South of the free city of Endhome, east of the King’s Road and Trader’s Way, north of the Forlorn Mountains, and west of the sea, these lands comprise what are known today as the Sundered Kingdoms, a half-wild land of scattered towns and villages, a handful of independent city-states, and few formal borders. It is a land where giants still roam the mountains, trolls prowl the hills, and unknown beasts walk in the night, a land where villagers huddle after dark around crackling fires behind puny palisades while lords remain in their castles and try to ignore the strange cries and screams that come from outside. It is a land of old kingdoms shattered by war, new alliances formed for survival, and black-hearted cults that beseech their dark lords for favor and power. It is the Sundered Kingdoms, and they are badly in need of heroes willing to face the monsters that lurk in the night...
Who are you? You are a former resident of Tasuc Cer, to whom the word "town" is overly dignified and implies more than it could ever hope to live up to. While you've driven off a few wild animals, slain a few undead, and generally become quite popular as a local hero, you know that your life would be very boring if you were to stay there forever. Accordingly, you've decided to travel with your friends up the King's Road and towards Endhome, a city widely regarded as the trading capital of the continent. Whether you're just looking for a job, aim to join the military, hope to serve your god, or simply want to adventure, there's a good chance you'll find what you're looking for there... but first, you'll have to reach it.
Accepted Sourcebooks: All Paizo, all Spheres of Power (<- Preferred for Casters), and Path of War (+Expanded) are allowed. Other 3PP available on request.
-Starting Level: 3 (Gestalt rules). This game is expected to take you to ~12th level.
--Do not try to min-max your character and stack things not really meant to be stacked. I strongly disapprove of that and will not select any character I believe is doing this. If you're not sure, just ask about your plans, and I'll let you know my thoughts on them as quickly as possible so you can either continue working on your idea or move on to a different concept.
-Starting Wealth: 3000 GP (following normal rules - also, remember ABP)
-Alignment: Any non-evil.
-Races: Core or Featured. Note that only Humans, Dwarves, and Half-Elves are common to the region, and all other races will need to explain their presence in the area. Depending on your race, you may also receive bonuses or penalties in your interactions with others.
-Hit Points: Max per Hit Die.
-Skills: See 'Campaign Rules', below.
-Traits: 2, 3 with a Drawback
-Abilities: 25 point buy
-No multiclassing. You level in what you start with. Prestige classes are a maybe, and will be judged case-by-case (mainly by flavor).
-Gods (if faithful): Pick from this list. Also Yidhra (who is ALWAYS an option in my games).
-Starting Languages: Westerling (Common), Erskin (language of local Barbarians, most use Common instead), Gasquen (old tongue of Foere, mostly used by nobles who want to identify with the empire), Old Suli (near-lost language not really used anymore, but enough fragments remain to make it readable)
-Ethnicities:
--Erskaelosi: These barbarians are principally found only in the southern portions of the Wildlands. Their main settlement is the city of Tyr. Immigrants of the northern Irkainian deserts after the destruction of Tsen turned much of the land into a poisoned wasteland, a portion of this brawny warrior-race made its way south in a long, decimating migration. Reeling with the catastrophic loss of the City of Wonders 2,000 years ago, the lands of southern Akados were unprepared for the arrival of the refugee peoples from beyond Tsen’s northern borders. City after city of province after province of the Hyperborean Empire turned aside these gaunt, starving warriors. On more than one occasion, militias and city defenders took an overzealous and violent approach to ousting the wanderers. A reputation for thievery and raiding clung to the Erskaelosi, though it was primarily the result of rumor and exaggeration. On more than one occasion, local war bands attacked straggling camps of these peoples and slaughtered them for what meager treasures they carried, only to claim that they had attacked them in “retaliation” for some fictional earlier raid. In the sparsely populated Suilley Plains, the Erskaelosi finally found a home, and even then they tended to migrate toward the foothills of the southern portion that more resembled their former homes in the Barrier Hills and surrounding plains. Centuries later, the King of Burgundia encouraged other scattered settlements on the plains to relocate to the southern portions of his kingdom. The city of Tyr grew from one of their principal settlements, and the Erskaelosi enjoyed full citizenship in the short-lived kingdom, with many of their warriors serving in the king’s personal guard. After the fall of the kingdom, many Erskaelosi still roam the Wildlands and remains of Old Burgundia, picking through the ruins of Trevi for items to use or to trade. Tyr remains their principal city, though many found their way eastward into Southvale, lured by promises of gold from the valers seeking their skill as giant fighters from their long tenure in the shadow of the Giantlands.
