Table of Contents Pronouns...... 2 Oath Spells...... 12 Ideals...... 2 Channel Divinity...... 12 Ideals of Corellon Larethian...... 2 Aura of Defense...... 13 New Experiences...... 2 Blessing of Restoration...... 13 Defend the Elves...... 2 Avatar of Corellon Larethian...... 13 Suitable Flaws...... 3 Divine Gifts...... 14 Create Beauty...... 3 Magic Items...... 14 Free Spirits...... 3 Ring...... 14 Vigilance...... 4 Drowslayer/Orcslayer...... 14 Master Magic...... 4 Guardian’s Badge...... 14 Cherish the Forests...... 4 Instrument of Steadfastness...... 14 Ward Against Destroyers...... 5 Master’s Tools...... 14 Practices...... 5 Sahanser Longsword...... 15 Temples...... 5 Spellbook of Recovery...... 15 Rites...... 6 Spellbook of Versatility...... 15 Game Mechanics...... 7 Sword of Blinding...... 15 Piety...... 9 Blessings...... 15 Ranks...... 9 Charms...... 16 Vellariss (1)...... 9 Feats...... 16 Rythaliss (3)...... 9 Slayer...... 17 Saen’niss (10)...... 9 Slayer...... 17 Ieth’niss (25)...... 10 Backgrounds...... 17 Miëd’niss (50)...... 10 Feature: -friend...... 17 Priesthood...... 10 Personality Trait...... 17 Paladins...... 12 Bond...... 18 Oath of Sahandrian...... Sample12 Trinketsfile ...... 18

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iv Corellon Larethian

Corellon Larethian (core-ell-lon lah-reth-ee-yen) Seldarine before joining together to become is the leader of the elven deities, known as the Angharradh. In other legends, Corellon is the Seldarine (“the fellowship of brothers and mother of all the Seldarine, and their fathers are sisters of the wood”), and takes on forms that various deities from other pantheons. Some are male, female, both, and neither. He is the elves do worry about which of these legends is god of the elven race and of magic, , music, “true”, but the wisest sages believe that, in some art, craft, and leadership, and the first elves are sense, they all are. Gods are not born like said to have been born from the blood he mortals, and such accounts simply express spilled in battle with Gruumsh, the god of the relationships between them. Corellon has many . relationships with the other Seldarine, and the There are many legends of the originsSample of the differing file legends express them. Indeed, there is Seldarine. In one, Angharradh was the daughter reason to believe that there are or have been of Corellon Larethian, born when he was both legends depicting Corellon as mother, father, male and female, and Labelas Enoreth was the sole dual-sexed parent, spouse, and lover of son of Corellon as male and Angharradh, while each of the Seldarine. A handful of sages in his Aedrie Faenya, Hanali Celanil, and Sehanine church have made the collection of such Moonbow were the daughters of Corellon in legends their life’s work. No elven legends, female form and Labelas Enoreth, and Solonor however, appear to depict Corellon as the child Thelandira was the son of Corellon in male of any other deity. form and Sehanine Moonbow. In another, The Seldarine dwell in Arvandor, and they are Corellon Larethian and Angharradh were both not deities native to the . They born from primal power, although Corellon was came with the elves, or brought the elves, in the first, and Labelas Enoreth and Solonor distant past, and their association with that Thelandira were their sons. Rillifane Rallathil race has remained strong. However, they have was the son of Corellon in female form and acquired worshippers from other races, and Solonor Thelandira, and Aedrie Faenya, Hanali Corellon is one of the most popular elven Celanil, and Sehanine Moonbow were aspects deities among non-elves, particularly among of Angharradh who became more independent. those non-elves who are attracted to the In still another version, Aedrie Faenya, Hanali Seldarine by their admiration for elves and Celanil, and Sehanine Moonbow were the elven culture. Among half-elves, he is popular consorts of Corellon, and bore the other with those who want to play down, or even

