Clerical Work: The Gods of Conan Part 2

 

Ishtar’s Midnight Courtship, 

from Ishtar and Izdubar, 

the epic of Babylon, 1884.

The British Library/flickr

I recently picked up Modiphius' Conan Bundle and was reading through the Nameless Cults and thinking about using the deities presented it for a Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition campaign. I figure I'll work a few each post.

Derketa

Alignment: Neutral Good

Domains: Grave, Life, Order

Erlik

Alignment: Lawful Evil

Domains: Death, Grave

Ishtar

Alignment: Neutral Good

Domains: Order, Twilight

Mitra

Alignment: Lawful Good

Domains: Knowledge, Order, Peace

Clerical Work: the Gods of Conan part 1

I recently picked up Modiphius' Conan Bundle and was reading through the Nameless Cults and thinking about using the deities presented it for a Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition campaign. I figure I'll work a few up each post.

Adonis

Alignment: Neutral Good

Domains: Life, Nature

Anu

Alignment: Neutral

Domains: Knowledge

Bel

Alignment: Chaotic Neutral

Domains: Trickery

Bori

Alignment: Lawful Neutral

Domains: Order, War

D&D 5E: Gods of Amonkhet for Magic: the Gathering

DEITY                             ALIGNMENT              DOMAINS
Bontu the Glorified                    N                           Grave, Death

Hazoret the Fervent                  CN                          War

Kefnet the Mindful                   LN                          Knowledge

Oketra the True                         NG                          Life 

Rhonas the Indomitable            NE                          Nature

Sunless Citadel: The Gods [UPDATED]

For my Sunless Citadel campaign, I wanted to depart from the Forgotten Realms where I've been running for the last 4 years. I have no problem with the Realms and actually like much of it's flavor, but I've run a full campaign to Level 20 there and I'm currently running the "apprentices" to a different group of Level 20 characters that is based there.

I thought about Greyhawk, which I love, and if memory serves DnD 3.X used it as it's default, which the Sunless Citadel was designed for. But, I'm a bit rusty on Oerth and didn't want to get sidetracked with research.

So I settled on using elements of DnD 4E's Nentir Vale. I always liked the bits of it that I read about under 4E, even the Points of Light narrative. I'm not sure exactly how tied I am to the Vale, but I definitely decided to use it's Deities.

Tribality was kind enough to work out each the Vale God's Domains, which I'm reposting here (thank you, Shawn Ellsworth for doing the heavy lifting). One of the characters in my campaign, Lothar, is a Cleric of the Raven Queen. Additionally, a cleric of Pelor maintains a Shrine and a Holy Site and a cleric of Erathis is an advisor to the Mayor.

Good and Neutral Deities
Avandra (CG)
Goddess of change, luck, trade, travel

   Domain Trickery 

   Symbol Three stacked wavy lines

Bahamut (LG)
Dragon god of justice, protection, nobility, and honor  

   Domain Life, War 

   Symbol Dragon’s head in profile

Corellon (CG)
God of arcane magic, spring, beauty and the arts revered primarily by elves  

   Domain Light 

   Symbol Starburst

Erathis (LN)
Goddess of civilization and invention  

   Domain Knowledge 

   Symbol Upper half of a clockwork gear

Ioun (N)
Goddess of knowledge, skill, and prophecy revered primarily by scholars, magic-users 

   Domain Knowledge 

   Symbol Crook shaped like a stylized eye

Kord (CN)
God of the storm, strength and battle revered by warriors  

   Domain Tempest 

   Symbol Sword with a lightning bolt cross guard

Melora (N)
Goddess of the wilderness and the sea 

   Domain Nature, Tempest 

   Symbol Seashell with a wavelike swirl

Moradin (LG)
God of creation, artisans, family, revered primarily by dwarves   

   Domain Knowledge, War 

   Symbol Anvil

Pelor (NG)
God of the sun, summer, agriculture and time 

   Domain Life, Light 

   Symbol Circle with six outwardly radiating points

Sehanine (CG)
Goddess of trickery, love, moon and autumn revered by elves   

   Domain Trickery 

   Symbol Crescent moon

The Raven Queen (LN)
Goddess of death, fate, winter

   Domain Death, Life 

   Symbol Raven’s head in profile

Evil Deities
Asmodeus (LE)
King of the Nine Hells and god of power, domination and tyranny    

