by Don Twistbuck
The Baklunish Pantheon
GESHTAI
(Daughter of the Oasis)
Lesser Goddess
Lakes, rivers, wells, streams
ARMOR CLASS: 0
MOVE: 21”
HIT POINTS: 188
NO. OF ATTACKS: 2
DAMAGE/ATTACK: 1d4 (+2 strength
bonus, +2 magical bonus)
SPECIAL ATTACKS: See below
SPECIAL DEFENSES: See below
MAGIC RESISTANCE: 50%
SIZE: M (5’ tall)
ALIGNMENT: Neutral
WORSHIPPERS’ ALIGNMENT: Any
SYMBOL: Waterspout
PLANE: Concordant Opposition
CLERIC: 15th level rashaw
FIGHTER: Nil
MAGIC-USER: 15th level illusionist
THIEF: 9th level thief
MONK/BARD: Nil
PSIONIC ABILITY: II
Attack/Defense Modes: All/all
S:17 I:19 W:23 D:21 C:21 CH:22
Geshtai is the goddess of water,
especially lakes, rivers, wells, and streams
that provide drinking water. The daughter
of Mat’ur and a mortal hero who overthrew
a tyrannical khan in the legendary past,
she is often invoked by those travelers in
the Dry Steppes and other arid regions
who are in need of water. She is one of the
few Baklunish deities who has received
relatively broad popularity in the Flanaess.
Geshtai appears as a young Baklunish
girl standing in a pool, and is often carrying
a clay water jug. She is accompanied by
the magical fish Gumus, who can summon
any sort of water creature to serve her for
up to one hour; both magical and mundane
sorts of creatures can be so summoned.
Gumus itself does not need water, and
simply swims through the air. Gumus
appears as a large blue carp.
Geshtai herself carries a dagger +2,
which she uses in combat only if absolutely
necessary. If she pierces the ground with
the dagger, a spring will appear in that
spot, providing fresh water for up to a year.
In the Flanaess, this weapon is said to be
a spear, but retains its power to create
springs.
Geshtai lives at the bottom of a deep
lake on the plane of Concordant
Opposition, where she is served by
merfolk and other intelligent freshwater
creatures.
Geshtai hates all deities associated with
poison and fire, so naturally does not get
along with Duhl Parath or Kadar in the Gumus
Baklunish pantheon, or Joramy or
Pyremius in the Flanaess. She does
greatly respect Suwat, who takes special SUWAT
care of underground springs and rivers. (of the Stone Eyes)
Rashaws of Gehtai wear robes of blue Lesser God
and white. They wander the more arid Mountains, stone, metal
regions of the Baklunish basin, directing ARMOR CLASS: 0
travelers to springs and wells, as well as MOVE: 21”
protecting such places from those who HIT POINTS: 204
might attempt to despoil them. Temples NO. OF ATTACKS: 2
are always located at places where water DAMAGE/ATTACK: 1d6 (+14 strength
is available, and such is always available bonus)
to anyone, no matter who they may be. SPECIAL ATTACKS: See below
Services to Geshtai consist of offerings of SPECIAL DEFENSES: See below
sand and dust, which are transmuted into MAGIC RESISTANCE: 40%
water by the priest. SIZE: M (5’ tall)
Small idols of Gestai are oval plaques ALIGNMENT: Neutral evil
with the image of a carp and a jug. Large WORSHIPPERS’ ALIGNMENT: Any
idols are life-sized images of the goddess SYMBOL: Stylized rock
with a jug in one hand. PLANE: Elemental Plane of Earth
Small idols can be used to invoke the CLERIC: 15th level rashaw
following powers: FIGHTER: 18th level fighter
• Create Water (least) MAGIC-USER: Nil (but see below)
• Purify Water (lesser) THIEF: Nil
• Water Walk (greater) MONK/BARD: 5th level bard
PSIONIC ABILITY: II
Large idols can be used to invoke the Attack/Defense Modes: All/all
following powers: S:25 I:19 W:20 D:20 C:25 CH:19
• Precipitation (least)
• Water Breathing (lesser) Suwat is the god of rocks and stone,
• Transmute dust to water mining and metals. Miners and smiths of
(greater) all alignments pay him homage, and he is
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a friend of all who dwell in mountain and
hill, regardless of alignment. He is
relatively unknown among the Paynims,
who do not mine their own metals and who
eschew the mountains, but his
worshippers are common in places such
as Tusmit, Ket, and Mur. Underground
springs are especially sacred to him.
Suwat appears as a small, squat human
made entirely of stone. If he stands still
before being seen moving, he is 99% likely
