Clergy of Tymora
From the GOTR pamphlet on TYMORA ...
Luckbringers
The clerics of Tymora, known as luckbringers, are often called upon to officiate at high-class gambling halls, provide counseling for business, or to organize entertainment for nobles.
The luckbringers also maintain beneficial relationships with adventuring guilds throughout the realms, providing healings and blessings (at a discount) to those who brave the dangers of the world.
Occasionally, a luckbringer may be requested to bring some good luck to an important life event such as a childbirth or coming of age ceremony.
Luckriders
The paladins of Tymora are known as luckriders. These holy warriors enforce fair play in games of chance and punish cheaters who attempt to replace luck with their own dishonorable manipulations.
The luckriders are also known for rescuing adventurers who have become captured, lost, or entrenched in quests beyond their capabilities. Should a potential hero find themselves in desperate circumstances, the Smiling Lady may have a luckrider nearby to provide support.
At virtually every popular resting stop for adventurers, one will find a shrine or temple of Tymora. The widespread Church of the Bright Lady teaches its followers to set up shop wherever adventurers are known to pass, providing supplies and other forms of support to the weary travelers.
Each temple in the church is run independently with its own hierarchy and doctrinal interpretation, but all Tymoran priests share a sense of goodwill and a desire to take a gamble with their resources to sponsor brave heroes of strong potential; the greater the deeds performed by heroes sponsored by Tymora’s clergy, the greater the support the faith of Lady Luck receives from the people of the realms. Clerics and paladins of Tymora traditionally pray for their spells in the morning.
Devotions As most adventurers set off to begin or continue their journeys in the early hours of day, so too do the servants of the Lady Who Smiles ready themselves to greet and bless those who are willing to take chances for glory. A stroke of good luck at a critical turn can also be said to be like the morning light washing away the darkness of night.
There are no standard daily rituals for the clerics or paladins of Tymora, but each individual sect of the faith may practice its own set of ceremonies. Some examples include flipping a coin in the morning to decide a path of decision for the day, or rolling a die to determine how many hours or days one might stay in a particular location before heading to new places.
One particular custom that is popular among Tymora’s clergy however is the Greeting of Coins, in which two or more servants of the Lady of Fortune touch their holy symbols after watchwords of recognition have been exchanged.
The common watchword exchange with strangers newly met is “Life is short. Live it as Tymora means it to be lived!” to be answered with “Dare all, and trust in the Lady.”The common watchword exchange with friends and known colleagues is “Defy.” to be answered with “Dare much.”
Clothes Traditional ceremonial dress for the faithful of Tymora tends to vary greatly from temple to temple much as their rituals and customs may. The priests at Arabel for example favor full habits and headpieces, while the priests at Shadowdale prefer simple robes.
Blue and silver are the most common colors of their ceremonial dress. Small holy symbols engraved on jewelry worn underneath the clothing and high boots are popular among traveling clergy.
All clergy of the Bright Lady wears a holy symbol (Tymora’s silver disc) hung from the neck in addition to whatever else they may wear. While traveling or adventuring, a cleric or paladin of Tymora will wear whatever feels comfortable for the journey, and will always maintain materials needed for games of chance, such as marked sticks, cards, or dice.
Books of maps are popular among traveling Tymoran clergy, especially those with locations of gambling halls and adventurers’ guilds marked for interest. Some have also been known to carry tools for fortunetelling, offering Tymora’s blessing should they predict misfortune in some poor soul’s future.
Luckbringers
The clerics of Tymora, known as luckbringers, are often called upon to officiate at high-class gambling halls, provide counseling for business, or to organize entertainment for nobles.
The luckbringers also maintain beneficial relationships with adventuring guilds throughout the realms, providing healings and blessings (at a discount) to those who brave the dangers of the world.
Occasionally, a luckbringer may be requested to bring some good luck to an important life event such as a childbirth or coming of age ceremony.
Luckriders
The paladins of Tymora are known as luckriders. These holy warriors enforce fair play in games of chance and punish cheaters who attempt to replace luck with their own dishonorable manipulations.
The luckriders are also known for rescuing adventurers who have become captured, lost, or entrenched in quests beyond their capabilities. Should a potential hero find themselves in desperate circumstances, the Smiling Lady may have a luckrider nearby to provide support.
At virtually every popular resting stop for adventurers, one will find a shrine or temple of Tymora. The widespread Church of the Bright Lady teaches its followers to set up shop wherever adventurers are known to pass, providing supplies and other forms of support to the weary travelers.
Each temple in the church is run independently with its own hierarchy and doctrinal interpretation, but all Tymoran priests share a sense of goodwill and a desire to take a gamble with their resources to sponsor brave heroes of strong potential; the greater the deeds performed by heroes sponsored by Tymora’s clergy, the greater the support the faith of Lady Luck receives from the people of the realms. Clerics and paladins of Tymora traditionally pray for their spells in the morning.
Devotions As most adventurers set off to begin or continue their journeys in the early hours of day, so too do the servants of the Lady Who Smiles ready themselves to greet and bless those who are willing to take chances for glory. A stroke of good luck at a critical turn can also be said to be like the morning light washing away the darkness of night.
There are no standard daily rituals for the clerics or paladins of Tymora, but each individual sect of the faith may practice its own set of ceremonies. Some examples include flipping a coin in the morning to decide a path of decision for the day, or rolling a die to determine how many hours or days one might stay in a particular location before heading to new places.
One particular custom that is popular among Tymora’s clergy however is the Greeting of Coins, in which two or more servants of the Lady of Fortune touch their holy symbols after watchwords of recognition have been exchanged.
The common watchword exchange with strangers newly met is “Life is short. Live it as Tymora means it to be lived!” to be answered with “Dare all, and trust in the Lady.”The common watchword exchange with friends and known colleagues is “Defy.” to be answered with “Dare much.”
Clothes Traditional ceremonial dress for the faithful of Tymora tends to vary greatly from temple to temple much as their rituals and customs may. The priests at Arabel for example favor full habits and headpieces, while the priests at Shadowdale prefer simple robes.
Blue and silver are the most common colors of their ceremonial dress. Small holy symbols engraved on jewelry worn underneath the clothing and high boots are popular among traveling clergy.
All clergy of the Bright Lady wears a holy symbol (Tymora’s silver disc) hung from the neck in addition to whatever else they may wear. While traveling or adventuring, a cleric or paladin of Tymora will wear whatever feels comfortable for the journey, and will always maintain materials needed for games of chance, such as marked sticks, cards, or dice.
Books of maps are popular among traveling Tymoran clergy, especially those with locations of gambling halls and adventurers’ guilds marked for interest. Some have also been known to carry tools for fortunetelling, offering Tymora’s blessing should they predict misfortune in some poor soul’s future.
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