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--- consolidated:religion:homebrewdeities:start [2026/03/30 11:41] – [Over Deities] johnb
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 ===== Mainstream Deities =====
-There are many deities from ++'traditional'|(D&D or Pathfinder)++ pantheons that I like and incorporate in my games.  Some, however, need tweaking to fit in with the game world.
+There are many deities from ++'traditional'|(D&D or Pathfinder)++ pantheons that I like and incorporate in my games.  These are deities, from those sources who feature prominently.
+====== International Deities ======
-[[Wee-Jas|Wee Jas]] -  I have always liked Wee-Jas, and thought that she was one of the more original deities from the D&D pantheon.  She started off as a Lawful Neutral deity, changed to having Evil tendencies, but, with 5e, seems to have returned to her earlier philosophies.  I have three separate 'churches' spread around my campaign world:  One with strongly LE philosophies, that is a hangover from earlier time, and two others that are more palatable in the 'modern' world.
+[[Wee-Jas|Wee Jas]] __//**Weja**//__ - The priests of Wee Jas once conquered much of the world using portals that gave access to the Paths of the Dead. The Wangate Empire, named after the portals that were used to bring in undead monsters to pacify and control a region, ruled for centuries before it was overthrown.  The aftereffects are still felt around the world.  While there are few people who revere Wee Jas left in the world, they are a few, and (in most cases) they are still feared by the population at large..
-[[OfficialDeities|Official Deities]] - My take on deities from the 3.5 and PF pantheons.
+[[consolidated:religion:homebrewpantheons:thegreen|The Green]] - The philosophies followed by nature lovers everywhere.  While the detail charges from place to place, the core concepts of respecting the world, forests, animals and nature, in general, hold across the world.  This philosophy can incorporate the worship of many different deities and spirits.
-===== Homebrew Pantheons =====
+[[OfficialDeities|Official Deities]] - My take on deities from the 3.5 and PF pantheons - And the game world has grown up around them, However many of them are known by different names for some aspects of my writing.
-They aren't completely home-brewed  :)   Some contain deities from the D&D 3.5 rules, some include deities from the pathfinder rules, a few of them are home-brew deities, and some are just different presentations of something that already exists in the rules.  However, I feel they give my worlds a slightly different feel, and might make players think about their character background and personality a bit more.  All grist to the mill of role-playing.
+===== Pantheons =====
-  * [[consolidated:religion:homebrewpantheons:thegreen|The Green]] - my variant on the green faith.
+Homebrew faiths designed, primarily, for background NPCs.  Each pantheon worships a group of deities, rather than being dedicated to particular deity. Their priests are generally low level adepts, and may only cast very low level spells from the Adept spell lists.  They are not good faiths for PC priests to follow.  If you want a few, eclectic spells, see the [[.:start#quasi-deities]]
-  * [[consolidated:religion:homebrewpantheons:the_wen|The Wen Deities]]
-  * [[consolidated:religion:homebrewpantheons:OldLords|The Old Lords]]
-  * [[consolidated:religion:homebrewpantheons:CultSmallGods|The Cult of the Small Gods]]
+++Note:|(In an old version of the rules, spells below Level-4 are learned through ritual, and not specifically 'authorised' by the deity or their servants.  These pantheons, follow ritual from different faiths -  but they are cast devoutly and with the right motivation, so they are acceptable to the Deity in question -  if not specifically authorised by them)++
+  * [[consolidated:religion:homebrewpantheons:the_wen|The Wen Deities]] - The 'origin' deities for the Wen Barbarians.
+  * [[consolidated:religion:homebrewpantheons:OldLords|The Old Lords]] - The 'origin' deities for the peoples of The Hann Empire.
+  * [[consolidated:religion:homebrewpantheons:CultSmallGods|The Cult of the Small Gods]] - The favoured deities of Sailors and Fisherfolk.
   * [[consolidated:religion:homebrewpantheons:RoyalAncestors|Royal Ancestor Worship]] - Followed by the royal family of Porters Bar
 ===== The Homebrew Gods =====
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   * [[Yarma]] - Patron of guards and warriors, wherever they might be.
   * [[Shan]] - Master of the sea winds.
+==== Other Deities ====
+**Nyym:   The patron of street performers.**
+<color #00a2e8>Very Much needs tidying up later.</color>
+No one really knows much about Nyyn, but one day, deep in the slums of a city, a shrine came into being.  Somehow, it attracted followers, with a bit of charisma, from the local common folk.  And before long, they were walking the streets, with simple marionettes, silly songs, bad jokes, dodgy juggling and other very minor street entertainment skills.  Between them, they collected enough  (via donations or very minor theft, scrounging) that they could maintain a small community around the shrine.  It isn’t a good life, but it isn’t a particularly bad life either.  Better than that of someone without a living or a community.
+Over time, Nyym has grown.  The original shrine hasn’t grown, but other, similar, shrines have grown up in other towns and cities.  In some cities it is common to see the street performers, trying to amuse kids, tell bad jokes, embarrass young women (and men), and generally play the fool -  all in return for a carrot, a copper or handful of chives.  However, there is more to it than that, many of the entertainers are very minor priests of one sort or another, and may well cast a L0 or L1 spell, if they feel like it.  While most spells are beneficial, they have less pleasant alternatives to fall back on  …
+In some of the larger shrines, you can buy (prices negotiable) Clerical spell casting, scrolls and even potions.
+Most ‘priests’ are  pathfinder:npc_classes:adepts [JohnB's Games]   Lay Preachers -  but there might be one or two with other (lesser) adept classes.
 ==== Immortals ====
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 Immortals are not gods, although they have some aspects of godhood.  They do not grant spells to followers, but may be patrons of a particular philosophy or lifestyle.
-  * [[gasgano]] - an immortal whose philosophies of self-reliance are followed by some ++monks|(the character class)++
+  * [[gasgano|Gasgano]] - an immortal whose philosophies of self-reliance are followed by [[organisation:the_amethyst_fist|The Monks of The Amethyst Fist]].