Deep Sashelas - Piety System Page

Elven God of All Things Lost at Sea and Forgotten Histories

All manner of things are lost at sea. What the surface forgets, the deep ocean remembers. What do you desire, and why should the waves return it to you?

Deep Sashelas is the elven god of all things lost at sea and forgotten histories. He is particularly fond of the sea elves, dolphins and elven sages.

Deep Sashelas’s Champions

Alignment: Usually chaotic, sometimes good
Suggested Classes: Wizard, Bard, Druid
Suggested Cleric Domains: Knowledge, Nature, Tempest
Suggested Backgrounds: Sage, Sailor, Archaeologist

Champions of Sashelas are sages, storytellers and explorers at home with wind and wave.

Deep Sashelas’s Favor

Sashelas’s favour is given to those who pay him tribute, and those who wish to know things that the entire world has forgotten. Compared to Dumathoin, who keeps secrets that someone seeks to protect, Deep Sashelas holds court over those stories that have faded from recollection entirely.

Sashelas’s scions are, therefore, those who have a vested interest in stories, those who seek knowledge that no-one alive remembers, and those who seek safety at sea.

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

d6	Circumstance
1	You uncovered an ancient story in abandoned ruins. You are its caretaker.
2	You have gifted endless tribute to Deep Sashelas in your travels across the ocean.
3	You are one of the few people the sea elves will openly treat with.
4	You saved a dolphin from a trap, and it told Deep Sashelas of your mercy.
5	Your family were the last monarchs of a city destroyed by time or evil. You are royalty no longer, but you remember the old ways.
6	You’re looking for a secret that you are well aware noone alive knows. Perhaps Sashelas will lead you to it.

Devotion to Sashelas

Following Sashelas means dedicating yourself to deep secrets and lost histories. As a follower of Sashelas, 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. (Any)
2	History. Someone must remember the ways of the past, so we can learn from them.
3	Mortality. All things fade and die in time.
4	Scholarship. My scholarship is perhaps more important than any other - I stand between knowledge and the void.
5	Mystery. The anticipation of searching for the lost and hidden is exhilarating.
6	Civilisation. The truths I recover from the depths could transform the way we live.

Earning and Losing Piety

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

• Re-discovering information thought lost
• Uncovering stolen or buried artefacts and returning them to their rightful owners
• Offering tribute to the sea

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

• Refusing to pay tribute to Sashelas for his blessings
• Corrupting or falsifying history

Deity Traits

Favoured God: Deep Sashelas

Piety 3+ Sashelas trait
You gain Inspiration when you pay tribute to Sashelas.

Submerged Musings

Piety 10+ Sashelas trait
You can cast water breathing with this trait, requiring no components. Once you cast the spell in this way, you can’t do so again until you finish a long rest. Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for this spell.

Forgotten Realms

Piety 25+ Sashelas trait
You can cast legend lore with this trait, requiring no components. Once you cast the spell in this way, you can’t do so again until you finish a long rest. Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for this spell.

Chosen of Deep Sashelas

Piety 50+ Sashelas trait
You can spend an inspiration die to hide one or more thoughts from your mind. Whilst hidden, the thoughts vanish from your mind and no magic or ability can detect you ever knew them. They return to you in response to hearing a trigger word you specify when you use this ability.