Are there any evil nature deities / gods?


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Are there any evil nature deities/gods? This is for an evil druid character to worship...


Depends on what kind of gig you want this evil to revolve around. Druids don't need deities to begin with so that's a plus. Lady Nanbyo is a CE goddess of natural disaster, Urgothoa is goddess of plague and disease(though undead aren't usually a druid's gig), and Lamashtu is goddess of madness, monsters and nightmares(she happens to carry the title mother of beast... among other things.), and I believe Zon Kuthon has druids of his own who have a special feat for them, Shade of Uskwood. There are a few Demon Lords who are extremely primal, such as Jezelda the mistress of the moon.

Shadow Lodge

It's also perfectly acceptable for a NE druid to worship TN Gozreh.


Additionally, you can worship any of the Four Horsemen (Death, War, Famine and Pestilence), seeing as they are N/E.

There's even a prestige class for it. I like it because you don't even really need to be a spell caster in order to qualify, it's just an added bonus.


Also, another option are the four Elemental Lords - Ayrzul (earth), Hshurha (air), Kelizandri (water), or Ymeri (fire). They're all NE aligned, and would be a good fit for an elemental-based druid.

Liberty's Edge

The Green Mother would fit quite well, if you want to take a Fey/First World bent.

Scarab Sages

I'll second The Green Mother.

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Zyphus is the NE god of accidental deaths and graveyards, who also has the Plant domain for some reason.

The Exchange

Besmara the Pirate Queen has a storm goddess aspect, I believe, and would be an unconventional but acceptable choice.

Sczarni

I don't have the ISWG with me right now, but a while back I considered making a character that worshiped the god of Fungi and Decay. If nobody's posted it by this evening I'll come back.


Nefreet wrote:
I don't have the ISWG with me right now, but a while back I considered making a character that worshiped the god of Fungi and Decay. If nobody's posted it by this evening I'll come back.

Talking about Cyth-V’sug right?


Doesn't Rovagug's profile include natural disasters like earthquakes?

Liberty's Edge

I suppose that Lamashtu could be seen as a rather dark take on a fertility goddess, as the Mother of Monsters.


RainyDayNinja wrote:
Zyphus is the NE god of accidental deaths and graveyards, who also has the Plant domain for some reason.

Just think how many people, especially children, have died because they ate the 'pretty red berries' or the like.

And to answer the original question, the demon lord of trolls Urxhel is also a god of natural disasters, mainly wildfires.

Sczarni

MrSin wrote:
Nefreet wrote:
I don't have the ISWG with me right now, but a while back I considered making a character that worshiped the god of Fungi and Decay. If nobody's posted it by this evening I'll come back.
Talking about Cyth-V’sug right?

That's the one!


Forgotten Realms has quite a number of evil nature gods, many of them being in a kind of alliance known as the Gods of Fury.

Talos: God of Storms and Destruction.
Malar: God of Beasts and the Hunt.
Auril: Goddes of Winter and Cold.
Umberlee: Goddess of the Sea and Storms.

Also:
Talona: Goddess of Disease and Poison.
Moander: God of Rot and Decay (dead since 2nd Edition).


There's the druidic Shades of the Uskwood cult in Nidal. While the Shades are dedicated to the natural power of the dark wood, they also revere Zon-Kuthon.

Scarab Sages

paladinguy wrote:
Are there any evil nature deities/gods? This is for an evil druid character to worship...

LOL all nature can be consider Evil to non Druids Your guy is the Lawyer aliment. His laws are not that of man but of nature. Think of him as a predator, the Lion does not eat the zebra because it is hungry, it does because it can. The weak are just that Prey would a lion eat an elephant if it had the chance? MEAT they are all just meat some are eaten others do the eating. With this logic your druid could go into a town at night and get approached by a guard brandishing a weapon. He is stronger and kills him he tears the body limb from limb coating the wall with his blood. Was this evil? or was he marking his territorial with the blood of a weaker predator?

Grand Lodge

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Lamashtu.

How can anyone forget Lamashtu?

Worshipers of Lamashtu really love animals.

