Archael, God of Fate
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In my setting, we have a rather laid back attitude about gods. Most of the party believe in concepts rather than gods, but we had this one cleric who just HAD to be a determined little **** and demanded that I give him the name of the god of fate
Well, I caved and gave him 'Arc haeh', the ancient god who weaves the fabric of fate together for all of the cos mos-
He was really happy with himself, and constantly prayed to this god for like half a dozen levels. Finally, they get to a paint where they 'somehow' punch through the walls separating the planes of the divine and the planes of the mortal world, and enter the realm of the
great god Ac had himself.
Naturally, cleric is super PSYCHED about this and talks the rest of the group into searching for him before they return to the mortal world. They agree and set off, following the thick white strands that seem to lead to the center temple in the midst of a massive underground cave.
The Cleric calls out to his god, hoping to gain his attention. To his surprise, he does not see a loom in the cave, where he had expected the fabric of fate elegantly strewn together. He called out again, and startlingly, gets an answer.
Yes! Company! We do so love company! Been an awfully long time since we had some or was it awfully soon time sinc e? Has it happened? Wait, when am l? Are we here or are we happening? Oh, yes, the guests?"
And at that moment they all look up to see the massive shape of a spider slowly unfading from its resting place in the ceiling.
Ac had, the ancient mad spiderpool of fate
He then treated the entire party to a delightful banquet next to the last adventuring party to find him, promptly sitting them next to skeletons wearing armor so ancient that it was Crum bling to dust-
He even gave the Cleric a farewell gift for being faithful.
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Of course not anon. That would be rude
Archaea got real close to the cleric and handed him a wonderful little box, adorned with a c me little ribbon.
Ehwhat is it, Lord Archaea?“
little something for your continued service! Go om Open id"
Yesi. Yesi. ‘fest A scarf so your neck won' t ever become too cowl Can' t have my cleric freezing while doing important "'
Nothanks, Lord Arc ham, I shall treasure it always-"
I am ever so happy- will be happy? No I am happy right now, that' s what' s happened, yes, ever so happy that you like id I made it entirely myselfe'
fl reused some old strings of fate I didn' t use in the web! All the extras that I didn' t need from some raggy old piled'
which pile?"
At this point, Archaea leans in as close as he can to the cleric' s face, chattering excitedly with his many mouth parts
Extinction events. If you listen to the scarf carefully. you can even hear the mass genic ides in between the cries of the millions of suffering souls."
And that' s how the cleric acquired the Scarf of Tormented Possibilities, and must make a saving will throw against the scarf to remain sane.
Archaea also calls him up constantly, and sends gifts every days.
Cl. Anonymous 05/ 1 ffl 5( Tue) 1 & I 9 In
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31 T
Well he contacts them every Hit] days with a small favor to ask and usually ends up giving them a reward which, while incredibly useful, is also terrifying due to the nature of manipulating fate
As for gifts, I' made it a paint to send as many disturbing things to the cleric as possibly, to really 'test his faith' and because the player in reality is not a fan of spiders. I don' t usually give him items that have any 'real' value in game, because I don' t want to break the game by
constantly giving armor, so it' s mostly trinkets:
The Black Mirror of Broken Fate"
Gazing into it reveals possible futures to the viewer, but not all futures are easy to witness. Has a chance to grant the cleric a perception boast if he sees a possible future, but also can inflict a lowered will score if he sees something deifying- Crafted from a broken piece of Arc haeh' s shell, and engraved
with the clerics name followed by a ''
The Plate of Lost Possibilities"
Ancient plate from a previous worshiper. No real mechanical boasts, Archaea just thought he would like it. I nice little dish, if you don' t mind the bloodstain- And the screaming.
The Viewing Orb"
Giant orb that grants visions to cleric as if he were an oracle. I encourage them to use it if they can' t find a quest hook or need a push in the right direction. Really useful. They can' t shake the feeling that the orb is watching them when they sleep though.
The Sc apter of Arc haeh"
An artifact crafted by the ancient god himself. Literally no mechanical purpose besides Archaea enjoying looking at it. Also gives him an excuse to 'visit'. He' s done so 5 times.
