Kobold Pantheon

Subject: Kobold Pantheon Thu May 22, 2008 3:42 pm

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Kobold Pantheon

Kartmaok
Intermediate Deity
Symbol: A kobold head with crossed spears below it
Alignment: Lawful Evil
Portfolio: Kobolds, control, domination
Worshipers: Kobolds
Cleric Alignment: LE, LN
Domain: Law, Evil, Strength, War
Favored Weapon: Spear
Kartmaok is the god of kobold leaders.
Kartmaok believes in the ultimate domination of the
kobold race through discipline and control. By combining
the sheer numbers of the kobold race with discipline, he
believes the race can eventually take its rightful place of
dominance over other races of the underdark. He
demands that social structures be strictly hierarchical, and
that orders from above be followed without hesitation.
While tribal leaders have unquestioned authority to plan
tactically, priests of Kartmaok demand the right to set the
goals of the tribe as they are told from above.
Kartmaok does not tolerate corruption; even the
leaders and priests must subordinate their needs to that of
the tribe. A leader or priest taking extra space or supplies
that could be used to expand the tribe or increase its
domination isn't acceptable.
Kartmaok accepts worshippers of Tomanous and
Tarazhmok for bringing needed skills to the tribe.
However, the priests of Kartmaok insist that they never
challenge the supremacy of Kartmaok or that of his
priests.. Rakon is vaguely tolerated; his obsessive
behavior is of little use in Kartmaok's opinion, but
Rakon's worshippers are sometimes useful, and rarely a
threat to his dominance. Souronous and Akronimous are
hated enemies of Kartmaok, and their worshippers are
destroyed upon discovery.
His worship is most common among tribes
where kobolds have a significant population advantage
and are not threatened by very powerful competition
(such as the drow). Kartmaok does not accept non-kobold
worshippers.

Tomanous
Lesser Deity
Symbol: A set of sharp bloody spikes
Alignment: Neutral Evil
Portfolio: Traps, destruction and stealthy killing
Worshippers: Kobolds, trapmakers
Cleric alignments: CE, NE, LE
Domains: Evil, Death, and Trickery
Favored Weapon: Longbow
Tomanous is a kobold god of stealthy death and
destruction. He encourages his worshippers to deal with
enemies by traps first, then at a distance, and then if all
else fails by striking from the shadows and killing before
they can strike back. It is Tomanous who gives kobolds
their reputations as trapmakers.
Tomanous is a fairly tolerant god; so long as no
other god tries to steal his worshippers. He prefers
Souronous to Kartmaok, and Tomanous's priests will
often subtly help hide priests of Souronous. However,
Tomanous's priests will avoid a direct conflict with
Kartmaok's. Despite the alignment difference, he holds no
particular dislike for Akronimous, as long as she doesn't
threaten his priests.
Tomanous has a very small collection of nonkobold
worshippers. Trapmakers of many races offer
occasional prayers to Tomanous, and sometimes these
worshippers erect small shrines. Goblins are the most
common non-kobold worshippers, with halflings making
up the largest group of worshippers among the normal PC
races. Many thieves’ guilds will also at least pay lip
service to Tomanous, particularly if they have kobold
members, and it is not uncommon to find little altars to
Tomanous set up in such places.
His worship is most common among kobold
tribes that must compete against powerful races for
resources.

Tarazhmok
Lesser deity
Symbol: A dragon of indistinct race
Alignment: Neutral
Portfolio: Draconic power
Cleric Alignment: Any
Domains: Air, Magic
Favored Weapon: Dagger
Tarazhmok is the kobold god of draconic power.
Tarazhmok encourages the kobolds to emulate the
dragons in any way possible, usually via sorcery. Not
only should they emulate the dragons, but should seek to
form alliances with them at any opportunity.
Several kobold tribes are lead by followers of
Tarazhmok, who usually serve as proxies of some dragon.
Many tribes have at least one priest of Tarazhmok, and
almost every kobold sorcerer will offer an occasional
prayer to Tarazhmok in the right situation.
Tarazhmok is indifferent to the other kobold
gods, though her priests will usually slant her public
worship in the ethical direction of the prevailing
leadership. Tarazhmok is fascinated with the draconic
deities, and her priests will often follow the lead of any
priests of these deities. She generally despises any deities
that have a close connection to a non-reptilian race,
although worshippers of gods of magic are often well
treated for any magical information, especially that which
would mimic draconic abilities.
Few non-kobolds worship her, but a few
lizardmen and other reptilian creatures have adopted her
worship. She doesn't accept the worship of any nonreptilian
/non-draconic creature, although she might make
an exception for one trying to become more draconic.
Worship of Tarazhmok is high among the Dragonmarked
kobolds.

