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Is there a list of temples to Calistria and where they are anywhere around? I'm working on a character history and want to weave it into the storyline.
I don't think there's an exhaustive list. It's probably safe to say that you'll find a temple if Callistra in any major city in the Inner Sea Region that both allows temples of chaotic gods and has legalized prostitution. (My game is in Varisia, and I know that there are temples of Callistra in Magninar, Kaer Maga, Riddleport, and Korvosa.)
I don't think there's an exhaustive list.
I'm actually mostly looking fora list of names and locations. The character in question was raised by the church but was sent away from his home for his own safety. I wanted to see if I could tie that history directly into Golarion history to make it more cohesive.
So, what are the names of those churches in your campaign?
is there maybe a list of cities with populations of 5,000 or more? i am just guessing but that might be a good start for a list of cities, i would think that any city of that size or larger would have a brothel
Calistra is one of the core deities of the Inner Sea Region, and her worship is extensive and widespread. You'll find temples of Calistra in just about any decent-sized settlement-- I'd say certainly any with a population of 5000 or more where worship of chaotic deities is allowed or encouraged. Pick up a copy of the Inner Sea World Guide (The PDF is ten bucks!) and help the player figure out where he's been.
Like I said above, there are canon sources that refer to temples of Calistra in Riddleport, Magnimar, Korvosa, and Kaer Maga. (Second Darkness Player's Guide, Magnimar: City of Monuments, Guide to Korvosa, and City of Strangers respectively). All of the campaign guides I've bought are for Varisia, so my familiarity with other regions is limited to the ISWG.
I don't have it with me at the moment, but I'm pretty sure that the ISWG specifically mentions the existence of temples of Calistra in Absalom, Kyonin, Oppara (capital of Taldor), and Katapesh.
You won't find any open temples of Calistra in Cheliax, Isger, or Nidal (where worship of chaotic deities is illegal), Razmir (only worship of the Living God is allowed), or Rahadoum (where all religion is illegal).
You are also unlikely to find temples of Calistra in Belkzen (the land of the orcs), Geb (the land of the undead), Five Kings Mountain (the land of dwarves), or the extremely lawful lands of Druma (where the Prophecies of Kalistrade hold sway), or Lastwall (ruled by paladins).
Remember that your campaign is set in your version of Golarion, so feel free to make it up!
I am also pretty certain that larger cities would have multiple temples. Many focusing on different aspects of the Savored Sting.
Heck, I could also see a younger acolyte starting up a temple just to compete with a previous mentor because of a simple disagreement.
For your character, I would expect temples to the goddess to change names and locations quite frequently. I would suggest the best way to find one in a city inimical to her worship is to look for where the wasps nest.
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⋄ Drey Yarnes watches over Calistria's Cathedral in Pitax in the River Kingdoms. (Pathfinder #35: War of the River Kings)
⋄ In the south of Woodsedge, Galt is the Temple of Calistria, famous for its 20 foot tall statue of an enthroned Calistria portrayed as an elf stroking a giant wasp. (Plague of Shadows)
⋄ The Pleasure Salon of Calistria in the Ascendant Court district of Absalom is managed by the ranking sacred prostitute, Dyrianna of House Avenstar. (Guide to Absalom)
Like I said above, there are canon sources that refer to temples of Calistra in Riddleport, Magnimar, Korvosa, and Kaer Maga. (Second Darkness Player's Guide, Magnimar: City of Monuments, Guide to Korvosa, and City of Strangers respectively). All of the campaign guides I've bought are for Varisia, so my familiarity with other regions is limited to the ISWG.
Where is the one in Korvosa? I don't remember reading about it.
If you go to Isarn, capital of Galt, you'll find that the Temple of Calistria has taken over one of the old palaces, this detailed in the first chapter of "The Perfumer's Apprentice"--including a great illustration of a Calistrian priestess.
I was a particularly big fan of the Calistrian temple in Magnimar because one of my PCs is a cleric of Calistria with a Paladin of Erastil for a brother. It'll be interesting to bring up the topic of vigilantism versus "doing it by the books" in that context!
If you go to Isarn, capital of Galt, you'll find that the Temple of Calistria has taken over one of the old palaces, this detailed in the first chapter of "The Perfumer's Apprentice"--including a great illustration of a Calistrian priestess.
I'm curious, Kevin, what template or class (if any) did you use as the basis for Orlin's abilities in that short story?
