# Explain Clerical magic in D&D to me.

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [July 31, 2009, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-clerical-magic-in-d-d-to-me/504845 "2009-07-31T04:22:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![MeDrewNotYou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@MeDrewNotYou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeDrewNotYou)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2009, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-clerical-magic-in-d-d-to-me/504845/41 "2009-08-04T17:25:08Z")

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> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#):
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> Some DMs, and some players, are incredibly sexist. These days, not so much, but I started playing in the early 80s, when a female gamer was a real rarity, and most of the female characters were played by guys, who generally played a woman that they wanted to date, that is, a perpetually horny, extremely attractive human, elf, or half-elf female.

It just goes to show that some guys don’t appreciate the beauty of a hulking half-orc woman.

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**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-clerical-magic-in-d-d-to-me/504845/42 "2009-08-05T17:36:09Z")

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> [@MeDrewNotYou](#):
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> It just goes to show that some guys don’t appreciate the beauty of a hulking half-orc woman.

I know _I_ do.

…What?

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**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-clerical-magic-in-d-d-to-me/504845/43 "2009-08-05T19:52:52Z")

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> > So, while I know female players who had to play a female elf cleric of the goddess of magic (because chicks can’t be mages) or female halfling/gnome/ whatever-the-shorties-were-called-in-the-universe-for-the-day’s-game cleric of the god of commerce (who sounds suspiciously like Hermes in also being god of, uhm, lost items, messengers and politicians)
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> OK, I can maybe sort of see the wizard university not admitting women, or maybe even the laws of magic being tied to gender in such a way that women simply can’t be wizards, but are you saying that some DMs wouldn’t allow female thieves? That doesn’t make sense at all…

It doesn’t even make sense for a sexist! _“I don’t want a female thief decked out in black leather; you can be a female cleric in plate armor.”_

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**Author:** ![MeDrewNotYou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@MeDrewNotYou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeDrewNotYou)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-clerical-magic-in-d-d-to-me/504845/44 "2009-08-06T00:38:02Z")

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> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#):
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> It doesn’t even make sense for a sexist! _“I don’t want a female thief decked out in black leather; you can be a female cleric in plate armor.”_

While I certainly won’t argue that skin-tight leather is bad, armor can be sexy too. In _Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance 2_ the female cleric does look pretty good in chainmail, for being, you know a PS2 image. Maybe not form-concealing plate mail, but its a start. 😉

> [@Zeriel](#):
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> I know _I_ do.
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> …What?

So, would you like to meet my sister? 😃

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