--Foerdewaith: The Foerdewaith are by far the most commonly found ethnicity across the Sundered Kingdoms. These humans represent the many indigenous tribes that dwelt in the lands and were assimilated by the Hyperboreans. It was these tribes who were left behind when the Hyperboreans withdrew from Akados and who later became part of the hegemony of Foere started by the first Foerdewaith overking, Macobert. As a result, the Foerdewaith are descended from hundreds of tribes in ancient times but identified as a single people during the height of the Foerdewaith monarchy. They are extremely unlikely to identify themselves as Foerdewaith, having broken off from that failing kingdom during the Sundering years. Now they tend to identify themselves with where they live, whether that be nationality, duchy, city, village, or general region.
--Heldring: The fair-skinned raiders of the Helcynngae Peninsula arrived after the abandonment by the Hyperboreans. Their longships full of vicious raiders landed on the coasts of the Sundered Kingdoms and swept across Ramthion Island and Southvale. They conquered all of Ramthion Island, but never managed to capture the city of Penmorome (later Penmorgh). Later, when the Foerdewaith finally cowed the Heldring, they withdrew from Ramthion, leaving little more than pillaged towns and half-breed bastard children. As a result, their legacy upon that island was short-lived and largely unnoticed as their descendants were quickly absorbed by the local population. In Southvale, however, they never departed. Instead, the Heldring raiders built homes in that gentle land, living fairly peaceably. They began families and worked the land, and much intermarrying occurred between the newcomers and the locals. Now, other than in Penmorgh itself, much of Southvale’s population is of direct Heldring ancestry with tall, broad-shouldered men, many with fair hair prone to thick beards. They live just like their neighbors in the vale, but to those accustomed to being among the warlike folk of the Helcynngae, meeting these “civilized” descendants can be a bit disconcerting.
--Dwarves: Unlike most of the rest of Akados where the typical dwarf encountered is a hill dwarf, in the Sundered Kingdoms the most common dwarves are mountain dwarves. These pale-skinned dwarves with black or gray hair and full, thick beards descend from the Great Mountain Clan of Targ that settled the Forlorn Mountains in their kingdom of Hazad. When their capital at Hazad-Burgh was destroyed, many followed Durand Strong-Arm to settle the lowland city of Durandel. After that great mining city’s fall, the dwarves of Targ scattered among minor mountain citadels in the Forlorn and Matagost ranges or mingled among the lowlander settlements of the humans. Interestingly, for some unknown reason none are known to have crossed the Dardanal Strait to settle the Caterwaul Mountains. Unlike their mountain kin in the Stoneheart Mountains, the dwarves of Clan Targ do not despise the humans around them, not having descended from dwarves involved in the Great Betrayal at Hummaemidon. They get along well with their non-dwarven neighbors, generally working in smithing, stonemasonry, mining, and other construction and heavy craft skills. Outweighing their common skills, however, is their reputation as giant fighters with a long history of contending with the savage inhabitants of the Giantlands.
--Half-Elves: A disproportionately large number of half-elves are in the Sundered Kingdoms. Many families of the bellimorum of Valenthlis’s day relocated to the sparsely settled eastern forest of Matagost to escape persecution among their own folk, and over the millennia have become a natural part of the communities of the Sundered Kingdoms. That Overking Macobert was himself a half-elf only increased these folk in the esteem of their neighbors. The average half-elf of the Sundered Kingdoms is more human in his outlook and identifies with the Foerdewaith folk of the region than his more distant sylvan kin. The presence of half-elves in the area has been ubiquitous for so long, the average human of the Sundered Kingdoms would not give one even a second glance.
Note on Character Creation: I'm gonna be honest, I don't really like stealth-based characters. XD; Certain elements of them that are troublesome to run are magnified in low-player games like these, so I will not be picking characters designed around that theme.
