Not all clerics hold fast to to the Gods for their guidance.
Many clerics have devoted themselves to an ideal or a Philosophy. Their devotion
to this provides them with the same blessings. Theologians tend to believe
that the Gods themselves are responsible for protecting and promoting philosopher-clerics,
though the Gods don't tell.
All Clerics are required to choose one God or one Philosophy
to represent their belief structure.
Philosophies
The 4 Elements (Earth Air, Fire Water), Rune, Void, Law and
Chaos are the allowable philosophies for Clerics to draw power from. The player
can be of any alignment, and design their own philosophical bearingsaround
one of these choices. However, this freedom comes with a price. Each Philosophy
only comes with two domain choices.
| Philosophy |
Domains |
|
Earth
|
Earth, Strength
|
|
Air
|
Air, Protection
|
|
Fire
|
Fire, Destruction
|
|
Water
|
Water, Travel
|
|
Rune
|
Law, Artifice
|
|
Void
|
Chaos, Darkness
|
|
Law
|
Law, Nobility
|
|
Chaos
|
Chaos, Madness
|
The Gods
Of Primes and Gods.
Prime is a name given to a God who is one of the children of
the Dragon herself. A God is one who came to the Dreaming, but was not born
from it.
Alignments
A God's alignment represents that God's ideals.
The first word represents their ethics: Lawful, Neutral of Chaotic.
A Lawful Deity is one who espouses order over chaos, and the rule of
law over too much personal liberty.
A Neutral Deity is one who seeks to balance the need between too much
order and too much chaos.
A Chaotic Deity is one who believes in personal freedoms, and chafes
at the strictness and order of law.
The second word represents their morality: Good, Neutral or
Evil
A Good Deity upholds the ideals of selflessness, honor and sacrifice
for the greater good of all. The ends never justify the means.
A Neutral Deity sees good and evil in shades of grey. The ends sometimes
justify the means.
An Evil Deity seeks only self gratification or rampant destruction.
The ends always justify the means.
Deities are the personification of their worshippers ideals,
and will always follow their alignment. Moreover, they expect their worshippers
to emulate them whenever possible. Thus, a LG (Lawful Good) deity would not
tolerate theft by one of his clerics, and would likely remove their access
to their spells.
Portfolio
Every Deity has particular aspects of life that they tend to
watch over. This is called their portfolio.
Domains
Deities grant special abilities to their Clerics. These are
called Domains. When you choose a God, you also choose one Domain that
they grant.
This list is not meant to be all-inclusive. It only contains
the more commonly worshipped deities.
The Elves
Valerion Sarethiolas - Deity of the arts, Creator of the
elven races
Ancient creator of the elven Races, Valerion is generally thought
to be the eldest of the gods and primes. Appearing as a nine foot tall elf,
glowing from the inside and clad in the ultra-stereotypical foresters clothes,
her presence heralds the initiation or completion of some event significant
to elvenkind as a whole; however, she will rarely intervene directly, preferring
instead to act through her own agents, and those of Areataea and Karea, whom
nominally serve her.
|
Symbol
|
Crescent Moon |
|
Gender
|
Female, Elf |
|
Alignment
|
Chaotic Good |
|
Portfolio
|
Arts, Crafts, Elves, Gemcutting, Poetry, Pottery |
|
Domains
|
Chaos, Good, Earth |
|
Favored Weapon
|
Gemcutter, a Crystalline Longsword |
Salaria Patialias - Deity of the woodlands, Goddess of
the forest
The green skinned goddess of the woods is an even tempered personification
of all that most elves hold ideal, and while her glowing green eyes rarely
leave their woodland homes, many a person has whispered one of her simple
prayers over their budding crops in hopes of a good turn out. Her clerics
are found mostly among wild elves, but druids of any lineage worship her almost
exclusively.
|
Symbol
|
Oak Leaf |
|
Gender
|
Female, Elf |
|
Alignment
|
Neutral Neutral |
|
Portfolio
|
Druids, Elves, Forests, Mountains, Woodlands |
|
Domains
|
Animal, Plant, Sun |
|
Favored Weapon
|
Oakheart, A longspear |
Areataea Bartholas - Deity of War, Goddess of Defense
Always clad in the traditional and heavily ornamented plated
armor of the elves of old, Areataea is depicted solely in ivory and pure white
marble. She has a winged helmet, and similar effects upon her boots. She acts
as the messenger of Valeria, and is often found at her side on Cori Celesti.
