Golgalthum
Balumbdar, or He Who Is Massive, is the god of all
huge things in the world that tower over smaller things.
Creatures of great size, such as elephants and dinosaurs,
are sacred to him, as are natural features that dominate
the landscape like mountains and massive trees.
Balumbdar is also a god of strength, but of might born
of great size rather than training or skill. Balumbdar is
considered brutish and dim-witted by most other gods,
but the fact that he towers over them in any interaction
means he always commands respect. When he bothers to
manifest at all, it is as a startlingly large man with slabs
of muscle and equally thick rolls of fat. He sometimes
instead appears as a city-sized animal or as imposing
clouds, heavy with rain and low to the ground.
Balumbdar’s worshippers see their god’s might in storms
that shred a forest but leave the tallest trees standing, or
avalanches that roll across buildings yet leave the mountain
untouched. This, they know, is the power of size: to endure
when the rest of the world is weak and small. They seek to
emulate their god by growing large, either by developing
their muscles or becoming immensely fat.
Balumbdar himself is uncaring about how great size
and strength is used, but his followers generally divide
themselves into two schools of thought. Those who
feel that it is incumbent upon the large to tread upon
the small are usually evil. Those who feel that size
imparts an obligation to protect the small are usually
good. Druids often revere Balumbdar because
of his relationship with the natural world, and
they adopt the care of animals much larger than
they are—or at times, animals that are much
smaller, to demonstrate Balumbdar’s stalwart
guardianship of smaller creatures.
The Elephant People revere Balumbdar, but
not by name; they know that some ancient
divine sponsor sent the elephants to the world
to guide others. This patron is Balumbdar, who
doesn’t care that this nameless people have, in
turn, no name for him; Balumbdar speaks to
them through the elephants that serve his will.
avatar
When casting the avatar spell, a worshipper of
Balumbdar gains the following additional abilities.
Balumbdar Speed 70 feet, climb 50 feet, immune to
immobilized; Melee [one-action] slam (reach 15 feet), Damage
6d12+4 bludgeoning; Ranged [one-action] overbearing pressure
(range 120 feet), Damage 6d6+3 bludgeoning
Golgalthum
the Earth-shaker
- Areas of Concern great size, megafauna, strength
- Alignment N (NG, N, NE)
- Divine Font heal
- Divine Ability Strength or Constitution
- Divine Skill Athletics
- Domains might, nature, perfection, protection
- Cleric Spells 1st: ant haul, 2nd: enlarge, 4th: dinosaur form
- Edicts grow as large as you can, shelter those smaller and weaker than you, tend large animals and megafauna
- Anathema accidentally injure others with your size, topple a massive natural monument, use magic to assume a form smaller than you are
- Favored Weapon greatclub
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