Leira - Piety System Page

Goddess of Illusion

Reality is subjective.

Leira is the goddess of illusion. The Lady of Mists has ‘died’ more often than anyone can remember, and returned under some other guise when no-one was looking. Leira is not a malicious trickster goddess, but represents those strange, slow and unknowable revelations that defy mortal explanation.

Leira’s Champions

Alignment: Usually chaotic
Suggested Classes: Rogue, Bard, Wizard
Suggested Cleric Domains: Trickery
Suggested Backgrounds: Charlatan, Faceless

Champions of Leira are shrouded in lies of their own making. Who are you? What do you want? Do you even remember?

Leira’s Favor

Leira’s favour is given to those who exemplify her mysterious nature. She appreciates those who deceive so artfully that they forget what they even look like inside. Illusionists particularly entice her attention, though she rarely appears to them in any guise as simple as her own.

Leira’s scions are enigmas. Complex and indefatigable in their deceptions, it can be very hard to keep track of them for long.

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

d6	Circumstance
1	You faked your own death.
2	You’ve been living a lie for years. Your family don’t know who you really are.
3	You have at least three alter egos you use daily.
4	You can no longer remember which of your disguises is the real you.
5	You killed the person whose life you now inhabit.
6	Your memory was wiped by a supernatural force. You are worried about what you might find were you to recover those memories.

Devotion to Leira

Following Leira means dedicating yourself to illusions. As a follower of Leira, 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	Self Knowledge. I don’t really know who I am, but I’d like to find out.
3	Secrets. I enjoy keeping things from people.
4	Curiosity. My tricks allow me to get places I wouldn’t usually be able to access.
5	Freedom. It’s impossible to pin down someone who doesn’t exist.
6	Immortality. My faces might die, but I am eternal.

Earning and Losing Piety

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

• Crafting a new disguise
• Adopting a new name
• Deceiving someone with an illusion or legerdemain

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

• Being discovered in your deceptions
• Allowing yourself to be deceived by another

Deity Traits

Favoured God: Leira

Piety 3+ Leira trait
You gain Inspiration when you invent and utilise a new persona.

Who am i?

Piety 10+ Leira trait
You can cast disguise self with this trait as a bonus action, 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.

Glamour

Piety 25+ Leira trait
Your mundane and magical disguises cannot be pierced by divination magic.

Chosen of Leira

Piety 50+ Leira trait
If killed in a situation where the body cannot be found or the death is in any way ambiguous, you can spend an Inspiration die to reincarnate from nothing 1 day after your death (as per the spell). You appear in a place of the DM’s choosing.