Pelor (PAY-lore)
Pantheon Beliefs
God of the Open Sky
+1 Culture from Pastures.Worship Beliefs
Cathedrals
Allows construction of Cathedrals (+3 Faith, 1 slot for religious art).Pelor's Champions
Earning and Loosing your Piety
You increase your piety score to Pelor when you expand the god’s influence in the world in a concrete way through acts such as these:- Carrying out punishment on a fugitive from justice
- Exacting vengeance for a significant wrong done to you
- Defending a religious site from attacking monsters
- Building or restoring a temple to Pelor
- Breaking an explicit promise or oath
- Violating any just law
- Putting others at risk through your own cowardice
Pelor’s Devotee
Piety 3+ Pelor traitAs a devotee of Pelor, you have proven yourself a worthy champion of the sun god. You can call on Pelor's favor and cast bless with this trait, requiring no material components. Pelor's blessing manifests as a nimbus around the affected creatures, causing them to shed dim light in a 5-foot radius until the spell ends. You can cast the spell in this way a number of times equal to your Wisdom modifier (minimum of once). You regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest. Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for this spell.
Pelor’s Votary
Piety 10+ Pelor traitYou can cast daylight with this trait. Once you cast the spell in this way, you can’t do so again until you finish a long rest. Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for this spell.
Pelor’s Disciple
Piety 25+ Pelor traitYou grow accustomed to the blazing radiance of the sun; you have advantage on saving throws against being blinded, and you have resistance to fire damage.
Champion of the Sun
Piety 50+ Pelor traitYou can increase your Strength or Wisdom score by 2 and also increase your maximum for that score by 2.
“Refresh and gladden our spirits. Purify our hearts. Illumine our powers. We lay our hope in Pelor's hands.”Contents
Description
Pelor most often appeared as an elderly man with untamed golden hair and a bushy beard, dressed in white garb. His avatars appeared either in either his own form, or that of young children of either sex.Personality
Pelor was seen most often as a gentle and sympathetic divine figure that appeared to good-hearted people in their time of need. He and his clergy were not pacificts however.Possessions
Pelor wielded a +5 flaming disruption heavy mace called Sunscepter. His deific weapon was a +1 flaming heavy mace.Worshipers
The brilliance of Pelor’s sun was impossible to ignore. Virtually every Asyurian pays at least grudging respect to the sun god in forms of worship that range from simple gestures to days-long celebrations. More dedicated worshipers offer short litanies at dawn, noon, and dusk, acknowledging the sun’s passage across the sky. Pelor was most often formally worshiped by the goodly humans of these worlds, among others, especially people that dedicated themselves to the healing arts, as well as adventuring bards, druids, and rangers. Pelor's followers were commonly found to be strong-willed individuals, who tended to nature and protected others in his name. Pelor was among the deities venerated by arcane spellcasters, and was taken as a patron by some goodly warlocks who sought to purge evil from their lands, along with some gold, silver, and steel dragons.Places of Worship
Temples to Pelor were typically built from pure white materials and were kept immaculately clean. They were constructed to accommodate wide open spaces, or built to include numerous windows, in order for ample sunlight to shine within. They often housed functioning hospitals where Pelor's faithful could tend to the sick and wounded.Clerical Training
Because Pelor’s clerics spent a lot of time tending to the sick, blessing crops, and providing for the basic spiritual needs of their communities, they attracted a number of earnest, forthright youths who wanted to make the world a better place. While not unduly harsh, training among the followers of Pelor was rigorous enough to send many well-meaning youths back to their farms and cobbler-shops.Dogma
Pelor's doctrine taught that strength was best exemplified with generosity and penitence. Those with true power never had to demonstrate it to others.Holy Prayers
Pelor’s prayers often took the form of first-person affirmations, such as “I am merciful, just as the Sun of Mercy shines on me.”Holy Rites
As befits a sun god, Pelor’s major festivals took place on solstices and equinoxes, and many weddings and rites of passage took place on the cusp of the new season. The Blessing of the Sun-Kissed Field was a common rite requested by farmers.Artifacts
Dawnstar, shard of the sun
Holidays
Breadgiving Day (4th day, 4th month), Saint Cuthbert's Day (4th Day, 6th month), Midsummer's Night (20th day, 6th month), Highsummer (15th day, 7th month)
Title(s)
The Shining One Symbol
A six pointed ring-star
Aspects/Aliases
Amaunator
Served By
St. Cuthbert of the Cudgel
St. Pelagius the Indomitable
St. Rao the Mediator
Portfolio
Sun, light, strength, healing
Worshipers
Order of the Sun Soul
Solem Ecclesia
Adventuring bards, druids, healers, rangers, and strong-willed individuals
The Shining One Symbol
A six pointed ring-star
Aspects/Aliases
Amaunator
Served By
St. Cuthbert of the Cudgel
St. Pelagius the Indomitable
St. Rao the Mediator
Portfolio
Sun, light, strength, healing
Worshipers
Order of the Sun Soul
Solem Ecclesia
Adventuring bards, druids, healers, rangers, and strong-willed individuals
Divine Classification
Greater Deity
Religions
Alignment
Lawful Neutral with Lawful Good tendencies
Realm
Church/Cult
Siblings
Children
Aligned Organization
Ruled Locations
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