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Devin Cutler here:

Remember Baroshi? The baby godling who was in Snake Pipe Hollow when Termain sboropo

atta!ked with the Chaos "aggot? #ell$ my players listened to %urse and &reed the godling$ who

then went to send the "aggot howling ba!k into the void and then!e to reestablish his pla!e in the

godplane'

 %ow$ the !ult o& Baroshi is growing larger (he was &reed about ) years ago *loranthan time+ abd

establishing its uni,ue ni!he in the -arth pantheon'

. preliminary dra&t o& the !ult writeup is hereinbelow' Su&&i!e to say that it is to the -arth pantheon

what /inga is to the Storm Pantheon and0or what 1elorna is to the Solar Pantheon'''in other words$

it is a !ult &or male earth warriors' The !ult is only !alled upon to serve two &un!tions:

2' 3ight Chaos'''&or whi!h it is re!ogni4ed that Baroshi had great powers

5' To !ome to the aid o& the -arth during !rises so large that the &emale warriors need more

manpower (or person power+'

The history o& the godling is sparse$ but that is to be e6pe!ted &or a godling who per&ormed a single

a!t or two be&ore be!oming trapped within Time' 7 will probably !reate more in&o on /eral4 and-nori &or in!lusion in the writeup'

#hy am 7 presenting a writeup o& Baroshi?

2' 7 think male warriors have a pla!e within the -arth pantheon

5' Surely others must have &reed Baroshi in their !ampaigns

8' Sin!e there is no history on this guy$ 7 !an pretty mu!h do what 7 please without risk o& being

*regged or someone9elsed'

TH- C;T 3 B.RSH7 (envisioned a&ter about <92= years a&ter his release+

"ythi! History:

Baroshi was a godling born o& two gods o& the -arth$ >ing /erla4 and ueen -nori' These gods

dwelt in the land o& the Snakepipe Dan!ers$ in what is now Snakepipe Hollow$ and were

worshipped by a variety o& lo!al inhabitants'

#hen Chaos invaded the world$ the home o& the >ing and ueen was atta!ked by a Chaos Demon

named Termain sboropo$ who brought with him a giant Chaos maggot whi!h !hewed its

!orruption into the -arth'

.t the time$ -nori was pregnant with !hild$ and when >ing /erla4 went to !ombat the invasion and

was slain$ -nori gave birth to the godling Baroshi$ and then went to her doom &ighting the Chaos

&iends'

7t was then that Baroshi himsel& lept up &rom his !radle$ bade goodbye to his %urse$ and went to&ight the Chaos'

ueen -nori had done well with Baroshi$ &or while he &ormed and grew within her divine womb$

she saw the approa!hing onslaught o& Chaos and began to reshape the embryoni! Baroshi &rom a

 pea!e&ul deity o& -arth into a potent &ighter o& Chaos' 7n this$ she was aided by her !ompanion and

&riend$ Babeester *or$ who saw that the &ight against Chaos to prote!t the -arth would be a

desparate one and would even need the help o& men' 7t is also said$ amongst the High 7nitiates o& the

!ult$ that Stormbull also lent his aid to the godling$ allowing -nori to imbue Baroshi with some o&

the essen!e o& the Bull' #Hile it is !ertain that the Stormbull did give -nori some &orm o& his own

 powers and skill$ many believe this trans&er was !arnal in nature$ a spe!ulation not appre!iated by

adherents o& the !ult'

Thus imbued$ Baroshi met and slew Termain' He then &ought with the "aggot$ and drove it away

&rom what remained o& the pala!e o& the >ing and ueen'

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n&ortunately &or the godling$ @ust as this task was !ompleted$ Time was born$ and he be!ame

trapped within T7me and was lost to the world'

Re!ent History:

Baroshi was &ound and res!ued by A&ill in the name(s+ o& whomever res!ued him$ who had been

en@oined to res!ue the godling by the lo!al -rnalda Temple at *lasswall' #ith the aid o& magi! &rom

the ghost o& Baroshis %urse$ the godling was healed o& his temporal stasis and was reborn' Thegodling immediately lept to &inish his atta!k upon the Chaos "aggot$ whi!h still !hewed through

the -arth' .&ter a struggle$ the godling sent the "aggot streaming ba!k into the void$ and the