Campaign Rules:
-Automatic Bonus Progression (PF Unchained): In-use, with the normal table.
--Some rare items do have innate enhancement bonuses. Attunement in ABP overlaps (i.e. does not stack with) the natural enhancement bonuses on items, but you can attune to weapons and armor anyway to take a higher bonus.
-Automatic Feat Progression: If a feat has an Improved and/or Greater version (above its entry one), you automatically acquire the higher-level versions once you meet their prerequisites (or every other level after gaining the first, whichever is longer). Style Feats likewise advance. Other feat trees may be considered - ask the GM. Depending on the feats in question, additional limitations may be imposed at the GM's discretion.
-Background Skills (PF Unchained): In-use.
-Bonus Feats: Gain a feat at every level, rather than every other level. However, feats from levels cannot be spent on the same category (Combat, Metamagic, General, etc.) twice in a row. For example, you could not learn Weapon Focus at 3rd and then Weapon Specialization at 4th. (This does not apply to any bonus feats from your classes.)
-Combat Maneuvers: Attempting one of these does not provoke an attack of opportunity.
-Combat Options: The following options are automatically available for all characters that meet their prerequisites.
->Combat Expertise (-Melee Accuracy, +Dodge | INT 13)
->Deadly Aim (-Ranged Accuracy, +Ranged Damage | DEX 13, BAB +1)
->Power Attack (-Melee Accuracy, +Melee Damage | STR 13, BAB +1)
->Improved Unarmed Strike
->Weapon Finesse
-Combat Stamina (PF Unchained): Automatic for classes without the casting class feature (or something similar - 3PP classes can get weird). Accessible through taking the feat for other characters.
-Downtime: There will not be downtime during the campaign, per se. However, there IS likely to be a fair bit of traveling, and if you don't speed up with teleportation magic or something, you'll have plenty of time to craft on the road. Note that if any character has a Crafting feat, every party member can use it (and that party member's Spellcraft bonus) to craft.
-Magic: Characters who use Spheres of Power are preferred over Vancian casters.
-Skill Unlocks (PF Unchained): Automatic for Rogue, Ninja, Investigator, and Vigilante. Accessible through feats for other characters.
HOW TO APPLY
>Making a character sheet is optional, but I do want you to tell me what your intended race, classes, and alignment are. Also, tell me your vision for the character and how you intend to both play them and level them up.
>In addition to that, give me your character's background and tell me about who they are. If you need ideas, start with a 10 Minute Background and use that as a base to build the full background up from. This is the main thing I will be basing my selections on. Interesting and creative characters are more likely to be chosen. Basically, make me think they're real people, not just a collection of stats. I will also be checking factors like literacy, so try to avoid spelling mistakes.
I will be selecting three characters for this game. Recruitment will run until it's over, but I will give several days of notice before it concludes.
Hmmmm... I'm thinking of a time/warp Incanter/Swashbuckler. Quick question, since I've never used Spheres before: do the base Spheres count as talents?
Yes, Base Spheres count as talents. You have to unlock a Sphere by spending a Talent on it, and spend additional Talents to pick up new abilities in that Sphere. Some Spherecasting classes give Spheres as a bonus talents. ^^ It's pretty straightforward.
Per your list of gods I'd be interested in a devotee of Ades. As he seems rather blank I'd love to make him more like the original Greek god. Which would mean he wasn't evil at all, just cold, distant and heavy handed but also fair. He'd also desire to keep the dead in the underworld so I'd suspect him to despise intelligent undead. Non-intelligent undead are just moving corpses without a soul so he wouldn't care for those.
It would mean he would also have the bounty of the earth in his portfolio, meaning everything that is mined.
It would also set him apart from other death gods as his focus would be on the Underworld and the dead as opposed to death itself.
Yup. They probably mostly form families with each other (producing more actual half-elves), although presumably some interbreeding with humans still occurs.
Dotting with interest.
I assume unchained monk is acceptable? I'd like to do a monk/cleric of The Green Father, sort of a druidic huntsman, wanderer, and healer.
