Hello all,
I am going to be playing in a mostly Ravenloft adventure in which we will be pulled in from the Realms. I am playing a gnome sorcerer 7th level (either LN or N) with the Infernal bloodline. The concept is for him to be really charismatic (22 after racial bonuses, stat raise, and headband of Cha +2). He will try to influence and charm as needed to reach his goals. He also has leadership.
I am stuck on the fluff on choosing a FR deity or arch-devil that meets the influencing/deception theme. The other monkey wrench is I need a cohort and am thinking cleric (as we do not have one in the party). Thus I need to have one from a faith that can be hidden or not be outwardly offensive to the good aligned chars in the party, and my religion has to be compatible with the cohort.
Do any of you have any ideas as I have been through the 2nd ed deity books and 3rd edition and have not found the fit I am looking for, but easily could have overlooked something.
(Also they can be from any pantheon in the 2nd or 3.x realms, including other demi-humans)
Thanks,
Matt
Hello all,
I am going to be playing in a mostly Ravenloft adventure in which we will be pulled in from the Realms. I am playing a gnome sorcerer 7th level (either LN or N) with the Infernal bloodline. The concept is for him to be really charismatic (22 after racial bonuses, stat raise, and headband of Cha +2). He will try to influence and charm as needed to reach his goals. He also has leadership.
I am stuck on the fluff on choosing a FR deity or arch-devil that meets the influencing/deception theme. The other monkey wrench is I need a cohort and am thinking cleric (as we do not have one in the party). Thus I need to have one from a faith that can be hidden or not be outwardly offensive to the good aligned chars in the party, and my religion has to be compatible with the cohort.
Do any of you have any ideas as I have been through the 2nd ed deity books and 3rd edition and have not found the fit I am looking for, but easily could have overlooked something.
(Also they can be from any pantheon in the 2nd or 3.x realms, including other demi-humans)
Thanks,
Matt
If you're looking for an infernal deity, you're not going to find one that's inoffensive to a good party. If you just want an evil deity that people might not object to that has good fluff I'd recommend Shar. She's pretty much the deity of shadow and she controls access to the shadow weave which is the dark side of magic.
She's all about secrets and darkness, but not necessarily the flaying of flesh/damnation of all living things. A more insidious and subtle type of evil that can be rationalized away to a good party.
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Dispater, ruler of Dis and the 2nd Circle of Hell in D&D may be a good fit. When you read his M.O. and think about what that could imply for your PC's personality, it may fit well. Read about him in the BoVD or FCII. Also, it will be easy to have a Cohort who also worships Dispater and still can fit in a group of good PCs.
In FR the only possibility I see is Loviater -- but I really don't see you fitting in with a group of PCs with her as your patron.