   Domain Trickery 

   Symbol Three triangles in tight formation

Bane (LE)
God of war and conquest 

   Domain War 

   Symbol Claw with three talons pointing down

Gruumsh (CE)
God of destruction revered by orcs

   Domain Tempest, War 

   Symbol Unblinking triangular eye with bony protrusions

Lolth (CE)
Goddess of shadows, lies, and spiders revered by the drow

   Domain Trickery 

   Symbol Eight-pointed star with a web motif; spider

Tharizdun (CE)
Creator of the Abyss and god of annihilation and madness

   Domain Trickery 

   Symbol Spiral

Ashardalon (LE)*
Dragon god of wealth, greed, and vengeance 

   Domain Trickery, War 

   Symbol Two red, fiery eyes

Torog (NE)
God of the Underdark and imprisonment 

   Domain Death 

   Symbol "T" attached to a circular shackle

Vecna (NE)
God of undead, necromancy, and secrets 

   Domain Death, Knowledge 

   Symbol Partially shattered one-eyed skull

Xardoz (LE)
God of vampires

   Domain Death, Grave

   Symbol Wolf with bat wings

Zehir (CE)
God of darkness, poison, and assassins

   Domain Death, Trickery

   Symbol Snake in the shape of a dagger

* In a previous campaign a conspiracy of Chromatic Dragons, tired of Tiamat's failures, murdered her in the Abyss as part of a ritual to resurrect her brother, Vorel -- the Tarrasque. After Vorel's destruction, Ashardalon boldly grabbed her domain and portfolio.

D&D 5th Edition: Specialty Priests of Thor

THOR
THUNDERSTONE

Prerequisite: Cleric with the Tempest or War Divine Domain.

You are dedicated to the Thor, the God of Thunder.

Thanks to your devotion, you gain the following benefits:

• When you wield a warhammer it deals thunder damage.

• You have resistance to lightning and thunder damage.

• You have advantage on Athletics skill checks.

• An an action, you can recover one level of exhaustion. 

Once you use this ability, you cannot use it again until you finish a long rest.

• Your divine strikes deal an extra 1d10 damage, instead of 1d8 and at 14th level this increases to 2d10, instead of 2d8.

Clerical Work: Deities of Aereth, the Known Realms for D&D 5th Edition

Here are the Domains for some of the Deities of Aereth, The Known Realms (of Dungeon Crawl Classics fame).

The Triad

Centivus, The Shaper                          N       Knowledge and Life     
Choranus, The Seer Father                 LN      Arcana and Life
Ildavir, The Giver of Form                  N       Life and Nature

Greater Gods

Ahriman, The Deathbringer               CE       Death and War
Amun Tor, The Father of Riddles       N         Knowledge 
Auzarr, Keeper of the Nexus              N         Arcana
Daenthar, The Hallowed Forge          LG       Knowledge and War
Ireth, The Starmistress                       CG       Light
Madrah, Lord of the Earth and Sky    N         Tempest
Olidyrah, The Dauntless                     N         Trickery
Ormazad, The Changeless                 LG        Life
Poderon, The Deep Delver                NG        Nature
Zhuhn, The Great Enemy                  CE        Arcana and Death




   

Clerical Work: Specialty Priests of Odir for Blackmoor Week 2016 and D&D 5th Edition

ODIR (AEROS, DHUMMON, CHARIS, HAK,  ODIN, or WOTAN)
EYE

Prerequisite: Cleric with the Knowledge or War Divine Domain.

You are dedicated to the Watcher.

Thanks to your devotion, you gain the following benefits:

• You have advantage on Insight or Perception skill checks.

• You gain a +2 bonus to damage rolls with spears.
• When casting a spell that deals lightning or thunder damage, gain a +1 bonus to your Spell save DC.

