Collection of house rules for my Slavic-themed game

[johnsemlak]

I'm creating this thread to store any material I create for my Slavic-themed game Turmoil in the Golden Ring. Comments are welcome

 

[johnsemlak]

Slavic Pantheon

The folowing deities are meant to supplement those found on pages 223-24 of Frost and Fur. Descriptions of many Slavic deities can be found here.

Mysets
Alignment: Chaotic Good
Portfolio: Travel, Lunar Cycles
Domains: Fey (BoED), Travel, Moon (Player’s Guide to Faerun), Night
Favored Weapon: Whip

Dogoda/Dodola
Alignment: Lawful Neutral
Porfolio: Mild Calm weather, Birds,
Domains: Weather, Air, Law, Birds, Healing
Favored Weapon: Staff

Beilbog
Alignment: Neutral Good
Porfolio:
Domains: Healing, Good, Peace, Travel
Favored Weapon: Staff

Jarovit
Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
Porfolio: War
Domains: War, Destruction, Strength, Chaos
Favored Weapon: Greatsword

Lada
Alignment: Chaotic Good
Portfolio: Love, Beauty
Domains: Chaos, Charm, Good
Favored Weapon: Dagger

Krukis
Alignment: Lawful Good
Portfolio: Blacksmiths, Craftsmanship,
Domains: Artiface, Community, Fire, Earth, Good
Favored Weapon: Warhammer

Actually a Baltic deity, Krukis is worshipped by craftsmen and various foreign tradsment and craftsmen.

St. Demetrius
Alignment: Lawful Good
Portfolio: Honor, War, Valor, Justice
Domains: Good, Law, War, Strength
Favored Weapon: Longsword

In real-world history St. Demetrius was an obscure saint. Here he represents the archtype deity of justice, valor, etc. St. Demetrius was an epic hero of long past who battled many powerful foes, including giants, evil Kolduni (wizards), hoards of invading barbarians, etc.

 

[VirgilCaine]

St. Demetrius was an epic hero of long past who battled many powerful foes, including giants, evil Kolduni (wizards), hoards of invading barbarians, etc.

You mean hordes, not hoards.

 

[The Shaman]

I wish I had seen your game thread sooner - looks great.

Funny, I mentioned something similar to this in a post on the WotC boards a couple of weeks ago - something to the effect of...

(Give me Siberian reindeer herders or Papuan cargo cultists for some fascinating mythology and culture!)

Good luck with your game - I'll be peeking in on the game thread, I'm sure.