[v.3.5] Knightfall's Mirrored Cosmology

[Knightfall]

Gods of Madness and the Hidden (cont.)

Szelizid †
The Hidden Orb

Demigod
Symbol: A beholder eye hidden half in the shadow
Home Plane: Unknown
Godly Realm: Unknown
Alignment: True neutral
Portfolio: Sane beholders, magic
Worshipers: Beholders that are sane, spectators, cultists, sorcerers, wizards
Cleric Alignments: N, CN, NE, LN, NG
Domains: Magic, Protection, Seals, Secrecy
Favored Weapon: Bite (short sword)

Tharizdun
The Destroyer of Worlds

Elder Evil
Symbol: A dark spiral
Home Plane: Unknown
Godly Realm: Unknown
Alignment: Neutral evil
Portfolio: Darkness, decay, entropy, ruin
Worshipers: Cultists, hateful aberrations
Cleric Alignments: NE, CE, LE
Domains: Chaos, Destruction, Evil, Force, Madness
Favored Weapon: Dagger

Turaglas ‡
The Devourer, The Ebon Maw, The Hunger Eternal, The Insatiable, The Waking Hunger

Elder Evil (Trapped)
Symbol: Silver teeth pointing inward around a black disk
Home Plane: Abyss (formerly), Carceri (now)
Godly Realm: Sholo-Tovoth
Alignment: Chaotic evil
Portfolio: Consuming the world
Worshipers: Criminals, cultists, lunatics
Cleric Alignments: CE, NE, CN
Domains: Chaos, Destruction, Hunger, Madness, War
Favored Weapon: Heavy flail

Zargon ‡
Fiend Worm, The Devourer in the Depths, The Forgotten God, The Returner

Elder Evil (Slumbering)
Symbol: A black horn on a blood-red field
Home Plane: Baator
Godly Realm: Black Ziggurat
Alignment: Lawful evil
Portfolio: Bloody death, destruction, slime
Worshipers: Cultists, (insane cyradi [humans]), soldiers, (Fallenlanden minotaurs), guards, sorcerers, wizards
Cleric Alignments: LE, NE, CE
Domains: Death, Destruction, Evil, Law, Madness, Ooze
Favored Weapon: Light flail

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† A new god created by me.
‡ A deity described in a Dragon Magazine. (Yes, Zargon is in Elder Evils, but I don't own that book. I've been putting off buying it.)

 

[Knightfall]

GODS OF SCORPIONS, SPIDERS, AND INSECTS
This list is prtty self-evident. You'll notice that there isn't a particular spider goddess on this list. That's because, in the Mirrored Cosmology, she doesn't exist. Her layer of the Abyss is called something else and drow are very rare in the universe. They do exist, however, as can be seen on my Dark World thread (in my sig).

Also, note that Mussin, from my World of Kulan setting isn't on this list. He is only a single-sphere deity; regardless, his clerics are feared on the planes by those that have heard of them.

Again, any deity marked with this symbol (‡) is from a Dragon Magazine. Al-Ishtus is from D&D Sandstorm. (I really like that book!)

Al-Ishtus
The Desert Scorpion

Intermediate Deity
Symbol: A scorpion with its tail raised to strike
Home Plane: Carceri
Godly Realm: Sting at the Heart
Alignment: Neutral evil
Portfolio: Scorpions and other desert-dwelling vermin, desert raiders
Worshipers: Desert-dwellers, nomads, rangers, scouts, cultists
Cleric Alignments: NE, CE, LE
Domains: Animal, Death, Destruction, Evil, War
Favored Weapon: Whip

Ananse ‡
The Grotesque, The Spider of Heaven, The Web-Messenger

Intermediate Deity
Symbol: Large black spider
Home Plane: Celestia
Godly Realm: Web of Paradise
Alignment: Lawful good
Portfolio: Craftsmen, messengers, spiders, spider-kin, warriors
Worshipers: Spider-kin, craftsmen, messengers, druids, fighters, paladins, rangers, shamans, ugly people, witch doctors
Cleric Alignments: LG, LN, NG
Domains: Craft, Good, Knowledge, Spider, Strength, Travel
Favored Weapon: Blowgun, Net, or Whip

