tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post621112800069138961..comments2024-03-27T11:04:31.390-04:00Comments on From the Sorcerer's Skull: I Call Upon the Great Gazoo!Treyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-4977651500638963842017-06-21T20:25:14.140-04:002017-06-21T20:25:14.140-04:00Another comic book analogy that this brings to min...Another comic book analogy that this brings to mind is Johnny Thunder's Thunderbolt, who popped up when Johnny said the magic word "Cei-U" and fulfilled whatever request Johnny made.Brian JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12802167375544795864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-70995297086416734682017-06-19T11:37:41.034-04:002017-06-19T11:37:41.034-04:00Yeah, I was just going to bring up Vance's San...Yeah, I was just going to bring up Vance's Sandestins. Would be a great re-skinning of the cleric class for a non-religious type of fantasy.<br /><br />Very neat.JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03263662621289630246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-87002707434861888592017-06-18T13:42:41.901-04:002017-06-18T13:42:41.901-04:00There are also the Sandestins from Vance's lat...There are also the Sandestins from Vance's later Dying Earth works (essentially re-skinned genies), though of course those served arch-mages, rather than clerics.<br /><br />Also, the Al'Qadim setting had the sha'irs, which were wizards who had their own personal genies who went into the elemental planes to collect the energy for the casting of spells.<br /><br />In Deities and Demi-Gods it was noted that lowest level spells came through the cleric's own faith, mid-level spells were granted by deific functionaries such as angels and demons, and the greatest spells came directly from the gods themselves... so this fits right in with classic themes.James Mishlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03510782553325944558noreply@blogger.com