She is a headstrong deity, however, and has been known to leap into battle
to aid outmatched elven war parties, glowing sword and shield in hand.
|
Symbol
|
Crossed Scimitars |
|
Gender
|
Female, Elf |
|
Alignment
|
Lawful Neutral |
|
Portfolio
|
Elves, Fighters, Forests, War |
|
Domains
|
Law, War, Protection |
|
Favored Weapon
|
Foeslayer, a curved bastard sword |
Taralia Twostone - Deity of the Wild Elves, Goddess of
Neutrality
The queen of the wild elves is not held in high regard, for
she lives not on the mountain of the gods, Cori Celesti, but rather chooses
to live amongst her people in the great forest. She generally appears as a
massive oaken throne, and speaks through the current queen, who is elected
once a decade. During special ceremonies, she will transform into her true
form, that of a wild, scarcely clad elven woman with green hair and eyes like
molten silver.
|
Symbol
|
A twisting vine |
|
Gender
|
Female, Elf |
|
Alignment
|
Neutral Neutral |
|
Portfolio
|
Bacchanalia, Dancing, Elves, Forests |
|
Domains
|
Chaos, Trickery, Plant |
|
Favored Weapon
|
Screamer, a flaming battleaxe |
The Light Primes
Chim - Lord of Luck, Prime of Rodents
A jovial mouse with gray headfur, with a bit of a paunch. His
fur is pale; his eyes are like indigo opals. His demeanour is that of a gambler:
capable of a "poker" face, able to face losses and wins with equal good grace.
He has a wonderful sense of humor and poetic justice.
|
Symbol
|
A yellow die, showing one, two and three holes. |
|
Gender
|
Male, Rodent |
|
Alignment
|
Chaotic Good |
|
Portfolio
|
Rodents, Luck, Games, Fun |
|
Domains
|
Chaos, Luck, Good |
|
Favored Weapon
|
Pinsqueak, a jeweled dagger |
Danival - Lady of Beauty, Prime of Mustelines
With phenomenally long hair, a sweet face, and a figure as cute
as any legendary princess, perhaps Danival is beautiful because she just doesn't
tolerate the unharmonious, the lazy, or the indulgent. She's a hybrid/generic
musteline, a combination of skunk, weasel, marten, ferret, and ermine.
|
Symbol
|
A green dragonfly with a furbrush as it's body |
|
Gender
|
Female, Mustiline |
|
Alignment
|
Neutral Good |
|
Portfolio
|
Mustlines, Beauty, Music, Dance |
|
Domains
|
Good, Healing, Protection |
|
Favored Weapon
|
None |
Reegarr - Lord of Strength, Prime of Canines
Gruff but ruggedly handsome, Reegarr is a wild-ish wolf wearing
a gladiator's accoutrements. He has a broadshouldered somewhat heavyset physique
and he wears formfitting elaborately decorated clothing reminiscent of the
`traje de luz' of a bullfighter. Reegarr has a Portuguese/Spanish feel to
him. He's a loner, a romantic figure, with a sword in one hand and a rose
in the other.
|
Symbol
|
A Red Lightning Bolt |
|
Gender
|
Male, Canine |
|
Alignment
|
Lawful Good |
|
Portfolio
|
Canines, Honor, War |
|
Domains
|
Law, Good, Strength |
|
Favored Weapon
|
Relampego, a razor-sharp rapier |
M'Rill - Lady of Agility, Prime of Felines
M'Rill is the only one of the five Exalted Primes who would
`get in trouble'. Primes no longer gallivant freely amongst mortal Furres,
but in the `old days' M'Rill would wander like Hermes. Her adventures are
tales of daring, stealing items of power or value, but only from cruel evil
villains and despots. She enjoys a good scrap, fighting like Peter Pan against
enormous odds. There's a touch of the rebel in her, the aloof independence
of a cat who would never simply follow an order.
