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I remember the Moon domain being printed in another 3.5 source as well, but for the life of me I can't say which for certain.
I don't think that specific domain was ever made open content, but I'd love to see a Moon-themed domain worked out for PFRPG. (preferably one that didn't flavor it towards evil because of the night=BAD meme...)
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There's a moon domain in the Forgotten Realms. It's not open content, though, so when we were first developing the world, it wasn't available to us. It's STIILL not available to us. We COULD do up our own version of the domain, I suppose, but one of the weird side effects of not using the moon domain from the start is that we just don't really have a moon deity in the game... at least not a MAJOR deity of the moon. Desna's the closest fit, and her domains are already solid.
There's a moon domain in the Forgotten Realms. It's not open content, though, so when we were first developing the world, it wasn't available to us. It's STIILL not available to us. We COULD do up our own version of the domain, I suppose, but one of the weird side effects of not using the moon domain from the start is that we just don't really have a moon deity in the game... at least not a MAJOR deity of the moon. Desna's the closest fit, and her domains are already solid.
"Hemachandra, the Seat of the Golden Moon" is filled with temples in Vudra (Campaign Setting, p. 155). I can't imagine that the moon (sanskrit = chandra) is not one of them-- the Moon is masculine in Indian legend, btw. However, perhaps there is a mythic-cosmological reason that Golarion's Moon is not ruled by a major deity. Perhaps... the moon is a dead world for a specific reason.
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There's a moon domain in the Forgotten Realms. It's not open content, though, so when we were first developing the world, it wasn't available to us. It's STIILL not available to us. We COULD do up our own version of the domain, I suppose, but one of the weird side effects of not using the moon domain from the start is that we just don't really have a moon deity in the game... at least not a MAJOR deity of the moon. Desna's the closest fit, and her domains are already solid."Hemachandra, the Seat of the Golden Moon" is filled with temples in Vudra (Campaign Setting, p. 155). I can't imagine that the moon (sanskrit = chandra) is not one of them-- the Moon is masculine in Indian legend, btw. However, perhaps there is a mythic-cosmological reason that Golarion's Moon is not ruled by a major deity. Perhaps... the moon is a dead world for a specific reason.
We have done little more than drop hints about Vudra. We have not yet printed a book where publishing domains available to obscure Vudran deities is justified. If/when we DO do a book about Vudra, and if Hemachandra ends up being important enough to keep part of the world, then we might consider building a Moon domain.
Hell, by that time, we might already have a Moon domain built for some other reason.
We DO have moon deities already operating in the Inner Sea region. Jezelda, for one, is the demon lord of werewolves and the moon, after all. Doesn't mean we have to build a Moon domain though. Not every single deity area of concern needs a corresponding domain.
I don't even know what spells you'd put in a moon domain. Best I can guess, it might work as another subdomain of darkness that emphasises more seeing and getting along in darkness than forcing darkness upon your enemies.
Good to know, James...
I think someone mentioned Desna. Feiya, the Iconic Witch, wears a crescent moon on her head, and she worships Desna.
Sean K Reynolds' OGL Curse of the Moon has a Moon domain in it that might fit Jezelda.
There is the Lyrune-Quah (The Moon Clan) of the Shoanti who travel by the light of the moon... and they worship Desna :)
The most recent version of the moon domain that I'm aware of was in the Spell Compendium.
BTW....ya gotta love the Moon-blade spell :)
I kinda meant what domain powers were fitting for the moon domain in Pathfinder?
Mike
Ultimate Magic > Witch > Moon Patron
Moon: 2nd—darkness, 4th—darkvision, 6th—owl's wisdom, 8th—moonstruck, 10th—aspect of the wolf, 12th—control water, 14th—lunar veil, 16th—horrid wilting, 18th—meteor swarm.
Can you wear pants if you have the moon domain? :)
Of course! Presenting your 'holy symbol' might be in bad taste though...
"That's no moon. It's a space station."
Sorry somebody had to say it! :p
http://www.enworld.org/forum/pathfinder-rpg-discussion/265952-pathfinder-fo rgotten-realms-2.html
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I kinda meant what domain powers were fitting for the moon domain in Pathfinder?
You could borrow the 1st level illusionist school power, a blinding ray of moonlight, and maybe make some glowing silvery aura of torch-intensity moonlight that acts as glitterdust as the 4th/6th/8th level power, usable a number of rounds / day (in one or more uses) equal to your cleric level, affecting all foes (but not allies!) in a 30 ft. radius.
That's going with the illumination aspect. The moon could also be associated with concealment / deception, and have an invisibility effect as the higher level power, or a single target 1 minute duration faerie firep effect as the 1st level ray power.
Or you could focus on the waxing/waning thing to have an enlarge person / reduce person effect, perhaps even a paired effect, where you 'wane' (reduce) one target within 30 ft. in size, and 'wax' (enlarge) another, at the same time, creating an effect that debuffs a foe and buffs an ally in a single action. You can maintain this effect a number of rounds per day equal to your cleric level, it can affect animals and monsters and not just 'persons,' and it can be split up over multiple uses (two rounds in this combat, three rounds in the next, a single round in the blink-and-you-missed-it third combat, etc.), but you can only maintain the effect on a single pair of people at a time (one reduced, one enlarged).
A different version of the same idea might require you to be one of the two affected. You can enlarge yourself, but only by reducing a foe first (and if the reduce effect is dispelled, your enlarge also goes away), or reduce yourself, by enlarging someone else. This version would be more limited, and might be available in minutes / day duration (still usable in multiple increments, but always using at least 1 minute worth of duration when activated). I like the 'buff an ally (which could be yourself anyway!) / debuff a foe' version better. :)
Wasn't the Moon subdomain just added in one of the settings books?
Ah yes, Dragon Empire Gazetteer. It's a subdomain of Darkness