Also, I love the use of the term "nosegays". I had forgotten such a term existed! Brilliant! (Also curious about the old lady, but I suppose such information will come over time, eh?)
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If you go to Isarn, capital of Galt, you'll find that the Temple of Calistria has taken over one of the old palaces, this detailed in the first chapter of "The Perfumer's Apprentice"--including a great illustration of a Calistrian priestess.I'm curious, Kevin, what template or class (if any) did you use as the basis for Orlin's abilities in that short story?
Also, I love the use of the term "nosegays". I had forgotten such a term existed! Brilliant! (Also curious about the old lady, but I suppose such information will come over time, eh?)
Tacticslion-- I forgot I just gave a link to the first chapter. Read the whole of "The Perfumer's Apprentice" and all your questions will be answered.
And if your questions are to Norret and Orlin's next adventure, that continues in "Thieves Vinegar," the second chapter of which came out just minutes ago.
Orlin is an oracle, it would seem?
Sweet! Thanks, Kevin!
Wow, that was great!
I'm guessing Aranea; Chirurgeon, maybe Reanimator and/or Preservationist; and a Haunted oracle? Despite the fact that she said he was a Bone oracle, I didn't see any sort of conclusive proof (though definitively haunted), though there were some nice hints, though I could also easily see an argument for the Ancestor or Life oracle being made.
That was really awesome. I especially love the wasp coach at the end. :)
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When we played Legacy of Fire my character was a follower of Calistria. During the down time she started a temple to her and it was successful in the RP and Kelmarane was a hub of trade and merchants. What better place to have a temple to Calistria than a place where men want to relax with a woman.
I drew up plans and even a side view based on the few descriptions I had of other temples to Calistria
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Though not given a name, the largest temple to Calistria in the Inner Sea region was located in the Kyonin city of Shevaroth. After Treerazor took over the city, the temple was perverted by the cult of Rovagug, and is now full of apocalyptic cultists doing naughty things with one another to produce a bunch of huge, chrysalis-shrouded monsters waiting to spill out upon Golarion.
Related Tangent: Hey, Kevin, when's the third chapter slated to be up, if you know?
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Related Tangent: Hey, Kevin, when's the third chapter slated to be up, if you know?
I believe it should be next Wednesday at 10 AM Pacific time, the regular time for the web fiction to roll out--and incidentally the day before the winter solstice.
And I just realized that Sutter scheduled me to play Scheherazade versus the Mayan calendar doomsday prophecy. No, no pressure here....
Where is the one in Korvosa? I don't remember reading about it.Like I said above, there are canon sources that refer to temples of Calistra in Riddleport, Magnimar, Korvosa, and Kaer Maga. (Second Darkness Player's Guide, Magnimar: City of Monuments, Guide to Korvosa, and City of Strangers respectively). All of the campaign guides I've bought are for Varisia, so my familiarity with other regions is limited to the ISWG.
I don't have a copy of Guide to Korvosa, but I'd borrowed a friend's and read it a year or so ago. I thought I saw mention of a temple of Calistra there...
Even if it's not specifically mentioned, I'd rule that a city the size of Korvosa would certainly have a temple of Calistra-- even if it's not all that large or influential.
I can't find mention of Calistria in the Korvosa book. She may be represented by a shrine in the Pantheon of the Many there, though.
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I think, the same way that every pub or tavern counts as a temple of Cayden Cailean and has a small shrine to the Drunken Hero over the bar, every brothel would also logically count as a temple of Calistria and similarly have a shrine to the Savored Sting in the main parlor, though logically emphasizing her aspect as goddess of lust over the other stings of trickery and revenge (though the last would still likely be there as a not-so-subtle threat to treat the prostitutes nicely and pay promptly and in full).
Is every prostitute a priest of Calistria? Likely not, the same way that every barkeep is not a priest of Cayden Cailean. But one imagines that the better establishments might have one guy or gal on staff who has managed to get at least one level in cleric, with odds on this being the madam. I'm not certain what the retirement plans are for the big temples of Calistria, but I'd imagine that at some point, the acolytes who get too old for being sacred prostitutes go off somewhere and start a small brothel, sending the best of the local talent they recruit off to a larger Calistrian temple for further training.
I'm currently waiting either for a) end of the world or b) your story to finish, Kevin. Both are taking entirely to long. Get to work, writing-slave!
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