DCC Greyhawk - Clerics & Gods

Okay, first up on the class list for the Greyhawk treatment is the cleric.  A couple things I am thinking on.

First, the cosmology of Greyhawk with the outer planes, struggle of good vs evil and law vs chaos means I will be using the AD&D nine alignment chart -- Lawful Good, Chaotic Neutral, etc.  Which doesn't change a lot in the DCC ruleset -- a few spells like Protection From Evil need to be reviewed, but the place it will change is the cleric class.  Both in choosing a god, and utilizing their abilities, such as Lay On Hands.  Here are the changes I've made below (I don't mention it here, but I assume that you can't move 'diagonally' on the alignment chart..)

As well, we need a list of gods for the cleric to choose!  Well, Greyhawk is not lacking in that department.  To keep things simple, I've mostly kept my list to gods that existed at the time of World of Greyhawk came out in the 80's, but I've added a couple newer gods to round out each alignment.  Weirdly, there aren't a lot of evil gods to choose from.  Also interestingly the Gods of Greyhawk articles that Gary did back in Dragon Magazine have great flavour text to share with my players.  I'm a little at a loss for what neutral clerics can do for Turn Unholy, I'll burn that bridge as PCs start playing clerics for those gods ...

When it came to weapon choices, I went by individual got rather than by alignment -- I stuck to old D&D feeling -- some gods made sense to have wider weapon choices like Hextor or Ehlonna, but the rest didn't scream 'give me an axe'.

I also threw in Moradin, Corellon and Garl as demi-human deity choices, to give non-human characters some options as I would allow a demi-human levelling up to 1st level to play a base class, or multiclass should they wish.

Got any ideas to throw at me?  Drop me a note at archadethered@gmail.com.

THE CLERIC

Choosing a god: At 1st level, a cleric selects a god to worship, and in doing so chooses one side of the eternal struggle. Clerics who worship demons, devils, fiends, archons, celestials, and gods that embody the various principles of good and evil, greed and order, all will determine a Cleric’s alignment – or their existing alignment will make them predisposed to follow certain principles and gods.

All clerics pray to join their god in a never-ending afterlife. While still clothed in mortal form, clerics find a place among others with similar beliefs. The weak follow their order, the strong lead their order, and the mighty are living avatars of their gods. As a cleric progresses in level, he moves through these ranks.

A cleric’s choice of god must be within one step of their alignment (for example, a Lawful Neutral Cleric can worship a Lawful Good or Neutral God), and determines weapon groups, holy powers, and magical spells. Clerics may choose from the gods shown on page 17.

Lay on hands: Clerics heal the faithful. By making a spell check, a cleric may lay on hands to heal damage to any living creature. The cleric may not heal un-dead, animated objects (e.g., living statues), extraplanar creatures (e.g., demons, devils, elementals, etc.), or constructs (e.g., golems) in this manner. The cleric must physically touch the wounds of the faithful and concentrate for 1 action. The spell check is made as any other: roll 1d20 + Personality modifier + caster level. Failure increases disapproval range, as noted above. 

The cleric’s alignment further influences the results, as follows:

·         If cleric and subject are the same alignment or worship the same god, they count as “same” on the table below.

·         If cleric and subject differ in alignment by one step (e.g., one is Lawful Neutral and the other is Neutral or Lawful Good), or have different but not antithetical gods, they count as “adjacent” on the table below. Such a healing action may constitute sin if not done in service of the faith.

·         If cleric and subject differ in alignment by two or more steps (eg., one is Lawful Good and the other is Chaotic Good) or have rival gods, they count as “opposed” on the table below. Such a healing almost always counts as a sin unless it is an extraordinary event in the service of the deity.

The Gods of Greyhawk

 

Alignment	God	Weapons	Unholy Creatures
Lawful Good	Delleb (reason, intellect, study)	Dagger, dart, staff	Demons, undead
	Hieroneus (chivalry, honour, justice, valor)	Mace, longsword, warhammer	Demons, undead
	Moradin (dwarves, smithing, war)	Mace, morningstar, warhammer	Demons, undead
	Rao (peace, reason, serenity)	Club, mace, sling, staff	Demons, undead
	St. Cuthbert (wisdom, truth, dedication)	Club, mace, staff	Demons, undead
Neutral Good	Celestian (stars, wanderers)	Club, spear, staff	Undead
	Ehlonna (Forests, woodlands, fertility)	Bow (any), dagger, staff	Lycanthropes, undead
	Fharlanghn (horizons, distance, travel)	Club, sling, staff	Undead
	Garl (gnomes, humor, gems illusion)	Club, Handaxe, mace, sling	Undead
	Pelor (sun, light, strength, healing)	Club, mace, staff	Undead
Chaotic Good	Corellon (elves, music, crafts, warfare)	Bow (any), dagger, sword (any)	Devils, undead
	Kord (athletics, strength, courage)	Club, javelin, staff	Devils, undead
	Liir (poetry, art)	Dagger, dart, spear	Devils, undead
	Merikka (farming, agriculature, home)	Dagger, Sickle (as dagger), sling	Devils, undead
Lawful Neutral	Bleredd (metals, mines, smiths)	Pick (as club), warhammer
	Pholtus (light, resolution, law and order)	Club, dagger, mace, staff
	Wee Jasa (magic, death, moon)	Dagger, dart, staff
	Zilchus (business, influence, wealth)	Club, dagger, dart
Neutral	Beory (earth, nature, rain)	Club, sling, staff	Lycanthropes, undead
	Boccob (magic, knowledge, foresight)	Club, sling, staff
	Geshtai (lakes, rivers, wells, streams)	Club, javelin, spear	Earth and fire elementals
	Istus (fate, destiny, predestination, future)	Dagger, sling, staff
	Obad-Hai (nature, wildlands, hunting)	Club, dagger, shortbow, staff
Chaotic Neutral	Llerg (beasts, strength, savagerry)	Club, dagger, staff
	Olidammara (music, revelry, wine & spirits)	Dagger, dart, shortbow, staff
	Ralishaz (chance, ill luck, misfortune)	Club, dagger, sling, staff
	Trithereon (protection, retribution)	Dagger, mace, spear, sword (any)
Lawful Evil	Asmodeus (power, dominion, tyranny)	Club, dagger, mace, staff	Archons
	Hextor (war, discord, conflict, massacre)	Club, dagger, flail, morningstar staff	Archons
	Sekolah (plunder, hunting, tyranny)	Club, dagger, javelin, spear	Archons
Neutral Evil	Incabulos (sickness, famine, nightmares)	Dagger, dart, sling, staff	Unicorns, Archons
	Nerull (death, darkness, the underworld)	Axe, dagger, dart, staff	Archons
	Syrull (lies, deceit, treachery)	Dagger, dart, sling, staff	Archons
Chaotic Evil	Beltar (malice, caves, pits)	Club, dagger, staff	Angels
	Erythnul (hate, envy, malice, slaughter)	Club, dagger, flail, morningstar	Angels
	Orcus (undeath, blood)	Axe, club, dagger, mace	Angels
	Wastri (bigotry, self-deception, amphibians)	Dagger, polearm, spear	Angels