This page is home to our homebrew gods and a reference page for piety. This also has piety breakdowns for each of our homebrew gods. Please look through the embedded page if you are not familiar with piety.

Lastly, It will also be a parent page for breakdowns on pantheons and various gods. One example of this will be a breakdown on the incarnations of "The Hand of Death" and how they vary.

Remember to talk to DMs about how to earn piety. They will likely want to come up with tasks fitting to the pacing of their own game but we will have some suggest ways to earn and lose piety as well.
We do not require this to be chosen at creation. We run this as something you can choose in background, as a feature, or can be rewarded.

Piety 1.o from Velantis

How It Works

Piety is a measure of your devotion to the god of your choice. This devotion is marked by a score that starts at 1 for any god that you decide to devote yourself to. This score then increases by increments of 1 and can be gained in a couple of different ways. Either by the completion of a significant goal, or a significant sacrifice of your own self-interest. Both are determined by the DM. Each time you have accomplished this, you gain a single point to your Piety score. Though be careful, as Piety can also decrease with acts that are not favorable to your god, which is again determined by the DM.

THE BENEFITS OF THE PIETY SYSTEM

Piety has quite a few benefits for characters who are inclined to worship the gods. These benefits aren’t given without some effort. Once your piety has reached the thresholds of 3, 10, 25 and 50 you gain rewards depending on the god of your choice. But if you manage to lose some Piety and fall below a given threshold, you will lose the benefit gained from that point. So be careful not to anger the gods if you want to keep your hard earned rewards. Another reason to keep on the straight and narrow is that gaining Piety can also give you a chance to earn some Inspiration (at the DM’s discretion).

IMPIETY

Not all characters may look at the gods so favorably. Some might not want to be bound in service to them. If you decide to not devote yourself to a god you won’t gain any Piety or any rewards associated with it. There aren’t any negative consequences. that said, you won’t gain any benefits if playing this way. Though if you choose the Iconoclast Supernatural gift during your character creation, you’ll have an opportunity to gain rewards that are similar to Piety rewards.

CHANGING YOUR GOD

The gods all offer different rewards to those who serve them. Some of which you might find less effective than others. If you decide that the god you chose to serve didn’t really turn out to be the right fit for you, don’t worry. You can change the god you serve, though this doesn’t come without a price to pay. If you decide to change your god, you lose all rewards gained with the previous god. Your Piety score also returns to 1. If you feel that this choice was a mistake you can return to the service of your previous god. Not without some act of contrition, however. You also won’t regain any of the rewards you lost. Instead, you will return to 1 Piety.

The Gods

Athreos, God of Passage

Ephara, God of the Polis

Erebos, God of the Dead

Heliod, God of The Sun

Iroas, God of Victory

Karametra, God of Harvests

Keranos, God of Storms

Klothys, God of Destiny

Kruphix, God of Horizons

Mogis, God of Slaughter

Nylea, God of the Hunt

Pharika, God of Affliction

Phenax, God of Deception

Purphoros, God of the Forge

Thassa, God of the Sea

Feel free to replace any of these gods with others from different pantheons, whose portfolio is the same.

Athreos, God of Passage

Piety 3+ – Athreos’s Devotee

Your life is intertwined with the fate of the dead. You can cast gentle repose with this trait, requiring no material components, a number of times equal to your Wisdom modifier (minimum of once), You regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest. Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for this spell.

Piety 10+ – Athreos’s Votary

You can cast speak with dead with this trait, requiring no material components. 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.

Piety 25+ – Athreos’s Disciple

You can cast false life with this trait, requiring no material components. When you do so, you gain an additional 25 temporary hit points. 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.

Piety 50+ – Champion of the Passage

You can increase your Intelligence or Wisdom score by 2 and also increase your maximum for that score by 2.

Ephara, God of the Polis

Piety 3+ – Ephara’s Devotee

Ephara grants you insight into how people communicate. You can cast comprehend languages with this trait, requiring no material component, a number of times equal to your Intelligence modifier (minimum of once). You regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest. Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for this spell.

