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In the GM's Guide, Denithae is listed as a Lesser God but there is no entry for her.

Denithae (Lady of the Field)

Lesser god, N — Agriculture, Harvest

Denithae (den-ih-thay), Lady of the Field, the Gathering, is the diety of agriculture and horticulture. As the patroness of farmers and plowmen, she surveys and protects all that can be harvested, cultivated, or tilled—whether upon a tract of soil upon Aéreth’s surface or in the fungal forests in its subterranean depths. The vast majority of her followers are simple farmers and commoners who owe their livelihood to the land’s bounty. Many villages erect stone shrines at the hub of their communities as a place for divine supplication.

Priests and priestesses of Denithae typically wear earthen tones, and no particular vestments are required in the faith, save one: at least one garment, be it a sash, scarf, or shirt, must be black. To Denithaens, black is the color of death, which they acknowledge as a natural and seasonal phase of life. Adventuring clerics of Denithae favor light armors, and usually wear black leather bracers. Village-dwelling druids and rangers who revere the Lady of the Field usually choose domesticated animal companions, such as dogs, horses, ponies, or owls. Underdeep followers of Denithae know her as Shav’lar, the Gathering Queen, whose mushroom bounties provide food, medicine, and even poison.

The domains associated with Denithae are Earth, Plant, and Protection. Her favored weapon is the sickle or scythe. Among surface dwellers, Denithae’s symbol is a bundle of wheat bound with leather strips, while beneath Aéreth’s surface she is recognized by a mushroom-shaped sigil.

Jeff LaSala wrote:If I recall, we deliberately didn't include month names for the Northlands (or Aéreth, in general) precisely because to do so would be to contradict a few earlier DCC references to standard Gregorian months (July, etc.) and we didn't really want to commit one way or the other. With the Southlands it's a little different, since their way of measuring time—like the Aztecs, the Mayans, the Incas—is certainly different.

Arakor wrote:I've done Wikipedia and Google searches, and am assuming that the Crieste calendar consists of: 12 months of 30 days; divided into 3 weeks of 10 days; with 5 intercalary days. This is what the original Sidereal/Khemetic calendar was.

davidfryer73 wrote:Maybe this has been mentioned before, but why are there no goods of love, passion, lust, etc. ?

Jeff LaSala wrote:.....
The only reason I might steer away from Myna for love/art/beauty is that this would relegate both her and the tenets of love into that realm of fickle affection. Most settings do this: most goddesses of love are chaotic and flighty, like Sune Firehair or Venus/Aphrodite. They're more about pleasure than love.

In keeping with the other gods of Áereth, I'd want to avoid that. What's probably more appropriate is that there is no singular god of love, but rather mortals, depending on what they believe, turn to their god of choice to affiliate it.

So, for example, someone who wants only whimsical affection or "puppy love" might in fact pray to Myna anyway, since she is the goddess of fortune and change. But a man who wishes to wed his true love might pray to Valdreth, god of longevity and integrity, or Gorhan, god of chivalry...or even Thormyr, god of duty and honor. In turn, a young noblewoman seeking to make a binding marriage (for her family's fortune) might instead make an offering to Teleus, god of law. Make sense? This isn't why there isn't one god of love; because love has many different angles. Something like that.

don't know that i'd do the same, but it is a pretty cool concept.

Jeff LaSala wrote:For me, it's the same as someone asking, why isn't there a god of hate? ... So, too, is love. ... That's the reasoning.

Jeff LaSala wrote:Hmm. Sort of, I guess. Maybe more correct to say that the gods of Áereth are divinities of methods, not emotions.

Barrataria wrote:Greetings all... I've been looking at reviews and samples and unable to determine... how big is this thing?

I see somewhere that the Northlands are about 3000 miles across... how big is the whole map?

As you can probably tell I'm trying to guess how hard it would be to cram into another world... just wondering.


Thanks!

BB

Jeff LaSala wrote:That said, you could always rescale it, even if you just drop a zero off all measurements. It's still just one small portion of the whole planet. You could make it just one continent in the other campaign world you have in mind.

frank5471uk wrote:I have agreed to run the WoTC Campaign "Shattered Gates of Slaughtergarde" for my group next, and I am using it as an opportunity to launch Aereth on the group. Integrating the setting for SGoS into the Northlands turned out to be a breeze. The Valley of Obelisks nestles nicely into Crieste, between Dhavosin and Tarrasine and the Battle of Slaughtergarde has become part of the whole war between the forces of good and the Priest-Kings of Nimoria in the history of the Northlands. I am delighted with how well it has meshed.

Harley Stroh wrote: Frank,

That's a great idea. I might have to steal your idea when I run Slaughtergarde.

//H