|
Symbol
|
A blue clawed paw. |
|
Gender
|
Female, Feline |
|
Alignment
|
Chaotic Good |
|
Portfolio
|
Felines, Luck, Trickery, Theivery |
|
Domains
|
Luck, Trickery, Travel, Good |
|
Favored Weapon
|
Rowl and Mrr, twin gilded katars |
Patrilius - Lord of Wisdom, Prime of Equines
Stately handsome Patrilius is depicted as a horse of white or
black, or as a zebra. He wears a toga-like robe, and a blanket evocative of
an "elder" in African culture. He's sometimes shown wearing the hat of some
kind of dignitary or elder, and the other Exalted Primes defer to him to resolve
their disputes. He would likely wear earthtones, terra cotta, brick red, black,
ivory, and ochre-yellows.
|
Symbol
|
An unfurled scroll |
|
Gender
|
Male, Equine |
|
Alignment
|
Lawful Neutral |
|
Portfolio
|
Equines, Knowledge, Justice, Magic |
|
Domains
|
Magic, Law, Knowledge, Nobility |
|
Favored Weapon
|
Finnbar, a purpleheart staff |
St. Iocus - Lord of Valor, Prime of Paladins
St. Iocus (nee : Iocus D'Marais) was given the mantle of Primehood
after his single-pawed defeat of Peristane, after being granted the Evangelius
by Reegar in the First Age of Calenndor. Though the youngest of the Primes
and Gods, his courage is no less bright
|
Symbol
|
The rood of Iocus, a cross superimposed on an x. |
|
Gender
|
Male, Canine |
|
Alignment
|
Lawful Good |
|
Portfolio
|
Honor, Valor, Chivalry, Discipline |
|
Domains
|
Good, Destruction, Strength, Glory |
|
Favored Weapon
|
Evangelius Iocus, a massive orichalcum dreihander |
Aristaya - Lady of Imagination, Prime of Dreams
Unicorn (horse with a spiralling horn on her forehead) with a white coat.
Descendants of her Half-Prime progeny are still devoted to destroying devotees
of her arch-enemy, the Dark Prime Taglinn Tigh. Aristaya is called "Granter
of Restful Sleep." She is sometimes depicted as a horned zebra.
|
Symbol
|
A shillouette of a unicorn's head |
|
Gender
|
Female, Equine |
|
Alignment
|
Neutral Good |
|
Portfolio
|
Sleep, Dreams, Rest, Compassion |
|
Domains
|
Good, Magic, Protection, Darkness |
|
Favored Weapon
|
A gilt hammer, which has no name. |
The Humans
Aarisan ben-Kaiaran - Messiah of Adon La’hav, Champion
of the Golden Age
Though not a true god, Aarisan is revered as a messianic figure
in far-northern religion and literature, especially among the rare disciples
of Adon La’hav. Followers of his teachings believe that in his departure
from this world into the ‘world to come’ began an age of Feanor's
self-destruction. To them, his return will issue forth a utopian era. He is
portrayed as a tall, jaded half-elven figure, and is often pictured before
a massive gate.
|
Symbol
|
A massive gate |
|
Gender
|
Male, Human |
|
Alignment
|
Neutral Neutral |
|
Portfolio
|
Discipline, Honor, Valor, War |
|
Domains
|
War, Strength, Protection |
|
Favored Weapon
|
Nameless pair of longswords |
Inari - God of Rice, Patron of Gamblers
Inari is a rather simple God. He doesn't spend much time seeking
worhippers, or even tending to his unusual and rarely found clerics. Inari
prefers to simply sit and roll dice all day, hoping to win against himself
in games of chance. Inari is however invoked whenever a game of dice is played,
especially when the chances are long.
