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Piety Being a god’s champion carries no benefits in and of itself. Each god’s description in this chapter paints a picture of the god’s typical champion, including ideas for how a player character
your piety score. As you increase that score, you gain blessings from your god. Piety has nothing to do with faith or belief, except insofar as a person’s thoughts and ideals drive them to action in
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Benefits of Piety The gods bestow favors on those who prove their devotion. When your piety score crosses certain thresholds—3, 10, 25, and 50—you gain a benefit detailed in the sections describing
the gods’ champions throughout this chapter. If your piety score exceeds and then falls below one of those thresholds, you lose the benefit you gained at the higher tier. If you choose the Oracle
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Inspiration and Piety To some extent, piety is its own reward. Behaving in accordance with your god’s dictates and ideals inspires you and might enable you to succeed where you might otherwise fail
. At your DM’s discretion, whenever you increase your piety score, you might also gain inspiration, reflecting the improvement in the harmony between you and your god.
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this spear, the target takes an extra 2d8 radiant damage.
Blessing of the Sun. If you are a worshiper of Heliod, you gain all the following benefits for which you have the required piety:
Piety 3
+. You gain 15 temporary hit points each dawn.
Piety 10+. The spear has 1 randomly determined minor beneficial property.
Piety 25+. The spear has 1 additional randomly determined minor beneficial
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cold damage.
Blessing of the Deep. If you are a worshiper of Thassa, you gain all the following benefits for which you have the required piety:
Piety 10+. You can breathe underwater, and you gain a
swimming speed of 60 feet.
Piety 25+. The bident has 1 randomly determined minor beneficial property.
Piety 50+. The bident has 1 randomly determined major beneficial property.
If you aren’t a
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required piety:
Piety 10+. The hammer has 1 randomly determined minor beneficial property.
Piety 25+. The hammer has 1 randomly determined major beneficial property.
Piety 50+. The hammer has 1
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’t be used again until the next dusk.
Blessing of the Dead. If you are a worshiper of Erebos, you gain all the following benefits for which you have the required piety:
Piety 1+. The whip has 1
randomly determined minor detrimental property—a burden Erebos imposes to test his faithful.
Piety 25+. The whip has 1 randomly determined major beneficial property.
Piety 50+. The whip has 1
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roll of 19 or 20.
Blessing of the Wild. If you are a worshiper of Nylea, you gain all the following benefits for which you have the required piety:
Piety 10+. The bow has 1 randomly determined minor
beneficial property.
Piety 25+. The bow has 1 randomly determined major beneficial property.
If you aren’t a worshiper of Nylea, the bow has 1 randomly determined major detrimental property
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cult or god with ai- and sometimes shorten the cult or god’s name to two or three syllables. Most continue to serve or at least pray to these gods as adults, with varying degrees of piety
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I judge others harshly, and myself even more severely.
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I put too much trust in those who wield power within my temple’s hierarchy.
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My piety sometimes
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Impiety Not every hero chooses the life of a divine champion. Leonin, in particular, are known for rejecting the worship of gods. If you don’t devote yourself to a god, you don’t have a piety score
and you gain no rewards for piety, but you don’t suffer any negative consequences. The Iconoclast supernatural gift (described in chapter 1) offers a way for characters to gain benefits similar to rewards for piety without being devoted to a god.
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rest. Oracle’s Piety. Your oracular abilities improve as your piety score increases. Instead of gaining the piety benefits associated with any god (as described in chapter 2), you gain the following
traits when you reach the specified piety score. Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for any spell that you cast through these traits. Augur Piety 3+ Oracle trait You can cast augury as a ritual with
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retains the benefit of a blessing until it is taken away by the god who granted it, which might happen if a character’s piety score is reduced. Unlike a magic item, a divine blessing can’t be suppressed
. If you choose to award blessings to the characters in your campaign, use the guidelines in the Dungeon Master’s Guide. If a blessing duplicates the effect of a magic item, it requires a minimum piety
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lose all the benefits granted by your old one, including rewards for piety and any other divine blessings. You no longer have a piety score to your old god, and your piety score to your new god starts at 1.