Rakon
Lesser deity
Symbol: three-nested equilateral triangle
Alignment: Lawful neutral
Portfolio: Mathematical order and record keeping
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Worshippers: Kobolds, mathematicians, order freaks
Cleric Alignment: LG, LN, LE
Domains: Law, Knowledge
Favored Weapon: quarterstaff (with a ruled edge)
Rakon is the kobold god of writing and pure
mathematical order. He is the most minor of the kobold
gods, and many tribes lack priests or even worshippers of
him. Few tribes are lead by worshippers of Rakon; and
often these are examples of a figurehead supported by a
fragile compromise of competing worshippers of
Akronimous and Kartmaok. Almost half of Rakon's
worshippers are non-kobolds, the highest proportion of
any of these six gods.
Rakon's worshippers could be considered
borderline obbessive-compulsive. Shrines of Rakon are
neatly organized and uniform in all ways. Altar candles
that do not burn evenly are routinely trimmed to match.
Offerings are measured to insure they are the exact proper
weight.
Rakon is friendly with Tarazhmok, and blasé
towards Akronimous and Kartmaok, although he enjoys
the protection of both. Tomanous irks him and Souronous
actively annoys him. In practice, he and his priests are too
obsessed with order to worry about any other priests or
gods that don't directly obstruct them.
Rakon has a huge number of non-kobold
worshippers, frequently humans and dwarves, and
frequently monks. Many of his worshippers are unaware
that he is a kobold god, having discovered him through
some collection of order obsessed worshippers of nonkobold
species.

Akronimous
Lesser god
Symbol: A half moon
Alignment: Lawful good
Portfolio: Protection and selfless assistance from hiding
Worshippers: Kobolds, lawful good people in evil
societies
Cleric Alignments: LG, NG, LN
Domains: Law, Healing, Protection
Favored Weapons: Spear
Akronimous is a kobold goddess of protection
and selfless assistance. In the evil, Kartmaok-dominated
environments of most tribes, her worshippers can't openly
worship her. Most of her worshippers adopt dualpersonas,
often feigning worship of a lawful evil diety
when required, but secretly circumventing such worship
when possible.
Akronimous’ followers will try to use logic to
trick evil kobolds from harming innocents. For example,
they may seek to warn their fellow kobolds that it might
be better to let an adventuring party pass, because they
appear to be aligned with some military body and thus
could cause retribution against the tribe. When logic
fails, they will resort to stealth by helping victims escape
traps, or even disabling known traps before adventurers
get to them.
Akronimous supports other lawful gods,
especially lawful good ones. Akronimous accepts Rakon
and tolerates Tarazhmok. She's unhappy with the works
of Kartmaok, and quietly seeks to undermine his power
when possible. She keeps a closer eye on Tomanous'
priests, who tend to help out Souronous's priests.
Souronous's priests are to be hunted down and arrested
(often to be executed for murder or exiled if no real crime
can be found) whenever feasible.
She has a number of non-kobold worshippers, as
one of the few lawful good gods that make living in an
evil society feasible. The rules of her faith are much less
tolerant of chaotic societies and behavior. Hobgoblins and
members of other normally lawful evil species are
frequently worshippers, along with a number of humans
and anyone living in an oppressive lawful evil society.

Souronous
Lesser god
Symbol: A backstabbed kobold
Alignment: CE
Portfolio: Betrayal, self-protection and self-interest
Worshippers: Kobolds, traitors
Cleric Alignments: CN, CE, NE
Domains: Chaos, Destruction, Trickery
Favored weapon: Club
Souronous is a kobold god of betrayal and selfprotection.
She encourages every kobold to abandon
anyone who might lead them into dangerous situations,
preferably when the dangerous situation will leave no
witnesses to the betrayal. If there are witnesses, a discrete
clubbing or stabbing will leave the kobold the sole
surviving hero. Every kobold should feel free to backstab
his way to personal safety, which is often connected to
power.
Very few tribes of kobolds are lead by
worshippers of Souronous, and those that have been, have
rarely been controlled after that worshipper of Souronous
dies. Many kobold tribes have a priest or two of
Souronous floating around the tribe and a few
worshippers. The priests survive by extorting misdirection
and protection from those who would want the priest's
help. Shrines are hidden some distance from the tribe's
tunnels, and the sacrifice of live enemies is always a great
offering.
Souronous despises and hates all gods who
believe in some greater cause that someone should die for.
Gods of peace merely ask that you should die passively,
and are despised even more by him. Tomanous gets
grudging approval for protecting Souronous's priests, and
some contempt for risking his own interests in the
process. Souronous appreciates the power that Tarazhmok
offers and tolerates her and similar gods for that reason.
He hates Rakon and Akronimous, but reserves his most
personal hatred for Kartmaok, and his worshippers
celebrate the death of one of Kartmaok's priests or the
conversion of one of Kartmoak's followers as a great
accomplishment.
Souronous has a wide variety of non-kobold
worshippers, from the occasional worshipper in high
politics, to a number of worshippers of chaotic humanoid
races. Still, the vast majority of his worshippers are
kobolds.
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