It's like a blog as he goes through the book reading it, experiencing RM for the first time.
Scary how he "Speculates" actual conversations we had in development that led to decisions.
I wince at some of the things he trips on, feeling to blame. . .great thread, thanks for sharing it. (Doh, race heights and weights! Doh!)
BTW, you're right on the cleric, not so much the religion angle as the lists, the base lists for clerics delve into repulsions, lifegiving and channeling (The transfer of PP and Spells) and other concepts that make them awsome to play, but would have required a lot more space to explain than the Animist did.