Sune - Piety System Page

Goddess of Passion, Beauty and Love

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Sune is the goddess of passion, beauty and love. She governs not only romance, but full use of the senses for pleasure in every respect, whether that be staring at a beautiful painting or taking in the night air.

Sune’s Champions

Alignment: Usually chaotic, sometimes good
Suggested Classes: Bard, Cleric, Sorcerer
Suggested Cleric Domains: Life, Light
Suggested Backgrounds: Courtier, Acolyte, Anthropologist

Champions of Sune seek to create and foster beauty of all kinds, giving others the self-esteem and confidence they need to love themselves.

Sune’s Favor

Sune’s favour is given to those who understand that beauty shines from the inside out. Sune is more likely to favour the kind of heart than she is to favour those born with flawless skin or silken hair.

Sune’s scions can be found across the world, as her popular faith is promulgated in most large cities. They might be educators, socialites, social workers, courtesans or anything they set their mind to, though the scions of Sune rarely work in isolation.

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

d6	Circumstance
1	Your face could launch a thousand ships. Maybe more on a good hair day.
2	The love and faith you put into everything you do shines like a beacon to faeries and gods alike.
3	You were kind to an ugly stranger. This stranger was the goddess in disguise, who blessed you.
4	You built a breathtaking public work of art for all to see.
5	You’ve spent your life in the service of making other people feel better.
6	You are the pinnacle of fashion and style in the place you were raised.

Devotion to Sune

Following Sune means dedicating yourself to love and passion. As a follower of Sune, 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	Charity. Everyone deserves to experience beauty.
3	Love. I sincerely believe that true love exists for everyone.
4	Passion. Follow your instincts. They will rarely lead you astray.
5	Self Knowledge. Learning to love ourselves is the first step towards any understanding of other people.
6	Pride. My appearance is everything to me.

Earning and Losing Piety

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

• Helping others to find self-love and confidence
• Creating a work of beauty or art, however ephemeral
• Taking a moment to enjoy a sensual experience for its own sake

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

• Destroying things of beauty
• Subverting the confidence and self-worth of another

Deity Traits

Favoured God: Sune

Piety 3+ Sune trait
You gain inspiration when you give someone confidence or build on their self-esteem.

Florals? in Spring?

Piety 10+ Sune trait
You never suffer any negative social penalties from bad dress, smell or appearance

Come hither

Piety 25+ Sune trait
You can cast suggestion with this trait, requiring no components other than making eye contact with the target. Once you cast the spell in this way, you can’t do so again until you finish a long rest. Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for this spell. You may only issue the suggestion “come to me”.

Chosen of Sune

Piety 50+ Sune trait
If you would be Charmed for any reason, you can spend an inspiration die to rebound the charm, and the creature from whence the effect came is Charmed by you instead.