Auril - Piety System Page

Goddess of Winter and the Freezing Cold

Freeze the marrow, Warp the bone, Snuff the hearth, Break the home

Auril is the god of winter and the freezing cold. Despite being a cruel and capricious goddess, Auril receives a great deal of prayer as people all over Aeris beg her to pass over their families and leave them unharmed.

Auril’s Champions

Alignment: Usually evil, often chaotic
Suggested Classes: Barbarian, Druid
Suggested Cleric Domains: Nature, Tempest
Suggested Backgrounds: Gladiator, Hermit, Outlander

Champions of Auril are those who have survived untold horrors and bitter loss. Auril values those who look out for themselves despite the cruetly and violence the world inflicts on them.

Auril’ Favor

Auril offers power and strength to those who would eschew the bounds of society and live out in the harsh reaches of winter. In her service, scions find themselves spreading bitter truths and preparing mortals for harsh realities.

Auril’s scions are seldom cheerful sorts, often exhibiting morose, cold and savagely honest personalities.

Why did Auril seek you out as a champion? The following table offers a few suggestions.

d6	Circumstance
1	You were born on a winter solstice
2	You survived a raging snowstorm.
3	You won the winter games
4	You fell into an icy lake as a child and saw something under the surface
5	You climbed to the peak of a dangerous snowy mountain
6	A winter monster almost killed you, but turned away for unknown reasons

Devotion to Auril

Following Auril means dedicating yourself to cold and ice. As a follower of Auril, consider the ideals below as alternatives to those suggested for your background.

d6	Ideals
1	Devotion. My devotion to my god is more important to me than what they stand for.
2	Apathy. My soul is rimed in ice and bitter regret.
3	Savagery. The world is cruel, I must be crueller yet to survive it.
4	Nature. There is no justice, only the whims of natural forces.
5	Hate. This world takes, and take and takes. I hate it. It should all perish.
6	Dread. Winter comes for us all eventually

Earning and Losing Piety

You increase your piety score to Auril when you expand the god’s influence in the world in a concrete way through acts such as these:

• Preparing others for hard truths
• Enduring unavoidable disasters
• Being honest, especially when it would hurt someone

Your piety score to Auril decreases if you diminish Auril’s influence in the world or contradict his ideals through acts such as these:

• Offering comfort or solace to others
• Lying to protect the feelings of someone else
• Showing weakness in the face of adversity

Deity Traits

Favoured God: Auril

Piety 3+ Auril trait
You gain inspiration when you deliver a harsh truth or knowledge that someone doesn’t want to hear.

Winter’s Raiment

Piety 10+ Auril trait
You gain a bonus to your armour class equal to your proficiency bonus. If you take fire damage or are damaged by a critical hit, you lose the benefit of this ability until you finish a long rest.

Cryogenics

Piety 25+ Auril trait
You cannot be damaged whilst you are petrified or unconscious.

Chosen of Auril

Piety 50+ Auril trait
You may use an action to spend an inspiration die and freeze yourself into an ice statue. In this state, you are petrified. This state lasts for 1 minute.