USING this Zine

These hands are called to action, as

the gods demand..
Theses hands offer supplication,
as the gods demand...
These hands are imbued with fervor,
as the gods demand...
These hands shall not waver, as the
gods demand.
As the Gods Demand is a
deconstruction of divine power and
deities for use in the world’s most
popular role-playing game.
Rather than treat gods and their
power as something a player can
earn through leveling up, As the
Gods Demand present divine power
as something that can be wielded
and earned by anyone, provided
they take the appropriate steps and
sacrifices. Walking the path of a
cleric or zealot now requires action
and risks consequence, allowing
players to make interesting choices
if they wish to seek greater power.
The many gods within the zine offer
all manner of powers and boons if
the faithful is willing to undertake
tasks to earn their favor.
This zine provides player rules for a
level-less divine magic system, a
series of gods for both GM and
player to explore, accessory rules on
death, divine-inspired encounters,
and becoming a deity yourself.
The content in this zine was
designed to be mostly system-
neutral. While much of it operates
with a twenty-sided dice in mind,
they can be easily adapted to fit
most systems.

Some recommended rule-sets:

• Old-School Essentials
• Dungeon Crawl Classics
• Knave • Mork Borg
• Black Hack • Troika
• Pathfinder • 5E

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 You are the Faithful
The gods call and you answer. It is a
ring from the fiery word of a
proselytizer, a gentle hums from the
natural world, or perhaps a whisper
that crawls from the forbidden
reaches of your psyche. Your station
in life matters not, all that matters
are your actions in service to your
god. Their blessings are yours to
accept, but their demands grow
greater and more extreme the
longer you walk the divine path.
How far will you go to satisfy your
god?
The Level-less Cleric
The following system removes the
need for a dedicated “cleric/
warlock” class; anyone can
undertake the path of a cleric,
prophet, or fanatic. Rather than gate
the powers of the divine behind a
class or at character creation,
powers are gained organically as a
character grows and pursues a path
of devotion. The strength and
wisdom a character gains from
levels facilitate their spiritual growth
and assist them in their divine
journey.
Powered by Action
Instead of levels determining the
abilities of the character, powers are
gained and determined by the
actions and sacrifices made by the Miracles of the Gods
character in accordance with their Each god bears its own demands
faith. In this system, the more effort and strictures, while also bestowing
a character puts in to satisfying their their own unique miracles and
deity the more they are rewarded powers to their followers. Instead of
and empowered; so long as they drawing from a pool of generic
uphold the progressively stricter and miracles and spells, each god has a
more difficult requirements to short and specific list of powers
sustain that power. If a character is closely tied to their domains and
capable of completing actions to strictures. The miracles themselves
curry divine favor, there is nothing range from being subtle and easily
stopping them from earning such applicable, to devastating albeit
power. obtuse; it is up to the character to
discover a proper use for the
miracles of their gods.

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Miracles
The gods wield powers that mortal
minds were not meant to
understand. Wills and might that
shaped and wove the world from
nothingness. They offer this power to
their followers, but only if their will
is appeased...
The following section details how
the gods and their powers function
mechanically. In the abstract,
followers will be undergoing
initiation, gaining Favor, and
spending said favor to invoke
Miracles.
Initiation & Miracles
Initiation is the first step to
becoming the follower of a god.
Each god has their own stricture
and process of initiation, involving a
ceremony and swearing of a creed.
So long as a follower upholds their
god’s creed they can invoke a
Miracle: a divine power that can be
cast like a spell.
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and Favor
Favor
In order to invoke a Miracle a
follower must spend Favor.
Favor is a currency gained by
appeasing the follower’s chosen
god, earned with acts of devotion or
sacrifices made in the god’s honor.
Each Miracle costs a single Favor to
cast (unless otherwise noted) and a
follower can hold any number of
Favor.
Daily Invocation: As long as a
follower upholds their god’s creed,
they awake each sunrise with one
Daily Favor. Unlike other forms of
earning Favor, this Daily Favor is not
cumulative and resets each sunrise
if unused.
Rite
A follower can earn access to
additional Miracles by performing
Rites for their god. Rites, in this
context, are specific holy tasks that
can range in difficulty and scope.
Once a Rite is complete, the
follower is given access to another
Miracle.
AshThemus, Law-bringer
The Iron Priests
The followers of the Law-bringer are
denoted by their wrought iron
jewelry, often inscribed chains to
symbolize the iron-will and
unbreakable laws of their god. The
religious leaders, known as “Iron
Priests” lead orderly congregations
through strict and rigorous sermons,
that function as both structured
liturgy and legal lecture. Both Iron
Priests and worshipers sometimes
find themselves working as judges,
barristers and notaries; while
executioners and law enforcement
officials take pride in upholding the
cold justice of their god.
Initiation
To join the Law-bringer’s
congregation, you must seek out a
practicing Iron Priest. If you are an
upstanding member of society and
well-versed in the laws of the land,
the Iron Priest will test you on civic
proceedings and philosophical
quandaries pertaining to the law. If
you are found worthy, you must
sign your name in blood upon the
priest’s ledger and are given an
appropriate devotional item.

