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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dave2008" data-source="post: 8850934" data-attributes="member: 83242"><p>It was introduced in Theros. It is a system of supernatural gifts for devotion to your deity:</p><p></p><h3>Benefits of Piety</h3><p>The gods bestow favors on those who prove their devotion. When your piety score crosses certain thresholds—3, 10, 25, and 50—you gain a benefit detailed in the sections describing the gods’ champions throughout this chapter. If your piety score exceeds and then falls below one of those thresholds, you lose the benefit you gained at the higher tier.</p><p></p><p>If you choose the Oracle supernatural gift, you gain different rewards for your piety score, instead of the ones normally granted by your god. This gift and its benefits are described in <a href="https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/moot/character-creation#Oracle" target="_blank">chapter 1</a>.</p><p></p><p>[spoiler=CHAMPION OF ATHREOS]</p><h3>Athreos’s Champions</h3><p><strong>Alignment:</strong> Usually lawful, often evil</p><p><strong>Suggested Classes:</strong> Cleric, monk, rogue, wizard</p><p><strong>Suggested Cleric Domains:</strong> Death, Grave (described in <em><a href="https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/xgte" target="_blank">Xanathar’s Guide to Everything</a></em>)</p><p><strong>Suggested Backgrounds:</strong> Hermit, sage, sailor, urchin</p><p></p><p>Most worshipers of Athreos believe death is a natural part of life, to be neither rushed toward nor run from. They seek to do their part in fulfilling the natural order, easing the passage of the living into death. Most also respect their ancestors and honor them through tradition, ritual, and memory.</p><p></p><h4>Athreos’s Favor</h4><p>As all mortals eventually bow before him, the River Guide doesn’t seek worship. When mortal agents are necessary, though, Athreos often seeks the descendants of those who impressed him during their journey to the Underworld. The Athreos’s Favor table offers several suggestions for the nature of your connection to the god.</p><p></p><h4>Athreos’s Favor</h4> <table style='width: 100%'><tr><th>d6</th><th>Circumstance</th></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>A family member died bringing you into the world.</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>You don’t think or feel as others do, finding emotions messy and confusing.</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>In a brazen or desperate moment, you dared death to take you—and in a way, it has.</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>You sent a Returned back to the Underworld, restoring a measure of order to the cosmos.</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Serving Athreos is your family tradition, a responsibility honored for countless generations.</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>You have died before, and in that moment, you glimpsed the mists that surround Athreos’s skiff.</td></tr></table><h4></h4><h4>Devotion to Athreos</h4><p>Servants of Athreos facilitate the passage from life into death. As a follower of Athreos, consider the possibilities on the Athreos’s Ideals table as alternatives to those suggested for your background.</p><p></p><h4>Athreos’s Ideals</h4> <table style='width: 100%'><tr><th>d6</th><th>Ideal</th></tr><tr><td>1</td><td><strong>Devotion.</strong> My devotion to my god is more important to me than what he stands for. (Any)</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td><strong>Tradition.</strong> Honor the dead through rites of respect and by continuing their ways. (Lawful)</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td><strong>Dread.</strong> Mortals put their fear out of mind, but through me, they will remember the inevitable. (Evil or neutral)</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td><strong>Apathy.</strong> Life is but a rehearsal for death, and it’s best not to grow too attached to it. (Neutral)</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td><strong>Succor.</strong> I offer balm to the dying—which, to varying degrees, includes all of us. (Good or neutral)</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td><strong>Judgment.</strong> Violations against the order of life and death must be set right. (Lawful)</td></tr></table><h4>Earning and Losing Piety</h4><p>You increase your piety score to Athreos when you honor him or the cycle of life and death through acts such as these:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Providing coins and overseeing burial rites for those slain during a tragedy</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Ensuring that the deeds and knowledge of someone who has died are preserved</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Slaying a Returned and its associated eidolon</li> </ul><p></p><p>Your piety score to Athreos decreases if you diminish the River Guide’s influence in the world, impede his work, or disrespect the dead through acts such as these:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Denying a dying person their final rites</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Removing wealth from a corpse or defiling a tomb</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Aiding those who seek to escape from the Underworld, or who already have</li> </ul><h4>Athreos’s Devotee</h4><p><em>Piety 3+ Athreos trait</em></p><p>Your life is intertwined with the fate of the dead. You can cast <a href="https://www.dndbeyond.com/spells/gentle-repose" target="_blank">gentle repose</a> with this trait, requiring no material components, 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.</p><p></p><h4>Athreos’s Votary</h4><p><em>Piety 10+ Athreos trait</em></p><p>You can cast <a href="https://www.dndbeyond.com/spells/speak-with-dead" target="_blank">speak with dead</a> with this trait, requiring no material components. 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.</p><p></p><h4>Athreos’s Disciple</h4><p><em>Piety 25+ Athreos trait</em></p><p>You can cast <a href="https://www.dndbeyond.com/spells/false-life" target="_blank">false life</a> with this trait, requiring no material components. When you do so, you gain an additional 25 temporary hit points. 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.</p><p></p><h4>Champion of the Passage</h4><p><em>Piety 50+ Athreos trait</em></p><p>You can increase your Intelligence or Wisdom score by 2 and also increase your maximum for that score by 2.</p><p>[/spoiler]</p></blockquote><p></p>

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