I'm unfamiliar with some of the variant rules here, but I'll brush up. I'm fine with Spheres, though I may botch it a bit on my first go. Is there herolab support?
Spheres of Power DOES have Hero Lab support. The files are available right here. They currently cover the base book pretty well, and the plan is to add in the Handbooks in the future.
I love the warlord myself. Note that the online available material is only the playtest version, there are some minor differences from the final version.
The really short version is that maneuvers are a lot like spells, except you can use them over and over each day. XD Also, less manipulation of reality and more hitting people in the face.
Since these deities have no listed domains, favored weapons, or alignment (that I remember seeing), could I just equate The Green Father to Erastil for those purposes, with maybe a little bit of Gozreh?
Would an Ecclesithurge (cleric archetype) be acceptable with the SoP archetype and the somatic x2 & focus casting drawbacks?
Are there animal companion restrictions due to environment/availability (aside from the obvious "no sharks on land", etc)?
Human (Southvale Heldring), Fighter (Lore Warden)/Sphere Skald, Neutral Good.
Basic background: Marcusic is part of a small order of scholars who believe that proper civilization is at serious risk of vanishing, leaving only scattered pockets of people who will spend centuries, possibly longer, mired in fearful ignorance of the world around them before struggling to regain the knowledge of previous generations.
This order seeks, ideally, to hold and then reverse this gradual decay entirely by gathering and carefully disseminating as much knowledge as they can. If that plan fails, however, then the gathered knowledge--stored in fortress-like scriptoriums and secret caches both--will be guarded through the dark times until the world is once again ready for it.
Marcusic is one of the members charged with venturing out into the world to both gather and spread knowledge, as appropriate. He looks like a stereotypical Heldring to casual inspection, but doesn't act much like one. For a start, he's rather soft-spoken and likes to carefully consider his options before acting. He utterly despises those who he perceives as uncivilized, firmly believing that there is nothing admirable or glorious about living in superstitious, tribal ignorance. He considers the Southvale Heldring a perfect example of how civilization can benefit a people; his people haven't been made soft or weak living as they do, but rather become stronger.
I'll flesh out the background this coming weekend, when I have time to do up a proper sheet. Stat-wise, I'm going for personable, scholastic type with a terrifying ability to stomp someone out like a fire if need be. A few combat maneuvers, Knowledge skill checks thrown out at the slightest opportunity, and some party buffing with eventual crafting support.
@D-Kal: Depends on the deity. SOME of them have writeups. XD I would avoid animal companions because there is a good chance they will die, and they cannot be easily replaced. As for Archetypes, compatibility follows the normal rules for that.
ReZa was just rejected by another game, So i'll go ahead and see if she fits here. Just need to buy more equipment and give her another feat and she's good to go.
She is a Mesmerism Bard, designed to confuse the foes and bust up her allies.
Exotic, hm... I was thinking of a great horned elk. Possibly red. I would be its rider. And carry the favored weapon of my deity, a bow. And I would be a druidish monk.
Anyone get the reference? I didn't myself until just now.
Exotic, hm... I was thinking of a great horned elk. Possibly red. I would be its rider. And carry the favored weapon of my deity, a bow. And I would be a druidish monk.
Anyone get the reference? I didn't myself until just now.
Failed my Knowledge check, badly so. Reference missed :p.
Whatever you can manage with your WBL +25% (the written value for this sort of thing). o wo~
...Note that if you're a Spherecaster, crafting Vancian items is harder. If you can't Take 10 for it, tell me how many items there are, and I'll roll the Spellcraft here to see if you actually managed it.
I'm not really familiar with Bloodforge and I don't think I have access to it, so that'd be a "no". Psionics was also something I decided against, mostly for flavor reasons.
I've got a very busy week and character creation usually takes me a few days to really give an A+ submission, so I'll hopefully get something in before recruitment closes. In the meantime, consider this a big ole DOT!
SoP is my favorite system to come out of PF. It really allows one to flesh out a concept much better than the Vancian default. I love seeing more and more games popping up on the boards here adopting this ruleset.
Question regarding rituals - can we pay the cost to have a ritual book as part of character's beginning gear?