Daily Invocation
In the beginning the world was - Always obey the law.
without form or order. Ashthemus
gazed upon the primordial chaos - Hold or wear a symbol of
and saw it wanting, for without devotion to Ashthemus.
shape it was without purpose. They - Attend religious
set out to enact a great change upon service at least
the disorder of the world, carrying once a week if
words meant to shape and bind. Yet able.
none would bear their will; neither - Assist with civic
stone, nor sea, or sky above was or legal disputes
want to be given true purpose. So, when asked.
Ashthemus, whose will would shape
the world, carved the words upon
their own flesh; as the words were of
their will, it was only fair that they
bear it.
Thus, the first law was written and
Ashthemus the Law-bringer’s will
was made manifest.
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Initial Miracle
The Binding Words
You enter into a contract with
another being who can understand
you. The contract can either be
written or spoken, but always ends
with each party shedding a single
drop of blood. Once invoked, the
parties must provide and uphold
their ends of the bargain. If the deal
is broken, the wronged party will
immediately know of it, a strange
force pointing them to the deal-
breaker like a compass. If the
Faithful is wronged, anything they
provided in the contract is returned
mysteriously over the course of a
week.
Rites
Trial of the Sanguine Justice
The law can be written in blood or
stone, yet it must be held aloft by
those willing to bleed for it.
You must hunt down a notorious
and dangerous outlaw, one who is
unbound by any law. You shall ask
them three times to denounce their
ways and swear fealty to the Law-
Bringer as penance. If they refuse
the third time, they are to be swiftly
executed, thus completing the rite.
Miracle: Aegis of Law
For one hour, you are wholly
protected by the law. If there is a
law in place against theft, violence,
or undue harm as it pertains to you,
then no such action can befall you.
Assailants or adversaries find
themselves compelled to cease
unlawful actions against you.
Favor
- Assist in the proceedings of
an important court case.
- Ritually execute a criminal in
the name of the law and
Ashthemus.
- Contractually acquire a mortal
soul for Ashthemus.
- Bring in an outlaw to be
convicted and judged.
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Observance of the Knotted Creed
Heretical to the priests and despised
by almost all, yet their god declares
it justice...
You must defend the actions of
yourself or another using only the
letter of the law. Even if the actions
are considered unlawful or unjust,
you may justify them with anything
from legal loophole or archaic
technicality. So long as the actions
of the defendant are deemed “legal”
or “justified” by those presiding over
the judgment, the rite is completed.
Miracle: The Edict Temporal
Until the next sunrise, you may
bring a new law into existence. This
edict may be written or spoken
aloud, but all who observe it are
compelled to believe that this new
law is to be followed. Some may
save to avoid this, but most will cow
to it and follow it without question.
The Hundredth-Graven Offering
Those who provide for Ashthemus
may speak and bargain in their
stead, their wills intimately bound.
You must contractually acquire 100
mortal souls for Ashthemus. This
can be with fair and honest bargains
or subtle technicalities. As long as
the souls are bound or delivered,
the rite is considered complete.
Miracle: The Graven Pact
You enter into a contract with
another being on behalf of
Ashthemus, each side agreeing to
specific terms and conditions. Once
the deal is struck, anything the
being desired is mysteriously and
magically provided including
vitality, wealth, and even power.
However, if the being breaks their
end of the bargain in any fashion or
the bargain has a tragically ironic
outcome and the being wants out,
you may end their life with a single
word, sending their soul to
Ashthemus.
Muertesol, Sun-Shearer
When the world was young and the
sky without color, a mighty garden
grew wild and without quarrel. One
flower grew higher and mightier
than the rest, blossoming into the
sun. Its unending radiance scorched
the world barren, until a gardener
clad in gray parlayed with the
flower to cease its brilliance. The
flower spoke, but could not end what
was in its nature, so the gardener
pruned the mighty flower, causing it
to fall from the sky and return life to
the world. Taking up the name
Muertesol, the gardener tended the
flower, pruning the flower each day
at its apex.
This will continue until they both
expire and a new garden may rise
from their remains.
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The Grey Gardeners
Adherents to Muertesol are denoted
by their gray garbs and charms
depicting a sheared flower. While it
is unusual to see a formal
congregation, the religious leaders
known as “Grey Gardeners”
typically operate out of shrines near
graveyards and crypts, preforming
burial rites and offering funerary
sermons. While followers are
stereotyped as gravediggers and
death cultists, most practice
gardening and many become
acclaimed growers in their lifetimes;
as life begets death, so too does
death beget life.
Initiation
To become an adherent of
Muertesol, you must seek out a
practicing Grey Gardener and attend
one of their funerary services. If
they have the time and space they
will offer you an apprenticeship at
their shrine. After at least a year of
assisting with the shrine and its
functions, the Grey Gardeners will
evaluate whether you are worthy. If
you pass their evaluation, they will
ritually bury you for a day and a
night in a plot of grave soil. When
you arise, they will offer you a cloak
of gray linen & anoint you in
sunflower oil.
Daily Invocation
- Never take magical healing
- Never end a life early unless
it would cause undue harm
- Never extend a life with
magical means.
- Assist with funeral rites when
asked or able.
Initial Miracle
The Earthen Return
You touch a once-living object and
cause it to rot away in a matter of
minutes. Wood decays into compost,
corpse-flesh rots into grave-soil, and
bone withers into meal, all in the
span of 1d6 minutes. This miracle
affects up to a cubic foot of
contiguous dead material.
Rites
Passage of the Charnel Shrine
The temptations for a life beyond the
natural cycle are pervasive; such
temptations must be banished.
You must make the month-long
pilgrimage to one of the Charnel
Shrines. Your journey will not be
easy, all manner of spirits and the
restless dead will accost and attempt
to end your pilgrimage. Once you
have made it, meditate in the grave-
soil ossuary beneath for a day and a
night to complete the rite.
Miracle: Bane of False-Life
A miracle that frightens and
destroys the undead. When invoked,
all undead within 30 feet of you flee
in terror. If they have equal or
greater Hit Dice than you, they may
make a save; if they have half or less
Hit Dice than you, they are
destroyed.
Favor
- Preform ritual funerary rites.
- Destroy or banish a powerful
undead.
- Consecrate a garden with
your weight in grave-soil.
- Spend a season tending the
graveyard belonging to the
Grey Gardeners.
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Severing of the Errant Branch
That which clings to life with
abandon can only exist so long as
others are buried in their stead.
You must seek out and defeat a
mighty being that refuses to die and
returns through resurrection, divine
intervention, or the like. After they
are defeated but before they return,
you must bury a piece of their body
in a grave of sanctified grave-soil
and preform funerary rites. Once
finished, the rite is completed.
Miracle: The Graven Shears
You touch a being and sever its
unnatural life. Once invoked, beings
kept alive through resurrection,
eternal life, or even divine
intervention are permanently
stripped of their rejuvenating ability.
Depending on the method of
revuvenation the being may simply
crumble to dust; others might
survive, albeit mortal & incapable of
ever being resurrected.
Trial of the Inverted Burial
Such blasphemous creations,
perversions of the cycle, somehow
blessed by our god…
You must seek out a mushroom that
grows on the grave of a previous
Grey Gardener. After consuming the
mushroom, bury yourself face-down
in a plot of grave-soil for an entire
night, during which you will be
plagued with intense hallucinations
of microscopic life and death. The
rite is completed if you survive the
ordeal until sunrise.
Miracle: The Bargain Mycelium
You touch a decaying corpse or
skeleton and summon a fungal
companion. The fungus spreads
across the cadaver and animates it
much like a zombie, controlling its
limbs and joints and following your
commands. The fungal companion
has one Hit Point for each Hit Dice
the cadaver had in life, along with
its original strength and speed. It
loses one Hit Point a day as the
fungus eats away at the remains,
until it crumbles into a pile of fertile
grave-soil.
TiaMut, Mother-of-Monsters
In the beginning, when the land and
sea were young, the children of
Tiamut mother-of-monsters, walked
beside their mother and observed
but one law: “that which you kill,
you shall eat.” Her children stirred
one day, strange beings not of
Tiamut’s womb crawled across the
land bearing cruel tools of iron,
wood, and stone. The beings set out
to slay without purpose and devour
with abandon, butchering Tiamut’s
children and scattering them to the
barren corners of the world. In her
anguish, Tiamut retreated deep into
the land and sea, but before she left,
she gifted her children a last and
mighty gift:
Her hunger.
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The Braymahn
Draped in pelts, bone and
monstrous masks, the followers of
Tiamut are rare in the “civilized”
world. The “Braymahn,” those who
interpret the will of Tiamut and her
children, operate on the edges of
the wilderness and interact with
mortals only when necessary.
Deemed “savages” and “witches” by
the superstitious outsider, those
who glimpse at the Braymahns’
wisdom and understanding of the
natural world offer them gifts of
food and clothing whenever
possible. It is also rumored that not
all are even mortal, and many beasts
and monsters make up the greatest
number of Tiamut’s followers...
Initiation
You must relinquish all iron and
bury it deep in the earth before