to be mistaken for a statue. He invariably
holds a pickaxe +3 (treat as a footman’s
military pick) which also functions as a
spade of colossal excavation.
Suwat can cast any earth-based magic-
user spell once per round as if he were a
20th level magic-user.
Suwat lives in a magnificent cavern
complex in the Elemental Plane of Earth
known as the Warrens of Paradise. He is
served by an elite regiment of Dao and
xorn, including a squadron of purple worm
mounted cavalry. In addition to his
followers, he takes a tithe of all Bakluni
who die beneath the surface of the earth,
no matter their alignment.
Suwat is one of the most aloof of the
Baklunish gods, preferring to ignore the
goings-on on the surface of his beloved
earth in favor of the myriad happenings
and potentialities of the underground. He
views all mines, dungeons, caverns, and
other underground places as his own,
even if such ownership is sometimes
disputed. He takes no mind of such
disputes.
Rashaws of Suwat wear robes of brown
and white. Temples are, naturally,
underground, and are often found in
mountainous or hilly terrain. Services are
triggered by seismic activity, and can thus
be quite irregular. Offerings of gems are
made to Suwat at such times, both as
thanks and propitiation.
Small idols of Suwat are rectangular
slabs with a stylized face; the mouth is
always open, and often has a hole in it
(they are sometimes used as fountains;
such are not mobile, for obvious reasons).
Large idols show the god in as a short,
squat humanoid, reminiscent of a stone
golem. The small idols of Suwat invoke
different powers if they double as
fountains:
Small non-fountain idols can be used to
invoke the following powers:
• Detect Snares and Pits (least)
• Heat Metal (lesser)
• Stoneskin (greater)
Small fountain idols can be used to
invoke the following powers:
• Create Water (least)
• Purify Water (lesser)
• Lower Water (greater)
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Large idols can be used to invoke the
following powers:
• Shatter (least)
• Stone Shape (lesser)
• Wall of Stone (greater)
WAADI
(Queen of the Djinnis)
Lesser Goddess
Moon (Celene), snakes, the sky, wind
ARMOR CLASS: -1
MOVE: 21”
HIT POINTS: 166
NO. OF ATTACKS: 1
DAMAGE/ATTACK: 1d6 (+1 strength
bonus, +4 magic bonus)
SPECIAL ATTACKS: See below
SPECIAL DEFENSES: See below
MAGIC RESISTANCE: 100%
SIZE: M (5’ tall)
ALIGNMENT: Chaotic good
WORSHIPPERS’ ALIGNMENT: Chaotic
good, chaotic neutral, neutral good
SYMBOL: Moon disk encircled by snake
biting its own tail
PLANE: Elemental Plane of Air
CLERIC: 13th level rashaw
FIGHTER: Nil
MAGIC-USER: 13th level illusionist
THIEF: Nil
MONK/BARD: 13th level bard
PSIONIC ABILITY: II
Attack/Defense Modes: All/all
S:17 I:25 W:22 D:19 C:21 CH:19
Waadi is the other moon deity in the
Baklunish pantheon, sister to Malthebaal.
They are strong allies despite their
opposite natures. All djinnis acknowledge
her as their queen, although she affords
them great latitude and does not demand
much of their service.
She dwells in a small castle in the
Elemental Plane of Air most of the time
with djinni servants, but during the week
around the night when the moon Celene is
full, she visits Oerth incognito and joins in
the revels celebrated across the world,
both within and far beyond the Baklunish
basin. She can also travel to the Elemental
Plane of Air at will, no matter where she
may be at the time.
Waadi appears as a beautiful, dark-eyed
woman of indeterminate age, but can
appear as any human, demi-human, or
humanoid creature she wishes, albeit only
in female form. Snakes of some sort will
always be present on or near her person,
whether an actual snake, a tattoo, jewelry,
etc. At times she carries the Staff of the
Moon, which functions as a quarterstaff
+4, and which can issue forth a cloudkill
spell once per turn. No air-based spell can
harm or hinder her.
Waadi is regarded as somewhat
haughty and imperious with dealing with
others, which makes her unliked by many
other gods, with the exception of her
brother Malthebaal, as noted above.
Hasnat is probably her closest companion
among the divinities of the Baklunish,
although she has been known to share the
