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>Disagree on both points. Of course having said that, i
>certainly don't expect them to get standard rager powers. I
>don't even expect them to get -any- cabal powers.
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Allowing ragers to commune was supposedly an extremely daunting coding task. I'm not sure if that's changed within the past few years, but I suspect no one has had reason to take it on. That's one. Two, and I think I hit on this in my post, even if they could commune from a coding standpoint, how do you limit who uses what communes? Some are arguably imbalanced when combined with rager powers. Does an immortal come in and make certain communes unusable for each individual? Seems reasonable to me, so I'll concede there. But if it can't be coded anyway, it's a moot point.

I still think Battle Clerics (if ever made "mainstream") should be rare, much as bards are/were generally quite rare. I'm not sure how it's been lately, but there were typically between zero and two active bards in ragers at any given time (1+ years ago). Rarely would both be on at the same time, and certain songs were either limited by immortals or their use outlawed altogether. Battle Cleric rarity may be self-correcting since a) empowerment classes are generally a limited population and b) cleric induction would likely be Imm-only, further reducing potential candidates. So we can agree to disagree there, but regardless, I think clerics would be naturally quite rare.