Gods of Wiñet

Theology on Wiñet is deep and very complex. Luckily most of this depth and complexity is only known to a small number of high-ranking clerics. The average man on the street is therefore not burdened by inherently confusing, leap-of-faith requiring, mystic contradictions that accompanies close familiarity with the minds of the gods (as well as the odiously convoluted ceremonies and rituals such knowledge demands).

Most people go about their daily lives secure in the simple knowledge of a small cleanly defied set of deities to which they pray and in whose names they weave colorful curses.

The priests devoted to the various faiths of Wiñet are capable of performing mystical acts that bear a striking resemblance to magic. In this case, the method employed is prayer rather than incantation and effect is generated by godly intervention rather than from the manipulation of mana. A subtle but important difference.

A’Amiral

There is one god and its name is A’amiral.A’amiral has twelve distinct personalities each of which attains dominance during certain parts of a two year cycle based on the positions of the sun, several, major constellations and Midkemia’s two moons.Most lay person see these “Faces” as individual god’s.More “knowledgeable” members of the clergy know better.

The Twelve Faces of A’amiral
God/Face	Domain	Mystical Colleges	Alignment
Eurhskonh	GIVER OF JUSTICE Questor After Fugitives - God Of Retribution	COMMUNICATION & EMPATHY MIND CONTROL MOVEMENT	ORDER
Oikaidoimnh	THE BUILDER Giver of Law - He Who Strengthens Men’s Hearts	MAKING AND BREAKING (making only) EARTH ELEMENTAL FOOD	HIGH ORDER
Arkoparq	SEEKER AFTER TRUTH The Eternal Virgin- She Who Unravels Of Mysteries	KNOWLEDGE MIND CONTROL WATER - (With ice sub-college)	HIGH ORDER
Strategosh	THE GENERAL The Happy Warrior - He Who Laughs at Odds	BODY CONTROL MOVEMENT MAKING & BREAKING	ORDER
AspiV	SHIELD OF THE WEAK Defender Of Lost Causes - She Who Gives Pity	PROTECTION & WARNING HEALING MOVEMENT	NEUTRAL
MhtergeVV	THE ALL MOTHER Giver Of Life - She Who Guards the Green Reaches	PLANTS ANIMAL HEALING	NEUTRAL
Oikaioinh	DRAWER OF NETS Giver Of Death - She Who Owns All Things	NECROMANTIC WATER (no sub-colleges) BODY CONTROL	CHAOS
Poeterac	BURNER OF CITIES Giver Of Freedom - He Who Loves Anarchy	MAKING AND BREAKING (breaking only) FIRE AIR (& electricity sub-college)	HIGH CHAOS
KunegathV	THE RED-JAWED HUINTER Bayer After The Moons - He Who Loves Insanity	MIND CONTROL ANIMAL BODY CONTROL	HIGH CHAOS
Hredonh	DREAMER OF DREAMS Giver Of Passion - She Who Steals Hearts	MIND CONTROL COMMUNICATION & EMPATHY ILLUSION AND CREATION	CHAOS
Tukh	QUEEN OF CHANCE The Luck Bringer - She Who Loves Gamblers	WATER (with Weather Sub College) MIND CONTROL ILLUSION AND CREATION	NEUTRAL
NuktuklypV	THE NIGHT THIEF Finder of Secrets - He Who Walks Silently Through Shadow	SOUND LIGHT & DARNESS AIR	NEUTRAL
NOTES:
The Following Colleges are available to ALL faiths: META ENCHANTMENT		The Following Colleges are available to NO faiths: TECHNOLOGY (including all of its sub colleges) GATE

Pragmatic Things:

In terms of game playing, Wiñetian Mystical Arts are performed according to the standard GURPS rules with the following provisos:

• Always use the Ceremonial Magic rules (GURPS Magic pages 14 – 15)
• Fatigue Costs are doubled.The god(s) are stingy and want you to really work for it.
• Bonuses and penalties for shortening, lengthening, louder, softer, more gesture, less gestures DO NOT count. The god(s) like more their ceremonies just the way they are, thank you.

Piety

The god(s) reward priests for doing things congruent with the precepts of their faith and punish them for straying outside those precepts. In the context of performing mystical arts, this means they more readily grant boons persons who exemplify the “true” faith and turn a deaf ear to those who don’t.

For the game this is represented by a modifier to spell casting called PIETY. It is determined as follows.

• Piety is bought on the same Experience Point scale as ST, IQ, DX and HT except the starting point is 0 (zero).
  Example:
  • A starting character would have to spend 10 pt to get a +1 Piety, 10 more to get +2; etc.
  Or
  • The character could receive 10pt by starting with a –1 Piety; an additional 5 pt to start with a –2; etc.

• Points received for starting with a negative Piety are counted against a characters disadvantage point total.
• The GM will award experience points that MUST be spent on Piety.
• After original Character development is finished, these are the ONLY points that can be spent on gaining Piety.
• The GM may deduct points (the amount dependent on the seriousness of the sin) for actions not congruent with the personality of the god.
• If, due to GM deducted Points, a characters total Experience Points devoted Piety falls below the minimumfor a certain level, the Piety is reduced.
• Deducted points may be bought back with earned experience points (you spend time praying for forgiveness)

Pronunciation