Snakepipe Hollow Temple was !leansed'

n!e he had !ompleted his deed$ Baroshi &ought his way outside o& Time$ so that he might take his

 pla!e amongst the gods and goddesses o& the Compromise' .&ter his re9apotheosis$ a !ult

dedi!ated to his worship began to develop amongst the males who worshipped or lived among the

worshippers o& the -arth goddesses' The &ormation o& the !ult was en!ouraged by the lo!al -arth

Priestesses$ and the !ult is very small but growing' Re!ently$ Baroshi worshipping missionaries

have appeared in -srolia$ speaking to the men o& that land'

Holy Days and Runes:The Runes o& Baroshi are -arth$ ;aw$ and "astery

Holy Days !ommemerate his birth and his release within Time' & these$ his birth is the High Holy

Day$ being in -arth Season$ 3ertility #eek$ *odsday'

Holy sites to the Cult in!lude the -arth Temple in Snakepipe Hollow'

7nitiate "embership:

7nitiates o& Baroshi are e6pe!ted to de&end the -arth against Chaos' "ost o& the -arth Cult

hierar!hy !onsiders the &ollowers o& Baroshi to be &airly useless in all other matters o& -arthly

import$ but re!ogni4es the importan!e o& this male9oriented !ult in times o& dire emergen!y and

against Chaos$ when even men must be !alled to the &ore'

The !ult only a!!epts males' They must have e6hibited a sin!ere love o& the -arth and a hatred o&

Chaos' 7n addition$ they must pass three out o& &ive tests involving the &ollowing skills:

Ceremony$ #eapon .tta!k$ Shield Parry$ S!an$ Dodge

Spriti "agi!:

Strength$ Shimmer$ Disrupt$ /igour$ Prote!tiion$ Dete!t Chaos

Spe!ial Spirit "agi!:

D-T-CT CH.S 8 point

Temporal$ .!tive$ 7nstant$ RangedThis spell works like the Stormbull skill$ e6!ept that the Chaos must be in !onta!t with the -arth in

order to be dete!ted' However$ no amount o& -arth will blo!k this spell' Due to the unpredi!tability

o& Chaos$ this spell does not always &un!tion a!!urately' The !han!e o& the !aster to su!!ess&ully

dete!t Chaos is Pow 68E' 7& this roll is &ailed$ no in&ormation is gained but i& it is &umbled$ then

&alse in&ormation is given' 7n any !ase$ only a general uneasiness will o!!ur' The spell will not pin

 point the e6a!t lo!ation o& the Chaos nor tell how many sour!es o& Chaos are within its range'

-arth 3ighter "embership:

This is the pinna!le o& the !ult$ being masters o& &ighting Chaos in de&ense o& the -arth' The

 position re,uires a F=E skill in #eapon .tta!k and Shield Parry$ and three o& the &ollowing at F=E:

Ceremony$ Dodge$ S!an$ or Sear!h

They must have a P# o& 2< and know the spell o& Dete!t Chaos'

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-arth 3ighters are re,uired to always give aid to any -arth Cultist in response to a !all to &ight

Chaos' This is their overwhelming passion$ although they are not beserkers like the Stormbulls'

-arth 3ighters are e6pe!ted to obey all Priestesses o& -rnalda$ *rain *oddesses$ and all Runelevels

o& Babeester *or$ and to aid or prote!t them when the need arises'

-arth 3ighters must devote <=E o& their time and in!ome to the !ult$ but htey must always heed a

!all during emergen!ies' They may use !ult spells reusably$ but only D7 on a D== roll'

Divine "agi!:

Common 9 Heal #ounds$ #orship Baroshi$ Dismiss "agi!$ Spelltea!hing Spe!ial 9 Shield$ -n!hant

.mber$ -arthburn$ De&end .gainst Chaos

-n!hant .mber 2P#

ritual -n!hant$ reusable$ sta!kable

This spell must be !ast upon a pie!e o& .mber' n!e per&ormed$ the pie!e o& .mber may be wielded

 properly only by the -n!hanter' The amber sparks and sputters !ontinuously$ and looks ,uite

dangerous'

