Gods and Their Specialty Priests

Chauntea (Great Mother)

Greater Power of Elysium, NG

Portfolio: Agriculture Requirements: Wisdom 12, Charisma 15 Major Spheres: As Druids Minor Spheres: As Druids

Weapons Allowed: As Druids Armor Allowed: As Druids Magical Items Allowed: As Druids

Granted Powers

• Specialty priests of Chauntea are druids in all respects, as described in the Player's Handbook.

Other Notes

Chauntea is not the only god that claims druids as followers, but all specialty priests of Chauntea are druids. Chauntea has some standard clerics as well, who operate in more civilized areas typical druids would tend to avoid (such as overcrowded Gothos). The split between the city church and the druids is about 30/70.

The relationship between the druids who call themselves "the True Clerics of Chauntea") and their urban cousins is polite but strained. Druids have always venerated Chauntea and consider the more recent city disciples to be upstarts and interlopers. The more civilized priests, in turn, feel that the druids' day is done, and while druids are still useful in wild lands (such as Athmyr or the BlackHawk Barony), the rising nations need an organized, professional faith controlled by a more reasonable and rational clergy.

Both branches of the faith maintain simple dress. The druids prefer simple brown robes with high rank denoted only by a belt laced with gold thread or some other similar, precious decoration. The citified priests, on the other hand, wear an open-front brown cloak with more standard garments, like tunic and trousers, underneath.