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worshiper of Heliod, you gain all the following benefits for which you have the required piety: Piety 3+. You gain 15 temporary hit points each dawn. Piety 10+. The spear has 1 randomly determined
minor beneficial property. Piety 25+. The spear has 1 additional randomly determined minor beneficial property. Piety 50+. The spear has 1 randomly determined major beneficial property. If you aren’t a
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Losing Piety You increase your piety score to Phenax when you expand the god’s influence in the world in a concrete way through acts such as these: Helping a fugitive escape justice Pulling off a
daring robbery Obstruct champions of other gods Building or restoring a temple to Phenax Your piety score to Phenax decreases if you diminish Phenax’s influence in the world, contradict his ideals, or make
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)
Earning and Losing Piety You increase your piety score to Keranos when you expand the god’s influence in the world in a concrete way through acts such as these: Solving a challenging riddle or puzzle
Smiting the unwise and foolish in Keranos’s name Helping a polis successfully plan for or adapt to a threat Building or restoring a temple to Keranos Your piety score to Keranos decreases if you diminish
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everyone else. (Evil)
6 Mystery. The cosmos is more beautiful if its greatest truths remain unknown. (Any)
Earning and Losing Piety You increase your piety score to Kruphix when you expand
dispute or conflict Aiding the weak or impeding the strong Your piety score to Kruphix decreases if you diminish Kruphix’s influence in the world, upset the balance of power, or make him look biased or
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won’t sully my body or my soul with the taint of civilization. (Any)
Earning and Losing Piety You increase your piety score to Nylea when you expand the god’s influence in the world in a concrete
undead Your piety score to Nylea decreases if you diminish Nylea’s influence in the world, fail to defend nature, or offend her sensibilities through acts such as these: Killing an animal for any reason
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. (Neutral)
6 Power. I relish having mastery over life and death. (Evil)
Earning and Losing Piety You increase your piety score to Erebos when you expand the god’s influence in the world in a
Returned form Thwarting the schemes of Heliod Your piety score to Erebos decreases if you diminish Erebos’s influence in the world, weaken his dominion over death, or alleviate misfortune without good cause
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. (Chaotic)
6 Excellence. People should look to me as an example of the best that mortal folk can be. (Any)
Earning and Losing Piety You increase your piety score to Iroas when you expand
strength or skill Your piety score to Iroas decreases if you diminish Iroas’s influence in the world, contradict his ideals, or make him look weak and cowardly through acts such as these: Showing
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obtained at any cost. (Evil)
6 Pride. No one can best me in my chosen endeavor and woe to those who try. (Any)
Earning and Losing Piety You increase your piety score to Mogis when you expand
Desecrating a temple to Iroas as an offering to Mogis Your piety score to Mogis decreases if you diminish Mogis’s influence in the world, contradict his ideals, or make him look weak or ineffectual through
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. (Good)
6 Rage. I follow my passions, no matter how dark they might seem to others. (Evil)
Earning and Losing Piety You increase your piety score to Purphoros when you expand the god’s
Creating something wondrous in Purphoros’s name Your piety score to Purphoros decreases if you diminish Purphoros’s influence in the world, work against freedom or self-expression, or allow tyranny to
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Forge. If you are a worshiper of Purphoros, you gain all the following benefits for which you have the required piety: Piety 10+. The hammer has 1 randomly determined minor beneficial property. Piety 25
+. The hammer has 1 randomly determined major beneficial property. Piety 50+. The hammer has 1 additional randomly determined major beneficial property. If you aren’t a worshiper of Purphoros, the
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for which you have the required piety: Piety 10+. You can breathe underwater, and you gain a swimming speed of 60 feet. Piety 25+. The bident has 1 randomly determined minor beneficial property
. Piety 50+. The bident has 1 randomly determined major beneficial property. If you aren’t a worshiper of Thassa, the bident has 1 minor detrimental property and 1 major detrimental property, both randomly
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degrees, includes all of us. (Good or neutral)
6 Judgment. Violations against the order of life and death must be set right. (Lawful)
Earning and Losing Piety You increase your piety score to
knowledge of someone who has died are preserved Slaying a Returned and its associated eidolon Your piety score to Athreos decreases if you diminish the River Guide’s influence in the world, impede his work
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relationships among people and gods. (Lawful and good)
6 Kinship. It’s essential to preserve the bonds of family—my own family first, and others after. (Lawful)
Earning and Losing Piety You
increase your piety score to Heliod when you expand the god’s influence in the world in a concrete way through acts such as these: Carrying out punishment on a fugitive from justice Exacting vengeance for
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Community. I strive to deepen the bonds of my family, companions, and neighbors. (Any)
Earning and Losing Piety You increase your piety score to Karametra when you expand the god’s influence in
Karametra Your piety score to Karametra decreases if you diminish her influence in the world, contradict her ideals, or undermine her civilizing influence through acts such as these: Destroying a
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a deadly classroom, and students need an expert guide to survive. (Neutral)
Earning and Losing Piety You increase your piety score to Pharika when you expand the god’s influence in the world in
creature Building or restoring a temple to Pharika, or a site that glorifies serpentine creatures Your piety score to Pharika decreases if you diminish Pharika’s influence in the world, contradict her
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internal. (Any)
Earning and Losing Piety You increase your piety score to Ephara when you expand the god’s influence in the world in a concrete way through acts such as these: Defending a city from a
major threat Defeating a tyrant who threatens a city’s freedom Creating a masterwork, such as a building or a poem Your piety score to Ephara decreases if you diminish Ephara’s influence in the world
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who suffer, and I mean to keep them safe. (Good)
Earning and Losing Piety You increase your piety score to Klothys when you expand the god’s influence in the world in a concrete way through acts
piety score to Klothys decreases if you diminish her influence in the world, contradict her ideals, or threaten the integrity of destiny through acts such as these: Undoing a deserved punishment or
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finish a long rest. Religious Study. You have advantage on any Intelligence (Religion) check pertaining to your chosen god. Starting Piety. You begin with a piety score of 3 with your chosen god. Pious
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Nyx. Where they appear, these weapons change the tide of wars and the course of history. Typically a deity bestows their weapon only on a favored champion or devotee. Depending on the champion’s piety
score, the mortal can tap into hidden properties of the weapon (see chapter 2 for details on piety). Alternatively, those who don’t worship the weapon’s divine owner often find themselves cursed for
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following benefits for which you have the required piety: Piety 10+. The bow has 1 randomly determined minor beneficial property. Piety 25+. The bow has 1 randomly determined major beneficial property. If
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character’s renown within an organization can never drop below 0. Piety With a few alterations, the renown system can also serve as a measure of a character’s link to the gods. It’s a great option for
or pantheon with goals, doctrine, and taboos that you have created. Any renown he or she earns is called piety. A character gains piety for honoring his or her gods, fulfilling their commands, and