.nyone but the -n!hanter who tou!hes the .mber with bare skin will lose 2 Str and 2 Con per "R'Su!h drain is temporary$ regained at 2 point o& ea!h per day'

#hen used as a weapon by the -n!hanter$ the amber is wielded at the users 3ist atta!k skill' The

 pie!e o& amber itsel& does D) damage (like a ro!k+ plus strength bonus' 7& any amount o& damage

a!tually penetrates armour and !onta!ts the skin o& the target$ then 2 Strength and 2 Con are drained

&rom the vi!tim' This !hara!teristi! drain is regained at a rate o& 2 point &or ea!h !hara!teristi! per

day' %ote that !onta!t with skin is all that is re,uired in order to drain !hara!teristi!s' -ven i& an

opponent has armouring en!hantment upon his skin or s!ales (like a dragon+$ the !hara!teristi! drain

will still work' nly a!tual armour$ or prote!tive magi!s like Shield$ Prote!tion$ or Damage

Reiststan!e will stop the draining e&&e!ts'

7& the .mber strikes a being o& Chaos$ however$ it a!tivates with a huge &lash o& sparks and a smello& burnt earth' The amber will !ause 5D) damage

(plus strength bonus+ and$ i& it !onta!ts skin$ it will drain D8 Strength and

D8 Constitution &rom that &oe' 7& the wielder sends "P into the en!hanted amber$ then &or ea!h "P

 pla!ed into the amber$ add D8 damage to the amount o& damage done$ and$ i& !hara!teristi! drain

o!!urs$ ad G2 to the amount o& Strength and the amount o& Constitution drained' .ny "P pla!ed

into the amber will be retained by the amber &or 5<"R be&ore dissipating' #hen the amber !onta!ts

a being o& Chaos$ the "P are dissipated anyways in the &lash'

The ma6imum "P that !an !harge the amber is determined at the time o& en!hantment (see below+'

pponents drained to = Str or = Con !ollapse and !annot move until Str or Con rea!hes 2'

The en!hantment used to !reate the amber is sta!kable' That is$ &or ea!h P# sta!ked into the

!asting at the time o& !reation$ 2 "P may be pla!ed into the amber to !harge it' The en!hantment

re,uires a pie!e o& amber hand si4ed$ upon whi!h the proper runes are engraved and over whi!h the

 blood o& a thing o& Chaos is smeared'

-arthburn 2P#

Temporal$ Ranged$ Reusable$ Sta!kable

This spell !auses the -arth to burn anything o& Chaos whi!h tou!hes it' This burning is not heat or

&ire$ but a pain&ul re@e!tion by the -arth and a lashing out o& -arthpower' -a!h point o& this spell

!auses a pat!h o& -arth

(not worked stone+ to burn things o& Chaos whi!h are in !onta!t with it' This

!onta!t need not be &leshy !onta!t'

-a!h pat!h measures 868 meters' 7& another point is sta!ked with the spell$ this area may be !ubed$

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and so on' Thus$ a 8P# -arth burn would !over an area F6F meters'

-arthburn does D8 damage to general hit points' The spell must over!ome the "P o& the Chaos in

order to a&&e!t it$ but sin!e the e&&e!t si being powerd by the earth itsel&$ the spell atta!ks with a

P# o& 8=' 3or ea!h additonal point sta!ked in the spell whi!h is not used to in!rease the area$ the

spell will do an e6tra D8 o& damage'

Thus$ i& "olokki the -arth 3ighter !asts a point -arthburn$ he !ould do D8 in a 868m area$ or8D8 over a F6Fm area'

Countermagi! will prote!t against this damage i& mat!hed against the points in the spell that apply

to in!reased damage'

.sso!iated Cults:

The &ollowing !ults are asso!iated and grant Divine "agi!s:

-rnalda provides Command *nome (but not Summon or Bind *nome+$ Command Snake$ and

-arthpower

Babeester *or provides -arthshield (i'e' *reat Parry+

III

7& anyone else has had any ideas on Baroshi$ please post them or email them to me' .lso$ 7 would

like to see posted anyones &ull writeup o& 3irshala'

Regards$

Devin Cutler

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