Base Class: Cleric
An acolyte in a monastery studies the holy texts and histories, only to come to the conclusion that it does not make sense to them. They can see inconsistencies with their religion that the senior monks do not acknowledge, that cannot be explained away by blind faith. With that single moment of realisation, they take the first step down upon a very different theological path.
The Atheist Domain is a strange, perhaps paradoxical, domain. Clerics of Atheism are non-believers - many of whom often wouldn’t even consider themselves to be true clerics at all. Some are priests who have grown disillusioned by their religion, others are philosophers who seek to question ‘what is divinity?’
They do not serve any gods above, but rather they are followers of scepticism and logic. To be an atheist is to question and challenge.
Even if the gods do exist, these clerics certainly do not worship them. Nevertheless, Clerics of Atheism are capable of channeling their own brand of divine magic.
No one is quite sure where or how these clerics draw their power, and it is a subject of much debate. Some theorise that Clerics of Atheism access a higher plane of non-belief – perhaps there is some sort of nameless deity formed by the belief of those who do not believe? Others disregard that notion entirely, and instead claim that Atheist Clerics can build their own divinity from inside of themselves. They do not rely on any higher power, instead they harness the divine magic from within.
There are many such contradictory theories and propositions, and many debates over the subject. In fact, arguing with others is practically a form of ceremony for Atheist Clerics.
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