Question about the setting - my Google-fu may be failing me, and if so, I apologize. I picked up the PG, and it is a nice spoiler-free overview, but there's no information on Tasuc Cer. Can we make some assumptions about the town (or "town" as you describe it)? Assumptions like, it has a church, a pub, etc. Can we create organizations based out of it, if they'd not seem out of place for such a flyspeck place?
There's no information about Tasuc Cer because it doesn't really exist. XD I made it up by rolling on the regional name table in the book. Just assume it's a REALLY REALLY SMALL place of basically no significance whatsoever (which is why you left). It's not really big enough to have organizations outside of, like, a local church. Its only real purpose is to help create a shared backstory and explain why your characters are together, and you're probably not going to go back to it. ^^
And yes, you can pay for a ritual book as part of your starting gear.
It's not really big enough to have organizations outside of, like, a local church. Its only real purpose is to help create a shared backstory and explain why your characters are together, and you're probably not going to go back to it. ^^
Hmm, that sort of kills my character's backstory idea then, if there aren't any groups of note in the town.
Note that you can always say something like you'd heard of a group and wanted to join them, or even joined them AFTER leaving your hometown but haven't done much with them quite yet, and you're on your way to Endhome to do more. XD There are definitely options.
By the rules, players who are making characters after Level 1 are generally permitted to add 25% to their Wealth by Level to account for the value of having had, and used, that feat.
As for the background... the main thing to focus on is probably fleshing it out. What exactly did you do, why did you do it, and what do you hope to do in the future?
Note that you can always say something like you'd heard of a group and wanted to join them, or even joined them AFTER leaving your hometown but haven't done much with them quite yet, and you're on your way to Endhome to do more. XD There are definitely options.
That's reassuring! Thought for a moment there I was going to have to redo the whole thing, lol. You know how it is, once you get a certain concept in your head, and how you get attached once you start developing it into something usable :D.
There's no information about Tasuc Cer because it doesn't really exist.
Aha, excellent! That means my Google-fu is still working!
GM Rednal wrote:
Note that you can always say something like you'd heard of a group and wanted to join them, or even joined them AFTER leaving your hometown but haven't done much with them quite yet, and you're on your way to Endhome to do more. XD There are definitely options.
This is kind of the approach I'm going to take. My PC moved away, gained valuable life experience, has moved back to Tasuc Cer, and now is restless, ready to move on again.
You know, regarding that hypothetical order, I never even thought to ask if you'd be willing to allow it to begin with. If so, can I get a name, a few noteworthy locations associated with it, and a some other details I can use to spice up my submission's background? Would be a lot more immersive if I could reference specific elements, and they don't have to be added to the world if my submission isn't picked, after all.
*Rubs chin* For that order of scholars, you mean? Let's see... how about an organization based out of Bard's Gate, with branches in large cities throughout Akados? I feel like it would do very well as a group following Yenomesh, with something of an emphasis on "things that are written are meant to be read, and we must record the things worth reading".
Your character could have heard about the group from a traveler - perhaps a member of the group - who visited the area for trade and to listen to the town's stories, and perhaps invited your character to join the order.
Form of Worship and Holidays: Worship is through study, teaching, and learning. The last day of the week (Thingsdag) is given over to quiet contemplation. Monastic orders of Yenomesh set aside the High Holy Days of the Cusp of Freya (vernal equinox) and the Cusp of Mithras (autumnal equinox) for daylong ceremonies that take place in total silence.
Yenomesh is the aged sage of the gods. He is said to have been the first to gain knowledge of the sacred runes of the Language Eternal, which he taught to the gods and elevated them from the Original Chaos. Likewise, it was he who created the written characters of the language known as Foundation, allowing the concepts of the Language Eternal to be grasped by mortal minds and brought the light of knowledge to the world. He is likewise credited with being the inventor of all written language since it is derived from the characters of Foundation, and his priests are often fluent in writing and speaking many different tongues. For his role in imparting knowledge upon the mortal races, libraries and archives are often dedicated to Yenomesh, and many have at least one small shrine in his honor.