Piety 10+ – Ephara’s Votary

You gain advantage on Charisma (persuasion) checks while you are within a city. In addition, when you fail an Intelligence check or Intelligence saving throwm you can reroll the die, and you must use the new roll. Once you use this reroll, you can’t do so again until you finish a long rest.

Piety 25+ – Ephara’s Disciple

You can cast Mordenkainen’s private sanctum with this trait, requiring no material components. Once you cast the spell in this way, you can’t do so again until you finish a long rest. Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for this spell.

Piety 50+ – Champion of the Polis

You can increase your Intelligence or Charisma score by 2 and also increase your maximum for that score by 2.

Erebos, God of the Dead

Piety 3+ – Erebos’s Devotee

As a devotee of Erebos, you have proven yourself an executor of the underworld’s grim laws. You can call on Erebos’s favor to cast bane with this trait, requiring no material components, a number of times equal to your Wisdom modifier (minimum of once). You regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest. Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for this spell.

Piety 10+ – Erebos’s Votary

You can cast vampiric touch with this trait. Once you canst 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.

Piety 25+ – Erebos’s Disciple

When a soul is sent to its rightful place, you can draw on the energy of the Underworld to empower you. When a creature dies within 10 feet of you, you can use your reaction to gain a number of temporary hit points equal to your level.

Piety 50+ – Champion of the Dead

You can increase your Constitution or Wisdom score by 2 and also increase your maximum for that score by 2.

Heliod, God of The Sun

Piety 3+ – Heliod’s Devotee

As a devotee of Heliod, you have proven yourself a worthy champion of the sun god. You can call on Heliod’s favor and cast bless with this trait, requiring no material components. Heliod’s blessing manifests as a nimbus around the affected creatures, causing them to shed dim light in a 5-foot redius until the spell ends. You can cast the spell in this way a number of times equal to your Wisdom modifier (minimum of once). You regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest. Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for this spell.

Piety 10+ – Heliod’s Votary

You can cast daylight with this trait. 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.

Piety 25+ – Heliod’s Disciple

You grow accustomed to the blazing radiance of the sun; you have advantage on saving throws against being blinded, you have resistance to fire damage.

Piety 50+ – Champion of the Sun

You can increase your Strength or Wisdom score by 2 and also increase your maximum for that score by 2.

Iroas, God of Victory

Piety +3 – Iroas’s Devotee

As a devotee of Iroas, you have earned his favor through victories won in his name. You can cast compelled duel with this trait a number of times equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum of once). You regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for this spell.

Piety 10+ – Iroas’s Votary

You can cast crusader’s mantle with this trait. 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. In addition, you have advantage on saving throws against being frightened.

Piety 25+ – Iroas’s Disciple

As a bonus action, you can call on Iroas’s blessing, gaining the following benefit for 1 minute or until you are incapacitated: creatures within 30 feet of you can’t gain advantage on attack rolls against you. Once you use this trait, you can’t do so again until you finish a long rest.

Piety 50+ – Champion of Victory

You can increase your Strength or Charisma score by 2 and also increase your maximum for that score by 2.

Karametra, God of Harvests

Piety 3+ – Karametra’s Devotee

As a devotee of Karametra, you have proven yourself a worthy potential champion of the harvest god. As a bonus action, you can invoke her protection; spectral plants cover you, providing you with a +1 bonus to AC for 1 minute. Once you use this trait, you can;t use it again until you finish a long rest.

Piety 10+ – Karametra’s Votary

You can cast create food and water, with this trait. 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. In addition you have advantage on saving throws against being poisoned.

Piety 25+ – Karametra’s Discipline

By performing an hour-long ritual, you can conjure enough grapes to fill three vials (4 ounces each) of wine. Each vial serves as a potion of healing for 24 hours, after which it loses this property. Once you use this trait, you can’t do so again until you finish a long rest.

Piety 50+ – Champion of Harvests

You can increase your Constitution or Wisdom score by 2 and also increase your maximum for that score by 2.

Keranos, God of Storms

Piety 3+ – Keranos’s Devotee

As a devotee of Keranos, you have proven your wisdom and your allegiance to the storm lord. Once on each of your turns when you hit a creature with a weapon attack, you can deal an extra 1d6 lightning damage to the target. You can use this trait a number of times equal to your Intelligence modifier (minimum of once). You regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.