company of Olidammara when she visits
the East on her holy days, and it is rumored
that she enjoys the company of other,
similar deities elsewhere on Oerth.
Rashaws of Waadi are divided into two
camps. The Sisterhood of the Moon is
exclusively female, and dresses in all
green. The Fellowship of the Serpent is
both male and female, and dress in
garments of blue and green, with white and
black serpent motifs. The two sects do not
get along, save during the week around
the full moon four times per year, when
they band together to celebrate the highest
holidays of their goddess. Paradoxically,
both use the iconography of the other, and
both claim their path is the one that truly
embraces the goddess’s mastery of the
sky and air. There is a breakaway sect
from the Sisterhood called the Green
Mothers, which eschews cooperation with
the Fellowship. They are relatively small,
but can be disruptive at times. They are
officially banned but unofficially tolerated in
Zeif, and operate openly in the Bakhoury
Coast.
Small idols of Waadi are round plaques
showing the lunar disc surrounded by a
snake eating its own tail (the Green
Mothers simply use a lunar disc to no ill
effects, which they loudly proclaim as a
sign of approval from the goddess). Large
idols show the goddess in human form,
always accompanied by a serpent, usually
shown entwined about an arm, leg, or
both.
Small idols can be used to invoke the
following powers:
• Zephyr (least)
• Gust of Wind (lesser)
• Wind Wall (greater)
Large idols can be used to invoke the
following powers:
• Snake Charm (least)
• Sticks to Snakes (lesser)
• Moonbeam (greater)
 turban and usually clutching an armful of in court buildings. He has few full-time
scrolls. He is unarmed, but these scrolls clergy, most of whom double as
are a potent form of attack; if he hurls one functionaries in the legal profession in one
at an enemy (range 3/6/9), it will explode capacity or another. Services are held at
in a burst of flame, doing 3d6 h.p. to all the full moon, and consist of the burning of
creatures in a 10’ radius (save vs. wands incense and the reading of ponderous
for half damage). Although he only seems legal and procedural tomes, followed by
to have a few such scrolls at any given rigorous and sometimes rancorous debate
time, he never seems to run out when about how the principles enumerated
hurling them at enemies. therein can be applied in a practical sense.
Malakim is a servant of Al’hatha, and Large idols of Malakim are images of the
shares his lord’s antagonism towards the god in human form. Small idols are stone
chaotic members of the Baklunish plaques carefully carved to look like
pantheon. He has a rapport with the scrolls.
eastern god Pholtus, and the two have Small idols can be used to invoke the
assisted one another on occasion in recent following powers:
decades. • Command (least)
Malakim dwells with his master in the • Hold Person (lesser)
Seven Heavens, although he finds the • Know Alignment (greater)
deviation from strict adherence to the
written law somewhat grating. He will Large idols can be used to invoke the
occasionally venture to the Prime Material following powers:
MALAKIM Plane to observe legal proceedings of • Silence 15’ Radius (least)
(The Lawkeeper) great import, or sometimes of the least • Detect Lie (lesser)
Demigod possible significance to anyone who • Atonement (greater)
Law, arbitration, proper procedure relishes anything but the law itself.
ARMOR CLASS: 1 Malakim’s rashaws can be male or
MOVE: 21” female. They are almost always judges or
HIT POINTS: 120 lawyers, although some scribes and
NO. OF ATTACKS: 2 related occupations are coming to his cult.
DAMAGE/ATTACK: 3-18 Temples dedicated to Malakim almost
SPECIAL ATTACKS: See below always double as legal libraries, and
SPECIAL DEFENSES: See below occasionally shrines to him can be found
MAGIC RESISTANCE: 30%
SIZE: M (6’ tall)
ALIGNMENT: Lawful neutral
WORSHIPPERS’ ALIGNMENT: Any
lawful
SYMBOL: Scroll
PLANE: Nirvana
CLERIC: Nil
FIGHTER: 11th level fighter
MAGIC-USER: 15th level magic-user
THIEF: Nil
MONK/BARD: 10th level monk
PSIONIC ABILITY: III
Attack/Defense Modes: All/all
S:23 I:20 W:19 D:17 C:18 CH:15

