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Greek Gods Table of Contents www.GetPedia.com The Lore of the Gods Book One: The Greek Gods Table of Contents Introduction .........................................................2 Hermes ................................................................20 Aphrodite .............................................................3 Hestia ..................................................................21 Apollo....................................................................4 Persephone .........................................................22 Ares ........................................................................6 Poseidon .............................................................23 Artemis..................................................................7 Thanatos .............................................................25 Athena ...................................................................9 Zeus .....................................................................26 Demeter ..............................................................10 New Domains: ...................................................28 Dionysus .............................................................12 New Spells .........................................................30 Eros ......................................................................13 New Monsters ...................................................38 Hades...................................................................14 Appendix One: Children of the Gods..........41 Hephaestus .........................................................16 Appendix Two: Prestige Class ......................42 Hera .....................................................................18 Appendix Three: Heroes ................................43 Lead Designers Art Director Todd Morasch Steven Creech and Kevin Ruesch Table of Contents Lead Editor Artwork Steven Schend Aaron D. Siddal Creative Director Jim Butler The authors wish to acknowledge and thank the following people for their generous help in crafting this book: (SC): To my wife, Laurie, for her sacrifices and her willingness to let me pursue a dream. (KR): To my wife, Jodi, and to my sons, Zachary and Bryce, for your support, love, and inspiration. Bastion Press and the Bastion Press logo are trademarks owned by Bastion Press, Inc. ‘d20 System’ and the 11 ‘d20 System’ logo are Trademarks owned by Wizards of the Coast and are used according to the terms of the d20 System License version 1.0. Dungeons & Dragons and Wizards of the Coast are registered trademarks of Wizards of the Coast, Inc. and are used with permission. A copy of this License can be found at www.wizards.com. © 2002 Bastion Press, Inc. All Rights Reserved. • Pan, • Persephone, • Helios (who also falls into the first category as the Sun), • the Titanes, Introduction • Hekate, and others. The Greek gods. The mere mention of them immedi- ately conjures images of Zeus hurling thunderbolts, The fifth classification encompasses the twelve Hermes speeding through the lands on winged Greater or Olympian Gods who ruled and were boots, Aphrodite entrancing men with her beauty, served by all of the other divinities: and even Hades ruling the souls in the Underworld. • Aphrodite, They are the essence of immortality. The conquests, • Apollo, epic struggles, loves, losses, and lore that surround • Ares, them fill volume after volume of tome and are • Artemis, passed down among each generation of the mortal • Athena, races that worship the gods. • Hades, Greek mythology is rich in history and tales of • Hephaestus, gods, heroes, women, and monsters. Sages have • Hera, recorded their exploits while bards have sung of • Hermes, their deeds and tragedies, the two greatest being • Hestia, Homer and Hesiod. These tales have captured • Poseidon, and audiences for ages. • Zeus. The divinities of the Greek Mythology can be grouped into six classifications: The sixth and final classification is the Giants and The first gods are the ancient elemental gods that the Monsters, some mortal, some immortal and all made up the very fabric of the universe unusual in appearance. Here are a few examples, • Gaia (Earth), but there are far more than just: • Pontos (Sea), • Hydra, • Ouranos (the solid dome of the Sky), • Sphinx, • the Ourea (Mountains), • Gorgon, • Khaos (Air), • Medusa, • Nyx (the dark mist of Night), • Pegasus, • Aither (the Bright Upper Air), • Cyclops, and • Okeanos (the earth-encircling River Ocean), • Minotaurs. • the Potamoi (Rivers), and • Okeanides (Clouds). For the purposes of this book, we focus primarily on the Olympian gods and their offspring. Any The second gods are the nature spirits: domains marked with an asterisk (*) are new and • The Naiades (Fresh Water Nymphs), should