Mason Black

The Grim Crusader

A product of happenstance, Mason Black drifted into the company of the party with a hint of bad luck and terrible life choices. It didn't take long for him to join the group as their muscle, a role he has become very familiar with from his past life. Before he met the party he was from a world unlike theirs, where he was a part of the criminal underworld working for the mafia. This of course was not by choice as his father Johnny Black used him as form currency in a game of poker. This would haunt Mason for a portion of his life. Later in his life Mason would meet his now ex-wife and found happiness for a time. But this was short-lived as he then was gunned down after screwing over the men he worked for.
After some time at the party, he found himself finding the family he always wanted, he saw people come and go but he found that an elf named Desynthe stayed. He grew to appreciate her and grew protective of her. They continued their adventures around the world learning how dark this world really was, he even questioned his purpose in the world. They later meet a robot in the city that he perceived to be Hitler’s wet dream, they later find that the soul of a woman named Mina is powering the machine. A few bruises and dislocated arm later they were able to free her and reunited her with her lover Otto.
The merry group of misfits made their way to Wa where Mason finds his answers to his past life in this world.
Category: Pantheon of the Black Star
Edicts: To Lay the Dead to Rest or Avenge Them, To Destroy the Wicked, To be Better
Anathema: Killing the Innocent, Corrupting One’s Self and/or Others, Not Allowing One to Grow
Areas of Concern: Death, Crusading, Protection, Dreaming, and Redemption
Follower Alignments: LG, NG, CG, LN, N

Devotee Benefits

Divine Ability: Wisdom or Charisma
Divine Font: Harm or Heal
Divine Skill: Perception
Favored Weapon: Sword and/or Shield
Domains: Death, Soul, Protection, Fate
Alternate Domains: Dreams, Zeal
Cleric Spells: 1st: Mindlink 2nd: Darkvision 3rd: Ghostly Weapon 4th: Talking Corpse 5th: Shadow Walk

Divine Intercession

Those who would prevent a soul from reaching the afterlife draw Mason’s ire, but those who merely dabble in pursuits like lengthening their life or resurrection are usually ignored, as eventually, death comes for all. Source Gods & Magic pg. 39 2.0
Minor Boon: You see a momentary, prophetic glimpse of your fate. Once, you gain a +2 status bonus to a single check; you can apply this bonus after you determine the result, and it can potentially change the degree of success.
Moderate Boon: You gain a greater mastery over the energies of life and death. Your Strikes deal 1 positive damage to undead. Your spells that deal positive damage to undead gain a +1 status bonus to damage per spell level, and your spells that heal the living gain a +1 status bonus to the Hit Points restored per spell level.
Major Boon: Mason keeps you alive to fulfill your fate. The GM secretly chooses a fate Mason knows you must fulfill. Until you fulfill this fate, any time you would die, a grave but nonfatal misfortune instead befalls you. You take at least a full day to recuperate and you potentially face permanent consequences, but you don’t die. If you would have died even once without this boon, once your fate is complete, you let out a final sigh and then die peacefully.
Minor Curse: Horrifying or enticing visions of your final judgment distract you from the task at hand. You take a –2 status penalty to initiative rolls.
Moderate Curse: Fate turns against you and reveals dire portents. Divinations such as augury cast by you or that involve you always suggest woe. Once per day after you attempt a check, the GM can make the result of the roll a natural 1.
Major Curse: Mason wills the end of your life and your lineage. You become unable to have children (or otherwise procreate by any means, including create spawn abilities) and are permanently doomed 2.

Herald: 

Azrael, a shapeshifting Eseneth that takes multiple forms in conjunction with the needs of the situation.

Realm: 

Neru, is a realm that resembles a small kingdom on an island which is in perpetual nighttime that is lightened by the northern lights and stars. The residents there get to live a nice and quiet life where they get to rest for eternity.

Divine Symbols & Sigils

A Black Great Helm

Divine Classification

Diety

Church/Cult

The Church of the Black Star

Honorary & Occupational Titles

Mason Black (among friends and family), The Crusader (pantheon title), The Grim Crusader (Reichsland and Osmani Sultanate), The Man with the Crimson Eyes (globally pre ascension), Ishiku Kuro (Wa), Voice of the Black Star (globally), Avenging Blade (Ali Empire), Ex-dragonknight (Wa), The Eternal (globally), Founder of the Starfinder Society

Sex

Male

Eyes

Red

Hair

Black

Height

7'+

Aligned Organization

Pantheon of the Black Star

Other Affiliations

• The Church of the Black Star