info on the shrine of pelor and converting to a shrine of lathander


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im playing in the adventure path soon as a cleric of lathander who grew up in the lantern street orphnanage, my dm is putting cauldron into the forgotten realms setting and will be placing the city near calimshan.

we would both like a quick run down of all the details that may be relevant to a cleric of lathander/pelor.

is the shrine of pelor/lathander a church or just a small shrine?

how many clerics are attending the shrine?

are there many big happenings to do with the shrine of pelor/lathander or is the location and sole cleric noted in the adventure path only an "extra"?

anyone else played a cleric of pelor/lathander?

is a cleric vital to the party in this campaign because we have heard it is very hard and many total party kills can happen to unsuspecting gamers??

thanx

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Possibly a large shrine as although it only has one remaining cleric (Kristof Jurgensen, human male Clr4). It did have two more powerful cerics but they died in an accident last year. The shrine is peripheral to the main Adventure Path as is but there are one or two involvements (minor). A cleric of a healing god is always useful :)


Craig said "It did have two more powerful cerics but they died in an accident last year." Is this published? I can't seem to remember it? Also, the Temple of Pelor in my campaign has sponsers a small hospital adjacent to the temple.

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"Flood Season" page 26 DUNGEON #98 half way down the right hand column.


wayne wrote:

we would both like a quick run down of all the details that may be relevant to a cleric of lathander/pelor.

why sure, If your GM doesn't have the time to read the adventures, by all means, use ours. It's not like we have anything better to do... :-)

Actually, there's a thread further down the forum on the shrine of Pelor. I'd advise against reading other threads , including the one I just mentioned, though. They contain some spoilers.

wayne wrote:

is the shrine of pelor/lathander a church or just a small shrine?

how many clerics are attending the shrine?

It's a small shrine, run by just one cleric: Kristoff Jurgensen. There were two more powerfull clerics, but they died in an accident a couple of months before the AP starts. Add 'mysterious' and your DM has an instant plot hook for your cleric.

wayne wrote:


are there many big happenings to do with the shrine of pelor/lathander or is the location and sole cleric noted in the adventure path only an "extra"?

Now how do you suppose I answer that without giving away any big plot elements?

wayne wrote:


anyone else played a cleric of pelor/lathander?

One of my players, actually

wayne wrote:


is a cleric vital to the party in this campaign because we have heard it is very hard and many total party kills can happen to unsuspecting gamers??

Above all, that depends on your DM. Of course, extra healing always helps. But if your party is carefull as oposed to ´kick in the door and kill whatever´s in the room´ the AP is not the party killing machine everyone seems to think it is. Of course, I´ve had my close calls on several occasions. Especially at low levels.

Having said that, I believe that if you have more than the standard allotment of 4 players, your best choice is probably either an arcane caster or a skill-heavy character. If you have less, I'm not sure if a divine caster would be my first choice. As I said, though, it depends on your GM and playing style.


My shrine is a small tower, about 20 ft. tall. It has a receptacle at its top that catches the morning light and, via mirrors, reflects it into the ground floor. On sunlit days, the shrine is lit by this contraption, but in the morning, a warm rose glow fills the entire room.

Aside from the praying area on the ground floor, there's a small living room on the first floor with two beds (the inside of the tower is smaller than the outside because of the mirrors in the wall). A small cellar lies behind a secret door that Kristoff knows nothing about.


wayne wrote:
im playing in the adventure path soon as a cleric of lathander who grew up in the lantern street orphnanage...anyone else played a cleric of pelor/lathander?

Yes, the only cleric in the party I ran through it was a half-orc cleric of Pelor (who also grew up in the orphanage). I changed the churches around so that the main church (to which Jenya belongs) was a church of Pelor, while the small shrine was dedicated to St Cuthbert. If your DM hasn't considered this, I'd recommend it - it makes things much easier!

wayne wrote:
is a cleric vital to the party in this campaign because we have heard it is very hard and many total party kills can happen to unsuspecting gamers??

I'd say you do need a cleric in the party. However, I don't think the campaign is as deadly as you're suggesting. My group was made up of inexperienced gamers, and hasn't suffered a single casualty. The main issue is that each part of the campaign (particularly the early ones) is quite long, so the party will need multiple opportunities to reatreat, rest and heal. So long as these are available (and used!), there shouldn't be a problem.


As an aside...Complete Divine has a shrine of Pelor that would work just as well for Lathander and would fit into Cauldron just fine.

Page 169...disregard the "contents" notes, and just stick with the (simple) layout.

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