Peet |
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I found this little entry on the demigoddess Feronia on the Pathfinder Wiki:
http://pathfinderwiki.com/wiki/Feronia
Now I am interested in playing a cleric or inquisitor of Feronia in PFS. Trouble is, if I am going to use any non-core material I need to have the book, and I have no idea which book she is from. I picked up Princes of Darkness, which is credited in the article, but that only has one brief reference to her.
Can anyone help? What book do I need to get?
Thanks,
Peet
Mikaze |
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IIRC, the most that is known about her is in a sidebar in the article on Dispater featured in Kobold Quarterly #23(available in print and PDF here!). Interesting stuff in there. Domains, alignment, and such, but most of the info on her specifically deals primarily with her relationship with Dispater.
I don't know about its PFS legality though.
Peet |
So she's not in Pathfinder Player Companion: Faiths of Balance (PFRPG)?
That's a shame.
I find that most of the Pathfinder deities aren't especially interesting. This one seemed like a welcome change.
Peet
GeraintElberion |
So she's not in Pathfinder Player Companion: Faiths of Balance (PFRPG)?
That's a shame.I find that most of the Pathfinder deities aren't especially interesting. This one seemed like a welcome change.
Peet
What makes this one more interesting to you?
Kevin Andrew Murphy Contributor |
Peet |
Yes, the Bastard Sword as a sacred weapon is quite nice. For a class like Inquisitor the sacred weapon is pretty important. There are other deities that give exotic weapons like the Katana and Urumi, but there aren't a whole lot to choose from. Meanwhile there are way too many deities that have a simple weapon as your sacred weapon, which is a real waste. If I see another god that has dagger as their sacred weapon I don't know what I will do.
But also, it seems to me that considering the layout of the planes, there ought to be more deities likme Feronia; neutral-aligned gods from the elemental planes. Gods that exist for their own sake rather than as an embodiment of a human ideal. Where are they all?
Meanwhile, look at Feronia's domains: Fire, destruction, sure. But also Liberation and Protection. I really like the fact that Feronia is not one-dimensional like most of the gods of the Golarion pantheon. She has differing sides to her. She was the consort of Dispater for a while, but their son became one of the Empyreal Lords. Cool story.
This ought to be a big part of any fire-themed deity. Fire is destructive, but it is also the element associated with civilization; fire is the first discovery that separated man from the beasts, and I can see a bit of the Prometheus myth peeking out here. Also, Vesta, the goddess of the hearth; the Vestal virgins were once tasked with keeping the sacred fire lit. Feronia is the goddess of the sacred fire, so this fits too.
So yes, Feronia is a really cool idea for a Golarion Deity, and it's a shame that she isn't an "official" one.
Peet
Zaister |
Feronia is actually mentioned not only in Kobold Quarterly #23, but also in an official Pathfinder book. In Dispater's entry in Book of the Damned, Vol. I – Princes of Darkenss she is mentioned as his second wife. The text says she was a demigoddess from the Plane of Fire and later parted congenially from Dispater, taking their child with her who would later become Ragathiel. The Kobold Quarterly article expands on that.
Peet |
Yes, I picked up Princes of Darkness last week, hoping there would be enough stuff there to allow me to play a character dedicated to Feronia, but sadly there is only a single comment in the article on Dispater, and it gives no details aside from the fact that she is a fire goddess and the connection with her son. Not enough to let you play a Divine Caster dedicated to her.
I'm sold. That is cool: I'm going to ask JJ about it.
Great!
Please post whatever response you get.
Peet |
It's a shame, but the character I had in mind instead worships Ragathiel who is related to Feronia and has some of the same properties. Of course, it's for an inquisitor so domains aren't as important.
I bought the "Princes of Darkness" book because it was listed as a source for info on Feronia, but it turned out that there was just a vague reference to her in conjunction to her relationship with Dispater and that Ragathiel was her son. No game info at all.
Peet