|
Symbol
|
A bowl of white rice |
|
Gender
|
Male, Human |
|
Alignment
|
Chaotic Neutral |
|
Portfolio
|
Rice, Games, Chance, Quests |
|
Domains
|
Luck, Protection, Knowledge |
|
Favored Weapon
|
Rice Beaters, a pair of oddy crafted Nunchaku |
Darral Windwhisper - Deity of Magic and the Sun
Appearing as the archetypical ‘Wise old man with a walking
staff’, Darral Windwhisper spends a considerable amount of time wandering
the world, offering what he regards as sagely advice. Most people view him
as a forgetful old fool, as he often shows up after the fact, dispensing his
advice where it is singularly unhelpful. Instances include telling a man not
to let his children play in the forest, several weeks after they disappeared
for a few weeks and later returned with wild tales of candy houses and giant
ovens. He means well, however, and commands awesome power, being one of the
few deities worshipped by humans, and most of that short-lived species have
shrines in their homes devoted to him.
|
Symbol
|
An embossed flame |
|
Gender
|
Male, Human |
|
Alignment
|
Neutral Good |
|
Portfolio
|
Fire, Good, Humans, Light, Mages, Magic, The Sun |
|
Domains
|
Magic, Fire, Good, Sun |
|
Favored Weapon
|
An oaken quarterstaff |
The Dwarves
Dunkild - Forger of the Gods, Patron of blacksmiths
|
Symbol
|
A set of forging pincers overlaying an anvil |
|
Gender
|
Male, Dwarf |
|
Alignment
|
Lawful Neutral |
|
Portfolio
|
Fire, Law, Blacksmiths, Forges, Dwarves |
|
Domains
|
Artifice, Earth, Fire, Law |
|
Favored Weapon
|
Skullhammer, a giant maul |
Weedlenose - Dunkild's Second Cousin, Patron of Dumb Luck
Portrayed as a member as any one of three species by the Dwarves,
halflings, and gnomes, Weedlenose is the classical prankster, jester, and
ne'er do well. His adventures are infamous, and most rogues pay him at least
token respect, though they'd never admit it. Always dressed in garish clothes,
he is said to spend a fair amount of time running around the world, wenching,
drinking, and tripping people whom he believes to spend a little to much time
with their noses in the air. His clerics are virtually unknown, and there
is no church of Weedlenose, save for in a very small number of halfling and
gnome villages. Even then, most people avoid the places, as one is more likely
to get a pie in the face than a blessing.
|
Symbol
|
A wrapped present |
|
Gender
|
Male, Dwarf/Halfling/Gnome |
|
Alignment
|
Chaotic Neutral |
|
Portfolio
|
Bards, Dancing, Dwarves, Gnomes, Halflings, Jokes, Pranks |
|
Domains
|
Trickery, Chaos, Luck |
|
Favored Weapon
|
Shilleligh, toad stickers, & barstools |
The Drow
Lloth - Goddess of the Drow
Absolute ruler of the ebon skinned under-elves, Lloth is a cruel
and capricious deity, and preaches the absolute dominance of all drow-kind.
Fortunately, her dogma also forces her agents to spend more time plotting
against each other than her enemies – Fortunately, as the dark elves
ferocious breeding rates would soon prove them unstoppable, were they not
so busy killing each other. Lloth rarely makes personal appearances, and such
are considered to indicate extreme divine favor.
|
Symbol
|
A spider on a web |
|
Gender
|
Female, Drow |
|
Alignment
|
Chaotic Evil |
|
Portfolio
|
Ambush, Assasins, Death, Drow, Murder, War |
|
Domains
|
Chaos, Destruction, Evil, Trickery |
|
Favored Weapon
|
Darkblade, a thin dagger |
The Dark Primes
Taglinn Tigh, Lord of Nightmares, Dark Prime of Fear
Panther, with four arms. His chest has eight slender holes in
the ribs, through which can be seen roiling glowing fog. Breathing the tendrils
of this vapor causes fright to the point of paralysis. Despite his nature,
it is said that he has fathered numerous Half-Primes, and takes a special
interest in their upbringing. He is the arch enemy of the Prime Aristaya.
