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+ | ====== CHAPTER XI: Religion ====== | ||
+ | ---- | ||
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+ | //**THE SAYINGS OF KIB**// | ||
+ | |||
+ | //(Sender of Life in all the Worlds)// | ||
+ | |||
+ | //Kib said: "I am Kib. I am none other than Kib."// | ||
+ | |||
+ | //Kib is Kib. Kib is he and no other. Believe! // | ||
+ | |||
+ | //Kib said: "When Time was early, when Time was very early indeed-there was only // | ||
+ | |||
+ | // | ||
+ | |||
+ | // | ||
+ | |||
+ | //And Kib said: "After the going of the gods there will be no small worlds nor big."// | ||
+ | |||
+ | //Kib said: "It will be lonely for Mana-Yood-Sushai."// | ||
+ | |||
+ | //Because this is written, believe! For is it not written, or are you greater than Kib? // | ||
+ | |||
+ | //Kib is Kib.// | ||
+ | |||
+ | - Lord Dunsany | ||
+ | |||
+ | __//**The Gods of Pegana**// | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | **Deities and Demigods** | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Temples** | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Weird Cults and Heretical Sects** | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | **DEITIES & DEMIGODS** | ||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | **NOTE: **The GM should exercise discretion when using results from these tables, rejecting any illogical results after due consideration (e.g. A Chaotic Evil god of justice that requires the head of an innocent for his birthday festival). | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | | **Type of Deity** | ||
+ | | **1d6** | ||
+ | | 1-2 | God | 1-4 | Lesser | ||
+ | | 3-4 | Goddess | ||
+ | | 5 | Demigod | ||
+ | | 6 | Saint/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | | **Diety' | ||
+ | | **1D8** | ||
+ | | 1 | Husband/ | ||
+ | | 2 | Child of God/ | ||
+ | | 3 | Illegitimate Child of God/ | ||
+ | | 4 | Sibling of God/ | ||
+ | | 5 | Lover/ | ||
+ | | 6 | Offspring of God/Goddess & Mortal | ||
+ | | 7 | Outsider/ | ||
+ | | 8 | Mortal Raised to Deity Status | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | | **Deity' | ||
+ | | **1d20** | ||
+ | | 1 | Lawful Good | | 11 | Chaotic Evil | | ||
+ | | 2 | Lawful Neutral | ||
+ | | 3 | Lawful Evil | | 13 | All Good | | ||
+ | | 4 | All Lawful | ||
+ | | 5 | Neutral Good | | 15 | Lawful Neutral / Lawful Good | | ||
+ | | 6 | True Neutral | ||
+ | | 7 | Neutral Evil | | 17 | Chaotic Good / Chaotic Neutral | ||
+ | | 8 | All Neutral | ||
+ | | 9 | Chaotic Good | | 19 | True Neutral / Neutral Evil | | ||
+ | | 10 | Chaotic Neutral | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | | **Deity' | ||
+ | | **d%** | ||
+ | | 01-10 | Forgotten / Dead Deity | None | | ||
+ | | 11-15 | Very Small Cult | 1d10 | | ||
+ | | 16-25 | Small Local Cult | 3d10 | | ||
+ | | 26-35 | Small Regional Religion | ||
+ | | 36-50 | Medium Local Religion | ||
+ | | 51-65 | Medium Regional Relgion | ||
+ | | 66-80 | Large Local Relgion | ||
+ | | 81-95 | Large Regional Relgion | ||
+ | | 96-98 | Major Religion | ||
+ | | 99-00 | Extra-Planar Cult | Variable | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | | **Deity' | ||
+ | | **1d10** | ||
+ | | 1-2 | No preferences | ||
+ | | 3-4 | Male or Female | ||
+ | | 5 | Nonhuman Race | Concerned | ||