offering a Braymahn a gift of food
and bowl of your blood. They will
taste the blood, measuring what you
are capable of and if you can follow
the path of the Braymahn. If you are
accepted, they will let you live
alongside them. Such a life is not
easy, you will have to seek out your
own food and not risk their ire, only
sharing shelter if necessary. When
you are ready, they will take you on
a hunt under the full moon with
only tooth and claw. If successful,
they will anoint you in the quarry’s
blood and feast on the heart of the
beast with you. In the morning you
will arise as a Braymahn.
Daily Invocation
- Must eat anything you kill if it
can be consumed.
- Never slay a creature without
reason.
- Hold no laws of mortals over
nature.
- Never take up arms or armor
of iron.
Initial Miracle
Law of Flesh
You imbibe the flesh of a being and
gain its power. After eating two
handfuls of flesh or viscera, you are
imbued with a singular power or
ability that the being had in life.
This can be a natural ability, an
immunity to certain substances, a
special attack, or burst of strength.
As a general rule, the miracle only
lasts a number of minutes or uses
equal to your Hit Dice.
Rites
The Mother’s Walk
As she walked the world alongside
her children, we too shall walk as
both parent and child.
You must travel alongside a monster
or beast from a full moon until the
next. Observe the motions of the
beast, avoid its ire, and sup
alongside it. When the next full
moon rises, and if the beast deems
you worthy, the rite is complete.
Miracle: Tongue of the Mother
You may understand and speak to
beasts, commanding those smaller
than yourself. When invoked, you
can communicate with any creature
that can hear or smell you for one
hour. Additionally, you may
command a number of beasts whose
cumulative Hit Dice are equal to or
less than your own; if the actions
are dangerous the beasts can make
a saving throw to resist before
fleeing or attacking.
Favor
- Ritually slay an unjust hunter.
- Commune with a great and
powerful beast.
- Hunt, kill, & devour a
dangerous adversary.
- Broker a peace with mortals
and monsters.
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Task of the Mother’s Ire
She left but one law, yet it is denied-
You must seek out a great and
powerful monster. At the edge of
the world they kill without reason
and stain the world with blood. You
must confront it with an offering of
food, if they deny it they are to be
swiftly slain and you are to eat your
fill of its flesh, completing the rite.
Miracle: Mask of Many Beasts
You take on the form of a great and
terrifying monster. When invoked,
you transform into a monster,
gaining a number of random
strengths, abilities, and physical
characteristics. This lasts 1 minute
per Hit Dice you have.
1d3 - Agile Wings/Tunneling Claws/
Slithering Body
1d3 - Hardened Carapace/
Poisonous Spines/Viscous Slime
1d3 - Vicious Claws/Many Heads/
Crushing Beak
1d3 - Massive Size/Breath Weapon/
Fearsome Aura
Path of the Unwinding Tool
‘Tis a grave sin to bend minds that
have denied the Mother, yet her will
allows such cruel miracles…
You must travel to the Cave of the
First Mortal, a place forgotten by
history and nestled in the mountains
of a primal wasteland. The cave is
marked by countless drawings on its
walls, old beyond reckoning, where
mortals were changed from beasts
and learned to wield tools. Meditate
in this cave for a week and dream
on how mortals may be unmade,
completing the rite.
Miracle: Sleep of the First Cave
You stir the blood and psyche of a
mortal and drive them feral. You
touch another mortal to invoke this
miracle, causing them revert to a
feral state. They may save to resist
this miracle, failure causing them to
lose speech, reason, and any drive
outside of base physical needs. They
may be made to remember how to
be mortal again, but only if they
visit the Cave of the First Mortal.
Sant-Eschar, Holy-Wound
There once was a healer who wept
that they might not spare the world
from its many wounds and pain.
Try as they might, they could not
shoulder the pain of so many in a
way that mattered. That was until a
beggar, their face ruined with sores
and cuts, asked for their help. The
healer worked fervently, crying out
and demanding that the wounds not
mar someone so pitiful as the
beggar, that they would suffer in
their stead. At this declaration, the
healer’s face split and sores begin to
boil across their skin, but as the
wounds opened upon their face, they
closed and mended upon the beggar.
All who gazed upon the act and saw
the blood seep from the healer’s
ecstatic face bowed in reverence.
Thus, the miracle of the Grievous
Wound was witnessed and Sant-
Eschar was born into the world.
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The Weeping Clerics
Those who observe the Holy-Wound
carry charms or pendants of a
peaceful face riddled in open
wounds, a motif of their god. The
religious leaders, known as Weeping
Clerics, sometimes lead
congregations preaching the need to
aid the sick and wounded while
also using their skills as healers to
assist at infirmaries, almshouses,
and barbers. Many buildings to
Sant-Eschar double as medical
wards, always tended by Weeping
Clerics who bear countless wounds
and white linen robes stained with
humors.
Initiation
To join the ranks of the Weeping
Clerics, you must first assist at one
of their medical wards for at least a
season. Afterwards you may petition
a Weeping Cleric to take you on as
an apprentice. The apprenticeship
only lasts a month but is grueling;
everything from amputations to
palliative care will be covered and
practiced. At the end of the month,
if the Weeping Clerics deem you
worthy, they will baptize you in
pool of saline, anoint you with the
four humors, cut a wound across
your body, and gift you a set of
pristine linen robes.
Daily Invocation
- Do no harm needlessly
- Never end a life early unless
it would cause undue harm
- Take wounds upon yourself
before allowing others to take
them.
- Provide healing whenever
asked.
Initial Miracle
The Grievous Wound
You may transfer a wound from
another unto yourself. You touch
another individual and transfer any
number of Hit Points or vitality from
yourself to the wounded. As the
wounds disappear from the target of
this miracle they appear on yourself
and must be healed like any other.
Rites
Trial of the Defiled Humors
You must willingly infect yourself
with a dangerous and possibly
deadly ailment. Once infected, you
must quarantine yourself and make
certain that you do not spread the
disease, battling the ailment for
however long it takes to purge it
from your body. Once the ailment
has passed, and so long as you did
not infect anyone else, the rite is
completed.
Miracle: The Coffer Pestilent
You may transfer an aliment from
another to yourself. You touch
another individual and remove a
single supernatural, magical, or
natural ailment from them and
transfer it to yourself. Once
transferred, you take on any
outwardly physical manifestations of
the ailment but experience none of
the symptoms or downsides.
However, you are still a vector for
diseases, and must cure it normally
to stop it from being spread. There
is no limit to the amount of ailments
you can hold in this fashion.
Favor
- Save someone from the brink
of death.
- Work at an almshouse,
infirmary, etc. for a season.
- Cure a particularly virulent
disease in yourself or another.
- Bear a terrible pain in
someone’s stead.
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Stations of the Infinite Burden
To give yourself wholly is divine.
You must make a pilgrimage to the
shrine of the first miracle, where
Sant-Eschar was born as a god.
Countless folk from across the
world gather at this shrine, begging
the Holy-Wound to alleviate their
terrible pains and ailments. You
must tend to them, giving your life
over and over to the wounds of
battle, trauma, and circumstance.
Only when you have been utterly
spent and you can give absolutely
no more is the rite complete.
Miracle: Ecstasy of the Wound
You double your Hit Points for a
time. Once invoked you gain
additional Hit Points equal to your
current maximum for 1 hour per Hit
Dice. These Hit Points disappear
after the miracle expires along with
any damage that they took.
Will of the First Witness
We are told to give pain is a sin, why
are such horrid wounds divine…
You must seek out the mausoleum
of the Almis, the first to receive the
miracle of Sant-Eschar and witness
their ascension to godhood. It is
taboo to speak of and most Weeping
Clerics will deny its existence. You
will find it hidden away in a
forgotten cellar or catacomb, tended
to by a quiet trio of aged clerics.
They will tell you the story as it was
told to them, of how Almis wished
only for their wounds to be tended
and how they claimed Sant-Eschar
had no right to bear their own pain
without their consent. Once you
hear the truth and leave the
mausoleum, the rite is complete.
Miracle: The Unwitting Martyr
You transfer your many wounds and
ailments to another. When invoked,
you touch another being and
transfer any wounds, ailments, or
curses you currently bear onto
them. They are permitted a save to
avoid the transference, failure
causing them to take damage,
become infected, or any number of
ills that you pass on to them.
 Sej-Et, The-Enlightened
There once was a child born under
the light of a shooting star, who
gazed up at the tapestry of night
and wished to know it wholly. They
left home when they were of age and
set out to learn all that the world
might offer. On their travels they
learned a great and many things,
taught to them by scholars of every
creed and books of every language,
but it was not enough. They learned
to speak to the world itself, asked
questions of the stars and stone,
communed with great minds of past,
present, and future.
When at last they had learned all
there was to be known in the earthly
realm, they shed their mortal form
and took the name Sej-et so as to
enlighten the world.
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The Sejian Scribes
Those who follow the teachings and
practices of Sej-et the Enlightened
bear pendants containing scrolls
inscribed with the teachings of Sej-
et. The religious teachers, known as
Sejian Scribes, take this a step
further by inscribing their skin with
words and symbols of their god’s
message and philosophy. Such
Sejian Scribes sit in an odd secular
