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Re: Cleric of Groetus... You joined the Pathfinders in hopes of finding a powerful magic item that can bring about the end of the world?
Of course, since you're likely to run into a scenario with such an item, that could result in a difficult dilemma at some point.
EDIT: There's also at least one series of scenarios in which a cleric of Groetus might be convinced to join the opposition.
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Well, given that you seem to care about backstory, you should ask yourself, why would a cleric of one of these deities want to be a member of the Pathfinder Society?
I don't have many good answers except to suggest that maybe a cleric of Groetus would want to be a member of the Dark Archive in order to find powerful artifacts that could maybe accelerate the arrival of end of days.
Edit: Ninja'd and also adding that if you're worried about acting against the scenario success goals, just play it that you are waiting for the word of your god to actually act on activating these artifacts. Meanwhile may as well increase your status in the Society to ensure the best possible access should your god call upon you.
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For clerics of Lamashtu, those could have joined the Society to spread the Mother's madness properly around the world (most Pathfinders seem to be quite incapable of doing so as the Mother would want it).
Also, that cleric would have to punish those monsters that shame themselves by being defeated by a bunch of humans (and similar unenlightened folk).
Lastly, that character might want to foster some proper madness among the Pathfinders. Encourage some insane decisions, like waking up a small group of low-level Pathfinders in the middle of the night and sending them into potentially dangerous territory.
I tend to be a bit careful with followers of Zon-Kuthon. Since loss is one central aspect of their god, they wouldn't be too inclined to help people recover lost comrades or possessions. After all, why would one actively disrupt a blessing of Zon-Kuthon? Such characters would rather just tell the NPC to deal with the loss and let any ruins stay in darkness.
(There can be ways to roleplay around this and actually go on a mission, but it's a bit more difficult IMO.)
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Lastly, that character might want to foster some proper madness among the Pathfinders. Encourage some insane decisions, like waking up a small group of low-level Pathfinders in the middle of the night and sending them into potentially dangerous territory.
So you're suggesting he play Drandle Dreng?
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Cleric of lamashtu
Recruiting. Pathfinders (at least the field teams) seem to value a might makes right approach to living and slaughtering the weak and taking their stuff. Obviously there are some like minded individuals in this organization.
Damage control: In her own way, the mother of monsters does look out for her flock of monsters, misfits, deformities and grotesques. Your cleric escorts the party through the dungeon without these poor things being slaughtered.
Study: The character wants to meet and see all of the mothers wonderful creations up close and personally, either to study them a la national geographic or to "know them by fighting them" or to "know" them in another sense.
Groetus
If the world was about to end, what would you do? Dive off a cliff? Try to pet a grizzly bear? Climb the highest mountain? The society will not only foot the bill for you to do this stuff they'll PAY you!
Don't end the world if you find a world ending artifact. Thats groetus's job. Thats not moses taping the rock, thats moses breaking out a jackhammer: the highest form of blasphemy.
If you want a more family friendly access to the madness domain, there's always the lantern king.
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Anyone from the Dragon Empires would be a natural fit for Tsukiyo, and there are communities of every legal PFS race on Tian Xia.
If you want more exotic, Tengu, Kitsune, Wayang, or Nagaji are all from Tian Xia, and it might be interesting to have a backstory as to why they choose to worship Tsukiyo instead of their normal racial deity.
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Hrmph.
Claw Attack Tengus with this racial trait have learned to use their claws as natural weapons. They gain two claw attacks as primary natural attacks that deal 1d3 points of damage, and are treated as having the Improved Unarmed Strike feat for the purpose of qualifying for other feats. This racial trait replaces swordtrained.
On a very technical level no. It doesn't work. You only have improved unarmed strike for feats. On the other hand...
You unleash a domain power upon your enemy as part of your unarmed strike.
Prerequisites: Domain class feature, Improved Unarmed Strike.
Benefit: When you gain this feat, choose one domain-granted power that you can use to affect no more than one opponent. If you make a successful unarmed strike against an opponent, in addition to dealing your unarmed strike damage, you can use a swift action to deliver the effects of the chosen granted power to that opponent. Doing so provokes no attacks of opportunity.
Special: You can take this feat multiple times. Each time you take it, you apply it to a different qualifying domain power.
On a very technical level, the ability does let you punch someone in the face with the touch of madness. You just wouldn't be able to clawclawbeak them with it.