The Pantomaths

The Sage's church is relatively widespread in civilized lands, but has never held much power or political influence. Most Pantomath clerics avoid politics whenever possible, content to instead seek out books, preserve knowledge, and share their love of learning. The church of The Sage usually maintains a temple or shrine in larger towns and cities, often as part of a larger museum, library, or academic institution.

Tenets of Faith

Seek the perfection of your mind by bringing reason, perception, and emotion into balance with one another.
To a cleric of The Sage , there is no greater gift than his mind. All of his clerics are expected to spend their time and efforts dedicated to learning as well as sharing knowledge. The faith seeks to help people to avoid extremes of emotion, with emphasis on planning and preparing rather than reacting to a situation. Most clerics of The Sage know a number of languages and are considered well versed, if not experts, in several areas of knowledge.
Accumulate, preserve, and distribute knowledge in all forms.
Books, scrolls, and even oral stories are sacred to The Sage and his followers. Clerics of The Sage are required to do what they can to recover knowledge, protect it from harm, and distribute their teachings. This concept points towards a fundamental belief of The Sage – the more you share knowledge, the harder it becomes to destroy or corrupt.
Work with others to achieve your goals.
Cooperation serves as the core principle of the faith. Without cooperation and compromise, nothing is possible. With cooperation and compromise, all things become possible. The church of The Sage encourages people to find ways to work towards common goals, rather than focusing on their differences.
Seek out new ideas and new inventions.
New knowledge and information are superior to simple wealth. The faith of The Sage does everything possible to motivate individuals to learn, experience, and discover. Civilization thrives on expansion and growth, not the status quo.
Build machines, build cities, build empires.
With all the fruits offered by civilization, mortals should do what they can to make use of their knowledge and abilities. Clerics of The Sage strive to help people build, repair, and maintain the structures of towns and cities.

Worship

Traditional Worshipers:
Alchemists, Investigators, Wizards, Inventors

Priesthood

Most clerics of The Sage are cloistered individuals. They pursue a set of specific duties related to learning, knowledge, or invention, each according to his gifts and preferences. There are brother librarians, healers, teachers, explorers, writers, scribes, and inventors.
Limitations & Sacrifices:
When a cleric of The Sage travels, he is expected to do whatever feasible to reclaim a book, scroll, or other work he encounters. Such works are sent to the nearest Pantomath temple for cataloging and protection.
At times, a Pantomath cleric must forego all other duties and expectations to save some vital scrap of information. Others, especially the cleric’s allies and friends, may not understand this apparent obsession, and they may not always appreciate how important it becomes to the cleric, usually at the least opportune times.

Sects

The Order of the Scroll
Some priests of The Sage work for one of several small but active sects dedicated to locating, retrieving, and preserving books, scrolls, and similar works. This sect, the Order of the Scroll, sends clerics into dangerous areas and places to recover lost knowledge. The Order of the Scroll has been known to raid dragon lairs, sneak into undead haunted tombs, and break into libraries of corrupt nobles in order to reclaim sacred books.
The Order of the Gear
Some Pantomaths specialize entirely in invention and technology. This sect is dedicated to locating and recording new inventions and technological advances throughout the world. This sect, similar to The Order of the Scroll, also send their clerics in dangerous areas to recover lost knowledge. While other members of the sect's sole purpose to create, invent, build and design.
Followers of the Forbidden Tome
There are rumors and stories about a secretive sect of The Sage known as the Followers of the Forbidden Tome. According to legends, the Followers actually seek out and destroy knowledge deemed to dangerous, cursed, or destructive for mortal minds. This often includes books and scrolls penned by Blight Mages or cultists devoted to great evils. Most Pantomath priests deny the existence of this sect however, declaring that all knowledge is sacred; good or evil comes from how such knowledge is used, not the information itself.

The more you learn, the less you know.

Type

Religious, Pantheon

Deities

• The Sage

Divines

• The Sage