space, operating as teachers,
scholars, and archivists of any piece
of knowledge while considering
such actions a holy task. The most
esteemed Sejian Scribes are more
likely to be wizened thinkers or
librarians than vociferous preachers,
and their religious “temples” are
often schools and libraries.
Initiation
To follow the teachings of Sej-et you
must seek out a practicing Sejian
Scribe at their place of worship and
offer your services as an acolyte. If
they accept, they will put you to
work with menial tasks that, over
time, grow to research, archiving,
and eventually teaching. When the
Sejian Scribes deem you ready, they
will ritually question you on a litany
of subjects ranging from natural
sciences to philosophical
quandaries. If they deem your
answers sufficient, they will tattoo
the mark of Sej-et on your skin, gift
you an empty manuscript and
welcome you into their ranks.
Daily Invocation
- Hold no secrets
- Teach or assist at a library or
school once a week if able.
- Keep a personal history and
record in it each day.
- Provide knowledge on a
subject when asked.
Initial Miracle
Key of Tongues
You can read, write, understand any
language. Once invoked, you gain
the ability to read, write, and
understand any language for 1 hour
per Hit Dice. You can communicate
in any language as well, so long as
you have the physical attributes
necessary to communicate in the
perceived language.
Rites
Duty of the Wanting Eye
It is our sacred duty to observe that
which is taboo and pen words to
actions that we may not yet
understand.
You must seek out and record a
piece of esoteric knowledge,
custom, or practice that has yet to
be recorded. Seeking out this
information will likely involve travel
and may require an appropriate
exchange to gain permission to
observe. Once recorded and
donated to an archive or library, the
rite is complete.
Miracle: Motions of the Studied
You may replicate any action, task,
or mundane object you have
observed. When invoked you can
perfectly replicate the physical,
mental, and spiritual motions
necessary to complete a task or craft
a non-magical object, so long as you
have observed it in its entirety and
have the physical faculties
necessary. You may also replicate
spells in this manner, however, you
will always risk a 1-in-20 chance of
suffering an associated catastrophe.
Favor
- Teach a subject that you have
personally recorded and
observed.
- Unearth and record a long-
buried secret.
- Complete and archive a
manuscript.
- Destroy a long-held
misconception or belief.
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Quest of the Piercing Eye
Let no secret pass unchecked.
You must unearth a long-buried
secret. It may be hidden deep in the
veins of the earth or perhaps locked
away in the crumbling ruins of a
forgotten temple. Whatever it is and
wherever it may be, there are
powerful foes who guard it and
wish to keep it secret. When the
secret is exposed and recorded, the
rite is complete.
Miracle: Passage of the Mind
You may have any single question
answered about a person, place or
thing. When invoked, you may ask
the referee a single question about a
person, place or thing. If there is an
answer to the question the referee
provides it, along with any pertinent
details regarding the answer. Using
this miracle is usually accompanied
by a bought of severe tinnitus.
Walk of the Impassive Scholar
To record is holy, to erase is
sacrilege; yet The Enlightened
presents us a subversion…
You must make a dangerous
pilgrimage to the archive of the
Impassive Eye. Hidden high in
treacherous mountains, it is where
Sej-et carved the 49 lessons stolen
from the minds of the greatest
scholars they met in their travels.
The scribes here will teach you the
ways of the impassive scholar and
inscribe the 49 lessons into your
flesh, completing the rite.
Miracle: Anathema of Secrets
You tap into the minds of those
around you to draw out knowledge.
When invoked, anyone within
eyesight must make a save or have
an important piece of knowledge
plucked from their mind. The
knowledge you receive in this
manner is random, but if you invoke
the miracle to seek out a particular
piece of knowledge you will receive
pertinent memories and
information. Knowledge taken from
others in this way is removed from
their mind for 1d6 days, returning
like a bout of forgetfulness.
 The Ewe,
When the world was young the sky
chased with the world through the
fields and trees as a strange and
curious wind. In this timeless era
they would dance and revel together,
until the world laid with the sky in a
bed of their own making. This
conception bore two children, the
sun and the moon; one bold and
bright, the other gentle and dark. So
beloved were these children that the
sky bore them aloft one after the
other before returning them to the
world.
Thus the world, the Ewe, the mother-
of-all-things, birthed day and night,
the seasons, and the tides of the sea
itself.
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Mother-of-All
The Twain-Wiks
The worship of Mother-of-All tends
to occur in more rural and agrarian
places of the world, denoted by the
symbols and idols of a pregnant
satyr. The leaders of such devotion
are the Twain-Wiks, denoted by
their goat-fur masks and pelts, they
lead ceremonies and calls to
worship in times of both celebration
and trouble. The Twain-Wiks hold
many titles outside of worship,
serving local communities as
midwives, time-keepers, and
herbalists in return for food, shelter,
and assistance with their ceremonies
in honor of The Ewe.
Initiation
If you wish to become a follower of
the Ewe, you must seek out a
practicing Twain-Wik and present
them a gift of food, drink, and pelt
of goat-fur. They will take note of
these gifts and judge your character
from them. If they deem you
worthy, they will take you on as an
assistant, schooling you on the ways
of midwifery, animal-husbandry, and
seasonal patterns. After a time and if
you have met the Twain-Wik’s
expectations, a ceremony will be
had over a full night and day under
the full moon. You will dance
between merriment and weeping,
never sleeping or resting; only at
the end will you rest, awakening
swaddled in goat-fur as a Twain-Wik
Daily Invocation
- Assist in all matters of sowing
and reaping.
- No partaking of flesh born of
a mother.
- Kill not a mother whose
children still walk in their
shadow.
- Once a year, sacrifice a twin.
Initial Miracle
Embrace of the World
You gift a being a supernatural
blessing from the world. When
invoked, you touch another being
and grant them advantage on all
tasks for 1 minute per Hit Dice. This
miracle only works while the
blessed is standing on solid earth or
natural ground.
Rites
Trial of the Missing Twin
You must ritually starve yourself
over the course of a season. When
the last harvest of fall has been had,
you must split whatever food you
have with another. When the cold
grows harsh you must share
whatever warmth you have with
another. Finally, in the dead of
winter, you must go without food
for one week, whereupon you will
be assaulted by visions of spirits
that dance and bite in the cold of
winter. If you survive this final
week, the rite is complete.
Miracle: Prosperity of the Mother
You make a sacrifice of food to have
it returned seven-fold. To invoke,
you must bury or burn the last of
the food you have. After one week
of time, the food reappears where it
was sacrificed at seven times the
amount. This miracle only works
once every new moon.
Favor
- Help or preform the tasks of
a midwife successfully.
- Make a sacrifice of food or
drink under the full moon.
- Bring life to an area once
barren.
- Host a ritual feast at an
equinox or solstice.
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The Bargain of Spring
You must seek out a newborn twin
of livestock or beast and nurture it
through life. As it grows from young
to adult you must protect it and
ensure that it lives a healthy and
content life. When it comes of age
and decides to reproduce, it will
bear twins; one will live a normal
life, the other must be given over as
sacrifice, completing the rite.
Miracle: Station of Sun and Moon
You bless an act of creation to be
twined. When invoked, you touch a
person, animal, or tool and cause its
next act of creation or procreation
to yield twice as much. This can be
anything from a blacksmith crafting
twice the number of nails, an oven
yielding twice the number of bread
loaves, or a cow birthing twice the
number of offspring. This miracle
can only be invoked once per act, or
only ruin shall follow...
Chase of the Paramour
You must seek out one of the many
holy sites where The Ewe and their
paramour the sky laid and bedded
one another. No trail will ever lead
to one, but the wind of the sky
always drifts back to these sacred
spots. The way is dangerous, you
will cross paths with at least one of
The Ewe’s scorned lovers, powerful
and jealous beings who the Ewe
struck down for daring to court
them. When you do find the site,
rest there for a night and dream of
the vast sky to complete the rite.
Miracle: Blessing of the Sky
You breath sentient life into a
Homunculus (pg xx). To invoke,
you must gather at least a gallon of
your blood and mix three gallons of
dry clay with it. With the clay, craft a
form befitting and let it rest
undisturbed for a full moon cycle
before breathing deeply into its
barren lungs. If the miracle is
successful, the homunculus will rise,
curious and shaky, much like a
newly born calf. It will recognize
you as its parent and follow your
will, so long as you treat it with
kindness and respect.
Kii An’Aer, World-Walker
When the world was new and the
gods made council with one
another, one was struck with a
curious feeling. Their body felt
wrong, their thoughts contorted, and
their spirit howled at some unknown
indignation. The other gods
dismissed their pleading, but the
feeling only grew into a fell mood. It
was only when the mood grew to its
limits that the god was struck with a
revelation: they remembered a time
before their body was taken from
them, before their thoughts were
bound and tamed, and before their
spirit was made to be more obedient
to an order that had no place in the
world. With this revelation, they cast
off their old body and spirit, and
struck out in fury with their true
name “Kii An’aer.”
They roam unchecked, breaking the
cruel bonds that bind the world.
