empyreal lord worship locations

[2 Coppers Worth]

So I am considering building a Paladin of Ragathiel but I don't know where he would consider home. Are Empyreal Lords worshiped all over or are there specific locations?

[Saving Cap'n Crunch]

One would think Archives of Nethys can tell us that, given that it does so for major gods and lists basically all gods ever. I'd like to know that too, for my Dwarven Warpriest of Korada...doesn't that just ooze irony to you? I'm considering shaving off his beard for added flavor...it's not as if he can say hi to his brother without a Belt of Dwarvenkind anyway, with his Charisma.

[Saving Cap'n Crunch]

Just checked Archives of Nethys, and it doesn't appear as if non-major gods have as full portfolios, and centers of worship aren't listed. When I checked Korada, though, I was surprised at the 1st-tier Deific Boon...what boon called Harmonic should let you cast Mad Monkeys?!

[pH unbalanced]

The city of Magnimar is known for its worship of Empyreal Lords.

Also, it's going to seem like a picky point, but note that the Feat for Empyreal Lord worship is Celestial Obedience, not Deific Obedience. The prereqs are slightly different for the two, and Celestial Obedience only allows for the Mystery Cultist Prestige Class, not the ones listed in Inner Sea Gods.

[Roger Corbera]

MEndev and Lastwall are the obvious choices for public cults, being two nations in perpetual war with evil neighbours (Hellwound and Belksen, respectively).
Probably a Ragathiel cult would be considered a terrorist cell in a place like Cheliax or Nidal.

[Jadeite]

Roger Corbera wrote:

Probably a Ragathiel cult would be considered a terrorist cell in a place like Cheliax or Nidal.

To be honest, a cult of Ragathiel would be considered a terrorist cell in any other civilized country as well.

[Bellona]

Andoran is a possibility, especially on the border to Cheliax.

[Roger Corbera]

Jadeite wrote:

Roger Corbera wrote:

Probably a Ragathiel cult would be considered a terrorist cell in a place like Cheliax or Nidal.

To be honest, a cult of Ragathiel would be considered a terrorist cell in any other civilized country as well.

Vengeance can be considered a crime in certain societies, but in medieval lands existed a right to drive private wars against your enemies.

[Roger Corbera]

I suppose Knights of Ozem also respects Ragathiel.
Also being a Lord of Chivalry, he should have some followers in Taldor, probably among old-fashioned county knights.

[Jadeite]

Ragathiel advocates murder for philosophical disagreements. His followeres have to kill others to gain their lords blessing. There's nothing knightly about hat, terrorist cell is a pretty good fit. If Andoran is about freedom, Ragathiel is a pretty obvious adversary.

[2 Coppers Worth]

Jadeite, can you give more details to support your supposition? I agree Andoran is probably a bad fit but the rest seems to be a little . . . strong in it's condemnation; especially for a Deific being who's portfolio is Chivalry, Duty, and Vengeance with Good, Law, Nobility and Destruction as his domains.

[AlgaeNymph]

Ragathiel's notorious obedience is discussed here.

As for where an empyreal lord would be worshiped, Chronicle of the Righteous lists several locations in p.42-43. Ragathiel would be among the "rampant" mystery cults (p.43); the locations given there include: Augustana (Andoran), Nerosyan (Mendev), Vellumis(Lastwall), and Zimar (Taldor).

[Karui Kage]

Saving Cap'n Crunch wrote:

Just checked Archives of Nethys, and it doesn't appear as if non-major gods have as full portfolios, and centers of worship aren't listed. When I checked Korada, though, I was surprised at the 1st-tier Deific Boon...what boon called Harmonic should let you cast Mad Monkeys?!

Yeah, I added center of worships and such if I got those in a "stat block type" like the massive Deities book did. I could probably pick places of worship and similar stuff out of the larger flavor bits, just something I haven't gotten around to. If anyone else wanted to do that, however, I'd be happy to update the entries based on that work (provided source/pages were cited and all). :)