Grolantor - Piety System Page
Giant God of Hunger and Excess
Bulk smash.Grolantor is the giant god of hunger and excess. Selfish and weaker than his siblings, Grolantor uses his nevertheless considerable size and might to deploy destructive tantrums across the world whenever he doesn’t get his way. Though his ways are inclined to evil, Grolantor also represents elements of self-esteem, independence and anarchy that the rest of the pantheon is wanting.
Grolantor’s Champions
Alignment: Usually chaotic, often evilSuggested Classes: Barbarian, Fighter, Druid
Suggested Cleric Domains: War
Suggested Backgrounds: Criminal, Gladiator, Noble
Champions of Grolantor are never satisfied, consuming more and more resources until they are crushed by the weight.
Grolantor’s Favor
Grolantor rarely takes the time out of his day to bless anyone or anything, but when he does, he chooses those who live their lives in his image. Those who are physically large due to excess, or more likely those who have amassed pile of physical resources they could never hope to use, gain his favour.Grolantor’s scions tend to be either rich or criminal (some would argue both are the same thing), having accumulated far more than their fair share of resources by hook or by crook.
Why did Grolantor seek you out as a champion? The following table offers a few suggestions.
| d6 | Circumstance |
|---|---|
| 1 | Your family has always been rich, and you stand to inherit their vast fortune. |
| 2 | You made your wealth and your name on the back of workers you failed to compensate. |
| 3 | You’ve always been greedy. You eat because you don’t like the idea of other people touching your food. |
| 4 | You’ve never given to a charitable cause in your life. You’d rather throw the money away. |
| 5 | You once killed a man over a sandwich. You weren’t even that hungry. |
| 6 | You’re prone to flying into fits of unspeakable rage when you don’t get your own way. |
Devotion to Grolantor
Following Grolantor means dedicating yourself to gluttony. As a follower of Grolantor, 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 | Greed. I am never satisfied with what I have. |
| 3 | Jealousy. I can’t stand it when I see someone else with something that I don’t have. |
| 4 | Rage. I feel a sense of release when I get angry or violent. |
| 5 | Independence. I will not be beholden to the needs of others. |
| 6 | Selfishness. If the people don’t have bread, let them eat cake. |
Earning and Losing Piety
You increase your piety score to Grolantor when you expand the god’s influence in the world in a concrete way through acts such as these:- Taking something that you want
- Satisfying a basic urge, need or hunger
- Allowing yourself to be bossed about by another
- Denying yourself something you want
Deity Traits
Favoured God: Grolantor
Piety 3+ Grolantor traitYou gain Inspiration when you consume resources needlessly for some unessential purpose.
Iron tummy
Piety 10+ Grolantor traitThere is no limit to the amount of food you can eat. You are immune to the effects of ingested poisons and drugs.
Hill Giant Strength
Piety 25+ Grolantor traitYour strength score increases to 21 unless it was already higher.
Chosen of Grolantor
Piety 50+ Grolantor traitYou can spend an inspiration die to attempt to swallow a creature. As an action, you can make an unarmed attack roll against a small or tiny creature grappled by you. On a hit, the creature is Swallowed by you. The swallowed target is blinded and restrained, it has total cover against attacks and other effects outside of you, and it takes acid damage at the start of each of your turns equal to 1d6 times your character level.
You can have only one target swallowed at a time. If you are reduced to 0 hit points, a swallowed creature is no longer restrained by you and can escape using 10 feet of movement, exiting prone.
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