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The Wild-Walkers
Those who observe the World-
Walker live on the fringes of society,
disdainful of authority and bearing
handmade charms of a cloven foot.
The Wild-Walkers, holy nomads of
Kii An’aer, travel the world seeking
communities where their help is
needed, assisting with everything
from community projects to
updating folks on news and current
events. They are reviled by lawmen
and lord alike, as the Wild-Walkers
defy their laws and codes with
direct action and reckless defiance.
While they are despised by
authority, they are seen by many as
champions of the common folk and
sympathizers will commonly offer
aid and lodging to the Wild-Walkers.
Initiation
To travel the path of Kii An’aer, you
must seek out a Wild-Walker
bearing gifts of food, clothing and
shoes. They will deny the gift at
first, but if they accept it on the
third attempt they will offer you the
chance to travel with them for a
season. On the travel you will brave
dangerous terrain, horrible weather,
and angry lawmen all while
assisting the Wild-Walker. If you
survive the ordeal and they deem
you worthy they will allow you to
join them in a jubilant carousal
which will shed you of wealth,
clothing, and inhibition. When you
awake, they will return the cloth
and shoes you gave them and
declare you a Wild-Walker
Daily Invocation
- Observe no written law.
- Take no lodging, unless
offered thrice.
- Pay for nothing, only barter
with action or goods.
- Once a season, give away any
monetary wealth you possess
in a raucous carousal.
Initial Miracle
Breaking of Bonds
You may escape or break non-
magical bonds. When invoked, you
touch something that ties, binds, or
restrains another and cause it to
release or break. Masterwork or
large bonds may require additional
effort to be affected by the miracle,
while magical or cursed bonds
remain unaffected.
Rite
Jaunt of the Free
They call us mad, mad for a life
without coin and bond. Yet we walk
free and fast, for we have no chains
to cruelly bind us.
You must take the season-long
journey to the infamous Carnival of
the Free. You must undertake the
journey by foot, pay for nothing
with coin, and be offered free
lodging at least three times. The
journey will not be easy, the
weather seems to strike harder, the
terrain grows treacherous, and
dangers both mortal and divine
seem to strike the witless. When you
arrive at the carnival and revel until
the sunrise, the rite is complete.
Miracle: Nomad’s Blessing
Your travels are blessed with speed
and safety. You may invoke this
miracle anytime you and another
undertake a journey (1 Favor per
additional person), causing the
journey’s time to be halved. While
you may not feel or appear to be
going any faster than usual, you
always end up at your destination in
half the time. As well, dangerous
encounters or roadblocks occur half
as often as they usually do.
Favor
- Donate a grand gift with no
intent for compensation.
- Assist another in their travels.
- Free someone held by the
law.
- Offer the head of a despot to
a shrine.
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Splintering of the Iron Law
The tools of tyrants we shall break.
You must ritually have yourself
imprisoned and stage a breakout.
The dungeon or oubliette you select
must be one of great infamy, a place
of suffering and tool of sadistic
despots. Any tool, strategy, or ability
you possess may be used to assist in
your escape; however, you must also
free at least one other person during
your breakout. If you and your
companion survive the breakout, the
rite is complete.
Miracle: Unbound Steps
You can move in any direction
uncontested. When invoked you
may move without being affected by
harmful terrain, magical effects, or
being restrained for 1 minute per
Hit Dice. Your movement is also
unaffected by gravity or physics,
allowing you to hover and ascend as
if flying. As well, you may pass
through a solid object or surface,
however, doing so immediately ends
the miracle.
Observance of the Defiant
Gaze upon their bones and
remember: we shall not forget, and
we shall not forgive…
You must make a pilgrimage and
offering to the Despot’s Fall, a
chasm in the earth filled with the
bones of tyrants and lords who
dared to bind the world. It is hidden
in a dangerous and distant land, one
ruled by the free who suffer no will
beyond their own desires. Once you
arrive at Despot’s Fall, make an
offering of the flesh or bone of one
who dared to rule another. Once the
offering is made, the rite is
complete.
Miracle: The Uncontested Will
For one hour, you cannot be
harmed by or made to do the will of
another. Once invoked, you are
unaffected by charms, persuasion,
or magic that might affect your free
will. As well, others cannot harm or
take action against you if they were
ordered or compelled to do so, they
may only act if it is their own true
and free will.
 OMe, Ever-Gnawing
A vellum canvas stretched from
nothingness, a stylus made of
searing light, and pools of umbral
ink drawn from the void. With these
tools, the world was written into
existence. But there was another in
the nothingness. Clinging
desperately to the vellum was a
single larvae, a crawling and pitiful
worm that nibbled at the pages of
creation. Its hunger endless, it chews
at the words that should not have
been written and feeds on the vellum
that should have remained empty.
Soon the vellum will be devoured
and the larva will weave itself a
cocoon. When it hatches, it will
spread its mighty wings and
disappear back into the nothingness.
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The Gnawing Monks
Adherents to the Ever-Gnawing will
never profess their faith openly,
never wearing anything that may
announce their allegiance or
existence. The mysterious Gnawing
Monks consider existence itself to
be unbearable and unnatural, a
truth that brings pain to their deity.
Operating and worshiping in secret,
they quietly and methodically strip
the world of its past, present, and
future. Libraries burn, histories
forgotten, and secrets disappear, all
by the invisible hand of Ome...
Initiation
To become a follower of Ome you
must seek out a Gnawing Monk
hidden within society. They will
never openly reveal themselves, and
you must carefully track them down
wherever they might be operating.
Do not reveal your intentions to
them, simply observe them and
assist with their action if you are
able. After a time, and if the
Gnawing Monk believes you
competent, they will carefully
introduce you to their inner world
and private practices. Eventually, a
secret ceremony will be had, you
will renounce any stations you had
in life, devour the vellum of a
grimoire, and draw a knife across
your stomach. If Ome deems you
worthy, the wound will transform
into a hungry mouth, and you will
rise as a Gnawing Monk...
Daily Invocation
- Feed the mouth on you
stomach a book a week.
- Hold no gods or laws higher
than Ome’s will.
- Never share any truth or
secrets about yourself.
- Keep no records of yourself
or others.
Initial Miracle
Blessing of Ome
You remove a single sense from
another being. When invoked, you
select a being you can sense and
remove one of their senses for 1
hour per Hit Dice you have. They
may make a save to resist, with
failure causing them to go blind,
deaf, numb, etc.
Rites
Walk of the Empty Vellum
You must hide from the world and
society for an entire month
undetected. However, you must
remain within the confines of
civilization and stay close to mortal
kind, observing their secrets and
mimicking their routines all while
they remain unaware of your
presence. So long as the month
passes and you remain
undiscovered, the rite is complete.
Miracle: The Passage Unknowable
Mortals and creatures cannot form
memories of you. When invoked, for
1 hour per Hit Dice, you vanish
from the memory of anyone who
observes you while the miracle is
active. Any damage you do or
physical traces you leave behind
remain, but those who experience it
will be puzzled or attempt to
rationalize it in some way. Powerful
being may attempt a save to see
through the effects of the miracle,
success allowing them to vaguely
remember a mysterious figure…
Favor
- Destroy an important record
or documentation.
- Cause something to disappear
and remain hidden.
- Recruit another faithful
member.
- Destroy and scatter an
important piece of your past.
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The Hallowed Vanishing
You must destroy any record, trace,
or proof of a single person, place, or
thing. The entity does not need to
be well-known, merely recorded,
observed, and remembered by more
than one individual. After you have
destroyed any trace of the entity and
prevented it from ever being
recorded, the rite is complete.
Miracle: Consumption of Psyche
You physically summon the
memories of a victim and devour
them from existence. When invoked,
you select a memory from someone
or something you can sense and
summon a physical manifestation of
it within arm’s reach. The
manifestation usually takes on the
form of the memory and fits in your
palm; its insides are soft like fruit
and crimson like flesh. The memory
disappears from the victim, as well,
you may devour the manifestation
and learn of the memory yourself.
Erasure of the Profane
You must seek out a place of great
historic or worldly importance.
Grand holy sites, libraries, or
monuments work, so long as their
destruction will be felt deeply by
many. You must occupy the space,
hiding from those who guard it, and
avoid being evicted. If you remain
lodged within for at least a full
month, you must then destroy the
site under a total eclipse; followers
and allies may be called to assist
with this. Once the place is
demolished, the rite is complete.
Miracle: Invitation of Oblivion
You transform into an avatar of Ome
to devour the world. To invoke, you
must stand in the ruins of the site
you destroyed and meditate
undisturbed for the full night. When
the night ends your body expires
and a Gnawing Worm (pg. xx) will
emerge from your mouth. Your
conscious will guide the Gnawing
Worm and it will inherit any
Miracles, Favor, or abilities you
possessed in life. However, it is
motivated by a single-minded will to
devour all of creation...
 Miscellaneous Favor
Below are a series of additional ways you may accrue divine Favor. However,
each god is different and may not see all of the following as an appropriate
act of devotion…