+ | | 6 | Demi-human Race | Mildly Concerned | ||
+ | | 7-8 | Humans | ||
+ | | 9-10 | Social/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | | **Deity' | ||
+ | | **1d8** | ||
+ | | 1 | Biped (as worshippers) | ||
+ | | 2 | Mixed: Biped + Animal | ||
+ | | 3 | Mixed: Biped + Monstrous | ||
+ | | 4 | Animal | ||
+ | | 5 | Monstrous | ||
+ | | 6 | Non-corporeal | ||
+ | | 7 | Giant (as worshippers) | ||
+ | | 8 | Elemental* Blob/ | ||
+ | | * Roll on the appropriate sub-table in Random Monsters by Type (Chapter V) to determine the exact type |||||| | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | | **Deity Domains** | ||
+ | | **d00** | ||
+ | | 1 | Agriculture | ||
+ | | 2 | Air | 35 | Intoxication | ||
+ | | 3 | Alchemy | ||
+ | | 4 | Animals | ||
+ | | 5 | Beauty | ||
+ | | 6 | Building | ||
+ | | 7 | Caves | 40 | Law | 73 | Tyranny | ||
+ | | 8 | Chaos | 41 | Light | 74 | Undead | ||
+ | | 9 | Childbirth | ||
+ | | 10 | City | 43 | Luck | 76 | War | | ||
+ | | 11 | Community | ||
+ | | 12 | Crafts | ||
+ | | 13 | Creation | ||
+ | | 14 | Darkness | ||
+ | | 15 | Death | 48 | Metal-working | ||
+ | | 16 | Deception / Trickery | ||
+ | | 17 | Dreams | ||
+ | | 18 | Earth | 51 | Monsters | ||
+ | | 19 | Evil | 52 | Moon | | | | ||
+ | | 20 | Famine / Disease | ||
+ | | 21 | Fire | 54 | Music / Poetry | ||
+ | | 22 | Fishing | ||
+ | | 23 | Forests | ||
+ | | 24 | Good | 57 | Plants | ||
+ | | 25 | Growth | ||
+ | | 26 | Harvest | ||
+ | | 27 | Healing | ||
+ | | 28 | Herding | ||
+ | | 29 | Hill/ | ||
+ | | 30 | Honesty | ||
+ | | 31 | Hospitality | ||
+ | | 32 | Hunger | ||
+ | | 33 | Hunting | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | | **Important Myths & Traditions** | ||
+ | | **1d20** | ||
+ | | 1 | The deity slew (1-2) a terrible beast (3-4) another deity (5-6) many mortals | ||
+ | | 2 | The deity created a race of (1-3) intelligent mortals (4-6) monsters | ||
+ | | 3 | The deity disappeared and (1-3) eventually returned (4-6) never returned | ||
+ | | 4 | The deity (1-3) completed a great quest (4-6) sent a mortal on a great quest | | ||
+ | | 5 | The deity created an important (1-2) artifact (3-4) city (5-6) part of the Prime Material Plane | | ||
+ | | 6 | The deity (1-3) died (4-6) was murdered and returned from the dead | | ||
+ | | 7 | The deity fathered/ | ||
+ | | 8 | The deity fought a war with another deity / group of deities and (1-3) won (4-6) lost | | ||
+ | | 9 | The deity (1-3) usurped (4-5) inherited (6) lost their position of power | | ||
+ | | 10 | The deity inspires (1-2) humor (3-4) folk tales (5) fanaticism (6) respect | ||
+ | | 11 | The deity is famed for their (1-2) oratorical (3-4) mental (5-6) sexual prowess | ||
+ | | 12 | The deity is reviled for (1-2) treachery (3-4) bringing ill-fortune (5-6) unknown reasons | ||
+ | | 13 | The deity (1-2) never (3) rarely (4-5) occasionally (6) often vistis the Prime Material Plane | | ||
+ | | 14 | The deity is of (1) unkown origin (2-3) an immortal (4-5) a deified mortal (6) an Outer God | | ||
+ | | 15 | The deity is (1) draconian (2-3) strict (4-5) permissive (6) unattentive towards their followers | ||
+ | | 16 | The deity married (1) a mortal (2-3) a demigod (4-5) a deity (6) a monster | ||
+ | | 17 | The deity esteems (1) non-violence (2) piety (3) poverty (4) heroism (5) violence (6) obediance | ||
