For many generations, the Knights of Pelor were the go-to force for confronting the invasions of evil. Their campaigns and battles were legendary. They were renowned, sung of, and have much prose written about them throughout all the continents, even a few other planes and planets. Yet, as all good things, the group finally came to an end while forcing a great horde of invading fiends back to the Abyss. Thousands were lost on both sides. The crusaders pushed the fiends off the Prime Material through a portal to the Abyss. They followed them there to be sure they were destroyed and to prevent the return of any others. The fiends, now on their home plane, surged with frenzy and power. In desperation, the crusaders destroyed the portal mechanism on the Abyss side, keeping the fiends from using it to return to the Prime but also cutting off their own escape route. The battle raged for another three days. Eventually, either the fiends or the knights fled. Small pockets of the knights gathered and used their magic to return home. Many others were lost and left in the Abyss, without the magic necessary to return home. They gathered and hid themselves away in a desolate, frozen wilderness where most fiends were loath to go. Some succumbed to their injuries. Others fell prey to the vile emanations of the Abyss and died, went mad, or changed to evil. Those left used all their knowledge and power to place protections around their settlement, to keep them hidden and hold the evil of the Abyss at bay. Surviving for several generations, the group and their descendants eventually moved on, either through death, to another place in the Abyss, or by finding the means or power to return home. These survivors and their descendants are known as the Forsaken Knights of Pelor.
- Skill Proficiencies: You have learned the skills absolutely necessary to survive.
- Tool Proficiencies: Carpenter's Tools; Mason's Tools; Leatherworker's Tools, or Cook's Tools
- Languages: Learned through interaction or taught by others in the community, all the forsaken can understand and speak Abyssal.
- Equipment: Carpenter's Tools; Mason's Tools; Leatherworker's Tools, or Cook's Tools
Path of the Forsaken
While the community continued to preach and practice the light of Pelor, due to harsh living, bitterness, and resentment, many of the forsaken chose other paths.
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Path of the Forsaken |
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Path of Pelor. You have remained faithful to Pelor, despite all the hardship.
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2
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Path of Self. You have allowed the circumstances to make you bitter and selfish.
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3
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Path of Melancholy. You have become used to depression, rejection, and squalor.
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Path of Pain. You have become sadistic, masochistic, or both.
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Path of Pleasure. You do any and everything possible to bring yourself pleasure in any and all forms.
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6
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Path of Deception. You take great lengths to keep anyone from knowing much about you.
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Path of Retribution. You are sworn to make all fiends pay for what they did to the knights.
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Path of Purgatory. You feel your family has served its time in purgatory and wish to help end the suffering of others.
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Feature: Fiendish Recognition
Either from exposure to the Abyss for so long, training, and/or some other factors, all the forsaken are able to recognize that a creature is a fiend regardless in what shape or form it chooses to appear.
Spell List
You have been forced into such an intense survivalist mode that you have added those spells necessary to stay alive to your list.
Suggested Characteristics
What has the Abyss done to you?
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You are still hopeful in spite of the circumstances you have suffered.
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You especially enjoy the comforts of home and family and friends.
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3
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You know first-hand the temptations of evil and try to avoid them.
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4
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You prefer a good rest more than a personal indulgence.
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You prefer a pleasurable indulgence more than a good rest.
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You enjoy helping others.
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You struggle with apathy and/or melancholy.
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You find it difficult to believe anything a fiend says.
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Ideal |
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You believe Pelor will eventually make all things right.
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Everyone is a mark to be swindled, toyed with, exploited, and provide you pleasure.
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Mercy is for those who make mistakes, not for those that willingly choose evil.
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You still believe in all that is good and light and life.
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Bond |
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You served your time in purgatory and believe it should all be good from here on.
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You do not believe in a balance between good and evil -- evil should be totally expunged.
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Loyalty, honor, and duty above all.
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4
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You have sworn an oath to destroy any fiend or undead you encounter.
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Flaw |
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You are sadistic.
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You are masochistic.
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3
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You are both sadistic and masochistic.
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4
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You are easily persuaded to hopelessness.
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5
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You feel like you deserve every good thing, even if someone else currently has it.
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6
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You see the worst in every situation.
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7
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You feel that Pelor, or someone, owes you for the sufferings of your friends and family.
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8
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You have PTSD, constantly crouching in fear at shrill animal noises or shrieks of children, nervously glancing at passing strangers, and jumping at loud banging noises.
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