Ceremony
Participate and assist in the functions of a holy day or ceremony. The
ceremony must be appropriately grand and require a significant amount of
effort or cost in order to effectively execute.
Construction
Build a structure or place in honor of your god. The place does not
necessarily need to be grand, but it must be a genuine sign of effort or
dedication and create a safe place for followers to congregate or pay
respects.
Conversion
Convert or assist someone into the faith. This goes beyond simply convincing
a gullible mortal into a half-hearten belief, you must truly convince someone
to follow your god’s will who has had few or no aspirations to do so
beforehand.
Creation
Create an object of art or reverence to your god. The object does not
necessarily need to be large, but it must be a genuine sign of effort, craft,
value, or dedication.
Denial
Ritually deny yourself a boon or advantage to complete a task in honor of
your god. This can be the eschewing of a tool or weapon, or actively making
a task more difficult for yourself. The task must be appropriately difficult and
the effort sincere.
Donation
Make a proper donation of goods or time to the will of your god. The value
of the goods, time, or labor does not need to be of high monetary value, but
it must be a genuine sign of dedication and further the will of your god.
Pilgrimage
Make a pilgrimage to a holy site. The site must be of large importance to
your faith and require a significant effort, cost, or dedication to reach.
Recovery
Recover and return a relic or sacred object that has been lost or stolen.
Where the object is returned to is up to you, so long as it is out of the hands
of a rival belief or non-believer and returned to a sympathetically faithful.
Sacrifice
Make an appropriate sacrifice of worldly things. The sacrificial things may be
of great monetary or personal value, so long as they are a sign of dedication.

