Mighty Glacier |
Zura (a CE deity) grants the domains Chaos, Death, Evil and Madness. Zura also has Blood listed as a subdomain, even though Blood is a subdomain of War.
So, is Zura supposed to offer War domain (instead of, say, Madness?) or is the Blood subdomain a mistake? If I were to make a PFS cleric of Zura would I not be able to select Blood subdomain? Will this ever be FAQ'd and errata'd? (Probably not.)
Kalindlara Contributor |
Claxon |
What book is Zura even from and is that legal in PFS is the first question I would ask.
Aside from that, if it clearly list those as subdomains then those are the subdomains even if Zura does not have the corresponding regular domain. It might be an error, but it wouldn't matter unless it gets changed officially as you wouldn't be able to select the War Domain, if that's what you're after.
If you're after the Blood subdomain, then you're fine.
But I would first make sure that content is PFS legal.
Dave Justus |
Where do you get that it is legit from, the rule as I know it is:
"A cleric who chooses a subdomain must have access to both the domain and its subdomain from her deity."
Which would imply it is a mistake. Are there other examples of mismatched subdomains on deities and has this sort of thing ever been actually addressed?
Kalindlara Contributor |
This is the most recent discussion on the matter - you'll notice that Zura isn't the only one like this.
Both are from Lords of Chaos, but their info appears in the Appendix of Inner Sea Gods, mismatched subdomains and all. Since all demon lords from that book's appendix are legal for PFS, this is a PFS-legal option.
Mighty Glacier |
What book is Zura even from and is that legal in PFS is the first question I would ask.
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But I would first make sure that content is PFS legal.
Archives of Nethys, for one, lists the source as Inner Sea Gods, and this helpful thread notes her as a legal deity.
EDIT: I must admit, I did not know this was a common thing for deities (especially for Demon Lords, it seems). I guess it's intentional then - but what do the rules say? How does this whole thing work?
Kalindlara Contributor |
Thank you, Ventnor! I'd forgotten about that. ^_^
He grants access to the domains of Chaos, Evil, Strength, and War, and access to the subdomains of Demon, Ferocity, Ice, and Tactics (although the Ice subdomain is normally not available without the Water domain, an exception is made in this case because of the demon lord’s close association with cold).
Presumably, since they spring from the same source and were both authored by James Jacobs, Zura is subject to the same reasoning.