Dark Elf Cleric Lore

[deb4te]

Alright so I'm posting this here in hope that someone can make sense of this for me.

My character's story is really important to me and I really like to immerse myself in his potential philosophies and values. With that said, I currently play a 51 DE CLR on blue.

If I could have picked agnostic, I would have, but since I'm a cleric, we're forced to pick Innoruuk, the PRINCE OF HATE. HATE.

So like, why would I heal someone if I hate everyone? I keep trying to come up with a clever lore explanation but I can't. Can anyone shed some perspective on potential philosophies for clerics of innoruuk? I need something to base a story for my character off, but being a healer who hates everyone just isn't clicking with me, and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't considering re-rolling as a result (its already turning me into an altoholic). It's insane, I know, but like I said this stuff is important to me.

Thanks for reading <3

[Videri]

Firstly, you can always just roleplay worshipping a different deity. Deity only influences faction and a couple items, so whatever you roleplay determines your character's true alignment.

Also, I think I saw/met a Dark Elf cleric who healed people to prevent them from dying so they would have to live longer and suffer more. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] And our characters sure live through a lot!

[Ele]

Need to keep your posse alive so they can make it to the Player Hater's Ball.

[deb4te]

Originally Posted by Ele [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Need to keep your posse alive so they can make it to the Player Hater's Ball.

LOL

Firstly, you can always just roleplay worshipping a different deity. Deity only influences faction and a couple items, so whatever you roleplay determines your character's true alignment.

Also, I think I saw/met a Dark Elf cleric who healed people to prevent them from dying so they would have to live longer and suffer more. And our characters sure live through a lot!

This is actually pretty clever. I'd like to really think of my cleric as agnostic but every time I press 'I" it says innoruuk. ah, well. i'll just pretend I'm a rebel DE being nice to people for my own ends

[Brund the Decrepit]

You are a Dark Elf, no need to explain yourself to anyone! And if they ask too many questions they will learn that the hard way....

[kaev]

Originally Posted by Videri [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Also, I think I saw/met a Dark Elf cleric who healed people to prevent them from dying so they would have to live longer and suffer more. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] And our characters sure live through a lot!

I remember a DE cleric on live who did that quite well. I only grouped with him a couple times, and can't for the life of me recall his character name, but others who knew him said he was good enough at it to not become annoying despite never breaking character.

[serjordanmormont]

Originally Posted by deb4te [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

why would I heal someone if I hate everyone? I keep trying to come up with a clever lore explanation but I can't.

As a devout cleric of the Prince of Hate, your job is to fight for the cause of spreading hatred all across Norrath. Innoruuk has chosen you to preach his cause & keep his armies alive by blessing you with healing powers. Even the armies of hate require healers.

You could even take it a step further and limit yourself to only grouping with followers of Innoruuk. That would make your life a lot harder but could be fun.

If you don't want to go quite that far, you could always look at it from a selfish angle. Are your party members just pawns that you are playing to further your own agenda? If so, perhaps they are a necessary evil, & must be kept alive as a mean to an end.

It's your character so you can put whatever restraints you want on them. Get creative with it.

Either way, embrace the hatred!