Church of Kallias
Roleplaying Notes
Followers of Kallias often are those most willing to go out on adventure. They can often be seen as careless and free-spirited, but that often is an obfuscation over a critical analysis of a situation. If a Kallian is being chaotic - there’s a reason. The imperative of “never refuse a second chance” can often make Kallians’ seem hopeful, but there are some who take it in a more cynical bent allowing a second chance, but never a third.Mythology & Lore
Legendary Items and Weapons of Kallias
The Ace of Spades
Weapon (revolver), legendary (requires attunement)This adamantine revolver has blue sapphires inlaid in the grip and is pure midnight black everywhere else. When used in a fight, the revolver grows warm with excitement and red Dwarvish runes spelling out the phrase “death to dragons” appear on the barrel. You gain a +4 bonus to attack rolls with this weapon against dragons and dragonkin/dragonborn. In addition, this weapon ignores any acid, cold, fire, or lightning damage immunities of enemies. Against normal enemies, it acts as a +2 revolver while still ignoring elemental damage resistance.
Tenets of Faith
The Duties of the Clerics of Kallias
There are no specific duties given Kallias worship is wholly individualized. Followers of Kallias must follow the Directive, which they believe comes directly from Kallias himself:- Bring Order where there is Chaos
- Bring Chaos where there is Order
- Never refuse a second chance
Forbidden to Kallias
- Denying a Second chance
- Blind Adherence to Bureaucracy and Order
- Blind and rampant chaos and destruction
Sacred to Kallias
- Giving a second chance
- Making use of a second chance
- Self sacrifice
Typical Offerings
Followers of Kallias often say he wants only two things: blood and brass.Worship
Major Areas of Worship
- Most worship of Kallias is done out on the open road while adventuring.
- Most followers of the Demure God believe that the place where their prayers are strongest is dead in the middle of a losing firefight.
Holidays
There are no Kallian holidaysCommon Sayings and Blessings
- “Time to Roll the Dice” - often said in the middle of a fight before doing something incredibly dangerous
- “Waste not a Second Chance” - alternatively meaning ‘don’t give up’ and ‘take the chances when one appears’
- “Gonna spend one - blood or brass. We’ll see which one in the end.” - often shortened to just ‘blood or brass’, this is generally said as a threat by a Kallian who is willing to devote themselves to a ‘lost cause’ in search of that second chance.
Priesthood
Head of the Church
There is no overarching leadership of the Church of Kallias, in fact there are no physical churches either. Instead, followers of Kallias are all considered to be “his priests” even if they are not a cleric, per se. Followers of Kallias tend to live either very well off, and focus on the more alchemical side of worship or tend to live common, humble lives, focused more on the luck aspect of worship.Organization of the Church
There are no formal organizations given there is no formal church, however, a number of factions exist:Lawgivers
Lawgivers tend to focus more on proactively going out and fighting the injustices of the worldChancers
Chancers lean heavily into Kallias’ chaotic nature and fully believe that strategically oriented chaos is a benefit to every situation imaginable.Helping Hands
Hands take Kallias’s title as “The Second Chance” to mean that they must proactively go out and rescue people to give them a second chance.Clothing
Most followers of Kallias wear common, everyday clothing, though all can be expected to have a pair of dice either embroidered on their clothing or adorned on them.Membership Restrictions
Anyone may follow KalliasTypical Followers
Fighters, rogues, down on their luck folksPolitical Influence & Intrigue
Interaction with Society
Followers of Kallias serve the community most often in the style of wandering Ronin - it is not uncommon for small villages or towns to pray to Kallias for a second chance at life during some threat, only for a wandering gunslinger to happen through, resolve the problem, and leave behind a set of dice.Ceremonies
There are no formal ceremonies to Kallias, nevertheless, whenever someone wants good luck it is traditional to leave a pair of dice with the single pip upward as an invocation. When someone dies, a follower of Kallias will often leave a set of dice with the single pip face down on their grave.
Type
Religious, Organised Religion