Waukeen - Piety System Page

Goddess of Trade and Money

Everyone and everything has a price.

Waukeen is the goddess of trade and money. She represents a functioning economy and the promulgation of financial industries. She looks after all trade agreements and currency is sacred to her.

Waukeen’s Champions

Alignment: Usually lawful
Suggested Classes: Artificer, Bard, Rogue
Suggested Cleric Domains: Knowledge, Trickery
Suggested Backgrounds: Guild Artisan, Clan Crafter

Champions of Waukeen are immersed in gold, either as a tool to develop the community or for their own personal gain.

Waukeen’s Favor

Waukeen cares primarily for anything that increases the flow of money and trade between cities and countries. Waukeen’s influence is directly spread by diplomatic relations and trade networks, and she chooses champions who can best aid her in this regard.

Waukeen’s scions are usually gregarious and generous, as Waukeen frowns on misers and hoarders. They number amongst them traders and artisans, but also diplomats and negotiators.

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

d6	Circumstance
1	You’ve donated so much money to the city they’ve raised a statue in your name.
2	You founded a business that operates worldwide.
3	You negotiated a groundbreaking trade agreement.
4	You were found in the woods and raised by a trio of gold eating badgers called Aurumvorax
5	You inherited a huge fortune in gold from your parents, alas held in escrow due to legal concerns about how it was obtained.
6	You were the leader of a local guild until very recently.

Devotion to Waukeen

Following Waukeen means dedicating your life to gold and commerce. As a follower of Waukeen, 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	Civilisation. Without money and trade, we’re just animals.
3	Wealth. I know I’m not supposed to, but I love curling up on all my profits like a little dragon.
4	Power. It’s amazing what people will do for gold. It’s like magic. Hell, it’s better than magic.
5	Pragmatism. Money gets things done, so I look after the money. It’s nothing more than that.
6	Freedom. Gold allows me to be free from debts and fealty to others.

Earning and Losing Piety

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

• Encouraging trade between two willing parties
• Paying fair wages for honest work
• Buying and selling items of note
• Making monetary donations to worthy causes

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

• Hoarding wealth and refusing to spend it
• Obstructing trade between consenting parties

Deity Traits

Favoured God: Waukeen

Piety 3+ Waukeen trait
You gain Inspiration when you make a good deal, pay a wage or finalise a transaction of any kind.

Cash Cow

Piety 10+ Waukeen trait
When you reduce a creature to 0 hit points, it drops a number of gold pieces equal to its CR (round down).

Peculated Powers

Piety 25+ Waukeen trait
You and your allies within 30 feet of you can substitute any costly material component needed to cast a spell for its worth in gold pieces.

Chosen of Waukeen

Piety 50+ Waukeen trait
You can spend an inspiration die to cast sympathy with this trait, which must be cast on a coin. 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.