Yondalla - Piety System Page

Goddess of Halflings

Halflings are half the size of most creatures, yet somehow twice as confident and four times as hard to kill.

Yondalla is the goddess of halflings, the leader of their diminutive pantheon. She represents their innate luck and their resilience in the face of an uncaring world.

Yondalla’s Champions (Halfling Only)

Alignment: Usually good, often chaotic
Suggested Classes: Rogue, Fighter
Suggested Cleric Domains: Life
Suggested Backgrounds: Folk Hero

Champions of Yondalla represent the hardiness, quick thinking and innocent charm that the goddess favours.

Yondalla’s Favor

Yondalla cares for the survival of halflings as a whole, and chooses her champions from those who display the traits that halflings need to survive. Yondalla is keenly aware that the halflings are vulnerable due to their peaceful traditions and size, so she takes every opportunity to twist events in their favour.

Yondalla’s scions can appear in any shape and form, but usually grab the goddess’ attention though some instance of great luck or courage.

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

d6	Circumstance
1	You have a charming personality and no-one can remain mad at you for long.
2	You’re quieter than a mouse, which is how you got away from that troll with the weird tooth.
3	You picked up a coin for good luck and later it saved your life somehow.
4	You have a highly developed sense of mischief, and have more enemies than friends.
5	You literally cannot resist touching things.
6	Yondalla picked you, which is worrying because you don’t really want it, or know why.

Devotion to Yondalla

Following Yondalla means dedicating your life to her ideals of loyalty, curiosity and friendliness. As a follower of Yondalla, 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	Family. My chosen companions are dearer to me than life itself.
3	Secrecy. There is safety in obscurity and subtle action.
4	Luck. I trust my success to the goddess. If she can’t make things work out, no-one can.
5	Greater Good. I might break the rules occasionally, but it’s for the best.
6	Courage. Nothing scares me as much as the idea of not trying at all.

Earning and Losing Piety

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

• Living life to the fullest and creating bounty for all to share
• Throwing your lot in with fortune and coming out the other side unscathed

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

• Deliberate cruelty or pre-meditated malice
• Selfish plotting and scheming

Deity Traits

Favoured God: Yondalla

Piety 3+ Yondalla trait
You gain Inspiration when you re-roll an attack roll, ability check or saving throw and the new result is a success.

Lucky Number

Piety 10+ Yondalla trait
Choose a number between 2 and 20. Your Lucky feature activates on that number too.

Infectious Fortune

Piety 25+ Yondalla trait
When you gain Inspiration, you can choose an allied creature within 10 feet of you. That creature gains Inspiration too.

Chosen of Yondalla

Piety 50+ Yondalla trait
When you set up camp, you can spend an inspiration die to shield your rest from unwanted attention. For 8 hours, your camp is shrouded in a strange magic that stops any creature coming across it by mundane means, heading around it or walking right through it without noticing you where necessary.