Clerics are humans who have dedicated themselves to one or more of the gods. Depending on the god, the cleric may be good or evil, lawful or chaotic. Clerics have their own special spells... They may... wear armor, including magic armor, and carry non-edged weapons such as the mace or the quarter staff. No swords or bows and arrows can be employed, for the cleric is forbidden by his religion from the drawing of blood. Good clerics can often dispel the undead - skeletons, zombies and their ilk... As they advance in experience levels they gain the use of additional spells. Spells for evil clerics differ slightly from those of good clerics... Clerics have the ability to turn away the "undead," and higher level clerics can dispel them. If the cleric turns the undead away they retreat before him, will not touch him and flee from his immediate vicinity if they can. When a higher level cleric dispels an undead monster it disappears and is gone forever. - Holmes, pgs. 6 & 12
Whenever a cleric character tries to Turn undead monsters, the player will roll 2d6 and compare the total to the Turn Undead chart... If the attempt at Turning the undead is successful, the player will then ask you how many monsters are affected. - Mentzer DMR, pg. 21