• You learn two languages of your choice.

 

Clerical Work: Marshals, Specialty Priests of Murlynd of Greyhawk for D&D 5th Edition

MURLYND
MARSHAL

Prerequisite: Cleric with the Knowledge Domain.

You serve under the While Paladin in his quest to serve and protect the innocent.

Thanks to your devotion, you gain the following benefits:

• You gain proficiency in renaissance pistols and modern revolvers. Additionally you gain proficiency with Gunsmith's tools, which allows you to make your own ammunition.

• You gain a paladin's divine sense.

•You gain a +2 bonus to attack rolls you make with pistols and revolvers.

• When you hit a creature with a pistol or revolver weapon attack, you can expend one cleric spell slot to deal radiant damage to the target, in addition to the weapon’s damage. The extra damage is 2d6 for a 1st-level spell slot, plus 1d6 for each spell level higher than 1st, to a maximum of 5d6. The damage increases by 1d6 if the target is an undead or a fiend.


 

Plane Shift: Moor Chaplains, Specialty Priests of Avacyn, the Archangel of Hope

AVACYN
MOOR CHAPLAIN

Prerequisite: Cleric with the Knowledge, Life, or War Divine Domains.

You serve the Archangel of Hope in her battle to save your home from the horrors that stalk the night.

Thanks to your devotion, you gain the following benefits:

• You can use your Channel Divinity for divine restoration. As an action you may free a creature from any curse, disease, poison, blindness, or deafness merely by touching them.

• When casting the searing flame cantrip, your may target each creature of your choice within a 10 feet radius of your target. Once you use this ability you must finish a short or long rest.

• You are resistant to radiant damage.

Clerical Work: Specialty Priests of the Raven Queen for D&D 5th Edition

RAVEN QUEEN
GRIMM

Prerequisite: Cleric with the Death or Knowledge Divine Domains.

You serve the Goddess of death, fate, and winter, tending to those who have come to their end.

Thanks to your devotion, you gain the following benefits:

• When your attack drops a creature to 0 hit points, you or a creature within 30 feet may spend one hit die. You may not use this ability again until you finish a short or long rest.
• When you roll a 20 on an ability check, attack roll, or saving throw, you gain 1 luck point. You may not use this ability again until you finish a long rest. If your luck point is unspent it is lost during a long rest.
• You have cold resistance.
• You learn the ray of frost cantrip.

Clerical Work: Specialty Priests of Daemonaga, Hellwyrm Helpmate of Malraug for the Otus Pantheon

Over the weekend Chris Kutalik did a post on the Otus Pantheon.  And recently Trey Causey expanded things for the Otus Pantheon.  I decided to do a series of posts setting up each deity's Specialty Priests, the deity's name is in yellow and the feat's name is bolded.  

DAEMONAGA, HELLWYRM HELPMATE OF MALRAUG

Nagawhisperer

Prerequisite: Cleric with the Tempest Divine Domain

The Hellwyrm Helpmate always accompany a Hellberdier.

Thanks to your devotion, you gain the following benefits:

• You have advantage on all melee attack rolls when you are within 5 feet of a Hellberdier of Malraug.

• You gain a +2 bonus to attack rolls you make to grapple and prevent a creature from escaping a grapple.

• You have 2 additional Hit Dice that may be used during a short rest.

• You learn the poison spray cantrip.  

Ravenloft: Specialty Priests of Belenus for D&D 5th Edition

I've begun development of Deities and Domains 4, it might have something to do with this place:

The deity's name is in yellow and the feat's name is bolded.  

BELENUS, the god of sun, light, and warmth (Worshiped in Tempest and the Shadowlands)

Dawnbringer

Prerequisite: Cleric with the Light Divine Domain

Thanks to your devotion, you gain the following benefits:

• When you use your Channel Divinity for Radiance Of The Dawn, each goblinoid and fey creature in the vicinity is dealt maximum radiant damage.

• You gain resistance to fire damage.

• Continual flame is a domain spell for you.

• You learn the sun bolt cantrip.  