Piety 10+ – Keranos’s Votary

When you fail an Intelligence or a Wisdom saving throw, you can reroll the die, and you must use the new roll. Once you use this trait, you can’t do so again until you finish a long rest.

Piety 25+ – Keranos’s Disciple

The energy of the storm fills your being, granting you advantage on initiative rolls.

Piety 50+ – Champion of Storms

You can increase your Intelligence or Wisdom score by 2 and also increase your maximum for that score by 2.

Klothys, God of Destiny

Piety 3+ – Klothys’s Devotee

As a devotee of Klothys, you can manipulate the bonds of destiny that invisibly entangle every living thing. You can cast command with this trait a number of times equal to your Wisdom modifier (minimum of once). You regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest. Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for this spell.

Piety 10+ – Klothys’s Votary

You can cast clairvoyance with this trait, requiring no material components. 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. In addition, you have advantage on saving throws against being charmed.

Piety 25+ – Klothys’s Disciple

You develop a second sense, allowing you to intuit the tug and pull of destiny. You can’t be surprised, provided you aren’t incapacitated.

Piety 50+ – Champion of Destiny

You can increase your Strength or Wisdom score by 2 and also increase your maximum for that score by 2.

Kruphix, God of Horizons

Piety 3+ – Kruphix’s Devotee

As a devotee of Kruphix, you have proven yourself a devotee of reality’s mysteries and laws. You can cast detect magic with this trait a number of times equal to your Intelligence modifier (minimum of once). You regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest. In addition, you know the mage hand cantrip. Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for these spells.

Piety 10+ – Kruphix’s Votary

You can cast detect thoughts with this trait, requiring no material components. Once you cast the spell in this way, you can’t do so again until you finish a long rest. Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for this spell. In addition, you have advantage on saving throws against being charmed.

Piety 25+ – Kruphix’s Disciple

As a true champion of Kruphix, you can use your mage hand cantrip to protect yourself. While your spectral hand is within 5 feet of you, you gain a +2 bonus to your AC against ranged attacks.

Piety 50+ – Champion of Horizons

You can increase your Constitution or Intelligence score by 2 and also increase your maximum for that score by 2.

Mogis, God of Slaughter

Piety 3+ – Mogis’s Devotee

As a devotee of Mogis, you have shown yourself to be a brutal combatant. You can call on Mogis’s favor and cast wrathful smite with this trait. Mogis’s blessing manifest as a blood-red glow around your weapon, causing it to shed dim lighti in a 5-foot radius until the spell ends. You can cast the spell in this way a number of times equal to your Constitution modifier ( minimum of once). You regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest. Constitution is your spellcasting ability for this spell.

Piety 10+ – Mogis’s Votary

You can cast blinding smite with this trait. Once you cast the spell in this way, you can’t do so again until you finish a long rest. Constitution is your spellcasting ability for the spell.

Piety 25+ – Mogis’s Disciple

Countless battles and vicious visions have given you focus. You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed or frightened.

Piety 50+ – Champion of Slaughter

You can increase your Strength or Constiution score by 2 and also increase your maximum for that score by 2.

Nylea, God of The Hunt

Piety 3+ – Nylea’s Devotee

As a devotee of Nylea, you have proven yourself a guardian of the wilds. You can cast hunter’s mark with this trait a number of times equal to your Wisdom modifier (minimum of once). You regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest. Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for this spell.

Piety 10+ – Nylea’s Votary

You can cast speak with animals with this trait a number of times equal to your Wisdom modifier (minimum of once). You regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest. Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for this spell. In addition, you have advantage on saving throws against being poisoned.

Piety 25+ – Nylea’s Disciple

When a beast is about to attack you, it must make a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, the create must choose a differet target, or the attack automatically misses you. On a successful save, the creature is immune to this trait for 24 hours.

Piety 50+ – Champion of The Hunt

You can increase your Dexterity or Wisdom score by 2 and also increase your maximum for that score by 2.