1 deny, their human heritage. Corellon accepts open elven communities, starting with these worshippers; he treats them no differently Cormanthyr, use the elven pronouns for good- from elves who worship him, and expects the hearted sentient races, and the non-elven same of his followers. pronouns for sentient monsters, typically including orcs, drow, and demons. This Pronouns sometimes causes misunderstandings when non-elves who are accustomed to that usage In this supplement, the pronoun “he” is used for encounter elves from more isolated Corellon Larethian, in keeping with the communities, including Evereska, where the established practice in Forgotten Realms traditional usage is still prevalent. The elves of material. This is not a problem that occurs in Evereska do not think that all non-elves are Elvish, where the pronouns are divided by evil, just that they are all non-elves. “elven”, “non-elven”, and “inanimate”. Many

Ideals

Followers of Corellon Larethian strive to uphold his Ideals of Corellon Larethian ideals, but as a chaotic good 1. Change. Seek out new experiences and new ways. (Chaotic) deity he does not establish 2. Community. Defend the elves and encourage their strict rules. Instead, his flourishing. (Good) worshippers are expected to 3. Creativity. Create new works of beauty and moments of guide their lives in accordance delight. (Chaotic) with these goals, accepting that they will not fulfil them 4. Freedom.Sample Let the file spirit gambol unfettered. (Chaotic) perfectly. Most emphasise one 5. Honour. Be vigilant against the banished darkness. (Good) or two over the others, and any 6. Knowledge. Master and shape magic for the benefit of all. of these principles makes a fine (Good) Ideal for a player character. 7. Nature. Cherish the woodlands and those who live in them. (Good) New Experiences 8. Protection. Ward against those who would destroy what An elven lifetime may be long they cannot create. (Good) by human standards, but it is still all too short when faced with the richness that place needs heroes, so much the better. of the world. Corellon’s followers travel to new On the negative side, these characters may be places, try new ways of doing things, and revel reluctant to spend a long time working at a in all that happens to them. They explore, single task, or defending a single community. experiment, and experience. A life of adventure is ideally suited to Defend the Elves someone who holds this ideal in high esteem, Corellon Larethian is the god of the elves, and particularly a wandering life, or one that takes he expects his followers to work for the safety them to many different planes of existence. and flourishing of elves. This is true even of his Such a character needs no motivation to travel followers who are not elves themselves; if they beyond learning of a new place to visit, and if

2 choose to worship Corellon, they have chosen take decades or centuries to come to fruition, to put the interests of the elves ahead of their and there are forest glades near most elven own race. Of course, because he is a good deity, settlements that were guided into a beautiful he forbids his followers to advance the interests form by artists. of the elves by directly attacking other races, An adventurer who follows this ideal particularly other good-hearted races, such as probably wants to create beauty in places dwarves or humans. In theory, his followers where there is none, and where it will create restrict themselves to active defences even hope. She might seek out countries suffering against the orcs and drow, but the difference under war or tyranny, and show beauty to the between “active defence” and “attack” can be people there. hard to see. This ideal can lead people to neglect the Characters following this ideal may be based suffering that exists in the world. They in a particular elven community, defending it concentrate on creating beauty, and forget that from external and internal threats and helping people who are in pain cannot easily enjoy a it to grow, or may travel between different song. elven communities. They may also be travelling to world to put a stop to a particular threat to the elves, Suitable Flaws or to one community of elves. As noted in the descriptions of the ideals, followers of Corellon The negative side of this Larethian are particularly prone to certain flaws, which are ideal is a poor view of non- suitable for player characters. It is probably more interesting to elves, and while the clergy choose a flaw that is not based on your character’s ideal, to give make it clear that this is her personality more depth. wrong, not all of Corellon’s 1. I can’t stick with one thing for very long. I need something followers, particular those new. who rarely meet non-elves outside warfare, manage to 2. I know I shouldn’t, but I can’t help thinking that the elves are avoid it. superior to all the other races, and I sometimes act on that. 3. I’m so concerned with the things I’m creating here that I miss Create Beauty the suffering and need around me. Corellon is a god of art, craft, 4. I mustSample be free to file follow my heart, even if that hurts those and music, and the around me. production of those things is 5. I see the hand of the drow everywhere, and they must be an important part of his faith. defeated. Even the most practical tool 6. I want to see all powerful magic in safe hands: mine, or those can be a work of beauty, and of other elves. followers of Corellon believe 7. I can’t imagine treating the needs of people as more important that it should be. This than those of trees. aesthetic ideal has become a 8. I would happily sacrifice the lives of hundreds to save a great part of elven culture as a work of art. whole. Created beauty may be Free Spirits lasting, as in a piece of jewellery, or fleeting, as in a song improvised for a single event, and No two sentient beings are the same, and both types are of equal importance. While a everyone should have the opportunity to particular elf may concentrate on one or the pursue their own path through life. When other, she should not denigrate the one she has people’s desires come into conflict, they should not chosen, and many followers of Corellon find the way forward that gives both of them as choose to cultivate both. The elven lifespan much freedom as possible. This is not the same encourages the creation of works of art that as the ideal of seeking out new experiences;

