Jern

Jern is the God of knowledge and the application of that knowledge towards progress. She is favored among scholars, tinkerers, engineers, politicians, wizards and alchemists. To them she is the source of all knowledge and inspiration. She is the guiding force for any new invention, spell, or innovation. Because of this, the worship of Jern often does not often resemble worship of any other God.
Jern prides that her worshipers are educated and informed. She expects that her worshipers use knowledge to prudently plan for the future and lay out a strategy for future progress. The worship of Jern is goal oriented and knowledge based. Pius acts often involve long sessions of studying, planning, memorizing passages in holy philosophical texts, and reflecting on the progress one has made. When her followers are at a mental impasse, a quick prayer to Jern may help to give them the inspiration they need to continue their work.
To Jern, prudence is the greatest virtue. Those who can assess their current situation and carefully plan for the future are those most revered in the Jern faith. For this reason she is often associated with divination magic. The priests of Jern claim that Jern's knowledge of the present is so perfect, that she can perfectly predict the future.

Divine Domains

Metal, Mind, Logic, Prudence, Innovation, Arcane Arts, Divination Magic

Holy Books & Codes

While most sources of knowledge are revered and handled with great care, the Priests of Jern often teach out of The Treatise on the Betterment of the Mortal Condition, also referred to as simply The Treatise or the TBMC. The original author, Astumos, was one of the greatest philosopher priests who ever lived. He wrote extensively about the 5 virtues:

1. Empathy
2. Stewardship
3. Comportment
4. Wisdom
5. Integrity

Divine Symbols & Sigils

Usually a silver anvil on a black background, but at times she has been represented as an oil lantern. In literature Jern is often depicted as slow moving, quick thinking elephant.

Tenets of Faith

Wisdom forge your way

Followers of Jern believe that the mind is the most important part of the soul. To master the mind is to dominate both the body and the spirit. They believe that studying texts, solving puzzles, and making discoveries (or creating new knowledge) is the highest form of worship of their creators.
Jernites believe deeply that knowledge of the past should inform decisions and planning of the future. Consequently they greatly value preserving and collecting history and knowledge. Jernites more than anyone are opt to use the phrase "according to scripture..." and Jernite sermons tend to be more of a reading than a sermon, and the most pious of the Jernites can recite large swaths of the Treatise from memory.

Following Jern

Alignment: Usually Lawful, Often Good
Suggested Classes: Bard, Cleric, Fighter, Wizard, Warlock
Suggested Cleric Domains: Knowled
Suggested Backgrounds: Acolyte, Courtier, Entertainer, Guild Member, Hermit, Noble, Sage You increase your piety score to Jern when you expand the god's influence in the world in a concrete way through acts such as these:

• Carefully preparing and carrying out a difficult plan
• Preserving old knowledge
• Creating a new invention or innovation
• Saving a library or school from attack

Your piety score to Jern decreases if you diminish Jern's influence in the world or offend her ideals through acts such as these:

• Selfishly refusing to share information
• Failing to plan appropriately for a challenge
• Jeopardizing others through rash or foolish actions
• Willingly subverting or impeding a wise course of action

Piety Bonuses

Piety Score	Description
Devotee: +3	As a devotee of Jern, you have proven your wisdom and knowledge. Once on each of your turns when you hit a creature with a weapon attack, you can deal an extra 1d6 psychic damage to the target. You can use this trait a number of times equal to you rintelligence modifier (minimum of 1). You regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.
Votary: +10	When you fail an intelligence or a wisdom saving throw, you can reroll the die, and you must se the new roll. Once you use this trait, you can't do so again until you finish a long rest.
Disciple: +25	Your mental preparation has been blessed with the ability to act quickly, granting you advantage on initiative rolls.
Champion: +50	You can increase your Intelligence or Wisdom score by 2 and also increase your maximum for that score by 2.

Holidays

The 30th of Jerni is usually dedicated and associated to Jern. Many cultures celebrate it differently, but always it involves some sort of festival of a craft or art. In Havere - The Crystal Port, it is celebrated with the famous Fashion Havecois a festval where all of the clothiers from across the world display their newest fashions and designs.
It is also a time for planning and preparing. The time is set aside to finish canning, bottling, fermenting, and storing the year's harvest for the winter. It is also a time for planning finances for the next year and securing seed for the next spring.

Divine Classification

Goddess

Religions

• Church of the Knowing Eye

Alignment

Lawful Neutral