RPG Faction Checklist - Religion

 Cleric: A Cleric is a type of priest who has learned the art of war (a war priest) and who receives extraordinary powers from their faith in a deity. Clerics are unique because they required to be a part of a faction, i.e. a religion. Clerics are ordained members of an organized religion dedicated to the worship of that deity. They make vows to uphold a charge and a code. Their charge is what they do or what they are responsible for, like defending the innocent and smashing evil. Their code is a morality or a set of ethics. Either the GM or Cleric players need to provide the following:
1.    A religion with a name, general philosophy, and spiritual beliefs on matters of souls and afterlife.
2.    A deity: name, traits, and powers.
3.    A charge: i.e. Destroy evil or protect the innocent.
4.    An Ethos, code of ethics or a morality; example: always accept surrender or never strike first, etc.
5.    A sacred day of the week when they won't adventure or eat certain food.
6.    A sacred text or collection of stories, legends, characters, myths, and prayers.
7.    Traditions including rituals, ceremonies, songs, prayers, clothes, and holidays.
8.    A sacred symbol, animal, or object, such as a fish, a cross, the sun or moon, etc.
9.    Temples or other sacred places, shrines, cathedrals, abbies, churches, etc. Form? Function?
10.    History and politics of the organization; it's status in the present and how it got there.
11.   Relationship with other factions / religions?
12.  Terminology do the members have?
13.  Enemies: Who hates them / what do they hate?

Druids ARE clerics of a different faction (religion) and have to answer all the same questions. The major differences are:
1.    Druids belong to low-tech civilizations that live in harmony with nature. Rather than live in cities, they are itinerant and live in the wilderness, or they live in villages.
2.    Druid's worship a nature deity and believe nature is sacred.
3.    Druid tradition is oral, so they don't write anything down.
4.    Druids keep parts of their religion secret and do not seek to make converts.