Though your divine power grows as an initiate, the biggest benefit of becoming an Initiate of Mysteries is the rise through the temple hierarchy. he major temples in a given city-state are among its most active power brokers, and you can put some of that power to work for you. Over time, you’ll even gain followers— rather fanatic ones!—of your own.
- Skill Proficiencies: Athletics (Tarhun)
Healing Blessing (1st level):You can use an action to heal yourself or another with a touch. You can heal hit points equal to three times your character level per day, and need not use all of your blessing at once. (For example, at 5th level, you could heal three times, restoring 4, 8, and 3 hit points). If the recipient is someone other than you, the recipient also gains the benefit of a resistance spell.
Suggested Characteristics
PERSONALIZING
THE INITIATE
Each of the organized religions associated with the
Nine Powers has its own version of the Initiate of
Mysteries; larger faiths have more initiates, of course.
Here are three examples.
Ishtar: he priesthood of Ishtar has had “Initiates of
Mysteries” for centuries, and this narrative takes its
name from that sect. You are a charismatic beacon
of love and luck, and what is “luck” but a low-level
manifestation of fate itself? You seek rareied pleasures
to be sure, but you’re also keen for the chance to
keep ugliness and cruelty out of the world.
Tarhun: You are one of Tarhun’s “Harbingers,” a group
of warrior-priests that are destined to ride ahead of
the Storm to End All Storms in a battle at the end of
time. You’ll be asked to prove yourself as an initiate
in battle time and time again. Remember, Tarhun
adores valor over everything else—better to be
bravely defeated than to be a cowardly victor.
Set: You’re climbing a hierarchy within Set’s temples
known as the “Serpentis Ladder,” and you don’t even
learn what the next stage of the hierarchy is like
until you’ve attained the one before. Each of Set’s
tests is a pop quiz, but you pride yourself on your
adaptability. You can slither into whatever form your
patron desires if it gains you one more rung on the
Serpentis Ladder.
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