• You learn the aganazzar’s scorcher* spell and it is a domain spell for you.

* Found in the Elemental Evil Player's Companion.

Clerical Work: Specialty Priests of Malraux, Hell Halberd-Wielding Champion of Evil from the Otus Pantheon

Over the weekend Chris Kutalik did a post on the Otus Pantheon.  And recently Trey Causey expanded things for the Otus Pantheon.  I decided to do a series of posts setting up each deity's Specialty Priests, the deity's name is in yellow and the feat's name is bolded.  

MALRAUG, HELL HALBERD-WIELDING CHAMPION OF EVIL

Hellberdier

Prerequisite: Cleric with the Trickery or War Divine Domains

The Hell Halberd-Wielder is ever vigilant for his chance to spread evil and chaos.

Thanks to your devotion, you gain the following benefits:

• You gain proficiency with halberds.

• When your roll damage for a halberd, if you roll a 1, add your wisdom modifier (minimum of 1) to the damage roll.

• Your halberd attacks score a critical hit on a roll of 19 or 20.  

• You gain resistance to fire damage.

Clerical Work: Preview of Deities and Domains 3

I've begun working on Deities and Domains 3: Specialty Priests of the Drow and Elven Pantheons and here is a preview:

ANGHARRADH
CIRCLE SINGER FEAT

Prerequisite: Cleric with the Knowledge Divine Domain

You are servant to the elven triple goddess of wisdom and protection. Your robes blend the holy colors of the Triune, pink, pale yellow, and light blue.

Thanks to your devotion, you gain the following benefits:

• When you cast a spell you may ignore an somatic components
• When you use your Channel Divinity for Knowledge Of The ages, you may give one creature that you can see and can hear you a luck point, per the Lucky feat, that lasts for 1 minute.
• You gain proficiency in Perform. You have advantage on Perform skill checks that involve singing.
• Protection from evil and good is a domain spell for you.
• You can cast the magic circle spell once per day as a 3rd level spell. Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for this spell.

Clerical Work: Specialty Priests of Heldrak, Demon Dragon of Destruction for the Otus Pantheon

Over the weekend Chris Kutalik did a post on the Otus Pantheon.  And recently Trey Causey expanded things for the Otus Pantheon.  I decided to do a series of posts setting up each deity's Specialty Priests, the deity's name is in yellow and the feat's name is bolded.  

HELDRAK, DEMON DRAGON OF DESTRUCTION

Demoniac

Prerequisite: Cleric with the Tempest or Death Divine Domains

The Demon Dragon of Destruction is the final moment of the Polyverse and actively seeks It's time.

Thanks to your devotion, you gain the following benefits:

• As a bonus action, you may cause up to three creatures within 30 feet that have disadvantage on saving throws. You may not use this ability again until you finish a short or long rest.

• You are immune to being frightened.

• Inflict harm and protection from energy are domain spells for you.  You may cast protection from energy as a reaction.

• You learn the burning hands and shatter spell and they are domain spells for you.

Clerical Work: Specialty Priests of Yazu, Ooze Worm of the Underworld for the Otus Pantheon

Over the weekend Chris Kutalik did a post on the Otus Pantheon.  And recently Trey Causey expanded things for the Otus Pantheon.  I decided to do a series of posts setting up each deity's Specialty Priests, the deity's name is in yellow and the feat's name is bolded.  

YAZU, OOZE WORM OF THE UNDERWORLD

Oozeliege

Prerequisite: Cleric with the Trickery Divine Domain

The Ooze Worm is the oblivion that awaits. It is the final torment that melts away all but a soul's sins.

Thanks to your devotion, you gain the following benefits:

• When you use Blessing of the Trickster on a creature, attack rolls that target it have disadvantage until the end of its next turn.

• You have resistance to acid damage.

• You learn the acid splash cantrip. 

• You learn the melf's acid arrow spell and it is a domain spell for you.

