Berronar Truesilver - Piety System Page

Dwarven Goddess of Tradition and Ceremony

Love? Love?! No, my dear, this is a marriage. It has nothing to do with love.

Berronar is the dwarven goddess of tradition and ceremony. She governs all agreements and bonds intended to last, with a view towards strengthening family and community.

Berronar’s Champions

Alignment: Always lawful, often good
Suggested Classes: Paladin, Warlock, Cleric
Suggested Cleric Domains: Life, Order, Light
Suggested Backgrounds: Folk Hero, Noble, Acolyte

Champions of Berronar are pillars of the community who value family, honour and law.

Berronar’s Favor

Berronar is responsible for governing the rules that bind together clans and families. This extends to social contracts and binding ceremonies such as christenings and marriages. Berronar blesses only consensual agreements undertaken in good faith that will strengthen both parties, but cares little for frivolities such as love compared to material gains.

Berronar’s scions tend to be controlling and domineering people, invested by their goddess with an instinct for locating matches and agreements in the pragmatic best interest of everyone, and executing them promptly.

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

d6	Circumstance
1	You forged a lasting bond between your village and another.
2	You stopped an fraudulent marriage from taking place at the last minute.
3	You’ve been tasked with tracking down and stopping someone who betrayed an oath.
4	You’ve performed more christenings than you can remember, with Berronar’s blessing.
5	Your entire clan is under your thumb, but you’ve begun to yearn for a greater challenge.
6	Berronar spoke to you at your coming of age ceremony. What did she say to you?

Devotion to Berronar

Following Berronar means dedicating yourself to family and bonds. As a follower of Berronar, 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	Community. What we forge together is always stronger than any of us alone.
3	Honour. When I make a bargain, I keep it
4	Wealth. Our mutual prosperity is founded on agreement and compromise.
5	Tradition. I will follow the customs and ways of my predecessors.
6	Hard Work. Maintaining bonds and ties isn’t easy. It’s work, each and every day

Earning and Losing Piety

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

• Broker an agreement between two or more parties
• Enact a ritual or ceremony

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

• Forcing a duplicitous agreement, or willingly breaking an accord

Deity Traits

Favoured God: Berronar

Piety 3+ Berronar trait
You gain Inspiration when you broker an honourable deal, trade or bargain

Mother of Traditions

Piety 10+ Berronar trait
You can cast ceremony as a ritual with this trait, requiring no material components. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for this spell.

Binding Agreement

Piety 25+ Berronar trait
You can cast geas as a ritual with this trait, requiring no material components. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for this spell.

Chosen of Berronar

Piety 50+ Berronar trait
You can spend an inspiration die to cast planar ally with this trait. Once you cast the spell in this way, you can’t do so again until you finish a long rest. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for this spell. This version of the spell will only summon celestial creatures.