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A healer with a sword who argues theology on your behalf, mid-combat.
means A member of the clergy — someone ordained for religious duties in a church.
from From Old French clerc, via Latin clericus, from Greek klērikos ('belonging to the clergy'), rooted in klēros meaning 'lot' or 'inheritance' — the share assigned to priests. The same Greek root gave English 'clerk,' since clergy were long the literate, document-keeping class; the two words split apart over centuries, one keeping the robes, the other the paperwork.
- d&d origin
- Invented because players kept refusing to play priests
- real meaning
- From Greek kleros, meaning lot or inheritance, i.e. chosen
- weapon rule
- Historically barred from edged weapons, hence favored maces
- job description
- Part medic, part lawyer, arguing with gods for refunds