Despite the universality of Yenomesh’s contributions to the world in the form of writing, he was not always considered to be a part of the Hyperborean pantheon. Originally, Yenomesh was found only in the ancient religions of the East. It was during the Hyperborean expansion into Libynos some three-and-a-half thousand years ago that the West encountered the monastics of Yenomesh. They later recognized the value and contributions of the Yenomeshi faith when Hyperborean scholarship realized that all known languages were derived from a script that the monastics used to write their own scrolls. As scholars practiced in the arcane arts discovered that this Foundation language also served as the basis for magical writings, western wizards began to show interest in the faith as well. Yenomesh has never had sufficient popularity among magical practitioners that it threatened the faith of Jamboor or later Belon the Wise, but he has also had a small and devoted following of these spellcasters who delve deeply into the mysteries of alternate forms of magical writing.
A simple man of Foerdewaith blood, Kaelic was raised in the lonely and forgotten village of Tasuc Cer. His parents brought him up in the Old Ways, teaching him to hunt and respect the land and trust it for life and provision. They thanked The Green Father for their dinner every evening and left token offerings below a rack of antlers hung over the hearth. It was a humble life of respect and gratitude in all things.
When he was twenty years, Kaelic's father was killed by feral predators while he was on the hunt. Kaelic assumed care of his mother and became a skilled and respected hunter, sometimes roaming for miles past the village outskirts and deep into the woods for his prey. Learning much of the land and encountering the odd traveler here and there, he wondered what might lie up the well-trodden roads that traced from city to city. But duty to family and neighbor kept him content enough at home.
One day, years later, his mother met a man. Or, rather, caught the eye of one, as everyone in the village was familiar with every other. She was remarried and bid Kaelic begin his own life, whether in Tasuc Cer or abroad. But in spite of his restless and curious heart, he took the old family home as his own and kept up the old prayers. He defended the village against solitary roaming beast or undead, hunted for their food, and grew in status among his kin. Although his thoughts continually drifted outward, he found much satisfaction in his role among them.
Three springs before his thirtieth year, Kaelic was on a long hunt far from home. He had been out for two days, tracking some elusive beast that teased at his mind like a phantom, always just out of clear sight. His hand was cramped from carrying his bow, constantly on the verge of a shot. Finally, at long last, the creature stopped to drink at a stream. Silently Kaelic glided through the underbrush, closing the gap and lining up a perfect shot at what appeared to be a simple horned elk. But suddenly he was overwhelmed by a strange sense, like a presence, a powerful and vibrant life force. He looked beyond his prey and saw it--the bull, a fabled great horned elk, at least ten feet tall to the tip of its horns. It looked directly at him, but without fear or hostility. The bull, the prey, and a few other elk mingled for a bit and then walked deep into the wood, vanishing like they'd never existed.
Kaelic approached the stream, suddenly becoming aware of his unfamiliar surroundings. The small glade was like no other place he had been. It teemed with life, in the water, the earth, the air, and the trees, all in perfect harmony, like notes in some quiet song. Here the creatures knew no fear of him, or each other, and birds and insects chirped their uplifting tunes. As he marveled at all that was around him, he took note of something brown and ivory near the bank of the stream. As he picked it up, he recognized it as a horn from the elk. Kaelic took it and returned home, eager to thank The Green Father for what he was sure was a personal gift to him.
Kaelic spent days tending the horn, cleaning, polishing, and preparing it for use. Once it carried a strong sound, he bound it by a leather cord and wore it with him every time he left the village. He built a shrine to his god and worshiped, meditating and asking for wisdom and guidance. He was answered with a great connection to life itself, from the plants beneath him to the air around and within him. He also felt compelled to seek out more holy places, and indeed, perhaps find another great horned elk in all of its majesty. So he set out on the road of men, keeping his eyes open for the movements of The Green Father and his game.