Maybe a bit more than most are comfortable with.


What about powerful nature spirits. In my game there are dire wolves, then there is The Dire Wolf. Or the animal lords.


Don't forget Shub-Niggurath! She's an actual god in the Golarion setting, and definitely counts as an evil nature/fertility deity. But if you're not into the Cthulhu Mythos, probably not a good idea.


loganstarr wrote:
paladinguy wrote:
Are there any evil nature deities/gods? This is for an evil druid character to worship...

LOL all nature can be consider Evil to non Druids Your guy is the Lawyer aliment. His laws are not that of man but of nature. Think of him as a predator, the Lion does not eat the zebra because it is hungry, it does because it can. The weak are just that Prey would a lion eat an elephant if it had the chance? MEAT they are all just meat some are eaten others do the eating. With this logic your druid could go into a town at night and get approached by a guard brandishing a weapon. He is stronger and kills him he tears the body limb from limb coating the wall with his blood. Was this evil? or was he marking his territorial with the blood of a weaker predator?

You sir, are kinda wrong. Loins kill when they are hungry, or something invades there territory. Not just because they can. And a loins a horrible example of nature. Us an animal that doesn't give a flying rats butt next time :9.

Well, you could still be a member of the green faith....just saying. No deity, just a harsh look at the circle of life.


Oddly enough, animals in game don't have an alignment. So using animals to defend your alignments doesn't work very well if you think meta. Lions aren't inherently evil, if even capable of it. On the other hand, Jezelda, is a werewolf demon lord who has a very predatory view of things, but like I said, it depends on what type of evil you want. Cyth V'sug has a very "I am legion!" feel to it. Jezelda is evil and predatory. Groetus is just madness. Lamashtu is a mother(Among other things).


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Dark servitude wrote:

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You sir, are kinda wrong. Loins kill when they are hungry, or something invades there territory. Not just because they can. And a loins a horrible example of nature. Us an animal that doesn't give a flying rats butt next time :9.

And now all I can see are flying penises impaling their prey.

Also, Sin, animals do have an alignment. They're True Neutral.


Rynjin wrote:
Also, Sin, animals do have an alignment. They're True Neutral.

I know, but I always thought they just defaulted to that because they couldn't decide their own with their 1 or 2 intelligence. Something like that anyway. I don't mean they don't have an alignment ever, I just mean they sort of don't have a choice or can take extremes. If that makes sense.

Grand Lodge

Also, if you worship Lamashtu, you can interbreed with animals within one size category of you.

There is a "Lamashtu only" magic item for it.

Basically, Lamashtu worship is a demon warped PETA organization.


blackbloodtroll wrote:

Also, if you worship Lamashtu, you can interbreed with animals within one size category of you.

Cite??

Grand Lodge

paladinguy wrote:
blackbloodtroll wrote:

Also, if you worship Lamashtu, you can interbreed with animals within one size category of you.

Cite??

Note, my post referenced an item for it.

Here it is:

Gods and Magic pg. 56 wrote:

Demon Mother's Mask

Aura faint transmutation; CL 3rd
Slot Head; Price 3,600 gp; Weight 1 lb.
Description:
This primitive hyena-like mask is usually made of leather, but some are made of soft metal like copper or even carved out of the skull of an animal. You gain a +2 competence bonus on Handle Animal and Heal checks. You can smell when nearby creatures are in heat or otherwise especially fertile (creatures such as humans that can breed any time of year always smell fertile unless they are barren).

If Lamashtu is your patron, the mask counts as a holy symbol and a hole for a third eye appears in the mask’s forehead. You may use summon monster II once per day to summon a fiendish hyena, which obeys you as if you shared a common language. You may interbreed with animals that are within one size category of your size, usually creating (if you are a humanoid) animal-humanoid creatures such as gnolls or lizardfolk, or sometimes natural lycanthropes prone to live in hybrid form.
Construction
Requirements Craft Wondrous Item, detect animals or plants, polymorph, summon monster II, creator must have at least 5 ranks in Handle Animal and Heal; Cost 1,800 gp

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