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Divinities and Cults: Volume V explores various beast spirits and mythic folk, including new rules to use in your old school game. Along with additional guidelines, magical side-effects, tests, and spell lists, assorted bestial and folk abilities are also available. These animalistic and kindred endowments allow for even greater customization of barbaric characters that follow beast spirits or of others whose race is from myth or folklore. What is more, these abilities are sorted by various divinities and cults, expanding upon the information presented in previous volumes.

Lords of Blessings & Curses, Part I

 
What may benefit one might not benefit others.

Ways of Blessings & Curses
Those bestowed often are:
* Angelic: wholesome for the righteous
* Fey: subject to chance
* Elemental: based on what element is invoked
* Demonic: unpleasant except for the chaotic & the evil
* Devilish: unpleasant except for the one causing them

Lords of Champions, Part III

Divinities & Cults of Champions

When their faithful is in need, the gods can send champions to aid their efforts.

Greek & Roman

Artemis / Diana: fey & elemental earth

Athena / Minerva: angelic

Ares / Mars: demonic & elemental fire

Hades / Dis Pater: devilish & elemental earth

Poseidon / Neptune: fey & elemental water

Zeus / Jupiter: angelic & elemental air

Lords of Champions, Part II

Champion Types 

For every odd HD they have (1, 3, 5, etc.), champions gain a special ability based on what type they are. Abilities conferred multiple times may compound their modifiers, though additional abilities are suggested if they may not.

Angelic Champions

Smiting evil and chaos, they can be a (roll d6).

   1. Grim Warrior: personifying righteous death, all who first encounter them, whether friend or foe, must save vs. spell / make a Will save DC 15 or flee in fear for at least 1d6 rounds.

   2. Hero: have a Strength, Dexterity, or Constitution score of 17 (or 18 or even 19 if this ability is taken twice or thrice), allowing them to make heroic feats, but also be the preferred target of enemies when in a group.

Lords of Champions, Part I

When called on to battle, champions serve their true lords above all else.

Ways of Champions

Champions prefer battling those who are.

* Angelic: evil or chaotic
* Fey: evil or lawful
* Elemental: not of the same elemental makeup

* Demonic: good or lawful
* Devilish: good or chaotic

Lords of Food & Drink, Part III

Food & Drink Divinities & Cults

Nourishing deities may grant great bounty, though they sometimes may not.

Greek & Roman

Demeter / Ceres: angelic, fey, & elemental earth

Dionysus / Bacchus: fey & demonic

Hecate / Trivia: devilish, demonic, & fey

Hestia / Vesta: angelic

Lords of Food & Drink, Part II

That which we consume just might consume us, even if we need food badly.

Food & Drink Tests

1-5. Something is off, and the food and/or drink does not agree with the partaker. Such indigestion will cause them to suffer a -1d6 penalty to all rolls for the next 1d6 hours unless some form of remedy is administered earlier.

Lords of Food & Drink, Part I

Such fare can reflect memorable characteristics, no matter one's taste.

Ways of Food & Drink
Food & drink should be...

* Angelic: light and beneficial
* Fey: enticing and changing 
* Elemental: hot, cold, airy, watery, or earthy

* Demonic: horrifying and changing
* Devilish: appearing as one of the above, but corrupted

Lords of Wards, Part III

Ward Divinities & Cults

Protective deities grant access to certain lords of wards.

Greek & Roman

Apollo: angelic & elemental fire

Athena / Minerva: angelic

Dionysus: fey & demonic

Hades / Dis Pater: devilish & elemental earth

Hephaestus / Vulcan: elemental fire & earth

Hecate: devilish, demonic, & fey

Hermes: angelic & fey

Hestia / Vesta: angelic

Zeus: angelic & elemental air