Looking for Feronia - what book is she in?


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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

Silver Crusade

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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.


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

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Peet wrote:

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?


The bastard sword, perhaps?

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I didn't even notice the bastard sword. I was busy with "Dispater's Amicably Parted Ex-Wife."

Since he's the devil in charge of the treasures of the earth, I'm wondering what the pre-nup was like. Both for her and his current wife.


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

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I'm sold. That is cool: I'm going to ask JJ about it.


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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.


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.

GeraintElberion wrote:
I'm sold. That is cool: I'm going to ask JJ about it.

Great!

Please post whatever response you get.

Scarab Sages

Did anyone ever find out if this goddess is pfs legal?

Sczarni

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Kali eri wrote:
Did anyone ever find out if this goddess is pfs legal?

Nope she isn't


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

Silver Crusade

Kobold Quarterly #23 does have some game information for her, including domains! Official source too, considering it's written by F. Wesley Schneider himself. :)


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Feronia is PFS legal as of 5-Oct-2014
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B-Nr2iYnlyiSWGZDdElZNTBOcFU/edit


I double-checked, and the only books to mention Feronia (that I've been able to find) are KQ23, Inner Sea Gods, and Princes of Darkness. KQ23 has the most info on her, but there is little substantive beyond what is written in the wiki article.


There is also a Roman and Etruscan goddess of the same name. She has similar traits, so integrating some elements of the Roman and Etruscan goddess to flesh out the Golarion goddess may be a suitable solution.

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