Delleb's Avatar
(Mage 20, Cleric 15)
Delleb's avatar appears as a tall, thin
Oeridian man with olive skin. He looks
very old, and the lop of is head is balding, leaving only some short tufts of
gray hair on the sides and back. He
wears reading glasses, and a magnifying glass protrudes from his coat
pocket. He usually carries a large book
and is always accompanied by a large,
black Labrador retriever named Shadow.
Delleb is most often dressed as a
scholar, wearing black robes filled with
many pockets. When in this form, he is
usually slightly bent as if under a great
weight (though his posture is simply
bad from so much reading and writing),
His head is never covered and seems to
glow slightly, as do his eyes.
Delleb occasionally takes the form of
a warrior. When he appears thus, he
wears full plate mail though his head is
still bare, and he carries a sabre. Over
his back is slung a strange device of
metal and wood longer than the god is
tall. He sometimes appears mounted on
an immense war horse.
AC —10; MV 12 (36 mounted hp 175;
THACO 8; #AT 2; Dmg 1d8 (sabre)
or 1d10+special (flintlock rifle MR 55%;
M (6' tall Str16 Dex 20 Con 18, Int 25, Wis 23, Chr 19.
Spells P: 10/9/9/9/6/3/1
M: 5/5/5/5/5/4/3/3/2
Saves PPDM 5, RSW 5, PP 7, BW 9, Sp 6
Special Att/Def: Delleb's sabre +5 is a
avenger called Delente-Vinnosos
(roughly "That which strikes down ignorance" in Old Oeridian). His weapon of
preference, however, is a 7'-long musket
of his own invention. This device
appears to be a typical flintlock rifle (or
arquebus—though no one on Oerlh has
ever seen one work) of unusual length.
The barrel is balanced by several strands
of tight wire mounted on struts projecting from the metal shaft. A large targeting circle on the end is likewise
reinforced with wires, and the stock is
made of bronzewood. Delleh alone can
fire this weapon, and when he does, the
explosion can be heard for miles, The
weapon's ranges arc 1 mile/ 10 miles/
miles. If an even number is rolled
for damage by this giant rifle, the die is
rolled again and the result added to the
first figure. This is done until an odd
number is rolled. It is magically loaded
and can be fired twice every round.
Delleb has the power to confuse his
opponents, either by touch, striking
with his sabre, or with a bullet from his
musket. He can use this power up to
twice per round, and the confusion lasts
until Delleb wishes it to cease. Delleb
also has a goose feather quill pen that
he can use to the same effect.
Delleb is immune to any and all Illusion and Enchantment/Charm spells,
easily seeing through such deception.
He is also able to guess the next logical
move any living being will make and
always reacts with such foresight.
Shadow is a large, black lab with a
glean of intelligence in her eyes. She can
speak several languages fluently, though
she rarely does. She is fully ten times as
strong as a typical war dog.
Other Manifestations
Delleb believes his followers and clergy
should find their own way and use
their own intellects solve problems—
hence he rarely appears. Some of his
other manifestations, however, are the
smell of old books, a shadow around
the corner in a library or temple
(though no one is there), or even a sudden insight to a previously puzzling
problem. He sends Shadow as his manifestation sometimes, and the dog often
appears as one of the canines of the
church. but with an intellect far beyond
that of normal dog.
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