+ | | 18 | The deity takes (1) an obsessive (2) a great (3-4) a normal (5) little interest in the Prime Material Plane | | ||
+ | | 19 | The deity is the subject of (1-2) an epic (3-4) curses (5-6) apocryphal legends | ||
+ | | 20 | The deity (1-2) is imprisoned for millenia (3-5) is restricted to their home plane (6) is dead/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | **TEMPLES** | ||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | | **Temple Building** (Roll once per column) | ||
+ | | **1d10** | ||
+ | | 1 | Domed\\ Square | ||
+ | | 2 | Pyramidal | ||
+ | | 3 | Oval | 3-story | ||
+ | | 4 | Rectangular | ||
+ | | 5 | Obelisk\\ / Tower | 1 underground | ||
+ | | 6 | Round | 1-story +1 underground | ||
+ | | 7 | Square | ||
+ | | 8 | Hemispheric | ||
+ | | 9 | Geodesic\\ Domed | 3 underground | ||
+ | | 10 | Rhomboidal | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | | **Temple Special Features** (roll once for type, and again, if needed, for particulars) | ||
+ | | **1d10** | ||
+ | | 1 | Well | Curing | ||
+ | | 2 | Artifact | ||
+ | | 3 | Avatar | ||
+ | | 4 | Relic | Commune | ||
+ | | 5 | Mythic Place | Raise Dead | Ring | Brain | Sacrificial | ||
+ | | 6 | Writings | ||
+ | | 7 | Idol | Holy Water | Scroll | ||
+ | | 8 | Tomb | Remove Curse | Armour | ||
+ | | 9 | Servant | ||
+ | | 10 | Festival | ||
+ | |**NOTES: | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | | **Temple Treasury** | ||
+ | | **1d10** | ||
+ | | 1 | (1d4) x 100gp | | ||
+ | | 2 | (2d6) x 100gp | | ||
+ | | 3 | (1d10 + 10) x 100gp | | ||
+ | | 4 | (1d4) x 1, | ||
+ | | 5 | (2d3) x 1, | ||
+ | | 6 | (2d10) x 1, | ||
+ | | 7 | (2d6 x 10) x 1, | ||
+ | | 8 | (2d6 +15) x 1, | ||
+ | | 9 | (3d6 + 20) x 1, | ||
+ | | 10 | (1d4+1) x 10, | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | | **Local Lay-followers** | ||
+ | | **1d6** | ||
+ | | 1 | 1d4 + 1 | 3d6 | 2d10 + 10 | 1d10 + 20 | | ||
+ | | 2 | 1d6 + 2 | 2d6 + 8 | 1d100 + 10 | (1d4x10) + 50 | | ||
+ | | 3 | 2d4 + 2 | 3d6 + 10 | 3d6 + 40 | 1d100 +100 | | ||
+ | | 4 | 2d6 + 3 | 2d6 + 20 | (1d6 x 10) +30 | (2d6 x 10) +150 | | ||
+ | | 5 | 3d6 + 2 | 3d6 + 25 | (1d4 + 1) x 10) +30 | (3d6 x 10) +200 | | ||
+ | | 6 | 2d6 + 10 | (1d4 + 1) x 10 | 1d100 + 50 | (1d4 + 1) x 100 | | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | | **Temple Priesthood** | ||
+ | | **1d6** | ||
+ | | 1 | High Priest | ||
+ | | 2 | High Priest | ||
+ | | 3 | High Priest | ||
+ | | 4 | High Priest | ||
+ | | 5 | Dual Leadership | ||
+ | | 6 | Triumvirate | ||
+ | ||| 8 | 10< | ||
+ | | | 9 | 11< | ||
+ | | | | 10 | 12< | ||
+ | | | | 11 | 13< | ||
+ | | | | 12 | 14< | ||
+ | | | | 13 | 15< | ||
+ | | | | 14 | 16< | ||
+ | | | | 15 | 17< | ||
+ | | | | 16 | 18< | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | | **Temple Guards / Paladins** | ||
+ | | **1d6** | ||
+ | | 1 | ( 1d4 ) 1< | ||
+ | | 2 | ( 1d6 ) 1< | ||
+ | | 3 | ( 1d4 ) 1< | ||
+ | | 4 | ( 1d6 ) 1< | ||
+ | | 5 | ( 2d4 ) 1< | ||
+ | | 6 | ( 2d6 ) 1< | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | | **Wilderness Temples / Shrines** | ||
+ | | **1d20** | ||
+ | | 1 | Dense Forest | ||
+ | | 2 | Meadow | ||
+ | | 3 | Cairn | | ||
+ | | 4 | Cliff-top | ||
+ | | 5 | Sea Coast | | ||
+ | | 6 | Hidden Valley | ||
+ | | 7 | Underground | ||
+ | | 8 | Marsh | | ||
+ | | 9 | Mountaintop | ||
