Ioun (I-own)

The Knowing Mentor, Goddess of Knowledge

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For more information on all Prime Deities, see: Prime Deities

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Revered by seers, sages, and teachers of all walks of life, Ioun guided the growth of civilization throughout the ages like sunlight guides the branches of a tree. Grievously wounded by Tharizdun during the War of Repellence, her followers are now hunted by agents of her ancient foes as she recovers. Her devout now worship in private, spreading knowledge, philosophy, and lore anonymously through traceless channels.

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Physical Description

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Common representations show the Knowing Mentor as a graying, mature woman with a welcoming, matronly smile, swathed in billowing robes and scarves that fan into books and scrolls. Some colloquially refer to Ioun as the Knowing Mistress, revering her as a headmistress of knowledge among the gods.

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Divine Realm

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Ioun sits among the infinite library that fills the hidden realm of the Iounic Record, her aeon servants cataloging all known things as she inspires those who pray for her insight and guidance. This realm is rarely known to mortals, and is often a topic of debate as to whether or not such a place exists in an ongoing argument between psychics and believers of the arcane and divine.

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Tenets of Faith

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• Unmask those who would destroy Ioun. Learn their secrets and unveil them to the world.


• Uphold and teach the importance of reason, perception, and truth in guiding one's emotions and path.


• Condemn those who lie without moral cause, for evil folk gain power when their followers obscure the truth. Never stoop to the level of selfish liars.

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Contacts & Relations

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Betrayer Deities

Ioun led the charge against Tharizdun, the Chained Oblivion, during the War of Repellence. She devised the shackles that could be used to help banish a god from the Material Plane. She baited the Oblivion to her central temple. She was badly wounded by the traitor god in that battle and has been recovering, in hiding, ever since. Some believe she cannot be completely healed until Tharizdun is destroyed.

Divine Traits

General Information

Alternative Name(s)
The Broken Goddess
Goddess of Knowledge
The Knowing Mentor
The Knowing Mistress
The Librarian

Alignment
Neutral

Pantheon
Prime Deity

Areas of Concern
Arcana, learning, prophecy, skill, teaching

Favored Weapon
Quarterstaff

Sacred Animal(s)
Ibis

Sacred Color(s)
Blue, gold, white

Symbol
Pair of open eyes crowned with a third open eye

Worshipers
Sages, scholars, seers, tacticians, teachers, wizards

Worshipers' Adjective(s)
Iounic

Plane
The Iounic Record

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D&D 5e

Domains
Arcana, Knowledge

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Pathfinder 1e

Domains
Community, Knowledge, Magic, Rune

Subdomains
Arcane, Education, Language, Memory, Thought, Wards

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Pathfinder 2e

Domains
Glyph, Knowledge, Magic, Protection

Alternative Domain(s)
Secrecy, Time

Divine Ability
Intelligence or Wisdom

Divine Font
Harm or Heal

Divine Skill
Arcana

Cleric Spells
1st: Magic Missile
2nd: Magic Mouth
3rd: Levitate
4th: Blink
5th: Prying Eye
6th: Wall of Force
7th: Warp Mind
8th: Maze
9th: Disjunction

Divine Boons

• Minor Boon
  Ioun casts a powerful spell to help you in a pinch. Once, Ioun casts a spell 1 level higher than the highest-level spell you can cast. If you can’t cast spells, Ioun casts a 1st-level spell to help you.
• Moderate Boon
  Ioun grants you insight into the secrets of magic. Add one spell from a different tradition of magic to your spell list. You still must learn it or add it to your repertoire normally.
• Major Boon
  You are granted supreme magical knowledge and mastery. If you are a prepared spellcaster, you can switch one of your prepared spells for another spell you could have prepared in that slot; if you are a spontaneous spellcaster, you can switch one of the spells in your spell repertoire for another spell you could have chosen for your repertoire instead. In either case, you make this switch by using a single action, which has the concentrate trait. (If you are neither a prepared nor a spontaneous spellcaster, Ioun won’t grant you her major boon.)

Divine Curses

• Minor Curse
  The secrets of magic become mentally taxing. You are permanently stupefied 1.
• Moderate Curse
  Your magic wars against itself. Whenever you cast a spell, attempt a DC 11 flat check. On a failure, if your spell was harmful, you instead cast a beneficial spell of the same level on your intended targets, and if it was beneficial, you instead cast a harmful spell of the same level on your intended targets. If the spell benefited some targets and harmed others, you cast a spell of the same level that switches who benefited (for instance, changing a Heal spell that harmed undead and healed the living to a Harm spell that healed undead and harmed the living). You still lose the spell slot for the spell you were trying to cast.
• Major Curse
  Ioun severs your connection to magic. You lose all your spellcasting abilities and cannot gain any future spellcasting.