Advanced Bruce R. Cordell credits Designer: Bruce R. Cordell Editor: Kij Johnson Design and editorial assistance: Eric Boyd, Wolfgang Baur, and Erik Mona Creative Director: Ed Stark Brand Manager: Keith Strohm Cover Illustration: Tony Szczudlo Interior Illustrations: David Martin Cartography: Dennis Kauth, Todd Gamble Typography: Angelika Lokotz Graphic Design: Tanya Matson Art Director: Dawn Murin Sources: Based on the original DUNGEONS& DRAGONS@game created by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. Additional sources for this work include the following: DUNGEONMASTER@ Guide and Player‘s Handbook by Zeb Cook, On Hallowed Ground by Colin McComb, Faiths t? Avatars by Julia Martin with Eric Boyd, The Complete Priest’s Handbook by Aaron Allston, “Seeds of Evil” (DRAGON@Magazine #‘249)by James Wyatt, ”Kingdom of the Ghouls” (DUNGEO~~Adventures #70) by Wolfgang Baur, The Complete Book of Necromancers by Steve Kurtz, Aurora’s Whole Realm Catalog by J. 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Box 707 2600 Berchem Renton WA 98057-0707 Belgium +1-800-324-6496 +32-70-23-32-77 Visit our website at www.tsr.com contents Introduction ....................................... 4 Healing .................................. 34 How to Use This Book ............................ 4 Homily ................................... 34 Published Worlds & the Bastion of Faith .............4 Divine Holidays ........................... 34 GREYH.~~,Oerth .......................... 4 TheRetreat .................................. 35 FORGOTTENREALMS@. Tori1 .................... 5 The Common Room ........................ 35 PLAN ESCAPE^, Si$ ........................... 5 Accommodations .......................... 35 [email protected] ....................... 6 TheAgora ................................... 36 BIRTHRJGH~.Cerilia ......................... 6 Other Guilds & Bastion Interaction .................36 DARKSUN@). Athas ........................... 6 Secret Doctrine .................................... 38 Stormport. Neverness ........................ 6 "Blessings" of Fellowship ........................ 40 Overview of the Temple ............................. 7 Ferrante's Reliquary ............................. 40 TheGrounds ................................. 7 Subreliquary ................................... 41 Organization ................................. 7 Heironeous and the Faith ........................... 41 Temple Hierarchy ............................. 7 Heironeous .................................... 41 Adventurers and the Bastion .................... 8 Heironeous's Avatar ........................... 42 History of the Bastion .......................... 8 Other Manifestations .......................... 42 The Oeridian Migrations ..................... 8 TheChur ch .................................. 43 The Tale of Ferrante ......................... 8 Specialty Priests (Gloryaxes) .................... 45 Founding of a Church ....................... 9 Heironean Spells ................................ 45 Benefits of the Temple .......................... 9 Glyphs......................................... 51 Affiliate Benefits ............................ 9 TypesofGlyphs .............................. 53 Priesthood & People of Note ........................ 10 Common Glyphs ........................... 53 Abba Gaius ............................... 10 Restricted Glyphs .......................... 53 Hierodeacon Caernarvon .................... 11 Restricted Beneficial Glyphs .................53 Hierodeacon Dolaucoth ..................... 12 Restricted Weapon Glyphs Hierodeacon Landra ........................ 13 (use with greater glyph of warding only) .......53 Mother Loughora .......................... 13 New Magical Items ................................ 54 Father Netherby ........................... 14 Dicerions ...................................... 54 MotherAnnan ............................. 15 Vestments and Ecclesiastical Raiment ...............56 Father Abbregio .... .................... 16 Miscellaneous Holy Trappings .................... 59 Mother Fela ............................... 16 Holyweapons .................................. 62 Brother Nod .............................. 17 Original Book of Penitence ....................... 63 Inquisitor Ravenglass ....................... 18 PenitentFragments .............................. 64 Catechist Cassante ......................... 19 Spells of the Penitent Fragments ................... 64 TemplarLugo ............................. 20 KeystoBastionMaps .............................. 66 Lelay The Bellringer ........................ 21 Bastion of Faith Cross-sectional Map ............... 66 Complete Bastion Roster ......................... 22 EntranceMap .................................. 66 Bastion Roster ............................... 22 Ground Floor Map .............................. 68 Membership Interaction .......................... 23 Upper Floor Map ............................... 72 Interaction Table ........................... 23 Top of the Battlements ......................... 75 Entry & Advancement .............................. 23 CatacombMap ................................. 76 Observership ................................... 24 Reliquary and Subreliquary .................... 80 Postulancy ..................................... 24 Adventure Hooks .................................. 80 Novitiates ..................................... 24 Observership & Hard Choices ..................... 80 Priest Novitiates .............................. 25 ToServeandObey .............................. 82 Affiliate Novitiates ............................ 25 I'm on a Mission ................................ 83 Solemnlrows ................................... 26 Call of the Templar .............................. 86 Professed Priests ............................. 26 The Bastion of Evil .............................. 86 Affirmed Priests .............................. 27 Appendix1 ....................................... 87 Templars .................................... 28 Hextor ........................................ 87 Catechists ................................... 28 Hextor's Avatar .............................. 87 Inquisitors ................................... 29 Other Manifestations ....................... 88 Daily Life in the Bastion .......................... 29 The Church .................................. 88 Work Periods ................................... 29 Specialty Priests (Battlescourges) ..................91 Obediences .................................... 31 HextorianSpells ................................... 91 Missions ....................................... 31 The Exorcise Spell .................................. 92 Temple & Community Interactions ...................32 BastionMaps ...................................... 93 Favors: A New Economy ......................... 32 Bastion of Faith Cross-Sectional Map ................93 Favors As Currency ........................... 33 EntranceMap ................................... 93 Redeeming Favors ............................ 33 Ground Floor Map ............................... 94 The "Three Houses of Heironeous" ................34 Upper Floor Map ................................ 95 The Public Chapel ............................ 34 CatacombMap .................................. 96 2 rest-the art of gamemastering has been described by some as the art of selective looting and skillful application of said loot. In a broader sense, you can use everything as it stands. The temple, the clergy, their interactions and agendas, the holy days, the holy rule, the Secret Doctrine, and everything else you see here forms a whole. Change the name of the deities and the key personalities to fit your world, but the core design can remain as presented. s and snould never grieve him by our unjust Published Worlds & actions. With his ood ift of fairness which is in us, an by