| Priesthood | |
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| Details | |
Wages |
Receiving livelihood by "voluntary" donations |
Schedule |
Almost incessantly; higher work pressure during holidays |
Qualities |
Good priest: wisdom, morality, forbearance, modesty, helpfulness, openness Bad priest: bigotry, bastardness, hypocrisy, rapacity, selfishness, idiocy, xenophobia |
Description |
Serving the Gods, the people and themselves; celebrating devotions, giving spiritual advices or absolutions; converting the infidels; exorcising |
Conditions |
Variable, ranging from the poor rural parishes to rich city cathedrals or royal chambers |
Benefits |
Attaining enlightenment and/or a good social position; feeling pleasure from converting people on the right path |
Drawbacks |
Not all of people like being converted or instructed, many of them don't care about your advices; squabbling with rationalists, mages or people of other religion can lead you to the madness |
Priests and priestesses are representatives of the various cults and religions. Some of them are also magic users who consider their "talents" god-given or divine, and tend to take exception to the word "spell" in particular.
Notable priests and priestesses[ | ]
- Cyrus Engelkind Hemmelfart
- Nenneke
- Krepp
- Pyral Pratt
- Sigrdrifa
- Willemer
- Jarre (in the future)
In The Witcher computer game[ | ]
In The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings[ | ]
- Anezka
- the Archpriest
- Olcan
In The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt[ | ]
In The World of the Witcher[ | ]
- Sigebert
See also[ | ]
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