3 some people want to stay in the same place, the mythals, it is also a source of great risk and watching a single grove of trees grow and die, danger, as was seen in the fall of Netheril. and they should be enabled to do that. Corellon Larethian’s followers believe that they A character following this ideal wants to free must master magic and create new people from tyranny and oppression. Slavery is enchantments to bring its benefits to the world, a particular horror to her, but a system that while also protecting everyone from its keeps people poor and denies them any realistic hazards. Many spend their lives in study within chance to do anything, or a rigid religion that elven communities, where they become some of prescribes a single right way of life, are also their most potent defenders, but others just anathema to her. This is the sort of character pick up a smattering of magic, so that they do who might well find herself at odds with a not neglect this important aspect of their faith. lawful good religion, before allying with it to A character driven by this ideal adventures to defeat lawful evil. discover and master lost magic, and to remove Characters following this ideal have a risks posed by powerful and dangerous tendency to concentrate on following their own enchantments. They would also oppose path, and leave it to others to find their own powerful users of magic, such as liches or the way. This can lead to a failure to do anything Red Wizards, who are not using it for the about problems that do not directly affect benefit of others. themselves. Characters following this ideal are prone to the delusion that no other people, or no non- Vigilance elves, are to be trusted with any magic, or have the knowledge and wisdom to understand the Millennia ago, Corellon Larethian banished risks and problems. Lolth and the drow pantheon to the darkness, and they have neither forgiven nor forgotten. Cherish the Forests His followers stand vigilant against their return, and fortify their hearts against the The Seldarine are the brothers and sisters of the corruption of the Spider Queen. While this wood, and almost all elves live in forested ideal is primarily concerned with the threat of environments. The trees, and sylvan creatures, Lolth and the evil drow, it is often extended to are an important part of elven life. Followers of cover defence against the orcs, as their deities Corellon Larethian commune with the natural also have an ancient grudge against the Sampleelves. world, file and live in harmony with it. They also Adventurers following this ideal are likely to work to keep it healthy and balanced, and believe in pro-active defence, taking the battle preserve it for the future. Even plants that lack to the drow, or the orcs, before they can bring it consciousness are an important part of this, and to the elves. Those who want to take a more these elves may quite literally hug trees. defensive posture normally focus on the Adventurers with this ideal often devote defence of elven communities. Any adventures themselves to defending a particular forest that take them against the ancient enemies of from threats. They may choose a forest with no the elves are eagerly accepted. elven community, in which case this is distinct This ideal can lead characters to become from defending the elves, but the two ideals rather obsessive, and they may forget that not often overlap. Larger threats to the forests of all drow are bound by the legacy of their race. the world may draw such characters out, or Such characters may, in time, come to honour they may wander, travelling to wherever the Shevarash more than Corellon. need is greatest. This ideal can lead characters to undervalue Master Magic the lives of elves and other sentient beings, seeing them as unimportant next to the majesty The elves are the sculptors and wardens of of the forests. magic’s endless mysteries. While magic has the power to make things of great beauty, such as

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