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My group is wanting to do an evil campaign, but I refuse to do evil (I'm normally CG & don't like leaving my comfort zone), the closest I will go is neutral/CN, preferably CN. I like the goddess Sarenrae, though... and she is NG. Does a bard HAVE to be in the alignment step of her god? Especially since I would like to get that spell, flame blade, offered to followers of certain classes of Sarenrae.
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Bards usually have no alignment restrictions. May vary for archetypes though.
But if your group really wants to play an evil campaign, I don't think this is gonna work out well.
Thank you very much! ^.^ I wasn't sure if there would be or not.
Sarenrae is a very forgiving god, though. She will work with evil gods, mostly in hopes of converting them to being good. As long as they don't commit atrocious acts.
Example.... In my last campaign, I was an elven cleric/bard (forced cross-classing due to story-line) of Sarenrae. I forgave my wizard companion (CE) all his sins, until the moment he killed a good natured monk in cold blood. And not just killed... Tortured.. The monk had a broom handle shoved up his *cough* a candlestick sticking out of his rotund stomach, forks, a smoking pipe, and various other objects forcibly shoved into his body. It was at that point I attacked him with all the holy vengeance at my disposal. Sadly.. at lvl 2 cleric/1 bard, the lvl 3 wizard almost kicked my arse. Fortunately his LE warrior buddy chose to remain neutral and stopped the fight. My cleric/bard then departed the party swearing in silent promise to find him later and take his life for the vicious, needless death of a good man with a heart larger than his very Chien-Po-like figure (Mulan).
Anyway... This current group normally goes lawful evil/nuetral evil, mostly because our DM isn't going to allow CE or LG alignments.
You don't have to be within one step of your god unless your a cleric or inquisitor, or playing in PFS, or if your GM likes it that way. You may not follow their rules perfectly(or at all really...) but there's no divine intervention for you doing so. You might want to look at other gods if you go CN and see if there's something else you might like out of the ridiculous number of gods you can worship. There is a Saranrae worshipping bard archetype that I think does have an alignment restriction(Dawnflower Dervish).
I should note you can be evil without being a sociopath or doing anything brutal to good characters for no real reason.
It doesn't sound like your comfort zone clashes well with this group if their intentions are to play characters who go out of their way to do things like that. This is an OOC issue that may need to be addressed in a different manner altogether.
You don't have to be within one step of your god unless your a cleric or inquisitorOr Paladin.
Only in PFS.
Paladins, as I recall, don't necessarily need to worship a specific deity, even in PFS. Most of them just revere "the powers of good" in a general sense.
Double check your guide to PFS play. They call out paladins as requiring a diety and Clerics of an ideal are a no go.
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You don't have to be within one step of your god unless your a cleric or inquisitor, or playing in PFS, or if your GM likes it that way. You may not follow their rules perfectly(or at all really...) but there's no divine intervention for you doing so. You might want to look at other gods if you go CN and see if there's something else you might like out of the ridiculous number of gods you can worship. There is a Saranrae worshipping bard archetype that I think does have an alignment restriction(Dawnflower Dervish).
I should note you can be evil without being a sociopath or doing anything brutal to good characters for no real reason.
It doesn't sound like your comfort zone clashes well with this group if their intentions are to play characters who go out of their way to do things like that. This is an OOC issue that may need to be addressed in a different manner altogether.
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Thank you. ^.^ And yes, the wanton evil acts drive me nuts, but he's toned it down a lot since, thankfully. I still plan on having my character shiv him in the back eventually... but currently my rogue wants the Chelaxian cleric dead more than the wizard. Mostly because the GM is allowing him to bring in more of his people and taking over our town (Kingmaker Campaign). I would quit the group... but I don't really have anyone else I could play with.