Some believe him to be the most powerful of the Dark Primes. His Heretic is
The Scrollkeeper.
|
Symbol
|
A mask that covers the left side of the face |
|
Gender
|
Male, Feline |
|
Alignment
|
Neutral Evil |
|
Portfolio
|
Nightmares, Evil, Void |
|
Domains
|
Evil, Trickery, Knowledge |
|
Favored Weapon
|
Himself |
Peristane - Lord of Claws, Dark Prime of Slavery
A gryphon, all black, with only one wing and one eye. Peristane
took some of Saligor's birds and made the Ostrixes and the Scarhawks. He gave
them unto his four Half-Prime sons. Then he disguised himself as a mortal,
and attempted to make himself emperor of ancient Taigorr. His longevity eventually
betrayed his supernatural nature, and the evil Undying Emperor was discovered
and driven out by the hero Mouse Rembion and the heroine Horse Mare Naborrah.
Peristane made a second attempt to rule Taigorr, fathering four new sons.
This time he was thwarted this time by the Furre who would become St. Iocus,
who tore off Peristane's left wing and put out his eye.
|
Symbol
|
The Ancient royal crest of Taigorr |
|
Gender
|
Male, Gryphon |
|
Alignment
|
Lawful Evil |
|
Portfolio
|
Politics, Gryphons, Wars |
|
Domains
|
Evil, Law, Nobility, War |
|
Favored Weapon
|
Ghristrestang, a curved, one handed blade of ancient design. |
Chatengo, Lord of Treachery, Dark Prime of Despair
He has large white eyes, dressed in tattered clothes and dripping
with seaweed. His sigil is carven onto his left cheek. Chatengo was cast out
of the Primes as punishment for drowning the Prime Nareetha. He delights in
all manner of betrayal: unfaithfulness in love or war. His personality is
shattered into her two Aspects, Amoi and Enmoi. Amoi insists that love means
promising anything to ensure the cooperation of the beloved, and that love
can be bargained for, and rightfully earned. Enmoi does not believe that love
exists, and is forever attempting to cheat the other Primes. His Heretic is
Mim.
|
Symbol
|
An abstract, five pointed symbol |
|
Gender
|
Male, Feline |
|
Alignment
|
Chaotic Evil |
|
Portfolio
|
Trickery, Lies, Betrayal, Murder |
|
Domains
|
Chaos, Evil, Trickery |
|
Favored Weapon
|
Chains of animated seaweed |
Dyarr/Dyarra, Lord/Lady of Confusion, Dark Prime of Lies
Androgynous, in a long cloak that drags on the ground. The
Wyrmmes were his favored people, and they were destroyed by lava, earthquakes,
and tidal waves, in a disaster brought about by Dark Primes Tallus, Telcodar,
and Chatengo. Dyarr was upset when the Dragon did not permit their re-creation,
but instead, ordered the Furres to be made. Dyarr conspired with Erigon, and
they brought the Dragon a wine that caused it to sleep. Then Dyarr took on
the Dragon's guise. He told Thelcoda and Licharra to make new Wyrmmes. He
might have succeeded, but Chim and Patrilius were suspicious of the order.
They created an orb, called the Second Moon, and its light stripped away Dyarr's
illusion. The Primes were so angry at the deception that they tore off Dyarr's
wings. When the Dragon awoke, She cast Dyarr out of the Dreaming. His/Her
Heretic is Kendrick
|
Symbol
|
A Wyrmme's Claw |
|
Gender
|
Androgynous, Wyrmme |
|
Alignment
|
Lawful Evil |
|
Portfolio
|
Trickery, Wyrmmes, Potions |
|
Domains
|
Law, Evil, Trickery |
|
Favored Weapon
|
Scaleforged, a greatsword |
Greydark, Lord of Broken Things, Dark Prime of Destruction
Wolf, haggard and white, with sinister facial markings. Greydark
has occasional moments of lucidity, in which he is wracked by remorse, and
sometimes tries to restore things but most of the time he is insane, and devotes
his cool intellect to trying to destroy coherency of reality. reality in the
Dreaming which underlies the coherency of Furcadia. Objects in Greydark's
vicinity will begin to decay and break down. Furres will age at a frightening
rate the closer they get to him. His Heretic is Erisvan.