Malakim is the keeper of order, due

process, law, oaths, and agreements. He
is the newest member of the Baklunish
pantheon, only having achieved
apotheosis little more than a century ago.
For generations the chief magistrate and
later grand vizier of Risay, credited with
creating the law code which remains in
effect to this day and which bears his
name. His devotion to Al’hatha throughout
his unnaturally long life, as well as his
extraordinary actions and adventures,
eventually led to his deification. His cult
remains small, but fervent, and mostly
attracts those who are versed in the law. It
has quickly spread beyond Risay and has
adherents as far as Ket, Ekbir, and Mur.
Malakim always appears as an elderly
gentleman of letters, with an oversized
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ZUOKEN
(Master of Mind and Body, Servant of
the Lady)
Demigod
Physical and mental mastery
ARMOR CLASS: -3
MOVE: 32”
HIT POINTS: 108
NO. OF ATTACKS: 4
DAMAGE/ATTACK: 8-32 (no strength
bonus when using monk abilities)
SPECIAL ATTACKS: See below
SPECIAL DEFENSES: See below
MAGIC RESISTANCE: 20%
SIZE: M (6’ tall)
ALIGNMENT: Neutral
WORSHIPPERS’ ALIGNMENT: Any
SYMBOL: Fist
PLANE: Prime Material
CLERIC: Nil
FIGHTER: Nil
MAGIC-USER: Nil
THIEF: 10th level thief
MONK/BARD: 17th level monk
PSIONIC ABILITY: I
Attack/Defense Modes: All/all
S:25 I:19 W:20 D:25 C:20 CH:17
Zuoken is the god of both the mental
disciplines of psionics as well as the
physical disciplines of unarmed monkish
combat. A devout follower of the goddess
Xan Yae, he achieved apotheosis as a
result of his perfect balance of mind and
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body. Zuoken is one of the few Baklunish
deities to have been adopted in the
Flanaess, with a wide following among
monks, with a string of monasteries
dedicated to him having been established.
He stopped appearing to his followers or
granting spells in the year 3164, although
Xan Yae has started granting spells to his
clerics and rashaws.
Magical inquiries have determined that
his essence is being imprisoned
somewhere far to the East in the region of
the lake known as the Nyr Dyv, but further
investigations have proven fruitless. Until
further information presents itself, his
followers await his return, and continue
their own efforts to hasten that day.
Zuoken appeared as a nondescript
Baklunish man of modest means. He bore
no weapons, and relied solely on his
unarmed and mental combat techniques
for defense. Before his disappearance, he
wandered the Prime Material Plane
spreading his message of self-discipline,
and undertaking missions for Xan Yae.
Rashaws of Zuoken are few and far
between, but his clerics are slightly more
common to the east. Both wear loose-
fitting garments similar to those worn by
monks, and many will study as monks at
some point in their life. Clerics and
rashaws of 10th level or above gain the
monk’s ability to ward off mind blast and
other psionic attacks as if they have an
intelligence score of 18.
There are no temples dedicated to
Zuoken, per se, but monasteries have
been founded to promote his teachings,.
There are no “services” in the traditional
sense, but there are daily exercises and
devotions consisting of physical
movement and meditation designed to
foster the self-mastery of the individual.
Small idols of Zuoken are circular disks
with the image of a fist. Large idols of
Zuoken are life sized and depict the god in
silent meditation, kneeling. His face will
look completely composed. Some powers
of his Idols impart psionic rather than spell-
like powers. For these purposes, small
idols will have a total of 5 strength points
per day, and large idols will have 15, in
addition to the limitations imposed by the
level of the rashaw and the strength of the
power being invoked. Such are marked
with asterisks below.
Small idols can be used to invoke the
following powers:
• Body Equilibrium* (least)
• Body Weaponry* (lesser)
• Hold Person (greater)
Large idols can be used to invoke the
following powers:
• Telepathy* (least)
• Domination* (lesser)
• Cure Critical Wounds (greater)
 CLERICS RAIMENT SACRIFICE/ PROPITIATION
PLACE OF
DEITY SPHERE OF CONTROL ANIMAL COLOR(S) HOLY DAYS
WORSHIP
M F N-H HEAD BODY FREQUENCY FORM