Apshai
The Great Mantis

Demigod
Symbol: Praying mantis
Home Plane: Outlands (Lower)
Godly Realm: The Hive
Alignment: True neutral
Portfolio: Insects
Worshipers: Thri-kreen, vermin lords, farmers
Cleric Alignments: N, CN, NE, NG, LN
Domains: Animal, Earth, Insect, Plant
Favored Weapon: Bite (dagger)

 

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Gods of Scorpions, Spiders, and Insects (cont.)

Cagn ‡
The Insect Lord

Lesser Deity
Symbol: Preying mantis
Home Plane: Material Plane
Godly Realm: Wanders
Alignment: Chaotic neutral
Portfolio: Birds, insects, mischief, the throkr
Worshipers: Diopsids, (nagpas), thri-kreen, vermin lords, druids
Cleric Alignments: CG, CN, CE
Domains: Air, Animal, Insect, Scalykind, Trickery
Favored Weapon: Kukri

Herigga †
The Spider Princess, The Nurturer

Quasi-Deity
Symbol: A spider's web woven above a pitcher plant
Home Plane: Beastlands
Godly Realm: Wanders
Alignment: True neutral
Portfolio: Spiders, insect-eating plants
Worshipers: Spider-kin, barbarians, druids, rangers
Cleric Alignments: CN, N, LN, NG, NE
Domains: Forest, Insect, Plant, Spider
Favored Weapon: Web (net)

Nergal
Father of Vermin, Lord of the Underworld, The God of Plague

Lesser Deity
Symbol: White locust
Home Plane: Gray Waste
Godly Realm: Nergaltos
Alignment: Neutral evil
Portfolio: Underworld, death, disease, pestilence
Worshipers: Warlords, plague priests, cultists, vermin lords
Cleric Alignments: NE, LE, CE
Domains: Air, Destruction, Evil, Insect, War
Favored Weapon: Heavy mace or Longsword

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† A new god created by me.

 

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[Knightfall]

GODS OF UNDEATH
Three undead gods for the cosmology. Falazure is also considered to be part of this group. Two are throwback to 2nd Edition, while the third is from the defunct Arekoz campaign world designed by Dark Portal Games.

Kanchelsis
Mastraacht, The Beast, The Rake

Intermediate Deity
Symbol: Bat with glowing red eyes
Home Plane: Abyss
Godly Realm: Lair of the Beast/Mansion of the Rake
Alignment: Chaotic evil
Portfolio: Blood, magic, vampires
Worshipers: Vampires, vampire spawn, the nosferatu, cultists
Cleric Alignments: CE, NE, CN
Domains: Chaos, Death, Earth, Evil, Magic, Undeath
Favored Weapon: Claws (dagger)

Mellifleur
Lich-Lord

Lesser
Symbol: Crystal vial in a skeletal hand with ring on fourth finger
Home Plane: Gehenna
Godly Realm: Death's Embrace
Alignment: Neutral evil
Portfolio: Liches, magic
Worshipers: Liches, some dracoliches, cultists, sages
Cleric Alignments: NE, LE, CE
Domains: Death, Evil, Magic, Undeath
Favored Weapon: Touch attack (unarmed strike)

Mulketh
God of Death and Magic, The Undead Magician

Lesser Deity
Symbol: A tome with a skull emblazoned on it
Home Plane: Acheron
Godly Realm: Blood Ritual
Alignment: Lawful evil
Portfolio: Death, magic, the undead
Worshipers: Evil barristers and judges, sorcerers, wizards, the undead
Cleric Alignments: LE, NE, LN
Domains: Death, Law, Magic, Necromancy, Undeath
Favored Weapon: Scythe

 

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GODS OF THE WEREBEASTS
Here's my list of deities with portfolios related to werebeasts. There are a few moon related gods in this list with worshipers that don't have to be werebeasts.