|
Symbol
|
Three lines converging on a point, but never reaching it. |
|
Gender
|
Male, Canine |
|
Alignment
|
Neutral Evil |
|
Portfolio
|
Death, Destruction, Vengeance, Hatred |
|
Domains
|
Evil, Destruction, Madness, Darkness |
|
Favored Weapon
|
Murder, a daikatana |
Tallus, Once Lord of Prophecies, Once Dark Prime of Thieves
Tallus's appearance is unknown. He was said to have been able
to see the future all the way up until a final battle, whose outcome he didn't
know. His name survives mostly in phrases like "Tallus only knows". "Eyes
of Tallus" refers to the stars, for after he was torn apart by the Viveravvus,
the Dragon placed the fragments in the sky. Some astrologers thus believe
that the power to see the future via horoscopes comes from Tallus's shattered
body.
|
Symbol
|
The full moon |
|
Gender
|
Male |
|
Alignment
|
Neutral Neutral |
|
Portfolio
|
Prophecy, Death, Theives |
|
Domains
|
Luck, Magic, Knowledge |
|
Favored Weapon
|
none |
Domains
A Domain is a special boon granted to a Cleric of a particular
God. You choose one Domain from the God you choose at first level, and you
pick your second domain at 12th level. You only ever get 2 domains.
Chaos
You gain +2 To Hit/Damage and AC when facing against agents
of Law
Law
You gain +2 To Hit/Damage and AC when facing against agents
of Chaos
Good
You gain +2 To Hit/Damage and AC when facing against agents
of Evil
Evil
You gain +2 To Hit/Damage and AC when facing against agents
of Good
Trickery
You can cast Illusion based spells.
Earth
You may cast Elemental Earth spells as well as Elemental Light
spells.
Air
You may cast Elemental Air spells as well as Elemental Light
spells.
Fire
You may cast Elemental Fire spells as well as Elemental Light
spells.
Water
You may cast Elemental Water spells as well as Elemental Light
spells.
Darkness
You gain perfect night vision. You never take penalties for
being blind in the dark or from blindness spells. This does not grant immunity
to extremely bright natural light.
Sun
Once per day, you can gain +5 levels when rolling on a Turn
Undead attempt
Artifice
Choose one item creation skill. Add x1 to it.
Luck
Once per day, you may re-roll one roll that you made. You must
take the new roll, even if it worse.
Knowledge
You may use 2 times your Wis Mod when determining CR for Divination
spells.
Glory
You always roll Turn Undead with +1 level, and do 1d<level>
damage to any Undead successfully turned.
Destruction
You can Smite like a Paladin against either good or evil
foes (depending of you're Celestial or Infernal). However you only add 1/2
your level to damage.
Strength
Once per day, you can add level to your Strength score. This
lasts for 1d3 rounds.
Protection
Once per day, you can grant to anyone a bonus equal to half
your level to their next ability check.
Nobility
Once per day, you can use the effect of any one Spellsong,
though you don't need to sing or play an instrument. This lasts 2 rounds.
The Cleric uses his leadership qualities to inspire the forces.
Madness
Your character is generally disheveled, and quite crazy, they
lose 1 Wis permanently. However, once per day, they have a moment of pure
clarity, and may add half their level to their CR for one spell OR They may
add d<level> to their Evocation damage. (i.e. level 10: d5 -> d15)
Plant
You can turn or command plant creatures (treants, etc) using
the rules for turning or commanding Undead. Both Good and Evil Clerics can
turn or command.
Animal
You can turn or command feral creatures using the rules for
turning or commanding Undead. Both Good and Evil Clerics can turn or command.
War
Gain +2 To Hit/Damage when using the Deity's favored weapon.
Magic
You can choose one school from the Mage spell list (except Necromancy).
You get this school free at first level.
Healing
Gain +1 dice to your Healing rolls. (i.e. d6 -> d7)
Travel
Once per day, you can add your level to the resist roll of an
immobilization spell, or similar effect.