+ | | 10 | Riverbank | ||
+ | | 11 | Ruins | | ||
+ | | 12 | Island | ||
+ | | 13 | Volcano | ||
+ | | 14 | Desert Oasis | | ||
+ | | 15 | Sacred Grove | | ||
+ | | 16 | Gorge | | ||
+ | | 17 | Underwater | ||
+ | | 18 | Plains | ||
+ | | 19 | Crater | ||
+ | | 20 | Floating in the Sky | | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | | **Temple Ritual Devices & Protective Measures** (roll once per column) | ||
+ | | **1d20** | ||
+ | | 1 | Chime | Primary ability reduced by 2 | Priests | ||
+ | | 2 | Weapon | ||
+ | | 3 | Idol | Pursuit by other members of the religion | ||
+ | | 4 | Medallion | ||
+ | | 5 | Incense | ||
+ | | 6 | Robe / Vestment | ||
+ | | 7 | Wine | Wracked with pain, -4 to-hit, no spell casting possible | ||
+ | | 8 | Brazier | ||
+ | | 9 | Tapestry | ||
+ | | 10 | Fresco | ||
+ | | 11 | Gong | Lose 5 points Charisma | ||
+ | | 12 | Book / Scroll | ||
+ | | 13 | Fire | Diseased / poisoned | ||
+ | | 14 | Skull | -2 to all Saving Throws | ||
+ | | 15 | Blood | 12< | ||
+ | | 16 | Jewelry | ||
+ | | 17 | Music | Vision slightly blurred, -1 to-hit, cannot detect secret doors | Illusions | ||
+ | | 18 | Candles | ||
+ | | 19 | Goblet | ||
+ | | 20 | Altar | Impotency | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | | **Divine Curse Duration** | ||
+ | | **1d6** | ||
+ | | 1 | 4-24 hours | | ||
+ | | 2 | 1d10 days | | ||
+ | | 3 | 1d8 weeks | | ||
+ | | 4 | 1d6 months | ||
+ | | 5 | 1d4 years | | ||
+ | | 6 | Permanent | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | | **Ceremonial Times **(1d6 ceremonial ' | ||
+ | | **1d20** | ||
+ | | 1-2 | Once daily | Dawn, Dusk, Midnight or Noon | Cleric(s) | ||
+ | | 3-5 | Twice dail | Dawn and Dusk | Cleric(s), Laymen | ||
+ | | 6-7 | Twice daily | Noon and Midnight | ||
+ | | 8 | Thrice daily | Dawn, Noon and Dusk | Cleric(s) | ||
+ | | 9-10 | Thrice daily | Dusk, Midnight and Dawn | Lvl 6+ clerics | ||
+ | | 11-12 | Thrice daily | Midnight, Dawn and Noon | Level 6+ clerics, Laymen | ||
+ | | 13 | Thrice daily | Noon, Dusk and Midnight | ||
+ | | 14-15 | Four times daily | Dusk, Midnight, Dawn and Noon | All cleric(s), Paladins | ||
+ | | 16-18 | Once weekly | ||
+ | | 19-20 | Once monthly | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | | **Special Ceremonies** (Roll 1d3 times for major deities, once for others) | ||
+ | | **1d20** | ||
+ | | 1 | Full Moon | | ||
+ | | 2 | Equinoxes | ||
+ | | 3 | Years End/ | ||
+ | | 4 | 1d8 High Holy Days | | ||
+ | | 5 | Eclipses | ||
+ | | 6 | Spring Fertility Rites | | ||
+ | | 7 | Month of Fasting and Prayer | ||
+ | | 8 | Saints' | ||
+ | | 9 | Day of the Dead | | ||
+ | | 10 | Rites of Initiation / Adulthood | ||
+ | | 11 | Devil' | ||
+ | | 12 | New Moon | | ||
+ | | 13 | Fall Harvest Rites | | ||
+ | | 14 | Summer Bacchanalia | ||
+ | | 15 | Deity' | ||
+ | | 16 | Deity' | ||
+ | | 17 | Day of Deity' | ||
+ | | 18 | Celebration of the Creation of the World | | ||
+ | | 19 | Astrological Conjunction | ||
+ | | 20 | Foundation Day of the Cult | | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | | **Sacrifices** | ||
+ | | **1d20** | ||
+ | | 1 | Burnt Incense | ||
+ | | 2 | Copper Pieces | ||
+ | | 3 | Silver Pieces | ||
+ | | 4 | Electrum Pieces | ||
+ | | 5 | Gold Pieces | ||
+ | | 6 | Platinum Pieces | ||
+ | | 7 | Small Gems (< | ||
