Gaming Question Reduxious

[caraig]

So a pen-and-paper gaming question for anyone inclined.

In most RPGs, there's really no difference between 'secular' arcane magic and 'ecclesiastic' divine magic; the difference between the wizard and the cleric is really just the spell list and the cleric is better-armored. I'm trying to find a way to elegantly differentiate the two. Do any of y'all out there have favored ways of doing this, or favored systems, or just plain ideas?

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[points.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. I'd have to go digging, but in Talislantia, the divine magics were more of a description to the GM of the requested result, combined with the made up prayer. The GM was expected to take into account the difficulty of the boon, the standing of the player, and use that as the index into the single result table. Spellcasters, on the other hand, still had lists. However, my memory may be awry, and this may be simply how I had -my- players playing it. ;)