The cleric is a character class in Dungeons & Dragons and other fantasy role-playing games. The cleric is a priest, a healer, and a holy warrior. Clerics are members of religious orders, with the original intent being to portray soldiers of sacred orders who have magical abilities granted by the gods. Most clerics have powers to heal wounds, protect their allies and sometimes resurrect the dead. Clerics sometimes have powers to banish or create the undead. A character class represents a characters archetype and career in some role-playing games (RPGs). ... For other uses, see Dungeons & Dragons (disambiguation). ... // For other meanings see Fantasy (disambiguation) Fantasy is a genre of art that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. ... This article is about traditional role-playing games. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Monasticism. ... Magic/magick and sorcery are the influencing of events, objects, people and physical phenomena by mystical or paranormal means. ... God is the deity believed by monotheists to be the supreme reality. ... Death is the full cessation of vital functions in the biological life. ... Undead is the collective name for all types of supernatural entities that are deceased yet behave as if alive. ...

A common feature of clerics across many games is that they may not equip pointed weapons such as swords or daggers, and must use blunt weapons such as maces or warhammers instead. This is based on a biblical injunction against shedding blood, though it is a matter of debate whether real-life warrior priests actually held to this rule. They are also often limited in what types of armor they can wear, though usually not as restricted as mages.

Related to the cleric is the paladin, who is typically a Lawful Good warrior aligned with a religious order, and who uses his martial skills to advance its holy cause. Paladin is a character class in Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) and later role-playing games, many of which were influenced by D&D. The class is loosely based on the paladins of medieval romance. ... In Dungeons & Dragons and some similar role-playing games, alignment refers to the moral and ethical perspective of the player characters, non-player characters, monsters, and societies in the game. ... Warrior (From Middle English, from Old North French, to make war) is a character class (or job) found in many computer role-playing games, most notably in Square Enixs Final Fantasy series. ... Hawaiian State Grappling Championships. ...

Dungeons & Dragons

Main article: Cleric (Dungeons & Dragons)

In the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, the cleric is one of the base character classes. Clerics are versatile figures, both capable in combat and skilled in the use of divine magic. Clerics are powerful healers due to the large number of healing and curative magics available to them. With divinely-granted abilities over life or death, they are also able to repel or control undead creatures. In the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, cleric is one of the base character classes. ... For other uses, see Dungeons & Dragons (disambiguation). ... A role-playing game (RPG, often roleplaying game) is a type of game in which the participants assume the roles of characters and collaboratively create stories. ... A character class is a characters profession or vocation in the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. ... Divine magic spellcasters gather their power from a deitys favor, by praising it and fulfilling its will. ... Undead is the collective name for all types of supernatural entities that are deceased yet behave as if alive. ...

World of Warcraft

In the fantasy MMORPG World of Warcraft, the role traditionally held by the cleric class is split between the Paladin and Priest, with Paladin representing the melee-oriented cleric and Priest representing the spellcasting-oriented cleric. // For other meanings see Fantasy (disambiguation) Fantasy is a genre of art that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. ... A Massively-Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG) is a type of online computer role-playing game (RPG) in which a large number of players interact with one another in a virtual world. ... World of Warcraft (commonly abbreviated as WoW) is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by Blizzard Entertainment. ... Human Male Paladin as seen in the World of Warcraft. ... An Undead Forsaken Female Priest Undead Priest in shadowform. ...

MapleStory

In MapleStory, Magicians can choose their second job as the Cleric. Clerics are regarded as essential members to parties, for their skill, "Bless", but much more importantly, their ability to heal. When a Cleric uses "heal", it replenishes party members' HP (hit points) to a very high degree, usually all the way, unless the heal is at a weak level, the party member's HP is extremely low, etc. In the 3rd job, they become nothing less than completely essential to the Zakum Party Quest, as they allow for potion replenishment through "Mystic Door", they can increase the EXP gained with "Holy Symbol", cancel out curses and aliments with "Dispel", all of this whilst combatting Zakum (or its arms) with "Holy Dragon", and most importantly, Healing. MapleStory (Korean: 메이플 스토리) is a free, 2D, side-scrolling MMORPG developed by the Korean company Nexon. ... This article uses excessive clichés and jargon associated with MapleStory. ...

Other Games

• In EverQuest, Cleric is one of the available character classes, and is usually considered an essential member of a group or raid, thanks to the Cleric's unsurpassed healing abilities.
• In EverQuest II, "Cleric" is a term that refers to both Inquisitors and Templars, which are evil and good (respectively) variants on the traditional Clerical roles.
• In Lineage II, human mages may choose Cleric at their first class change.