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 Monsters Divine
Cultist The Gnawing Worm
A zealot, a preacher, or perhaps a A writhing and twisted coil of flesh,
secret follower… its sight seems to pain the eyes. Its
HD 1 | HP 4 | DF None | gaping maw opens and closes, the
AT As Weapon | MV Standard inside devoid of anything…
Favor & Miracles: Knows 1 Miracle HD 1 | HP 5 | DF Hide
and has 1d3 Favor AT Bite 1d6 | MV Burrow, Standard
Mouth of Ome: Anything eaten by
Heirophant the Gnawing Worm is utterly
One who has devoted their life to annihilated and forgotten, as if it
their faith, their words echo the will never existed…
of their god… Devour: The Gnawing Worm grows
HD 4 | HP 18 | DF Chain | by eating powerful artifacts, spell-
AT As Weapon | MV Standard books, relics, spell-casters or
Favor & Miracles: Knows 1d4 faithful. The more they eat the more
Miracles and has 1d6 Favor powers and abilities they gain.
Homunculus # Devoured HD Powers
A curious and twitching being, its 10 2 Bite 1d8
clay flesh slick with sanguine
blood… 20 4 DF Chain
HD 1 | HP 6 | DF Chain | 40 6 Bite 2/1d10
AT As Weapon | MV Standard
80 10 MV Fly,
Helpful: Any rolls or saves done Standard;
with the assistance of a Homunculus Frightful
are made at advantage. Presence
Locus of The Ewe: Anytime Favor
is spent in the presence of a 150 15 Bite 2/2d10;
Homunculus there is a 1-in-6 chance DF Plate
the Favor does not disappear. 300 20 Damage
The Unwitting Lamb: The Reduction
Homunculs may be sacrificed for 10/Magic
1d6 Favor.
500 30 Bite 3/3d10
Vanishing: Once per day, the
Gnawing Worm my become
incorporeal and invisible for 1 min.
per Hit Dice.

