Basically, he’s worshipped by druids and their followers, and has a chance to appear when a druid or his grove is damaged. Silvanus is lifted from the Celtic pantheon – the original entry on him in the first boxed set said to look in Legends and Lore for a description, which doesn’t give that much more detail. Silvanus dates from that interpretation, which also encompasses the idea of life having to be in balance: with Good balanced by Evil and Law balanced by Chaos. The original version of druids in Dungeons & Dragons only allowed them to be True Neutral, with one interpretation being that they were removed from civilisation and attempted to protect the forests from being cut down for more humans to live there. There are likely to be followers of Tempus in most of the factions, although the Lord’s Alliance and Zhentarim would seem better fits. There are three notable temples to Tempus I can find: the Abbey of the Sword in Battledale, The House of Glory in Tantras, and the Towers of the Vengeful Hand in Eshpurta, but you’re likely to find shrines and priests to Tempus everywhere! Mulmaster also has the High House of Swords, for people playing D&D Expeditions in the Elemental Evil season. Killing women and children? That’s not the way of the true warrior. He’s not a god of random destruction: he’d rather you attack an opponent’s army rather than destroy their homes. It’s the true test of valour.ĭespite his chaotic alignment, Tempus does respect some things. The dogma of Tempus states that he gives his favours to the deserving warrior – whatever that means! He’s not opposed for his followers from retreating from battles they’d otherwise lose, but neither does he appreciate mortals constantly avoiding battle. If you’re playing a Barbarian, there’s a fair chance you worship Tempus. He’s very popular as a deity of the northern barbarians (who call him Tempos), and of warriors all through the Realms. Tempus just enjoys battle, and dispenses his favour randomly to those participating – or at least, that’s how us mortals see it. When you get a Chaotic Neutral deity of War, you’re not talking about a great lord of strategy here. The Zhentarim? Very, very unlikely.ĭo you like fighting? Then Tempus is likely the deity for you! Kelemvor’s followers mainly would serve in the Order of the Gauntlet, although I wouldn’t be surprised to see them in the Lord’s Alliance as well. He was the only deity with a temple in Phlan, which is where the Tyranny of Dragons adventures were set for the D&D Expeditions program. His chief temples are in Ormath (in the Shining Plains) and Ormpetarr (in Sepech). Eventually he settled upon being strictly fair in his judgements, and so he has continued to this day. Kelemvor then showed a lot of favouritism in his judgements, which led to his being accused of incompetence by the other gods. Mask’s machinations eventually caused Cyric to lose control of the land of the dead and for Kelemvor to ascend (1368 DR). His mortal self was slain by Cyric (on his way to becoming a god himself), his soul was trapped in the sword Godsbane, which was actually the deity Mask, god of thieves. Rumours that he is back are likely denied by the Doomguides.Īs for Kelemvor, he’s something of a rocky run as a deity. Myrkul was an evil deity whose priests thought undeath was the best thing ever. This puts his faith in stark contrast to that of Myrkul, the god of the dead killed in the Time of Troubles. Along the way, they likely get to destroy a few undead as well! His priests are known as Doomguides, and they counsel the bereaved and try to aid them in their time of grief. This makes him a great deity to follow if you’re going to be playing in a campaign with a lot of undead – you’ll always have an in-character reason to go after them. Basically, when you die, Kelemvor works out where you end up. The lover of Midnight (who became Mystra), he now functions as judge of the dead. Kelemvor is another mortal who became a god. The list in the Player’s Handbook has only a few of them! This article presents five of the important gods of Neutrality. As I mentioned in my last article, there are a lot of gods in the Forgotten Realms.
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