Clerical Work: Specialty Priests of Nekrotus, Undead Lord of Death and Doom for the Otus Pantheon

Over the weekend Chris Kutalik did a post on the Otus Pantheon.  And recently Trey Causey expanded things for the Otus Pantheon.  I decided to do a series of posts setting up each deity's Specialty Priests, the deity's name is in yellow and the feat's name is bolded.  

NEKROTUS, UNDEAD LORD OF DEATH AND DOOM

Rot Minister

Prerequisite: Cleric with the Death Divine Domain

The Undead Lore awaits the dead and punishes the living who don't make offerings to him.

Thanks to your devotion, you gain the following benefits:

• When you Channel Divinity for touch of death, you gain a +2 to AC until the beginning of your next turn.

• You have resistance to necrotic damage.

• Your gain proficiency with heavy armor.

• You learn the shillelagh cantrip.  You may cast it on maces.

• You learn the animate dead spell.  You may cast it with a 2nd level spell slot or higher.

Clerical Work: Specialty Priests of Gryphax, Feather Serpent Steed of Radion

Over the weekend Chris Kutalik did a post on the Otus Pantheon.  And recently Trey Causey expanded things for the Otus Pantheon.  I decided to do a series of posts setting up each deity's Specialty Priests, the deity's name is in yellow and the feat's name is bolded.  

GRYPHAX, FEATHERED SERPENT STEED OF RADION

Charger

Prerequisite: Cleric with the Tempest Divine Domain

The Feathered Serpent is devoted to justice and will always aid a Paragon of the Peerless Paladin.

Thanks to your devotion, you gain the following benefits:

• When you rebuke attackers with your Wrath of the Storm ability, the creature takes 2d10 damage.

• When a Paragon of Radion is within 10 feet of you, they gain a +2 bonus to their melee damage rolls.

• You have resistance to poison and thunder damage.

• Your speed increases by 10 feet.

• You learn the shocking grasp cantrip.

Clerical Work: Specialty Priests of Radion, Peerless Paladin of Good for the Otus Pantheon

Over the weekend Chris Kutalik did a post on the Otus Pantheon.  And recently Trey Causey expanded things for the Otus Pantheon.  I decided to do a series of posts setting up each deity's Specialty Priests, the deity's name is in yellow and the feat's name is bolded.  

RADION, PEERLESS PALADIN OF GOOD

Paragon

Prerequisite: Cleric with the Light or War Divine Domain

The Peerless Paladin teaches you to serve the innocent, defend the weak, and to topple tyranny where you find it.

Thanks to your devotion, you gain the following benefits:

• When a creature you can see attacks a target other than you that is within 5 feet of you, you can use your reaction to impose disadvantage on the attack roll. You must be wielding a shield.

• As an action, you know the location of any celestial, fiend, or undead within 60 feet of you that is not behind total cover until the end of your next turn, . You know the type (celestial, fiend, or undead) of any being whose presence you sense, but not its identity (the vampire Count Strahd von Zarovich, for instance). Within the same radius, you also detect the presence of any place or object that has been consecrated or desecrated, as with the hallow spell.

• When a Charger of Gryphax is within 10 feet of you, they gain a +1 bonus to their AC.

• You gain proficiency with vehicles (land).

• You learn the branding smite, steed, and zone of truth spells and they are domain spells for you.

Clerical Work: Specialty Priests of Iluma, War-Maiden of Light and Healing for the Otus Pantheon

Over the weekend Chris Kutalik did a post on the Otus Pantheon.  And recently Trey Causey expanded things for the Otus Pantheon.  I decided to do a series of posts setting up each deity's Specialty Priests, the deity's name is in yellow and the feat's name is bolded.  

ILUMA, WAR-MAIDEN OF LIGHT AND HEALING

Hospitaller

Prerequisite: Cleric with the Life or Light Divine Domain

The War-Maiden teaches you to protect the innocent and heal the infirm.

Thanks to your devotion, you gain the following benefits:

• When you cast a spell (not a cantrip) that deals radiant damage, one ally within 10 feet regains hit points equal to your cleric level + 3
• You gain proficiency with martial weapons.
• You gain the Channel Divinity: Turn the Unholy option from the Paladin's Oath of Devotion.