Al’hatha sun, oaths, truth n/a X X turban/bare robes white and gold irregular varies animals temple

pleasure
Al’ydor war, wine, lust dragonne X X X bare robes any irregular varies drunken revels
house

Banlasa healing, redemption n/a X X turban/bare robes red or green Irregular varies broken weapons temple

temple
new moon recitation of
Duhl Parath deceit, corruption, poison cow X X X mask robes silver and black monthly (hidden or
(Luna) wicked deeds
underground)

full moon Temple,

Geshtai lakes, rivers, wells carp X X X bare robes blue and white monthly sand and dust
(Luna) springs, wells

new moon
Hadyan magic, knowledge, scholarship n/a X X bare caftan red and white monthly hymns, incense temple
(Luna)

crescent
Hasnat poetry, music, song pegasus X X turban/veil robes black twice monthly songs, verse temple-theater
moon (Luna)

hood (long incense,

Istus fate, destiny spider X X robes grey or black irregular varies temple
hair) chanting, music

red, yellow,
Kadar fire, destruction, greed n/a X X X bare robes irregular varies bonfire temple
orange

law, arbitration, proper full moon

Malakim n/a X turban robes tan and white monthly incense temple-library
procedure (Luna)

full moon
Malthebaal moon (Luna) n/a X X hood robes white and graey monthly incense, pearls temple
(Luna)

Mat’ur rain, compassion, sleep frog X X bare robes yellow, green n/a daily song, alms temple

Mouqol trade, negotiation n/a X X X turban/bare robes any n/a daily commerce market-temple

murder, assassination, temple

Nasri n/a X X X any any any n/a varies human
banditry, terror (hidden)

Suwat mountains, stone, metal n/a X X bare robes brown and white irregular varies gems temple

moon (Celene), snakes, the green or green four times per food, wine,
Waadi snake X X turban/veil robes moon phases temple
sky, wind and blue month flowers

bull, horse, full and new

Winarim plants, trees, animals, birds X X X turban/bare robes brown and green twice monthly prayer temple
goat moon (Luna)

pwilight, shadows, stealth, grey and red- dance, chants, temple

Xan Yae n/a X X bare robes irregular varies
mind over matter yellow prayer (incognito)

Ya’huth slavery, oppression, injustice eagle X X X bare robes black, grey irregular varies human temple

monk exercises,
Zuoken physical and mental mastery n/a X X X bare white n/a daily monastery
robes meditation

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