Note that Eilistraee isn't tied diectly to the Forgotten Realms or the drow pantheon in this cosmology; however, there are drow (and half-drow) in this universe that worship her. Karaan (see next post) is from D&D Book of Vile Darkness.

Avatea
The Light, The Moons-Goddess, The Princess of the Stars

Lesser Deity
Symbol: Light shining from behind a moon disc
Home Plane: Unseen Infinity
Godly Realm: Berth of the Moon
Alignment: Chaotic good
Portfolio: Moon(s), spelljammers
Worshipers: Sailors, (star gnomes), stellar-born werebeasts, those who build and make their living on spelljammers
Cleric Alignments: CG, N, CN
Domains: Chaos, Craft, Good, Moon, Stellar
Favored Weapon: Spear

Balador
The Righteous Bear, The Slothful

Lesser Deity
Symbol: Pitcher of mead
Home Plane: Beastlands
Godly Realm: Wanders
Alignment: Chaotic good
Portfolio: Protection, fraternity
Worshipers: Werebears, brothers and fathers, barbarians, druids, rangers
Cleric Alignments: CG, NG, CN
Domains: Animal, Chaos, Good, Moon, Protection
Favored Weapon: Longsword (claw)

Daragor
The Howling Beast, The Wolf

Lesser Deity
Symbol: Werewolf's head
Home Plane: None
Godly Realm: Wanders
Alignment: Chaotic evil
Portfolio: Beasts, bloodlust, pain
Worshipers: Werewolves, seawolves, worgs, blackguards, fighters
Cleric Alignments: CE, NE, CN
Domains: Bestial, Chaos, Evil, Moon, Pain
Favored Weapon: Longsword (bite)

Eilistraee
Lady of the Dance, The Dark Maiden

Intermediate Deity
Symbol: Silver longsword outlined on silver moon
Home Plane: Ysgard
Godly Realm: Svartalfheim
Alignment: Chaotic good
Portfolio: Song, dance, moonlight, nevae, swordplay, werebeasts
Worshipers: Bards, fighters, nevae, rangers, (satyrs and pipers), werebeasts, those who love the world
Cleric Alignments: CG, NG, CN
Domains: Chaos, Elf, Good, Joy, Moon, Music, Sword
Favored Weapon: Longsword

Eshebala
The Conceited, The Foxwoman

Lesser Deity
Symbol: A vixen
Home Plane: Abyss
Godly Realm: Vulgarea
Alignment: Chaotic evil
Portfolio: Vanity, charm, greed, cunning
Worshipers: Foxwomen, enchanters, female bards and rogues
Cleric Alignments: CE, CN, NE
Domains: Charm, Chaos, Evil, Greed, Moon
Favored Weapon: Longsword (claw)

 

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Gods of the Werebeasts (cont.)

Ferrix
Queen of Tigers, The Hunter's Claw

Lesser Deity
Symbol: Green cat's eyes
Home Plane: Beastlands
Godly Realm: Wanders
Alignment: True neutral
Portfolio: Play, curiosity, hunting
Worshipers: Weretigers, hunters, (kitts), (rakasta), (tabaxi)
Cleric Alignments: N, NG, NE, CN, LN
Domains: Animal, Feline, Forest, Moon, Weather
Favored Weapon: Short sword (bite or claw)

Karaan
The Beast God, Patron of Lycanthropes

Intermediate Deity
Symbol: Gnawed, broken bones and bloody teeth
Home Plane: Abyss
Godly Realm: Wanders
Alignment: Chaotic evil
Portfolio: Dark side of nature, savage lust, wanton destruction, werebeasts
Worshipers: Werebeasts, bugbears, gnolls, worgs, manticores, evil sphinxes
Cleric Alignments: CE, NE, CN
Domains: Animal, Bestial, Chaos, Destruction, Evil, Moon
Favored Weapon: Greatclub or claws and teeth