Pharika, God of Affliction

Piety 3+ – Pharika’s Devotee

As a devotee of Pharika, you have power over affliction. You can cast ray of sickness with this trait a number of times equal to your Wisdom modifier (minimum of once). You regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest. Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for this spell.

Piety 10+ – Pharika’s Votary

Pharika’s blessing shields you from most maladies. You have advantage on saving throws against being poisoned, and you are immune to disease.

Piety 25+ – Pharika’s Disciple

Pharika blesses you with Pharika’s Balm, an effect that can cure or enfeeble. As an action, you can tuch a creature and choose one of the following:

– The target regains hit points equal to 1d8 + your Wisdom modifier, and you can cure the target of one disease or neutralize one poison affection it.

– The target must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw, or for 1 minute, the target deals only half damage with weapon attacks. The target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on a success.

You can use this action a number of times equal to your Wisdom modifier (minimum of once). You regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.

Piety 50+ – Champion of Affliction

You can increase your Dexterity or Wisdom score by 2 and also increase your maximum for that score by 2.

Phenax, God of Deception

Piety 3+ – Phenax’s Devotee

As a devotee of Phenax, you have proven yourself accomplished at deception. You can call on Phenax’s blessing and cast disguise self with this trait. While the spell is active, your shadow still resembles your original form. You can cast the spell in this way a number of times equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum of once). You regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for this spell.

Piety 10+ – Phenax;s Votary

Your words are inspired by Theros’s greatest liar. You have advantage on Charisma (deception) checks.

Piety 25+ – Phenax’s Disciple

When you are hidden from a creature and miss it with an attack, making the attack doesn’t reveal your position.

Piety 50+ – Champion of Deception

You can increase your Dexterity or Charisma score by 2 and also increase your maximum for that score by 2.

Purphoros, God of The Forge

Piety 3+ – Purphoros’s Devotee

As a devotee of Purphoros, you have drawn the notice of the forge god with your skill. You can cast shield of faith with this trait, requiring no material components, a number of times equal to your Intelligence modifier (minimum of once). You regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest. In addition, you know the mending cantrip. Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for these spells.

Piety 10+ – You can cast heat metal with this trait, requiring no material components. Once you cast the spell in this way, you can’t do so again until you finish a long rest. In addition, you have advantage on saving throws against being knocked prone.

Piety 25+ – Purphoros’s Disciple

While you are standing and an effect would push you 1 foot or more, you can use your reaction to not be pushed.

Piety 50+ – Champion of the Forge

You can increase your Strength or Intelligence score by 2 and also increase your maximum for that score by 2.

Thassa, God of The Sea

Piety 3+ – Thassa’s Devotee

As a devotee of Thassa, you have proven yourself a worthy representative of the god of the sea. You can cast fog cloud with this trait. Fog created in this way smells strongly of the sea. You can cast the spell in this way a number of times equal to your intelligence modifier (minimum of once). You regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest. Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for this spell.

Piety 10+ – Thassa’s Votary

You can cast blink with this trait. Once you cast the spell in this way, you can’t do so again until you finish a long rest. Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for this spell.

Piety 25+ – Thassa’s Disciple

You are inspired by the tempestous, uncontrollable nature of the sea; you have advantage on saving throws against being charmed or restrained.

Piety 50+ – You can increase your Dexterity or Intelligence score by 2 and also increase your maximum for that score by 2.

Piety 2.o

WIP

Gods for Piety

Ways to earn piety for any god

Continuous Devotion (2 months is our suggestion)
Gathering honest followers (~20 per point and increases by ~20 per point)

Ways to lose piety for any god

Missing holy days or other important feasts
Disgracing their name
Acting in opposition to their will
Lacking in prayer or action for the god

Hagoromo "The Sage God"

(Lore and Such in expanding tab) These piety bonuses will be used for followers of Hogoromo or any of his descendants.