Playing as the Gnawing Worm

Those who become The
Gnawing Worm are free to
continue playing as it. From this
point on you cannot level
normally, instead growing in
strength with the Devour ability
and gaining Favor.

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The Path to Godhood
Service is not the end of the divine
journey. For some, glimpsing divine
power provides an understanding of
it, a way of gazing at its purpose
and means, and a path to its
transmutation…
Attached are a series of rites that
one might undertake to harness the
power and means of a god. They are
grand tasks that may span many
sessions of play and be contested
with all manner of danger or
complication. The path to ascension
is not for the feint of will, and there
is no telling how many bodies of
both friend and foe will pave the
way to godhood...
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The Hallowed Rites
Rite of Defiance
You must slay the champion of
another god in ritual competition.
They are powerful beings, ones who
hold great favor and miracles of
their god. Once you have sought
them out you must formally
challenged them; in return they will
choose the competition that will
determine who lives and dies. The
competition can be anything from a
battle of wits, a test of physical
prowess, or perhaps a duel to the
death. Whatever the competition,
whoever loses must forfeit their life.
If you survive and defeat your
opponent, the rite is complete.
Divine Invention
You may create a single miracle of
your own design. Its powers and
purpose must align with your own
will and goals, serving you as a tool
on your divine journey. Consult with
the Referee and other miracles in
this zine to determine its scope and
power.
Rite of Piety
You must undergo all known rites of
at least one god and perform a great
act in service to them. This act can
be anything from a grand and
complicated ritual that spans the
world, or hunting down and slaying
a great and powerful enemy to the
god. The god will guide you,
pointing you to what must be done.
Once the work is finished, the rite is
complete.
Divine Benefaction
You may grant Favor or Miracles to
a worshiper. You may give Favor
from yourself to one who worships
or follows you, so long as they
adhere to a strict set of rules and
guidelines set by your will. You may
also gift a follower access to a
Miracle or power that you possess,
provided they undergo a
challenging and difficult rite in your
honor.
 Divine Adoration
Rite of Subversion You receive additional Daily Favor
You must create a place of worship based on the size of your worship
& build a congregation. Doing so space or congregation. Losing the
will require sufficient resources, structure or artifacts held within will
including sacred objects (pg. xx) or affect the size of the congregation
relics (pg. xx) to draw pilgrims and and in turn the Daily Favor you can
followers. Once built and stocked, receive in this manner.
the rite is complete.
Using Existing Structures: Rather
than build from scratch, you may
retrofit an already existing space or
structure into a place of worship. So
long as the space is of sufficient
value and appropriate shape, it may
be converted and retrofitted for 1/10
the cost.
Building Cost (gold) Congregation Daily Favor
Shrine 50, 1 Artifacts 0-50 +1
Chapel 100, 2 Artifacts 50-100 +2
Temple, Small 500, 3 Artifacts 100-500 +3
Temple, Large 5,000, 5 Artifacts 500-5,000 +4
Temple, Grand 50,000, 10 Artifacts 5,000-50,000 +5

Rite of Acknowledgment
This rite may only be undertaken
after completing the Rite of
Defiance, Piety and Subversion.
You must seek out and commune
directly with the body or spirit of a
deity. Finding them is no simple
task and you may have to walk the
world, cosmos, or psyche of your
mind in order to find them. Once
you reach their resting place, prove
to them your worthiness with
whatever you have at your disposal.
If they acknowledge your will and
might, the rite is complete.
Divine Ascension
You transcend to godhood,
abandoning the desires and
necessities of the mortal world. The
change may feel severe or perhaps
be unnoticeable. Wherever you go
or whatever tasks you undertake,
you do so as one of the pantheon of
countless gods...

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Art & Death of the Divine
Divine Relics
Death is common to those who
adventure and pursue the path of
the divine. However, those who die
in such a fashion have a chance of
offering divine assistance from
beyond the grave.
Becoming a Relic
If a character is killed with unspent
Favor, a piece of their body may be
returned to an appropriate place of
worship, sanctified, and made into a
single Relic. The powers of such a
Relic are determined here:

Relic
Every 1d6 days, a relic may cast
a single Miracle that the Faithful
knew in life.
Daily Favor: Possessing the
relic grants 1 additional Daily
Favor if the wielder observes
the same god as the relic.
Sacrifice: The relic may be
ritually sacrificed or consumed
to grant the wielder 1d6 Favor.
The relic is destroyed or made
useless after such a process.
Sacred Objects
The worldly and divine cross in
subtle and curious ways. Crafts by
mortal hands may serve as divine
instruments.
Creating a Sacred Object
A Faithful may craft an object or art
piece specifically for the purpose of
being a Sacred Object. Doing so is
expensive, laborious or requires rare
materials. Once complete, the
Sacred Object gains the following:

Sacred Object
Stores up to 1d3 Favor that can
be withdrawn and used by
someone who observes the
same faith. Favor may be placed
and stored in the Sacred object.

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