Olaash †
Gruumsh's Were-Brother, Orc-Worg

Intermediate Deity
Symbol: A werewolf face with orc features
Home Plane: Acheron
Godly Realm: Worgorik
Alignment: Neutral evil
Portfolio: Evil, orcs, the moon(s) when full
Worshipers: Cultists, orcs and half-orcs, some goblinoids, werewolves, worgs, those with orc blood that are cursed as werebeasts
Cleric Alignments: NE, LE, CE
Domains: Bestial, Destruction, Evil, Moon, Orc, Strength
Favored Weapon: Long sword (bite)

Squerrik
King of Rats, The Plague

Lesser Deity
Symbol: Rat's head with bared yellow teeth
Home Plane: Gehenna
Godly Realm: Cheisin
Alignment: Lawful evil
Portfolio: Thievery, disguise, concealment
Worshipers: Wererats, assassins, rogues
Cleric Alignments: LE, NE, LN
Domains: Evil, Law, Moon, Secrecy, Trickery
Favored Weapon: Short sword (claw)

Underdweller
The Darkness of the Sea, The Underdweller

Intermediate Deity
Symbol: Tendrils of dark water rising out of the sea
Home Plane: Material Plane
Godly Realm: Wanders
Alignment: Chaotic evil
Portfolio: Evil, darkness, sea depths
Worshipers: Aboleths, evil merfolk, seawolves, werecrocodiles
Cleric Alignments: CE, NE, CN
Domains: Chaos, Evil, Ocean, Undersea, Water
Favored Weapon: Trident

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† A new god created by me.

 

[Knightfall]

That's all the deities I have done, for now. Expect more as the weeks go by as well as other things for my cosmology. The Fey will have to wait for now.

I'm likely to post a list of creatures that are commonly found on the Plane of Twilight Shadowstar Sea next or maybe start working on how the Spirelands are going to work.

Cheers!

KF72

 

[Knightfall]

CREATURES OF THE SHADOWSTAR SEA​

Here is my inital list of creatures that will be native to the Shadowstar Sea. Any entry marked with a [?] is a note to myself that I'm not sure the creature is appropriate for the plane.

Note that I've not included the Shadow Creature template or Umbral Creature template in this list. I'm thinking that those two types of creatures won't be native to the Twilight but often show up there. I haven't decided yet.

OFFICIAL D&D SOURCES

Fiend Folio

• Aoa (Droplet, Sphere)
• Darkweaver
• Giant, shadow
• Shadar-kai
• Shadow asp
• Shedu

Manual of the Planes

• Energon (Xag-ya, Xeg-yi)
• Ephemera (Dusk Beast, Ecalypse, Umbral Banyan)
• Twilight Dreadnought (astral dreadnought)

Monster Manual

• Couatl
• Githyanki
• Harpy
• Lammasu
• Lillend
• Nightshade (Nightcrawler, Nightwalker, Nightwing)
• Rakshasa
• Ravid
• Shadow Mastiff
• Will-o-Wisp

Monster Manual II

• Glimmerskin
• Shadow Spider

Monster Manual III

• Lumi
• Rakshasa (Ak'chazar, Naztharune)
• Shadesteel Golem
• Trilloch
• Twilight Stalker (astral stalker)

Planar Handbook

• Entropic Creature (template)
• Shadow Jelly
• Twilight Kraken (astral kraken)
• Vivacious Creature (template)
• Void Ooze

Other D&D Sources

• Beacon Moth (Drg #322)
• Cloaker, Shadowcloak Elder [LoM]
• Dragon, Twilight (shadow dragon) (Draconmicon)
• Glimmerfolk (Drg #321)
• Gloom [ELH]
• Prismfly Swarm (Drg #321)
• Shade [FRCS]
• Shadow Beast (Ghirrash, Khumat, Thaskor) [MinHB]
• Twilight Dweller (rainbow dweller) (Drg #321)

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Up next... d20 monsters for the Twilight!

 

[Angel Tarragon]

Quick question about your plane of Twilight KF.

Does it resemble the material plane? Or does it have its own unique geography?