+3 Bonus: Embrace the Will: Up to your wisdom modifier per long rest, you may embrace the will of fire. When doing so you gain 1d10 temporary hit points and advantage on rolls pertaining to peace or sharing wisdom.
+10 Bonus: Remove the Cloud: Once per long rest, you may remove the cloud of emotions from you. When doing so instantly gain the benefit of calm emotions and gain advantage on persuasion.
+25 Bonus: Yins and Yangs: Once per long rest you can embrace the push and pull of hagoromo's descendants. When doing to you may enhance all rolls by 1d4 for 1 hour with energy from yin or yang. When rolling damage if you chose yin add 1d4 necrotic per 25 piety. When rolling damage if you chose yang add 1d4 radiant per 25 piety.
+50 Bonus: Wisdom of the Sages: Now blessed by the true wisdom of the sages you may increase your wisdom score by 2 and its maximum by 2. You may also change the ability score used for 1 skill from another ability score to wisdom.

Ways to earn piety for Hagoromo and his descendants

Carry the will of fire
Seek redemption for yourself and others
Share the wisdom of the sages
Using your strong emotions to embrace goodness

Ways to lose piety for Hagoromo and his descendants

Using your emotions for ill will / carrying ill will
Holding a grudge or grimness
Closing one or others off
Intentionally perpetuating the cycle of hate

This naruto inspired is a god of redemption, peace, wisdom, and will who graces dark and corrupted people. His followers and descendants have typically been people who fight. So in turn, he grants them and some of their families with powers. These powers come with a single draw back and it is that emotions are extremely heightened. These powers allow for the possibility of great redemption, great peace, and great knowledge while carrying his will of fire but can cloud those who use it due to their emotions.

Strong emotions cloud love which is the key to peace. Maintaining both healthy love and emotion to create peace is the essence of the will of fire.

Hagoromo's children all carried on in various ways appearing to different races and families within corrupted races to create the some of Great Families. Below are recorded instances of him or his children appearing to families or people and what name they chose at the time.

Uchiha: One focusing on redemption offered a few lineages of drow the oppurtunity to defend the common lands from other dark and corrupted threats when he saw they regretted their past. Upon the blood lines accepting, he graced them all with a powerful dojutsu named the Sharingan. It comes in various forms with differing abilities to help them in their task of defending the greater good.

Nemesis (a.k.a. Hylia) "God of Blind Justice"

(Lore and such in collapsed tab)

+3 bonus: Strength of Justice: Up to a number equal to your wisdom modifier per long rest, cast the spell bless. The benefits of bless can be double when enacting vengeance for a fallen champion of Hylia.
+10 bonus: Wisdom of Justice: Gain advantage when rolling insight on judgement calls. Additionally gain proficiency in insight or expertise if you do not have it.
+25 bonus: Courage of Justice: Once per long rest, cast the spell heroism for yourself and any allies within 15 ft. This does not require components or concentration.
+50 bonus: Embracing the scales of Justice: Gain 1 use of Devine intervention.

Ways to earn piety for Nemesis

Exact right vengeance
Be a symbol of courage, wisdom, and power for others

Ways to lose piety for Nemesis

Creating an imbalance in the tri-force
Doing evils under the guise of justice

Nemesis who is known to some as Hylia is a woman of blind justice and grants her followers with immense courage to see events to the end, in order to bring about good and right.

She knows vengeance well. Her and her followers take power into their own hands to smite down fools who do not care for justice.

Those who know her as Hylia know her as the one who grants the world with champions of the tri-force. She appears to them as a different creature so they may know balance in justice through 3 aspects; wisdom, courage, and power. Each aspect has its own champion with many incarnations throughout time. They typically take similar forms to previous incarnations so Hylia's followers know her presence.

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Piety 1.o from Velantis

How It Works

The Gods

Athreos, God of Passage

Ephara, God of the Polis

Erebos, God of the Dead

Heliod, God of The Sun

Iroas, God of Victory

Karametra, God of Harvests

Keranos, God of Storms

Klothys, God of Destiny

Kruphix, God of Horizons

Mogis, God of Slaughter

Nylea, God of The Hunt

Pharika, God of Affliction

Phenax, God of Deception

Purphoros, God of The Forge

Thassa, God of The Sea

Piety 2.o

Gods for Piety

Hagoromo "The Sage God"

Nemesis (a.k.a. Hylia) "God of Blind Justice"

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