and possibly allowed for non-organized play?
Like if I don't choose the Acolyte background, do the "must share the domain" rules not apply? Also, will I be able to still get spells from him during the worst of situations or will he have to match my alignment?