+ | | 8 | Large Gems (> | ||
+ | | 9 | Jewelry & Artworks | ||
+ | | 10 | Magic Items | Ogre / Bugbear | ||
+ | | 11 | Large Animal (Sheep, Cow) | Lizard Man / Batrachian / Locathah | ||
+ | | 12 | Small Animal (Snake, Chicken) | ||
+ | | 13 | Fruits and Vegetables | ||
+ | | 14 | Books and Scrolls | ||
+ | | 15 | **Victim**' | ||
+ | | 16 | **Victim**' | ||
+ | | 17 | **Victim**' | ||
+ | | 18 | Special **Victim**' | ||
+ | | 19 | Special **Victim**' | ||
+ | | 20 | Special **Victim**' | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | | **Special Sacrificial Victims** | ||
+ | | **1d10** | ||
+ | | 1 | Young | | ||
+ | | 2 | Elderly | ||
+ | | 3 | Adult Man | | ||
+ | | 4 | Adult Woman | | ||
+ | | 5 | A Virgin | ||
+ | | 6 | A Noble | | ||
+ | | 7 | Of a certain lineage or ethnicity | ||
+ | | 8 | With a certain physical trait | | ||
+ | | 9 | A Criminal | ||
+ | | 10 | An Innocent | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | | **Holy / Unholy Symbols** | ||
+ | | **1d20** | ||
+ | | 1 | Mineral | ||
+ | | 2 | Precious metal (Bronze, Gold, Silver, Platinum) | ||
+ | | 3 | Gemstone | ||
+ | | 4 | Wood | | ||
+ | | 5 | Inscription | ||
+ | | 6 | Icon / Portrait | ||
+ | | 7 | Light Source | ||
+ | | 8 | Talisman / Amulet | ||
+ | | 9 | Headgear / Helmet | ||
+ | | 10 | Shield | ||
+ | | 11 | Phylactery | ||
+ | | 12 | Tattoo / Scar / Brand | | ||
+ | | 13 | Ritual Body Paint | | ||
+ | | 14 | Complex Finger Gesture(s) | ||
+ | | 15 | Rosary / Beads | | ||
+ | | 16 | Weapon | ||
+ | | 17 | Rod / Wand / Sceptre | ||
+ | | 18 | Ring | | ||
+ | | 19 | Mirror | ||
+ | | 20 | Open flame | | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | **WEIRD CULTS & HERETICAL SECTS** | ||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | **DIRECTIONS: | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | | **Cult Focus & Activity** | ||
+ | | **1d20** | ||
+ | | 1 | Necromancy | ||
+ | | 2 | Demonology | ||
+ | | 3 | Diabolism | ||
+ | | 4 | Minor Theological Issues | ||
+ | | 5 | Fomenting (Un)Holy War | 8-9 | Well-Known | ||
+ | | 6 | Resisting (Un)Holy War | 10 | Vocal / Open | | ||
+ | | 7 | Racism | ||
+ | | 8 | Apocalyptic | ||
+ | | 9 | Fleecing Rich Devotees | ||
+ | | 10 | Deluded Opportunists | ||
+ | | 11 | Ancient Revivalists | ||
+ | | 12 | Utopian | ||
+ | | 13 | Eremites | ||
+ | | 14 | Hedonists | ||
+ | | 15 | Athiests | ||
+ | | 16 | Nihilists | ||
+ | | 17 | Alien / Astral Travellers | ||
+ | | 18 | Time Travellers | ||
+ | | 19 | Inimical Mythos | ||
+ | | 20 | Deposed Royalists | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | | **Cult Membership** | ||
+ | | **1d10** | ||
+ | | 1-3 | Tiny (0-10) | ||
+ | | 4-5 | Small (10-20) | ||
+ | | 6-8 | Moderate (20-100) | ||
+ | | 9 | Large (100-1000) | ||
+ | | 10 | Very Large (1000+) | ||
+ | | | | 6 | Thief | | ||
+ | | **1d10** | ||
+ | | 1-2 | 1 | 8 | Druid | | ||
+ | | 3-5 | 1d6 | 9 | Witch | | ||
+ | | 6-8 | 2d4 | 10 | Fighter | ||
+ | | 9-10 | 3d6 | 11 | Paladin | ||
+ | | | | 12 | Anti-Paladin | ||
+ | | | | 13 | Warlock | ||
+ | | | | 14 | Charlatan (0-lvl) | ||
+ | | | | 15 | Hermit | ||
+ | | | | 16 | Kung Fu Monk | | ||
+ | | | | 17 | Inquisitor | ||
+ | | | | 18 | Non-human | ||
+ | | | | 19 | Demi-human | ||
+ | | | | 20 | Extraplanar creature | ||
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