In my setting, we have a rather laid back attitude about gods. Most of the party believe in concepts rather than gods, but we had this one cleric who just HAD to be a determined little **** and demanded that I give him the name of the god of fate
Well, I caved and gave him 'Arc haeh', the ancient god who weaves the fabric of fate together for all of the cos mos-
He was really happy with himself, and constantly prayed to this god for like half a dozen levels. Finally, they get to a paint where they 'somehow' punch through the walls separating the planes of the divine and the planes of the mortal world, and enter the realm of the
great god Ac had himself.
Naturally, cleric is super PSYCHED about this and talks the rest of the group into searching for him before they return to the mortal world. They agree and set off, following the thick white strands that seem to lead to the center temple in the midst of a massive underground cave.
The Cleric calls out to his god, hoping to gain his attention. To his surprise, he does not see a loom in the cave, where he had expected the fabric of fate elegantly strewn together. He called out again, and startlingly, gets an answer.
Yes! Company! We do so love company! Been an awfully long time since we had some or was it awfully soon time sinc e? Has it happened? Wait, when am l? Are we here or are we happening? Oh, yes, the guests?"
And at that moment they all look up to see the massive shape of a spider slowly unfading from its resting place in the ceiling.
Ac had, the ancient mad spiderpool of fate
He then treated the entire party to a delightful banquet next to the last adventuring party to find him, promptly sitting them next to skeletons wearing armor so ancient that it was Crum bling to dust-
He even gave the Cleric a farewell gift for being faithful.
File: I do so love (387 KB, 1600x1166)
Of course not anon. That would be rude
Archaea got real close to the cleric and handed him a wonderful little box, adorned with a c me little ribbon.
Ehwhat is it, Lord Archaea?“
little something for your continued service! Go om Open id"
Yesi. Yesi. ‘fest A scarf so your neck won' t ever become too cowl Can' t have my cleric freezing while doing important "'
Nothanks, Lord Arc ham, I shall treasure it always-"
I am ever so happy- will be happy? No I am happy right now, that' s what' s happened, yes, ever so happy that you like id I made it entirely myselfe'
fl reused some old strings of fate I didn' t use in the web! All the extras that I didn' t need from some raggy old piled'
which pile?"
At this point, Archaea leans in as close as he can to the cleric' s face, chattering excitedly with his many mouth parts
Extinction events. If you listen to the scarf carefully. you can even hear the mass genic ides in between the cries of the millions of suffering souls."
And that' s how the cleric acquired the Scarf of Tormented Possibilities, and must make a saving will throw against the scarf to remain sane.
Archaea also calls him up constantly, and sends gifts every days.
Cl. Anonymous 05/ 1 ffl 5( Tue) 1 & I 9 In
File: May I be a bother chaging (101 KB, 921x650)
31 T
Well he contacts them every Hit] days with a small favor to ask and usually ends up giving them a reward which, while incredibly useful, is also terrifying due to the nature of manipulating fate
As for gifts, I' made it a paint to send as many disturbing things to the cleric as possibly, to really 'test his faith' and because the player in reality is not a fan of spiders. I don' t usually give him items that have any 'real' value in game, because I don' t want to break the game by
constantly giving armor, so it' s mostly trinkets:
The Black Mirror of Broken Fate"
Gazing into it reveals possible futures to the viewer, but not all futures are easy to witness. Has a chance to grant the cleric a perception boast if he sees a possible future, but also can inflict a lowered will score if he sees something deifying- Crafted from a broken piece of Arc haeh' s shell, and engraved
with the clerics name followed by a ''
The Plate of Lost Possibilities"
Ancient plate from a previous worshiper. No real mechanical boasts, Archaea just thought he would like it. I nice little dish, if you don' t mind the bloodstain- And the screaming.
The Viewing Orb"
Giant orb that grants visions to cleric as if he were an oracle. I encourage them to use it if they can' t find a quest hook or need a push in the right direction. Really useful. They can' t shake the feeling that the orb is watching them when they sleep though.
The Sc apter of Arc haeh"
An artifact crafted by the ancient god himself. Literally no mechanical purpose besides Archaea enjoying looking at it. Also gives him an excuse to 'visit'. He' s done so 5 times.
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