>>Clerics of the wizard caste have
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>>limited sorcery, but of a broad type drawn from several saint's lives.
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>Trotsky.>That depends on the sect followed, IMO.
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>I was just talking about the Rokari. Everything I have seen about the Rokari
>has said they discourage the veneration of saints, yet also says their
>clergy are powerful magicians - where do they get their magic?
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The Order of Rokar provides their magic.
>Me:>Wizards, even clerical ones, can marry,
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>Trotsky>Again, this depends on sect. For instance, I hold to the view that
>the
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>>Rokari wizards are celibate.
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>Then where do little Rokari wizards come from?
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This question will be addressed in Lords of the West :)
>Me: >Monasticism developed out of stricter rules for wizards who pursue yet
>more
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>>spiritual/magical power. They take serious vows of chastity and obedience
>>and spend a lot of time grovelling to the Great Invisible etc.>
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>Trotsky>There are undoubtedly Hero Bands of these types, IMO. The Golden
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>>Chalice
>>is effectively one such, complete with monastic knights in the
>>Templar/Teutonic mould.
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>How big a hero band?
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The Golden Chalice is certainly pretty huge, as hero bands go.
> And if we asume a mostly married
>Rokari clergy, they would be even more serious competition to the slackers
>up at the Cathedral.
>
The existence of a married Rokari clergy seems to be contradicted by
some of the information we have on the sect (notably in the RQ3
Genertela book). Of course, whether this means that in *practice* they
are all celibate is a different question...
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