Spheres of Power themed Pantheon

[VanceMadrox]

I'm not really a fan of the mostly unconnected deities of Golarion but I am a big fan of the Spheres of Power alternate magic system from Drop Dead Studios.

That system has 20 spheres and Standard Paizo Pantheons have 20 deities. This pantheon came about as the result of a thought experiment a friend and I worked on to create a pantheon where each god was associated with one of the spheres, using standard Paizo Plane cosmology.

It is intended to still be a rather generic pantheon, fit for use in any world that utilizes Spheres of Power.

The World:

Long ago an overdeity whose name is unknown by mortals had 5 sons and 5 daughters. They created this cosmos as a playground and test for their children, promising that whichever of them recruited the most souls and built the best realm would inherit their power.

The siblings all created realms for themselves and while it is unknown when their parent will return, for now the 10 of them compete for souls.

As time passed more gods emerged, each allying with one or more of the sibling gods to varying degrees.

Each of deities also created one of the Spheres of Magic and granted mortals the ability to utilize it. While initially granted only to their followers, the Spheres exist independently of the gods and mortals can access their powers without being beholden to a divine source.

[VanceMadrox]

Design notes:

Each alignment will have 2 gods, with one extra Neutral good and one extra True Neutral.

In addition to associating each god with a sphere I also wanted to make sure each Domain was available to at least 2 different deities. I initially was going to use only APG subdomains but needed a few more so added the ones from Inner Sea Gods. I know there are other books with more sub-domains but I wand to keep it relatively simple.

[VanceMadrox]

Ochrana, Goddess of Protection

Other titles: Lord of Heaven, Homemother, Heartspear

Alignment: Lawful Good

Domains: Community(Family, Home), Good(Archon), Law, Nobility(Leadership, Martyr), Protection(Defense)

Associated Sphere: Protection

Favored Weapon: Longspear

Ochrana is the eldest of the 10 and considers herself responsible for protecting all mortals. She created the mountain realm of Heaven and from its peak she instructs her followers to care for each other and especially for those who cannot defend themselves. She gifted mortals with the Protection Sphere.

[VanceMadrox]

Okun, God of Beasts

Other titles: Wild Lord, Beastfather, The Untamed

Alignment: Chaotic Good

Domains: Animal(Feather, Fur), Chaos(Azata), Destruction(Rage), Good, Strength(Ferocity, Resolve)

Associated Sphere: Alteration

Favored Weapon: Greataxe

Okun is the 2nd eldest and first son. Ever changing his form he has a kinship with wild beasts and created the realm of Elyisum. He gifted mortals with the Alteration Sphere.

[VanceMadrox]

Urush, God of War

Other titles: Lord of Hell, Bloodfather, Warmaker

Alignment: Lawful Evil

Domains: Evil(Devil), Fire(Arson, Ash), Law(Tyranny), Nobility, War(Blood, Tactics)

Associated Sphere: War

Favored Weapon: Ranseur

Urush is the 3rd eldest of the ten. He is the god of war and created Hell and its layers as his domain. He gifted mortals with the War Sphere.

[THUNDER_Jeffro]

Dotting.

[VanceMadrox]

Tuho, Goddess of Destruction

Other Titles: Lord of the Abyss, Stormmother, The Great Fury

Alignment: Chaotic Evil

Domains: Chaos(Demon, Entropy), Destruction(Catastrophe, Rage)), Evil, Strength(Ferocity), Weather(Storms)

Associated Sphere: Destruction

Favored Weapon: Greatsword

Tuho is the 4th of the ten siblings. Unlike the others, rather than following what their parent wanted Tuho seeks the Destruction of everything, and then perhaps, to win by default. She didn't so much created the Abyss as it formed around her. The act of Creation is anathema to her but she made an exception to create the Destruction Sphere so that her followers could better destroy things.

[GM Rednal]

Hmm... in a world utilizing Spheres of Power, wouldn't it make a little more sense to give deities multiple Spheres? Otherwise, you might run into situations like assuming all people who focus on Destruction are tilted evil, and that might be a bit much.

(There's a reason deities have multiple domains and subdomains. An easy conversion would be to give deities a 'major' sphere, and then 'minor' spheres based on their domains and using the conversion table from the Sphere Cleric.)

[VanceMadrox]

For a more robust Pantheon that would probably work well.

This was designed to be simple.

Also keep in mind the association here is just that the god created their associated sphere for mortal use. It doesn't mean that casters using a given sphere are beholden to the god who created it.

[VanceMadrox]

Hajja, Goddess of Life

Other Titles: Lady of Rivers, Lifegiver, The Harvest Mother

Alignment: Neutral Good

Domains: Good(Agathion, Friendship), Healing(Restoration, Resurrection), Plant(Growth), Repose, Water(Rivers)

Associated Sphere: Life

Favored Weapon: Sickle

Hajja is 5th of the 10 siblings. She is a champion of Life in all its myriad forms. Many pray to her for good harvests and good health. Her realm is Nirvana, filled with many peaceful spirits.

[VanceMadrox]

Abuur, The Smith God

Other Titles: Lord of Creation, Earthfather, Protector of the Old Ways

Alignment: Lawful Neutral

Domains: Artifice(Construct, Toil), Earth(Metal), Law(Inevitable), Protection(Defense), Strength(Resolve)

Associated Sphere: Creation

Favored Weapon: Warhammer

Abuur is the 6th of the siblings and the smith of the Gods. He loves making new things more than anything else. He gifted mortals with the Creation Sphere and was the first god to gift mortals with a Sphere of Magic.

[VanceMadrox]

Mirtis, Goddess of Death

Other Titles: Lord of Ghosts, The Unliving, Frozenheart

Alignment: Neutral Evil

Domains: Death(Murder, Undead), Evil(Daemon), Healing(Resurrection), Magic(Arcane), Water(Ice)

Associated Sphere: Death

Favored Weapon: Dagger

Mirtis is the 7th of the siblings and the god of unnatural death as well as undeath. She gifted mortals with the Death Sphere.