be referenced in the section on domains. • The Satyroi (Fertility Spirits), • The Oreiades (Tree Nymphs of the About the Avatars Mountains), and Introduction • Each of the gods below has an avatar that travels the The Nereides (Sea Nymphs). various Prime Material worlds, influencing and interacting with mortals as it deems necessary. This The third are the immortal human-affecting spirits avatar is not the actual god itself, only a thought known as: flung out into the cosmos that always acts in the best • Hypnos (Sleep), • interests of the god itself. Keres (Violent Death), Avatar: This figment of the god is immune to the • Elpis (Hope), • following effects: poison, sleep, paralysis, stunning, Eris (Strife), disease, death effects, mind-influencing effects • Ploutos (Wealth), 2 • (charms, compulsions, phantasms, patterns, and Eros (Love), morale effects), ability drain, and energy drain. It • Peitho (Persuasion), and • possesses darkvision to a range of 120 feet and can Tykhe (Luck). never be surprised by any mortal not cloaked by some form of shrouding magic (such as The fourth set of gods is the Lesser Gods, including nondetection). If the avatar has the ability to cast (but not limited to): spells, it has access to all spells of the appropriate class (some favored spells are listed under each Avatar Of Aphrodite, Female Human spellcasting avatar’s statistics; as asterisk in the spell Bard20 CR 20; Size: M Type Humanoid; HD indicates that it is a new spell detailed in this (20d6)+80; hp 200; Init +4 (Dex); Speed 30'; product). AC 26 (flatfooted 22, touch 19), SA: Bardic music 20/day, Bardic knowledge; Vision: Darkvision 120’ AL: CG; Save: Fort +10, Ref Aphrodite +16, Will +16; Str 22, Dex 18, Con 18, Int 19, Goddess of Love, Desire and Beauty; Wis 19, Cha 27 Goddess of Fertility Alignment: Chaotic Good Weapons: Mace +5 (Light/Bane (Monstrous Domain: Good, Love* humanoids)/Disruption/Holy) +27/+22/+17 Symbol: Dove, Myrtle Tree, Rose, melee Dmg: 1d6+11 Crit: 19-20/x2 Spec: +2 and Swan better vs. designated foe and does +2d6 Traditional Allies: Ares, Adonis, bonus damage, undead hit must make Fort Eros (son), Heracles (half-brother), save (DC 14) or be destroyed, +2d6 holy and Hephaestus damage vs. evil, 1 negative level bestowed to Traditional Foes: Monstrous evil wielder, Unarmed Strike +21/+16/+11 humanoids and undead monsters melee Dmg: 1d3+6 Crit: 20/ that seek to corrupt or destroy x2 any natural beauty. Divine Artifact: Girdle of Artifacts of the Gods Rapture, Staff of Magnificence that the Avatar may Favored Weapon: Mace, possess: Quarterstaff Aphrodite’s Staff of Favored Class: Bard Magnificence: Benefits: Clerics and bards of This is a +5 staff crafted of solid Aphrodite gain a +1 bonus to gold capped with a ruby roughly all Charisma-related checks. three inches in diameter that channels Aphrodite’s divine power. The events of Aphrodite’s The wielder of this staff is granted the birth have been shrouded in following benefits (at 20th level): • mystery. The bard Homer Immunity to all mind-influencing effects. claims she is the daughter of Aphrodite • Zeus and the oceanid Dione. Dispel evil at will. • A different bard, Hesiod, tell Charm person and charm monster at a much different tale. will. • According to him, the titan Hold person, hold animal and hold Cronus severed a part of his monster at will. • father, Ouranos, and flung it Holy aura (upon the wielder) into the sea. From the blood at will. • and foam, Aphrodite arose a Holy smite at will. • fully-grown woman and floated Prismatic sphere – 3/day • to the shore on a giant seashell. Prismatic spray – 3/day • This would make her one of the Prismatic wall – 3/day ancient elemental gods rather than an Olympian god as told by Homer. Girdle of Rapture: Aphrodite is married to Hephaestus, and is The girdle resembles a light sash made of the known for having numerous affairs with gods and finest gold weave interweaved with a variety mortals. Among those are Ares and the mortal of precious stones including diamonds, Adonis, who was killed by Ares. She is widely sapphires, rubies, emeralds and topazes. This known for using her wiles to gain the upper hand in divine artifact carries the full power of the political arena of the gods. Only Artemis, Aphrodite’s allure, charm, and irresistible 33 Athena and Hestia are immune to Aphrodite’s attraction. The wearer of this item is granted charms. the following benefits (at 20th level): • Immunity to all mind-influencing effects. • Mists of ecstasy – 3/day (No saving neutralize poison, rainbow pattern; 5th-level: throw allowed – The wearer is dream, false vision, greater dispelling, healing completely immune to all effects, circle, mislead; 6th-level: geas/quest, mass haste, even if in telepathic contact with the plane shift,
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