Details:
Kaelic
NG Human Monk/Cleric (The Green Father - Animal, Plant)
Role - healer, hunter, guide in the wilds
Mechanics - longbow, unarmed strikes with Plant domain powers, healing magic, enhancement magic, some plant and animal magic, eventual animal companion (great horned elk)
Personality - peacemaker, optimist, protector
Appearance - average height, slim but fit, cotton pants, jute vest, fur cloak (when needed), leather and wooden sandals
The Green Father:
The Huntsman, God of the Wilds, the Horned God, Herne the Hunter, Cerunnos (Ancient Folk, Foerdewaith);
Alignment: Neutral
Favored Weapon: Longbow
Holy Symbol: horn or antlers
Domains: animal, plant, earth, water, air
Emissaries: animals, whispering winds, the great horned elk
The Green Father goes by many names in many cultures: the Horned God, Herne the Hunter, Cerunnos, and others. He is a primordial god of the natural world, antithesis to the spread of civilization and agriculture. He represents the chaos of the wilds, the freedom of the hunt, and the joy of the kill. His followers respect the power of Nature and seek to learn to live and thrive in it, never to conquer it, and those who cannot do so are fair game for the dangers that exist beyond the walls of cities. Where once the faith of the Green Faith actively opposed the settlement of the wilds and those who participated in civilization, in recent generations it has come to accept adherents from among those who live within towns and cities in an effort to encourage efforts to influence them to protect the wild places of the world. Ironically, this has create two branches of the faith: those who dwell only in the wild and seek to drive out those who would intrude and those who dwell in and among civilization but prefer the solitude and purity of the wild. So far these two churches have not come into conflict, but it seems inevitable that they will eventually come into conflict for dominance of the faith.
I am already half way through my submission, but have a quick question and a follow-up one!
·Would you allow a Paladin without a god that instead champions a certain cause, ethos and code?
·If not... are there any other Sun Deities or there is only Mitra? I'd like a more tribal/barbarian feel while still being a LG Paladin
@Emissary: Paladins have never needed to follow a deity (not by core Pathfinder rules, anyway, and I don't think the Lost Lands are any different - although there is a goddess of Paladins that many of them like, despite her rigorously high standards).
@Cuan: There isn't too much information, but Ades is described as one of the three Great Banes (along with Orcus and Demogorgon), and it's made fairly clear that he's an Abyssal Lord. That'd be a "no" for Player Characters to worship. XD
God of Knowledge, Magic, and Death; He Who Hears the Secrets of the Dead
Greater God
Alignment: Neutral
Domains: Esoteric (see below), Knowledge, Magic, Repose, Trickery
Symbol: An eclipsed sun
Garb: White robes trimmed in green and black
Favored Weapons: Quarterstaff, dart
Form of Worship and Holidays: Regular worship on the last day of the week, holidays at the end of each month, and the major holiday of Reckoning at the end of the year, funerary rites, and solemn observances of the dates of death of significant historical figures
Jamboor is a god of death, but only in the regard that death is a part of life and should be revered as such. It is not unusual for the clerics of Jamboor to multiclass with one or more arcane classes. Kings and noblemen consider it a true feather in their cap to have a priest of Jamboor as an advisor.
Jamboor is an ancient god of Hyperborea who has clung to his influence tenaciously since the earliest of days. This mysterious deity is seen as a benign or malignant entity depending on the standpoint of the viewer. To some folk, a god of death must be evil and, therefore, to be feared, while to others he merely maintains the proper order of things in the cycle of life and death. And still to others he is simply a god of magic and arcane knowledge which can be the faith of a benevolent local wizard or a power-mad necromancer. Regardless, all rulers and leaders value his faith because his priests are known to possess a great many secrets and are willing to offer wise counsel to any ruler without regard to political or religious affiliation.
Many local superstitions find their roots in the practices of the followers of Jamboor, and entire sects of his priesthood are tasked with sussing out the secrets of existence through listening to the whispers of the dead. The dates and times for the High Holy Days of the continent of Akados are determined and published each year by the priests of Jamboor and are recognized by those of all faiths. While the Wheels of Inquiry used by his followers to determine local omens and auguries can be found in almost any community for use by any who know the secrets of their interpretation.
Despite his long and ongoing influence, Jamboor’s age-old mastery of those who study the magical arts is now being challenged as the traveler deity Belon the Wise gains more followers among arcane practitioners. This situation has caused no small amount of consternation among the normally staid Jamboorites, not only because of the encroachment upon their traditional sphere of influence but even more so because they did not foresee its coming.
